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Edit St. Simon and Jude Catholic Church
Where is it?
Yes, have to stay outside, ideally crated.
Go to woodlandsinterfaith.org to sign up to be a volunteer; need shift supervisors, registration, Dormitory, feeding and training is provided. Must be Red Cross certified, https://www.ssjwoodlands.com/red-cross
No longer a shelter. 15 available spots, looking for more beds. Call 713-882-9230 to verify before arriving.
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|Title:||Figure of Force: The Concept and (Non-)Notation of Rhythm in the Chinese Traditional Nan-kuan Music|
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It has been so long since I have had the time to write. School is in full swing. Rosie, Paloma, and Kells keep my hands and brain occupied every spare minute of the day. The dishes are vicious, the laundry insatiable. Saturdays we try not to do anything. It is a wonderful commitment we have with one another, and I am weekly reminded of God’s graciousness in commanding us to rest. We have been spending Saturday afternoons upstairs in our corner library, having grand tea parties and reading books. We have read the first 3 chapters of The Wizard of Oz to the girls. It is so exciting to read them real, classic books! It is exciting to see what things they will love and what they will retain as part of their creative identities. The creative influence is so important to me. As I sip wild orange tea with ginger, I have been writing in my journal and making a list of the most current creative influences in my life. I would like to share them with you.
The first is a book that I checked out at the library with skepticism. I love to cook, and truly it has become the daily channel of most of my creativity for the last couple of months. The cookbook I brought home from the library is called Indian Home Cooking by Suvir Saran. ( http://www.suvir.com/Cookbooks.html ) I expected, like most ethnic cookbooks, this book would be as hard to follow with hard to find ingredients and directions that only a master chef could decipher. Much to my delight, the book is written for Americans who want to learn to cook Indian food. The directions are simple to follow, and there are American substitutions for spices/ingredients that are not readily available. I fell in love with Indian food when I was pregnant with Kells, but being on a limited budget and living so far away from Indian restaurants, I have only been able to enjoy it on very rare and special occasions. In the last three weeks, I have made the most delicious meals–curries, dals, raitas, chutneys, yogurt drinks. I have never enjoyed food as much. It sounds really silly, but this food, and having the ability to prepare it, has really been ministering to my body and (I think) my soul! We recently made some major changes to our budget, trying to live more within our means, trying to honor God with our finances, not depending on the government to help us with our food, and we cut our working grocery budget by about 50%. We felt it was the right thing to do and that we would be able to let some things go. I feel that God, in response to this decision, has given me a supernatural ability to make food that tastes delicious to us. He has opened up a new palate of spices and flavors, layered one upon the other, and given me such joy in preparing and eating this food. It sounds ridiculous, but it is really true. We are spending less money, but eating better than we ever have.
Another influence is the book To Train Up a Child by Michael and Debi Pearl. ( http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/ ) I am still trying to figure out what I agree/disagree with, but what has impressed me most about the teaching method is this: To discipline calmly. I have been increasingly aware of my tendency to say something 3 or 4 times, expecting obedience from my children and, upon realizing that they are not listening, raising my voice more and more each time to get their attention. I have begun to change this. I notice that they are obeying more quickly, and I am not yelling as much. It is making life in a family of three small children and very busy parents much easier.
One of my most favorite works of art is based on the story of Echo and Narcissus. It is called, “The Echo” by Julia Margaret Cameron, and it is the single image that haunted me and made me want to become a photographer. In preparation for school, last week I reread the story of Echo and Narcissus. It seems to be a very important story in some way. Echo was a nymph who chattered ceaselessly. She fell out of favor with Hera when she detained Zeus too long, and as punishment, Hera cursed her by no longer allowing her to form her own words. She could only repeat the words of others. She fell in love with Narcissus, but she could not tell him she loved him. It wouldn’t have mattered, because Narcissus only loved himself. She followed him around, hoping she would hear someone say something that she could repeat to him. One day, he saw himself in a reflection of a pool, and was instantly in love with his own face. He said, “I love you,” and Echo eagerly repeated. But Narcissus could only see himself. He was blind and deaf to the world around him. He stopped eating, he stopped drinking, and eventually he died right there, looking at his own handsome face. Where he lay, the narcissus flower sprung up. Echo, with a broken heart, slowly faded away. Only her voice can be heard, still senselessly repeating the words of others.
I have been thinking about the precious gift of making unique and original conversation. I have begun to realize that most of my words are echos–either echos of my own voice or the voices of others. Conversation is so fascinating. It is living. I have truly begun to value most the friendships in my life where new thoughts and ideas arise from our living conversation. I have noticed a secret hypocrisy in my way of relaying information to others. I will make a joke that I have made before, but pretend that it is original in the moment. (For instance, I have repeated more than once to more than one person, when looking for lost sippy cups, that there are some cups I hope I never find…which I thought was a clever little joke. You will understand if you have ever found a two-week old sippy cup full of milk under the couch…) The first laugh is earned, but the second seems like it was won over deceitfully. I know this is dumb. But it is something I am noticing about myself and other people. I often find myself surrounded by people who are obviously telling me the same “spontaneous” punchlines they have recited for years, along with other members of their family, with the same vocal inflection, the same raised eyebrow, the same hesitation before the final, and pronounced punch, and the inviting laugh. All as if it is the first time. And I long for a real conversation. To be on the giving and receiving end of it. I have come to cherish friendships that inspire the edges of my understanding to grow. I love words because they give voice to thought. I love friends who can make me say things I have never said before. I have made it a point to be more honest in my conversation. I do not want to be merely an echo, senselessly repeating the words of others.
I have recently been reinspired by The Birthday by Marc Chagall. It is such a lovely painting of himself and his wife, Bella. It sums up, in an image, how I feel about our album, The Seven Year Scratch. It describes a staying-kind of love that is beautiful and poetic and feels eternally fixed. I have been so in awe of Randy. He has been adding layers of harmonies in several of the songs on the album, and it is unbelievable. I feel like each voice is another expression of love for me and for our children. It truly (at the risk of sounding cheesy) reminds me of the many-voices of his heart. I love it. I cannot wait to share it with you. The voices float in a way that is very reminiscent of the man in this painting. I have been playing around with the image and have worked up a little version of it to describe our music. You may see this again somewhere with some alterations in the finished album. It seems fitting.
Finally, there is current influence of comic relief which we have found in The Dick Van Dyke show. There are 159 episodes on Netflix, and Randy and I have really enjoyed watching this show in the evenings. Occasionally, we fold laundry while we watch, but most times we drink tea or eat yogurt. There is something really wonderful about this show. Possibly because I watched it as a kid, possibly because it represents something stereotypically wholesome, possibly because it is just plain funny. I don’t know. But I love it. They have a really believable love, despite Laura’s tendency to be jealous and (let’s face it) extremely manipulating, and Rob’s knack for insensitivity, their marriage is fun and funny and all arguments end with a make-up kiss. There have been more than one occasion when Rosie has reminded us of Richie, the son, and many times where I feel that if a cameraman were present in our home, he would catch us in similar situations. I told Randy that sometimes I feel all our good jokes and arguments are wasted without a studio audience.
But then again, I suppose the readers of this blog could be considered our studio audience, whose presence, laughter, friendship, and support have become one of the greatest sources of creative inspiration for us. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being interested enough to read this to the end…
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High performance computing for population health.
DeliveryNow has created a service that helps users get free access to their needs by putting African cities in the palm of Africans, while supporting the local African businesses that are closing down
Panda is an app for companies to share the new jobs, mainly created to support the Coronavirus crisis, and fit with the right candidate focused on healthcare and emergencial jobs opportunities.
Check if this is a suspicious domain using a COVID-19 phishing theme
Don't scram before you scan! Upload your scan on our application which, using a reliable deep learning network in the back-end diagnoses whether the patient is COVID positive or negative.
We aim to optimize the manual process of authorization management for eligible citizens and companies to comply to regulations and directives related to confinement and continuity of services
A Web Application Prototype built for Doctors to find out whom to test for the infection first under a limited testing capacity by finding out the probability of a person having the infection.
Biostatistical Computing, Datasette Services, Computational Genomics, a Course and more!
Did you panic and buy too much stuff? How much is too much anyway? Calculate how much stuff you actually need in the coming months and donate the rest to nearby hospitals, shelters, and food pantries!
App that helps students take their learning day by day, keeping them productive and motivated.
patient engagement tool to make remote monitoring easier for doctors
COVID-19 AI Diagnosis platform is to help hospitals screen suspects/patients and prioritize those likely to be infected by the Novel Coronavirus.
Delivran enables businesses and stores to offer Delivery on our Website and Mobile app that functions like Postmates. We allow them to hire/re-purpose their employees as Drivers and we charge only $1
Education Tools Inspired by the COVID-19 Crisis
With the testing shortage, we are fighting this virus blind. We can substantially boost testing capacity by batching low risk tests together and implementing simple algorithms.
The idea is to share live stats on Covid-19 in Nepal and from around the world. It also aggregates Nepal focused credible news and debunks myths that are floating around.
Social exercising while social distancing
App that uses GPS location to conduct contact tracing. Users are notified if they have been exposed. Infected can anonymously notify anyone who they have been in contact with
texting service that allows you stay updated on the COVID-19 statistics for your region
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Qnet: How To Choose A Reputable Direct Marketing Company
Wondering why Qnet is considered one of the most reliable direct selling companies? Qnet is a highly reputable company in the direct marketing industry. The company was founded many years ago by a group of friends whose aim was to established a highly reliable and trusted company. They create and promote top quality products that meet the needs of people who desire a great lifestyle.
Choosing the right direct marketing or network marketing company for your situation may seem like a daunting task. That doesn’t have to be the case, though. You simply need to look for a few things when selecting a an opportunity or company to guide you or help you reach your direct marketing goals.
Experience in the industry matters a lot when it comes to choosing a company to join. It is imperative that you look for social proof or evidence of experience in the field.
You want to be sure that you’re gaining the wisdom and experience of seasoned veterans who will be able to help you learn the business and how to reach your potential customers and achieve lasting success.
Qnet is a great company and is focused on helping their sales team become successful in the industry. You need to market and promote to people who are likely to purchase the products you’re selling. You don’t want to waste your advertising efforts in front of the wrong audience. Qnet is fully committed to your success.
The Internet is filled with business opportunities, but not all of them offer quality resources to help you succeed. As a great direct selling company, Qnet has top industry tools and technologies, which enable the company’s sales representatives get the advertising results they seek from their marketing efforts.
With Qnet membership, you’re in the business for yourself but not by yourself. Qnet considers their members their most important asset, and you are rewarded with a dynamic compensation plan that is designed to help you reach your goal and build your prosperity.
Qnet is also involved in many projects that help the disadvantaged in our society and has made a lot of contributions.
There is a lot of information and a vast amount of positive content and reviews about Qnet and their top notch products. Have a look around the company’s website and you will absolutely be convinced that it’s a great company to join.
Skout Survey Results Are In!
This April, Skout is back with another round of survey results their user population. This month’s survey was all about superheros. The Skout community was surveyed on a bunch of topics regarding their favorite superhero attributes, powers and abilities. There were a variety of superhero themed questions in the survey involving topics like favorite superheros, favorite powers and abilities, and favorite vehicles of superheros (like the Batmobile). PR Newswire covered this story, and they have an in depth coverage of the survey results on their website (link at the bottom of this post) if you would like more information). PR Newswire also discusses a bunch of information surrounding the latest charitable donation that Skout was involved in that just so happened to coincide with National Superhero Day.
Superhero Related Donations From Skout
In addition to asking their users about their favorite superhero powers and other superhero questions, Skout has started a valiant attempt to raise money and awareness for the Make A Wish Foundation in the Greater Bay Area. They actually held a fund raiser for National Superhero Day that used the Skout application in order to raise funds to fulfill one lucky wish. The developers created a superhero themed gift that users on Skout could purchase on National Superhero Day (April 28th), and the proceeds of this gift purchase would go towards helping make someone’s wish a reality.
Skout is an innovative way for people to meet each over the internet by using their smart phones and the Skout application. It is a free application to download, and it is easy to sign up for an account on Skout, so you could be talking to new and interesting people in a matter of minutes. Skout is different from other social media applications and websites because people go on Skout for more than just dating. People use it for dating, for finding online friends, and for other reasons. All types of people use Skout, so you will have no trouble finding someone in your age range, with your interests and in your area.
Skout has been involved in a number of other charities over the past few months, and they are always looking for new ways to bring people together over a common cause. To read more about how Skout donated to the Make A Wish Foundation, look at PR Newswire.
Follow Skout on Instagram or download the app here.
Feeling confident about yourself and the way you look on your facebook profile can be difficult when you aren’t following the right diet or nutrition plan. In this day and age, lots of people eat junk food on a regular basis and have a lot of issues with their overall health. If this is a problem for you and you are looking to finally heal, it is a good idea to consider the power of NutriMost. NutriMost is a new program designed to help you get your nutrition and health in check for a healthier and happier well-being.
The one thing that sets NutriMost apart from so many of the other weight loss programs out there is that it works on a cellular and biological level to help you activate your body’s natural way to lose weight and heal itself. You can see from some of the many patient testimonials that this is a program that works for a lot of people and has literally changed peoples’ lives. You should always discuss the NutriMost Recipes program with your doctor before considering it in order to know if it is right for you.
Feeling and looking amazing is easier to do than you think when you are working with the NutriMost program. This is the time to consider it for yourself and see what it can do for you as it has helped thousands of others. If you feel it is time to make a change in the way that you look and how you perceive yourself, you can look into NutriMost and see what this can do for you. It is a great time to change your life and allow yourself to heal naturally in order to feel the best that you have felt in your entire life simply because of the power you get from NutriMost.
The success of any company in the technology industry comes down to how well they can develop new hardware and software in a cost effective way. The Coriant brand has been seeking new leadership for its board after Marlin Equity Partners executive Pat DiPietro stood down as Coriant CEO in a planned move that had always been part of the overall plan for the company; Kheradpir was appointed after being employed by the company to conduct a thorough review of Coriant to improve profitability.
This is not the first position of authority Shaygan Kheradpir has undertaken in any number of industries, including the wireless communications and financial sectors. Kheradpir may now be seen as a veteran in the technology industry, but was once seen as a rising star of the wireless communications industry when he was employed by GTE Labs and Verizon. Kheradpir also went on to become a popular figure at Barclays, where he led the global financial giant on a period of success based upon his linking of the offices of the company around the world to a single network.
Over the course of his working life Kheradpir has looked to establish himself in various areas of business and philanthropy, including his roles with many different charitable groups; Kheradpir has taken up a role on the board of the New York YMCA in a bid to help with fund raising and other activities.
There are many reasons why Shaygan Kheradpir has proven a perfect fit for the expanding range of products and options from the Coriant range of products that has led to a growing number of employees of the company numbering more than 1,000. Kheradpir is hoping the first new products shown at recent European and U.S. based exhibitions are just the first in a growing number of products from the company.
In our fashion world today, you may have noticed that many people, including celebrities, are sporting a recent trend called Athleisure. A word made up from the two words “athletic” and “leisure,” this style of clothing is both cute and comfortable, and totally taking over!
You may have heard of a popular subscription, featuring Athleisure apparel, called Fabletics. This line of athletic wear is fun, vibrant, stylish and won’t cost you nearly as much as other big name retailers. The company’s success is inevitable.
Co-founder Kate Hudson couldn’t be happier with the success of her bold clothing line. She’s making a serious fashion statement with her athletic crossover fashion gear. The success has taken them so far, they plan to open nearly one hundred stores as soon as possible. One article read that she had recently opened one up, and she exclaims her new plans to extend the line to children’s sizes as well. To read more about the store, visit: Instyle to learn more.
Kate Hudson has been an inspiration to women everywhere. Athleisure is a motivation to be fit and live a healthy lifestyle because you want to look and feel good in this adorable line of active wear. Athleisure has really become a trend that suits most women, and looks good on most women as well.
A Youtube vidoe showed that the comfort level, the styles and patterns available and the cost effectiveness are all great reasons to give Fabletics a go. Once you start wearing these ensembles, you’re likely to add a whole new section to your wardrobe!
Nicholas Constantinopoulos the president of FreedomPop, a global operator of data among other mobile sim card services, is glad of the success that the firm has gain across the United States and United Kingdom. As an addition to the already modernized efforts in the conversion operations, he is supportive of the $50 million series to expand the plans of freedom pop in other global regions such as Africa and Asia. In three years he is positive that there will be well-developed platforms that will have been laid by the company for its customers. Apparently, data needs are rising across different development markets which also raises their need to perform better than any other data operation globally.
Nicholas also thinks that their performance in the market is way higher than FreedomPop competitors because the firm has the secrecy to the market. In addition, it is targeting to develop through accelerating the conversion platform. Another tactic they mean to use is the marketing strategy to go above the 50% conversion operations. In addition due to modernization according to Nicholas, FreedomPop is meant to go above the average data consumption globally .here is a high demand for data access across the global market which definitely with the new plan Freedom Pop will be able to meet. From his analysis, the United Kingdom and America appear to have lots of similarities in their data operations.
Founded in 2011 FreedomPop is a wireless internet and mobile service provided situated in California. The firm provided free data, texts, and also sells mobile phones and tablets for users win their services. The firm has been providing free user connections in data for users of its sim card around 25 countries. It also plans to expand in 3sim in different global regions; most of its services are designed for use by light users. For users who would like unlimited texts and call, they are required to pay some amount. Freedom Pop has very big plans for this year 2016; for example, it has raised a total of $109 million in the global expansion plan. FreedomPop also has a great partnership with Intel in development of a smartphone able to automatically switch to Wi-Fi and shift during a cellular call
Read up on this FreedomPop review
If you’ve heard the name Stephen Murray, then you’ve heard of CCMP Capital. Murray, best known for being a private equity investor, co-founded CCMP Capital on linkedin.com after working for JP Morgan Chase. A Michigan-based bank known as Chemical Bank merged with Chase Manhattan in 1996, a bank that Murray worked with for many years. Murray’s career at that time was focused on the buyouts for the venture side of Chase Manhattan.
Steve Murray was itching to do something on his own, and that’s when the company CCMP Capital was born. This new venture was considered a spin-out of Chase Manhattan, but the biggest challenge was for Murray keeping those clients that he knew well and had been working with for many years. It was in 2007 that Steve Murray was deemed the CEO of CCMP Capital, and as his transactions grew he began to contribute even more as a philanthropist to various organizations.
While Murray supported many well-known charities with donations, he became the Vice Chairman on the Board of Trustees at the Boston College on Patch. His experience and background would serve as a viable source of information and education for students that intended to pursue careers in finance and business.
The focus of CCMP Capital is investments, with an emphasis on helping companies expand and achieve the growth they desire for future endeavors. Investments range anywhere from $100 to $500 million, with those companies that produce in excess of $2 billion in sales per year.
Steve Murray was well-versed in helping public companies go private, so that they could build a more diverse portfolio. Aiding these major corporations in placing their funds in the right spot is a crucial part of helping these companies achieve the growth they need with the right investment strategy. This is why Steve Murray was so highly regarded among his peers in this industry. Murray knew this industry well, as well as the industries in which they could excel best.
Consumer/retail, industrial, healthcare, and chemicals and energy were the speciality areas that Murray thrived in. As a result, CCMP Capital still continues to thrive since Murray’s death in 2015.
Sanjay Shah is someone who wants to help as many people as possible start their businesses the right way, and he was talking to a magazine that helps people make sure that they are going to start their businesses the right way. He wants to give as much help as he wants, and he is trying to show people from his experience at Solo Capital and Autism Rocks that it is possible. He is someone who is going to help people make their best business decisions, and he has advice that a lot of people never hear until it is too late.
Mr. Shah is someone who is going to help people make sure that they are starting their businesses the right way. He also knows that it takes a lot more money than most people think it is going to take. They do not know how much money they are going to have to spend until they get into the middle of it, and they are going to be surprised if they are going into it without enough capital. He has started his own company, and he has started his own charity. He remembers what it took to make these businesses go, and he wants his readers to realize what it takes when they get started.
The best thing that people can do is make sure that they are going to be able to succeed. There are a lot of people who are going to be able to make their changes based on what they read from Mr. Shah. Mr. Shah is an expert in the business world who knows what it is going to take for people to be successful, and he is going to explain to people how they can make a difference in the world with the businesses that they have started. There are people who can learn a lot from Mr. Shah when they check out his videos, and he is going to keep showing people new techniques to start businesses and manage businesses. There is a complicated business world out there that people need to learn to handle.
Wen cleansing conditioner was featured in an article for Bustle about whether it could live up to the hype from its famous infomercials on television. In case you have not seen the incredible results and rave reviews of WEN cleansing conditioner from the infomercials, then suffice it to say that the women treated to the magical hair care product in the infomercials leave with luscious, lovely locks of hair that look way more gorgeous than before they tried the product. The editor was hoping for the same results for her hair, which she described as limp and fine. She said she had previously tried a slew of beauty products to add life to her hair but had not yet found a real keeper. With Wen by Chaz cleansing conditioner, the editor was able to transform her hair into a mane full of life and vitality. The before and after pictures in the article show the amazing results after the editor used the Wen cleansing conditioner as her exclusive shampoo and conditioner product for one week.
Wen cleansing conditioner based on the allure.com blog boasts an incredible five-in-one formula which takes the place of a shampoo, conditioner, detangler, leave-in conditioner and deep conditioner all in one product. This helps simplify any hair care routine while it makes hair healthier from the root to the ends. In fact, it can be incredibly effective to add an extra pump of the Wen by Chaz cleansing conditioner to the ends of the hair as a way to lock in extra moisture and help repair split ends.
Wen by Chaz cleansing conditioner can be used on a daily basis the same way you would a typical shampoo or conditioner. It can be purchased online via http://www.guthy-renker.com/products/beauty/wen-haircare/ or over the phone at a very reasonable price.
Brad Reifler is the founder of Forefront Capital as well as the CEO of the company and he has been on the front lines of helping investors throughout his career. Reifler made a name for himself as a CEO focused on helping ‘the little guy’ thanks to his first hand experience trying to invest when you don’t count as an accredited investor. With his eyes always on education we thought it would be good to look over some hot tips that Reifler wrote up, as reported by Reuters.
According to Brad Reifler’s Twitter account the first thing you need to realize is how volatile investments can actually be. You want to be careful with your money and really analyze where you are going to put it when you opt to invest. You will want to survey potential risks, surcharges, and expenses before every spending a single dollar. Look over what you have in your bank and assess your long term goals. It stands to reason, according to him, that you need to always be aware of how safe your money is.
About.me implies that in recent years we’ve seen just how unsteady the stock market can be. If you aren’t in the right place to weather risky investments then you should diversify. Reifler firmly believes in avoiding the pitfall of putting all of your money into the stock market. If you overload on the stock market then you are just one bad day away from ruin, and nobody wants to be there — right? Spread your money around and reduce your risk.
Finally, Reifler insists that all investors have a long term investment plan in place. You should be aware of how much you want to earn and when you want to earn it by. Knowing where you are going is a great way to set your path early on in life — especially in the financial world. Wikipedia has further information on Brad, and his path as an investor.
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Over the last 15 years, we’ve seen a lot of female celebrities go through very public meltdowns. But who’s to blame for this? Kristen Cochrane examines this Hollywood phenomenon, through the lens of Will Rebein’s eerily poignant films.
If you grew up watching Amanda Bynes on All That and The Amanda Show, it was probably really disturbing to see her public meltdown.
Most reactions to her behavior, both in real life and online, were mockery. When she tweeted “I want Drake to murder my vagina” in 2013, it felt like a scripted gag, an extension of her televised and cinematic caricatures. As we know, the line between what’s “real” and what is performance have become ever harder to gauge in the age of Web 2.0, where actors’ and comedians’ performances extend to their social media accounts.
In 1892, Charlotte Gilman Perkins wrote the short story The Yellow Wallpaper, where the female narrator is given the “rest cure” for her “nervous depression” (in other words: don’t get out of bed because you have “hysteria”). Her husband, who is also her doctor, tells her that she cannot work or write. While she manages to occasionally escape her proverbial prison room, she hallucinates, believing that a woman is trapped inside the wallpaper. She frantically tears the wallpaper apart, eventually believing that she herself is now part of the wallpaper.
But was it the female narrator’s own psyche, or her creepy, overbearing husband who made her go bananas? If you think it’s the creepy husband, then you would call this “gaslighting,” a tragic phenomenon where you are told you are crazy when you aren’t. Often, people think of this horrifying form of mental abuse within relationships, where a narcissistic or controlling partner controls the reality of the victim.
In our 24-hour TMZ Paparazzi cycle, gaslighting continues, with the victims tending to be female celebrities, and the arbiters being both the media and random people commenting on shared articles on social media. This disturbing phenomenon is being explored in the films of Will Rebein, a 22-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the author of the Tumblr/Instagram/ Twitter accounts Party Like It’s 2007.
Will Rebein’s film, I’m Not Crazy (2013)
Rebein’s film I’m Not Crazy (2013), opens with an eerie, experimental ticking sound, which is actually the first 20 seconds of Sia’s song “Free the Animal,” cut into loops and slowed down. (Note the irony—female celebrities are treated like animals, or property, but that property is sentient and has the ability to think, feel, and lose their mind once they’ve been provoked enough.) The song is the soundtrack to a montage of black and white clips of female celebrities who have arguably been held hostage to the blinding lights of cameras and curious spectators—an ingenue-like Marilyn Monroe smiling in a chair; Amanda Bynes being taken away by a police officer in her infamous blonde, dishevelled wig; Paris Hilton waving to the throng of photographers; Lindsay Lohan posing and smiling for cameras, quickly followed by a newspaper headline that describes Lohan’s toilet cleaning duties at a “no-nonsense Utah facility” where she went to rehab.
The most unsettling part of the introductory montage, however, is the camera that lingers on Britney Spears’ upside down face as she looks back from her stretcher. Britney Spears is still made fun of for the incident where she chased the paparazzi with an umbrella, and the infamous pink wig she wore after shaving her head.
When I met up with Rebein for a chat in New York, he and I both had trouble describing his films. Are they documentaries? Are they experimental films? How do you describe montages of sleazy paparazzi clips, especially when they are actually good and aren’t just amateur hour YouTube montages that have no narrative coherency?
Another way of describing Rebein’s productions is the term “art film,” which is what Mitchell Sunderland at Broadly called them in a story about Rebein’s film SPEIDI (2015), a highly unsettling 150-minute montage of sections of the totally-scripted “reality show” The Hills, where Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s infamous ascent and subsequent descent is chronicled through found footage.
SPEIDI (2015) by Will Rebein
In I’m Not Crazy, the multi-character rendering of Amanda Bynes, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and Nicole Richie follows a story arc that critiques gaslighting, or at least, the things that can happen to you before you start to develop serious mental health issues. Banal paparazzi clips drive the narrative, revealing the power of images that shape our understanding of surveillance and mental health. In one clip, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears are getting into a car, and Hilton begs “guys, don’t be perverts” at photographer’s attempts to get a crotch shot, a hot commodity in the mid and late 2000s.
And even though these films are made up of found footage that has nothing to do with the “found footage” of Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project, it still feels like you’re watching a horror film where women in crop tops and short shorts are chased by deranged villains wielding knives and axes. This time, photographers wield cameras and chase women to their cars, infantilizing them and getting testy when female celebrities don’t respond in the way they do for their own video montages. Then we ask why people end up going crazy.
The public reaction toAmanda Bynes’ “breakdown” was profound. Amanda Bynes was a modern day Marcia Brady. If you’re a Gen Z Millennial like me, Bynes’ various personas, overacting, and G-rated humor made her the Will Smith of preteen comedy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. On Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show All That and then her own very successful spinoff The Amanda Show, Bynes would play herself and other characters, seemingly unafraid of making herself look ugly or ridiculous. Bynes then went on to have a successful film career, which is why it felt random when she suddenly said she was retiring from acting in 2012.
And so began the driving incidents in Los Angeles: first a ticket for using her phone while driving in March 2012, then a DUI after side-swiping a police car. In September of 2012, she was charged for two hit-and-run incidents. She was caught driving with her suspended license a year later in September of 2013.
During this time, Bynes’ Twitter was ridiculed. It became a full-fledged spectacle. Bynes was surveilled by the paparazzi, but she was also tweeting things that keep publicists up at night. Among them was the infamous “I want Drake to murder my vagina” which went viral in 2013 because obviously. Months later, Bynes called him “ugly,” among other epithets.
Bynes was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. And if this seems sudden, it’s not. The average age of onset for bipolar disorder is 25 for both men and women. For schizophrenia, it’s 25 in women and 18 in men. To be experiencing a serious mental health crisis at 26 makes sense in Bynes’ case, and her issues probably began earlier. But somehow, Bynes kept anything out of the ordinary under wraps. This was highlighted in I’m Not Crazy, where Rebein included montages of Bynes dodging questions on TV interviews where she was asked how she avoids the culture of drinking, clubbing, and partying.
I’m Not Crazy was finished in July of 2013. Rebein had put trailers for the film on one of his Tumblr accounts, heidiblairmontag, that same year. His followers were eager to see the film, especially in light of what was happening. This was, after all, the year where Bynes threw a bong out of the 36th floor of her New York apartment. But Rebein didn’t want to release the film during the media frenzy, feeling it was inappropriate until there was more information about her well-being.
Which makes sense. But like most celebrity breakdowns, the hypersurveillance, disparagement, and the accompanying stigma on mental health issues forces these events to be carried out like a Greek tragedy, replete with its own chorus of anonymous voices commenting on the dramatic action as it unfolds.
Kristen Cochrane is a writer and academic in Ontario, Canada, who’s researching some very interesting things, like queer Latin American cinema, and the fetishization of the female tennis body. Read her most recent essay for Slutever, about Drake’s “nice guy” complex, HERE :)
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Ispa Exim Pvt Ltd
Ispa Exim Pvt. Ltd specializes in Manufacturing and Suppling of PP bags and provides total packaging solutions for all needs. Our name is reckoned in the realms of manufacturing, supplying and exporting a wide-ranging variety of packaging bags. We even customize our products to fulfill the requirements of our clients. We have been catering to our clients in India and abroad since last seven years and our experience enables us to be a reputed international player.
