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You have already endured the most painful part, which is being in the toxic relationship.
One of the most difficult experiences you can have in life is to get out of a toxic relationship when you still love the person. But an even more painful experience is being in the relationship! Leaving it is not as hard as being in it.
Love prevails through death of a relationship, but that death allows you freedom to live a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life. And the happier, healthier, and more fulfilled you are, the better it is for all of us who share the planet with you. Self-love is a responsibility not just to you, but to all.
The more intimate the relationship, the more painful it is to exit, but also the more positively transformational it will be in your life. Based on my personal and professional experience, the most intimate relationships are those between a person and their parents. Severing ties with a parent is life-changing, but if you’ve gotten to that point, there are certainly strong and valid reasons.
Relationships with romantic partners and close friends can be extremely difficult to leave, as well, even when they are toxic. When in relationship with someone your energies start to mix and they become a part of you.
As psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Carl Jung, said, “For two personalities to meet is like mixing two chemical substances: if there is any combination at all, both are transformed.” Leaving the relationship then, is like killing a piece of your existence, your roots and identity in this world.
But fear not, life is a continuous cycle of birth, growth, crisis, death, and transformation. Death is necessary for something new to be born. As a child leaves childhood and becomes a young adult, those precious young times may never again be visited, yet the new day brings a blossoming young adult who begins their own life and contribution to the world.
Three common obstacles make it difficult to leave a toxic relationship when you still love the person. Here’s how to handle them with more ease and control.
Heather Hans, LCSW, MBA is a public speaker, psychotherapist, and author of The Heart of Self-Love. She uses creativity and entertainment to help people find their joy. You can subscribe to her newsletter or watch her live streams on Twitter at @HeatherHansTV.
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Unfortunately like any other college campus, power-based personal violence happens at TCNJ too. Power-based personal violence is an umbrella term for sexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalking. These acts of violence put red dots on our map. Each incident hurts us all. However, YOU can stop the violence on our campus. You can be a green dot. A green dot is pulling a friend out of a high-risk situation, displaying an awareness poster in your room or office, or posting a green dot message on your Facebook page. A green dot is simply your individual choice at any given moment to make our campus safer. What will your #TCNJGreenDotGoal be?
For more information about the Green Dot, click here.
The Green Dot strategy was developed by Dr. Dorothy Edwards of the University of Kentucky. Drawing on social influence research, Dr. Edwards designed green dots to shift culture by focusing on individual attitudes, behaviors, and statements. Find out more about the original Green Dot strategy at www.livethegreendot.com.
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For some, that ability might be strengthened through gaming. Highlight Text to add correction. Video games help make kids feel holiday by rabindranath tagore essay comfortable with technology. February 2014, Vol 45,. It is found that video games can improve hand eye show more content, active video games are also being marketed for adults.
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Are you thinking of fostering a child or a young person in Swansea?
All that you need to become a foster carer, on a practical level, is at least one spare bedroom. On an emotional level, your ability to care for and nurture a child is what matters most. We’re not concerned about your age, income or marital status. To qualify for fostering a child in Swansea, you can be single, cohabiting or married, and be a homeowner or tenant.
By joining the Calon Cymru Fostering team, you will receive all the professional guidance and training you need, from your friendly and supportive local team. We treat all of our carers as individuals and strive to bring out the best in you, through our exceptional levels of support.
If you are thinking about becoming a foster carer, please call us for a friendly no obligation chat on 029 2081 1173. Keep up-to-date with our events page to see when our expert team will be in your area for a chat about fostering. If you think you are ready to help with any one of our fostering services, simply fill in the form below and one of the team will be in touch as soon as they can.
Our experienced Fostering Advisors are happy to have a no-obligation conversation with you, so you can find out more about becoming a Foster Carer. No hard sell, no pressure, just good advice. Please complete the form below and a member of our friendly local team will be in touch shortly. To help us with your enquiry, please supply as much information as you can.
The National Waterfront Museum tells the human story of Welsh industry and innovation now, and over the past 300 years. Enjoy exhibitions, cinema screenings, family events and craft activities.
This pyramid-shaped glasshouse houses exhibiting a wide range insects, reptiles, fish and over 5,000 plants, many of which are extinct from their natural habitat. Find out more about Plantasia.
Situated in the award winning Maritime Quarter area of Swansea City, Swansea Marina offers easy access to the Gower Peninsula, boasting many picturesque bays to anchor up in and relax with the family.
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== The pharmaceutical interests supporting Tobacco Control == Pharmaceutical companies sponsor conferences of TC groups, studies that attempt to prove environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is deadly and (financially) support the WHO/FCTC in their fight against smokers. [[File:believe.gif|right]] It is worth noting that during the last two decades, the pharmaceutical industry has donated [http://cleanairquality.blogspot.gr/2007/12/rwjfs-446-million-contribution-to-boost.html hundreds of millions of dollars] to organizations that lobby for smoking bans. Was this an exercise in philanthropy on the part of the caring pharmaceutical industry? Not exactly. Big Pharma is an industry every bit as profit-driven, cutthroat and devious as any other global industry. Smoking bans represent a lucrative market opportunity for Nicotine Replacement Therapy products (nicotine patches, nicotine gum etc.), to be '''maximized at all costs''', collateral damage notwithstanding. The more bans there are, and the more draconian the penalties for transgression, the better the market penetration. In this instance, the costs of their drive for greater market penetration are borne by smokers around the world in the form of marginalization, restrictions as to where they are permitted to smoke, and demonization/denormalization. The theory behind this pogrom is that smokers will be driven to quit, and in doing so, will turn to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), which is, of course, manufactured by those same pharmaceutical companies who are funding the Tobacco Control Industry. The hundreds of millions Big Pharma spends in funding Anti-Smoking and general smoking-ban initiatives is small beer when set against the profits from sales of NRT and smoking cessation products. <blockquote>The prescription nicotine dependence market is set to grow strongly at a compound annual growth rate of 16% to reach $4.6 billion by 2016 ...<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080926025357/http://www.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/article_feature.asp?guid=C6E81C1A-8DBE-40EE-85B1-A463A5544D89 Pharmaceutical Business (Archive)]</ref></blockquote> This perhaps would not be quite so cynical if the products had a proven success rate. However, the success rate is abysmal. Reports indicate a success rate of 19% at best, lower actually than completely unaided quitting: <blockquote>According to the study, the three-month success rate with NRT is only 19% for light smokers, compared to 26% for unaided quitting. For heavy smokers, the three-month success rate is 9% for NRT compared to 15% for unaided quitting.<ref>[http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/new-study-reveals-that-widespread-use.html New Study Reveals that Widespread Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy and Quitlines Has Not Increased Cessation Rates; Quitting Cold Turkey Still Best]</ref></blockquote> Belinda Cunnison, of pro-choice group Freedom2Choose, investigated the common claim that you are “four times more likely to quit with NHS,” which is used in most promotional materials for NRT products, and frequently in press releases on the subject of smoking cessation. <blockquote>I traced this claim to a Department of Health web page, which also claimed a 15 per cent success rate at 12 months for NRT. The evidence that was supposed to demonstrate this 15 per cent success rate and the "four times more likely to quit" phenomenon was not listed in the footnotes, so I wrote to the Department to ask for it.</blockquote> <blockquote>It took over three months to get the information<ref>[http://www.freedom2choose.info/press_viewer.php?id=56 NRT: Studies Destroy “Four Times More Likely To Quit With NHS” Claim]</ref></blockquote> When that information was finally forthcoming, the figures showed a 6.5% quit rate for those using NRT, and a 6% quit rate for those going "cold turkey, i.e. without using NRT." So much for the "15% success rate" and "four times more likely" claims. One study even found a quit rate using NRT as low as 0.8%!<ref>[http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/new-study-shows-that-even-extended.html New Study Shows That Even Extended Nicotine Replacement Therapy is Extremely Ineffective; Unaided Quitting Rates are Far Better]</ref> Hardly a ringing endorsement of NRT. In fact in most cases, the success rate was higher if '''no''' NRT was used. Additionally, a study by Reuven Dar and Jean-Jacques Etter showed that commonly used placebo tests that test the effect of NRT products, carried out by the pharmaceutical nicotine producers, are defective and overestimate the effect of those products. <ref>[http://whyquit.com/studies/2005_Dar_NRT_Placebo_Effect.pdf Assigned Versus Perceived Placebo Effects in Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Reduction in Swiss Smokers]</ref> Gregory N. Connolly, professor of the Practice of Public Health, Director, Center for Global Tobacco Control recently published a study <ref>[http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2012/01/10/tobaccocontrol-2011-050129.abstract A prospective cohort study challenging the effectiveness of population-based medical intervention for smoking cessation]</ref> that he co-authored that came to the following conclusion: <blockquote>This study finds that persons who have quit smoking relapsed at equivalent rates, whether or not they used NRT to help them in their quit attempts. Cessation medication policy should be made in the larger context of public health, and increasing individual treatment coverage should not be at the expense of population evidence-based programmes and policies.</blockquote> Please note that letters disagreeing with this study were all submitted by researchers who had ties to the pharmaceutical industry.<ref>[http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2012/01/10/tobaccocontrol-2011-050129.abstract/reply#tobaccocontrol_el_3882 Replies to A prospective cohort study challenging the effectiveness of population-based medical intervention for smoking cessation ]</ref> What is intriguing about this study is that it was completed in 2006 yet it was only published in January 2012. Could Professor Connolly's resignation <ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064000800551720.html FDA Tobacco Adviser Resigns ]</ref> from the FDA tobacco-advisory committee have anything to do with it? Could his support <ref>[http://axcessnews.com/index.php/articles/show/id/21667 Harvard Prof's Interview Lends Impetus to 22nd Century Group's Very Low Nicotine Tobacco ]</ref> of a pharmaceutical smoked cigarette (that would most probably compete with nicotine replacement treatment) have anything to do with the delayed publication of this study? Whatever the reasons, it is quite strange that in the ''publish or perish'' world of epidemiology,<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=411323 'Publish or perish' culture distorting research results]</ref> research would be published after a 6-year delay But when even the father of the universally known and utilized ''nicotine dependence test'', Karl Fagerström, has a change of heart and now concedes that nicotine is not the only reason people smoke, is it any wonder nicotine replacement therapy is virtually useless? <ref>[http://www.formindep.org/Fagerstrom-Finds-His-Way-To.html Fagerström Finds His Way To Damascus]</ref> The nicotine addiction fallacy, rather than helping science progress, creates barriers to further scientific research on tobacco. In Professor Robert Molimard's wise words: <blockquote> (...) having arbitrarily decided that nicotine alone explains tobacco dependence and having it engrained in the minds of doctors, the authorities and the public, any research on the other possible factors of this dependency is now excluded in advance and a vast new market is made available for commercial exploitation by the pharmaceutical industry.<ref>[http://cagecanada.blogspot.ca/2010/12/beliefs-manipulation-and-lies-in.html Beliefs, Manipulation and Lies in the Tobacco Issue]</ref></blockquote> Patrick Basham and John C. Luik of the think tank ''Democracy Institute'' explain in a recently published paper why pharmaceutical assistance in quitting smoking is a prescription for failure: <blockquote> A further important point is that NRT continues to dominate smoking cessation because of the pernicious effect of the addiction model of smoking. Because smokers are continually told that tobacco use is addictive, indeed, more addictive than hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine, they are encouraged to believe that the only effective way in which to stop smoking is through a professionally administered pharmaceutical intervention. By convincing smokers that they are addicted (read powerless on their own to stop smoking), the move to NRT as the only way to combat this addiction is seen as normative. Unassisted smoking cessation is seen as ineffective since smokers’ confidence in their ability to succeed is undermined by their belief that they are addicted.<ref>[http://www.democracyinstitute.org/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=108974&A=SearchResult&SearchID=4783725&ObjectID=108974&ObjectType=6 PRESCRIPTION FOR CONFLICT: WHY THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND THE ANTI-TOBACCO MOVEMENT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF SMOKERS]</ref></blockquote> Israeli studies conducted by Dr. Reuven Dar conclude that nicotine is not addictive as physiological addictions are usually defined. Nicotine does have a physiological role in increasing cognitive abilities but it's not an addictive substance -- like heroin for example -- which creates biological withdrawal symptoms. Dr. Dar believes that understanding smoking as a habit, as opposed to an addiction, will put the emphasis on psychological and behavioral aspects when helping smokers quit. This is less than likely to happen, because with the billions of profits Big Pharma risks to lose if the nicotine addiction theory is disproved by an ever increasing number of researchers, it will persistently defend it anyway: they will always find scientists and tobacco control advocates all too eager to perpetuate a fallacy for money. ''These findings might not be popular with advocates of the nicotine addiction theory, because they undermine the physiological role of nicotine and emphasize mind over matter when it comes to smoking '' Dr. Dar sharply opines. <ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100713144920.htm Smoking Mind Over Smoking Matter: Surprising New Study Shows Cigarette Cravings Result from Habit, Not Addiction]</ref> Funding Tobacco Control organizations, astroturf groups and bans is not all the pharmaceutical industry does to boost its profits. It also practices a devious way to advertise cessation drugs (without even naming them) in the form of infomercials that mislead the viewer into thinking that they are public service messages. A typical example can be found here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8orUjJXkKo New Advertising Trend: Fake "Public Service" Ads ] . The following quit ''campaign'' [http://quit-smoking-canada.ca/en/home/ Quit Smoking Canada ] carries a tiny mention at the bottom ''This campaign is brought to you by one of canada’s leading research-based pharmaceutical companies '' without which the reader would have never known that it was Big Pharma funded. <references /> ==Company Listing== ===Johnson & Johnson=== :Under the banner of its subsidiary, McNeil Consumer Products, J&J markets the Nicotrol nicotine patch and nicotine inhaler. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is a big shareholder in J&J and began its massive funding of tobacco control in the U.S. in 1991, the same year the FDA approved the nicotine patch as a prescription drug. Pharmacia reacquired the rights to market the Nicotrol Inhaler in North America from J&J's McNeil in July 2000. ===GlaxoSmithKline=== :Pharmaceutical giants Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham merged on December 27, 2000, making the new company the world's biggest drugs group by sales. Glaxo Wellcome markets Zyban (buproprion) and SKB markets Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch and Nicorette gum. One of the major holdups in getting FTC approval for the merger was that both companies sold smoking cessation products, but even though these cessation products accounted for less than 4% of SK's sales, neither company was willing for them to be sold to another pharmaceutical company to facilitate the merger. SK was also investigated by a congressional committee for overpricing of cancer treatments. SK infuriated the committee by refusing to hand over information about Kytril, its anti-nausea drug for chemotheraphy patients. ("Federal smoke delays merger," Andrew Clark, ''The Guardian'', October 10, 2000). :In 1999, SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare's combined U.S. sales of Nicorette and NicoDerm CQ reached $570 million. The company also markets its nicotine patch under the trade name "NiQuitin CQ" in Belgium, France, Denmark, Mexico and Brazil and under "Nicabate" in Australia and New Zealand, where it was the number one smoking cessation product in 1999 ([http://archive.tobacco.org/resources/rendezvous/ashburn.html Philippe Boucher's Rendez-vous with ... Leslie A. Ashburn, Communications Supervisor for GlaxoSmithKline, January 29, 2001]). ===Pharmacia=== :(Also Pharmacia & Upjohn). *Makes Nicorette and Nicotrol, "a family of tobacco dependence therapies." ("About Pharmacia & Upjohn," company website, as of January 15, 2000). Pharmacia & Upjohn Consumer Healthcare "develops, manufactures and sells safe and efficacious OTC (Over the Counter) products …. A number of products are also sold globally. Among the company's largest and most well-known brands is a line of nicotine replacement products, including nicotine gum, transdermal patch, and nasal spray and inhaler." *Pharmacia & Upjohn are one of three pharmaceutical "partners" in the WHO global anti-tobacco project. "Pharmacia & Upjohn announced a 17 percent increase in first-quarter earnings Thursday, as U.S. drug sales soared for its top three medicines …. Sales climbed 12 percent to $1.77 billion from $1.59 billion a year ago. Pharmacia, which makes Xanax anti-anxiety medication and Nicorette smoking cessation products, has completed a massive turnaround in the past two years" ("Pharmacia & Upjohn Profits Rise," ''AP'', April 29, 1999). *"Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc.'s Japanese unit saw sales of its Nicorette antismoking gum rise 50% in 1998 over a year earlier" ("Sales of Nicorette Gum Make Gains in Japan," ''Wall St. Journal'', May 14, 1999). *"Pharmacia Canada, Inc. and Aventis Pharma, Inc. today announced the closing of a transaction whereby Pharmacia acquires the Canadian Nicotine Replacement Therapy business of Aventis Pharma. Under the terms of the agreement, Pharmacia is acquiring the Nicoderm brand transdermal nicotine patch and reacquiring the sales and marketing rights to its Nicorette brand gum." Pharmacia Corporation is a global pharmaceutical company created through the merger of Pharmacia & Upjohn with Monsanto Company and its G.D. Searle unit. ("Pharmacia Consumer Healthcare acquires Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) business of Aventis Pharma Inc," Company Press Release, January 26, 2001). *Pharmacia merged with Pfizer in 2002. ===ATP=== :[Advanced Tobacco Products, Inc./Advanced Therapeutic Products] :Sold their patented nicotine technology, which forms the basis of the Nicorette/Nicotrol Inhaler, to what once was Pharmacia Corporation, in exchange for product payments of 3% of Pharmacia's net sales. In July, Pharmacia announced it had reacquired the rights to market the Nicotrol Inhaler in North America from McNeil PPC, Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson. As a result of the Nicotrol takeback, Pharmacia said it has a renewed interest in consumer advertizing as well as the professional detailing of doctors and healthcare providers" ("ATP Announces Fiscal Year Results, Dividend Payments & British Medical Study of the Nicotine Inhaler," Company Press Release, November 28, 2000). ===Hoechst Marion Roussel=== :(the pharmaceutical company of Hoechst) :Manufactures and markets Nicorette gum and Nicoderm patches in Canada. "NRT products have been available in Canada since 1979, and were cleared for non-prescription sale by Health Canada in 1993 (2mg Nicorette), 1997 (4mg Nicorette) and 1998 (Nicoderm and other patches ….'When these products became more easily available in the U.S. three years ago, the number of quit attempts doubled in one year,'" says Tony Ruta, Hoechst Marion Roussel spokesman. ("Nicotine therapies critical piece in Ontario tobacco strategy," Company Press Release, April 23, 1999). ===Novartis=== :Maker of the Habitrol patch in Canada. Novartis Consumer Health Canada, Inc. ("Habitrol nicotine patch now available in Ontario without a prescription, ''Canada Newswire'', April 23, 1999). Novartis is one of the three major pharmaceutical partners with WHO in the WHO global tobacco control program. :"Novartis Pharma To Launch Nicotine Patches in Japan," ''NewsEdge'', May 11, 1999. "Although the patches are available over-the-counter in 29 countries, they will require a doctor's prescription in Japan and will not be covered by insurance." ===Pfizer=== :Discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and animals, and many of the world's best known consumer products. Pfizer had global revenues of $29.6 billion in 2000. In 2000 Pfizer took over Warner-Lambert. Pfizer is developing a new agent for smoking cessation, currently known as CP-526,555, "that relieves both cravings and withdrawal symptoms and blocks the reinforcing effect of smoking" ("Pfizer to Advance Industry Leadership Through the Best People, Products And Pipeline, Steere Tells Shareholders," Company Press Release, April 26, 2001). :Main sponsor for TC conferences and main supporter of the FCTC.