The wide array of our products include PP woven sacks, bags, fabric cloth and fabric which are used in packing food grains, sugar, salt, seeds, cattle feed, fish meal, branded products, spices, pulses, dates, agro products, cement, urea, fertilizers, chemicals, minerals, resin, polymers, rubber, etc. These bags can be tailored according to the requirements of our clients.
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Nostalgia was named and identified as a medical condition in the 17th century by a doctor who saw a lot of Swiss soldiers grow ill and melancholy from being so long away from their childhood regions (he called it “Swiss illness”). Now it’s generally understood to mean a longing for the past, a longing to be back somewhere that is idealised and has passed away forever.
I have been feeling nostalgic this week, out of nowhere: it’s not something I often feel. But this week marked the passing away of something very simple and very significant. My daughter finished kindergarten on Wednesday, and so Thursday and Friday this week were our last mummy-daughter days before she goes to school next year. Yes, we have holidays now for six weeks, but her brother will be here too. Those special precious times where it was just my baby and me are over forever. I saved all my running-about-town chores for Thursdays and Fridays, because she loved so much coming shopping with me, and going to Medicare, and the physiotherapist, and so on. She loved just being one of the girls with me. This is not to say we can’t have those fun times with my son about: of course we can. But it’s a different dynamic. This really was the last week of her babyhood. She’s five now. Old enough to draw pictures like the one above of us, in matching purple dress, that she gave me after we had a fight this evening (she stole a forbidden biscuit then smooshed it into the ground rather than putting it back in the biscuit box).
The strange thing about this week, though, is that it has aroused all these feelings and memories in me from my own childhood. I remember being in Astrid’s position. I loved to go to the bank on the bus with my mum, on those special days when it was just her and me while my older brother was at school. I can remember so clearly the string bag she had for her shopping, how she would ask the bus driver for “one and a half” fares, i remember being so excited if she let me pull the bell ringer before our stop. These memories are flowing back to me in rolling waves and filing me with beautiful, achey nostalgia. I’m gorging on it even though it’s making me sick.
I don’t know how my little girl will remember her early childhood, but I hope that one day she will remember walking to the postbox with me and remember it fondly. Because I will remember it fondly. Her soft little hand in mine, her happy chatter, her rosy cheeks and tiny teeth. I will never forget it.
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16-Aug-17 06:50 PM
Denim is most definitely a year-round favorite, but as the crisp fall weather starts to creep in, it begs to move just beyond jeans to other silhouettes. For Fall ’17, we give you style inspirations from our favorite celebs on trendy ways to make the classic twill feel fresh and new –
Score some style points by wearing the denim-on-denim trend. Get inspired by Olivia’s look, keep it simple with a denim shirt and jeans. To notch up the look throw on a long coat and carry a bright red bag.
Keep it cool like Hollywood A-Lister and Honor’s mom, Jessica Alba. To rock the layered fall look, throw on a denim jacket over your shift dress, pair it with leggings and ankle length boots.
Supermodel Kendall Jenner looks fab in a denim jumpsuit, accessorized with a tan belt and a black bag. It’s all about keeping it simple yet classy so add a denim overall to your closet to create a rad new look.
Poppy keeps it simple by pairing a denim skirt with a crisp white shirt. To complete the look, add those sunnies and patent block heels. Perfect for brunch and beyond!
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Hannity: GOP Must Unite on ObamaCare Replacement or Risk Party 'Civil War'
In his opening monologue tonight, Sean Hannity called on congressional Republicans to get their act together and come to an agreement on how to repeal and replace ObamaCare.
He pointed out that House Republicans on Monday unveiled the American Health Care Act, which some on the right immediately slammed as "ObamaCare lite."
Hannity said that the bill is a "step in the right direction," but it is far from perfect and must be fixed.
He noted that Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Tuesday called the act "a work in progress."
"First drafts are never perfect, always filled with errors, miscalculations," Hannity said. "Now, it's up to the Republican members of Congress to come together and fix this bill and get it right for you, the American people."
He said that to avoid a brewing "civil war" within the party, Republicans must get together and work through their issues in-person.
"Congress, remember, your jobs are on the line here," Hannity said. "But more importantly, so are the lives and the well-being of millions of Americans. You gotta get this right."
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School Menu Information
Parent Communication.To transfer balances between siblings please call the Food Service Office at 734-994-2265If you would like a refund for your childs meal account please email Wendy Brush at email@example.com with the following information:Name of the student(s)School(s) they attend or attendedReason for the refundName of who to make the check out toAddress where to send the checkChecks can take up to 3 weeks to be received.
Dominos Pizza is Served!!See below which day your school is serving Dominos!Monday: Ann Arbor Open, Abbot, Dicken, Eberwhite, LoganTuesday: Allen, Angell, Bach, Haisley, King, Mitchell, Pittsfield, Community, PathwaysWednesday: Bryant, Carpenter, Lakewood, Lawton, NorthsideThursday: Burns Park, Pattengill, Thurston, WinesPrintable menus below ↓
PreschoolElementaryMiddle School(See High School Breakfast Menu)A2STEAM @ Northside(See Elemenary Breakfast Menu)High SchoolBreakfastCommunityPathwaysSee High School BreakfastAdult MenuPlease check back at a later dateCatering MenuPlease send Catering orders to firstname.lastname@example.org
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The world can’t quit coal.
Last year, China, the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, generated over half the Planet’s coal-fired power — that’s up nearly 10% from half a decade ago. The country has also committed to building hundreds of gigawatts more coal power, outpacing the rest of the world combined.
But it’s not just China. Mexico, India, and Africa are all doubling down on coal use, too. And though many large nations are ramping up renewable power sources, it’s not enough to avoid the worst climate impacts.
“Progress is nowhere near fast enough,” Dave Jones, a power analyst at Ember, told Axios. “Coal power needs to collapse by 80% by 2030 to avoid dangerous levels of warming above 1.5 degrees [Celsius].”
So, what’s going on? Despite knowing how dirty coal is, several factors still prevent a full-scale dethroning of King Coal.
For one, climate action requires international cooperation, something that’s hard to come by, especially given the recent riffs between the U.S. and China. We need all players on board to keep pressure on those not doing enough.
In a new opinion article, former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon argued that Japan, China, and South Korea must work together to drive the transition from coal in East Asia. Should large economies like these lead, others will follow suit.
At the same time, countries have largely failed to connect talk with action. Though China has committed to carbon neutrality by 2060, in its recent five-year plan, the country said it would continue increasing coal production through 2025.
India is talking a similar game, flirting with a net-zero goal, while simultaneously launching the biggest auction of coal mines in the country. And Australia, a leading exporter of coal (much of it to China), has yet to figure out how to reverse course and tackle what could become a shitload of stranded assets.
Meanwhile, many of these targets aren’t even impressive. A recent U.N. report finds that even if many countries delivered on their recent climate goals, global emissions would decrease a mere 1% by 2030.
Then there’s climate diplomacy. Throughout the industrial era, Western countries generated the lion’s share of emissions. Any recent emissions by developing countries are still only a sliver of a fraction of historical output by countries that have boosted their economies on coal.
The argument goes that if developed countries increased their GDP with such moves, then developing nations should be allowed to as well.
“Energy poverty is a key concern when it comes to many developing countries,” NJ Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber, told Deutsche Welle. “Coal — in some countries that have it — is in abundance, efficient, and convenient.”
Developed nations, already amid transition, have no excuse. But even then, nationalism and nostalgia are tough to shake. For example, fossil fuels have given both the U.S. and Mexico energy independence. Divorcing themselves from that history — even by more viable, less expensive options like wind energy — is no easy task.
This mixed-bag, slow transition from coal won’t cut it. Just last week, the Planet’s atmospheric CO2 hit 421 parts per million, halfway to double the pre-industrial average. For a Planet on the verge of a climate catastrophe, shaking coal as fast as possible is the only way forward.
But when it comes to climate action, it’s never that simple.
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Client questions ECSA usage of the ENFDB2 Interface.
How much ECSA would be used to load modules for all supported releases of DB2?
DB2REL(nn) Loads the CAIENF/DB2 module for a specific CAIENF/DB2 release into ECSA.
Issuing this command without an option loads all of the CAIENF/DB2 Intercept modules into ECSA. • nn
Specify 23 to load any supported DB2 release.
When you do not specify a value for nn, the DB2REL option also loads all the supported releases of DB2.
Any supported release of z/OS & DB2.
There is only one ENF/DB2 intercept module that covers all supported releases of DB2.
The module is CASR230. So it doesn't matter if DB2REL, DB2REL(), DB2REL(23), or
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This module will get loaded into E/CSA and is very small...about 20KB in size.
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(Please click on the charity name to visit their website.)
Preservation Of Old Buildings
LLANFYLLIN DOLYDD PRESERVATION TRUST (October 2015)
Preservation for the benefit of local people and of the nation of the historic Workhouse at Llanfyllin
to use the building for cultural, leisure and community activities and making people aware of its significance.
POWYS CARERS SERVICE (October 2015) Providing respite activities and clubs for Young Carers (under 18) and Young Adult Carers (18-25) and offering support and advice.
PLAY RADNOR (October 2015)
Development of play and alternative education opportunities across the Radnorshire area, aiming to ensure that all children and young people have the chance to engage in recreational, play and leisure activities. Focused on emotional and physical well-being, enabling children and young people to have the freedom to experiment and develop future life skills whilst having fun.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE FAMILY CRISIS CENTRE (October 2015)
Supporting victims of domestic abuse across Montgomeryshire. Two safe houses one for women and children and one for men and children. Community service, 24 hour helpline and a programme for children.
Green Spaces And Public Parks
FIELDS IN TRUST (October 2015) To protect sites and assist communities when their green spaces are threatened. To promote outdoor healthy activity that is local and free.
WELSH HISTORIC GARDENS TRUST (March 2015) To champion the saving of historic gardens and parks from neglect, indifference and insensitive planting.
PROFESSIONAL GARDENERS’ TRUST (January 2015) To provide working gardeners with the opportunity to acquire skills and gain qualifications through part-time courses and work placements.
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE (April 2015) An independent Think Tank established to put social justice at the heart of British politics.
ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS MUSEUM (October 2015) To educate all in the history and accomplishments of the Royal Welch Fusiliers over a period of 300 years as Wales’ oldest infantry regiment, in peacetime and in war, all around the world.
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Big Divi provides an enjoyable syndicate service which targets some of the most valuable jackpot prizes available, in the Lotto, EuroMillions, Tote Scoop6,
Goal Rush, The Football Jackpot, and Thunderball games. Read more...
A large syndicate entry into the Tote Scoop6, as well as a Lucky 15 entry. The syndicate selections plus additional professional advice can also be used to help you with your own winner selecting for racing on a Saturday.
A syndicate playing the Lotto game every Saturday, plus EuroMillions on Tuesdays and Fridays. Plus an entry in the Thunderball every Saturday.
A syndicate playing Goal Rush every week, as well as an entry in 'The Football Jackpot'. Plus quality football betting advice, including the 'Premiership Superbet'.
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I absolutely love how action-packed this series is. There is always something happening, but it never feels overwhelming.
Darren got his first kiss and girlfriend.
I really like Debbie as a character. There are many girls that age (or any age, really) that would not have reacted that well to Evra, especially. She took it in stride and even stuck up for him when she thought Darren was teasing him. I really hope we see more of her at some point in the series, even if he does have to leave the city for now.
I've learned to appreciate Mr. Crepsley and his own brand of humor. He isn't the bully that I'd thought him to be earlier, forcing Darren into a life he didn't want (even if he did bring it on himself). I think he's actually coming to respect Darren.
We get to know Evra a lot more. He's sort of the (not really) funny sidekick to Darren. He puts things in perspective and makes sure that Darren doesn't do anything too dumb.
I really enjoyed the plot in this one. There were times when I did wonder if Mr. Crepsley was the murderer, but I knew that if he was, it was for a good reason. He may want to feed on humans, but I couldn't see him senselessly killing them.
Murlough was definitely a character.
The thing about his crazy is that it's the kind where he thinks he can justify it, and that's even worse. I'd much rather have the rocking-in-a-corner kind of crazy.
He does make me curious about the Vampaneze, though and I expect to see more of them in the series.
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Just your flight at nice low price.
- 1 underseat bag (30x20x38 cm)*
1 overhead cabin bag (55×23×40 cm)*
Fast Track (selected airports)
Priority Boarding (selected airports)
*Your underseat bag has a weight limit of 10 kg.
Optional add-ons: Checked baggage, seat reservation, Fast Track (selected airports), and food and drinks (most flights), Priority Boarding (selected airports).
Name change: 65 EUR
Rebooking: 65 EUR + price difference
Changes are charged per person, each way.
- Your booking reference is your only confirmation of booking.
- All fares charged per person, per one way flight and include all mandatory government taxes and charges.
- Prices are subject to availability and not guaranteed until purchase.
- Changes to date, time, destination and name can be made up to 30 minutes before scheduled departure.
- The applicable change fee will apply to bookings changed 24 hours after initial purchase, or 4 hours after initial purchase for bookings made less than 24 hours before scheduled departure.
- The change fee will not be charged for bookings made more than 24 hours before scheduled departure and changed within 24 hours of initial purchase, or for bookings made less than 24 hours before scheduled departure and changed within 4 hours of initial purchase.
- You must always pay for any price difference between your existing flight and the one you're changing to. If you choose a cheaper fare, a refund will not be provided for the price difference.
- Changes can only be made to another flight where there is availability within the same ticket type.
- Destinations can only be changed from domestic to domestic (within the same country) or international to international.
- Name changes can only be made before the first flight in the booking commences. A name change will apply to all flights associated with the passenger in that booking.
- Certain tickets cannot be changed online – you'll need to call our Contact Centre to make changes.
- Full refund within 24 hours of original purchase. After this time the booking is non-refundable.
- Full refund for bookings made less than 24 hours before scheduled departure and cancelled within 4 hours of initial purchase, but not later than 4 hours before scheduled departure.
- A refund request for government taxes and charges can be made if the booking is unused.
Check your flight times
Make sure you check your flight times between 72 to 24 hours before departure. All flight times are displayed as local time.
Service charge - phone and airport bookings
There's a service charge (25 EUR per person, each way) for bookings and changes made by phone and at the airport.
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
You will love this gorgeous online store. They have some gorgeous labels that are quite unique to New Zealand (which is refreshing). When i first went shopping at Peaknuckle i was really surprised by the great prices for such Quality items. Very European style but without the expensive european prices. One of my favourite labels at Peaknuckle has to be the gorgeous Deux Par Deux designed in Canada with European Style colourful and playful. Have a look at the layered Twirly Skirt and what a great price. Also i am in love with Sugar Pink, Italian designed with some timeless classics this label is bound to be a success with youre little fashionista . And they havent forgotten the boys , Check out Hadleigh Italian design London Born and Joe Bloggs the original UK streetwear label for boys. They stock from 0-8 Boys and girls. What are you waiting for check out www.peaknuckle.co.nz right now.
Posted by Kids Fashion at 8:36 PM
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Going Global? Don't Let Your Business Get Lost in Translation.
A Note From The Editor
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If you have a design team in one country, a factory in another and sales teams on different continents, an integrated translation solution is vital to global success.
Translation technology has made exciting advances this year with consumer apps like World Lens and Microsoft’s new Skype Language Translator. You can now point your phone at a sign for an instant translation onscreen or use real-time speech-to-speech translation on Skype just like Star Trek’s universal translator. Instant word-for-word translation apps like these let people bridge basic communication gaps and bring different parts of the globe a little closer.
But when it comes to expanding your business globally, translation needs and requirements quickly add up and become complex.
Those simple apps won't let you translate and convey a critical manufacturing change to multiple factories in Brazil and China before the end of the day. They won't adjust a cultural nuance in one language for marketing materials that need to be available online and printed in two hours and in six different languages for your multicountry European sales team. And they won't let you update product documentation in 19 languages across websites, tablet readers, PDFs and print pieces -- all in one week.
Related: How to Create a Multilingual Website
These are common but complex problems that arise with the globalization of business and the translation of documents.
To grow a business globally, you need a translation strategy that breaks down communication barriers not only with customers but also manufacturing and distribution teams and across your entire enterprise. Companies can deploy an integrated translation solution that not only translates accurately with many linguistic nuances but also delivers the new versions in multiple formats, quickly.
The good news is integrated enterprise translation solutions have been advancing at an impressive rate. Gone are the days with numerous file exported, niche-language human translators and separate files created for each language that need to be reimported into the distribution platform to finalize their formatting.
Today’s solutions are dynamic, accessible, flexible and cost-effective. This flexibility allows for greater collaboration between various international teams, the capability to manage foreign subsidiaries and factories efficiently and better infiltration into new markets.
Here are the top three benefits of an enterprise translation solution:
1. Integrating with existing information systems.
New solutions have the ability to bring all your content into one hub where it can be accurately created, translated, edited, updated and delivered to the web (or a PDF or print format) all from one platform. This means one solution will produce communications for teams, involved with design, manufacturing, distribution and sales.
2. Making changes fast in 2 to 100 languages.
A centralized hub allows for content to be updated and translated immediately anywhere on the linked network. Making a change to a document in one language will update the translated content across the network with an integrated work-flow setup. This means you don’t have to start the translation process all over again for each language when there is a critical change to a document.
3. Offering cost-effective benefits.
Human translators are expensive and the export or import process to the text is tedious and time consuming. Using machine translators in an integrated solution costs significantly less and can be just about as accurate. You then have the option of hiriing human translators to edit the machine translation at a reduced cost.
Each time changes are added, an integrated machine translator will run another translation and the accuracy will improve as it learns the language of your business and the cultural nuances of your audience. Machine translations can now achieve almost 100 percent accuracy.
Language translation is reaching new heights. The fewer communication gaps and misunderstandings due to language barriers, the smoother and greater a company builds, runs and sells. It will take more than an app on your phone to translate your business needs, but integrated enterprise language solutions can be a key contributor to your company's continued global growth.
Related: Is Your Website Lost in Translation?
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"Lacey " Necklace Set
Blue Lace Agate is a variety of banded Chalcedony, a mineral of the Quartz family. It is usually banded in layers of predominantly light blue, striped with brighter blues, whites, and even brown threads of color. Agate is sometimes called the earth rainbow because, in its various forms, the bands in nature form nearly every color the earth can produce, including a colorless form.
20 inches long
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Is bitcoin a good investment? This is a quick review of what is considered real money, real assets verses fiat currency, fungible money and what intrinsic value means.
I would consider bitcoin potentially a good investment but only one with which you have money to gamble. Its not a real asset, it has no intrinsic value, it can’t be made into products, consumed, eaten. So should there be any REAL trouble in the economy, you would stand to lose a lot of value if you hold lots of bitcoins.
Property / real estate, precious metals and railroads, and livestock are examples of items with intrinsic value, tangible, tradable items that are always worth something no matter what the economy or world is doing.
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Nintendo Wins Against Real Life Mario Kart
It is being reported that Nintendo has won a lawsuit against a Tokyo go-kart rental service called Mari Mobility, previously MariCar. The Tokyo District Court ruled that MariCar infringed on Nintendo’s Mario Kart by renting costumes of Nintendo characters. The court ordered the go-kart company to stop renting costumes and pay Nintendo 10 million Yen ($89,000) in damages. Currently, there is very little information on the reason why the court ruled in favor of Nintendo. After the victory, Nintendo issued a statement stating it would “continue to take necessary measures against infringement of intellectual property, including our brand.” (Translation Source Polygon).
MariCar is a Tokyo based go-kart rental service that has been particularly popular with foreign tourist. Part of the attraction is the company also allows the customers to rent costumes of popular Nintendo characters. Customers would race around the streets of Tokyo dressed as Mario or Bowser. Recently, MariCar was facing some scrutiny due to an increase of go-kart related accidents. Nintendo’s win does not stop MariCar from renting go-karts to customers, but the win does take away a key attraction, dressing up as Mario.
Nintendo and MariCar have been engaged in a legal battle with each other since 2016. In June 2016, the go-kart company registered “MariCar” for a trademark with the Japan Patent Office. Nintendo felt that MariCar was trading on the brand recognition of the popular Mario Kart series and filed an opposition, asking the Japan Patent Office to revoke the trademark. The Kyoto-based video game company argued MariCar was chosen with “inten[tion] to be mistaken for or confuse with” the Mario Kart series, plus MariCar was a recognized abbreviated nickname for the video game. The Japan Patent Office did not agree with Nintendo’s arguments because it did not think MariCar was a widely used abbreviation and “it was an unassociated trademark.” As a result, the Japan Patent Office dismissed Nintendo’s opposition. Nintendo would eventually prevail with the Tokyo District Court’s decision that MariCar infringed on Nintendo’s copyrights.
We will continue to follow the story and provide updates when available.
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Trailer for SUNLIGHT JR., Starring Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon!
Hey guys! Horrorella here...
Gravitas Ventures has released a trailer for Laurie Collyer's (SHERRYBABY) new drama, SUNLIGHT JR. The film stars Naomi Watts as Melissa - a convenience store clerk living with her disabled boyfriend Richie (Matt Dillon) and barely scraping by. News of an unplanned pregnancy and the sudden loss of her job throw their lives into upheaval. Richie desperately wants to help and support his family, but is struggling just to get a handle on his alcohohol addiction. Complicating matters even further is the re-entry of an old (and seemingly questionable) flame (Norman Reedus) into Melissa's life
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, with Watts and Dillon receiving high praise for their performances. And while the trailer doesn't make it look like the most uplifting film in the world, Collyer looks to once again shine a spotlight on an underseen corner of society.
SUNLIGHT JR. is slated to open in November, but no specific release date has been given.
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April 28, 29, May 4, 5, 6
Join us for two fast paced weekends of exciting theatrical events. Something for every dramatic taste! Cabaret seating all, you are encouraged to sip your favorite libation with friends around tables in the style of the best literary salons.
Short Short Scripts
April 29 & May 5
John Augustine, author of “PeopleSpeak” and”Augustine’s Confessions”
John McDonnell, author of the novel “Rose of Skibbereen,” have gathered fellow local playwrights in the area to present “shorts” of their one-act plays. Six different writers each night will have their material read by some of our Phillips’ Mill Players as well as local actors. Come and experience these works in progress on their very first step toward their journey from the page to the stage.
Think you’d rather have a root canal than listen to poetry or memoir? This evening will change your mind! Join Hayden Saunier, actor, award-winning author and Bucks County Poet Laureate, for an hour of poetic works and the spoken word that is funny, moving and delightfully human. Hear award-winning poetry and memoir from Hayden and her guests, Bucks County Poet Laureate Lynn Levin, Moth contributor Alan Amtzis, writers John McDonnell, Joanne Sutera and Phillips Mill member Susan Sandor. Then get ready to ask yourself — What’s Your Story?
Phillips Mill Festival Fringe Follies
April 28 & May 6
Come one come all to the best show in town brought to you by the Phillips’ Mill Players. They’ve prepared an explosive show of sophisticated, irreverent, somewhat prurient material in a series of short sketches, songs and dances. Guaranteed to be absolutely pointless, the funny will bombard you from all sides. Come and be entertained like never before.
Before the show begins, the Players will present a loving memorial tribute to fellow thespian George McAlevey consisting of a screen montage of clips of his most memorable works.
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It would be an understatement to say that since I started this blog not even a year ago that I have enjoyed it. I have LOVED every minute of it! The whole process of getting it going and sharing with you my home and DIY projects has been so much fun and I hope to continue to bring you more fun DIY projects and organization tips in the future!
I also want to make sure that what I am sharing with you is useful, so this is where my reader survey comes in. I would love for you to take just a few minutes to complete my reader survey so I can continue to bring you quality content that you love! What I always think is a good topic or fun project may not come across to the readers the same way. So if you have a minute or two, please take the time to click the link below to take my 2017 reader survey and let me know what type of content or projects you would love to see from me!
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Tekkno Bubbles Party Supplies
Scene setters can be placed around any room or hall and create the perfect setting. Hand out our light up favors and special accessories too! It's never a challenge finding the party supplies; we have everything you need at Cool Glow! Cool Glow is a one-stop shop for all your party decorations, tableware, party favors, banners, invitations and more!
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In 2013, the property market is expected to show moderate growth, and prospective buyers would do well to have a deposit to bring to the table, says ooba, South Africa's biggest bond originator.
“House price growth is expected to continue to show moderate growth during 2013, with significant activity continuing in the first-time buyers market,” says Saul Geffen, ooba CEO. In 2012, first time buyers averaged at 52.7% of home loan applications and a record 54% was recorded in September 2012. The average nominal house price recorded by the oobarometer in the 12 months to December 2012 grew 3.9% year on year, from R830 641 in 2011 to an average of R862 940 in 2012.
“Both the global and the domestic economy remains under significant pressure, household debt remains at a high level and nominal house prices continue to grow at a muted pace,” explains Geffen. “We anticipate that lenders will continue to adopt cautious lending practices during 2013.”
The buyer’s market is expected to persist in 2013. “Potential buyers should ensure that they have the ability to access a deposit as lenders continue to fine tune credit policies with a focus on loans below 90% loan-to-value,” says Geffen.
Towards the end of 2012, ooba also recorded an increase in buy-to-let applications, which Geffen says could be influenced by the increasing rental yields recently reported by Tenant Profile Network (TPN) Credit Bureau and investors’ improved perception of future long term property price growth. “Given the prevailing market conditions, this trend looks set to continue into 2013,” he says.
Despite the moderate house price growth, ooba reported record growth in home loan approvals in 2012. The bond originator’s home loan approvals reached a new high in November following its previous record set in October. The value of monthly home loans approved through ooba in November was up by 313% over January 2009 which was the lowest month during the property market crash and ensuing financial crisis.
For the 11-month period January to November 2012, ooba’s approvals were up 147% over the same period in 2009. The value of home loans approved through ooba in December 2012 was up 49% on December 2011, while November and October were up 30% and 47% respectively on the prior year.
“It’s gratifying to report this kind of growth given the extremely tough few years the industry has experienced,” says Saul Geffen, ooba CEO. “The growth has been driven by a combination of ooba’s increased market share, as well as the improved property market and lending conditions.”
ooba has doubled its overall market share since the beginning of the crisis five years ago, based on market share reports provided by ooba’s major lending partners. ooba originates more than 20% of all new residential home loans in SA.
Geffen also attributes the growth to the value proposition that mortgage originators offer consumers. “One in every five homebuyers use ooba to secure their home finance. Consumers understand that in today’s tough lending environment, using a mortgage originator significantly enhances the chances of securing home loan approval and on competitive terms,” he says.
ooba currently obtains approval for 71% of all home loan applications it processes, which compares favourably with the average bank approval rate of only 52% across the major lenders. “This means homebuyers using ooba have on average a 36% better chance of securing home loan approval.”
He says that the market conditions are being driven by the low interest rate environment coupled with subdued property price inflation and improved lending conditions. He expects the current environment to persist into 2013.
The bottom line in 2013: If you're a seller, price your property realistically and be prepared to negotiate. If you're a buyer, line up a deposit, shop around for a bargain and use an expert bond originator for your best chance to get your home loan approved.
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Bamboozled by Shaking The Habitual? Hankering for something more straightforward?
The Knife are to reissue their celebrated first two albums on vinyl. As Exclaim report, Artist Intel will put out 2001’s promising The Knife and 2003’s excellent Deep Cuts on LP in August. No bonuses or extra goodies in either case – just the first wax pressing in years for both records.
The Knife will release Shaking The Habitual single ‘A Tooth For An Eye’ on July 23 through Mute. Shaking The Habitual featured in FACT’s Second Quarter Report – our 20 favourite albums of the last three months. Footage of the band’s recent extravagant tour is available here.
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF WA STATEWIDE FURNITURE REMOVALS.
BY BOOKING A REMOVAL SERVICE WITH WA STATEWIDE FURNITURE REMOVALS, YOU ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
In this document “the Contractor” means “WA STATEWIDE FURNITURE REMOVALS” and shall include, where mentioned, its employees, and sub-contractors, and “the Customer” means the person authorising the work to be performed by the Contractor and any person on who is given authority by the Customer.
Any notice given to the Customer will be done via phone call or text message as soon as the Contractor is possible able to give that notice.
This contract may be altered by mutual agreement of the Contractor and of the Customer, but as far as these General Conditions are concerned, the Contractor’s consent for any such change may only be given by the owner OF WA STATEWIDE FURNITURE REMOVALS and must be put in writing.
OUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
As a Contractor, we can refuse service to any Customer for any reason. Subject to but not excluding unsafe working environment (i.e. profanity to the Contractors and sub-contractors. Also Customers rushing the service of the Contractor or its sub-contractors into a situation where there could be possible damage to the goods being transported or the Contractor and sub-contractors.). Also for any items deemed to be hazardous or dangerous in nature (i.e. Fuel, gas, petrol or anything flammable). Furthermore, any items deemed to be risky and could cause possible damage or injury to the Contractor or our sub-contractors or damage to the goods itself. (e.g. Over the balcony moves or heavy items to be moved in closed in spaces may incur a right to move refusal.)
ROUTE OF TRANSPORT 3.2
The Contractor is entitled to transport the goods by any reasonable route (having regarded all circumstances including the nature and destination of any other goods being carried on the vehicle) and by any reasonable means.
RIGHT TO ASSIGN 3.3
The Customer agrees to these terms and conditions when booking with the Contractor. Placing a booking , the customer has read these terms and conditions and accepts that they are booking their move accepting these terms and conditions. This means before, during and after their move is concluded. Any Customer who does not agree to these terms and conditions should not book this service provided by the Contractor.
(i) The Contractor is not bound to deliver any goods except to the Customer or a person authorised, being over 18 years old, by the Customer to receive such goods.
(ii) If the Customer or person authorised to receive the goods is unable to receive them upon the Contractor’s arrival in accordance with the contract, or if the Contractor cannot gain access to the place to which the goods are to be delivered, the Contractor shall be entitled to unload the goods into its own or any other storage area in reasonable proximity to the place to which the goods were to be delivered and, subject to (iii), the unloading shall be deemed to be delivery and the Contractor, after making allowance for any savings, is entitled to make additional charges for storage, handling and delivery of the goods thereafter.