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What was actually said was that the Minoans had a "heavy presence in Britain."
The Minoans didn't even have a light presence in Britain, as far as I know.
Which is why I asked for a link to this information of Minoans present in ancient Britain.
Before its entry into Britain, the Bronze Age was in full swing in Europe.The island of Crete was centre for the expansion of the bronze trade to Europe. The Mycenaeans created the finest bronze weapons. They came from southern Russia at around 2,000 BC, and settled in the lowlands of Greece. There they began to trade with the Minoans. They built a large navy, and began to attack nearby lands. Over time they adapted to the Minoan way of life, and eventually, around 1,400 BC, became the major power in the Aegean Sea.
Around 4,000 years ago the Bronze Age came to Britain. This was the crucial period that linked the Stone Age with the Iron Age, and during which it seems new people came in from continental Europe. What did the newcomers bring to these islands?
As the BBC says nothing about any Minoan presence, why do you insist we argue with the BBC?
My response was to the claim that there was a heavy presence of Minoans in Britain.
Now, I know the English language as well as anyone. I know what "presence" means, and it doesn't mean "influence."
If the poster has misstated what he meant, let him say so.
I was interested to see any evidence for a Minoan presence (heavy or otherwise) in Britain, so I asked for a link, and I got your argumentative post in response about something entirely different from what was stated in the post I replied to.
Influence of another Culture that Adapted their ways ..
simple as that Harte ..
There they began to trade with the Minoans. They built a large navy, and began to attack nearby lands. Over time they adapted to the Minoan way of life, and eventually, around 1,400 BC, became the major power in the Aegean Sea.
It's quite a stretch to claim that the Bell Beaker Culture were Minoan though, don't you think? Their earliest archaeological remains predate Bronze Age in the late Neolithjc/ early Chalcolithic and I've seen no genetic studies that tie them to the Minoans so how exactly are you tying them in with a Minoan presence in Britain? I'm genuinely confused, not trying to give you a hard time for once!
go argue with BBC ..
Why would I argue w BBC? You're making a claim not presented in their article. The issue is your interpretation not the citation.
as I said influence .. adaption I assume you know the Term ..
Sure, I'm quite familiar with the English language and neither term applies here.
I dont think you can Argue with that Stretch , Can you?
Well, by your logic, a late Neolithic/ early Chalcolithic cukture in Britain who later used Bronze is a result of Mesopotamian influence then as they were the first to mine tin/arsenic and copper and develop the smelting process. So yes, I can argue that is a drastic leap with zero substance behind it.
after all The Bronze Age Spread out.
It's neither and again, your inference can't be reached from the cited articles or any other material.
from the Divide and Conquered realm .
And there are records of such events. There is no evidence or record of Minoan presence (the original claim) let alone influence, in Britain. You haven't substantiated such an illogical leap of faith.
The beginning of the Bronze Age in Britain can be put around 2,000 BC. Although not certain, it is generally thought that the new bronze tools and weapons identified with this age were brought over from continental Europe. The skulls recovered from burial sites from the Bronze Age are different in shape from Stone Age skulls. This would suggest that new ideas and new blood were brought over from the continent. Stone and bronze can be used together, subject to the availability of both materials. True bronze is a combination of 10% tin and 90% copper. Both materials were readily available in Britain at this time. Image showing the island of Crete which was the centre for the expansion of the bronze trade Before its entry into Britain, the Bronze Age was in full swing in Europe.The island of Crete was centre for the expansion of the bronze trade to Europe. The Mycenaeans created the finest bronze weapons. They came from southern Russia at around 2,000 BC, and settled in the lowlands of Greece. There they began to trade with the Minoans. They built a large navy, and began to attack nearby lands. Over time they adapted to the Minoan way of life, and eventually, around 1,400 BC, became the major power in the Aegean Sea.
The Beaker people Image of two Bronze Age drinking beakers It is widely thought, although not certain, that bronze was first brought over to Britain by the Bell Beaker folk. They were so named because of their distinctive bell-shaped pottery drinking vessels. They probably came up through the south-west coast of Britain, which at the time had rich deposits of copper and tin. The Bell Beaker folk readily mixed with any new culture they encountered, including the Neolithic farmers they found in Britain, and Bell beakers have been found in megalithic tombs, with the henge temples of the Neolithics.
The emergence of the Beaker people in Britain gave rise to what is now termed the Wessex Culture. This is the name given to a number of very rich grave goods under round barrows in southern Britain. The grave goods include well made stone battle axes, metal daggers with elaborately decorated hilts, and precious ornaments of gold and amber - these are some of the loveliest prehistoric objects ever to be found in Britain. Among the golden cups found in the graves, some were found that were so like those of the Mycenae that they are used as examples to prove the existence of trade between Wessex and Greece.
same notion as why the Vikings mostly trade with the Middle East ..
The Mycenaean civilization flourished in the late Bronze Age, from the 15th to the 13th century BCE and extended its influence not only throughout the Peloponnese in Greece but also across the Aegean, in particular, on Crete and the Cycladic islands.The Mycenaeans were influenced by the earlier Minoan civilization (2000-1450 BCE) which had spread from its origins at Knossos, Crete to include the wider Aegean. Architecture, art and religious practices were assimilated and adapted to better express the perhaps more militaristic and austere Mycenaean culture.
This is what happens when you find a single source that fits the narrative in your head and then neglect due diligence to see if the information presented is accurate. It gets dates incorrect like stating that the Bronze Age didn't begin in Britain until 2000 BCE when it started at least 200 and as much as 500 years earlier.
The article also makes assumptions that aren't substantiated such as the bell beaker culture bringing Minoan bronze to Britain despite Bell Beaker being a Chalcolithic culture who were in Britain prior to the first use of Bronze there. There are zero Minoan bronze artifacts in Britain. Not one. And the Minoans, while making exquisite goods out of Bronze, weren't even close to the first to use it. Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley... Just to name a few, were working in Bronze hundreds of years before the Minoans.
Direct trade and contact with the Mycenaeans is well documented. There is no documented evidence of Minoan trade, presence, artifacts or anything else related to them in Britain. You are drawing a conclusion that isn't supported by creating a strawman analogy between Minoan influence on Mycenaean Greeks and insisting that this means there was a. Minoan influence on Britain and therefore there was a Minoan presence in Britain. It's illogical and not at all supported by evidence or the BBC article that is devoid of a single citation and that alone is suspect.
Lots of people worked Bronze. Bell Beaker people worked copper. Copper and Tin are both abundant in Britain. The only thin line here is the one you're using to tie Minoans with Britain's use of bronze.
One last time... The use of Bronze in Britain isn't evidence of Minoan influence let alone presence. You have zero evidence so go reexamine your yellow brick road.
im just going to skip the rest of it , seeing your not following .
ahhh..... what did the Mycenaean Traded with ?? adapted from , influenced from ?
yes there is other sites claiming the same thing , i just posted some links of interest ..
not a archaeologist or a Geologist ..
hell do i have too make a time line here ?
telling me they are wrong .
yes lot of People made Bronze in Europe , and where did it all Start??
which these site are claiming , were not involved in the Britain Bronze Age..
as your saying NO evidence ..
make sure you read it ..
No presence , meaning no Minoans in Britain.
Your quote from the link is referring to the Myceaneans. Were they from Britain?
simple as that Wolfenz ..
I think it's you who isn't following. And don't worry, I doubt you could follow along if they tied you to a sled and dragged you behind it so my expectations were low.
It's a little more than a claim, there actual physical evidence.
Actually you smug fool, I'm an anthropologist. Maybe you should research the English language while you're at it so that your posts make some sort of sense and have some cognizant sentence structure because as it is, they make less sense than my 4th grade child's homework.
Please do and then review it.
I'm arguing with your lack of logic and half assed interpretation of data to fit in with your insane degree of cognitive dissonance and self aggrandizement confirmation bias.
You haven't read the main sources, you're reading a truncated online encyclopedia and BBC articles, not the papers that they base their information off of. I've read the papers. Get over yourself and your bizarre sense of self importance.
We've gone over this, Mesopotamia.
If you were any sort of actual researcher and not an armchair google warrior, you would already know that in science, we don't prove a negative. It's up to you to provide evidence to support your position. The original tirade that begat this was involving Minoan PRESENCE in Bronze Age Britain. You haven't shown that and are instead hanging on to some odd need to be correct no matter how wrong you actually are.
Stop moving the goal posts and provide evidence of Minoan PRESENCE in Britain per the original inquiry by Harte. Nobody is going to hold their breath because you don't have that evidence because it doesn't exist. Hell, provide evidence of a Mycenaean presence in Britain if you want while we are at it. Mediterranean Bronze in Germany isn't evidence of Minoans physically being in Britain.
Correct, you've provided no evidence to support Minoans on Britain. Thanks for acknowledging that finally.
I don't need to read an article that only gives part of the story. I've read the actual paper that it was based on. As a self professed researcher, you should really update your skill set because if you wanted actual answers, you wouldn't rely on a singular source, BBC online, you would look at every possible source you could find. The bottom line is that the study only looked at MtDNA and excluded yDNA or nuclear DNA. So, as the researchers who did the study state themselves, the data is as incomplete as your thesis that Minoans were present in Britain. You're grasping at straws and reaching far beyond your skill set.
Slander- Name calling and Bashing , is what all you got?
Ill Keep an eye on you Vlar..
and for your Profession of anthropologist.
Armchair Warrior is even more comical..
OF COURSE there is NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE !! of Minoan's that Ventured too Britain!!
i think i kinda Stated that !!!!!!!
I am Claiming there the Had been Minoans that Had Physically Been there!!
Mentions that DNA evidence that they were in France ..
a person or thing that exists or is present in a place but is not seen.
Same thing but placed on the Washington University Site ..
Speaking of which , How bout linking me the main source article.
so now you as a Anthropologist, are going to say that the Minoans and Mycenaeans were genetically linked?
Importantly, the findings disprove the widely held theory that the Mycenaeans were a foreign population in the Aegean and were not related to the Minoans. The results also dispel the theory that modern Greeks did not descend from the Mycenaeans and later ancient Greek populations. It shows that there was genetic continuity in the Aegean from the time of the first farmers to present-day Greece, but not in isolation. The peoples of the Greek mainland also bred with ancient North Eurasians and peoples of the Eastern European steppe, both before and after the time of the Minoans and Mycenaeans. This may provide the missing link between Greek speakers and their linguistic relatives elsewhere in Europe and Asia.
Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans.
as a Anthropoligist what do you see ?
link me.. Educate me.. of what your trying to prove , give me evidence of the facts ..
all i can go by is what i can find as this Armchair Research Warrior is all i can go by !
find a legit link too disprove .. or you are just Trolling ... is what the HELL is SEE ..
k so im not a Grammar King , so what..
Ancient civilizations did not exist in isolation. The reach of the ancient Greeks towards the west is far older and broader than what popular opinion assumes. Two artefacts found in Cornwall (south-western tip of Britain) provide evidence that the inhabitants of Britain were in contact with the ancient Greek Mycenaeans. The Mycenaean civilization existed between 1600 and 1100 BC. Available artifacts are the Rillaton Cup and the Pellynt Dagger. The Rillaton Cup resembles similar findings from Mycenae which suggests trade contacts and cultural exchanges The age of the cup is estimated to lie around 1700 BC. The Pellynt Dagger does not resemble any finding local to British Bronze Age armoury. However, it is an exact match with daggers found in Mycenae and other Greek locations (1). Dating of the artefact ranges from the 1400 to 1200 BC. The above artefacts are just two findings that prove that Ancient Greeks were in contact with European populations much before the times presented by mainstream history.
although there is claims of Mycenaean Artifacts in Ireland and Spain and France..
well according too BBC the Mycenaean came from what is now Russia,, Ancient Europe anyhow .
Peter Vlar is Beating a Dead Horse ..
He may of Miss understood me.. Im not the Perfect Typist nor a Grammar King as you well know ..
but Slandering , Ridiculing & Bashing me , isnt going too help the matter ..
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Clearing them fixes certain problems like loading formatting issues on sites. Munbe vaa yen anbe mp3 free download. When you use a browser like Chrome, it saves some information from websites in its cache cookies.
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Discussion in 'Archived Posts (Read Only)' started by reddyzeddygo, Aug 3, 2012.
Hi all. At our last meet at Silverstone, I suggested an end-September cruise, including lunch (and maybe afternoon frolics!) at Burghley House near Stamford, which idea all seemed OK with. Date for the cruise either Saturday 29th, or Sunday 30th September. Could you post preferences on the date please and once this is firmed up, we'll start some planning.
Location for start of cruise: The Haycock Hotel, Wansford, Peterborough, PE8 6JA.
The Hotel is situated close to the A1 and the A47.
All to arrive by 10.30am please. We will aim to start out on the Cruise at 10.45am.
Note: No petrol stations along the route of the Cruise, so please make sure you have plenty on board at the start!
Lunch: Table for lunch booked in the Orangery Restaurant, Burghley House. Table booked for 1.00pm.
After lunch we will explore Burghley's "Garden of Surprises" (which will include exploration of the separate "Contemporary Sculpture Garden"). The entrance fee for the Gardens is £7.20 per person. If our Group numbers 20 people or more, the entrance fee will reduce to £5.90 per person.
Evening bite to eat: When finished at Burghley, we'll travel to The William Cecil hotel in Stamford to have our pre-ordered choices of sandwiches, teas and coffees. These will be available for us at 6.00pm.
Lunch: All pre-orders for lunch have now been completed and confirmed with the Orangery Restaurant. We need to arrive in the Orangery Restaurant for 1.00pm - our lunches will be served at 1.15pm.
There will be jugs of water provided on the table. Any other drinks required must be purchased at the counter and paid for individually.
"Garden of Surprises": Entry to the Garden of Surprises at the discounted rate of £5.90 per person for all attendees of the Cruise has now been arranged and confirmed with Burghley.
Our entry tickets to the Garden of Surprises have been pre-ordered and I will collect them on behalf of the Group at Burghley on the day.
Evening bite to eat: All pre-orders for sandwiches/teas/coffees have now been completed and confirmed with The William Cecil hotel. These will be served at 6.00pm.
Parking at Burghley: All Cruise attendees have confirmed that they wish to go ahead with the special 'prime position' parking at Burghley (at a cost of £5 per car). The arrangements for this have now been completed. When we enter Burghley Park, we will follow signage marked 'Car Rally' to our designated parking position close to Burghley House.
Payments to be made on the day: All payments to be made at Burghley and at The William Cecil hotel, have to be made as single, total bill payments (i.e., they cannot be made by way of a number of separate payments by individual members of the Group). Therefore, I will need to collect your individual payments from you on the day and then make total bill payments as appropriate. I will email all Cruise attendees a note of their individual costs to be passed to me on Sunday.
Yet another great EAC day out in the making, Shaun & Karen :ymhug: Hope some of the Horwood contingent can make it too!
Sunday 30th best for us Shaun.
Sunday 30th great for us!!!
Sunday will be ok for us as well.
Will be great to see you both again! Looking forward to it.
That's as long as we still have one, might have to bring the 5 series touring do you think anyone will notice?
it will be good to see you, what ever you bring!
bring you biggles hat sir!
Many thanks for responses guys and gals. Date for cruise confirmed as Sunday, 30th September. Will update the original post accordingly (and as we go along with the planning).
Proposal is for a mid-morning meet-up (somewhere serving coffee/tea etc), then a round trip cruise ending at Burghley House for lunch (in the Orangerie restaurant). After lunch there will be two or three options available at Burghley for afternoon entertainment (including (weather permitting) continuing the EA Crew attack on Mike & Sandy's tea bag hoard with a brew-up with the now famous whistler and gas stove!) - will be posting details of options for consideration a bit later on. There is also the usual option for the Crew to enjoy an evening meal somewhere before we depart for our homes.
(b) those wishing to have evening meal before departing home (again, when numbers confirmed I can seek suitable venue).
Shaun, put me and Mary down for anything you propose. You must know our moto by now " just tell us where and when and we'll be there"
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I have a cics program which calls a sub program. I want to know in which remote region that called program is defined. Is there any command to know the region in which a program is defined. Thanks in advance!
will show you the remote system connection name.
will show you the netname of the remote CICS system associated with this Connection.
Thank u stefan..Will check it !
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i.e. certain calculations cannot be done due to very slow execution.
I do not know, is this a feature or a bug. Why other scripting languages (such as Groovy) are so fast? Can this point to some problems in the Jython core?
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One year ago today, on November 17th, 2014, Equippo opened its online marketplace for used construction and heavy equipment sales. And since then we’ve stayed true to our mission to make global equipment deals easy for both end-users and sellers.
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Welcome to the official page of GreenBrick19 Graphic Design.
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To do effective leg exercises with resistance bands requires a set up that provides adequate resistance. In this article you will learn how to set up resistance bands to provide adequate resistance for effective leg exercises.