(iii) Before exercising the rights under (ii), the Contractor will take reasonable steps to notify the Customer of the circumstances and the Customer is entitled to give alternate instructions as to the delivery of the goods, provided that after the allowance is made for any savings, the Customer shall be liable to meet any reasonable additional charges set by the Contractor.
NOTIFICATION OF VARIATION OF TIME OR DATE 3.5
In the event of any significant change in the anticipated time or date for the Contractor to pack, load, deliver or unpack the goods, the Contractor shall take reasonable steps to notify the Customer of such changes and of the amended anticipated time or date or arrival.
ACCURACY OF INFORMATION GIVEN 4.1
The Customer is responsible for the accuracy of information (other than estimates of value) given to the Contractor, such as access, size and weight of good. Failure to provide accurate information may result in the job being cancelled by the Contractor and a callout fee being charged by the Contractor.
AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH GOODS 4.2
In respect of goods being moved by the Contractor at the request of the Customer, the Customer confirms that he/she is the owner of and has the authority to deal with these goods and to enter into this contract and shall indemnify the Contractor against any claim arising or expense incurred as a result of any breach of this clause.
ATTENDANCE AT LOADING/UNLOADING 4.4
The Customer shall ensure that he/she is present during the loading and unloading of the goods. Failure to be present may result in clause 3.4 (ii) being initialised. The Customer is not permitted to access or get into any vehicle being operated by WA Statewide Furniture Removals or carry goods with the contractors at any time during the removal process due to insurance purposes.
DANGEROUS OR NOXIOUS GOODS 4.5
The Contractor will not move goods of a dangerous, corrosive, highly combustible, explosive, damaging, or noxious nature or not anything likely in the course of the move that will encourage any vermin or pest. The Customer will compensate the Contractor for any loss or damage which may be suffered through the presence of any such article or substance for any goods moved for the Customer and for any claim made by the Contractor or by any other person unless such presence and the nature of such article or substance were in fact disclosed to and known by the Contractor prior to loading or receipt of it. In the event of discovery by the Contractor of any such article or substance after goods have been received, the Contractor may take any reasonable action to remove, destroy or otherwise dispose of or treat the same at the expense of the Customer and without in any way becoming liable for these actions.
GOODS LEFT BEHIND OR MOVED IN ERROR 4.6
The Customer agrees that he/she will ensure to the best of his/her ability that all goods to be moved are given to or taken by the Contractor and that none is left behind or taken by the Contractor in error and the Customer shall compensate the Contractor against any claim arising or expense incurred as a result of a breach of this warranty.
CHARGES AND PAYMENTS
ALL PAYMENTS ARE DUE AT THE REQUEST OF WA STATEWIDE FURNITURE REMOVALS 5.1
WA Statewide Furniture Removals may request payment for services at any time during or before the job commences. All jobs are billed in hourly increments, from the time the Contractor arrives at the pickup location until all goods are unloaded at the final drop-off location. Our truck is 51 cubic meters internal. Any claims of damage are separate from the bill itself and must be reported to WA Statewide Furniture Removals head office before the contractors leave the customer’s premises. The job is not completed until it is paid for in full, any delay in payment will result in the job continuing at the normal rate of payment. If the Customer is not at the pickup and/or drop-off when the Contractor arrives, the Customer will continue to be billed for the job until they arrive.
CLAIMS ON GOODS:
WA Statewide Furniture Removals accepts no responsibility for damages outside our control ( while goods are in transit).
You must seek your own “Accidental Coverage Insurance” with Carts Removals Insurance. https://www.removalsinsurance.com.au
Under the preferred carrier scroll menu you will find WA Statewide Furniture Removals.
WA Statewide Furniture Removals has appropriate insurance for carriers liability only and comprehensive insurance.
Please note this policy does not cover accidental damages in our control and as such, we do not admit to claims.
Carriers insurance only covers us for Fire Theft or Rollover, not accidental breakages etc.
While we do have a duty of care to protect your belongings, the skill and expertise in uplifting you is of the highest quality and as such, we do not believe in human error as a fault in the loading up of the truck process. Damages may occur during transit.
The following occurrences are excluded from this indemnity –
(a) Loss or damage of any goods which have not been packed and unpacked by WA Statewide Furniture Removals or its sub-contractors.
(b) Loss or damage of animals, perishables, plants, mechanical items or vehicles.
(c) Loss or damage of any antique, piece of jewellery, plate, precious object, work of art, medal, money, coin, stamp, packed carton, collection of items, fur or piece of precision equipment whose value in any case exceeds $500.00.
(d) Any damage to the television, fridge, washing machine and/or dryer are excluded from this insurance as it cannot be determined if the item was working before the move. All glass, tv’s, fragile items and Ikea furniture to be moved at “owner’s own risk.” WA Statewide Furniture Removals is not responsible for these items. The Customer understands that they are moving these fragile items at their own risk and do not hold WA Statewide Furniture Removals or the Contractor liable for any loss or damage for these items.
(e) WA Statewide Furniture Removals insurance policies do not cover loss or damage to properties, internal or external building damage. The Customer is required to have separate insurance to cover this.
The Customer is obliged to make the Contractor aware of any items of excessive value including articles in a collection, pair, set suite or other combination, or any article with family, sentimental, or prestigious connotations (including heirlooms, photographs and prizes), failure to do so will result in the claim over the goods null and void. WA Statewide Furniture Removals will pay the Customer the value of the particular article lost or damaged notwithstanding any special value which such article or articles may have as part of any such combination or connotations.
Effect on Contract. While these Insurance Provisions are in force, the General Conditions of Removal and Storage are deemed to be abrogated or modified to the extent necessary for these Insurance Provisions to be effective. However nothing in these Insurance Provisions shall reduce or restrict the Customer’s statutory rights in relation to the loss or damage of any goods during removals or storage under the contract.
Claims must be notified to head office BEFORE the Contractors leave the premises. If the Customer does not notify head office before this time, any and all claims are null and void and will not be accepted under any circumstances. It is the Customer’s responsibility to report any and all damage to the Contractor before they leave the delivery point otherwise there is no way to verify that the damage in dispute was caused by WA Statewide Furniture Removals. The Customer or Customer’s authorised person must be present at all times during the move. The claim or confirmation should include as much information as is known in regards to the nature and extent of loss or damage, the value or items and the estimated cost of repairs.
We are not common carriers
THE CARRIER IS NOT A COMMON CARRIER and will accept no liability as such. The Carrier reserves the right to refuse the carriage or transport of Goods for any person, corporation or company and the carriage or transport of any class of Goods at its discretion.
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Everyone (well almost) loves a good love story in popular films. Love is one the five core human emotions that we respond to. We are social creatures and thrive on giving and receiving love.
Love satisfies our desire of being needed and worthy. That’s why screenwriters should tap into our propensity for love through screenwriting.
Types Of Love Stories
Not all films about love are immediately apparent as romance tales. Films about love include buddy movies which explore platonic love, bromances which cover brotherly love, certain family films which look at the love between family members (such as parents and their children) and faith/ aspirational films which explore love of a higher being.
Traditional love stories include romantic comedies which track the obstacles of two or more characters to finding love, romances which illustrate the more dramatic side of love, and some tragedies which are about forbidden love, star-crossed lovers or lovers that can’t be together for some reason. The general demographic target for romance films tends to be 18-49 year old females.
Love stories often appears as sub-plots in genre Hollywood movies. The romantic connection between two characters in a romantic comedy is fairly obvious. Let’s take a look at the love connection buddy/ friendship movies.
There is generally a main character and side-kick who acts as a sounding board in these films. One takes the crazy love ride and the other is the voice of reason accompanying the main character on the journey. One possesses the traits the other lacks, so ultimately they both need to change. The need each other to catalyze these changes. Both experience growth, learning and fulfillment.
Themes in love stories
Common themes explored in love films include alienation, fear, self-image/ confidence, being supported and cared for. Many of these movies involve lying, deception or hiding behind a mask. The characters strive to be something they’re not.
These characters want to pretend they are better than they believe until they realize they’re fine just the way they are. Flaws are what make us human. Love stories are journeys of self discovery, self doubt, self identity and self expression.
Love stories are about intimacy and connection. As social creatures, we aren’t designed to be isolated for extended periods of time. Love stories are popular because there are always obstacles in the way of true love; both internal and external. However, love always prevails, even in tragedies where the doomed lovers are permanently separated.
Barriers to love
The external barrier to love can be physical, social, geographical or environmental. Internal barriers to finding true love are internalized responses to a trauma such as feelings of inadequacy, appearance, age, material success or self confidence.
There will always be an antagonist who reinforces these traumas and the supporter who reinforces the healing.
The main purpose of love stories is therapeutic by encouraging us to accept these perceived imperfections and our uniqueness.
isn’t it time to give a little love to your sceenwriting?
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Commission’s final draft resolution and conditions document on Maret’s BZA application which will be voted on at this public meeting. Here is the final draft resolution with conditions attached, the redlined version against the original draft which was shared on February 21). Go to our dedicated Maret-ECC page for additional information here.
Ward 4 Redistricting Presentation Given at February 28 2022 ANC 3/4G Public Meeting given by Janet Hailes and Abe Clayman who are members of the Ward 4 Redistricting Task Force.
Jerry Malitz who is leading the Ward 3 Redistricting Task Force did not provide a formal presentation at our public meeting. His March 1, 2022 Chevy Chase News & Notes newsletter conveyed roughly the same information which is copied and pasted below:
UPDATE ON WARD 3 ANC/SMD REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE
During the first 6 weeks of the Ward 3 ANC/SMD Redistricting Task Force deliberations the task force has heard from many Ward 3 residents. As many as 50 people have attended one of the public meetings. About 90 emails have been received and almost 60 comments have been entered into the public record. Deliberations have included discussions on public school and historic neighborhood district boundaries, centers of Ward 3 activity (e.g., Libraries, Community Centers), commercial corridors, population centers, existing ANC/SMD boundaries, and many other aspects Ward 3 life.
The Task Force has already had 6 public meetings and all meetings are available to watch (they range in time from 58-96 minutes). The links to the recordings also include full transcripts and chat comments. Five more public meetings are scheduled to take place weekly on Tuesdays through March 29, starting at 7:30pm. The public is invited to participate via Zoom and each meeting has a dedicated segment for public comments/questions. In addition to the public meetings there are also two other ways to contact the Task Force with comments or questions. One is through the dedicated Task Force email address, and the other is by submitting public record comments. Finally, many other resources that were created by and are being used by the Task Force are available on its website.
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Posted by Jay Watson on Wednesday, February 26, 2014
At Vanderbilt, there are always exciting things happening on campus. As fun and fulfilling as on-campus events are, sometimes students want to get off campus and explore what Nashville has to offer. If you read our posts on the No. 5 and No. 7 buses, then you already know that Vanderbilt students ride the Nashville bus system for free with their Commodore Card. Today, let’s look at another bus with a route adjacent to campus, the No. 2.
The No. 2 Bus, or the Belmont route, runs along Belmont Boulevard from the Green Hills area through Music Row, and then toward downtown along 12th Ave South and through The Gulch. Along the way are great restaurants, shops, museums, historic sites, and more. Let’s explore …
Toward Green Hills
Destination: Edgehill Village (0 minutes)
Why you should go: OK, so you don’t actually need to take the bus to get to this trendy neighborhood located just a five minute walk from campus. But whether you’re taking the bus downtown or toward Green Hills, this is where you will start your journey, so you might as well visit. The area, formerly home to an industrial laundry factory, now houses restaurants such as Nomzilla sushi, Bella Napoli pizzeria, and Taco Mamacita, as well as options for boutique shopping, spa treatments, and fitness (though with Vanderbilt’s extensive rec center this may not be a compelling reason to get off campus).
Destination: Belmont Boulevard (13 minutes)
Why you should go: The stretch of Belmont Boulevard between Portland and Blair Avenues is filled with some of Nashville’s hottest restaurants, headlined by PM which was founded by former Top Chef star Arnold Myint. Across the street from PM, you can catch the annual winter production of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival at the Troutt Theatre.
Destination: Parnassus Books (27 minutes)
Why you should go: Founded by bestselling author and Nashville native Ann Patchett, Parnassus Books is everything you could want in a great independent bookstore. In addition to a wide selection of books (with a particularly strong representation among local interests and authors), Parnassus hosts author talks and book signings, readings and discussions, and a range of book clubs.
Destination: Arnold’s Country Kitchen (11 minutes)
Why you should go: The quintessential Southern diner is a meat-and-three, and Arnold’s Country Kitchen is the quintessential meat-and-three. The fried okra, chicken and dumplings, roast beef, collard greens, and chess pies at Arnold’s are so excellent that the restaurant has earned the most prestigious honor in the American culinary world, the James Beard Award.
Destination: Country Music Hall of Fame (14 minutes)
Why you should go: With a vast collection of memorabilia and interactive musical exhibits, the Country Music Hall of Fame tells the story of country music from the genre’s origins to its contemporary stars. Through its archives, you can brush up on the essential Nashville history behind stars like Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, and Taylor Swift. Along with rotating exhibits, the museum also offers tours of historic Studio B, where hits by Waylon Jennings, Elvis, and Roy Orbison were recorded. This is a not-to-be-missed stop, regardless of your musical tastes.
Destination: Tennessee State Capitol (17 minutes)
Why you should go: Located in the heart of downtown Nashville, the Capitol building is both the seat of state government and a working museum. Admission is free, and guided tours are offered on weekdays. The grounds of the building, completed in 1859, are also the final resting place of President James K. Polk. And if you can’t hop on the bus and venture downtown, you can take a virtual tour of the Capitol on the state of TN web site.
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Get your plate in shape! Make one half of your plate fruits and vegetables. Make the other half protein foods (like lean meat, chicken, or fish) and grains. Round out your meal with a small amount of calcium-rich, dairy-based foods.
Why is it important to eat a health diet?
Your body needs a balanced supply of nutrients to grow, replace worn-out tissue, and provide energy. Not getting enough of these important nutrients can affect your health. However, eating too much food and excess calories can lead to health problems.
How can obesity be harmful to my body?
Obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain types of cancer including breast cancer, colon cancer and cancer of the uterus. Obesity is also associated with infertility.
How can I find a health way to eat?
The US Department of Agriculture’s we site “MyPlate” offers a free diet-tracking program called “Super Tracker” that takes into account your age, height, weight, and physical activity and gives the amount of food you should have each day from each of the following five food groups.
4. Protein Foods
5. Dairy Foods
What is a balanced diet?
A balanced diet should include a combination of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
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What can I say about this product other than I’m sold! It took me a long time to come round to the idea of BB creams. I just didn’t get what the fuss was all about. Particularly as I am someone that suffers from lots of spots and blemishes, I was not going to be swayed from the safety net that foundation was for me. That was until I tried one of those sample sachets found inside glossy magazines.
Now don’t get me wrong I haven’t given up foundation completely but when I’m in a hurry I can rely in this baby to help me out.
I use the shade light for oily to combination skin. The colour match is perfect for my fair complexion and the oil free formula definitely benefits my skin type, (Prone to spots around chin and gets a bit shiny during the summer).
Garnier claim that this is an all-in-one solution that immediately perfects
combination to oily skin. The lightweight formula promises to mattify, reduce the appearance of imperfections, hydrate, even skin tone, give a healthy glow whilst providing SPF20 perfection.*
I would say that for me it does all these things. I feel confident enough to do the school run wearing this and nothing else. I at least look awake and perky, if not completely put together.
The consistency is quite thin so you do have to be careful not to make a mess as it does tend to get everywhere. On the plus side though little bit also goes a long way. You only need a small amount of product, if you use too much it can lose it’s mattifying effect. I’d just like to add also that if I have time I will set my chin area with a little powder just to increase it’s staying power.
The usual price of this is £9.99 for 40ml of product available from the usual places such as Boots and Superdrug. I consider this good value for money as a tube lasts me at least 4 months. It’s also currently on offer in Boots for £6.66. www.boots.com/en/Garnier-BB-Skin-Perfector-Oil-Free-Light_1262025/ .If I weren’t on a spending ban I’d be grabbing me a back up. I’m being very good though and resisting for now. This will be a repurchase in the future though.
What about you? Have you tried this BB cream? Or are you someone like me that was a bit late to the BB cream party?
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[rdagger] sent us this really well done multitouch MAME cabinet build. He ha penned to find a used, and fairly worn cocktail cabinet. The monitor was damaged, keys lost, and internals had been home to mice for some time. He promptly tore out the old guts, replaced the smelly mouse damaged base and began building the projection system. For touch sensing, he’s using a web cam with the IR filter removed to detect disturbances in some IR laser beams. We’re not completely clear on how he mounted the lasers, he skips over that part. There’s nothing groundbreaking in the technology here, we’ve done multitouch many times before. This project stands out in its execution. [rdagger] has done a fantastic job, the construction looks fantastic. Check out a video of it working after the break.
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For small networks, it’s easy to manage them. But as soon as the network starts growing, it becomes difficult to manage. To overcome this situation there are many free and paid network monitoring tools available in the market for network performance monitoring. Normally, we called them network monitoring tools.
- 1 Selecting the best network monitoring software
- 2 The Best Free Network Monitoring Tools
- 3 The Best Paid Network Monitoring Tools
- 4 Conclusion
There are many tools available in the market and they are growing every year. When it comes to network monitoring, it is not limited to software. There is a huge variety of devices that play a role in Network monitoring.
With today’s complex needs, some advanced network monitoring tools will also serve the purpose of network mapping and network management. But in this article, we will only discuss the effective monitoring of the network.
Selecting the best network monitoring software
When selecting Network monitoring tools, there are few things that we should consider:
- The device up and down alerting system
- The notification system like instant messaging, email, sms or other notification channels should be supported.
- The ability of its integration using SNMP and integration with old in place systems
- We might be interested in automation and fault resolution so that those tools can help saving our time.
- Network security monitoring can also be added to the monitoring tool for network traffic monitoring, analysis and alerting.
- It should work irrespective of the Operating System whether it is Windows, Linux, Mac or any mobile device. If the device is connected to the network, it should be supported and monitored.
There are different types of tools for monitoring different types of networks. For example, if you want to monitor services like IP addresses space usage, DNS and DHCP services, you will need IPAM software. And if you want to monitor Cisco specific equipment, you will need software which supports Netflow protocol. Other network devices may support SNMP protocol and can be monitored using the tools mentioned below.
Here are the top free network monitoring tools
And here are the top paid network monitoring tools
- Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
- SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
- Thousand Eyes
- ConnectWise Automate
- ManageEngine OpManager
- WhatsUp Gold
The Best Free Network Monitoring Tools
Nagios is the best and easy to manage network monitoring tool for small to medium enterprises and can support large Enterprises. Nagios comes in two flavors, Nagios Core and Nagios XI. Nagios Core is completely free version and open source. It supports different plugins and addons for extending its functionality. The plugins may need to be bought with additional licensing.
The software is easy to install and needs some very basic knowledge and network understanding to initially setup. The downside is it does not discover the devices automatically. You must manually configure all the devices that you want to monitor through this tool. The standard paid edition cost $1,995 for 100 nodes monitoring.
- Its very cost effective when it comes to licensing.
- It is very easy to create monitors.
- It provides detailed graphs when it comes to monitoring.
- You have to manually configure all of the devices you want to monitor.
OpenNMS is an open-source enterprise level network performance management application that offers many features for effective monitoring of the network. The feature-set includes but not limited to performance measurement, automated network discovery, events and notification management and service assurance features. It also offers mobile apps so that you can monitor your network on the go. All the functionality of the desktop version is also available on the mobile app. With OpenNMS, you can monitor the network devices on the go.
You can also setup devices using the mobile app and can setup alerts as well. Once you log into the tool, the dashboard will give you a quick snapshot of your network performance. It provides advanced level of reporting for your infrastructure. You can generate reports which can be used to take high level decision for your network devices and their performances matrices.
- It supports collection on information from many vendors.
- It alerts in real time so that we can act fast for resolution of the problem.
- Sometimes it sends alerts with delay.
PRTG Network Monitor Free
PRTG Network Monitor is a robust monitoring and mapping solution. It takes seconds to install, and it is easy to set up. This software has a few hundred sensors that allow you to monitor and map different aspects of your network. Its rich web interface has everything you need. Paessler’s PRTG Free is an excellent choice for SMBs as it presents everything they need to know about their network in a well-designed and intuitive console. PRTG boasts separate user interfaces, for the web, Windows console and mobile. You can monitor your network on the go and at any platform of your choice.
- Easy to use and setup
- A wide variety of licenses for expanding
- A great reporting tool.
- Only 100 sensors free
- Links can be a bit overwhelming.
Zabbix can monitor everything in your network, from network devices to CPUs, databases, and applications. Also, it will provide you with thorough reporting and network mapping. This allows you to see what is happening in your network. Zabbix will alert you of any incidents within your network. It will create maps that are updated live. Zabbix’s simple scripts can resolve issues without human intervention as Zabbix can execute them for you as needed.
Pros: Scalable, robust, and easy to implement. Great community support, open-source allows full-scale customization.
Cons: Paid support, its UI may not be the best, and Linux knowledge might be needed.
Spiceworks is one of the best free network management tools which also includes the network monitoring capabilities. This is simply the best web based network management software if you have some computing resources available. The real-time monitoring of Spiceworks takes quite a lot of CPU usage. It automatically detects the devices on the network and will also do the network mapping for you. Installing Spiceworks is very easy. Just download and install the setup. You need to have network administrative privileges for Spiceworks to detect and discover computers on the network. It can monitor critical items like server disk space, CPU, RAM and network bandwidth usage. These items can be monitored for each device. The network devices like routers, switches and even printers can be monitored.
- All in one solution for monitoring, management, mapping and inventory.
- Auto discovery of network connected devices.
- The software is free as well as the support.
- Takes a lot of CPU and disk resources in case of larger networks.
- Some ads.
The Best Paid Network Monitoring Tools
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager is a cross-platform monitoring system for Operating system level resources. It can monitor the state, health and performance information of each system which is being monitored. SCOM also supports Unix and Linux based systems. It can give you in-depth monitoring reports especially if you are running Windows Servers.
- Microsoft solution.
- Management packages available for third party applications like SQL server, email server monitoring etc.
- Gives great insights for easy troubleshooting of the identified issues.
- Only monitors system level resources. No support for network devices
- Initial setup can be complex and time consuming
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is highly user-friendly and specialized network monitoring solution which can be deployed on premises infrastructure. It automatically discovers the network within few hours and shows all the network layout. The product is very easy to use, and devices can be managed very quickly and easily. There are many levels of dashboards available for network devices. These can be customized and setup as per business requirements in your main network performance monitor dashboard. It supports all the major vendors, so I can quickly detect the issues and resolve them promptly.
You can setup alerts as per your requirement which can be sent to any group or NOC team via email. You can customize the Alert body so that you can add your own run books for rectification of those issues. So, when you will get an alert you may have your procedure attached within the Alert body. The price starts from $2,995 and it’s one-time licensing. You may need to buy additional modules if you want to set up additional monitors. These can include modules like monitoring database performance etc.
- It works very well when it comes to network monitoring.
- It sends alerts in Realtime so that you can minimize the downtime.
- It provides historical data up to a month.
- This is the most expensive monitoring tool available with higher licensing cost.
- You need to deploy high end servers to run this application as it creates a big SQL Database.
Thousand Eyes is a nice cloud-based network monitoring system. It can help you visualize the network and troubleshoot the problems at exact segments.
The company has deployed network agents across the globe. This makes sure your network performance is same for all your customers and employees all around the world. You can use their pre-deployed network agents to get your network performance matrix. You can also deploy your own network agents on your remote offices. This enables you to continuously monitor the network performance the application performance on the internet and intranet.
The best thing about this tool is it provides different level of agents to monitor the performance of the network. You can deploy the user agent on the end users’ machines to see how efficient network performance is for the end users. The enterprise agents can be deployed on factories, stores and data centers. This enables you to see how the network interlink with each other. This gives you a bigger picture of your network performance in real-time. It has flexible usage-based pricing and plans on what level of service you are planning to deploy. They offer prices for test units to test the following:
- End points to monitor the network devices
- Router gateways
- All layer 2 devices
- Provides detailed point to point monitoring.
- You can use already deployed nodes for monitoring your network performance from remote location.
- It provides detailed graphs when it comes to monitoring.
- You may need to deploy a node if there is no node available in the region you want to monitor.
ConnectWise Automate is a good cloud-based monitoring platform which helps you to monitor all your infrastructure devices. You can monitor the network devices and client computers from a single dashboard. It not only monitors the network devices but also alerts with possible resolution of the problem. It has predefined action to resolve and mitigate some of the issues through built in fault resolution system.
It also supports patch management by integrating Windows patch management tool or third-party software. You can centrally manage and monitor you are patching activities for your servers and workstations.
It also provides remote control functionality. You can remotely connect to the devices and resolve the issues as they occur. The software is on quote base pricing depending on your requirement and size of the network.
- Its gives the flexibility to provide quick support.
- It supports manual scripting which make is more powerful.
- Server monitors are not powerful enough as it creates false alerts.
- The mobile application doesn’t refresh the data in real time so you have to manually refresh the data.
ManageEngine OpManager is a network monitoring software very similar to Spiceworks with a bit better interface. It can be used for real-time monitoring of network equipment including servers, switches, routers, firewalls etc. It supports almost all types of protocols required for network monitoring including, NetFlow and SNMP. You can also monitor system level resources like CPU, memory, disk etc. You can setup thresholds of each monitor. OpManager will alert your when a threshold is crossed.
- Ability to set multiple thresholds for each monitor.
- Rich user interface with a simplified dashboard for real-time monitoring.
- Pricing can be a bit high.
- Support doesn’t seem to have 24/7 availability.
WhatsUp Gold is an all in one network monitoring solution. With WhatsUp Gold, network availability and performance monitoring can become very easy. Its dashboard gives the complete visibility on the status and performance of applications, network devices and servers, both in the cloud and on-premise. The alerting system of WhatsUp Gold is quite intuitive and if you are working on your client’s network, you can also setup SLA monitoring. WhatsUp Gold can be an all in one network management suite with network and application monitoring, network traffic analysis, configuration management, network mapping, cloud monitoring and virtualization environment management.
- Unified dashboard with high network visibility
- Great user interface with easy to use controls
- Auto discovery and scanning of new devices and virtual machines in the network
- Cost effective
- Doesn’t seem to have manual addition option for new devices (or devices which are not detected automatically)
- Unreliable updates. The updates can simply crash the system. You need to test the new releases before deploying them in your network.
Although I’m concluding this list here, it is not complete at the moment. We will keep on adding new software and write new articles about network administration. This will be helpful for all network admins and sysadmins. If you want a topic to be covered by us, please let us know in the comments below. In the mean time, don’t forget to tell us your views about the best network monitoring tools in your experience.
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An 11-time NCAA All-American is ripping collegiate sports for allowing male transgender athletes to compete in all-female sporting events, predicting that it will have a trickle-down effect throughout all sports and ruin them for women after all of the progress made over the past several decades.
“My message this evening is a call to action, and it is that what you see right now in women’s athletics is going to be the extinction of women’s sports in general,” said Jeri Shanteau, a former swimmer, told Fox News host Sean Duffy on Tuesday.
Shanteau was responding to reports that transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a male during the first two years of college but is competing against women this year — is breaking female-held swimming records.
“We need people to understand what is going on in athletics. We need people to understand this is a complete discrimination of women, and what is happening that we do not have our institutions and our universities and our governing bodies standing by watching this unfold is complete neglect,” Shanteau continued. “This is a women’s issue, if you care about women, you should care about this cause.”
The Daily Caller added:
Shanteau’s warning is in reference to transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who shattered records while competing in the women’s division at the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas recently defeated biological female opponents by up to 38 seconds at the University of Akron’s Zippy Invitational, according to The Daily Wire.
The Biden administration declared in June that Title IX would be extended to interpret protections in the Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination against gay and transgender students.
“How do we not understand that if we do not use sex as our identifier we are going to make women obsolete in general, and not just in athletics,” Shanteau responded when asked about the new Title IX interpretation. “Male bodies competing against women does not uphold what we believe in fairness of sport, and it will trickle down to everything else in life.”
Video of one of Thomas’ crushing finishes recently was posted by The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh, who wrote: “Just to show you how absurd this is. Here’s the trans swimmer “Lia” Thomas crushing all of the female competitors by 40 seconds. This is what that looks like in real time. A total farce.”
Just to show you how absurd this is. Here’s the trans swimmer “Lia” Thomas crushing all of the female competitors by 40 seconds. This is what that looks like in real time. A total farce.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 15, 2021
A member of the UPenn’s swim team told Outkick that Thomas boasted after winning the 200 freestyle at the University of Akron Zippy Invitational, saying, “That was so easy, I was cruising.” After ‘she’ went on to win the 500 freestyle, Thomas appeared disappointed with the time, but bragged anyway in front of teammates: “At least I’m still No. 1 in the country.”
“Well, obviously she’s No. 1 in the country because she’s at a clear physical advantage after having gone through male puberty and getting to train with testosterone for years. Of course, you’re No. 1 in the country when you’re beating a bunch of females. That’s not something to brag about,” the unnamed teammate said.
The teammate also explained that her fellow female team members wept on the Akron pool deck because they knew they didn’t stand a chance against Thomas.
“They feel so discouraged because no matter how much work they put in it, they’re going to lose,” she said. “Usually, they can get behind the blocks and know they out-trained all their competitors and they’re going to win and give it all they’ve got.
“Now they’re having to go behind the blocks knowing no matter what, they do not have the chance to win. I think that it’s really getting to everyone.”
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NHL.com has chosen Panthers coach Kevin Dineen as the frontrunner for the Jack Adams Award for coach of the year.
First-year coach Kevin Dineen has the Panthers still in the top spot in the Southeast Division
The first-year coach was our choice at the quarter-point and remains there at the halfway point as his Panthers still hold the top spot in the Southeast Division while sitting third in the Eastern Conference despite going 4-4-2 over their past 10 games. Dineen was hired in the offseason for one reason — to help lead the team to its first Stanley Cup Playoff berth since 2000; so far, so good. If it happens, there isn’t any question he’d be considered the favorite to win the Jack Adams.