Although I recommend Bodylastics resistance bands, in their manuals they recommend doing squats and lunges using only the standard handles to hold the bands at shoulder level when doing the exercises. The problem with this is that you will not be able to use more resistance in this position than you can support with your arms and shoulders, and that will be a lot less than your legs need to get an adequate load and stimulus.
Another problem with Bodylastics and other similar resistance bands for leg exercises is they propose that you stand on the bands. When you stand on the bands your feet are not in complete contact with the floor. It is uncomfortable. Your nervous system interprets this as you are standing on a potentially dangerous unstable surface, so it dampens muscle firing.
I have solved these problems in the following way.
First, I use Bodylastics bands only to add resistance to full heel squats, Sisyphus squats, split squats or pistol squats. By doing this, you take advantage of your body weight as resistance, minimizing the amount of additional resistance you need from the bands.
Third, instead of holding the bands with my hands, I attach them to the carabiners on a Brute Belt.
Start by squatting or kneeling on the platform. While holding the platform down with your weight, attach the necessary bands to the Brute Belt carabiners. Now you can stand up on the platform and perform full heel squats, split squats or single leg (pistol) squats.
You can use loop bands with the platform and Brute Belt as well. The set up is a little different for each type of squat. I demonstrate how to set up each exercise in the video below.
If you don’t have a power rack, you may be able to create a similar set up with something else to which you can attach the eyebolts and carabiners, maybe a wall, some anchored posts, or a set of stall bars. You want the anchors about 4 feet apart.
Once you have done this, you can thread Bodylastics bands through the large carabiners, place the platform in front, attach the bands to your Brute Belt, then perform split squats, Cossack squats, or sissy squats. However, I’ve found that this set up is not good for pistol squats, it pulls you forward resulting in a tendency to come up off one’s heel when performing the concentric phase of the pistol squat.
You can also use the platform and Brute Belt to perform rise on toes for the gastrocnemius (calves). Put the required bands on the floor near some sturdy upright you can use for balance if necessary, place the platform atop, squat on your heels on the platform, attach the bands to the Brute Belt carabiners, and then stand up. Now you can perform rise on toes with substantial resistance.
In this video I demonstrate some of the leg exercises with resistance bands I have performed with Bodylastics bands attached to my power rack.
For hamstrings all you need to do is the standing resistance bands leg curl with the Bodylastics bands and the ankle straps. I think this may be the best resistance bands hamstring exercise. By standing the movement is similar to the hamstring action involved in walking and running, and your whole body is involved in stabilization, which increases total body including cardio respiratory demands. In addition, the movement engages both of the functions of the hamstrings (hip extension and leg flexion) in a very natural movement, unlike prone or supine leg curls.
You can use loop bands with the wooden platform described above to perform leg exercises with resistance bands.
In this video I show how to perform split squats, Cossack squats, upright full squats, and front squats with a loop resistance band and the platform. You may be able to do these without the platform but it will be less comfortable with the bands under your feet.
This video shows another way to use the Brute Belt , loop bands and a homemade calf block to perform rise on toes to train your calves.
At some point it in progression of band resistance for various forms of squatting, you will need to use multiple bands, and it will become difficult to hold multiple bands in place without an implement. The X3 Bar solves this eventual problem.
The X3 Bar enables you to perform leg exercises with resistance bands with high peak loads. The design of the device makes it possible to perform front squats, upright full squats, split squats, deadlifts and rise on toes with very high loads, just about anywhere.
In the video below I demonstrate how I perform front squats, full heel squats, split squats, Cossack squats, deadlifts and rise on toes with the X3 Bar.
The design of the X3 Bar and platform enables you to use multiple heavy resistance bands to load leg exercises. You can use loads upwards of 500 pounds. I have not seen any other resistance band equipment that will tolerate such loads and enable performance of very heavy squats and deadlifts. The X3 Bar makes it possible to safely perform truly heavy leg training with resistance bands.
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There is a problem, so far, I think there is some guy speaking the native language of Amharic while I am also listening to English, and it is an annoying way to watch a movie while both languages are being spoken.
I am carrying five English books, I will probably read about 1-2 books per week, so I need backup up entertainment. I have many PDF or Text File books, however not as fun. I should start reading them on the computer and save the books until I am in locations without electricity if they exist, so far the electricity is great. I am more worried about the water situation.
I could have purchased new English books in Addis Ababa, however five is heavy enough, and my sciatic nerve does not need more weight on it, I was carrying 15 books in Ghana a year ago.
The person who rents the movies is a great person; I can test more on his TV in the shop and see if the voice over is the same. They are on CD ROMs and not on DVD, so it took two disks for the movie Slum Dog Millionaire.
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May it Please the Palate : "No it's not called "moose-caca"
In the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," when Toula was a little girl, she sat alone in the school cafeteria, frizzy haired, big nosed, and unpopular. The blonde girls at the next table asked her what she was eating, and Toula quietly said "moussaka." The popular girls laughed cruelly, saying "Ewwww, ''moose caca!''"
Too bad the "Heathers" at the next lunch table didn't realize how awesome moussaka really is. At its best, it is a sublime combination of layered tastes: sautéed eggplant, seasoned lamb, spicy tomato sauce, melted cheese, and topped with a fluffy béchamel sauce.
At its worst, it's like swallowing a construction block.
Hopefully we're going to give you something today more closely approximating the former. I'm combining recipes from famous Greek chefs Julia Child and Frances Moore Lappe, of "Diet for a Small Planet" fame, and adding a touch or two of my own. You will be left with a version that can easily substitute cooked brown rice, for an equally delicious vegetarian version.
This has a long list of ingredients, but it is really no more complicated than lasagna.
1. Cut the "firm, shiny" eggplants into 3/8" thick rounds, sprinkle with salt, and drain in a colander or on paper towels for 20 minutes.
2. Brush the eggplant slices with oil and sprinkle with dried thyme or oregano. Bake 20 minutes in a 400° oven and then brown briefly on top under the broiler.
3. Gently heat the milk in one sauce pan.
4. If using meat, brown it in the sauté pan and drain the fat.
5. In the same pan, brown onions in oil; after a few minutes add garlic.
6. Add cooked meat and sauté, stirring for several minutes. If using rice, add and stir; no need to sauté.
7. Add tomatoes, olives (if using), wine, parsley, spices, salt and pepper.
8. Cook, stirring frequently for half an hour, until mixture holds its shape in a spoon. Carefully correct seasoning.
9. Line baking dish with layer of eggplant slices, spoon on the meat or rice mixture. If you have enough of both, put half the topping on the eggplant, then a second layer of eggplant, and the rest of the meat or rice topping.
10. Make the béchamel sauce. In the second sauce pan, cook together the butter and flour, and blend in the heated milk. Simmer for three minutes.
11. Blend in the ricotta and/or Feta cheese and half the Swiss or kasseri. Season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of nutmeg.
12. Remove from heat and whip in one egg. Whip it good.
13. Spoon the sauce over the top of the eggplant/topping mixture in the baking pan, and shake the pan to allow some of the sauce to sink down in.
14. Top with the remaining 1/2 cup Swiss or kasseri cheese, the parmesan, and if using, bread crumbs.
15. Bake 45 minutes on the middle rack of a preheated 350° oven until bubbling hot, the top nicely browned. Let cool. Greeks eat this warm or tepid, but not too hot; it is also good cold.
Other variations include a bottom layer of half-cooked potatoes - my favorite food in the world - but here it makes things a tad too heavy. The bread crumbs add texture, but also make things more hefty. Use them if you also like your mac 'n' cheese with bread crumbs.
Also, for the vegetarian version, for additional flavor you can add cooked lentils and very finely diced carrots to the rice, sauté some mushrooms with the onions, and the chopped olives.
"Moose caca" indeed. Those girls at the next lunch table should only have been so lucky. As Toula's father Gus concluded in the movie, "There are two kinds of people - Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek."
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In my opinion, one of the most surprising (if not meteoric) upswings in the beauty industry was that of Anastasia Beverly Hills - a brand known years ago merely for expert brow products. Now, every celebrity beauty Youtuber from Jaclyn Hill to KathleenLights rants and raves about not only their eyeshadow shades but also their outstanding liquid lipstick formula. ABH is a Sephora darling and undeniable bestseller.
ABH's sampling is fantastic. I received generous 4-pack samples of both concealer and brow pomade on several occasions. Four generous wells of product means more to play with, more to experiment with, and more to fall in love with.
I do love ABH's liquid lipstick formula and went nuts on them during the Macy's beauty sale. And the concealer color range is unprecedented. The shade that matches my skintone (2.5) is so highly accurate that it's hard to believe. It actually reminds me quite a bit of Prescriptives' advertising in the 90's about "color printing".
Do you remember these ads: "have you been color printed"?
"Have you been color printed?"
For the first time, with the Prescriptives ads from the 90's (above), almost everybody felt that they could find a good-skin tone match by hitting the mall and getting "color printed". I also remember the L'Oreal Paris True Match collection finally doing something similar at a lower price point a few years later. Prescriptives was shuttered by its parent company in 2009 but quietly re-imagined in 2011, when many cosmetics companies had already started to get color-matching right: most high-end foundation lines have been more accurate to real life skintones for quite some time now.
But still, I cannot describe how "on the nose" (both literally and figuratively) that the Anastasia Beverly Hills concealer in 2.5 is for me. But boy does the love affair end there.
The texture is creamy which lends itself to melting and therefore wearing off. If constant reapplication is the price I pay for good coloration, it's a bad trade. Concealer is supposed to protect you from revealing flaws; it is supposed to be armor. It can't be armor if the chain-mail disappears without your notice.
Regardless, if I wanted to take a good close-up photo like *rightnow*, this is what I'd reach for. A half hour later, I'd probably switch to anything but.
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Most mornings I sit for several minutes on the sofa, sipping my coffee, flanked by our two dogs. We settle into the quiet and practice detachment, as thoughts appear and dissolve. Memories, narratives of memories, goals, plans, all randomly float on by. Between the thoughts I experience the present. I feel my breath. My belly rises and falls. I am aware of the dogs pressing against my body. My arms rest on their shoulders. Their coats are different textures. The puppy feels soft and smooth. Camille’s coat is denser, longer, smooth yet thicker. Her coat suggests she is preparing for a cold winter.
The dogs, one under each arm, relax onto my hips. They breathe softly. Dreams shift the patterns of their breathing; stimulating thoughts ruffle their coats, wiggle their toes, and twitch their tails. As they drift into new thought sequences their hair relaxes back.
Their breathing rates and rhythms are different. My arms rise and fall unevenly, as if I were on a small boat rocked by waves. Ilaria, the puppy, breathes faster; Camille, the 6 year old, is slower and deeper. Every 4 or 5 cycles they synchronize. My arms rise together. Then they continue their separate patterns. We continue our separate journeys. I look forward to our morning ritual. My meditation would not be as comfortable or wide ranging without the dogs. They afford me a sense of well-being. Safety.
We are at a pivotal point in our cultural evolution. We are in the prescient stages of identifying sanctioned and accepted biases and behaviors. We are insisting on shifts in awareness’ and responsibilities. Shifts in expectations. We share our personal stories. We recognize the value of outing memories that have been limiting us or debilitating.
Oh, the stories we share! The profound effects they have on us can finally be acknowledged, spoken, resolved and released. This is the re-evaluation and redistribution of personal power. Change is exciting. It’s confusing. It’s unsettling. It’s- can I name it- discombobulating. It’s also scary.
We are processing a lot. It’s stressful. Every event appears intense, bigger, more dramatic, and more personally impactful.
It is a time when we seek for stability touch points; reassurance that we are safe. We find what we need in the steadfast consistency of our pets. They are honest, simple, loyal, compassionate.
Our animals do not have opinions about any of the concerns so worrisome to us. They are, by default, nonjudgmental. Sublimely innocent. Sublimely present. That’s the reason pet owners are so attached – and dependent – on their wards.
This is a cultural evolutionary pivot point. We all share this moment. Empathic animals mirror the physical and emotional stresses of their people and their world. We are all affected; especially our dogs.
More and more dog owners are depending on their furry wards to provide them the emotional support they need. That’s a lot of responsibility for dogs to take on. It’s stressful.
Every dog we massage has a history. We think of them living in the moment; reacting viscerally to their surroundings. Gut instinct. Some reactions are borne out of memories of perceptions of experiences. Habitual holding patterns stay trapped. Haunting. Lurking. Influencing every breath, every thought, and every extreme response.
I think of the dog who panics when he sees someone who reminds him of an old experience. I think of a dog who is adapting to using 3 legs after an amputation. Or, a dog named Dollar who has the karma for moving from home to home.
Their behaviors, the way they move, breathe, digest their food, sleep, interact and socialize, are the expression of the ongoing effects of their accumulation of life experiences. Now we’ve added to their load. They have to take on our stuff too.
Massage helps the processing of the stress dogs carry. This includes all of the sources, symptoms, and effects of stress. It might be physical, from trauma, heightened athletic demand, or for ongoing health maintenance. It might be mental, emotional, and perceived. Dogs stories underlie and reinforce all their physical behaviors.
As a PetMassage practitioner I act as witness for their processing of stress. Dogs, in the trusting environment of my presence and massage, allow restrictive holding patterns – and the memories, angst, and discomfort within them – to be acknowledged, resolved and released.
Just like us, they can only move on when their stress is reduced. With PetMassage their lives are more comfortable; more productive. It’s a process that cannot happen without this intervention.
We are the guides and gentle witnesses for the animals we serve. Though we breathe at different rates, we synchronize our life forces when we join together in PetMassage.
With PetMassage we have a way to give back to our dogs in kind. We give them what they need. Besides and within the maneuvering, manipulation and movement, we provide the intangibles: recognition, time, patience, support, and love. How fortunate are we that we have the skills, temperament and self-awareness to recognize our gifts and be able to express them with our dogs!
I invite you to learn more about PetMassage. There’s the website, the YouTube channel, and of course workshops, home study programs and books and videos. There’s also the opportunity to own and train to teach in your own school as a PetMassage franchisee.
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Subset Games sets foot on the game industry by releasing the game Faster Than Light, for PC. The developers Matthew Davis and Justin Ma created an unique intergalactic battleship strategy game that puts some new and classic features together into a new style of playing. After pledging on this site (click for the link) they had an incredible feedback, so this achievement goes not only for the deve... more.
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DIAMS ceramic bedroom with two rhomboidal turquoise and brown elements. Chrome-plated bulb holder with ball joint. Turquoise lampshade with an unusual original shape.
Lamp dimensions: 27x27x40 cm. Light source: 1xE27 | Max: 60W | 230V.
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Ever feel like your pants get tighter as the day goes on? Or feel like your digestive system is doing funny things? You’re not alone.
Around 70% of North Americans suffer from digestive issues, and bloating is at the top of the list. It’s annoying, it’s uncomfortable, and it can make getting dressed in the morning a real challenge. Fortunately, there are simple steps you can take to improve digestive function and make bloating a thing of the past.
Dietary fiber plays a big part in keeping you regular by bulking stool and moving it along. Naturally fiber rich foods are often nutritionally dense as well – so opt for a variety of fresh produce and plenty of whole grains every day. Some particularly high fiber foods include prunes, pears, radish, cereal brans, beans and legumes and figs.
You have heard it before and here it is again: aim to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. Your bowel requires adequate hydration to function at its best. What counts? Water, herbal teas. What doesn’t? Black tea, coffee, sugary drinks and alcohol.
Some foods cause bloating more than others. Listen to your body to find out which foods make you feel good and which foods make you feel puffy. Some of the most bloat-inducing foods include fatty foods, sugar, bread and gluten-containing grains, unfermented legumes, grains and dairy, and some cruciferous vegetables like cabbage and broccoli. Also, avoid chewing gum and carbonated beverages whenever possible, as they can add unwanted air to the digestive tract.
Ever noticed that when you’re stressed, you feel it in your tummy (e.g. butterflies in your stomach)? Your gut contains more neurons than your spinal cord, and is often called your “second brain” – what is going on in your mind can influence your gut and digestive processes! Reducing stress is easier said than done, so focus on what you CAN control in the here and now.
Regular activity can regulate your bowel function, helping to improve regularity. Some forms of exercise, like Pilates, can help to pull the abdominal wall into a flatter position, helping the belly to appear flatter and look less bloated.
Avunduk, Canan (2008). Manual of gastroenterology : diagnosis and therapy (4th ed. ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 240. ISBN 9780781769747.
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So we had a painting party this weekend, thanks to Jenn, my Dad, Lee, Cheryl, David, and Joy for coming out and helping. We got the place ready for the cabinets and the stairs to begin getting installed. The house is really coming along. We ordered our cement board flooring, basalt tiles, and more paint yesterday and everything should be in by next week.
I’ve started to work with a few people to lock down a permanent loan, I have a locked in rate with Bank of America, but their rates are rather high. Hopefully, we can find something a bit less expensive than almost 8%!
Here are some pictures from this weekend and last night.
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Robert founded TAAS Company in 1984 as a contracting and design company. TAAS first published their aerospace design in Popular Mechanics, Omni, and Design News. By 1995, TAAS completed a two place experimental amphibious aircraft. Robert contracted and flew aerial reconnaissance and photography flights.
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With a new crew of bandmates, Jeff Lynne recreated the classic ELO experience at London's Wembley Arena in June 2017, adding a few new twists along the way. Here, the titanic pop hooks and epic orchestral sweep of ELO hits like the rocking "Don't Bring Me Down," the Beatles-esque "Mr. Blue Sky," and the longing "Telephone Line" are rendered with an almost revelatory physicality. Lynne also puts a new spin on his old supergroup The Traveling Wilburys' "Handle with Care" and ELO's 1980 soundtrack collaboration with Olivia Newton-John, "Xanadu," by singing lead on both.
If the first three releases are any indication, this collection of songs from Lynne’s Wembley Concert (2017) promises to be Wow! Wow! Wow! Sounds like Lynne put just as much effort and detail into the performance and production of these songs live this past summer as he does in the studio. Hit after hit, chances are we’ll all be singing along with every track. Looking forward to the full release - and hopefully an announcement of more live dates.
Jeff Lynne is incredible at what he does! First off he wrote every single one of ELO’s songs all on his own and produced every album! Really looking forward to this release and new albums and hopefully more live shows!
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Galaxy Mousse Cakes are almost too pretty to be real! Mini chocolate mousse cakes on a brownie base are covered with a gorgeous glossy mirror glaze that’s swirled to look like the galaxy. They are delicious, edible works of art!
If you’re not familiar with mirror glaze, it’s a white chocolate glaze made with gelatin that is poured over cakes—usually mousse or other soft molded desserts—to give them an ultra-shiny appearance, like the surface of a mirror.
You can do SO many cool effects with mirror glazes just by adding different colors, pouring in patterns, or scraping the surface of the cake in different ways. You can create cracks, spiderwebs, tie-dye effects, and so much more. For my first go-round with mirror glaze, I decided to tackle a small subject: THE GALAXY.
Here’s the bad news: this recipe has a lot of steps because there are 3 different components: the brownie base, the chocolate mousse, and the mirror glaze itself. You can skip the homemade brownies and go straight for a box mix, but it’s still going to be quite the time investment in the kitchen.
Here’s the good news: the mirror glaze itself is simple to make, easy to pour and use (what a welcome surprise that was!), and SO FREAKING COOL IN REAL LIFE.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. First, the innards.
The chocolate mousse is actually sort of a cheater’s version of mousse—no eggs are involved. Instead, it uses gelatin to give the mousse some stability, and I flavored it with International Delight Chocolate Caramel Creamer, which—might I say—I could just drink with a straw, I love it that much. I didn’t get too much of the caramel taste in the finished recipe, but it definitely boosted the chocolate flavor!
I knew these would be intensely chocolatey, so I planned to make smaller, mini mousse cakes, both to control portions and for the cuteness factor. We thought these 3-inch spheres were the perfect serving size—enough to satisfy a big sweets craving, but not a ridiculous amount of mousse. And I love how the sphere shape makes them look even more space-themed!
I used this silicone mold to shape the desserts. (You’ll need 2 to make the 10 cakes this recipe produces.) You don’t have to use this one, but I would be sure to pick a mold that’s deep enough to hold both mousse and brownie, smooth on the inside, so the top of the mousse won’t be textured and ruin the mirror effect, and large enough to produce a dessert that’s satisfying by itself. I don’t even know you, but I DO know you don’t have time to make a kazillion bite-sized galaxy mousse cakelets.
Oh, and you DEFINITELY want silicone, as opposed to traditional pans. Being able to flex the mold inside-out to remove the mousse is a must!
The mirror glaze seems intimidating. Believe me, I know. All those Instagram videos have been taunting me for the last year, but I had the fear in my belly. The fear that it would be a long project that would most likely leave my kitchen floors covered in sticky gelatin glaze. The last part was true (because I’m a klutz) but the first part is a lie. Mirror glaze is really not difficult! I hope the video up top will give you an idea of how simple it can be, but if you’re not convinced, I’m doing a Facebook Live THIS Sunday where we’ll make a mirror glaze cake. Follow the SugarHero facebook page and join in the fun!
I went all-out with the galaxy theme, and decorated my mini mousse cakes with swirls of navy, teal, purple, pink, and white colors (which are probably way more colorful than the actual Milky Way, let’s be real.) I finished them off with a pinch of edible silver star sprinkles, and they looked like miniature works of art. Completely edible, totally delicious works of art.
Galaxies aren’t your thing? You can do them all one color, swirl just 2 together, or go for a completely different color scheme than the one I chose.
Use real white chocolate! I’m sorry, I know it’s much more expensive, but you REALLY don’t want to cheap out and use “white chips” for this one. The palm kernel oil or other substitute fats in the white chips just doesn’t behave the same as real cocoa butter. (It doesn’t taste as good, either!) So you can look for white chocolate chips made with cocoa butter, or buy bars of real white chocolate and chop them up.
COLD is the name of the game when it comes to molding the mousse. Give the cakes at least 2 hours in the freezer, but know that they might require more depending on your specific freezer. Well-frozen mousse will pop right out of the mold, and soft mousse with leave little bits clinging to the edges, and this rough texture is no good for the mirror glaze. After they’re unmolded, put them back in the freezer so they’re cold when you glaze them! A cold mousse cake is a happy mousse cake.
Speaking of the glaze…be aware that the finished texture remains sticky (some say rubbery) and it’s unlike most other cake glazes you’ve probably tried. Some people love it, some people peel it off like fondant. And the taste? It just tastes like sweet white chocolate.
Have fun! Be creative! Play with your food!
Galaxy Mousse Cakes are almost too pretty to be real! Mini chocolate mousse cakes on a brownie base are covered with a gorgeous glossy mirror glaze that’s swirled to look like the galaxy.
Note that there are some lengthy chilling periods involved in this recipe, so although the time in-kitchen isn’t bad, you will want to make sure you give yourself enough time to prep everything. To save a few steps, you can use a box brownie mix instead of the homemade one provided. One final note: you’ll have some excess glaze, so consider saving it and using it on another dessert within a week or so!
Line a 9” x 13” baking pan with foil, and spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Combine the butter and chopped semi-sweet chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl. Melt them together in 30-second increments, stirring after every 30 seconds to prevent overheating. Once melted and smooth, let it cool to room temperature.
Whisk in the eggs one at a time, then whisk in the instant espresso, vanilla, and granulated sugar. Continue to whisk until the texture smooths and thickens and the batter becomes glossy, like pudding. Finally, add the flour, baking powder, and salt, and stir in gently with a spatula until no streaks of flour remain.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it into an even layer. Bake the brownies for 15 minutes, then remove the pan from the oven and gently rap it on the counter to release any air bubbles. Return it to the oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes (20 minutes of baking total), or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached.
Let the brownies cool completely, then use a 2 ¾” circular cutter to cut out 10 brownie circles. If the tops of the brownies are uneven, gently press down on them to flatten them out.
Place the brownie circles on a covered baking sheet and freeze them until you’re ready to use them.
Combine the chopped chocolate, International Delight creamer, and salt in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-second increments, whisking every 30 seconds, until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth. Let it cool until it’s slightly warm or room temperature, stirring occasionally.
While you wait for the chocolate mixture to cool, prepare the gelatin. Whisk together the gelatin and the cold water in a small bowl, and set it aside to let the gelatin absorb the water.
Whip the remaining 1 cup heavy cream to firm peaks, and set it aside for a moment.
When the chocolate is at room temperature, it’s showtime! Microwave the bowl of gelatin for 10-12 seconds, until it is melted. Whisk the melted gelatin and chocolate mixture together.
Fold half of the whipped cream into the chocolate, and once it’s incorporated, gently fold in the remaining whipped cream.
Make sure your silicone molds are clean and dry. Use a large spoon to fill the half-sphere cavities, leaving about a half-inch of space at the top. Move the spoon around as you fill them to make sure the mousse is evenly distributed and there are no air pockets that will show up later.
Take a frozen brownie round and press it on top of the mousse, pressing firmly so the mousse comes up around the sides of the brownie. Use a spatula to smooth around the edges so they’re perfectly clean.
Once frozen, unmold and place each dessert on a small cardboard circle—this will make them easier to transfer later. Keep them in the freezer until you’re ready to glaze them.
Whisk together the gelatin and 4 oz (1/2 cup) cold water in a bowl, and set it aside to let the gelatin absorb the water.
Combine the remaining 5 oz water, sugar, and condensed milk in a medium saucepan, and place the pan over medium heat. Stir while the sugar dissolves, and bring the mixture to a simmer.
Once it is simmering steadily, remove it from the heat and add the gelatin (no need to melt the gelatin first—just scrape the big blob out of the bowl!) Whisk the gelatin as the heat from the pan dissolves it, and whisk until it is almost entirely incorporated. A few small pieces of gelatin are fine.
Add the white chocolate to the pan, and let it sit for a few minutes to soften the chocolate. If you have an immersion blender, that is best to use—just stick it right in the pan and blend until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is very smooth. If not, you can whisk everything together, just try to avoid vigorous whisking that will create a lot of air bubbles.
Divide your glaze into as many bowls as you want. I find it’s easiest to have a few “base colors” that are larger portions, and a few “accent colors” that are smaller portions. I made 3 base colors, using Americolor Sky Blue, Royal Blue, and a mix of Royal Blue + a drop of Super Black. I made 3 accent colors using Americolor Electric Purple, Electric Pink, and Super White. All you need to do is whisk a few drops of food coloring into each bowl of glaze.
Let the bowls set until they cool down to about 95 Fahrenheit (35 C). An instant-read thermometer is the easiest way to check this, but if you don’t have one, it should feel barely warm on your fingertip, and be thick enough to coat it. Stir the bowls occasionally as they cool, so they don’t form a skin on top.
Take the mousse cakes from the freezer. Cover a baking sheet with parchment or waxed paper for easy clean-up, and set small jars or cups on the sheet for the mousse cakes to balance on—try to use ones that are smaller than the base of the cakes, so the glaze can drip down cleanly.
In a new bowl, pour about 1/3 cup of one of your base colors of glaze, then drizzle the top of it with a few other colors—there’s no rhyme or reason here, so go crazy! After you’ve added all the colors you want, give it a brief stir to swirl everything together, but do NOT swirl too much and muddy the colors! Take this bowl of glaze and pour it over one of the cakes, swirling it around the top to make sure that all the sides are covered. Let the glaze drip down the cake onto the baking sheet.
If it is dripping quickly and is a very thin layer, it’s too warm and needs to cool down a few more degrees. If it is gloopy and clinging to the cake and barely dripping, it is too cool. You can warm the bowls of glaze BRIEFLY in the microwave (start with 8-10 seconds each) and stir until they’re fluid again, and keep re-warming as necessary while glazing the cakes.
Let the cakes sit for about 15 minutes, until the glaze is semi-set, then transfer them to small plates. Chill for an additional 10-15 minutes until the glaze is full set.
I actually prefer to eat these when they’re closer to room temperature, so the brownie layer is softer, but that’s not everyone’s preference, so do what tastes best to you. Enjoy!
If you cannot find the Chocolate Caramel creamer flavor, another flavor of International Delight creamer can be substituted. If you can’t find the creamer, you can use an equal amount of heavy cream or whipping cream instead.
Where can I get the silicone mold?
Hey Linda, I actually got them off of amazon. Here is the link https://amzn.to/2DbpdUj Thanks!
Hello, I am from Holland so pardon my English. Do you have soms tips for me, I want to use agar agar instead off gelatine.
I am making them for a children birthday party and not all children are allowed gelatine . Or maybe something else than agar agar, if hou have an idea. thank you.
Hey Patricia, unfortunately I have never tried it instead of Gelatin so I wont have any tips however I would love to hear back on how it goes if you end trying it out. Thanks so much!
Hey Tina, Yes that is exactly how to do it! It should work great. I would love to hear how it goes, and see pictures!
Hey, we don’t have international demight creamer here in France. What can we use instead?
Hey Caroline, You can use heavy cream or whipping cream. Either one should work great! Thanks so much, I would love to see pictures.
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Statistics at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture shows an upsurge of farmers registering with the government’s flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ).
With an initial estimated figure of 200,000 farmers expected to register with the programme when it was launched in 2017, it ended the year with a figure of 282,000 farmers participating.
Provisional figures at the ministry as of September this year pegged the number of farmers who had registered under the programme at 600,000 instead of the projected 500,000. The ministry foresees a subsequent yearly increment until it hits 1.5 million by the year 2020, by which time, the country would have attained food sufficiency and food security, making the importation of certain food items such as rice and maize unnecessary and unattractive.
The programme, anchored on five strategic pillars, is aimed at increasing productivity of food crops, ensure food security, raw materials for industry, reduce food import and increase export.
In addition, it aims at creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youth and creating incentives and awareness to increase investment and attract the youth in particular into agriculture.
The ministry has generally described the programme as a resounding success, even though just like at the beginning of every project, it was bedevilled with teething problems which were exacerbated by the unexpected Fall Armyworm devastation.
The roll-out of the programme in 2017 has changed the face of the agricultural sector of the country. For instance, from a growth rate of 2.8 and 3.0 per cent in 2015 and 2016 respectively, the sector shot up, courtesy of the Planting for Food and Jobs to a provisional figure of 8.4 per cent by the close of 2017. This can be attributed to the supply of improved seeds, increased fertiliser supply at a subsidised price and the intensification of the agricultural extension service.
These measures resulted in a phenomenal growth in the agricultural sector and an indication that Ghana is really set to feed itself with home-grown food devoid of imports. With the success story of the first year of the Planting for Food and Jobs, there is a bright future ahead of us.
To consolidate the gains so far, the sector Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has taken far-reaching decisions to get the job done and ensure food security in the country. For instance, the ministry is now revamping the extension services sector to ensure that the farmers get the needed help to improve their farms.
From the scope of the agricultural sector to key interventions and the way forward, the minister recounted the abysmal performance of the sector over the past few years until the President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government took charge of affairs and rolled out the flagship programme, the Planting for Food and Jobs, which he said had caught up very well with Ghanaians.
The minister disclosed to journalists recently that out of the 4,400 extension service officers needed in the country, it can boast of only 1,600 and about 80 per cent of the number would retire in the next two to four years.
Dr Akoto explained that the current government was doing everything possible to enhance extension services and announced that the ministry had been given clearance for the recruitment of 2,700 agriculture extension agents to serve as a link between technology and the farmers.
He added that 3,000 motorbikes, 216 pickups and protective clothing had been procured for distribution nationwide to support extension delivery.
In addition, the ministry is expanding the scope of the programme. For instance, it is extending it to cover livestock under the name, “Rearing for Food and Jobs”, the inclusion of all public senior high schools, public tertiary institutions, religious bodies, traditional leaders, urban communities and the national security service.
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Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya invited applications for Assistant Professor Post in Sanskrit. Eligible candidates can send the applications within 20 days from the date of publication of the advertisement i.e., 06 June 2015.
Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya invited applications for Assistant Professor Post in Sanskrit. The eligible candidates can send the applications through the prescribed format within 20 days from the date of publication of the advertisement i.e., 06 June 2015.
Last Date of Application: Within 20 days from the date of publication of advertisement.
Eligible candidates can apply to the post through the prescribed format and send the applications along with other necessary documents so as to reach within 20 days from the date of publication of advertisement.
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I was just getting in the car and my phone rang.
E: Mom? When are you coming home?
E: Ten minutes? Do you promise?
Isn’t he a darling? Doesn’t he love his mother? And yearn for her at every moment? Isn’t it dear?
Did I forget to mention that he gets his birthday present as soon as I get home from the gym this morning?
Happy Six, you mercenary little punk!
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London, 21 February 2017 -- Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has today changed to stable from negative the outlook on (1) the Ba1 corporate family ratings (CFRs) and the Ba1-PD probability of default ratings (PDRs) of 20 Russian non-financial corporates and their family entities' ratings; (2) the Ba2 CFR and Ba2-PD PDR of Svyazinvestneftekhim JSC (SINEK); and (3) the B1 CFR and B1-PD PDR of KAMAZ PTC. Moody's outlook on IRKUT Corporation, JSC's (Irkut) Ba3 CFR and Ba3-PD PDR remains negative. Concurrently, Moody's has affirmed all these ratings. For all affected government-related issuers, their respective baseline credit assessments, support and dependence assumptions remain unchanged as a result of this rating action.
The negative outlook on the Ba1 CFR and Ba1-PD PDR of Polyus Gold International Limited (Polyus Gold) is unchanged and these ratings are not affected by today's rating actions. The negative outlook continues to reflect (1) the risk of capex overruns at Polyus Gold's development projects and heightened shareholder distributions, which could drive its free cash flow to a negative territory, so that its Moody's-adjusted debt/EBITDA remained sustainably above 3.5x; and (2) the lack of track record of the company adhering to the anticipated balanced financial policy, following the debt-financed share buyback in 2016.
Today's actions follow Moody's change of the outlook on Russia's Ba1 government bond rating to stable from negative on 17 February 2017, reflecting the government's enactment of a medium-term fiscal consolidation strategy and the beginning of economic recovery after a nearly two-year-long recession. These two factors combined have eased the downside risks the rating agency had identified last year when it assigned the negative outlook.
Please click on this link http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBC_194470 for the List of Affected Credit Ratings. This list is an integral part of this Press Release and identifies each affected issuer.
Moody's expects that the operating environment for Russian non-financial corporates will gradually improve over the next 12-18 months. This is the result of (1) nascent, although mild, economic recovery translating into stronger domestic demand; (2) diminished vulnerability to external shocks, driven by the ongoing recovery in commodity prices; (3) healthy fiscal and external positions of the domestic economy; (4) the shock-absorbing effect of the floating exchange rate, which continues to cushion the deterioration in the terms of trade; and (5) reduced inflation rate and borrowing costs due to increasing exchange rate stability and tight monetary policy.
However, Moody's believes that Russia's growth potential remains relatively subdued due to the absence of structural reforms, while geopolitical risks and institutional weakness result in heightened business uncertainty and remain a deterrent for investment in the country.
The stable outlook on the affected non-financial corporates is in line with the stable outlook for the sovereign rating and reflects Moody's expectation that each company's specific credit factors, including their operating and financial performance, market position and liquidity, will remain commensurate with their ratings on a sustainable basis.
The negative outlook on Irkut's rating reflects the risk of weakening standalone financial profile as a result of large debt-funded capex and earnings volatility.
The principal methodology used in rating IRKUT Corporation, JSC was Global Aerospace and Defense Industry published in April 2014. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating Bashneft PJSOC, Gaz Capital S.A., Gazprom ECP S.A., Gazprom, PJSC, OOO Gazprom Capital, PJSC Oil Company Rosneft, Rosneft Finance S.A., Rosneft International Finance Limited, Rosneft International Holdings Limited and Tatneft PJSC was Global Integrated Oil & Gas Industry published in October 2016. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating KAMAZ PTC was Global Manufacturing Companies published in July 2014. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating ALROSA PJSC and Alrosa Finance S.A. was Global Mining Industry published in August 2014. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating Svyazinvestneftekhim JSC was Investment Holding Companies and Conglomerates published in December 2015. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating Russian Railways Joint Stock Company and RZD Capital PLC was Global Surface Transportation and Logistics Companies published in April 2013. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating Sovcomflot PAO and SCF Capital Limited was Global Shipping Industry published in February 2014. Other methodologies used include the Government-Related Issuers methodology published in October 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating PAO Novatek and Novatek Finance Limited was Global Independent Exploration and Production Industry published in December 2011.