John Tortorella, New York Rangers
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|Era||Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Song dynasty|
Middle Chinese (simplified Chinese: 中古汉语; traditional Chinese: 中古漢語; pinyin: zhōnggǔ Hànyǔ), formerly known as Ancient Chinese, is the historical variety of Chinese that is phonologically recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions. The fanqie method used to indicate pronunciation in these dictionaries, though an improvement on earlier methods, proved awkward in practice. The mid 12th-century Yunjing and other rime tables incorporate a more sophisticated and convenient analysis of the Qieyun phonology. The rime tables attest to a number of sound changes that had occurred over the centuries following the publication of the Qieyun. Linguists sometimes refer to the system of the Qieyun as Early Middle Chinese and the variant revealed by the rime tables as Late Middle Chinese.
The dictionaries and tables describe pronunciations in relative terms, but do not give their actual sounds. The Swedish linguist Bernard Karlgren believed that the dictionaries recorded a speech standard of the capital Chang'an of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and produced a reconstruction of its sounds. However, based on the more recently recovered preface of the Qieyun, most scholars now believe that it records a compromise between northern and southern reading and poetic traditions from the late Southern and Northern Dynasties period. This composite system contains important information for the reconstruction of the preceding system of Old Chinese phonology (1st millennium BC).
The Middle Chinese system is often used as a framework for the study and description of various modern varieties of Chinese. Branches of the Chinese family such as Mandarin Chinese (including Standard Chinese, based on the speech of Beijing), Yue Chinese and Wu Chinese can be largely treated as divergent developments from the Qieyun system. The study of Middle Chinese also provides for a better understanding and analysis of Classical Chinese poetry, such as the study of Tang poetry.
- 1 Sources
- 2 Methodology
- 3 Phonology
- 4 Phonological changes from Old through Modern Chinese
- 5 Grammar
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
- 8 Further reading
- 9 External links
The reconstruction of Middle Chinese phonology is largely dependent upon detailed descriptions in a few original sources. The most important of these is the Qieyun rime dictionary (601 AD) and its revisions. The Qieyun is often used together with interpretations in Song dynasty rime tables such as the Yunjing, Qiyinlue, and the later Qieyun zhizhangtu and Sisheng dengzi. The documentary sources are supplemented by comparison with modern Chinese varieties, pronunciation of Chinese words borrowed by other languages (particularly Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese), transcription into Chinese characters of foreign names, transcription of Chinese names in alphabetic scripts (such as Brahmi, Tibetan and Uygur), and evidence regarding rhyme and tone patterns from classical Chinese poetry.
Medieval Chinese scholars devoted a great deal of effort to describing the sounds of their language, especially to aid in reading the classics aloud and in the correct composition of poetry. Chinese poetry abounded during the Tang era, sometimes with a rigid verse structure relied upon the tones within verse lines and rhyming of end words. The rime dictionaries (the spelling "rime" is normally preferred in this context) were a primary aid to authors in composing this poetry, or to readers judging it.
The Qieyun (601 AD), is the oldest of the rime dictionaries and the main source for the pronunciation of characters in Early Middle Chinese (EMC). At the time of Bernhard Karlgren's seminal work on Middle Chinese in the early 20th century, only fragments of the Qieyun were known, and scholars relied on the Guangyun (1008), a much expanded edition from the Song dynasty. However, significant sections of a version of the Qieyun itself were subsequently discovered in the caves of Dunhuang, and a complete copy of Wang Renxu's Kanmiu buque qieyun (706) from the Palace Library was found in 1947.
The Qieyun organizes Chinese characters by their pronunciation, according to a hierarchy of tone, rhyme and homophony. Characters with identical pronunciations are grouped into homophone classes, whose pronunciation is described using two fanqie characters, the first of which has the initial sound of the characters in the homophone class and second of which has the same sound as the rest of the syllable (the final). The use of fanqie was an important innovation of the Qieyun and allowed the pronunciation of all characters to be described exactly; earlier dictionaries simply described the pronunciation of unfamiliar characters in terms of the most similar-sounding familiar character.
The Qieyun uses multiple equivalent fanqie characters to represent each particular initial, and likewise for finals. The categories of initials and finals actually represented were first identified by the Cantonese scholar Chen Li in a careful analysis published in his Qièyùn kǎo (1842). Chen's method was to equate two fanqie initials (or finals) whenever one was used in the fanqie spelling of the pronunciation of the other, and to follow chains of such equivalences to identify groups of spellers for each initial or final. For example, the pronunciation of the character 東 was given using the fanqie spelling 德紅, the pronunciation of 德 was given as 多特, and the pronunciation of 多 was given as 德河, from which we can conclude that the words 東, 德 and 多 all had the same initial sound.
The Qieyun classifies homonyms under 193 rhyme classes, each of which is placed within one of the four tones. A single rhyme class may contain multiple finals, generally differing only in the medial (especially when it is /w/) or in so-called chongniu doublets.
The Yunjing (c. 1150 AD) is the oldest of the so-called rime tables, which provide a more detailed phonological analysis of the system contained in the Qieyun. The Yunjing was created centuries after the Qieyun, and the authors of the Yunjing were attempting to interpret a phonological system that differed in significant ways from that of their own Late Middle Chinese (LMC) dialect. They were aware of this, and attempted to reconstruct Qieyun phonology as well as possible through a close analysis of regularities in the system and co-occurrence relationships between the initials and finals indicated by the fanqie characters. However, the analysis inevitably shows some influence from LMC, which needs to be taken into account when interpreting difficult aspects of the system.
The Yunjing is organized into 43 tables, each covering several Qieyun rhyme classes, and classified as:
- One of 16 shè 攝, the broad rhyme classes of LMC. Each shè is either "inner" (nèi 內) or "outer" (wài 外). The meaning of this is debated but it has been suggested that it refers to the height of the main vowel, with "outer" finals having a low vowel (/ɑ/ or /a,æ/) and "inner" finals having a non-low vowel.
- "open mouth" (kāikǒu 開口) or "closed mouth" (hékǒu 合口), indicating whether lip rounding is present. "Closed" finals either have a rounded vowel (e.g. /u/) or rounded glide.
Each table has 23 columns, one for each initial (shēngmǔ 聲母 "sound mother"). Although the Yunjing distinguishes 36 initials, they are placed in 23 columns by combining palatals, retroflexes, and dentals under the same column. This does not lead to cases where two homophone classes are conflated, as the grades (rows) are arranged so that all would-be minimal pairs distinguished only by the retroflex vs. palatal vs. alveolar character of the initial end up in different rows.
Each initial is further classified as follows:
- Place of articulation: labials (chún 脣 "lip"), alveolars (shé 舌 "tongue"), velars (yá 牙 "back tooth"), affricates and sibilants (chǐ 齒 "front tooth"), and gutturals (hóu 喉 "throat")
- Phonation: voiceless (qīng 清 "clear"), voiceless aspirated (cìqīng 次清 "secondary clear"), voiced (zhuó 濁 "muddy") or nasal or liquid (qīngzhuó 清濁 "clear muddy")
Each table also has 16 rows, with a group of 4 rows for each of the 4 tones (shēngdiào 聲調 "sound intonation") of the traditional system in which finals ending in /p/, /t/ or /k/ are considered to be entering tone variants of finals ending in /m/, /n/ or /ŋ/ rather than separate finals in their own right. The significance of the 4 rows (děng 等 "class", "grade" or "group") within each tone is difficult to interpret, and is strongly debated. These rows are usually denoted I, II, III and IV, and are thought to relate to differences in palatalization or retroflexion of the syllable's initial or medial, or differences in the quality of similar main vowels (e.g. /ɑ/, /a/, /ɛ/). Other scholars view them not as phonetic categories but formal devices exploiting distributional patterns in the Qieyun to achieve a compact presentation.
Each square in a table contains a character corresponding to a particular homophone class in the Qieyun, if any such character exists. From this arrangement, each homophone class can be placed in the above categories.
Modern dialects and Sino-Xenic pronunciations
The rime dictionaries and rime tables identify categories of phonetic distinctions, but do not indicate the actual pronunciations of these categories. The varied pronunciations of words in modern varieties of Chinese can help, but most modern varieties descend from a Late Middle Chinese koine and cannot very easily be used to determine the pronunciation of Early Middle Chinese. During the Early Middle Chinese period, large amounts of Chinese vocabulary were systematically borrowed by Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese (collectively known as Sino-Xenic vocabularies), but many distinctions were inevitably lost in mapping Chinese phonology onto foreign phonological systems.For example, the following table shows the pronunciation of the numerals in three modern Chinese varieties, as well as borrowed forms in Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese:
|Modern Chinese varieties||Sino-Vietnamese||
|10||十||shí||zɤʔ8||sap6||səp6||thập||sip||jū < jiɸu||dzyip|
Although the evidence from Chinese transcriptions of foreign words is much more limited, and is similarly obscured by the mapping of foreign pronunciations onto Chinese phonology, it serves as direct evidence of a sort that is lacking in all the other types of data, since the pronunciation of the foreign languages borrowed from – especially Sanskrit – is known in great detail. For example, the Sanskrit word Dravida was translated by religious scribes into a series of characters 達羅毗荼 that are now read in Standard Mandarin as Dáluópítú. This suggests that Mandarin -uo is the modern reflex of an ancient /a/-like sound, and that the Mandarin second tone is a reflex of ancient voiced consonants.
The nasal initials /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ were used to transcribe Sanskrit nasals in the early Tang, but later they were used for Sanskrit unaspirated voiced initials, suggesting that they had become prenasalized stops in some dialects.
The rime dictionaries and rime tables yield phonological categories, but with little hint of what sounds they represent. At the end of the 19th century, European students of Chinese sought to solve this problem by applying the methods of historical linguistics that had been used in reconstructing Proto-Indo-European. Volpicelli (1896) and Schaank (1897) compared the rime tables at the front of the Kangxi dictionary with modern pronunciations in several varieties, but had little knowledge of linguistics.
Karlgren, trained in transcription of Swedish dialects, carried out the first systematic survey of varieties of Chinese. He used the oldest known rime tables as descriptions of the sounds of the rime dictionaries, and also studied the Guangyun, at that time the oldest known rime dictionary. Unaware of Chen Li's study, he repeated the analysis of the fanqie required to identify the initials and finals of the dictionary. He believed that the resulting categories reflected the speech standard of the capital Chang'an of the Sui and Tang dynasties. He interpreted the many distinctions as a narrow transcription of the precise sounds of this language, which he sought to reconstruct by treating the Sino-Xenic and modern dialect pronunciations as reflexes of the Qieyun categories. A small number of Qieyun categories were not distinguished in any of the surviving pronunciations, and Karlgren assigned them identical reconstructions.
Karlgren's transcription involved a large number of consonants and vowels, many of them very unevenly distributed. Chao Yuen Ren and Samuel E. Martin accepted Karlgren's reconstruction as a description of medieval speech, and analysed its contrasts to extract a phonemic description. Hugh M. Stimson simplified Martin's system as an approximate indication of the pronunciation of Tang poetry. Karlgren himself viewed phonemic analysis as a detrimental "craze".
Older versions of the rime dictionaries and rime tables came to light over the first half of the 20th century, and were used by such linguists as Wang Li, Dong Tonghe and Li Rong in their own reconstructions. Edwin Pulleyblank argued that the systems of the Qieyun and the rime tables should be reconstructed as two separate (but related) systems, which he called Early and Late Middle Chinese respectively. He further argued that his Late Middle Chinese reflected the standard language of the late Tang dynasty.
The preface of the Qieyun recovered in 1947 indicates that it records a compromise between northern and southern reading and poetic traditions from the late Southern and Northern Dynasties period (a diasystem). Most linguists now believe that no single dialect contained all the distinctions recorded, but that each distinction did occur somewhere. Several scholars have compared the Qieyun system to cross-dialectal descriptions of English pronunciations, such as John C. Wells's lexical sets, or the notation used in some dictionaries. Thus for example the words "trap", "bath", "palm", "lot", "cloth" and "thought" contain four different vowels in Received Pronunciation and three in General American; both these pronunciations (and many others) can be specified in terms of these six cases.
Although the Qieyun system is no longer viewed as describing a single form of speech, linguists argue that this enhances its value in reconstructing earlier forms of Chinese, just as a cross-dialectal description of English pronunciations contains more information about earlier forms of English than any single modern form. The emphasis has shifted from precise sounds (phonetics) to the structure of the phonological system. Thus Li Fang-Kuei, as a prelude to his reconstruction of Old Chinese, produced a revision of Karlgren's notation, adding new notations for the few categories not distinguished by Karlgren, without assigning them pronunciations. This notation is still widely used, but its symbols, based on Johan August Lundell's Swedish Dialect Alphabet, differ from the familiar International Phonetic Alphabet. To remedy this, William H. Baxter produced his own notation for the Qieyun and rime table categories for use in his reconstruction of Old Chinese.
The approach to the reconstruction of Middle Chinese followed by Karlgren and his successors has been to use dialect and Sino-Xenic data in a subsidiary role to fill in sound values for the categories extracted from the rime distionaries and tables, rather than a full application of the comparative method. All reconstructions of Middle Chinese since Karlgren have followed his approach of beginning with the categories extracted from the rime dictionaries and tables, and using dialect, Sino-Xenic and transcription data to fill in their sound values. Jerry Norman and Weldon South Coblin have criticized this approach, arguing that viewing the dialect data through the rime dictionaries and rime tables distorts the evidence. They argue for a full application of the comparative method to the modern varieties, supplemented by systematic use of transcription data.
The traditional analysis of the Chinese syllable, derived from the fanqie method, is into an initial consonant, or "initial", (shēngmǔ 聲母) and a final (yùnmǔ 韻母). Modern linguists subdivide the final into an optional "medial" glide (yùntóu 韻頭), a main vowel or "nucleus" (yùnfù 韻腹) and an optional final consonant or "coda" (yùnwěi 韻尾). Most reconstructions of Middle Chinese include the glides /j/ and /w/, as well as a combination /jw/, but many also include vocalic "glides" such as /i/ in a diphthong /ie/. Final consonants /j/, /w/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /p/, /t/ and /k/ are widely accepted, sometimes with additional codas such as /wk/ or /wŋ/. Rhyming syllables in the Qieyun are assumed to have the same nuclear vowel and coda, but often have different medials.
Middle Chinese reconstructions by different modern linguists vary. These differences are minor and fairly uncontroversial in terms of consonants; however, there is a more significant difference as to the vowels. The most widely used transcriptions are Li Fang-Kuei's modification of Karlgren's reconstruction and William Baxter's typeable notation.
The preface of the Yunjing identifies a traditional set of 36 initials, each named with an exemplary character. An earlier version comprising 30 initials is known from fragments among the Dunhuang manuscripts. In contrast, identifying the initials of the Qieyun required a painstaking analysis of fanqie relationships across the whole dictionary, a task first undertaken by the Cantonese scholar Chen Li in 1842 and refined by others since. This analysis revealed a slightly different set of initials from the traditional set. Moreover, most scholars believe that some distinctions among the 36 initials were no longer current at the time of the rime tables, but were retained under the influence of the earlier dictionaries.
Early Middle Chinese (EMC) had three types of stops: voiced, voiceless, and voiceless aspirated. There were five series of coronal obstruents, with a three-way distinction between dental (or alveolar), retroflex and palatal among fricatives and affricates, and a two-way dental/retroflex distinction among stop consonants.The following table shows the initials of Early Middle Chinese, with their traditional names and approximate values:
|Stops and affricates||Nasals||Fricatives||Approximants|
|Labials||幫 p||滂 pʰ||並 b||明 m|
|Dentals||端 t||透 tʰ||定 d||泥 n|
|Retroflex stops||知 ʈ||徹 ʈʰ||澄 ɖ||娘 ɳ|
|Dental sibilants||精 ts||清 tsʰ||從 dz||心 s||邪 z|
|Retroflex sibilants||莊 tʂ||初 tʂʰ||崇 dʐ||生 ʂ||俟 ʐ|
|Palatals||章 tɕ||昌 tɕʰ||禪 dʑ||日 ɲ||書 ɕ||船 ʑ||以 j|
|Velars||見 k||溪 kʰ||群 ɡ||疑 ŋ|
|Laryngeals||影 ʔ||曉 x||匣/云 ɣ|
Old Chinese had a simpler system with no palatal or retroflex consonants; the more complex system of EMC is thought to have arisen from a combination of Old Chinese obstruents with a following /r/ and/or /j/.
- The reversal of /ʑ/ and /dʑ/. Karlgren based his reconstruction on the Song dynasty rime tables. However, because of mergers between these two sounds between Early and Late Middle Chinese, the Chinese phonologists who created the rime tables could rely only on tradition to tell what the respective values of these two consonants were; evidently they were accidentally reversed at one stage.
- Karlgren also assumed that the EMC retroflex stops were actually palatal stops based on their tendency to co-occur with front vowels and /j/, but this view is no longer held.
- Karlgren assumed that voiced consonants were actually breathy voiced. This is now assumed only for LMC, not EMC.
Other sources from around the same time as the Qieyun reveal a slightly different system, which is believed to reflect southern pronunciation. In this system, the voiced fricatives /z/ and /ʐ/ are not distinguished from the voiced affricates /dz/ and /dʐ/ respectively, and the retroflex stops are not distinguished from the dental stops.
Several changes occurred between the time of the Qieyun and the rime tables:
- Palatal sibilants merged with retroflex sibilants.
- /ʐ/ merged with /dʐ/ (hence reflecting four separate EMC phonemes).
- The palatal nasal /ɲ/ also became retroflex, but turned into a new phoneme /r/ rather than merging with any existing phoneme.
- The palatal allophone of /ɣ/ (云) merged with /j/ (以) as a single laryngeal initial /j/ (喻).
- A new series of labiodentals emerged from labials in certain environments, typically where both fronting and rounding occurred (e.g. /j/ plus a back vowel in William Baxter's reconstruction, or a front rounded vowel in Chan's reconstruction). However modern Min dialects retain bilabial initials in such words, while modern Hakka dialects preserve them in some common words.
- Voiced obstruents gained phonetic breathy voice (still reflected in the Wu Chinese varieties).
The following table shows a representative account of the initials of Late Middle Chinese.
|Stops and affricates||
|Labials||重唇 "heavy lip"||幫 p||滂 pʰ||並 pɦ~bʰ||明 m|
|輕唇 "light lip"||非 f||敷 f||奉 fɦ~vʰ||微 ʋ|
|Coronals||舌頭 "tongue-head"||端 t||透 tʰ||定 tɦ~dʰ||泥 n|
|舌上 "tongue up"||知 ʈ||徹 ʈʰ||澄 ʈɦ~ɖʰ||娘 ɳ|
|Lateral||半舌 "half tongue"||來 l|
|Sibilants||齒頭 "tooth-head"||精 ts||清 tsʰ||從 tsɦ~dzʰ||心 s||邪 sɦ~zʰ|
|正齒 "true front-tooth"||照 tʂ||穿 tʂʰ||
|審 ʂ||禪 ʂɦ~ʐʰ|
|半齒 "half front-tooth"||日 r|
|Velars||牙 "back-tooth"||見 k||溪 kʰ||群 kɦ~gʰ||疑 ŋ|
|Gutturals||喉 "throat"||影 ʔ||曉 x||匣 xɦ~ɣʰ||喻 ʜ~∅|
The voicing distinction is retained in modern Wu dialects, but has disappeared from other varieties. In Min dialects the retroflex dentals have merged with the dentals, while elsewhere they have merged with the retroflex sibilants. In the south these have also merged with the dental sibilants, but the distinction is retained in most Mandarin dialects. The palatal series of modern Mandarin dialects, resulting from a merger of palatal allophones of dental sibilants and velars, is a much more recent development, unconnected with the earlier palatal consonants.
The remainder of a syllable after the initial consonant is the final, represented in the Qieyun by several equivalent second fanqie spellers. Each final is contained within a single rhyme class, but a rhyme class may contain between one and four finals. Finals are usually analysed as consisting of an optional medial, either a semivowel, reduced vowel or some combination of these, a vowel, an optional final consonant and a tone. Their reconstruction is much more difficult than the initials due to the combination of multiple phonemes into a single class.
The generally accepted final consonants are semivowels /j/ and /w/, nasals /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/, and stops /p/, /t/ and /k/. Some authors also propose codas /wŋ/ and /wk/, based on the separate treatment of certain rhyme classes in the dictionaries. Finals with vocalic and nasal codas may have one of three tones, named level, rising and departing. Finals with stop codas are distributed in the same way as corresponding nasal finals, and are described as their entering tone counterparts.
There is much less agreement regarding the medials and vowels. It is generally agreed that "closed" finals had a rounded glide /w/ or vowel /u/, and that the vowels in "outer" finals were more open than those in "inner" finals. The interpretation of the "divisions" is more controversial. Three classes of Qieyun finals occur exclusively in the first, second or fourth rows of the rime tables respectively, and have thus been labelled finals of divisions I, II and IV. The remaining finals are labelled division-III finals because they occur in the third row, but they may also occur in the second or fourth rows for some initials. Most linguists agree that division-III finals contained a /j/ medial and that division-I finals had no such medial, but further details vary between reconstructions. To account for the many rhyme classes distinguished by the Qieyun, Karlgren proposed 16 vowels and 4 medials. Later scholars have proposed numerous variations.
Karlgren interpreted the names of the first three tones literally as level, rising and falling pitch contours, respectively. However, the pitch contours of modern reflexes of these categories vary so widely that it is impossible to reconstruct Middle Chinese contours. The oldest known description of the tones is found in a Song dynasty quotation from the early 9th century Yuanhe Yunpu 元和韻譜 (no longer extant): "Level tone is sad and stable. Rising tone is strident and rising. Departing tone is clear and distant. Entering tone is straight and abrupt." In 880, the Japanese monk Annen described the even tone as "straight and low", the rising tone as "straight and high", and the departing tone as "slightly drawn out".
The tone system of Middle Chinese is strikingly similar to those of its neighbours in the /ʔ/ and /s/ respectively in other (atonal) Austroasiatic languages. He thus argued that the Austroasiatic proto-language had been atonal, and that the development of tones in Vietnamese had been conditioned by these consonants, which had subsequently disappeared, a process now known as tonogenesis. Haudricourt further proposed that tone in the other languages, including Middle Chinese, had a similar origin. Other scholars have since uncovered transcriptional and other evidence for these consonants in early forms of Chinese, and many linguists now believe that Old Chinese was atonal.
Around the end of the first millennium AD, Middle Chinese and the southeast Asian languages experienced a phonemic split of their tone categories. Syllables with voiced initials tended to be pronounced with a lower pitch, and by the late Tang Dynasty, each of the tones had split into two registers conditioned by the initials, known as the "upper", or yīn (阴/陰), and the "lower", or yáng (阳/陽). When voicing was lost in all varieties except in the Wu and Old Xiang groups, this distinction became phonemic, yielding up to eight tonal categories, with a six-way contrast in unchecked syllables and a two-way contrast in checked syllables. Cantonese maintains these tones and has developed an additional distinction in checked syllables. However, most varieties have fewer tonal distinctions. For example, in Mandarin dialects the lower rising category merged with the departing category to form the modern falling tone, leaving a system of four tones. Furthermore, final stop consonants disappeared in most Mandarin dialects, and such syllables were reassigned to one of the other four tones.
Phonological changes from Old through Modern Chinese
Middle Chinese had a structure much like many modern varieties (especially conservative ones such as Cantonese), with largely monosyllabic words, little or no derivational morphology, three tones, and a syllable structure consisting of initial consonant, glide, main vowel and final consonant, with a large number of initial consonants and a fairly small number of final consonants. Not counting the glide, no clusters could occur at the beginning or end of a syllable.
Old Chinese, on the other hand, had a significantly different structure. There were no tones, a lesser imbalance between possible initial and final consonants, and a significant number of initial and final clusters. There was a well-developed system of derivational and possibly inflectional morphology, formed using consonants added onto the beginning or end of a syllable. This system is similar to the system reconstructed for Proto-Sino-Tibetan and still visible, for example, in the written Tibetan language; it is also largely similar to the system that occurs in the more conservative Mon–Khmer languages, such as modern Khmer (Cambodian).
The main changes leading to the modern varieties have been a reduction in the number of consonants and vowels and a corresponding increase in the number of tones (typically through a pan-East-Asiatic tone split that doubled the number of tones while eliminating the distinction between voiced and unvoiced consonants). This has led to a gradual decrease in the number of possible syllables. Standard Mandarin only has about 1,300 possible syllables, and many other Chinese languages has progressed further (e.g. the modern Shanghainese has been reported to have only about 700 syllables). The result, in Mandarin for example, has been the proliferation of the number of two-syllable compound words, which have steadily replaced former monosyllabic words, to the extent that the majority of words in Standard Mandarin are now composed of two syllables.
The extensive surviving body of Middle Chinese (MC) literature of various types provides much source material for the study of MC grammar. Due to the lack of morphological development, grammatical analysis of MC tends to focus on the nature and meanings of the individual words themselves and the syntactic rules by which their arrangement together in sentences communicates meaning.
- Middle Chinese forms are given in Baxter's transcription, in which -X and -H denote the rising and departing tones respectively.
- It is not clear whether these had an alveolar or dental articulation. They are mostly alveolar in modern Chinese varieties.
- Karlgren reconstructed these as palatal stops, but most scholars now believe they were retroflex stops.
- The ʐ initial occurs in only two words 俟 and 漦 in the Qieyun, and is merged with dʐ in the Guangyun. It is omitted in many reconstructions, and has no standard Chinese name.
- The retroflex and palatal sibilants were treated as a single series in the rime tables. Chen Li was the first to realize (in 1842) that they were distinguished in the Qieyun.
- The initials 禪 and 船 are reversed from their positions in the rime tables, which are believed to have confused them.
- In the rime tables, the palatal allophone of ɣ (云) is combined with j (以) as a single laryngeal initial 喻. However in the Qieyun system j patterns with the palatals.
- The point of articulation of the fricatives is not clear, and varies between the modern varieties.
- This initial was probably indistinguishable from 非, but retained to record its origin from a different Qieyun initial.
- An unusual initial; shows up today as either [w], [v](or [ʋ]) or [m].
- This initial was not included in the lists of 30 initials in the Dunhuang fragments, and was probably not phonemically distinct from 禪 ʂɦ by that time.
- Originally a palatal nasal; generally shows up today as [ʐ] (or [ɻ]), [ʑ], [j], [z], or [ɲ].
- 「平聲哀而安，上聲厲而舉，去聲清而遠，入聲直而促」, translated in Ting (1996, p. 152)
- The word translated "straight" (直 zhí) could mean level or rising with a constant slope.
- Norman (1988), pp. 24–41.
- Norman (1988), pp. 24–25.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 33–35.
- Pulleyblank (1984), pp. 142–143.
- Baxter & Sagart (2014), p. 10.
- Norman (1988), pp. 29–30.
- Norman (1988), pp. 31–32.
- Baxter (1992), p. 43.
- Norman (1988), pp. 30–31.
- Branner (2006), pp. 15, 32–34.
- Norman (1988), p. 28.
- Norman (1988), p. 34–37.
- Miller (1967), p. 336.
- Malmqvist (2010), p. 300.
- Pulleyblank (1984), p. 163.
- Stimson (1976), p. 1.
- Norman (1988), pp. 32, 34.
- Ramsey (1987), pp. 126–131.
- Norman (1988), pp. 34–39.
- Norman (1988), p. 39.
- Ramsey (1987), p. 132.
- Pulleyblank (1970); Pulleyblank (1971); Pulleyblank (1984).
- Pulleyblank (1984), p. 134.
- Baxter (1992), p. 37.
- Chan (2004), pp. 144–146.
- Li (1974–75), p. 224.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 27–32.
- Norman & Coblin (1995).
- Norman (1988), pp. 27–28.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 34, 814.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 43, 45–59.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 45–59.
- Baxter (1992), p. 49.
- Baxter (1992), p. 50.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 56–57, 206.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 54–55.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 52–54.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 55–56, 59.
- Baxter (1992), p. 58.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 177–179.
- Pulleyblank (1984), p. 144.
- Baxter (1992), p. 53.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 46–48.
- Pulleyblank (1991), p. 10.
- Pulleyblank (1984), p. 69.
- Pulleyblank (1970), pp. 222–223.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 45–46, 49–55.
- Norman (1988), pp. 36–38.
- Baxter (1992), pp. 61–63.
- Norman (1988), pp. 31–32, 37–39.
- Baxter (1992), p. 303.
- Norman (1988), p. 52.
- Ramsey (1987), p. 118.
- Norman (1988), p. 53.
- Mei (1970), pp. 91, 93.
- Norman (1988), pp. 54–55.
- Norman (1988), pp. 54–57.
- Norman (1988), pp. 52–54.
- Stimson (1976), p. 9.
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As you watch this, you may be struck with a sense of deja vu. Made in 1965, Bloody Pit Of Horror is remarkably similar to The Playgirls And The Vampire (1960), in which a bus-load of babes staying at a mysterious castle get killed off one-by-one by the crabby Count who owns the castle. For the anal-retentive among us (and that means you), actor Walter Brandi, who played the Count in The Playgirls And The Vampire, also plays Rick in Bloody Pit Of Horror, and as you may have guessed by his mono-syllabic name, Rick is the hero. Villains are called Richard, and comedy relief is Dick, in more ways than one. So, if you’ve already seen The Playgirls And The Vampire, good for you. Is there really any reason to see this one? You bet!
Mister Mansfield acts about as well as you would expect from someone whose film career highlights include Lady Frankenstein (1971) and Revenge Of The Gladiators (1964), but his role in Bloody Pit Of Horror doesn’t call for anything approaching subtlety. If you’re going to prance around like an over-ripe phantom making faces at people, and command a posse of muscle-bound henchmen in form-fitting striped shirts, it’s okay if you camp it up a bit. It’s probably compulsory. It’s hard to be a quietly tortured monster that hides in the shadows and strikes a pose when no one is looking. Especially when Crimson Executioners had such awesome muscle-tone and definition – which you can have too, if you purchase my new book In Just Seven Days I Can Make You A Skeleton, the sequel to my best-seller Piranha Yourself Thin.
After being told that the dungeons are strictly off-limits, surprise surprise, the girls and their handlers go down to the basement to set up the photo shoot. This involves a montage of the girls getting into their skimpy attire, risque at the time, but rather over-dressed for a rave today. They still call them raves, don’t they? Um, hootenanny? Shindig? Nothing you wouldn’t see on a suburban school girl today, anyway.
While some of the guys are running around down in the squidgy bowels of the castle, they bump into the seal that has held the Crimson Executioner in his tomb, it drops off and the next thing you know there’s an accident at the Pit And The Pendulum attraction. If I ever found myself in such a situation, I’m quite certain I’d take that as a cue to drop whatever it was I was doing, call an ambulance and then get the hell out of the castle. Good thing I’m not a character in an Italian horror movie. Well, not a major character, anyway. Keep an eye out for my cameo appearance.
I couldn’t help but like Travis with his self-obsession and preening, all the while complaining about the half-naked nubiles laying around his basement posing for their cheesecake horror photos. Unlike a lot of movie maniacs, he doesn’t kill women because he’s not good enough for them, but because they aren’t as great as he is! He also kills men for the same reason, so don’t worry, he’s an equal opportunity maniac. How the d*ckens did Mickey Hargitay end up in a castle with all those nifty torture devices, anyway? How can I get some? And how did I get talked into a supporting role and not get any credit? Again! All these questions and more will be ignored until next we meet in…Horror News! Toodles!
Bloody Pit Of Horror (1965)
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Request an Appointment with an Orlando Health Physician
Our cardiologists are skilled in the latest minimally invasive procedures for treating cardiovascular diseases. Depending on your condition, we may use balloon valvuloplasty to widen your narrow heart valve and improve blood flow from your heart.
We may recommend a variety of cardiac imaging tests to assess your valvular heart disease and determine whether you are a candidate for valvuloplasty. We will insert a catheter, or thin tube, through an artery and into your heart. A small balloon at the end of the catheter will inflate when the catheter reaches the affected heart valve, pressing against hardened tissue and forcing the narrow valve to widen.
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Rosemary Zeutschel 81, longtime resident of Woodinville passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Royal Manor Adult Family Home in Bothell. She is preceeded in death by her husband, Ronald Peter Zeutschel (he passed away in May of 2009).
She was born August 11, 1932, in Cook, Illinois. Her father was the production manager for the Wall Street Journal.
She met and married Ronald Peter Zeutschel in 1954.
They moved to Iowa, Portland and eventually onto Seattle. They settled in Woodinville during 1973.
Rosemary graduated from Northwestern University in Illinois in the 1950s with a degree in elementary teaching. She taught in various capacities for almost 20 years.
Rosemary was a champion of rural living and participated in community activism in the Woodinville area for many years.
She was the administrative aide for King County Councilmember Brian Derdowski in the 1990s. Up until a few months ago she still enjoyed working as a medical transcriptionist.
Rosemary is survived by her son, David Heron, his wife Hollis Heron and her daughter and husband Gareth and Molly Rolitt.
She became a great- grandmother in January 2013 to Jack Donovan Rollitt.
Rosemary is also survived by her daughter, Amy Zeutschel MacDonald and her husband Eric MacDonald of Woodinville and their two children Zoe (5 years old) and Zachary (4 years old).
She found immense joy in her family and "Grandma Z" will be missed.
A memorial service will be held at Barton’s Funeral Home in Kirkland at 11a.m. August 30th.
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When you look at Supreme Court and other similar high ranking places you would expect the example on how it should be. But sadly that is not true because diversity in Supreme Court is rather small.
I don’t say it is all bad, if we compare Supreme Court before and after Obama then there is change, but this is still not enough. Before Obama Supreme Court had all white members, which was a type of racial discrimination Obama fixed. An issue of gender diversity is also something Obama changed.
But many other things are left unchanged. For example all judges went to law school at either Yale or Harvard. Each and every member of the Supreme Court comes from coastal state and none of them is Protestant. Only two members of Supreme Court worked as prosecutors, while none of them worked as defense attorney.
All of the things listed above can be considered as one or another type of discrimination.
Duopoly of members regarding their law school is strange and wrong. People that go at either of these schools are expected to perform well, and no one checks whether they are good enough for the position. Other schools have similar level of knowledge, without arrogance that comes from students that went to those two schools.
Religion is important as well. Even though there is a law that punishes religious discrimination, only Catholics and Jews become members of Supreme Court. Religious upbringing gives us different perspectives of right and wrong, and every religion has something to give. Having one “none” (people who have no religion) might be good thing for Supreme Court because it would add another angle in the equation.
Criminal defense lawyer orange county said that lack of members of Supreme Court that had some experience as defense lawyer means that they don’t have insight into costs of procedures and other things for defendant.
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Held back, beauty on the verge,
The caryatid looks out, monumental and virgin —
Half three-dimensional and half refusal,
Her naked shoulder only now emerging.
A better model would be Medusa:
Better that your hair writhe than that your placid
Lips, now round, grow trembling and flaccid
From some carved wound that passes for a bruise
In blue-veined marble of the Muse.
Statuary is worse than paint.
Paint keeps the surface stiff, the torsion compressed;
But torsos raise imaginary arms that grasp faint
Tints as if an incandescent skin undressed
Embraced her pliant bones of lath and mesh.
Anchoress posed with sumptuous constraint
In crusted scent and salt sweat’s languorous taint
On breccia stained by milk from rock expressed,
It must be that heat has pressed into belief
That stone is suffocating white flesh and
Carve back this smothering world into relief, relief.
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Call Congress to support afterschool and summer learning programs
Reach out to House and Senate Appropriators to protect afterschool choices
President Trump’s budget calls for eliminating funding for local afterschool and summer programs. It’s now up to Congress to counter the cut—or execute it and eliminate programs relied on by families across the nation to keep kids safe and engaged. Nearly two million children and families would be left without reliable afterschool choices.
20 million families want and need more afterschool and summer learning opportunities. For every child in a program, two are waiting to get in. Closing 10,000+ afterschool programs will hurt families and children in every part of the country.
You can make a difference: call on Congress to protect funding for afterschool and summer learning programs.
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Lina Embroidered Maxi Dress
FW23 - NEUES BERLIN Collection
Cut from Swiss dot cotton, the Lina Embroidered Maxi Dress is so, so pretty. Cut in a slight A-shape, it has a round collar; full, romantic sleeves; and embroidered motifs from our timeless floral Zoe print. It features a fitted waist, front and cuff fabric buttons, a removable belt, and sleeves embellished with cord piping. Style with black boots and matching tone turtleneck t-shirt underneath for special occasions.
Fabric composition and Care:
- 100% Cotton.
- We don't recommend washing this garment every time after it's use. Air it or green dry clean when necessary.
Closure and Fit Details:
- Button Fastening along front.
- Fits true to size.
- This product was created using Considered Materials. This fabric is made from natural fibers.
- The model shoot in studio is 5'10'' // 179 cm tall and is wearing a size Small.
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The timing seemed startling: hours before tonight’s final Celtics-Lakers playoff game, the family of David Woodman, who died in custody following the final 2008 NBA Finals game, announced they had settled with the City of Boston for $3 million.
Was the announcement planned to coincide with news coverage of crowd control preparations being made by Boston police in anticipation of tonight’s game?
No, says Howard Friedman, the Boston attorney who represented the Woodman family.
“The settlement was made this week. I got the final papers yesterday. We couldn’t have predicted whether the Celtics would have won Game 6 or not,” he says.
But the timing wasn’t completely accidental. The agreement is a pre-suit settlement, says Friedman, meaning that the family had a deadline of settling or filing in court by the anniversary date, something he says impacted the timeline of the negotiations.
While the story got significant play in media outlets this afternoon, Friedman predicts that coverage of the settlement will soon be “swallowed up” by coverage of the game itself.
“It may not be the best day for getting coverage, but it’s a good day in terms the client having closure,” says Friedman.
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Lombard Street Closure - between Stetmore and Jenni
Lombard Street will remain closed between Stetmore and Jenni until 5 PM tomorrow, Friday 6/8, for emergency water main repair. Motorists will need to follow the posted detour route. Map available at www.cityofdubuque.org/detours. If you have questions regarding this closure/detour, please contact the City of Dubuque Water Department at 563-589-4294. Please note: closure dates/times are estimates and are subject to change without notification based on weather and contractor schedules.
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14 best man character
During the years, in Visualart community have arrived new and diverse members that exposed brilliant works in gaming design. Not only the number keeps growing, but the amount of work of art is also enriched. We’ve decided to stop on a certain category and our subject for today will be the best man character. We’ll be wondering around through Illustrations and Conceptual art and choose the most skilled warriors and not only.
First of all, we’ll have to describe a little what it involves. We aren’t searching for a big bad ogre who can disintegrate his opponent just by its looks.
We are searching for well drawn characters, where their abilities can also be their weaknesses. We are searching for a story behind that man and not only for a good technique in designing the warrior.
In the 19 th century in Europe, there was a theme that all the writers should describe the perfect man. The best man won and it was the Russian writer F. Dostoyevsky with his novel The Idiot. The main character was a sick prince who was very naive but had the capacity to overcome the greed for money and all the social plagues with his kindness.
So, any feature can define a good character. It can look funny, silly, hardcore, bad, beautiful, shiny like a paladin or ugly, it doesn’t matter. What it matter is the feeling and story it creates, while looking at him.
Here is our selection of 14 best man character:
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Friday, November 29, 2002
A VISIT TO THE SAN GABRIELS
by Priscilla Fleming Vayda
Peter Adams sits in Hollis Gallery with his dogs,
from left, Smoochie, Jaipur and Panda. Photo courtesy of Mike Mullen
“The gnarled root system of this majestic sycamore in back lighting appealed to me. In the background are the hills of the San Gabriels, including Mt. Lukens and Brown Mountain. This site is between Oakwilde Campground and Switzer Falls.”
Peter Adams was describing one of the paintings in his current exhibition at the Hollis Gallery. Titled “Hidden Pools of the San Gabriels,” this collection of recent oil paintings, executed on board, was created au plein air over a period of some four or five months
“I spent months hiking around to find the perfect spot to paint,” Adams said. He combed the water sheds of the mountains and canyons, finding what he called a surprising amount of water in the hills and vales. Ponds. Pools. Streams. Waterfalls.
And Adams not only paints lovely California water-filled landscapes, but it is evident that he knows well the San Gabriels. He can call by name the native oaks, sycamores, black walnuts, alders and wild eucalyptus. He knows the burial site of the Brown Boys, the two sons of the pre-Civil War era abolitionist John Brown.
He and his wife Elaine have studied area Native Americans, members of the Shoshone/Tongva line. In 1771 these natives were renamed Gabrieleno by the Spanish missionaries of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, he said, discussing the history of one of his paintings. The Gabrielenos generally lived in the foothills near streams for their water source, and in areas typical of this painting (titled “Filtered Light in the Arroyo Seco”), where they would hunt for deer and rabbit, and gather acorns and pine nuts.
For more than 20 years, Adams has hiked the San Gabriel Mountains. He loves the Gabrieleno Trail and these days his dogs Jaipur, Smoocbie and Panda accompany him on morning runs and painting forays. Adams unabashedly admits to a fondness for bathing in the rocky pools with his pooches.
At a recent preview of the works, Adams strolled around the gallery discussing his paintings, giving a mini nature tour of the area. Fortunately, for those not in attendance, word texts accompany the paintings. It is as though Adams were there in gallery, giving each viewer an insight into his thoughts.
“This location is just above Devils Gate Dam and shows an area where two streams come together. In the background are the oaks, cottonwoods, and eucalyptus of Hahamongna Watershed Park, formerly know as Oak Grove Park. In the foreground, light peers through a peppertree and the green winter grass,” Adams said of the painting titled “Afternoon Glow.”
Of “Late Afternoon Overlooking the East Fork of the San Gabriel River,” Adams said, “This is an area that I particularly enjoy painting because of the many layers of silhouetted mountains, which I find reminiscent of the Chinese landscape paintings created during the 12th century Southern Sung Dynasty.”
Several works, particularly two pastel of sunset from the Glendora Pass, are decidedly Asian in feeling. Other oils have a Cezanne-like approach. Light and shadow play on the watery pools, which reflect the blue of the sky. Adams’ use of color is excellent, his compositions thoughtful and his brush strokes painterly in nature.
Some works are completed on site, while others get a finishing touch in his Pasadena studio. He executes both oil paintings and pastel drawings on treated Masonite board. This works better in the wild, said Adams, as the board is more durable than thecanvas, and the paint does not crack. The end-results are pure Adams.
For although Adams has studied in the plein air tradition and works on site, he has his own unique approach to painting California mountains and the California coast.
The painting “Sanctuary; Off the Gabrieleno Trail” is particularly lovely and typifies Adams’ use of composition, color, light and shadow. Adams said that studying with the great landscape painter Theodore Lukits (1897-1992), at the Lukits Academy of Fine Arts in Los Angeles, had a profound effect on his use of color.
“Lukits was a fabulous colorist who emphasized lighting,” Adams said. Each painting in the exhibition presents a slice of Gabrieleno nature, a vision of native plants and trees of the area and of the invigorating waters of the hills. Pristine landscapes. Real art. Unadulterated Adams.
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I felt sad when I looked at the lifeless plant sitting in my house. The leaves had turned yellow and fell out. I shook my head and didn’t know if I should bother keeping any other plants. Have you ever felt the same?
I was determined to keep a few plants alive. I bought several new plants and decided that they would live. This time I did some research.
Are you interested in some great plants for your home? I have done a little research to add some houseplants and some recommendations for you. Houseplants are great for decoration and for the air where you live.
1.The first houseplant that you can handle is the SNAKE PLANT.
2. POTHOS are the next good choice.
3. RUBBER PLANT
4. ALOE VERA
5. SPIDER PLANT
6. ENGLISH IVY
Here are a few tips if your plants are not thriving:
If they have too much light:
- Curling Leaves
- Leaves fading or becoming less green
- Leaves being scorched or brown
- New leaves are much smaller than old leaves.
If they need more light:
- Plants lean toward light
- Old leaves fall off easily
- No flowers on flowering plants
Hope you enjoy your new houseplants and get success with them.
Anything you think would be a good plant choice?
Make sure you schedule a weekly watering – and monthly fertilizer. Keep them alive and thrive!
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seL4 supports the the KZM-ARM11-01, which can also be simulated in qemu.
The KZM is deprecated, ARMv11 Hardware which was used for the original seL4 verification. The latest verification platform is the SabreLite.
Checkout the sel4test project using repo as per seL4Test
repo init -u https://github.com/seL4/sel4test-manifest.git repo sync mkdir cbuild cd cbuild ../init-build.sh -DPLATFORM=kzm -DAARCH32=1 # The default cmake wrapper sets up a default configuration for the target platform. # To change individual settings, run `ccmake` and change the configuration # parameters to suit your needs. ninja # If your target binaries can be executed in an emulator/simulator, and if # our build system happens to support that target emulator, then this script # might work for you: ./simulate
If you plan to use the ./simulate script, please be sure to add the
-DSIMULATION=1 argument when running cmake.
Generated binaries can be found in the
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The Houston Astros made it official on Monday. The team announced its new five-year, $95 million contract with reliever Josh Hader and designated left-hander Matt Gage for assignment. Hader is now the highest-paid reliever in baseball history.
But Hader's record-breaking salary isn't the end of the road for the Astros. Houston knowingly signed Hader to a mega-deal despite the fact the lefty had a Qualifying Offer attached to his signing. The San Diego Padres wisely slapped the QO on the free-agent-to-be shortly after the end of the 2023 season.
Rather than accept what amounted to a one-year deal worth approximately $20 million, Hader rejected the QO, meaning he was free to sign with any major league team of his choosing. But Hader's new team was destined to pay a price for the closer's services.
What Astros must forfeit after Josh Hader mega-deal
According to Jordan Shusterman of FOX Sports, the Astros will forfeit their second-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft as well as $500K of international bonus-pool money. That's a hefty sum, but Houston's front office was willing to take the gamble.
According to FanGraphs, the Astros' projected payroll now stands at $239 million for the 2024 season. That estimate pushes Houston past the $237 million Competitive Balance tax threshold. The last time the Astros crossed the threshold was in 2020, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the taxes were suspended for that season.
All of this is to say that the Astros liked Hader enough to sacrifice draft capital, lose international bonus pool money, and pay extra taxes. One could surmise the narrative about owner Jim Crane pinching pennies this offseason can now go out the window.
For those who are curious, the Astros' second-round draft pick from a year ago is right-hander Alonzo Treadwell. The year prior, Houston was stunningly able to land their top outfield prospect Jacob Melton late in Round 2. So there's some risk involved in giving up such a high draft pick, but the Astros were desperate to upgrade their bullpen, and did so by signing the best reliever available.
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These are some common tools used to work on this device. You might not need every tool for every procedure.
If you are experiencing difficulties with the Axess SPBT1031, please visit the Troubleshooting Page
Background and Identification ¶
The Axess SPBT1031 is a rechargeable indoor/outdoor bluetooth-enabled 2.1 speaker. Capable of using USB, AUX and SD card for music input. The speaker also has the ability to connect to FM radio. The product was released in 2014 by Axess USA.
The SPBT line of speaker has four models currently in production. They are all similar in design, but the SPBT1031 can be distinguished by the button interface’s location. The interface is located of the mesh covering over the speakers. Furthermore the interface , while the most similar model’s interface, the SPBT1033, only goes about 75% of the way across the mesh.
The device features include:
- 10-meter operating range
- Built-in 1000mAh Lithium rechargeable battery
- Subwoofer: 3-inch, 5 Watt, 4 Ohm
- Two Horns: 2-inch, 2 Watt, 4 Ohm
- Detachable Strap for travel
Common issues may include: poor Bluetooth connectivity, sound quality and range; poor battery life.
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Hannah and her Sisters
Confirmed: Apr. 15, 2014 (Archived)
Alternative Pop from Vancouver BC
Contact DetailsMike Renaud
No bio has been contributed by this artist.
No audio samples have been linked to this profile.
|Hannah Georgas||Vocals / keys / guitar|
|Niko Friessen||drums / percussion|
|Winston||guitar / harmonies|
|Robbie Driscoll||bass / banjo / guitar|
Status: Broken Up
- Last confirmed Apr. 15, 2014
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Software Consultant 1969
Hyderabad | PPM | India
Dept Name : PPM
Qualification : BTech/MS in Computer Science
Relevant Work Experience : 4-6 Years
No of Positions: 1
- Domain knowledge in project financial accounting (spending forecasts, project and fiscal budgeting, and cost capitalization).
- Experience in the delivery of commercial grade / enterprise class software.
- Excellent written and verbal English language communication skills.
- A seasoned front-end developer with the experience and talent to deliver inspired features that are robust, grounded in the real-world needs of the user and fully deliver.
- You will also have a strong foundation in the science and discipline of structured programming.
Hexagon Capability Center lndia
DivyaSree Trinity Campus
HITEC City, Madhapur
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Highly recommend! Had Gary for my lessons and I was petrified, had never driven a car in my life but with Gary’s patience and understanding, 25 lessons later, I have passed my test! Cannot thank Gary enough for the support and encouragement he gave me, I could not have done any of it without him. Great guy, fab driving school! Will be back in a couple of years with my daughter!
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Buy train and bus tickets for UK and Europe - the easy way
Treviso to Milan by train
Fastest journey2hr 42m
Trains per day7
Avg. journey time2hr 51m
Travelling from Treviso to Milan by train
Fast trains from Treviso to Milan take around 2 hours and 42 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 238 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Treviso and Milan.
1. Are there direct trains from Treviso to Milan?
Direct trains from Treviso to Milan have been found.
We usually find around 7 direct trains on the route from Treviso to Milan every weekday.
Trains usually run with a similar frequency on weekends.
2. How long is the train journey from Treviso to Milan?
The Treviso to Milan train travel time is normally about 2 hours and 42 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Treviso to Milan train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Milan is usually scheduled to depart Treviso around 07:12 and the last train is around 14:33. This is the same at the weekend.
What's the Treviso to Milan train price?
The earlier you book the better, and the cheapest tickets we've found for trains from Treviso to Milan are $24.59.
Trains departing 30 days in advance will cost around $24 while booking 7 days in advance the price is around $23. Booking on the day of travel is likely to be more expensive, so it is worth booking in advance if you can to save money.
When to book Treviso to Milan train tickets?
Trains in Italy usually open for booking around 6 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Treviso to Milan by train.
Which train companies operate between Treviso and Milan?
More than one train company operates on the route from Treviso to Milan, so you’ll be travelling with one or more of the following rail operators:
- Frecciarossa 1000
You can check which train you’ll be travelling on by looking for the train name in search results.
Other journeys to Milan View all journeys to Milan
Easy, fast and cheap
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Cheaper UK tickets with Pricehack
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Aberdeen Township ADD Testing
Empowered Learning Transformation Centers
The Empowered Learning Transformation Centers is a full service boutique psychotherapy practice on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Our doctors are specialists in the testing and treatment of ADD/ADHD and Aspergers in children, teens and adults.
We go beyond labels, taking a holistic, person-centered approach to treatment. We don’t see you or your loved one as a diagnosis or set of symptoms, but rather as an individual with unique strengths and weaknesses. Our treatment is “big picture” and focused on the whole person. We know from experience that one magic pill does not cure ADD/ADHD or other mental health challenges.
That is why we offer psychotherapy, social skill groups, neuro feedback, nutritional, organizational coaching, tutoring and medication to improve the overall functioning of our clients.
Change will not be easy, but if all facets of one’s life are supported, change can and does happen. Call our adult, adolescent and child psychologists today for an initial evaluation.
The Empowered Learning Transformation Centers offers a comprehensive ADD ADHD testing process that goes beyond a simple checklist. We use the latest diagnostic tools to accurately assess for ADD ADHD. This process begins with a clinical interview, where we learn about early childhood symptoms and current challenges that are negatively impacting your life. After the interview, you will be given a computer-based assessment to determine deficits in focus, distractibility and impulsivity, all hallmarks of ADD ADHD. Learn more about our adult and child ADD ADHD testing.
Contact us today!
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-"CE"-certified and "GS"-approved
(complies with European hygiene and safety regulations.)
-Motor stops automatically when opening
the doors or covers.
-with fixed contionous welded strong table plate
-With maintenance free electronic brake motor.
-Scraper of wheels installed and removable
-Band saw guide in table specially coated and
removable without tools.
-Gas damper provides always correct tension
-All parts rustfree!
-Blade guided in the wheels, therefore cannot
jump down from wheel.
-By additional grooves the crossing of teeth
will be not affected by the wheels.
-Self-carrying frame, strong table, wheels, waste
bin, portion-gauge in stainless steel inoxydable.
-Safety magnet in hyginic design.
-Control device for safety switches.
-Easy to maintain contactor box with standard parts.
-Large grip for ergonomic opening of doors
Voltage : 230/400 V / 50 cycles
Power : 4,4 kW
Revolutions : 1500/ min.
Speed of cutting : 30 Meter/Second
Number of wheels : 4 x 400 mm diameter
Dimensions table : 1320 x 940 mm
Width of cutting : 800 mm
Height of cutting : 445 mm
Saw blade : 4045 x 16 x 0.6 mm
Housing : Stainless steel
Dimension : 1320 x 940 x 1855 mm
Height of table : 900 mm
Netweight : 365 kg
Grossweight : 380 kg on pallett
Seaworthy packed : 550 kg in wooden case.
Dimension of box : 1500 x 1100 x 2000 mm
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Interammo Impex Inc. is an Edmonton based firearms import-export and distribution company established in April 2009. Its focus is to bring the most advanced and innovative small arm systems to Canadian markets. Interammo’s line of products comprises service pistols, high precision sniper, tactical and sporting rifles.
Firearms and accessories import-export and distrubution. Direct distribution to government agencies, businesses, and consumers.
Please contact us through e-mail, phone, fax, or through our contact page.
Interammo Impex Inc.
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Welcome to Tea Gallerie!
Tea Gallerie has a vast selection of teas that span the entire globe. Experience the classics or try something new and different. What is your favorite?
Free Shipping on orders of $50 or more!
Surrender to sensory euphoria with earthy pu-erh loose tea leaves draped in thick ribbons of thick caramel and golden butterscotch.
White loose leaf tea blended with coconut, safflowers, and cornflowers. Sweet creamy texture with a light body, and a good balance of coconut.
This subtly sweet Taiwanese oolong loose leaf tea is characterized by a creamy milk flavor that is enhanced by gentle roasting to fully unleash its buttery profile.
An exotic combination of tart pineapple, juicy mango, and succulent orange, this vibrant loose leaf tea brews a golden yellow.
High grown estate black loose leaf tea picked from select gardens in China & India and hand blended with fragrant oil of bergamot and a touch of French vanilla.
A wonderful black loose leaf tea infused with whole vanilla bean pieces. Bright flavor with a smooth vanilla touch.
A wonderfully relaxing loose leaf tea with a delicate aroma of chamomile, eucalyptus, and mint.
Green loose leaf tea hand crafted with tropical flavors of pineapple, mango and papaya offering a sweet and refreshing sensation.
Aromatic organic jasmine blossoms are used for scenting the most tender organic green loose leaf tea leaves and buds then hand rolled into small pearls.
A superior combination of white silver needle loose tea leaves and aromatic jasmine buds, this pristine tea yields an infusion with the sophistication and color of pearls.
A sublime pairing of subtle jasmine perfume and ripe peach, this floral loose leaf tea blend houses a beautiful array of vivid marigold flowers and yields a delectable brew.
Delicate white loose tea leaves are infused with the succulent sweet and tart harmony of plump lemons and ripe peaches.
Our famous iced tea blend of high grown estate black loose leaf tea hand blended with tropical fruit and flowers.
Engulf your senses in a rush of summer flavors that capture liquid sunshine in every cup. Creamy peach and crisp apple mingle with vibrant hibiscus petals for a glowing nectar.
Japanese sencha green loose leaf tea is the most common simple green tea found in Japan. This is a great everyday drink with an earthy and grassy flavor.
This Indian Ginger root offers an aromatic, spicy, and invigorating brew that not only acts as the perfect digestif, but has anti-inflammatory properties that are used to treat ailments such as arthritis and other joint issues.
Traditional indian black tea blended with essence of bergamot oil gives this earl grey a reputable and world-famous taste. Try this loose leaf tea with a hint of milk and sugar to make a delicious earl grey latte (aka royal milk tea)!
Traditional blend of organic fair trade black loose leaf tea with robust flavor.
A coveted premium loose leaf tea, Gyokuro matures carefully in the shade beneath towering Japanese foliage. This slow development allows the leaves to acquire a stunning green hue and their signature smooth, buttery taste.
A toasty tea gem, these pan-fired green loose tea leaves are masterfully smoothed along the inner vein of the buttery leaf.
A beautiful loose leaf tea blend of citrus flavors and creamy vanilla. Well rounded with a soft finish. It's a creamsicle cup!
Cherish the melodious entanglement of luscious mango and dried green loose leaf tea buds as explosive flavors erupt across your palate.
The Chamraj Estate was established in 1922 by an English businessman with an aptitude for cultivating premium loose leaf tea. Cherish his legacy with this pure black tea.
Also known as Gabaron Oolong, this loose leaf tea contains 10 times the amount of naturally occurring amino acids than other oolongs. This soothing brew reduces stress and anxiety, increases blood circulation, and combats high blood pressure. Sink into the realm of calm that this perfectly devised tea provides.
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This February we celebrate 4 incredible years of Juicy!
Over the last 4 years we have brought some of the biggest names in Hard House to our city and since launching in 2018 we have well and truly put hard House back on the map in Nottingham.
Thank you to every single person who has attended our events for your continued support. The love you have shown us has been incredible and you are the reason that we keep going! To those who haven’t attended yet, you have missed out on something very special!
To celebrate we have put together our biggest lineup to date and we can’t wait to celebrate the next 4 amazing years with you!
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HAMMER @ HOME - Yardzee SetRegular price $50.00
OUTDOOR FUN! Yardzee is fun family fun and kit includes bucket with vinyl (can be customized) 5 dice, one time use stencils and choice of stain or paint.
- custom stencil
- paint for stencils
1. Choose your stain or paint
2. Choose your paint up to 5 colors
5. Proceed with checkout!
ALL Hammer @ Home Kits MUST be picked up from Hammer & Stain of Lodi. We will contact you once your order is ready to schedule a time for pickup! Free delivery is also available, schedule after ordering.
This is a WOOD project. Although we select and prep the wood with care, your project will have cracks, chips, knots, and other blemishes that are NATURAL and give your piece unique character.
CUSTOM GUIDELINES ---- Simple substitutions of words within the shown design and layout can *generally be made at no additional charge. However, significant changes to our standard designs or special requests for a completely new design are considered custom and must be submitted via email (firstname.lastname@example.org) at least 7 days prior to your scheduled pick up. If approved, a customization fee will apply.
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Tell me about health funds?
The Australian Dental Association has some great information about dental treatments and the advantages and disadvantages of being in a health fund and what the impact of being or attending a preferred provider can be. Please check out their website for more information by clicking the link above.
Do you provide treatment for children under the Medicare Child Dental Benefits Schedule?
Yes we do please see our Children’s Dentistry information.
What should I do if I have knocked out an adult tooth?
Time is of the essence. Place the tooth into milk, long life milk or saliva for storage to avoid it drying out and seek urgent dental advice as close as possible. Teeth can be re-implanted and splinted in place if done within a tight time frame, sometimes with very good results. If out of hours you can contact Dr Gina Irwin or another staff member via our Facebook page and we will respond as soon as possible.
I have broken a tooth, what should I do?
Contact us to make an appointment as soon as possible. If it is sharp you could place orthodontic wax or chewing gum over the sharp area as a short term measure. If it is sensitive avoid hot or cold foods and chewing on the area until it is seen to. Eat softer food and take pain relief as directed on the packet if required.
I have a severe toothache, what should I do?
Contact us as soon as possible. We have toothache appointments available daily. If it is out of hours, take pain relief medication as directed. You can also seek help for stronger pain relief at a local hospital or medical practice. If your face is swollen do not delay to seek urgent medical attention. Untreated dental infections can become life-threatening emergencies when facial swellings affect air-ways. Do not repeatedly treat a dental infection with antibiotics over a long period of time as this can lead to antibiotic resistance and more complications and risks. If out of hours you can contact Dr Gina Irwin or another staff member via our Facebook page and we will respond as soon as possible.