The principal methodology used in rating Gazprom Neft PJSC, GPN Capital S.A., LUKOIL International Finance B.V. and Lukoil, PJSC was Global Integrated Oil & Gas Industry published in October 2016.
The principal methodology used in rating MMC Norilsk Nickel, PJSC and MMC Finance Limited was Global Mining Industry published in August 2014.
The principal methodology used in rating Federal Passenger Company OJSC was Global Passenger Railway Companies published in March 2013.
The principal methodology used in rating Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, NLMK, PAO Severstal, Steel Capital S.A. and Steel Funding Limited was Global Steel Industry published in October 2012.
The principal methodology used in rating MegaFon PJSC, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC and MTS International Funding Limited was Telecommunications Service Providers published in January 2017.
The principal methodology used in rating PJSC PhosAgro, PhosAgro Bond Funding Limited, Sibur Holding, PJSC and Sibur Securities Limited was Global Chemical Industry Rating Methodology published in December 2013.
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The strength of any community as a whole depends on the health of its members. In order to provide the highest quality of care to the health needs of our community, Body Image Physical Therapy & Fitness, P.C. seeks to maintain the highest treatment standards. We work to develop the most effective staff possible, and to follow sound and ethical business practices. In this way, the clinic can best help support the health needs of individuals and strengthen the community as a whole.
As a business member of our community, we support our community members in multiple ways. Our facility not only supports our local schools, but we also participate in programs sponsored by local police in community outreach ( Shop with a Cop), the Salvation Army (support of a family, and bell ringing for the black kettle collections), assisting with Shots for Tots through Aurora Rotary Club. The community is as strong as each member, and we plan on remaining a strong member of the Aurora community for a long time to come.
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OOPS. Good memory. For you, not me.
Pertinent but old news in that you sent it to me before.
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Thanlwin Guest House, Yangon - A Homely Place to Stay in Myanmar!
An escape from the chaos of Yangon, Thanlwin Guest House is a big beautiful house with a homely atmosphere that attracts guests back again and again. With comfortable rooms, a charming courtyard area, delicious traditional Burmese breakfasts and affable owners, Thanlwin provides the perfect home from home for travellers to Myanmar.
The beautiful superior room at Thanlwin Guesthouse.
What makes Thanlwin Guesthouse a Best Hostel?
The nine-bedroom house-converted into a guesthouse has a variety of room options to suit all budgets. There’s a 6-bed dorm room for $10 USD / night or a 4-bed dorm room for $11 USD / night (both male and female only dorms available). If you’re travelling in a group of four (or even three people) you get to block the whole room out! For this cheap price, you’ll get to enjoy all of the other facilities in this beautiful house… the free delicious Burmese breakfasts, the large beautiful courtyard area, super fast WIFI and wonderful hospitality. A lovely twin room will set you back $40 USD, a double room $50 USD and the huge superior room costs $57 USD – complete with a bath!
Smaller Double Room, Thanlwin Guesthouse.
Mohinga – The traditional breakfast of Myanmar.
Throughout the day, you can eat many traditional meals from Tea Leaf Salad to Pennywort Salad and Shan Noodles! Beer, iced tea, tea and coffee are also available all day, as well as free water.
Shan Noodles and traditional Burmese desserts.
From the moment we arrived at Thanlwin Guesthouse we felt like we were staying with friends. We were helped by the staff with everything we needed, from tips for things to do in Yangon, to booking our overnight bus to Bagan.
The communal breakfast (6.30am – 10.30am) means that you get to know your fellow guests right away and there was a friendly atmosphere in the whole house. On our last night, the staff cooked an amazing meal of chicken curry, coconut rice, cucumber salad and balachaung (fried dried shrimp with garlic, chili and onion), plus fried banana with honey for dessert. Sar kaung de = delicious!
Family dinner on our last night at Thanlwin Guesthouse.
We had a twin room with a shared bathroom and both were tastefully decorated (not always the case in Myanmar!) and spotlessly clean at all times of the day. We arrived to find rose petals sprinkled on our bed, much to my (not so much my boyfriend’s) delight.
Our lovely twin room at Thanlwin Guesthouse.
Our room was cleaned daily, with fresh towels provided and free toiletries in the bathroom. The rest of the house is a pleasure to relax around, especially the lantern-lit courtyard with long wooden tables. You really feel like you can spend all day here and just chill out if you’re in need of a break from sight-seeing.
The lantern lit courtyard at Thanlwin Guesthouse.
When they say that Thanlwin is a home from home on their website, they really mean it! Two former guests from Spain, who had been travelling for three weeks in the north of the country came back to the guesthouse to relax for a few hours and take a shower before they caught their flight. They were not charged for a room this time, they just came back to say hello, use the wonderful facilities on offer here and have one last bowl of Shan Noodles before leaving Myanmar!
Click here Thanlwin Guesthouse on Agoda.
$10 USD* for a bed in a 6-bed dorm.
$11 USD* for a bed in a 4-bed dorm.
$40 USD for a twin room, (shared bathroom).
$50 USD for a double room, private bathroom.
$57 USD for a superior double room, private bathroom.
*Dorm rooms are $15 USD in High Season Oct – Mar.
You can book via their website here.
You can also check availability and book on Agoda or Booking.com.
In return for reviewing this guesthouse, we received a free stay. The guesthouse was told in advance that they were not guaranteed a place on this ‘Best Hostels’ list, and the views expressed in this article are our own.
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On 22-24 October 2018, Exyte China, in cooperation with Exyte Services and Exyte Technology, presented itself at the 2018 IC World exhibition in Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center. The Exyte team had the opportunity to showcase our latest technologies and full service capability, including turnkey solutions to develop the world’s most advanced semiconductor facilities.
We were especially proud to launch our new brand Exyte to the public with a 72sqm booth that demonstrated Exyte as a leading innovative and forward-thinking multinational organization in the industry as well as an established player in China. The visitors were not only deeply impressed with the modern design and open concept, but also attracted to our product display including the hologram showcase of our PIFF solution.
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This typeface from Handmadefont is dedicated to everyone who has ever tried to cook inedible chestnuts from the tree in the park. We nearly did this ourselves but found a better solution and created this nice (but still not edible!) font for your autumn house decorations and garden fairs.
When autumn chestnuts start to fall.
Chestnut – a symbol of autumn, it is a perfect instrument for selling air, cozy atmosphere and checkered plaids. Sell with a help of romantic spirit of autumn with Chestnut Font. Chestnut Font is made of high-resolutions photos and contains of letters, symbols and numbers. Every letter has transparent background and ready for placement in your design.
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With a LACO JU on your wrist, not only are you connected to the dream of flight but with the aviation history of the 1930s to 1950s. A result of LACO's technical finesse in watchmaking, the JU spectacularly combines the spirit of aviation pioneering with 21st-century technologies. Automatic movement Laco 18, basic movement Miyota 8218, stainless steel case, mat sandblasted, black PVD plated, crown between 4 and 5 h, diameter 42 mm, height 12,8 mm, Saphire crystal, waterproof up to 5 ATM, 20 mm lug width numbers and figures with Superluminova C3 dial, small second at 6h, hands filled with Superluminova C3, grey Nato strap, 20 mm lug width, black watch box with zipper.
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Nintendo finds clever ways to do different things in the Mario & Luigi franchise. Don't know (or remember) much about this franchise? It is a role playing series that is heavy on the action. If your timing is perfect then you can avoid taking damage during battles. There are exceptions to that of course.
Sleeping is the theme of Mario & Luigi Dream Team. Luigi can enter the dream world at certain locations. This is mainly used to free Pi'illo characters. Mario accompanies Luigi in the real world, and the dream world. Luigi is the one with the massive powers in the dream levels.
As with any role playing game, there are levels for the characters to attain. Leveling up increases stats which makes battling the enemies and bosses easier. Mario & Luigi Dream Team has a really cool feature when you lose a battle (giant boss battles are the exception). This Nintendo 3DS game will ask you if you want to try it in easy mode.
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Mario & Luigi Dream Team is safer for families than most role playing games on the market. The easy mode is a welcome addition due to how difficult this game can be. It would have been nice to see that mode as a selectable option for the entire game.
Since many of the dream battles can be lengthy, you may be tempted to doze off. Doing so will most likely kill off Mario. Unless you want your health and BP instantly restored by going into the easy mode. Mario & Luigi Dream Team is long enough to warrant the purchase price. Veterans of the franchise will recognize many things in this 3DS game.
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The ILSE Rescue Commission is dedicated to the introduction of new technology, and methodology so as to improve rescue ability and capability. Research and equipment testing is a core development activity.
You can contact the Rescue Commission via rescue@ilseurope.org .
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Money Smart Week is focused on informing students how to better manage their personal finances. The program came back to UW-Whitewater for its fourth-annual week of events starting April 1.
The events helped students test their knowledge of many personal finance topics, starting with how to save money when preparing meals and purchasing groceries.
There was also a contest called Geocache for College Cash, a scavenger hunt that ended with prizes.
“Students can still play and be entered to win our big local prizes as well as the $500 national cash prize,” said Naomi Schemm, Andersen Library business reference librarian.
To enter, students could visit the posters hanging in Andersen Library, scan the codes and answer the quiz questions.
“Students seemed to enjoy the campus-wide scavenger hunt. Upon returning, all said they enjoyed it and learned something,” Schemm said.
Students used their phones to learn important topics like debit versus credit cards, identity theft, budgeting for success and the real cost of owning a car.
Sarah Corlett, a student at UW-Whitewater, noted that the events were set up in a timely fashion for students trying to take part in the events in between classes.
“The events are not very long, so it is nice to be able to go to them in between classes. They do not just take up time, but I actually learned something too,” Corlett said.
Because it’s tax season, Money Smart Week had an event focusing on taxes. Many students asked questions about their specific filing needs. The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), which holds regular workshops during tax season for students, was there to respond to student questions and concerns.
Staff and community members got involved as well. Scheduled events such as a Cooking on a Dime demonstration, a Home-buying 101 seminar and a Financial Crimes presentation, which had an added benefit of providing financial information for the staff and community. The turnout for students, staff and community members was great.
The Financial Literacy Center on campus provides these services at no cost to students. The Financial Literacy Center’s website offers a wealth of personal finance information.
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Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you know that social media is one of the best ways to reach potential fans and customers. These days almost everyone is on Facebook, so why wouldn't you utilize it to promote your business? But many small business owners and musicians alike find managing their own platforms to be a little overwhelming & stress inducing. It doesn't have to be that way! Here are two of my favorite free tools to make managing platforms a little easier and also step up your social media game at the same time.
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Is there light at the end of the NYC freight rail tunnel?
A cross-harbor freight tunnel is essential to New York City’s continued existence, Rep. Jerrold Nadler says.
For more than three decades, Rep. Jerrold Nadler has championed creating a freight rail line that would connect New Jersey and Brooklyn. While it’s an idea that has been discussed for the past century, the prospects of it happening are as good now as they’ve ever been, with the start of a Tier II environmental impact statement process by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the de Blasio administration’s July announcement of a FreightNYC initiative.
It would likely take until at least the latter half of the 2020s until freight would be able to move under the harbor – and one of its most vocal champions says acting now would allow it to be built before economic growth in the region would be curtailed by a lack of transportation infrastructure.
In an interview with City & State, Nadler discussed why he thinks this program is so vital to the future of the region as well as the economic, environmental and national security benefits it would provide. This interview has been edited and shortened for clarity.
Where are we in the centurylong effort to make a cross-harbor freight line happen?
The second tier of the environmental impact statement is designed to do the engineering and work out the costs and work out the finances. Those are the three essentials and that should be done in 24 or 30 months or so – about 2021 to 2022 is when the EIS will be completed. You then have to have an approval process, which will take a year or two. Now the EIS would recommend financing mechanisms, but you would have to have those financing mechanisms approved. Depending on what they were, they could be easy or hard to get political consensus behind.
As the EIS progresses, we’ll be talking to a lot of – I mean to other elected officials – we’ll be talking to community groups, the Port Authority. A part of the EIS is a community outreach program so people can know something about it and there’ll be a community input process certainly also. And this will have to happen in both states by the way, New York and New Jersey.
Who are all the different players involved in getting this done?
The players would be the two governors, obviously, and the heads of the Port Authority who are appointed essentially by the two governors, the board of directors of the Port Authority, probably the mayor. I don’t know if he has a official role but he would certainly be involved in various ways, possibly various officials in New Jersey. Depending on the financing, maybe the state Legislature, maybe Congress.
How would a freight tunnel integrate into the existing infrastructure?
If New York were still a forest and you wanted to say: ‘Let’s build a city from scratch. Let’s plan out the freight lines and the subway lines and everything,’ you might do it very differently than the way it is, but you have to fit it into existing things so, for example, you got the Bay Ridge Line. I always call that the aorta of New York rail freights because everything ultimately goes through it or has to go through it. The tunnel is essentially connecting the Bay Ridge Line to lines in New Jersey and the location of the tunnel is basically dictated by where the existing rail lines are.
What concerns do you see at the local level that could become fodder for the opposition?
First of all, you are going to have to have freight terminals, and one of the things that the EIS will recommend is the location and size of those terminals. One of the major ideas of the tunnel is to cut out truck freight, to greatly reduce the number of 18-wheelers going into New York City highways and highways near New York and New Jersey, and while it will do that, it can’t eliminate the last mile.
There could be concerns about increasing trucks at the locations of certain terminals. We’re going to have to deal with that and take remedial action to make sure you’re not overwhelming any community even though the truck numbers will be reduced generally. We’ll have to make sure that is part of the EIS.
There may be some demagogic politicians or others who try to scare a local neighborhood and hopefully the facts won’t justify those scares. Last time, we had people very concerned in Borough Park, (Brooklyn), that increasing the number of trains using the existing rail line would be very noisy and those fears have largely dissipated, but they could come back again. We’ll have to take actions that ensure that that won’t be the case.
What lessons are there from past infrastructure projects?
West Way was a project that was supported by Gov. Hugh Carey, Gov. Mario Cuomo, Mayor Ed Koch, the leadership of the legislature, every major politician, The New York Times. I mean everybody supported it – except a band of West Siders who opposed it and some environmentalists. And this was supposed to be on where the West Side Highway is from the Battery to 42nd Street.
It was supposed to be a buried eight-lane highway out at the pier head line offshore. And that would mean that all the land between what’s now the shore and the pier head line would be all developed. This fight went on from 1971, 1972, until the late ’80s when we finally defeated it.
The lessons were No. 1, be absolutely honest with the EIS. Don’t try to fudge it, because everytime they fudged the EIS, we got it knocked down and they had to do it over again.
Lesson No. 1 is to be honest about all the implications and describe them properly and deal with them. Don’t try to hide things and take into account the environmental impacts on the neighborhood on everybody else and make it upfront.
How do you see the city, state and federal governments working together on this – or not working together on this?
We’re going to need everyone to work together obviously and hopefully we will be past the Trump administration, which doesn’t want to work with anyone on infrastructure. But we’re going to need a cooperative city, state and federal administration. All you can really say at this point is who knows who’s going to be the mayor, the governor, the president five years from now, 10 years from now even.
The economics are so overwhelming that it’s something that’s got to be done. One of the things is if you’re looking at the current city projections, by 2040 or ’45, the amount of freight by volume coming into New York City and Long Island is going to increase by 68 percent. We can’t handle them physically on our highways. If you can’t handle the additional freight, it will put an upward lid on economic development, period.
Why does it have to be rail, not some other technology?
You can move goods into the city and Long Island in one of three ways: by truck, by rail or by boat. In the United States, 43 percent of intercity freight goes by rail. East of the Hudson, it’s less than 1 percent. Now rail, you can say it’s a 19th century technology, but it’s three times as energy efficient as truck freight. It’s much less polluting. We have the highest rates of asthma in the world in the South Bronx, mostly because of the trucks. And one rail car can take the load of three and a half tractor trailers.
There’s also a security argument, which nobody mentions by the way. Because of various access points that don’t allow 14-foot vehicles past them, 93 percent of everything that comes into New York City, Long Island, Westchester, comes over the George Washington Bridge – 93 percent. We have a three-day food supply. If anything happens to that bridge, we’ll starve, literally. You’ve got to have redundancy.
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We are Riverside Cares, established in 1989. Welcome to our website! These terms will help you understand about how the contents on our website relate to the services we supply, training, staff, recruitment and guidance. Our services are delivered by Riverside Cares, Riverside Training Company (Riverside Early Years Training Ltd), Riverside Childcare (Riverside Childcare Agency Ltd), Riverside Nannies (Riverside Nannies and Mothers help Ltd) and Riverside Elderly Care (Riverside Elderly Care Ltd). To make life a little easier we typically refer to Riverside Cares and its associated companies as “us” or “we” in any content found within the website. In connection with training, Riverside Training Company will be referred to as RTC. Our training arm offers the opportunity for students and delegates to undertake a training programme, course, module, unit or session, and to study towards either an Accredited Qualification, Certification for Completed Units or to gain a Certificate of Attendance. RTC is accredited with the leading awarding bodies CACHE and Qualification Network. These courses are suitable for those working in the Early Years Sector, Elderly Care and as Childminders as well as Home Child Carers and families.
We recommend that you should retain a copy of these Terms and Conditions for future reference.
A course, award, training or a session can be purchased by paying the appropriate fees, as set out on the website, to Riverside Training Company (RTC). All online transactions are processed securely by our merchant service providers Total Web Solutions and PayPal. Your credit card number will be encrypted when your order is placed using SSL encryption software. Our merchant providers then inform us, via the encryption system, of the outcome of that transaction. We will not store or share card details of our clients with any 3rd party. Payment can also be made by internet banking using the following details: Account Name: Riverside Training Company Sort Code: 60-05-37 Account Number: 24034975.
It is the student/course selectors responsibility to ensure that the course is suitable for their requirements. RTC is available to offer advice but accepts no liability in the event of the course content not meeting the student’s/course selectors requirements.
In order to successfully complete a course/qualification students must have a sufficient standard of English, the student must ensure that their English level is at the correct standard for their chosen course. The courses are pitched at GCSE level C / 4.
The contents of all courses delivered by RTC are carefully researched in order that students can learn the most up-to-date and accurate information available at the time of delivery of the course. All content within a course or session is provided for general information only and should not be used as a substitute for medical advice. Riverside Cares is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis made or treatment carried out by a user based on the content of the course. If you have any concerns about your own or a Childs health you should always consult a medical practitioner.
When submitting a booking for a place or places on a course or session whether on line, in writing or by telephone, the student/delegate will be given a confirmation of RTC’s acceptance of the order (a Booking Confirmation) whether verbally, in writing or both.
Course fees include face to face tuition, E-Learning on selected courses, assessment, certification (if there is a variation this will be clearly noted) and light refreshments at selected intervals (for classroom based sessions). All other costs such as travel, lunch, pens, pencils, books, computers, tablets and accommodation are the responsibility of the student/course selector. The fees may include different elements dependent on the course undertaken, if a student/delegate is unsure if something is covered by the course fees the obligation lies with the student/delegate or course selector to request extra information prior to booking.
Training must be carried out by the named student/delegate in whose name the course/session has been purchased.
Course fees must be paid prior to the commencement of training, with funds received and cleared prior to commencement. Fees can be only be paid via our website, by direct bank transfer or by telephone using a debit/credit card. Cash payments can only be made with the agreement of Riverside Cares to an authorized representative.
For the purposes of the delivery of training within a Group Booking each student/delegate undertaking training as part of the group is considered an individual named student/delegate.
E-Learning is ‘single use’ ie for the named student, it cannot be duplicated, replicated or passed to a third party. Each student will be supplied with their own unique log-in code which is exclusively for their use and must not be shared. Each student will only receive one log-in code per purchase. Each Unique Code is an individual license to access the training.
Each course will have a pre-set license period in which to complete the course which will be made clear as part of the course details.
E-Learning awards/courses have been designed to be completed in a manageable timeframe factoring in the particular needs of individual students. Students should check that they can realistically complete their studies in that timeframe before purchasing training.
Once a student has been booked onto an E-Learning course the student has up to 14 days from the purchase date to cancel the booking and receive a full refund provided that the E-Learning has not been accessed. After the 14 days, or if the E-Learning has been accessed the student will not be entitled to any refund, nor will they be able to transfer the E-Learning to another person or onto another E-Learning course. A student can elect to purchase an alternative course.
Students who have an additional learning need should discuss this at the outset with RTC during the application process in order for RTC to best support the students needs. RTC may ask for evidence of these needs.
If we have to contact you we will do so by telephone or in writing to you at the email address or postal address you provided to us at the time of making your booking.
RTC reserve the right to remove the student/delegate from the course/session or decline the student/delegate’s booking. In the event of a student/delegate being removed from an RTC training course/session, no refund will be offered. If a student is attending a Classroom based course/session we ask that the student plans their journey to be sure that they arrive ahead of the beginning of the training session in order to avoid disrupting the session by arriving late, and to ensure that you have fully completed each unit covered during the training session. We also ask that students/delegates turn off or ‘silence’ their mobile phone and keep it out of sight to be respectful to the Trainer and other members of the group during the training session. If a student/delegate needs to make or receive phone calls or messages, this should happen during the breaks. To enable RTC to continue to uphold ‘behaviour policies’, students/delegates should take care to make or receive unavoidable phone calls or messages discretely, out of the view of other students.
Students/delegates are required at all times to observe and abide by all policies regarding health and safety, security, suitable conduct and behaviour and any other regulations set out by RTC in its course handbooks/handouts and instructions imparted by the Trainer.
RTC’s aim is to ensure that the learning environment is safe and that participants can genuinely feel at ease. Please be respectful and considerate of other students/delegates and Trainers, refraining from using inappropriate language or comments that others may find disrespectful. Confidentiality must be maintained and please avoid sharing personal sensitive information about fellow students outside of the session.
Award students will, by acceptance of the terms, agree to complete each module in a pre-agreed time frame.
Students applying to study towards a whole award (typically a course taking several months or longer) are requested to undertake an interview; this can take place in person or via skype. The purpose of the interview is to ascertain that the student has a suitable level of understanding of English to successfully complete the award. If the student declines to undertake the interview offered by RTC but wishes to still study towards the award, RTC reserves the right to withdraw the student from the course should it become apparent that the student does not have the required level of understanding of English. In these circumstances a refund will not be offered.Students studying towards an award who elect to pay per module or per segment (available on some Level 3 Awards excluding paediatric first aid and safeguarding) will need to make full payment for each module in advance of undertaking study. RTC cannot offer the opportunity to study towards a module until cleared payment has been received.
Each award/course has specific study requirements. In order to successfully complete an award/course the student must meet all requirements, this may include completing a set number of hours in placement. It is the responsibility of the student to find a placement or place of employment which will allow them to complete the total required hours.
If a student has an additional learning need, suffers from ill health or by virtue of other special circumstances be unable to complete the award in the pre-agreed timeframe, an extension will only be given with the written agreement of RTC and in consultation with the accessor. RTC may ask for evidence of any mitigating circumstances before agreeing to an extension.
If a student is not able to complete an award (or the module they have paid for) a refund is not available but, at RTC’s discretion, the finish date (for the course or module) may be extended. This may incur an extra charge.
Most awards/course involves the completion of assessments within a pre-agreed deadline. If the training involves an assessor then the completion timeframe will be agreed between the student (or the course selector) the assessor and RTC. If the student does not complete in the pre-agreed time frame, and has not contacted the assessor in advance with a reasonable explanation accepted by the assessor, the student (or course selector) may incur an extra charge. The charge will depend on the level of incomplete work and the impact on completion of the module/units. The charge could be up to a maximum of 50% of the fee paid by the student (or course selector) for that module or unit. RTC hopes that the situation would be remedied in advance, therefore removing the necessity for the implementation of this clause.
If a student cancels an assessor visit less than 48 hours before the start of the visit an extra charge of £50 will be incurred. RTC will ask for evidence of any mitigating circumstances such as a Doctor’s letter.
The assessor will expect the student to have carried out pre-agreed preparation for the visit in connection with the assessor plan. If upon arrival the assessor deems that insufficient preparation has taken place the assessor may request an extra assessment visit in order to complete the qualification. A course cost will include a pre-agreed number of assessor visits; the student will be charged £50 for any assessor visits over and above the pre-agreed amount which form part of the course.
Student support during training is provided by telephone, email and assessor contact during the period from the start of course to the pre-agreed completion date. If deadlines are not met the assessor and RTC’s Director of Training will discuss next steps and any potential add-on costs.
Each student will be supplied with one unique log-in code which is exclusively for their use and is an individual license to access their training. The length of access is carefully mapped to the design of the course. For example, the blended learning element of the 12 hour Paediatric First Aid course has a license which allows access to the E-Learning course for 56 days. Each course will have a pre-set license period which will be made clear as part of the course details.
E-Learning students must have access to a computer and the Internet and have a working email address.
Blended learning Paediatric First Aid students need to leave a minimum of 48 hours (noting RTC’s office is open M-F and closed on bank holidays) between completing an E-Learning Module and attending a Classroom Day.
Students who are undertaking the E-learning blended Paediatric First Aid 12 hour training course should note that they are required to pass the E-Learning module in a suitable time frame to attend the Classroom Day. RTC stipulates that the module must be successfully completed a minimum of 48 hours before the beginning of the Classroom Day. We therefore recommend that students who are concerned about how long it will take to complete the E-Learning segment ensure they give themselves sufficient time. The student will need to achieve a minimum of 70% pass in the final assessment in order to successfully complete the E-Learning module. If this is not achieved on the first attempt the student has three attempts in total to complete this assessment successfully. If the student has not achieved this and by doing so has to cancel attendance on a pre-booked Classroom Day taking place in less than 7 days, RTC reserves the right to charge the student £65 to attend the replacement day.
If a student/delegate wishes to transfer to a new course or change the date on a pre-booked course, requests can only be considered in writing received via email to info@riversidecares.co.uk or by letter to the office of Riverside Cares. The request must be received a full 7 days prior to commencement of a course based on M-F office hours. RTC will formally acknowledge receipt of the request. If the request has not been responded to by RTC the student/delegate must resend the request or telephone the office in case the email or request has not been received.
Course transfers for E-Learning courses will only be considered prior to commencement of the course i.e prior to logging in to a course via the student’s unique log in.
No refund or course transfer will be offered when the request is made with less than 7 days notice prior to the commencement of the training.
RTC cannot accept a request to alter the attendance day(s) if the request is made less than 14 days from the start time of the course. Opportunities to reschedule will entirely depend on the individual course and whether it is run more than once.
Occasionally in exceptional or unforeseen circumstance a course may be cancelled or venue changed. RTC reserve the right to alter or withdraw a course or session, change the venue or Trainer. Students/delegates will be informed in writing by email or by phone. RTC reserve the right to cancel any date without prejudice and will offer an alternative date or full refund.
Students (course selectors) who have requested a cancellation and refund which has been received after the 14 day cancellation period but more than 7 days before the pre-agreed start of the training course/day are not eligible for a refund, but are eligible to choose a new start date, subject to availability and if the training is offered more than once on the training calendar of RTC. Under 7 days no refund is due.
To cancel a course/session booking requesting a refund, the student must inform RTC by emailing info@riversidecares.co.uk or in writing to the following postal address: Riverside Cares 29 Milligan Street, London E14 8AT marking your email or letter Refund and Cancellation. The Student must clearly state their intention to cancel the course/session. To meet the cancellation deadline, the student should ensure they have added sufficient time to send their communication concerning exercising the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
We will reimbursement the student or course selector the course fee via internet banking.
Students who are undertaking the E-learning blended Paediatric First Aid 12 hour training course who do not attend the Class Room Day on the date they booked to attend (and did not cancel above) do have the opportunity to rebook the Class Room day, they will be charged £65 and should be mindful that they need to complete their Classroom Day no more than 8 weeks from their E-Learning Module in order to successfully gain the award.
Noted earlier, students who are undertaking the E-learning blended Paediatric First Aid 12 hour training course need to ensure that they have successfully completed their E-Learning module in a suitable time frame to attend the Classroom Day. RTC stipulates that the module should be successfully completed a minimum of 48 hours before the beginning of the Classroom Day. It is important to set aside sufficient time to complete the module. Students need to achieve a minimum of 70% pass in order to complete the E-Learning element. If this is not achieved on the first attempt the student has three attempts in total to complete the course successfully. If the student has not achieved this and by doing so has to cancel attendance on the Classroom Day, RTC reserves the right to charge the student £65 for the replacement day.
Students studying towards an award which will take several months or longer to complete agree at the outset that they will need to attend a series of training dates or complete on line assessments throughout the course and complete their studies in an agreed timeframe. If the student does not attend either the whole or part of the course or complete the on line assessments they will not be due a refund. In the case of non attendance due to occasional illness RTC will consider each situation on a case by case basis.
If after making payment, a student doesn’t begin the E Learning course RTC cannot offer a refund. RTC reserves the right to decline to offer the student a new start date.
If additional students are added, dependent on the final student/delegate numbers for a Group Booking, there may be a price adjustment and additional cost. For example, Paediatric First Aid training, if there is more than 12 students but less than 25 two trainers will be required.
If booking a course including blended learning it is the responsibility of the person making the group booking to ensure all E-Learning has been successfully undertaken by all students who are attending the classroom day 48 hours prior to the classroom date.
RTC requires written confirmation of a request to cancel or reschedule a Group Booking which has been confirmed on a specific date with the invoice paid in full by the due date. A course/session can be canceled that has not been accessed* within 14 calendar days of RTC receiving and confirming the Booking Order without giving any reason. The purchaser will be entitled to a full refund of the course fee paid. A Group Booking can be rescheduled if RTC is given a minimum of 10 days notice (if a bank holiday falls within the 10 days then an extension will need to be added to the request). *For the sake of clarity ‘not accessed’ means students who are part of the group booking have not logged in to the E-Learning course ie a student has not logged into their E-Learning course using their unique log-in code.
To cancel a Group booking requesting a refund, you must inform us by emailing info@riversidecares.co.uk or in writing to the following postal address: Riverside Cares 29 Milligan Street, London E14 8AT marking your email or letter Refund and Cancellation. You must clearly state your intention to cancel the course/session. To meet the cancellation deadline, please ensure you have added sufficient time to send your communication concerning exercising the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Cancellation Period when full refund will be given expires 14 days after the date of the Booking. Group booking cancellations and refund requests which have been received after the 14 day cancellation period but more than 10 days before the pre-agreed start of the training course/day are not eligible for a refund but are eligible to choose a new training date.
In the event that the hire of any temporary worker who is booked to work for the following working day is cancelled, after our office is closed, (our hours of business are Monday to Friday 9.30 – 6pm, we are closed on Bank Holidays and over Christmas) the Hirer must pay the charges for four hours employment of that temporary worker. NB this includes where the temporary work is cancelled on the morning of the booking. If a temporary workers shift is shortened after they complete the minimum of 4 hours they must be paid to when they were due to finish or an additional 2 hours from their actual finish time to cover loss of earnings.
No refunds are payable in respect of the charges of the Employment Business for temporary workers.
No refund of any Transfer Fee will be paid in the event that the Engagement of the Agency Worker other than via the Employment Business by the Hirer or by a third party to which the Hirer introduces the Agency Worker terminates or terminates before the end of the fixed term.
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Make It and Bake It Around the World!
Home > Camps > Summer Camps 2019 > Make It and Bake It Around the World!
Ages 5-7 An exciting Science, Cooking and Art adventure!
If your child loves to do it all, this is a great option. We will study the art, science, and cooking of four different Cultures.
Learn about how light works as we study the "City of Lights"
Learn to make cookies and pastries.
Ah, the smells and taste of this beautiful country! We will learn how these affect our senses.
We will learn about structures as we investigate why the Leaning Tower of Pisa.... well, leans!
We will learn how the masters created portraits and create some of our own.
Make Rainsticks, learn to barter and trade.
Make Native headdresses, sand art, pottery and more!
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In at least some embodiments, input provided by a single source generates events representing multiple source types through a mapping process, e.g. a touch input generates both touch and mouse events. By configuring the system to not recognize certain gestures, messages associated with the events of the different source types are then interleaved and provided to an associated application for processing.
Efficiencies are gained by configuring the system to interleave the messages associated with the source types because messages of one source type can be processed sooner than if the messages of the one source type were queued up and sent in a non-interleaved fashion.
Supporting Different Event Models using a Single Input Source This application is a divisional of Canadian Patent Application Serial No. 2,763,328 filed January 6, 2012.
Many web sites are primarily designed for mouse input. That is, the web sites react to script events such as mousedown, mouseup, mousemove. However, newer hardware devices and evolving platforms have provided the capability for entering input by other ways, e.g., touch input and input through a natural user interface (NUT). These newer devices and systems can present compatibility and performance challenges for applications that were designed primarily for mouse input.
In at least some embodiments, input provided by a single source generates events representing multiple source types through a mapping process, e.g. a touch input generates both touch and mouse events. By configuring the system to not recognize certain gestures, messages associated with the events of the different source types are then interleaved and provided to an associated application for processing. Efficiencies are gained by configuring the system to interleave the messages associated with the source types because messages of one source type can be processed sooner than if the messages of the one source type were queued up and sent in a non-interleaved fashion.
In at least some other embodiments, messages associated with the different source types are correlated in a cache. Data that is produced from one message is saved and re-used in association with a correlated message so that the processing that produced the data does not have to be repeated.
receiving inputs of a first type; generating messages associated with the inputs of the first input type; responsive to receiving inputs of the first type, without first waiting to see if the inputs are associated with one of the one or more gestures not recognized, for each input of the first type, generating a message associated with a second input type that is different from the first input type sufficient to enable formulation of an interleaved message stream that includes the messages associated with the first input type and the messages associated with the second input type interleaved together.
In some embodiments, receiving inputs of a first type comprises receiving inputs other than touch inputs. In some embodiments, the second input type comprises an input other than a mouse input.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided one or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising: receiving a first message associated with a first input type; processing the first message to produce . 51331-1179D1 data; receiving a second message associated with a second different input type; and using data produced by processing the first message to process the second message.
[0004d] In some embodiments, receiving inputs of a first type comprises receiving inputs other than touch inputs. In some embodiments, the second input type comprises an input other than a mouse input.
and formulate an interleaved message stream of messages associated with the inputs of the first type and the inputs _ of the second type for provision to an application or web browser; wherein the system is configured to not recognize one or more gestures.
receiving configuration information to not recognize one or more gestures; receiving inputs of a first type; generating messages associated with the inputs of the first input type; responsive to receiving inputs of the first type, without first waiting to see if the inputs are associated with one of the one or more gestures not recognized, for each input of the first type, generating a message associated with a second input type that is different from the first input type sufficient to enable formulation of an interleaved message stream that includes the messages associated with the first input type and the messages associated with the second input type interleaved together.
The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. In the figures, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the figure in which the reference number first appears. The use of the same reference numbers indifferent instances in the description and the figures may indicate similar or identical items.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of an environment in an example implementation in accordance with one or more embodiments.
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a system in an example implementation showing FIG. 1 in greater detail.
implement various embodiments described herein.
Overview 100111 In at least some embodiments, input provided by a single source generates events representing multiple source types through a mapping process, e.g. a touch input generates both touch and mouse events. By configuring the system to not recognize certain gestures, messages associated with the events of the different source types are then interleaved and provided to an associated application for processing.
In the following discussion, an example environment is first described that is operable to employ the techniques described herein. Example illustrations of the various embodiments are then described, which may be employed in the example environment, as well as in other environments. Accordingly, the example environment is not limited to performing the described embodiments and the described embodiments are not limited to implementation in the example environment.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of an environment 100 in an example implementation that is operable to employ the techniques described in this document.
The illustrated environment 100 includes an example of a computing device 102 that may be configured in a variety of ways. For example, the computing device 102 may be configured as a traditional computer (e.g., a desktop personal computer, laptop computer, and so on), a mobile station, an entertainment appliance, a set-top box = communicatively coupled to a television, a wireless phone, a netbook, a game console, a handheld device, and so forth as further described in relation to FIG. 2.
Thus, the computing device 102 may range from full resource devices with substantial memory and processor resources (e.g., personal computers, game consoles) to a low-resource device with limited memory and/or processing resources (e.g., traditional set-top boxes, hand-held game consoles). The computing device 102 also includes software that causes the computing device 102 to perform one or more operations as described below.