What is a dental impression?
A dental impression is a mould taken of the teeth and gums using a tray and some soft putty which gradually sets in the mouth. It is quite flexible and is easily removed after between 2-5 minutes depending on the material we use.
We take dental impressions for many reasons:
- Study models for treatment planning.
- Making splints and retainers.
- Making dentures- when dentures are being made they often require a first impression which is used to create a custom-fit tray for the secondary impression a few weeks later.
- Constructing crowns and bridges.
We have some found some handy tricks to use for the small portion of people who tend to ‘gag’ when having an impression taken. This makes them quite straight forward. Let us know before the procedure if you tend to gag and we can let you know our secret techniques!
Why do we need dental x-rays?
Dental X-rays are a valuable tool for diagnosis and assessment of teeth and the surrounding structures. We have digital x-ray software, which means lower radiation doses and also the ability to review and adjust qualities of the image very quickly.
During routine examinations we usually take one small x-ray each side. They are called Bite-wings because you bite on a little wing on the side of the x-rays film to hold the x-ray in position. We generally take these around about every 2 years but this may vary depending on the patient’s individual risk of developing dental problems. We also use Peri-Apical x-rays. These are small x-rays used to assess the root of a particular tooth/teeth.
Regular intra-oral x-rays are taken for the following reasons:
- Assess for presence and size/depth of cavities.
- Assessment of the end of the root for pathology such as infections at the end of the root.
- Assessment of bone heights around the teeth relating to periodontal/gum disease.
What is an OPG X-ray?
OPG X-rays are large full mouth x-rays which can be taken with our extra-oral machine here at Chinchilla Dental, once again using our digital x-ray software. Some of their uses are as follows:
- Assessment of teeth and surrounding structure prior to extractions, particularly wisdom teeth.
- Assess for presence or absence of unerupted teeth.
- Assess for missing permanent teeth.
- Pre orthodontics and during orthodontics to assess root angulations.
- Assessment of bone heights in patients with periodontal disease.
- Assessment of Temporo-Mandibular (Jaw) joint bone structures.
- Assessment for possible pathology or jaw fractures.
- OPGs are not reliable for the diagnosis of cavities so therefore intra-oral xrays may also be required.
We also take Lateral Cephogram x-rays of the side of the head to assess jaws prior to orthodontics treatment.
Do you treat Veterans Affairs patients?
We provide various dental treatments for eligible ‘Gold Card Veterans’ at Chinchilla Dental. Please supply your card and details when booking your appointment.
What do you offer for Senior Patients?
Increasingly, older people are retaining natural teeth for longer and also living longer. People who retain their teeth have improved ability to chew and gain adequate nutrition compared to those people who either have no teeth or poorly fitting dentures. However risks of oral diseases such as cavities forming and gum disease increase with increasing age and often increasingly complicated medical conditions (including taking multiple medications with their associated side effects).
We see many older people and we can advise you on strategies to maintain your teeth such as using a higher fluoride containing toothpaste, using inter-proximal brushes to clean between the teeth, having regular examinations, fluoride treatments and professional cleaning as well as giving dietary advice. We can also make a range of full and partial dentures to replace missing teeth where needed.
We also regularly visit the local retirement village (Illoura) to see the residents there. We can then provide dental treatment at CDP in a special chair they supply to allow the patient to stay in that chair during the procedure, ensuring they are comfortable throughout their appointment.
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With regards to fence companies within the Concord, California region, JB Fence Pros has a track record that is difficult to beat. This is partially the result of us allowing clients in Concord, CA to choose from our huge selection of fences. However, the thing that clients have really come to value about our fence company is the degree of service we offer. We will do everything to make sure that you wind up purchasing the optimal fence for your needs but you will not be pressured to purchase from our Concord company. Get in touch with our fence contractors at 888-410-2980 today if you want to purchase your fence from a company that specializes in offering a tremendous assortment and a high standard of service.
Making it Easy to Select the Optimal Fence in Concord, CA
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- Devin Gackle
"Insecure" written by Devin Gackle, Fall 2013
Without further ado, here is my first songblog song!
I figured I'd start with one I wrote a couple years ago that ended up relating to my life. This is a good one to start with also because it's one where the words were just there. The words to the verses were in my head quite a while before I actually sat down to write the rest of the song. And when I did, the rest seemed to flow together. I know, not very deep. But I wanted to start with Insecure because it's about letting go of insecurities, trying again and starting over despite everything in your way. It's about looking for truth and not just paying attention, but not ignoring who and what's around you. And no matter what, it's never too late to try again. It's never too late to do what you need to do. It's never too late to make things right. Insecure is a song of hope. A reminder that to change your life all you have to do is try.
Lyrics: You know I never thought that it would ever come to this Living life based off of empty promises If you ask me it's just a matter of time So now I'm searching for the truth beneath the lies Don't wanna live based off another stupid compromise I'm so sick of trying to read between the lines So now you're turning from the crowd I'll meet you there on the way out Yeah, we can't turn back Whoa, we let the time go by Yeah, it's a little late Whoa, but we could try What can I do to fill this emptiness inside of me What would it take for us to damn the insecurities 'Cause you know we can't go on like this You know I need something to fill the spaces in between I look around but nothing's ever really what it seems We can't go on thinking ignorance is bliss So now you're falling from the clouds I'll meet you there on the way down Yeah, we can't turn back Whoa, we let the time go by Yeah, it's a little late Whoa, but we could try You can't lift me up if you don't let me fall You can't life me up without risking it all Yeah, we can't turn back anymore Yeah, we can't turn back We let the time go by It's a little late but We could try Yeah, we can't turn back Whoa, we let the time go by Yeah, it's a little late Whoa, but we could try We could try We could try
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How can a good God allow evil in this world? Answering this question is key for every person who ever lived or will live. Simply because everyone of us has either experienced evil acutely or seen happen from a distance. The question leaves us with a sort of conundrum - Is God good but unable to stop the evil, in which case He is not all-powerful, or is He able to prevent evil but won’t, which calls into question His goodness.
Please, make every effort to be with us as we face this dilemma head-on, in the hopes that we will develop a satisfactory answer that vindicates both His omnipotence and His goodness.
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the magical little place in my apartment that used to be what emmanuelle called the makeout room back in the day. when shira got this place she put bookshelves in it, and when ken layne had this place he put a laptop on one of the shelves, and when i moved here five years ago i put a full blown computer in it and here i write you and im avoiding something i have to write for the austin chronicle and im avoiding telling you about last night
because when i write about it it will be over and i dont ever want it to be over but today is presidents day and honest abe would write it and george washington would write about it and then chop down a cherry tree so here goes.
yesterday i picked up my true love at shiras house and we drove to burbank to Fry’s Electronics to get her a solar generator for her ipod and her other devices when she goes to deepest darkest africa next week. we also went there to get me a power converter for when i go to deepest darkest amsterdam today.
because she had been shopping for clothes that would be easy to wash up against rocks she was tired of roaming ill-marked aisles and she had a little freakout but the reason shes my truest is because she and i know how to handle each other when we’re freaking out. heres my trick: whisper. for when you whisper the other person has to come closer to you to hear you and when she gets closer i kiss her cheek.
she no longer has those sorts of feelings for me but we hold hands and last night we went to a romantical italian place in south pasedena whose portions were large but whose service was so bad that i only left a 16% tip. but we had red wine and pasta and held hands as the candles flickered and she wept a little and i said its ok baby its ok.
then we drove home on the twisty turny 110 to the hollywood freeway and i started a roaring fire and we cuddled up under blankets and i went through my tv showing her matisyahu on letterman, some weirdo piano playing crazy man on visiting with huell houser, campus ladies my favorite new tv show, various daily show episodes, and angelina jolie talking about the motherland.
then we adjourned to my bedroom and cuddled and talked until 3:30am and i finally had to tell her to hush cuz i was falling asleep and i didnt want her to think i wasnt listening. and we held each other and slept all twisted and it was just like the olden days when we had done that for years after years after years except this time it didnt begin and end with a good olde fashioned romp.
little tone kept poking her in the back because he was sure he knew this lass but fortunately she didnt notice or was bothered because she backed up into it and stayed there until the phone woke us up in the morn because my phone has a nasty habit of ringing off the hook.
it was very sweet last night and it was even sweeter this morn as i told her that i didnt care that she didnt love me as much as i loved her because if she had we’d be like lots of our friends and shed be knocked up or would had squeezed one out and that little angel would have been awake by now and we would have to run around after him or her and she wouldnt be on her way to africa and i wouldnt be on my way to europe.
so i told her that if something happens to her in africa and she sees the light and chooses to come back to me that we can adopt one of those who already knows how to fix its own breakfast and hopefully will be so grateful not to be where it once was that it will keep quiet until poppy says its ok to be a kid and scream and yell and try to ride its big wheel around our tiny apartment.
she said tony im never going to marry you. and i said shhh shhh baby youre delirious, shhhhh.
ive learned never to take no for an answer. all no is is “im not there yet.” and the key word is yet. or its the Lord saying, dude as soon as you get off her ive got two laker girls im dying to fix you up with. two, fool!
but love is blind, and dumb and deaf, and even though this girl has been saying no i mean not yet for years and years its not like i havent met the lord halfway by accepting clipper girls. maybe i dont want the laker girls because then i will marry one and that would mean that this chapter of my life would be over and i dont want it to be over because it was the longest and the weirdest and the one that i loved the most because the communication was almost espish mostly because of the whisper trick and dozens more like it.
i just walked in on her in the shower to get one last look.
and normally i have no idea why anyone would be jealous of anything about me, but if you just saw what i just saw you would be hella jealous.
above are africans who put leaves in their headbands for good luck. but as a Christian i will be praying for her every night, and i invite you all to do the same with me.
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While she was getting her MBA at Florida A&M, in a time before side hustles became careers, designer Bettina Benson owned an online boutique where she honed her fashion sense and business skills. She also began dreaming up her own fashion line. She eventually put that dream on hold for a successful career in medical sales. However, after becoming a mother to daughter Chloe, in 2013, Bettina felt compelled to rethink her career. She found herself longing to get back to where it all began: fashion.
Today, she helms Chloe Kristyn, a made-in-the-USA clothing company. While Bettina designs for all women, she is especially passionate about size and diversity inclusivity. This is evident in the brand’s imagery and sizing, which runs through XXL. Bettina also ensures women are taken care of beyond their closets — and that means supporting them through all of life’s obstacles. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Chloe Kristyn has partnered with Young Gentry, a luxury candle line, for a unique fundraiser benefitting the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (AVLF). They’ve collaborated to offer a lounge set with signature purple gingham pajamas (the official color of domestic violence awareness) paired with a hand-poured candle. Twenty percent of the proceeds of the set will go to AVLF, and for every four sets purchased, full legal representation for a domestic violence survivor is covered.
We can’t wait to introduce you to our latest FACE of the South, Bettina Benson!
What is your retail/design background?
I am a self-taught designer. I like to say I am a businesswoman first and a designer second. What I have learned in business and life is that you are only as strong as your weakest link. Therefore, I went into this understanding that it was important to find industry professionals who understood and believed in my vision to help me develop the line. I have learned so much from my team — more than I could have learned in a classroom. Even in business school, having graduated Summa Cum Laude, and analyzing more case studies than I care to remember, I realized the real learning comes from experience and failure.
What would people be surprised to learn about working in the fashion industry?
The process is not at all glamorous. Starting and developing my own line is the hardest thing that I have ever done. There are so many important and intricate steps and processes from conceptualization to finished product. Most of my time is spent on strategy, operations and execution. I wish I could design all day, every day, but that is not the case. I think people may also be surprised to learn just how much opportunity there is for diversity and inclusivity in this industry. The use of models of color and of various sizes in campaigns and on the runway is significant, but I always like to bring awareness to the fact that there is very little representation of designers of color within major retailers and independently owned boutiques, especially in the South. I am so grateful for the retailers that partner with us because they are not only supporting a woman-owned business that supports other women, but they are championing diversity and inclusion as well.
One of the things you are passionate about is supporting organizations that aid victims of abuse. Why do you feel so strongly about this cause in particular?
In order for anyone to aspire to their purpose and make a change in this world, they must recognize and understand the magnitude of their power. I want every woman to stand in her power. The women who are survivors of domestic violence have had this opportunity robbed from them. The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation offers pro-bono legal services, up to the issuing of full protective orders, which is often the second step after deciding to walk away, to get that power back.
How, if any, has the South inspired your line?
I definitely think my Southern roots have inspired my love of dresses, which are core to the line, as well as my love of color; jewel tones are my favorite! I can never resist a floral brocade fabric, which I collect and use for special made-to-order pieces. And a stripe or gingham is my favorite go-to for our cotton shirting dresses and tops. While the aesthetic is not “in your face” Southern, there is definitely an underlying Southern-inspired elegance about my designs.
What trends can we expect to see as we head towards winter?
Lots of animal print, jewel tones and tailored looks
Tell me about Curated, your latest venture.
We created Curated, which is both a service and a capsule collection, to cater to that busy professional woman. She can work with one of our consultants to shop in person; we can meet her at her office or her home, or she can come to us.
RELATED: Fall Color Trends & How to Wear Them
What’s the best piece of advice that you’ve ever been given?
Always identify your intention for doing whatever you are doing; know the way behind the why, and use that as your guide. This helps you set proper boundaries and guard your time. If it doesn’t tie back to your intention, it may not be worth the time or effort; if it does, then go for it. Most importantly, always trust your intuition.
Excluding faith, family and friends, what are three things you can’t live without?
- Music. It’s my conduit for creativity.
- My Bianca dresses. I feel like I can close any deal when I am wearing that dress. If I had to select a garment that made me feel most feminine yet most powerful, it would be Bianca!
- My Peloton bike … well, more so the coaches. It’s like you get a motivational speech, a therapy session and workout all at the same time.
Thank you, Bettina, for sharing your story with us. And a special thank you to CatMax Photography for these amazing photos of Bettina.
For more inspiring FACES of the South, click here!
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A new report says that competency-based learning is becoming more attainable for schools, and with some actionable policy steps, state education leaders can help schools personalize learning and focus on competency rather than how long students are in school.
The report, titled “Cracking the Code: Synchronizing Policy and Practice for Performance-Based Learning,” comes from the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL), with help from the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). It calls into question the logic of “seat time” and current accountability standards.
“We are proposing what amounts to a vital change in current methods of instruction and measurement so that students can move ahead when they demonstrate knowledge,” said Susan Patrick, co-author of the report and president of iNACOL. “Unfortunately, many states and school districts are still handcuffed by rigid regulations that prevent them from moving toward the student-centered, performance-based approach.”
The report, says Patrick, offers guidance and practical recommendations for state education policy makers. The recommendations are based on discussions by education stakeholders during the 2011 Competency-Based Learning Summit from iNACOL and the CCSSO earlier this year.
The report says a comprehensive policy redesign will require competency-based credits, personalized learning plans, information technology, professional development (PD), and quality control in support of individual student growth for accountability “while aligning higher education with K-12 competency-based efforts.”
A starting point
The report begins by defining what is meant by competency-based, or performance-based, learning—as well as why it needs support.
According to iNACOL and Chris Sturgis, co-author of the report and a principal at MetisNet, competency-based learning relies on:
- Students advancing upon mastery;
- Competencies including explicit, measurable, and transferable learning objectives that empower students;
- Assessments that are meaningful and provide a positive learning experience for students;
- Students receiving timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs; and
- Learning outcomes that emphasize competencies such as the application and creation of knowledge, along with the development of important skills and dispositions.
Successful implementation of competency-based standards not only will help students have a positive experience with learning, but also will “increase [the nation’s] productivity” by decreasing the dropout rate and closing the achievement gap, the report argues.
“With approximately $600 billion spent annually in the U.S. on K-12 education, why wouldn’t we want to create incentives for our schools so that every dollar going to fund education was based on students’ outcomes, performance, and growth in learning toward world-class expectations, rather than on seat time?” the authors ask. “What would it take to unleash innovation to allow practitioners, educators, and administrators to create competency-based pathways of learning for each student, regardless of where or how long they sit?”
As one participant in the iNACOL/CCSSO forum expressed: “The problem is quite simple—we are measuring the wrong end of the student, related to learning.”
Recommendations: For beginners
For those states looking to take their first steps in moving toward competency-based learning, the report suggests thinking about seat-time waivers and credit flexibility.
Seat-time waivers are useful because they allow districts, schools, or even classroom educators to have alternatives to seat-time restrictions while remaining in compliance with state policy.
Credit flexibility gives districts the ability to use competency-based learning instead of seat time, thanks to the expansion of online learning and the demand for credit recovery.
After state leaders consider both seat-time requirements and credit flexibility, the report suggests they:
- Require districts to offer competency-based credits so that students have competency-based options, such as alternative schools and credit recovery;
- Provide support mechanisms, because education leaders will need opportunities to work with their colleagues or technical assistance providers to create competencies, train teachers, and establish information management systems;
- Establish quality-control mechanisms to safeguard equity and to ensure that higher expectations for student learning are not compromised. States will want to design rubrics and formative evaluations, and provide supporting tools and resources such as examples of student work at each proficiency level;
- Expand learning options in the community, after schools, and online; and
- Align higher education with K-12 competency-based efforts through teacher training, college admissions, and streamlining budgets to support accelerated learning.
Recommendations: Super hero
As forward-thinking states begin their adoption of competency-based learning standards, there are a number of opportunities that arise—for example, using the Common Core State Standards to eliminate seat-time requirements.
Here are the advanced recommendations from the report:
- Redefine the Carnegie Unit into competencies: With the Common Core, states now have the opportunity to use competencies as the organizing unit, rather than the time-based Carnegie Unit. States can do this by creating more modular units of learning by redefining the Carnegie Unit with competencies; facilitating collaborative efforts to implement the Common Core standards and develop competencies with precise learning objectives, including academic and lifelong competencies; and establishing mechanisms to protect fidelity to higher expectations.
- Support personalized learning: Create a personalized learning plan for every student; incentivize anytime, anywhere learning; and allow students to earn full or partial credit by demonstrating mastery on skills learned in class, online, and outside of school.
- Design student-centered accountability and assessment models: Create more individual student growth models; move from once-a year, end-of-year testing regimes to modularized testing throughout the year that measures individual student progress on a regular basis; strive for summative tests to be taken at the point students have mastered coursework and competencies by increasing the frequency of state-required exit exams and on-demand testing opportunities for students; ensure that age-based policies are not written into accountability laws at the state level for accountability; and include assessments that are based on performance, portfolios, and work samples that demonstrate mastery of complex knowledge and skills.
- Empower learning with technology: Design information systems to support students and teachers; design accountability using formative and summative data that are validated from the ground up; integrate tech systems, including digital learning, that allow student performance data to flow seamlessly between learning management systems (LMS), content management systems (CMS), assessment systems, and student information systems (SIS); create meaningful dashboards or reports that display data graphically to support teachers, parents, and students in managing progress; expand online learning and blended learning; and support open architecture and open educational resources.
- Support educators: Increase flexibility in staffing, while restructuring the role of the educator; partner with educator associations and unions to explore the possibilities in a competency-based system; upgrade PD policies and programming to respond to the specific needs of educators and students within a competency-based system; redefine “highly-qualified teachers” as “highly effective educators” and ensure that the definition is not tied to time-based systems; and facilitate upgrading teacher education.
- Reconsider financing: Incentivize high-quality, competency-based learning models by rewarding schools and districts that are most effectively serving traditionally underserved students; streamline funding within K-20 education so that students can advance to higher-level courses, even while remaining in school; modularize courses so that schools serving highly mobile students can receive proportional funding for student progress and so that students can receive proportional credit for modules they have mastered.
The report also gives advice on how states can work together to build their visions of competency-based learning, and it notes what steps the federal government can take in aiding these goals. It includes individual case studies of what some forward-thinking states have done as well.
“The discussion in this paper is only the beginning in shaping next generation state policy to support a new range of competency-based learning,” the report’s authors conclude. “States will need to work together, building on each other’s advancements and experiences in developing competency-based learning.”
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Swagtron Swagboard Review
Electric skateboards are becoming more and more popular. However, not everyone wants to waste money on uber expensive options such as the Boosted board or Inboard M1. People want something that is decent, good quality and easy on the pocket. I have picked out a skateboard that meets these requirements.
Named most appropriately, the Swagboard NG-1 is an ergonomic electric skateboard (‘esk8’) that has been designed around everyday use and comfort. Below I will be writing more about its most important features and its strengths and weaknesses. You can find this board on Amazon.com here.
Some quick figures
- Dimensions are 32in long and 9in wide.
- Battery charges in 3hrs and has a 10mile range.
- Single hub motor with a max speed of 10mph
- 70mm tall wheels
- Deck has cutouts and is made of 7plys of maple.
You’re getting quality parts at a pocket-friendly price
At 9 inch width it will provide a decent standing platform where people with big feet can also be comfortable with.
The deck is made of 7ply’s of Canadian Maple. This means it will be stiff but also a bit flexy to provide a bit of shock absorption as you skate. This quality is important as riding a stiff skateboard for a long time is not enjoyable and it is taxing on the feet. The deck also has cut outs on either side for conveniently carrying the board around. This is a super useful feature, its normally a bit awkward to carry a longboard but this overcomes that and makes it easy.
The swagtron skateboard has traditional kingpin trucks (tkps). Usually, esk8’s have reverse kingpin trucks which are stable at high speeds and turn decently. However, the tkps can perform just as well as the rkps but they won’t turn as much. This is an advantage because it will add to the stability of the esk8 at high speeds. Wobbles usually come when your trucks are too turny and when you go really fast.
The wheels are made from urethane. This is that standard material used for skateboard wheels. The wheels are 70mm tall which is shorter than the average esk8 wheel height of 80mm. Being this tall they will still provide a smooth ride and absorb a lot of the road vibrations. The short 70mm will also allow the modest motor to be able to handle these wheels.
Decent electrical components
The battery charges up in 3 hours and has a maximum range of 10 miles. This range will vary depending on how heavy you are. If you don’t have to skate 10 miles every day then this range is very reasonable. If a large range is important for you, check out the Maxfind electric skateboard.
The battery is a lithium-ion one. Lithium-ion batteries are the most appropriate for electric skateboards. They are light, durable and have a discharge rate that is suitable for the motors esk8s use.
The Swagboard motor used takes you up to a top speed of 11mph. It is a single hub motor. Hub motors are light, cheap to manufacture, have fewer moving parts and have a longer life cycle than the other motors used on electric longboards.
If you want an esk8 in a smaller size but with a more powerful motor, check out the Bench wheel e skate.
The hub motor is also ideal if your battery runs out. It will allow the wheels to roll freely as though there is no motor. You’ll be able to easily push your eks8 home as though it were a regular longboard.
The remote has two-speed settings. One for going slow (most suitable for beginners) which is called cruise control, it basically fixes you to one speed. The other allows you to go fast and freely control the speed with how much you feather the trigger. It also has a led which lets you know how much charge is left in both the remote and on the esk8.
How does it shape up against other brands?
Against the other boards, like the Razor X and Anfan electric skateboard. The Swagboard has a larger standing platform, longer range, and even a faster top speed.
The Anfan goes as far as 6 miles and as fast as 9 mph, whilst the Razor X can reach up to 10 mph but only go as far as 6 miles. Paired with the comfortable standing platform, the Swagboard is the best and most comfortable of the three for daily usage.
However, the Razor x has bigger wheels and uses a belt motor. It will be better at climbing hills than the Swagboard and will have a smoother ride. The Anfan is also 1kg lighter, which makes it easier to carry around.
I have written about these skateboard in my electric skateboards under 200$ article. Click on the link to learn more about them.
Is this electric skateboard the one for you?
I would recommend this board for day to day use and commuting. Coming in at only 4.5kg, the esk8 is relatively lightweight when compared to a board like the Boosted mini, which weighs 6.8kg. This low weight, comfortable standing platform, and great range make it a great option and is where its strengths lie. For the current price it’s a great beginners electric skateboard, I highly recommend.
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Today at IFA 2017 in Berlin, LG announced the V30, its latest flagship phone. In the looks department, it follows closely in the footsteps of the G6, the company’s other premium offering from earlier in the year, and very much adheres to the current trend for minimal bezels and a large screen. Gone is the niche secondary display of its predecessor. This is a phone that clearly wants to be taken more seriously by mainstream consumers.
|Display||6.0”, Plastic OLED, Quad HD (2880x1440), 18:9 aspect ratio|
|Dimensions||151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm|
|Processor||Qualcomm Snapdragon 835|
|Storage||64GB or 128GB (Plus model)|
|Rear Cameras||Sony IMX351, 16MP f/1.6 (71°) with OIS / 13MP wide-angle f/1.9(120°) with EIS|
|Front Camera||5MP (90°)|
|Video Recording||UHD 4K at 30 fps|
|Other||IP68 water and dust resistance rating, Wireless charging
LG is marketing the V30 as a “whole new video experience,” referring to both watching and recording video on the device. It’s hard to ignore the 6.0” Plastic OLED, Quad HD display with its 18:9 aspect ratio. It’s the first time LG has moved away from LCD panels (since the G Flex 2, anyway) and it should result in a more vivid viewing experience. It’s hard not to draw comparisons with Samsung’s S8 when looking at the front of this phone, and the curved 3D glass at the edge of the display certainly distinguishes the V30 from the G6. The Daydream compatible screen also benefits from Mobile HDR10.
While the screen might be the first thing you take note of, LG wants the camera to make a lasting impression. The main rear camera is constructed from 5 plastic lenses with an additional glass lens at the front, a first of its kind in a smartphone (they’re usually all plastic). A 4% improvement in light transmittance is the stated benefit. Another smartphone first is the f/1.6 aperture of the standard camera, which is 16MP and also has OIS and should produce photos with a much improved dynamic range.
The secondary camera has a 13MP wide-angle lens (120°) with EIS and the front camera is 5MP (90°). LG has slowly been shrinking its camera modules, and after a considerable reduction in the G6, the module on the V30 is 50% smaller than on its predecessor, the V20. There are also a few software tricks intended to improve the camera experience, including a manual video mode for easier post-editing and progressive digital zoom with zoom-to-point. The Cine Effect feature allows you to select from different presets before shooting video, and there’s even going to be an LG-specific Google Assistant camera command.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 will ensure this phone keeps pace with its competitors. It also has 4GB of RAM and two storage options, 64GB or 128GB, which can be upgraded up to 2TB with a MicroSD card. The V30 will run Android 7.1.2 out of the box, and LG said they’d hope to be able to share their Oreo update plans “by the end of the year, maybe.” That's a bit disappointing since the V20 was the first non-Google device launched with 7.0 Nougat.
If there's one piece of news that's sure to delight many, it's that the V30 has a headphone jack. Audio from the V30 should sound good with Quad DAC and B&O Play branded speakers (plus bundled earphones in some markets). Lossless audio recording without distortion is made possible by 2 high-quality mics and a receiver. The phone is constructed from metal and glass to a military grade standard (MIL-STD 810G) and boasts Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 front and back.
Other features include a special voice unlocking command that can be set by the user (‘open sesame’ was the great example used by LG). You may be wondering if the loss of the second screen was even touched upon. This had been replaced by an always on action bar on the V30’s screen, which turns into a floating action bar when the device is in use. This will offer similar functionality as the V20’s second screen, such as quick access to contacts, apps, and other tools.
In what could be interpreted as a not-so-subtle burn intended for Samsung, LG talked up the cooling panel and heat pipe in the V30, which should stop the device from overheating. As we’ve come to expect from modern flagships, LG’s latest has a water and dust ingress protection rating of IP68. Wireless charging is also on board.
There will be 4 color options to choose from when the LG V30 launches, the imaginatively named Aurora Black, Moroccan Blue, Cloud Silver, and Lavender Violet. There’s a Plus model that will be limited to certain regions globally, but the only discernable difference appears to be the extra storage of 128GB.
LG V30 CHARTS NEW MOBILE FRONTIER WITH
PREMIUM CINEMATOGRAPHY CAPABILITIES
LG’s Third V Smartphone Ups the Ante for Design and High-end
Content Creation with Unmatched Package of Features and Options
BERLIN, Aug. 31, 2017 ― LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off the eagerly anticipated LG V30, the latest iteration of the company’s V series flagship smartphones. The LG V30 improves on the strengths of the V series phones in providing a whole new mobile experience and offering optimal multimedia features. The V30 features many industry innovations - the first F1.6 aperture camera lens, the first glass Crystal Clear Lens, the first OLED FullVision display, Cine Video mode for producing movie-quality videos, premium sound with advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC, sound tuning by B&O PLAY, and Voice Recognition. The V30 sets a new standard in the evolution of premium smartphones.
Videos Like a Pro with F1.6 Crystal Clear Lens and Cine Video
The LG V30 features powerful video capabilities that make it a leader in the era of smartphone videography. The main camera on the rear of the V30 features an F1.6 aperture that lets in more light for brighter, more dynamic shots. Paired with the glass Crystal Clear Lens which delivers more accurate colors and clearer images than a plastic lens, the V30 is the most capable image capturing device in a smartphone. The second lens in the V30 dual camera is an upgraded 13MP wide angle lens with two-thirds less edge distortion than in the V20.
LG’s new Cine Video mode allows anyone to produce movies like a pro, thanks to its powerful Cine Effect and Point Zoom features. Users can now take high-quality videos enhanced by the cinematic hues of various movie genres with only a smartphone. While typical cameras only allow one to zoom in on the center of the frame, Point Zoom allows users to zoom in on any subject smoothly using the zoom slider, regardless of its position in the frame, another industry first. And Cine Effect provides a palette of 15 presets to give videos a unique movie-like look, from romantic comedy, summer blockbuster, mystery, thriller and classic movie, among others.
LG V30 supports LG-Cine Log which allows for greater creative flexibility when capturing videos. With the ability to preserve a wide dynamic range and color gamut, LG-Cine Log videos files can save far more accurate image details. LG-Cine Log also allows for recording video using log gamma curve for maximum flexibility in producing the look the user wants during post-production.
Photo capturing is even more advanced with the new V30. The camera’s Manual Mode takes on a whole new level of capability with Graphy. With Graphy, any shutterbug can produce quality photos simply by choosing the image and pressing the shutter. Available in Manual Mode, users can select professional images from the Graphy website or mobile app and apply the same presets such as white balance, shutter speed, aperture and ISO to photos taken with the V30.
Slim, Lightweight Design and OLED FullVision Display in Compact Body
The LG V30 builds on the strengths of the OLED FullVision display in a body that is surprisingly compact, slim and light. Even with a large 6-inch 18:9 OLED FullVision display, the V30 is 8mm shorter and 3mm narrower than its predecessor, resulting in a firmer, more confident grip. With a thickness of only 7.3mm and tipping the scale at 158g, the V30 is the lightest among smartphones in the 6-inch and over category. The tempered glass that covers both the front and back is curved all the way around the edge, resulting in a sleek, integrated look and feel.
The advanced dual camera module featuring a 16MP standard angle camera and a 13MP wide angle camera is smaller than the module in the V20, resulting in the near flat rear profile of the V30. For the smoothest and sharpest images, the main standard angel camera is supported by Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) and Hybrid Auto Focus that combines both Laser Detection Auto Focus and Phase Detection Auto Focus.
The QHD+ (2880 x 1440) OLED FullVision display offers faster response time with minimal afterimages when viewing an action-packed movie or playing a game with quick movements. The V30 takes full advantage of this rapid response time and the exceptional graphics delivered by the robust Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform to support Daydream, Google’s platform for high quality, mobile VR. With Daydream, users can explore new worlds, enjoy personal VR cinema and play games that put them in the center of the action.
Personalized Superior Sound Backed by Hi-Fi Quad DAC
LG has equipped the V30 with a Hi-Fi Quad DAC with audio tuning by sound engineers from world renowned audio brand B&O PLAY - delivering an authentic and superior acoustic experience - as well as a set of earphones by B&O PLAY, also finely tuned for an optimal listening experience. 1 Digital filters adjust the pre- and post-ringing of the impulse response of music with three filters which users can select. Four pre-programmed presets mix and match sound frequencies and decibel scales to produce the quality of audio found in professional earphones.
The V30 is the first global smartphone to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology that allows for the streaming of high-resolution audio. MQA captures the sound of the original studio master and folds it into a small file to make high-resolution audio easy to stream. The V30’s recording capability is upgraded as well, with a receiver that doubles as a microphone to capture a broader sound spectrum, from gentle chimes to thunderous drums.
Equipped with Google Assistant and Voice Recognition
The Google Assistant on the LG V30 will feature unique capabilities specific to the phone. Saying “Ok Google, take a romantic Cine Video” will activate Cine Video preset to Romantic. Say “Ok Google, take a wide angle selfie” to launch the camera app with the setting on the front-facing camera wide angel mode. The Google Assistant on the V30 takes advantage of advanced signal processing enabling users to use the voice command, “Ok Google” even when loud music is being played. In addition, select LG appliances including a washing machine, dryer, refrigerator, air purifier, oven, air conditioner and robot vacuum are compatible with the Google Assistant when using the V30 and Google Home. Users can say, “Ok Google, talk to LG to wash my clothes” to start a load of laundry.
The convenience of the Second Screen which was introduced in past V series smartphones has evolved into a new Always-on Display (AOD) feature and Floating Bar. When the display is off, the AOD replaces the Second Screen by providing shortcuts to Quick Tools and Music Player without having to turn on the display. The optional semi-transparent Floating Bar can be customized with up to five apps for easy access to the most used applications. When not needed, the Floating Bar can be dragged off to the side so it doesn’t take up any screen space.
Now with four different options, security on the LG V30 is more advanced than ever. With Face Recognition, the V30 can be unlocked instantaneously using the front facing camera and without pressing any buttons even when the phone’s display is off. Voice Recognition uses a combination of the user’s voice and user-defined keywords (optimally three to five syllables) to unlock the V30. The reliable Fingerprint Sensor resides on the rear of the phone for fast, accurate security and Knock Code allows tapping a pattern on the screen to unlock the V30.
Inheriting Legacy of LG Premium Phones, Solid Durability and Safety
The V30 combines solid durability with safety with a slim and light design. One of the design aspects in the V30 that enhances durability and makes for tensile strength is an H-Beam structure, a construction technique found in modern buildings that integrate the edge with a metal frame. The phone also features Gorilla Glass 5, Corning’s most advanced tempered glass, on both the front and rear. The V30 meets U.S. Department of Defense requirements for durability, having passed 14 categories of the MIL-STD 810G Transit Drop Test making it compliant for military operations.
LG applied a heat pipe and a cooling pad in the V30 to dissipate heat quickly. The V30 can be used in any situation without worry thanks to its IP68 water and dust resistance. The phone is perfectly sealed from dust and can be immersed in up to 1.5 meters of water for as long as 30 minutes without impacting the function. With Quick Charge 3.0, the V30 charges from empty to 50 percent in around 30 minutes. The V30 also offers wireless charging for the ultimate in convenience.
“The V series has always been demonstrating new practical mobile technologies that contribute to high quality content creation and the V30 has not lost sight of its roots,” said Juno Cho, president of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “With its F1.6 Crystal Clear Lens Camera and Cine Video mode, the LG V30 is designed to help create professional-looking content without professional-level complexity.”
Customers of LG V30 will receive USD 100 worth of in-game purchases when downloading and installing the popular game Beat Fever by WRKSHP. The games take full advantage of the phone’s immersive OLED FullVision display and high-quality audio capability.
The V30 will become available to consumers in South Korea starting on September 21 and will be followed by key markets in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The V30 with 64GB ROM will come in four beautiful elegant hues: Aurora Black, Cloud Silver, Moroccan Blue and Lavender Violet 2 while the LG V30+ with 128GB of storage will be available in limited markets.
Visitors to IFA 2017 are encouraged to stop by LG’s booth in Hall 18 of Messe Berlin to see the exciting LG V30 for themselves.
Key Specifications: 3
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon™ 835 Mobile Platform
- Display: 6.0-inch 18:9 QuadHD+ OLED FullVision Display (2880 x 1440 / 538ppi)
o V30: 4GB LPDDR4x RAM / 64GB UFS 2.0 ROM / MicroSD (up to 2TB)
o V30+: 4GB LPDDR4x RAM / 128GB UFS 2.0 ROM / MicroSD (up to 2TB)
o Rear Dual: 16MP Standard Angle (F1.6 / 71°) / 13MP Wide Angle (F1.9/ 120°)
o Front: 5MP Wide Angle (F2.2 / 90°)
- Battery: 3,300mAh
- Operating System: Android 7.1.2 Nougat
- Size: 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm
- Weight: 158g
- Network: LTE-A 4 Band CA
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac / Bluetooth 5.0 BLE / NFC / USB Type-C 2.0 (3.1 compatible)
- Colors: Aurora Black / Cloud Silver / Moroccan Blue / Lavender Violet
- Others: IP68 Water and Dust Resistant / MIL-STD 810G Compliant / Crystal Clear Lens / 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC / HDR10 / Daydream / Google Assistant / UX 6.0+ / Voice Recognition / Face Recognition / Fingerprint Sensor / Qualcomm Quick Charge™ 3.0 Technology / Wireless Charging
# # #
1 Only available in some markets.
2 All colors not available in every market.
3 Specification may vary depending on the particular market.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Quick Charge is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm Snapdragon and Qualcomm Quick Charge are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
About LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company
The LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is a global leader and trend setter in the mobile and wearable industry with breakthrough technologies and innovative designs. By continually developing highly competitive core technologies in the areas of display, camera optics, audio and battery. LG creates handsets and wearables that fit the lifestyles of a wide range of consumers all over the world. LG is seeking to provide a mobile experience that extends beyond the scope of traditional smartphones. For more information, visit www.LG.com.
LG Electronics, Inc.
+49 157 889 77 242
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Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson has announced he will retire after the Yellow Jacket's bowl game. The 61-year old has been Georgia Tech's head coach for eleven seasons, following stints with Georgia Southern and Navy.
Georgia Tech was the last Power Five team to use the option as their primary offense, a staple of Paul Johnson's scheme. He heavily influenced the option offense currently run by both Navy and Army. Both their head coaches coached under Johnson.
Johnson went 189-98 in a head coaching career that spanned over 20 years, winning the ACC Coastal division a total of four times.
After 40 years of coaching, its time to take a break.
— Georgia Tech Football (@GeorgiaTechFB) November 28, 2018
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Family : ELAPIDAE
Species : Calliophis bivirgatus
Maximum Size : 1.8 metres
The Blue Malayan Coral
Snake is a beautiful, but highly venomous, front-fanged elapid. It inhabits
primary and secondary forest, in lowland and lower montane areas.
In common with many other elapids in Southeast Asia, its primary food source is other snakes.
It dwells amongst the leaf-litter on the forest floor, but seems to emerge
early to mid-morning especially when night-time rain has made the leaf
litter wet. Typically this snake is encountered crossing forest trails.
It is instantly recognisable by its red head, tail and belly. The dorsal
surface is dark blue to black, and most populations have a broad blue stripe
on each flank.
This snake generally flees when disturbed, but at other times may remain
coiled on the ground with its tail erect as a warning.
There are 3 sub-species :
C. b. bivirgatus which inhabits Java (this subspecies lacks blue
stripes on the flanks).
(ii) C. b. flaviceps which occurs in Burma, southern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia,
Singapore, Sumatra and various islands of the Riau Archipelago (this
subspecies possesses a blue stripe on each flank).
(iii) C. b.
tetrataenia in Borneo (this subspecies has a cream stripe on each
flank, and no blue stripe).
Figs 1 to 3: Typical specimen of C. b. flaviceps from Singapore's central forests.
This snake was encountered mid-morning at the edge of primary forest :
it moved quickly into the forest, and tried to conceal itself beneath a
tangle of vegetation, however its bright red tail remained visible.
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The enthusiasm of Georgie from Mini Monet Studio is A-Grade infectious. When she says that her online art club is all about bringing JOY into the lives of mini-makers, it is due largely to the fact that this teacher-mumma is joy personified. Georgie is mum to little Eve who has the most enviable collection of knitted rainbow sweaters you’ll ever see. Hanging out with these two online is the raddest of rad.
Through blogging and Instagramming, I’ve been introduced to an amazing Virtual Sisterhood of Creative Ladies. The Oh Creative Lady series is your chance to meet these incredible, kind-hearted, inspiring <insert ALL the happy, positive adjectives HERE> women.
Meet Georgie from Mini Monet Studio.
I am… Georgie! I’m a Mum and an art teacher living on the Mornington Peninsular with my daughter, Eve and husband, Shaun.
I teach all things art and design in a P-12 school and I am the owner of Mini Monet Studio, an online art club for creative kids. When I’m not bouncing out of bed ready to draw and paint with kids you can find me going for long walks with the pram and sitting on the beach building sandcastles with Eve.
I find inspiration… I have always been drawn to pattern and colour. I have a huge collection of all things bright, bold and patterned fabric that I often dive into to find inspiration for new art projects. My family also love being outdoors and find new bush tracks to explore or rock pools play in at the beach.
My daughter also inspires me every single day! Eve is nearly 18 months old and was born with lung and heart disease. She’s a one in a million baby! Eve requires oxygen 24/7 to support her breathing, this means she is attached to a 15 cord and an oxygen tank at all times. With such a tricky start to life and so many day-to-day challenges, I am constantly blown away by her joyful nature. Her giggles, her smile, her ability to find everything and anything so fun inspires me to keep on being the best Mum I can.
I am excited about … the new launch of the Mini Monet Art Club for Kids. It has been a dream of mine for quite some time to create a space where kids can create and enjoy art-making without expectations, supervision or judgement.
As an art teacher at a P-12 school I know that kids come into my class with a bit of fear about being graded, assessed. We often have rush through a project to submit, and there can often be comparison with other students in the class or worry about not being “good enough”.
The Mini Monet Art Club is all about creating art for pure JOY. I created a membership program for creative families where you can find an online library of guided video art lessons with me, and some Live art classes for members every month. It’s designed to make it easy for families to foster creativity in their home through drawing, painting and creating projects for kids.
I’m always motivated by this promise to my Mini Monet families:
I will help your kids discover that creating art is the shortcut to happiness and that every child can learn to draw, paint and create art that they love.
When I’m in a creative slump, I… stop what I’m doing and get out of the house! Usually a walk in nature, a swim at the beach or some time doing an activity completely different re-sets my creative flow!
I’m really proud of… my baby daughter Eve. She has overcome so many challenges since birth just to be here, and she is THRIVING! Eve was born with a one in a million genetic condition that doesn’t allow her to breathe on her own. We don’t have any answers as to what this means for her future. But we do know her will to LIVE and find JOY every day is incredibly powerful. She lights my world up and I’m incredibly proud of her.
Someone once told me…
“You don’t have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going”
I love this because I often spend way too long trying to perfect minor details before I’m ready to finish/launch/post/start. Perfectionism can be a huge barrier to gaining any momentum in all aspects of life. I often find most people don’t even like to see “perfect”, they relate most to YOU being your authentic self.
I’ve been swimming in the freezing ocean everyday this September! I called it swim-tember! Now I’m on a roll I want to bounce into Ocean-october!
My advice to you is …
Whatever your dream, goals, aspirations are; find someone who is doing it well and connect with them. Reach out and ask them questions, watch their actions closely, observe what they value and how they spend their time. Connecting with mentors who are modelling your own aspirations is a great way to learn and seek really practical advice from.
There is always, always, always someone amazing out there to learn from and help you get to where you dream to be!
You can find me at …
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When the Ugandan children began looking at me and giggling I got very offended and became self-conscious, wondering what they were laughing at. How rude;)
And seeing as how uncomfortable these children were making me feel, I would NEVER sit down in the middle of them and begin giggling along with them.
No way, not me.
For starters, the ground is way too dirty and there are far too many diseases that could be caught.
And since I definitely didn't just sit down in the middle of them, they wouldn't have followed my lead sitting almost on top of me and pointing and laughing.
Since this never happened I surely didn't pick up on their cues and realize that they were laughing at my skin color and how different it was.
After not realizing this, I would never hold my arms out and begin placing their little fingers on my freckles and veins. That would be entirely too weird and my personal bubble is much too small for that!
I'd never allow that, not me!
I'd certainly never allow it to get as far as allowing dozens of little Ugandan children then explore the hair on my arms, freckles, fingernails, toenails, veins, knees and bottoms of my feet. I mean, that's just weird! I could just never go for that!
Nope, not me!
But if it were to happen, I'm sure they would love every minute of it and want to just sit there for over 20 minutes and laugh and giggle with me as we point out the amazing differences that God created between us.
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Participants of the Writers Guild of The usa (WGA) and the Display screen Actors Guild proceed the wooden sequence out of doors of Netflix in Hollywood, California, on August 9, 2023.
Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Photographs
Hollywood manufacturers are taking their fresh agreement proposal family as talks between the studios and writers union stay blazing.
The Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Manufacturers in a single day publicly evident the latest proposal, which they dropped at the writers on Aug. 11. The do business in addresses residuals and reimbursement, synthetic wisdom and higher transparency in regards to the streaming industry — the lead problems for the writers.
Writers Guild of The usa union participants had been putting for greater than 100 days — with the actors’ union additionally occurring crash in July — halting Hollywood’s manufacturing of TV presentations and films right through a week when media corporations are looking to put together their streaming methods winning and pushing customers again into theaters.
The fresh proposal from the studios got here days later manufacturers requested the writers for a gathering and contains the best salary build up proposed for the WGA in 35 years, in line with the AMPTP — “a compounded 13% increase over the three-year contract, with an increase of 5% in year one; 4% in year two; and 3.5% in year three.”
The proposal additionally will increase residuals, supplies for a unutilized reimbursement construction, protections in regards to the significance of AI, “data transparency” referring to streaming viewership knowledge, and to coach writers to transform showrunners.
“Our priority is to end the strike so that valued members of the creative community can return to what they do best and to end the hardships that so many people and businesses that service the industry are experiencing,” mentioned AMPTP President Carol Lombardini in a statement. “We have come to the table with an offer that meets the priority concerns the writers have expressed. We are deeply committed to ending the strike and are hopeful that the WGA will work toward the same resolution.”
Nonetheless, the negotiations seem a long way from over: Quickly later the proposal was once made family, the writers union immune its fresh update and mentioned the events have swamped in additional discussions for the reason that August 11 do business in.
The discussions incorporated a sit down unwell with lead media honchos together with Disney CEO Bob Iger, NBCUniversal movie head Donna Langley, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
The writers mentioned that instead than just right religion talks, they had been “met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was.” The union mentioned the studios’ fresh do business in nonetheless contains “limitations and loopholes and omissions” that fail to give protection to Hollywood writers.
“This wasn’t a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave, which is why, not 20 minutes after we left the meeting, the AMPTP released its summary of their proposals,” the writers mentioned in a remark.
Representatives for the AMPTP didn’t right away reply to touch upon Wednesday.
Disclosure: Comcast owns NBCUniversal, the father or mother corporate of CNBC. NBCUniversal is a member of the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Manufacturers.
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Once I was freaking out about my unknown future. Ok so maybe that’s happened more than once. On one of the many occasions where I was freaking out about my unknown future, a wise person reminded me that the future is made of all the present moments. Therefore the way to both get to your future as well … More Dreams, Goals, and Reality
A: Maibaumaufstellen (my-bowm-owf-shtell-uhn) Looks a bit like this: Maibaumaufstellen or, the raising of the May Pole, is a traditional event celebrating the arrival of Spring. It involves beer, a very very tall pine tree, and more beer. As with pretty much every traditional event, you dress up. So we did! It was a beautiful … More Q: Can you say “May Day” in German?
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PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY
It is CSU’s policy to support its employees and their families when disaster or hardship strikes. This policy provides a certain amount of income protection to eligible state classified employees who need to be absent from work for a prolonged period of time due to such causes, but who have inadequate paid time-off accumulated (annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time or accrued holiday time) to cover the absences.
The Leave Sharing Program covers instances in which the employee, or an immediate family member of the employee, experiences an unforeseeable, life-altering event, is unable to return to work, and has exhausted all of his or her available annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time or accrued holiday time including other applicable, accrued leave. The Leave Sharing Program creates a Leave Bank to which state classified employees of CSU may contribute unused annual leave, creating a resource from which leave may be drawn by an eligible state classified employee, in accordance with applicable law, this Policy and its related rules and procedures.
APPLICATION OF THIS POLICY
This Policy applies to all state classified personnel employed by CSU.
DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS POLICY
Annual Leave: Paid leave used for personal needs, including vacation. State classified employees earn annual leave at the rate specified in the HR Manual, Section 3.
Eligible Employee: An employee who has completed at least one year of continuous employment in a state classified position at the University.
Family Medical Leave (FML): Unpaid leave intended to allow Eligible Employees to take time-off from work for qualifying family and medical events in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
Immediate Family Member: An Eligible Employee’s child who is under the age of 18, adult child incapable of self-care, parent, spouse, domestic partner, or civil union partner, legal dependent, or any other person in the employee’s household, for whom the employee is the primary caregiver. Note: Documentation of the familial or caregiver relationship may be required.
Incapacity: The condition of being unable to work due to the Eligible Employee’s or Immediate Family Member’s catastrophic illness or injury causing substantial limitations in performing activities of daily living which could be performed prior to the illness or injury, including substantial limitations in seeing, speaking, hearing, breathing, sitting, standing, walking, lifting, performing cognitive tasks, feeding, bathing, dressing or grooming. These substantial limitations include periods of catastrophic incapacity of 30 or more calendar days as a result of illness or injury.
Leave Bank: A pool of paid time-off hours accumulated under the Leave Sharing Program, as further described in this Policy and related documents.
Leave Sharing Committee (LSC): A standing committee comprised of three (3) representatives elected by the Classified Personnel Council, three (3) state classified employees selected at large, and an administrative professional employee selected by the Administrative Professional Council (APC). The Human Resources Chief Total Rewards Officer serves ex officio as an advisory member. The LSC operates pursuant to a set of Bylaws approved by the VPUO.
Short Term Disability (STD) Leave: Time-off for which the employee is paid a benefit under an insurance program of the State of Colorado. Short term disability coverage is provided to an Eligible Employee when, as a result of sickness, injury or pregnancy, he or she is unable to perform with reasonable continuity the material duties of his or her own occupation. Disability may be total or partial. Specific requirements and benefits are established under the State’s plan, not by the University.
Sick Leave: Paid time-off provided for use when needed for health reasons. Sick Leave is granted when an employee is absent for treatment of illness or injury or is unable to perform assigned duties due to illness or injury and for medical or dental appointments.
An Eligible Employee must have exhausted all applicable leave benefits, including annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time or accrued holiday time, before applying for leave sharing hours.
Leave Sharing Hour Usage
In the case of an Eligible Employee whose own incapacity from work is the reason for the application for leave sharing benefits, leaving sharing hours may be used, once the employee’s application has been granted by the Leave Sharing Committee, to provide income replacement during the 30-calendar day benefit waiting period prior to commencement of short-term disability (STD) income replacement benefits. Leave sharing hours are not available beyond the 30-calendar day benefit waiting period or if the STD claim is denied.
Leave sharing hours may not be used to make an employee’s compensation whole when receiving disability or worker’s compensation income replacement benefits.
Qualifying Leave Sharing Situations
Leave sharing benefits are available to help an Eligible Employee who suffers an unforeseeable, life-altering event, which is an event or circumstance that arises beyond the employee’s control that causes the Employee to be temporarily unable to work, such as:
- Poses a Direct Threat to Life such as a catastrophic life-threatening health conditions of the Eligible Employee or the Eligible Employee’s Immediate Family Member.
- Non-life threatening catastrophic illness or injury resulting in a period of incapacity of 30 or more continuous days of absence from work.
- A natural disaster such as wildfire, flood, or tornado, or an accidental event such as a fire or natural gas explosion, which results in substantial loss or destruction of the employee’s residence such that it becomes uninhabitable. Note: See the Maximum Allowance section, for the number of eligible hours.
- Eligible Employee is unexpectedly called to serve as a first responder (e.g., paramedic, fire fighter, National Guard, etc.) in the event of such a disaster.
- Eligible Employee who is on active military service and is experiencing serious financial hardship during the initial call to duty. The leave sharing hours are limited to making up the difference between the employee’s base salary and the total gross military pay and allowances. Documentation may be required to substantiate financial hardship. Note: See the Maximum Allowance section, for the number of eligible hours.
Employees in the following situations are not eligible for assistance from the Leave Sharing Program:
- Employee is not eligible (has not attained the minimum one year of continuous employment in a state classified position at the University);
- Employee has not exhausted all annual leave, sick leave, compensatory time or accrued holiday time;
- Normal pregnancy and childbirth including cesarean section;
- Short term or sporadic common illnesses such as colds, flu, and the like;
- Sprains or broken limbs, which do not require surgery or result in a period of incapacity of less than 30 consecutive calendar days of absence from work;
- Mild mental illness requiring outpatient care (e.g., outpatient counseling);
- Surgery that is routine, corrective, elective, outpatient surgery resulting in a period of incapacity of less than 30 consecutive calendar days;
- Chronic illness that may result in a period of incapacity of less than 30 consecutive calendar days;
- Any other condition that is generally temporary in nature and of relatively short duration;
- Illness or injury that is covered by disability benefits:
- Short term disability;
- Long term disability;
- PERA Disability and/or PERA Disability Retirement;
- Workers' Compensation; or Auto insurance coverage that pays for time-off caused by injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
The number of hours an employee is eligible for depends on his/her appointment status and the reason for requesting a Leave Sharing award.
Full-time employees may apply to the Leave Sharing Program for up to a maximum of 176 hours (22 work days) per application for qualifying catastrophic life-threatening health conditions. The maximum hours will be prorated for part-time employees. Note: At no time shall the maximum hour award exceed the amount of time required to fulfill the STD waiting period.
Full-time employees may apply to the Leave Sharing Program for up to a maximum of 80 hours (10 work days) per application for a catastrophic event or emergency affecting an employee’s residence. The maximum hours will be prorated for part-time employees.
Full-time employees may apply to the bank for up to a maximum of 40 hours (5 work days) per application for when an employee is serving as a first responder or is called to active military duty. The maximum hours will be prorated for part-time employees.
Should a catastrophic event or emergency occur that affects multiple employees’ residences, a call for applications will be requested with a submission deadline. The leave bank will maintain a minimum balance of 352 hours for applications submitted for qualifying catastrophic life-threatening health conditions. The maximum allowable award under these circumstances is 80 hours (10 work days) per application.
An employee may receive only one award during years 2 through 5 of her/his CSU state classified employment. Employees with more than 5 years of CSU state classified employment are eligible for a total of three awards (approved applications) from the Leave Bank Program during their careers.
Awards that are utilized in an intermittent manner will only be available for use for a period of six months after the first date of use of the Leave Bank hours. Any award granted prior to July 1, 2007 will not reduce the employees' three award career limit.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES
Applying for Use of the Leave Bank
Employees may call or obtain a Leave Bank Application from Human Resources, 555 S. Howes Street, Second Floor, (970) 491-6947.
The employee completes the Leave Bank Application, providing the required information and documentation necessary to establish eligibility and a basis for requesting an award from the Leave Sharing Program.
The completed Leave Bank Application and supporting documentation are submitted to Human Resources.
The application is first reviewed by Human Resources to ensure completion, documentation inclusion and to assess if the minimum employee eligibility and application requirements are attained.
The application is provided by Human Resources at the next LSC scheduled meeting. Employees may not submit additional written information as a supplement to the application. Human Resources will retract all identifying information from the application. The LSC shall review the application and any other pertinent information (disability documentation, worker’s compensation documentation, etc.) provided by the Human Resources Chief Total Rewards Officer. The LSC members by majority vote make a recommendation for application approval or denial on the applicable voting document, which is completed by the LSC Chair. The Human Resources Chief Total Rewards Officer reviews the LSC recommendation and provides a written response to the Vice President of University Operations (VPUO) to uphold or overturn the recommendation. The VPUO has final binding discretionary authority to approve or deny the application based upon the information presented for review.
The applicant will be notified in writing of the VPUO’s decision by Human Resources. The application review process takes approximately four (4) weeks (20 work days) after receipt of the completed application materials including review at the next regularly scheduled LSC meeting. If the application is approved by the VPUO, payment of the approved hours will be reflected in the employee’s next payroll check. If an approval is received after the monthly payroll deadline, payment will be reflected in the following month’s payroll check.
Donating to the Leave Bank
State classified employees may donate annual leave (4-hour minimum) to the Leave Bank at any time during the year or during the annual donation drive. It is time (hours/days) being donated, not the dollars represented by the time. State classified leave sharing salaries are paid out of the fringe benefit pool which receives contributions from each department.
No donations can be made in excess of available annual leave for the donating employees, and all employees are encouraged to maintain a minimum amount of five (5) days of annual leave. This is a good opportunity for employees to share excess annual leave they might otherwise lose due to the annual leave accrual maximums calculated at fiscal year-end (June 30th).
Employees may make direct donations to an individual; however, donations should not be made until his or her application has been approved. Once donations are made they cannot be refunded for any reason and will be applied to the leave sharing pool. Donations are strictly voluntary and are kept confidential. Requests for direct donations may only be initiated by the applicant, if so desired, in order to protect his or her confidentiality.
Issues pertaining to Leave Sharing eligibility, denial of application, amount of award, etc., are not subject to the University’s or the state’s grievance or appeal processes.
Leave Bank Management and Equity
The Leave Bank is managed by the Leave Sharing Committee (“LSC”), while recordkeeping and program adherence are overseen by Human Resources under the direction of the VPUO.
The LSC shall review all applications in the same equitable manner utilizing the criteria set forth in this policy to render a recommendation for approval or denial.
- Leave Sharing Program C.R.S. §24-50-104(7)(c) (as amended, 2009).
- Sick Leave Policy, Human Resources Manual.
- Family Medical Leave Policy, Human Resources Manual.
Family Medical Leave Policy, Human Resources Manual.
FORMS AND TOOLS
Original policy approved by Tony Frank, February 12, 2012;
Revision 1.1 approved by Amy Parsons, September 5, 2015;
Revision 2.0 approved by Amy Parsons, March 16, 2015
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Author: Erika Joansen
Published: July 8th 2014 by Harper
Source: Publisher for Arranged Tour
Description: On her nineteenth birthday, Princess Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, raised in exile, sets out on a perilous journey back to the castle of her birth to ascend her rightful throne. Plain and serious, a girl who loves books and learning, Kelsea bears little resemblance to her mother, the vain and frivolous Queen Elyssa. But though she may be inexperienced and sheltered, Kelsea is not defenseless: Around her neck hangs the Tearling sapphire, a jewel of immense magical power; and accompanying her is the Queen’s Guard, a cadre of brave knights led by the enigmatic and dedicated Lazarus. Kelsea will need them all to survive a cabal of enemies who will use every weapon—from crimson-caped assassins to the darkest blood magic—to prevent her from wearing the crown. Despite her royal blood, Kelsea feels like nothing so much as an insecure girl, a child called upon to lead a people and a kingdom about which she knows almost nothing. But what she discovers in the capital will change everything, confronting her with horrors she never imagined. An act of singular daring will throw Kelsea’s kingdom into tumult, unleashing the vengeance of the tyrannical ruler of neighboring Mortmesne: the Red Queen, a sorceress possessed of the darkest magic. Now Kelsea will begin to discover whom among the servants, aristocracy, and her own guard she can trust. But the quest to save her kingdom and meet her destiny has only just begun—a wondrous journey of self-discovery and a trial by fire that will make her a legend…if she can survive.
I Give This ...
When I first agreed to be part of this tour, I had no idea that hype that already surrounded it. I'm not one to follow books that have 7 figure movie right deals before they are even published. That's a lot riding on this little book (and I'm not referring to it's page length). I'm honestly glad that I didn't know all that because I think I was able to enjoy this book for what it was, and interesting mix of genres that I finished in 3 days flat.
Princess Kelsea is one of the most interesting characters I've ever been introduced to. She's been raised to be Queen, taught in all matters that she may need to rule her kingdom. Sadly, I think her education is slightly skewed to one couples opinions and majorly lacking in details. How is she suppose to rule a kingdom with no prior knowledge of its inhabitants, trades, costumes, etc. For awhile this really bugged me because I felt that Kelsea wasn't given the adequate tools to move forward. Did no one expect her to live long enough to actually rule?