Computing device 102 includes an operating system having an input message generation module 104 and a gesture module 105. In addition, the computing device includes one or more applications having or otherwise making use of a message correlation module 106. In operation, the operating system receives hardware input and, using input from gesture module 105, produces messages for the application using the input message generation module 104. Among its roles, the application configures the operating system such that the messages it produces using the input message generation module 104 are interleaved. This can be achieved by communicating to the operating system that certain gestures, e.g., those that map to right-click messages and time-spanning gestures like "press and hold", are not desired to be detected.
In addition, the message correlation module 106 consumes the interleaved messages and correlates them together in a cache, as described below. The correlated messages can be used in order to share data between two event streams, thus promoting better performance, as will become apparent below.
Gesture module 105 recognizes input pointer gestures that can be performed by one or more fingers, and causes operations or actions to be performed that correspond to the gestures. The gestures may be recognized by module 105 in a variety of different ways. For example, the gesture module 105 may be configured to recognize a touch input, such as a finger of a user's hand 106a as proximal to display device 108 of the computing device 102 using touchscreen functionality, or functionality that senses proximity of a user's finger that may not necessarily be physically touching the display device 108, e.g., using near field technology. Module 105 can be utilized to recognize single-finger gestures and bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand gestures and bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger/different-hand gestures and bezel gestures.
The functionality implemented by modules 104 and/or 105 can be implemented by any suitably configured application such as, by way of example and not limitation, a web browser. Other applications can be utilized without departing from the scope of the claimed subject matter.
The computing device 102 may also be configured to detect and differentiate between a touch input (e.g., provided by one or more fingers of the user's hand 106a) and a stylus input (e.g., provided by a stylus 116). The differentiation may be performed in a variety of ways, such as by detecting an amount of the display device 108 that is contacted by the finger of the user's hand 106a versus an amount of the display device 108 that is contacted by the stylus 116.
Thus, the gesture module 105 may support a variety of different gesture = techniques through recognition and leverage of a division between stylus and touch inputs, as well as different types of touch inputs and non-touch inputs.
FIG. 2 illustrates an example system 200 showing the input message generation module 104, gesture module 105, and message correlation module 106 as being implemented in an environment where multiple devices are interconnected through a central computing device. The central computing device may be local to the multiple devices or may be located remotely from the multiple devices. In one embodiment, the central computing device is a "cloud" server farm, which comprises one or more server computers that are connected to the multiple devices through a network or the Internet or other means.
class of device may be defined by physical features or usage or other common characteristics of the devices. For example, as previously described the computing device 102 may be configured in a variety of different ways, such as for mobile 202, computer 204, and television 206 uses. Each of these configurations has a generally corresponding screen size and thus the computing device 102 may be configured as one = of these device classes in this example system 200. For instance, the computing device 102 may assume the mobile 202 class of device which includes mobile telephones, music players, game devices, and so on. The computing device 102 may also assume a computer 204 class of device that includes personal computers, laptop computers, netbooks, and so on. The television 206 configuration includes configurations of device that involve display in a casual environment, e.g., televisions, set-top boxes, game consoles, and so on. Thus, the techniques described herein may be supported by these various configurations of the computing device 102 and are not limited to the specific examples described in the following sections.
Cloud 208 is illustrated as including a platform 210 for web services 212. The platform 210 abstracts underlying functionality of hardware (e.g., servers) and software resources of the cloud 208 and thus may act as a "cloud operating system."
For example, the platform 210 may abstract resources to connect the computing device 102 with other computing devices. The platform 210 may also serve to abstract scaling of resources to provide a corresponding level of scale to encountered demand for the web services 212 that are implemented via the platform 210. A variety of other examples are also contemplated, such as load balancing of servers in a server farm, protection against malicious parties (e.g., spam, viruses, and other malware), and so on.
Thus, the cloud 208 is included as a part of the strategy that pertains to software and hardware resources that are made available to the computing device 102 via the Internet or other networks.
The gesture techniques supported by the modules 104, 105 and 106 may be detected using touchscreen functionality in the mobile configuration 202, track pad functionality of the computer 204 configuration, detected by a camera as part of support of a natural user interface (NUT) that does not involve contact with a specific input device, and so on. Further, performance of the operations to detect and recognize the inputs to identify a particular gesture may be distributed throughout the system 200, such as by the computing device 102 and/or the web services 212 supported by the platform 210 of the cloud 208.
Generally, any of the functions described herein can be implemented using software, firmware, hardware (e.g., fixed logic circuitry), manual processing, or a combination of these implementations. The terms "module," "functionality," and "logic" as used herein generally represent software, firmware, hardware, or a combination thereof.
In the case of a software implementation, the module, functionality, or logic represents program code that performs specified tasks when executed on or by a processor (e.g., CPU or CPUs). The program code can be stored , in one or more computer readable memory devices. The features of the gesture techniques described below are platform-independent, meaning that the techniques may be implemented on a variety of commercial computing platforms having a variety of processors.
In the discussion that follows, various sections describe various example embodiments. A section entitled " Message Interleaving" describes how event messages can be interleaved in accordance with one or more embodiments. Next, a . section entitled "Message Correlation" describes how messages can be correlated in accordance with one or more embodiments. Last, a section entitled "Example Device"
describes aspects of an example device that can be utilized to implement one or more embodiments.
Having described example operating environments in which interleaving and correlation functionality can be utilized, consider now a discussion of an example embodiments.
In message interleaving, input provided by a single source, such as a touch, generates events of multiple source types, e.g., touch events and mouse events, through a mapping process. By configuring the system to not recognize certain gestures, messages associated with the events of the different source types are then interleaved and provided to an associated application for processing.
Efficiencies are gained by configuring the system to interleave the messages associated with the different source types because messages of one source type, e.g. mouse-related messages, can be processed sooner than if the messages of one source type were queued up and sent in a non-interleaved fashion.
As a contextual example, consider the following. When adding support for touch (or some other new input source, e.g. near field or NUT), a development platform can provide some type of translation of that new input type to an existing known input type (e.g., mouse) for the sake of compatibility with existing webpages or applications. This allows applications that were written for mouse input to work with touch input, as well as any other type of input that might not necessarily be recognized by the application. These types of applications would not recognize or be able to process touch-related messages. So, by providing a translation mechanism between the different message types, older applications can function properly in the presence of unrecognized input messages. Furthermore, for those applications that recognize both types of input, message processing can be more efficient because interleaved messages of one type source will be received sooner (and processed) than if the messages were all queued up and sent in separate batches.
One approach to address different message types is as follows.
When gestural touch input is received, the gestural touch input can be mapped to a sequence of batched mouse messages. For example, when a sequence of touch messages indicates a gestural tap, then after having dispatched the touch messages, the platform might dispatch a predefined sequence of mouse messages. For example, a "tap" might map to a mousedown event, a mouseup event and a click event. In this case, the tap was generated by processing a series of individual touch messages. While providing support for older applications, this approach can have performance issues because, as noted above, the mouse-related messages are queued and sent after the touch-related messages. Thus, the mouse messages are processed later than they would be had the message stream been interleaved.
100301 To address this situation, in one or more embodiments, when an input is received, such as a touch input, an event associated with the touch input is mapped to an event associated with another input type. Messages associated with the different events are interleaved and sent to an application, such as a web browser, for processing. The mapping process according to this approach is not necessarily gestural based insofar as waiting for resolution of a touch gesture in order to then map the gesture to a sequence of mouse events. So, for example, a touchdown can be mapped to a mousedown, rather than waiting to resolve the touchdown as a tap, and then mapping the tap gesture to a sequence of mousedown/mouseup/click. In this approach, a touchdown maps to a mousedown, a touchup maps to a mouseup, and a tap maps to a click. In at least some embodiments, there is no distinction between different mouse buttons, e.g., left and right buttons, in the mapping process. Using this approach, a touch down can be immediately mapped to a mouse down. Of course, other approaches can be utilized including those that support mouse button differentiation. For example, pen devices often have a button that can be held while interacting to signal the interaction is to be mapped to the right mouse button in mouse-based applications.
[00311 Accordingly, using this approach, mapping occurs on a per message basis, rather than mapping a sequence of messages to a different sequence of messages. This causes the two generated message streams, e.g., touch and mouse message streams, to be interleaved for efficient processing by the application or web browser.
= MSPointerOver, = mouseover, = MSPointerDown, = mousedown, = MSPointerMove, = mousemove, = MSPointerUp, = mouseup, = MSPointerOut, = mouseout 100331 As can be seen, individual mouse events that have been translated or mapped from the touch input are received and processed by the application sooner than if the gesture was resolved and then mapped to a sequence of mouse events. The interleaving thus improves performance, as will be appreciated by the skilled artisan, because messages are mapped sooner, rather than waiting for the completion of a gesture. Compatibility with legacy content is also improved because more specific interactions (such as down/move/up versus just a single tap) are mapped quicker and more closely to their mouse counterpart.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram that describes steps in a method accordance with one or more embodiments. The method can be performed in connection with any suitable hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof. In at least some embodiments, the method can be performed by software in the form of computer readable instructions, embodied on some type of computer-readable storage medium, which can be performed under the influence of one or more processors. Examples of software that can perform the functionality about to be described are applications that are to receive messages, an associated operating system, input message generation module 104 and the gesture module 105 described above.
interleaving pointerdown ("touchdown")/ mousedown, pointerup/mouseup, and the like, as described below.
100361 Step 302 receives inputs of a first type. Any suitable type of inputs can be received including, by way of example and not limitation, a touch input or inputs that collectively define a gesture. Step 302 generates messages associated with the first input type. Responsive to receiving the inputs of a first type, step 304 generates messages associated with a second input type that is different from the first input type.
Any suitable type of second input type can be utilized. In at least some embodiments, a second input type comprises a mouse input.
100371 Step 306 formulates an interleaved message stream that includes messages associated with the first and second input types interleaved together. In the described approach, this step is performed as a result of configuring the operating system to not recognize certain gestures. The formulated interleaved message stream can then be provided to an application, such as a web browser, for processing as appropriate. It is to be appreciated and understood that interleaving and subsequent provision of the messages can be performed as the individual messages are generated, rather than waiting for an entire associated interleaved message stream to be formed and then provided to the application or web browser.
100381 One way in which these messages can be processed by an application or web browser is described in the section just below.
Message Correlation [00391 In at least some other embodiments, messages associated with the different sources are correlated in a cache. Data that is produced from one message is saved and re-used in association with a correlated message so that the processing that produced the data does not have to be repeated. In some instances, the processing that produces the data can be expensive. Accordingly, not repeating the processing for the different sources, but rather using the cached data for processing correlated messages = can result in efficiencies, as will become apparent below.
So, for example, in the embodiment described just above, a single message stream was formulated to include messages associated with different sources or input types, e.g., touch-type and mouse-type inputs. Data that is produced as a result of a touch-type message can be saved and re-used for a correlated mouse-type message.
"pointer" is an abstraction that represents any point of contact such as a mouse, finger, or pen, and the like. The pointer abstraction makes it easier for developers to write a single set of pointer events that encapsulate input from mouse, touch and pen.
For compatibility, however, these messages can also be converted into Mouse messages, such as WM_ MOUSEMOVE messages. It is possible that applications, such as a web browser, may handle both Pointer and Mouse messages. However, both sets of -, messages represent a single user input source mechanism (e.g., touch), yet it is not possible to directly correlate a mouse message with the pointer message for that same interaction.
100421 Using a system of heuristics, different types of messages, e.g., pointer and mouse messages, can be correlated together so that data produced when processing pointer messages can be repurposed for the processing of mouse messages. For example, in at least some systems, only one touch contact is mapped into mouse - because touch supports multiple pointers, while mouse does not. So, in systems like this, the first criteria utilized for correlation is that the Pointer message to be correlated , is the "primary pointer," or the one that will get mapped to mouse. When a primary pointer message is received, the coordinates of the pointer message along with the data to be reused for efficiency gains are stored in the cache.
100431 When the mapped mouse message is received, the system provides a mechanism to ascertain whether this is a true mouse message (e.g., directly produced from a mouse) or if it is a mapped mouse message. If it is a mapped mouse message, then the cache is checked for a pointer message that has the same coordinates as the mouse message. If a match is found, then the corresponding cached data is reused to go along with the message.
It is to be appreciated and understood, however, that mechanisms other than coordinates can be used for correlation. For example, if the two input messages share a precise hardware timestamp, this can be used for association. In practice, any -, unique value that is copied to the mouse message during the mapping process can be utilized.
As will be appreciated by the skilled artisan, this leads to improved performance because message-associated work is reduced. As an example of the type of data that can be cached and re-used, consider the following.
In some scenarios, when a pointer message is received, an associated application causes a hit test to be performed. Hit testing, as will be appreciated by the = skilled artisan, is a mechanism by which an input subsystem processes input received and maps the received input to a display device coordinate system and pointer , coordinates. The input hit is identified as coming from a particular user interface element in an associated display tree. In many instances, processing a display tree to identify an interface element can be an expensive operation.
The result of the hit test is then stored in a cache if the pointer message represents a primary pointer (i.e., a first contact) on the display screen.
This is an indication that a mouse compatibility message (i.e. a mapped message) will later be received from the system, as described above. When a corresponding mouse message is received, it is correlated back to the pointer message by confirming with the system that the input source was touch and by matching the coordinates of the mouse message with the coordinates of the corresponding pointer message. If the mouse message is correlated with a pointer message, then the hit test result from the pointer message is reused for the processing of the mouse message. Understandably, this reduces the number of hit tests for a given user interaction by 50% or more. In addition, additional data produced while processing the pointer message can be cached for use during the processing of the correlated mouse message as desired. For example, state variables such as whether the browser should perform a default action in response to the interaction can be cached as well. As other examples of additional data that can be cached, consider the following. In some instances, touch-specific information, such as contact pressure, can be stored. Then, when a mouse message is correlated, a decision to perform "left button" or "right button" actions can be made based on how hard the - contact was pressed.
Another class of examples include flags that indicate that an action was performed and to not perform it again. For example, if a pointer message is received that indicates that a finger is designating a new element, then a CSS Hover can be applied to it. When mouse message is then received, this action need not be repeated.
Accordingly, a flag can be stored to indicate that hover has already been applied to that element.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram that describes steps in a method accordance with one or more embodiments. The method can be performed in connection with any suitable hardware, software, firmware, or combination thereof. In at least some embodiments, the method can be performed by software in the form of computer readable instructions, embodied on some type of computer-readable storage medium, which can be performed under the influence of one or more processors. Examples of software that can perform the functionality about to be described are the interleaving and correlation module 104 and the gesture module 105 described above.
Step 400 receives a first message associated with a first input type. Any suitable input type can be utilized. In at least some embodiments, the first input type comprises an input type associated with a touch input. Step 402 processes the first message to produce data. Any suitable type of data can be produced. In at least some embodiments, the data that is produced comprises data associated with a hit test. In at least some other embodiments, the data that is produced comprises data associated with an application state. Examples of state are provided above, as well as additional types of = data. Step 404 caches the produced data in a data cache. Step 406 receives a second message associated with a second different input type. Any suitable type of different input can be utilized. In at least some embodiments, the second different input type comprises mouse input. In addition, the second message can comprise one that is produced to enable an application that may not understand the first message or first input type to process the first input type using the second message. In at least some embodiments, the second message can constitute a message that is produced by way of a mapping process such as that which is described above.
Step 408 correlates the second message with the first message. Any suitable approach can be utilized correlate the messages, examples of which are provided above. Step 410 uses the cached data to process the second message.
By using the cached data to process the second message, work that was performed to process the first message to produce the data can be avoided.
Having considered various example embodiments, consider now an example device that can be used to implement the embodiments described above.
, Example Device FIG. 5 illustrates various components of an example device 1000 that can be implemented as any type of portable and/or computer device as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 to implement embodiments of the animation library described herein. Device 500 includes communication devices 502 that enable wired and/or wireless communication of device data 504 (e.g., received data, data that is being . received, data scheduled for broadcast, data packets of the data, etc.). The device data 504 or other device content can include configuration settings of the device, media content stored on the device, and/or information associated with a user of the device.
Media content stored on device 500 can include any type of audio, video, and/or image data. Device 500 includes one or more data inputs 506 via which any type of data, media content, and/or inputs can be received, such as user-selectable inputs, messages, music, television media content, recorded video content, and any other type of audio, video, and/or image data received from any content and/or data source.
system bus can include any one or combination of different bus structures, such as a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, a universal serial bus, and/or a processor or local bus that utilizes any of a variety of bus architectures.
100571 Computer-readable media 514 provides data storage mechanisms to store the device data 504, as well as various device applications 518 and any other types of information and/or data related to operational aspects of device 500. For example, an operating system 520 can be maintained as a computer application with the computer-readable media 514 and executed on processors 55. The device applications 518 can include a device manager (e.g., a control application, software application, signal processing and control module, code that is native to a particular device, a hardware abstraction layer for a particular device, etc.), as well as other applications that can include, web browsers, image processing applications, communication applications such as instant messaging applications, word processing applications and a variety of other different applications. The device applications 518 also include any system components or modules to implement embodiments of the techniques described herein. In this example, the device applications 518 include an interface application 522 and a gesture-capture driver 524 that are shown as software modules and/or computer applications.
The gesture-capture driver 524 is representative of software that is used to provide an interface with a device configured to capture a gesture, such as a touchscreen, track pad, camera, and so on. Alternatively or in addition, the interface application 522 and the gesture-capture driver 524 can be implemented as hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. In addition, computer readable media 514 can include an input message generation module 525a, a gesture module 525b, and a message correlation module 525c that function as described above.
Device 500 also includes an audio and/or video input-output system 526 that provides audio data to an audio system 528 and/or provides video data to a display system 530. The audio system 528 and/or the display system 530 can include any devices that process, display, and/or otherwise render audio, video, and image data.
Video signals and audio signals can be communicated from device 500 to an audio device and/or to a display device via an RF (radio frequency) link, S-video link, composite video link, component video link, DVI (digital video interface), analog audio . connection, or other similar communication link. In an embodiment, the audio system 528 and/or the display system 530 are implemented as external components to device 500. Alternatively, the audio system 528 and/or the display system 530 are implemented as integrated components of example device 500.