I found the world building interesting. It's very easy to misread this and think this is a fantasy set in medevil times, and I think some discrepancies in that might cause people to become frustrated. It's actually set way in the future, but society had reverted back to a medevil state, so there are some modern terminology. I really enjoyed that mashup, although I wish it was explained more how the world came to this state. The book occasionally takes about the landing, a new world, and old Europe, and old America but I'm not sure when some events take place relative to the events in the book. And I would really like to know were this world is compared to the world we know now.
I loved some of the secondary characters. Mace is the Chief of the Guard and he's kind of a mystery at this point. These men have sworn their allegiance to the Queen, but really to Kelsea. I think at first Mace especially didn't take Kelsea seriously. But then again, she hadn't done anything to prove she was worthy of wearing the crown. Mace is still hiding a lot from Kelsea though, and I'm not sure why he's allegiance includes not telling Kelsea anything about her mother. I also really enjoyed The Fetch. He's character is even more mysterious than Mace's but there's something fascinating about him. I'm curious as to who is and what his role will be in this story.
I'm not so certain our villain is the Red Queen. Sure she's ruthless and has a death grip on her kingdom and the neighboring ones. But, I don't think she's the one in complete control. I also find it strange that she has no name. It makes me wonder if anybody outside her castle walls have seen her face. There's also a whole lot of magic at work there, that the full picture hasn't come into focus yet.
I was truly drawn in to this story. It was fast paced enough that I blew through it. Kelsea has a lot to prove in a short amount of time and I enjoyed her ride to get there. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series and what might come of a movie deal.
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Wilin Rosario and Chris Nelson drove in two runs apiece as the Rockies salvaged the finale of a three-game set with the Padres, 6-2, on Wednesday.
Christian Friedrich (1-0) picked up the win with a strong start in his major league debut, allowing five hits and two runs -- one earned -- with seven strikeouts over six innings to help Colorado snap a five-game losing streak.
"I've been playing with these guys for four years in spring training and I know them, and to finally have them playing behind me, it's just awesome to be out there with them and get a great team win," Friedrich said.
Anthony Bass (1-4) suffered another setback, surrendering five runs -- just one earned -- on nine hits in 5 2/3 frames. Jesus Guzman and Yonder Alonso each collected two hits and an RBI as San Diego finished a nine-game homestand with a 4-5 record.
A four-run sixth turned the tide in Colorado's favor.
After Marco Scutaro filed out to open the inning, Jonathan Herrera reached first on Andy Parrino's fielding error. Carlos Gonzalez then doubled, and Herrera tied the game 2-2 on a sacrifice fly by Michael Cuddyer.
Bass intentionally walked Jason Giambi, who came around to score with Gonzalez on Rosario's double. Rosario, in turn, touched home on Nelson's base hit to give the Rockies a 5-2 advantage.
"[Bass] was hanging in there, their guy was hanging in there too," said Padres manager Bud Black. "We opened the door for them, Gonzalez got the big double and that kind of took the wind out of Anthony's sails."
Nelson plated Cuddyer, who singled and stole second, in the eighth to push the visitors' lead to 6-2.
Colorado produced its first run in the fourth. Giambi hit a ball that bounced off the top of the fence and back into play. Gonzalez came home, but Cuddyer was caught trying to score from first after a pair of strong throws.
The Padres opened the scoring in the home first, on Jesus Guzman's single that plated Chris Denorfia, and added one in the third, when Yonder Alonso doubled home Cameron Maybin.
They threatened in later innings but never produced, eventually finishing 2- for-10 with runners in scoring position.
Friedrich is the eighth starting pitcher in Rockies franchise history to win his major league debut in a game started. Juan Nicasio and Drew Pomeranz did so last season...Alonso extended his career-best hitting streak to seven games...San Diego travels to Philadelphia for a three-game set starting Friday...Colorado begins three straight at the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
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Have you ever been in doubt about your own capabilities to manage your investments? Do you sometimes think that there should be a better and more efficient way to invest in short- and long-term investments? Don’t fret, these feelings are normal when you have recently shown interest in being a retail investor. Certainly, there are things best left up to pros, but when it comes to your own investments, it is best to learn, understand and experience it yourself. You are the one who is the most concerned about the performance of your investments, after all.
If you are a total beginner in regards to investing, do have a read through our educational series first.
Do your research before invest
There are different types of investments available in the market so don’t be quick to jump on a trend or speculations on the internet, but rather find out the truth for yourself via a credible source.
Start from the basics: understand what the investment is all about. If you plan on investing in stocks, for example, find out which company is offering the stocks, which industry it resides in, how the company makes its money etc.
Next, dive in deeper and read about its history and how it fared in the previous economic recession, how it has performed over the last year and its past returns. Additionally, find out more about the stocks by reading the company’s financial report, which can be easily found on their websites as they are required to submit annual reports as publicly-listed companies.
Researching, reading and compiling first-hand information regularly will help you make better informed decisions and give you a higher sense of accountability so that you can better keep track of your investments.
In addition, conducting research on your own can help you better understand the regular changes within the investment landscape, something which may be lost on you if you rely on others to do the legwork. Doing your own research may also increase your self-confidence as a first-time investor. We also have other related articles on our website, click here if you wish to get started.
By doing your own research, you may also shield yourself from being manipulated by unscrupulous individuals who are there to take advantage of clueless beginner investors and cheat them out of their hard-earned money. Such behaviours are extremely prevalent now, especially after the pandemic, where many people have gotten desperate due to reduced income, job loss and the overall dwindling economy.
Now, there are many get-rich schemes or unsolicited advice from so-called investment ‘gurus’ preying on people’s ignorance and desperation to sell them expensive online courses with exaggerated promises that the course will help them with their financial situation.
Form an investment strategy
As an investor, you need to have an investment strategy. There are many strategies utilised by different investors that can be found in books or on the internet.
Here are some that we know, but the strategies are not limited to only these:
First: Passive and active strategy, which is mostly used in the context of liquid investments, such as stocks. Active strategy operates on the basis of frequent stock trading in hopes of outperforming the market. Passive strategies are less risky and there is less involvement from investors who see the volatility of the market.
Second: Growth investing where investors utilising this method are focused on the value of an investment within their portfolio. Investors following this strategy will hold onto the investment depending on how long it takes for the investment to gain this value, and sell the stocks accordingly.
Third: Income investing. Some investors invest for the sake of obtaining steady income using the income investing strategy. This strategy leads investors to invest in bonds with high cash income rather than investments with high dividends.
Fourth: Dividend growth investing. Dividend growth investment strategy is the opposite of income investing strategy. By investing in investments with high dividend growth, this ensures a compounding effect in the long term.
Fifth: Diversified strategy. A diversified investment strategy means having a portfolio that includes different types of investments, such as investments from different asset classes (E.g.: stocks, bonds, real estate etc.). It is also important to invest in different companies in different industries and geographical areas. These factors allow for a variety of investments to help reduce risks in your portfolio.
When using any kind of investment strategy, it is also best to balance your investments based on your risk profile, which means to balance your risk vs reward capability and to proceed accordingly.
Manage your portfolio
An investment portfolio is the combination of different financial investments and assets that you wish to invest in. After choosing the investment strategy and the different types of investments that you understand, it is now time to manage it.
The management of your investment portfolio depends on the different investment asset types it contains, which, due to the differences in its growth and maturity, would cause changes in the investment weightage. This means that the percentage ratio of an asset, i.e.: stocks may increase due to its growth, causing an excess in your investment portfolio.
In order to maintain the same initial portfolio risk level, the excess in stocks will have to be sold off so that the stock investment ratio will return back to normal.
Different investment assets in your portfolio will grow and shrink accordingly as the value fluctuates. Hence, it is important to keep an eye on your portfolio at least once or twice a year to make the necessary corrections.
Measure the performance of the investment strategy
After settling your investment strategy, you should review the performance of your portfolio from time to time. Through observation, you can understand the effectiveness of the investment strategy by its performance.
Any changes to the investment strategy can also be executed in time if the performance of the portfolio did not meet expectations based on certain factors: risk profile, investment duration, investment purpose etc. This will ensure less time and effort are wasted with the wrong strategy.
Start investing now, it’s never too early to invest
Last but not least: invest early. This is the most important factor within this list. As the proverb goes: experience is the best teacher. The earlier you start investing, the more experience that you will gain.
In addition, time is also a success element that you cannot afford to lose, because investments tend to have a compounding effect based on time, so it is best to start early to give your investments time to grow and to see higher returns.
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Reactive retailing costs jobs and hurts consumers
According to the Washington Post, some of the world’s largest clothing chains, such as Zara, H&M, Gap and Topshop, intend to discontinue selling mohair apparel. The decision is apparently based on allegations of animal cruelty at a dozen goat farms in South Africa. If this is the only reason, then it looks like rational thinking no longer applies in some parts of the business world. Consider this: these are unconfirmed allegations based on video footage from unaudited sources, no analysis has been made as to what % of farms are affected by the alleged cruel practices, and the retailers are not even clear whether any of their brands sourced mohair from these farms. The same concerns raised in relation to the South African goats can be raised in relation to ordinary wool and many other animal-sourced fibers. We would suggest that the question needs to be asked: who would benefit from such a ban? Surely not the people employed in the industry, nor the consumers.
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Max was travelling in space when a friend of his called him to say that his family is kidnapped by space pirates. He burned their supply depot down the other day, and now they got their revenge! When Max hears the news, he's very calm. But when he learns that they also kidnapped his dog, he gets mad and starts seeking revenge. Help him fight the space pirates and save his family!
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TIFPL put a call out on Instagram to find out what YOU guys wanted to hear us talk about, and we had a bunch of fantastic, thoughtful questions in response. We recorded for two hours so these episodes will be coming out in 2 parts. We touch on a wide variety of subjects including how we get hyped for a lift, whether or not we’re “girls who do both”, awkward and embarrassing mistakes we’ve made in the gym or with training, we talk to our younger selves, and about young people and strength sports. And so much more! This was really fun and we will definitely be doing it again sometime!
YouTube and show notes to come.
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generates prime numbers as values for n = 0, 1, 2, ... , 39, an unbroken sequence of the first forty natural number arguments. This seems to have been noticed first by Leonard Euler in 1772. Knowing that mathematics is the science of patterns, it is tempting to conclude that the formula generates primes for all natural number arguments, but this is not the case: f(40) is composite, as are many other values.
A mathematician with some experience with prime numbers is unlikely to be "fooled" by the numerical evidence in this example, but even world-class mathematicians have on occasion been misled by far fewer cases. Pierre de Fermat among them. The nth Fermat number F(n) is obtained by raising 2 to the power n, then raising 2 to that number and adding 1 to the result, i.e.
Thus F(0) = 3, F(1) = 5, F(2) = 17, F(3) = 257, F(4) = 65,537.
These numbers are called Fermat numbers because of a claim made by Fermat in a letter written to Mersenne in 1640. Having noted that each of the numbers F(0) to F(4) is prime, Fermat wrote: "I have found that numbers of the form F(n) are always prime numbers and have long since signified to analysts the truth of this theorem." For all his great abilities with numbers, however, Fermat was wrong. This was first shown conclusively by the great Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1732: F(5) = 4,294,967,297 is not prime. In fact, no prime Fermat number has been found beyond F(4).
There are many other examples where the numerical evidence can mislead us. If you have access to a computer algebra system or a multi-precision scientific calculator program (several of which you can download for free from the Web), try computing
An integer! Amazing. Assuming you are aware of Euler's famous identity
where exponentiation of a transcendental real number by a transcendental imaginary number yields an integer result, you might be surprised that you never came across this other one before. How come you missed it?
The answer is, the result is not an integer. Twelve decimal places all equal to zero is highly suggestive, but if you increase the precision of the calculation to 33 places, you find that
This is still an interesting answer, and you would be right to suspect that there is something special about that number 163 that makes this particular power of e so close to an integer, but I won't go into that here. My point is simply to illustrate that computation can sometimes lead to conclusions that turn out to be incorrect. In this case the error lies in mistaking for an integer a number that is in fact transcendental.
Another coincidence, in this case most likely having no mathematical explanation, is that to ten significant figures
Here is another example where the numbers can be misleading. If you use a computer algebra system to evaluate the infinite sum
But this answer is only approximate. The series actually converges to a transcendental number, which to 268 decimal places is equal to 1. In other words, you would need to calculate the numerical value to at least 269 places to determine that it is not 1, although to ensure there were no rounding errors, you would have to carry out the calculation to an even greater accuracy.
Or try this one on for size (and what a size it is in terms of accuracy). The following "equality" is correct to over half a billion digits:
But this sum, far from being an integer (conceptually far, that is!), is provably irrational, indeed transcendental. As you have probably guessed, this is a "cooked" example, related to my second example. But what an example it is!
If you take any natural number n, then, by the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, either n is prime or else it can be expressed as a product of a unique collection of primes. For instance, for the first five non-primes,
Of these, 4, 8, and 9 have prime decompositions in which at least one prime occurs more than once, while in the decompositions of 6 and 10 each prime occurs once only. Numbers divisible by the square of a prime (such as 4, 8, 9) are called square-divisible. Numbers not so divisible are called square-free. (Thus, in the prime decomposition of a square-free number, no prime will occur more than once.)
If n is a square-free natural number that is not prime, then it is a product of either an even number of primes or an odd number of primes. For example, 6 = 2 x 3 is a product of an even number of primes, while 42 = 2 x 3 x 7 is a product of an odd number of primes. In 1832, A.F. Moebius introduced the following simple function (nowadays called the Moebius function) to indicate what type of prime factorization a number n has.
Let m(1) = 1, a special case. For all other n, m(n) is defined as follows:
If n is square-divisible, then m(n) = 0;For example, m(4) = 0, m(5) = -1, m(6) = 1, m(42) = -1.
If n is square-free and the product of an even number of primes, then m(n) = 1;
If n is either prime, or square-free and the product of an odd number of primes, then m(n) = -1.
For any number n, let M(n) denote the result of adding together all values of m(k) for k less than or equal to n.
For example, M(1) = 1, M(2) = 0, M(3) = -1, M(4) = -1, M(5) = -2.
At tbis stage, you may like to investigate this question: What is the first value of n beyond 2 for which M(n) is zero again? Or positive again?
So far, everything looks like a nice example of elementary recreational mathematics. Matters take a decidedly more serious turn when you learn that the behavior of the function M(n) is closely related to the location of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function.
The connection was known to T.J. Stieltjes. In 1885, in a letter to his colleague C. Hermite, he claimed to have proved that no matter how large n may be, |M(n)|, the absolute value of M(n), is always less than SQRT(n).
If what Stieltjes claimed had been true, the truth of the Riemann hypothesis would have followed at once. Needless to say, then, Stieltjes was wrong in his claim, though at the time this was not at all clear. (For instance, when Hadamard wrote his now-classic and greatly acclaimed paper proving the prime number theorem in 1896, he mentioned that he understood Stieltjes had already obtained the same result using his claimed inequality, and excused his own publication on the grounds that Stieltjes' proof had not yet appeared!)
The fact that Stieltjes never did publish a proof might well suggest that he eventually found an error in his argument. At any rate, in 1897, F. Mertens produced a 50-page table of values of m(n) and M(n) for n up to 10,000, on the basis of which he was led to conclude that Stieltjes' inequality was "very probable." As a result Stieltjes' inequality became known as the Mertens conjecture. By rights, it should have been called the Stieltjes conjecture, of course, but Mertens certainly earned his association with the problem by hand-computing 10,000 values of the function.
When mathematicians brought computers into the picture, they took Mertens' computation considerably further, eventually calculating 7.8 billion values, all of which satisfied Stieltjes' inequality. Given such seemingly overwhelming numerical evidence, one might be forgiven for assuming the Mertens conjecture were true, but in October 1983, Hermann te Riele and Andrew Odlyzko brought eight years of collaborative work to a successful conclusion by proving otherwise.
Their result was obtained by a combination of classical mathematical techniques and high-powered computing. The computer was not used to find a number n for which |M(n)| equals or exceeds SQRT(n). Even to date, no such number has been found, and the available evidence suggests that there is no such n below 10^30. Rather, they took a more circuitous route. Far too circuitous to present here, in fact. If you want to see exactly what they did, read the account in my book Mathematics: The New Golden Age, Columbia University Press 1999, pp.208-213.
On the other hand, mathematics is for the most part far less mischievous (and hence potentially far closer to physics) than my above examples might suggest. In general, provided we exercise some reasonable caution, we can, in the words of Yogi Berra, learn a lot by just looking. Looking for, and at, computational (often numerical) evidence, that is.
In today's era of fast, interactive computers, with computational tools such as Mathematica and Maple - not to forget search engines such as Google - we can approach some areas of mathematics in a way reminiscent of our colleagues in the natural sciences. We can make observations, collect data, and perform (computational) experiments. And we can draw conclusions based on the evidence we have obtained.
The result is a relatively new area (or form) of mathematics called Experimental Mathematics. Proof has a place in experimental mathematics, since computation can sometimes generate insights that lead to proofs. But the experimental mathematician is also willing to reach a conclusion based on the weight of evidence available. I shall say more about this new way of doing mathematics next month - when I will also note that it is actually not quite as new as might first appear.
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T +41 61 385 57 57
VAT No.: CHE-116.347.390 MWST
§ 13 – Miscellaneous Terms
(1) For Customer in Switzerland: All terms and contracts under this agreement are governed by Swiss Law without regard to conflict of laws. UN purchasing law (CISG) is excluded. The designated court is Basel, Switzerland.
(2) For other Customer: All terms and contracts under this agreement are governed by Swiss Law without regard to conflict of laws. UN purchasing law (CISG) is excluded. The designated court is Basel, Switzerland, if it is allowed to choose a court of jurisdiction. This does not apply for compulsory law of the country in which the customer has its common residence.
(3) Should a provision of these general conditions of supply prove to be wholly or partly invalid, the parties to the contract shall jointly seek an arrangement having a legal and economic effect which will be as similar as possible to the invalid provision.
Basel, October 2015
Data Protection Statement for objects.herzogdemeuron.com
Herzog & de Meuron takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and handels it in line with the Swiss Data Protection Act (Bundesgesetz über den Datenschutz DSG) and the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR (Datenschutzgrundverordnung DSGVO) of the European Union.
The purpose of this Data Protection Statement is to inform you about the type of personal data that will be collected when you use the Herzog & de Meuron website (the "Website") during your visit and how we will process, use, and protect such data.
Contact with us
If you will get in contact with us by form on the Website or by e-mail, the data submitted will be stored during a maximum of six month for the purpose of processing your request and in case you should have further questions. This data will not be passed on to persons outside of the Herzog & de Meuron group without your consent.
Regarding the data, which you submit to us using the Jobs Application Form, we refer to the separate Amendment to the Data Protection Statement regarding the Jobs Application.
Cookies do not harm your computer or mobile device and do not contain any viruses.
Automated Data Collection and Processing by your Browser
As with every website, our server automatically collects the following information and temporarily saves it in server log files, which are transmitted by your browser unless you have deactivated such function:
- the IP address of the computer transmitting the request
- the client’s file request
- the http response code
- the volume of data transmitted
- the website from which you access our website (referrer URL)
- the date and time of the server request
- the type, version and language of your browser
- the operating system on the computer transmitting the request
Our server log files are not evaluated based on personal use. We cannot allocate this data to specific persons at any time. Also, we do not merge this data with data from other sources.
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Google”). Google Analytics uses small text files called cookies, which are saved on your computer to facilitate analysis of your website use. The information collected relates to your operating system, browser and IP address, the website you accessed previously (referrer URL), and the date and time of your visit to our website. The information generated by cookies regarding your use of our website typically is transmitted to and saved on a Google server in the United States. If and when IP anonymization is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address for transmission among member states of the European Union or to other member states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and then reduced. At our request, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and Internet use. The IP address transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
The use of Google Analytics is in compliance with the requirements upon which German data protection agencies and Google have agreed.
The third-party provider’s data protection statement is available at http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.
The data processing is in accordance with Art. 6 paragraph 1 lit. a (consent) and/or f (legitimate interest) of the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR (Datenschutzgrundverordnung DSGVO) of the European Union.
Collection and Processing of Data Provided Voluntarily
You provide to us your personal data by e-mail or via our website on a voluntary basis. We use this data to process our contractual relationship with you and/or your inquiries or orders, to conduct market research or opinion polls.
Transmission to Third Parties
We will not transmit any personal data, which you provide to us to any third parties. Personal data will be transmitted only
- if you have given prior consent
- to sub-contractors who need to receive and use such data for the purpose of fulfilling specific orders if required by us to process your inquiries, orders and use of our services
- to service providers bound by instructions, if required to process your order data in accordance with the law
- to parties entitled to obtain such data, if required to comply with statutory obligations
Where we engage sub-contractors or service providers for carrying out specific processing activities on behalf of us, the same data protection obligations are imposed on them by way of a contract.
At any time, at no cost to you and without providing any reason you can request information regarding the data relating to you which is saved in our systems as well as information regarding the origin, recipients or categories of recipients to whom such data has been transmitted and why such data has been saved.
In addition, by law, you are entitled to have your personal data corrected, blocked or deleted. Also, you can revoke your consent to the use of your data at any time and without having to provide a reason. Should you have any reason to suspect that your data is processed in violation of the Data Protection Act or your legal rights under the Data Protection Act were violated in any other way, you may file a complaint with the Supervising Authority. In Switzerland, the Supervising Authority is the Federal Data Protection and Information Officer (FDPIC)
Representative according to Art. 27 paragraph 1 GDPR for companies of the Herzog ¬ de Meuron group, which are not established in the European Union
Herzog & de Meuron GmbH, Johannisstrasse 20, DE-10117 Berlin is designated as a representative according to Art. 27 paragraph 1 GDPR by the following companies of the Herzog & de Meuron group:
Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.
Herzog & de Meuron International AG
Herzog & de Meuron Architekten AG
Herzog & de Meuron World Ltd.
Herzog & de Meuron Rheinschanze AG
The designation as a representative by the above mentioned companies is granted in case of a statutory obligation according to Art. 27 paragraph 1 GDPR for the respective company.
Contact for any request for information, inquiries, objections to the processing of your data etc.
Please address any requests for information, inquiries, objections to the processing of your data, and any questions you may have to the following address:
Herzog & de Meuron
Tel. +41 61 385 5757
Fax +41 61 385 5758
Basel, May 25, 2018
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Original Title : Tales from the Loop Season 1 Episode 1 — Loop
Genre : Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Air Date : 2020-04-03
Watch this link! : https://bit.ly/348Nsgl
Overview : A young girl living in a small town becomes curious about the mysterious work her mother conducts beneath ground at a facility known as the Loop.
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Moving to Perth WA may be one of the best decisions you ever make but without the right assistance on the ground, it can be an expensive and emotionally draining experience.
Perth is a transient city with people relocating from interstate and overseas to take advantage of the continuing mining boom.
Whilst Perth is a city on the move, there is a shortage of good properties available for rent.
The homes that are on offer, usually get snapped up at the first home open with often over thirty people at one inspection. In this competitive market it is wise to come well prepared.
Following are some of the questions most frequently asked by our clients who are relocating to Perth and how New In Town may be able to assist you to find a new home.
1. WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR LEASING IN PERTH?
The lease application process is rather involved. It is advisable to view an "offer of option to lease residential premises" form available from REIWA (Real Estate Institute WA). This will outline the questions that you will be asked to answer when applying for a home in Perth. The forms may vary from agency to agency however, the questions will be the same.
Only ever complete an “Offer Of Option to Lease Residential Property” and pay the option fee if you are sure that you want to enter into a lease with the owner for the premises, or hold the premises for a period.
The form "OFFER OF OPTION TO LEASE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY" is not the Lease.
The purpose of the lease application is:
- To inform the owner of your details, and your requirements for the lease.
- To inform you of the money that is required to be paid prior to taking possession of the premises.
- To make you aware of the terms of the lease (including special conditions) associated with the lease if the offer is accepted and the option is accepted.
- If your offer is accepted, to create an option to lease the premises. If the owner accepts youroffer, then the owner gives you the option to lease the premises. You will have two (2) business days from the time when the owner's agent informs you that your offer has been accepted in which to make a final decision if you want to enter into the lease. This is a holding period. If you enter into the lease, then the Option Fee will be credited to the rent payable. If you decline theopportunity to enter into the Lease during the two (2) business days, then the Owner will keep the Option Fee.
2. WILL I BE GUARANTEED TO GET THE PROPERTY THAT I APPLY FOR?
You may not always be successful in your application. There is a lot of competition for properties and ultimately, it is the owner's decision to choose the tenant. As relocation agents, we are able to assist you to make sure that the owner has all the necessary information so that the right decision can be made.
3. HOW LONG WILL PROCESSING THE APPLICATION TAKE?
Processing of applications usually take 24 hours however, the process can sometimes take longer. We will get back to you with an answer as soon as we hear back from the leasing agent.
4. IS THERE ANY MORE PAPER WORK REQUIRED?
The application form is not a lease agreement. You will be required to meet with the agent to sign the lease agreement, should you be the successful applicant.
5. WILL I NEED TO PAY A BOND AND RENT IN ADVANCE?
If you are successful with your application, you will be required to pay 4 weeks rent for the bond and 2 weeks rent up front prior to the agent handing over the keys to the property.
6. WILL I NEED TO PAY A PET BOND?
Pet bonds can be up to the amount of $260.
7. IS THERE A PROCESSING FEE OR OPTION FEE FOR MY APPLICATION?
Most agencies require an “Option Fee” to process your application. This is equal to one week’s rent. The agency will usually require the amount to be paid by cheque, cash, or sometimes by direct deposit. If you are successful with your application, you will have the option fee deducted from the first week’s rent. If you are unsuccessful, the total amount will be refunded to you. If for whatever reason you change your mind during the application period, you will be required to forfeit the option fee. You will need to provide details of your Australian bank account for return of the funds.
8. DO I NEED TO ATTEND THE OPEN HOME TO INSPECT THE PROPERTY IN PERSON?
There are two ways you can have a property inspected. You can either view the property in person, or have an authorised person such as a relocations consultant, view the property on your behalf before you can submit an application. It is important to remember that you are agreeing to lease the property in the same condition that it was inspected.
9. WHO CAN I USE AS A REFEREE?
These can be personal referees from anyone including family members who have known you for a period of 5 years or more. Referees will need to be prepared to speak on your behalf and to confirm that you are of good character.
10. WHAT IF I HAVE NEVER LEASED A PROPERTY BEFORE BUT I AM A HOME OWNER?
You will be required to provide the name of your current owner or managing agent to whom rent is paid. if you are a home owner, you will need to provide ownership documentation.
11. DO I NEED TO PROVIDE CONFIRMATION OF EMPLOYMENT?
It is preferable to obtain a letter from your employer with the following details;
- details of your current employment contract
- visa (if applicable)
If you are self funded, you will need to provide details of your ability to pay rent.
12. WHAT IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED?
You will need to produce 100 points of identification for each person who will be occupying the premises. Each document is worth a nominate number of points. View our 100 Point checklist in useful tools
New In Town Can Assist You To Find Your New Home In Perth
Our relocation consultants have an excellent rapport with many of Perth’s property managers. As members of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA), we are at the forefront to provide several accommodation solutions. We receive private leasings and listings from property managers on a regular basis, often prior to them being advertised. Clients say they feel secure in the knowledge that we are there to act on their behalf when making this critical decision.
Rely on New In Town to assist with this vital aspect of your relocation.
What We Do
- We will pick you up from your nominated accommodation.
- Accompany you on a local orientation including housing styles and local amenities.
- Provide suburb profile of selected areas.
- Source, inspect, and prepare of a short-list of properties we believe are suitable for you.
- Assist with completion of tenancy applications (including tips on how to apply for a property in WA).
- Collate all required documentation.
- Accompanying you or inspect the property on your behalf.
- Negotiate terms and conditions of the lease.
- Arrange all of your utility connections.
- Assist will anything out of the ordinary.
For a comprehensive outline of our
home search packages please phone us on
1300 912 112 or click the link below.
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Environmental Protection, Eco-Friendly; some words that adore the mass media these days, and the most obvious thing that our beautiful mind recollects at this time are of the shades of Green. With design and colour being widely experimented with all form of material around, it would not be surprising if you suddenly notice a Green Front Door Design implemented somewhere.
Generally associated as a sign of being conscious to the environment, Green as a colour depicts the ideas of hope and growth, as such carries a positive association. Now when it comes to green front door design ideas; the most obvious necessity is that there is a lot of greenery surrounding the house too, to make it fit in. Regarding designs, robust as well as minimal designs both go well enough with the colour Green.
And as it is basically associated with environment; having the entire house surrounded by vegetation would also make it better. Coming up with green front door design ideas are very common in gardens and open houses, but putting up as a front door also is a twist which would look good if the appropriate theme can be created. After al every colour has as few entities that go along good with it.
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Over the next few years, India is expected to spend over $21 million to implement solar power equipment and solar power projects in its agricultural sector.
First announced in the budget speech by India’s Finance Minister, details of the scheme are slowly emerging now. The Indian government, in partnership with state governments, plans to implement large-scale solar power projects and expand implementation of solar pumps.
A large portion of the planned $21 million will go toward subsidies to farmers to set up solar power projects and install solar pumps. The government has set a target to have 10 Gigawatt of solar power projects installed on barren land. The federal government, state governments, and banks (through loans) will provide a 30% subsidy each while 10% of the cost will be met by farmers themselves.
The subsidies will also go to distribution utilities which will procure any surplus electricity generated by these solar power projects after farmers meet their own needs. Utilities will be incentivized to acquire this surplus electricity which would likely be used by them to meet their renewable purchase obligation.
Also, the program will help the installation of 1.75 million solar-powered irrigation pumps at farms across the country. At present, the farmers either use diesel or grid electricity to power their irrigation pumps. Due to social and political complexities, the distribution utilities often do not get any revenue from the sales made to farmers.
The program will likely reap tremendous financial gains for the power distribution utilities that are unable to generate revenue from a majority of the electricity sales made to farmers. It will also greatly reduce the use of diesel.
As of 31 March 2014, 11,626 solar pumps had been installed under the National Solar Mission, which increased to more than 142,000 by 30 November 2017.
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