-, 100601 In at least some other embodiments, messages associated with the different source types are correlated in a cache. Data that is produced from one message is saved and re-used in association with a correlated message so that the processing that produced the data does not have to be repeated.
[00611 Although the embodiments have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the embodiments defined in the appended claims are not necessarily limited to the specific = features or acts described. Rather, the specific features and acts are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claimed embodiments.
receiving a second message associated with a second different input type; and using data produced by processing the first message to process the second message.
2. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the first input type comprises a touch input.
3. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the first input type comprises an input other than touch input.
4. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein processing the first message to produce data comprises producing data associated with a hit test.
5. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein processing the first message to produce data comprises producing data associated with a hit test and data in addition to data associated with a hit test.
6. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the second different input type comprises a mouse input.
7. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1 further comprising after receiving the second message, correlating the second message with the first message.
8. The one or more computer readable storage media of claim 1 further comprising after processing the first message to produce data, caching the data in a data cache; and after receiving the second message, correlating the second message with the first message.
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The detailing to the frame or centre panel make traditional kitchens a popular choice for country-style kitchens. Finishing options include hard-wearing vinyls to hand painted timbers. Traditional kitchens generally have a larger choice of matching accessories such as Overmantles or Pilasters. Available in standard matt finishes, stained woodgrain and some of our Traditional kitchen styles can be painted to any of your choice using our Premium service.
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Product prices and availability are accurate as of 2018-09-11 11:01:22 BST and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on http://www.amazon.co.uk/ at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
This Pet crate is the ideal portable pet accessory which is made from a powered coated steel frame with water resistant fabric and mesh. The crate has rounded corners made from moulded plastic allowing for a long lasting and more durable carry item. This product is easy to set up, comes with straps, handles and has removable areas which are both washable and replaceable. Recommended for medium build pets.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to raise incomes by 3 percent annually and set up special economic zones to attract foreign businesses in the third tranche of measures aimed at boosting growth in the world's third-biggest economy.
Abe is also considering a push for public pensions and other public funds - a pool of $2 trillion - to increase returns by raising investment in equities, a government draft growth strategy showed, confirming a Reuters report.
The government will seek the view of experts and aim to reach a conclusion by autumn, the draft said. Still, such a move could face opposition from Japan's risk-averse voters.
The steps are the last batch of proposals in a growth strategy that includes measures to mobilize women in the workforce, boost private investment and deregulate some sectors. The package is set to be approved by the cabinet on June 14 along with macro-economic policy guidelines including fiscal reform targets to address Japan's massive public debt.
However, some analysts were skeptical the strategy would achieve the goals of the prime minister's "Abenomics" policy given a lack of bold steps, such as changes to promote labor market flexibility and make it easier for companies to exit dying businesses while shifting to growth areas.
Tokyo share prices fell 3.8 percent on the day, partly on disappointment over Abe's speech.
"The government has come up with rosy numerical targets but I doubt any of these could be met or that such a targeting policy could work out as planned," said Hideo Kumano, chief economist at Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. "After all, the government cannot control every economic activity just like the central bank cannot control long-term interest rates."
"'Abenomics' should not lean toward a planned economy and market players are attaching greater importance to deregulation, not these numerical targets."
The Bank of Japan's sweeping monetary expansion, announced in April, aims to achieve 2 percent inflation in less than 2 years. Analysts say wages will need to rise faster to put consumer prices and growth on a sustainable upward track.
Abe is wary of appearing to benefit corporations over consumers ahead of a July 21 upper house election, but he is also reluctant to take bold steps that might hurt backers of his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
"I think the most important target to achieve is per capita gross national income," Abe said in a speech on Wednesday to unveil steps aimed at engineering long-term growth.
"That's because the aim of our growth strategy is nothing other than to create jobs for enthusiastic people and raise take-home pay for those who are working hard.
"In short, to let households benefit. That's the point."
The growth strategy is the "Third Arrow" in his "Abenomics" prescription to end deflation and spur sustainable growth. The first two "arrows" are hyper-easy monetary policy and big government spending.
The popular premier, who took office in December after his party's big election win, said he would target annual gains of 3 percent or more in gross national income per capita. That would be an increase of 1.5 million yen ($15,000) over 10 years from around 3.84 million yen in 2012.
The Nikkei's fall on Wednesday continued a slide begun on May 23, as investors turned cautious after a rally of more than 50 percent that saw the market reach a 5-1/2 year high.
The yen rose as high as 99.37 to the dollar after trading around 100 yen against the dollar earlier in the day, having fallen to 4-1/2-year low of 103.74 yen late last month.
"The comments from Abe lacked some of the detail the market had been looking for and left it disappointed," said Ian Stannard, head of European FX strategy at Morgan Stanley.
A pull back in Japanese share prices is a worry for Abe ahead of the July election, which his party is expected to win but needs to do so decisively to cement its grip on power.
Some analysts said that it was hard to see how the income gain target could be reached - especially if, as expected, the growth plan eventually includes steps that would make it easier to use temporary workers, who tend to be lower paid.
Others held out hope of more reforms down the road.
"From labor market reform to business investment and deregulation, the growth strategy is going in the right direction, but it lacks bold steps such as facilitating labor mobility, immigration and corporate tax cuts," said Masayuki Kichikawa, chief Japan economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "I guess contentious issues may need to wait until after the upper house election."
Abe added more targets to those he has already announced, aiming to boost power-related investment one and a half times to 30 trillion yen over the next decade and double the balance of inward foreign direct investment to 35 trillion yen by 2020.
The special economic zones, to be created in Tokyo and other big cities, are expected to be allowed to introduce corporate tax cuts and ease regulations to attract businesses.
Abe also said the government would allow the sale over the Internet of most over-the-counter drugs as part of efforts to mobilize the Internet for growth.
Japan has already vowed to target private-sector investment of 70 trillion yen annually, the level before the 2008 financial crisis and up about 10 percent from current levels.
The government also aims to triple infrastructure exports, such as bullet trains and nuclear plants, to 30 trillion yen.
It wants to double farm exports by 2020 and have 70 percent of exports covered by free trade deals by 2018, compared with around 19 percent now, by pushing participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Economic Partnership (TPP) and other trade deals.
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This is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate with strong technical and personal skills who is looking to progress and work towards a managerial position within a growing Top 20 firm. Working within a vibrant energetic team you will be working closely with the Corporate. Employment, Personal tax teams/Partners working cross functionally on a wide spectrum of clients. The team has a fun inclusive culture.
Day to day life will be composed provided consulting & client advisory as well varied VAT compliance. You will be expected to prepare and submit VAT returns to HMRC for businesses of varying complexity whilst working closely with various Tax Partners in the support of client & business development.
The ideally candidate will have solid experience within a VAT department who is ATT qualified who is ideally looking to progress at CTA level (full study support will be provided). Or if you have VAT experience with HMRC and is looking to progress to a more consulting role.
For further information, please do contact Kevin Racher on 0207 269 6321 or email kevin.racher@pro-tax.co.uk.
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The Channel dive site is situated just in front of Padang Bai beach very close to the dive shops. It is reachable by boat in less than 2 minutes! It is possible to dive there with an open water/ CMAS 1 star but this location is better suited to advanced divers. It is a nice plateau about 18 meters deeps with numerous small caves where whitetip reef sharks love to rest during day time. They can also be swimming in the current which can sometimes be quite strong in the channel! Enjoy this wonderful Bali dive site!
You can dive The Channel all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of The Channel on the right for the exact location.
The Ferry Channel is the other dive site for spotting sharks a few hundred meters away from Padang Bai harbour. The local population of whitetip reef sharks alternate between here and Tanjung Sari. Wobbegong also dwell here in the cold water months of July-November. The sharks are often seen between 15 to 20m in large cracks that allow them to shelter.
Beyond this, one can see pygmy seahorse, siagiani squat lobsters, blue-spotted stingrays, green turtles and pelagic fish. Moray eels and ribbon eels are also living here. Look into the blue as you never know what may come close to the reef. We have seen mola-molas here and rumour has it that one instructor has even spotted a hammerhead here!
Currents can be strong here and this dive site should be dived only at certain times and with local dive guides who know the dive site well.
Have you been diving or snorkelling in The Channel? Consider sharing your experience with the diving community by leaving a comment below!
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That's it for today's live blog. We've wrapped it up now.
This afternoon, police launched an appeal after a man had bleach thrown in his face.
There were also delays on the trains and on the A14.
See below for more on these breaking news stories.
Thanks for reading. We will be back again live on Monday morning.
A14 Eastbound partially blocked, long delays due to accident at J28 Bucking Way Road (Cambridge Services / Boxworth), congestion to J24 A1198 / B1044 Cambridge Road (Godmanchester).
All lanes re-opened and traffic easing, accident cleared on A14 Westbound at J33 A10 / A1309 Milton Road (Milton Interchange).
City MP Daniel Zeichner joined bookworms from across the city who are up in arms about Cambridgeshire County Council’s plan to slash spending on library books.
An Armistice Day scene from today taken by @camdiary at Murray Edwards College.
One lane is blocked and there is queuing traffic on the A14 westbound in Cambridge at J33 for the A10 Milton Interchange because of an accident.
We will update you when we know more..
Cambridgeshire fell silent today as the nation remembered the fallen on Armistice Day.
Here’s our pictures from services in the county.
This is one from the American Military Cemetery at Madingley.
Should the Trump be taken out of Trumpington after Donald wins US election?
Which Cambridgeshire village has the name Trump in its name?!
Councillor Nick Avery in Donald Trump’s namesake Cambridgeshire village wants to distance it from the controversial new President-elect.
A428 Westbound is partially blocked and queueing traffic due to broken down lorry between A1198 (Caxton Gibbet roundabout) and Cambridge Road (Eltisley village).
A teenage boy has been left with a fractured skull and another boy also injured in an “unprovoked attack” in Royston.
The boys were taken to Addenbrooke’s following the assault.
A man had bleach squirted in his face in Cambridge - they are now appealing for witnesses.
Urgent track repairs are under way between Roydon and Broxbourne, blocking the line towards Liverpool Street, says Greater Anglia.
A shuttle train service is running between Cambridge and Bishop’s Stortford and Broxbourne and Liverpool Street.
A1065 in both directions closed due to bridge maintenance work between A11 (Fiveways Roundabout, Barton Mills) and B1112 (Eriswell).
Until today, there is a diversion along the A1101 and B1112 via Icklingham.
There is still queueing traffic due to earlier accident on A11 Southbound between A1101 / A1065 (Fiveways, Barton Mills) and B1085 (Red Lodge), congestion on A11 London Road to B1106 (Elveden).
Sadly a woman died in the crash.
Good afternoon from the Cambridge News!
We’re back live this afternoon bringing you all the latest updates from around the Cambridge area.
Please send us a tweet on Twitter@CambridgeNewsUK or write a post on our Facebook page.
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where C(z) is the tip-surface capacitance dependent on tip geometry, surface topography and tip-surface separation z. In contact EFM the influence of the first harmonic of Fcap(z) on the cantilever oscillation is registered.
Contact EFM can be applied to semiconductor structures. The current flow through the contact area may decrease those forces, but it is extremely small, since there are usually thick (a few nanometers) oxide layers on the tip and sample surface.
As an example data of GaAlAs geterostructures measuring are given.
Rev. Sci. Instr. 70, 1735 (1999).
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Using a versatile 2-in-1 design the Presse portable coffee maker lets you brew and enjoy your favorite coffee even when you’re outdoors. Like the idea? Let’s keep checking.
The Presse by Bobble is a flexible and portable coffee maker that measures 3.6 x 3.6 x 6.2 inches and weighs 12.8 ounces. As we can see from the images, the coffee brewer shows off a low-profile and compact form factor that allows you to easily store it in your bag for a trip or use it in your office. Meanwhile, it’s made from stainless steel for a solid and durable construction.
The portable coffee maker consists of two parts including an outer tumbler and an inner press. All you need to do is just add medium-coarse freshly ground coffee and hot water into the tumbler, after three minutes, push down the in we press, then you can use the tumbler to enjoy your favorite coffee. Moreover, its triple layer insulation keeps your coffee hot for hours.
The Presse portable coffee maker is priced at $23.35 USD. If you’re interested, jump to Amazon for its more details. BTW, don’t miss the portable all-in-one coffee maker and more cool related gadgets by following tags.
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US President Donald Trump lost about 1,00,000 of his 53.4 million followers and former President Barack Obama lost about 4,00,000 as Twitter began removing locked accounts, which are disabled owing to suspicious activity, to sanitise its platform.
Several high-profile users were set to experience a drop in the number of their followers on the microblogging site as Twitter said it would remove locked accounts from follower counts across profiles globally. “We understand this may be hard for some, but we believe accuracy and transparency make Twitter a more trusted service for public conversation,” Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Head, said in a blog post late on 11 July.
Twitter spots such accounts once there is a sudden change in account behaviour, including tweeting a large volume of unsolicited replies or mentions, tweeting misleading links, or if a large number of accounts block the account after mentioning them.
“We sometimes lock an account if we see email and password combinations from other services posted online and believe that information could put the security of an account at risk, so we require accounts to change their passwords for protection,” Gadde mentioned.
“Until we confirm that everything is okay with the account, we lock it, which makes them unable to Tweet or see ads,” he added.
Twitter said your follower counts may continue to change more regularly as part of its ongoing work to proactively identify and challenge problematic accounts. The new announcement came after The Washington Post reported earlier this week that Twitter has been suspending as many as one million questionable accounts per day in recent months and the move will lead to a decline in the numbers of its monthly active users.
Twitter suspended more than 70 million accounts in May and June, and the pace has continued in July. In a tweet, Twitter CFO Ned Segal refuted the report, saying it will not affect the number of Twitter’s users which currently stands at 330 million.
But the confirmation of removal of fake accounts, even if not from the reported metrics, resulted in Twitter’s shares falling nearly nine percent, erasing $3.1 billion in market value earlier this week.
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Adorn your wrist in a mystical celestial bracelet, perfect for the free-spirited soul. Embedded in intricate filigree work are stars and crescent moon motifs. The moon is associated with the strength, power and intuition of the feminine; perhaps a nod to the ever-watchful faces that seem to emerge in this utterly fascinating design.
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Consider this your vacation horoscope.
It's almost halfway through the year and you've only used a few of your vacation days. Instead of spending hours online researching every place under the sun, why not let the stars decide where to go next? We asked Tali Edut of the AstroTwins to share what kind of travel experiences — and specific destinations — each sign of the zodiac would love.
Aries are adventurous sorts who easily get restless, which is why Maui is the perfect destination for you. Hawaii's second largest island has endless hiking trails to explore, miles of beaches for surfing, and plenty of new activities for thrill-seekers. Kite surfing, anyone? Less active Aries revel in experiential travel — so if Burning Man has been on your bucket list go ahead and book that trip.
Taurus is the zodiac's luxury-lover who enjoys the finer things in life, like an afternoon at the spa and high thread-count sheets. Taurus is also an earth sign, so you'll want to head somewhere surrounded by nature. Combine the two and head to Mohonk Mountain House in New York's Catskills Mountains where you can fall fast asleep in a big, comfy bed after indulging in the award-winning wine list at their restaurant.
Mercury, the planet of communication, rules Gemini so it's no wonder you thrive in social environments. Book a flight to an exciting city, like Berlin, where you can try out a new language, chat up the locals, and stay out all night long.
Cancer is the zodiac's homebody and domestic goddess, so on the rare occasion you do leave home you'll want to find somewhere cozy that you can call your own. You're also a water sign so you'll be in your element (literally) somewhere near the ocean. "Cancers love being barefoot in the sand," Edut says, "but they also like their space." A peaceful beach vacation to somewhere like Nantucket, where you can hole up in a shabby chic cottage you rented on AirBnB, is ideal.
Leos are famous for their big personalities and they love celebration and excitement, Edut says. If you're an outgoing Leo, you'll love a party destination like Ibiza where you can dance the night away. Leos are also history-lovers, so if you're not the partying type, consider exploring the ancient castles of Ireland. Embrace your regal tendencies (Leos are the royalty of the zodiac) and stay at Ashford Castle, a five-star hotel that was once home to the Guinness family.
Virgos admire craftsmanship and high-end design, so everything is a research trip for you. You'll find the clean and modern aesthetic of Japan's cities fascinating. You're also a little bit of a health nut and an earth sign, so schedule in a few days to escape the city and enjoy one of the many hot springs found in the countryside.
Libras love to be surrounded by art and culture (and you don't mind a bit of pampering either). Find a high-end hotel with a great spa in a city like Vienna that is full of theaters, museums, and opportunities to indulge in rich food.
For Scorpios, it's all about finding things that no one else has discovered yet and exploring all of the nooks and crannies a destination has to offer. The souks of Morocco will provide hours of exploration for you. And because you don't mind roughing it, consider getting off the beaten path and staying a few nights at a traditional Berber desert camp in the Sahara.
As the zodiac's traveler, you are prone to restlessness and always looking for your next big adventure. While you'd be happy hopping into an airstream trailer and doing a cross-country trek, you also love international travel, especially anywhere that has a spiritual feel to it like Angkor Wat in Cambodia or the temples of Bagan in Myanmar.
Capricorn is the zodiac's most goal-oriented sign. You push yourself to the edge and are ready to accept any kind of challenge. You're also an earth sign, so get out into nature and sign up for that bike tour across Tuscany, or go on that mountain climbing expedition in Patagonia you've been daydreaming about for years.
Those born under the sign of Aquarius tend to be free spirits who love being surrounded by people. You'd fit right in in a city on the water with an international feel and friendly locals. Sydney, Australia fits that description to a tee.
As the zodiac's fish, Pisces always want lots of room to roam. You'll find a beach destination, like Tulum, truly restorative. Here you can escape reality by checking in to a yoga retreat and enjoying all of the beautiful sites this Mexican coastal town has to offer.
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Liberals are trying every tool at their disposal this year to go after guns. They have failed on Capitol Hill to restrict the Second Amendment, so they are moving through the states to enact their agenda.
The latest maneuver is to hike the tax on guns and ammunition to dissuade the law-abiding from buying firearms. It’s the perfect storm of liberalism — more revenue for a bigger government and fewer people keeping and bearing arms.
President Obama’s hometown of Chicago started the movement late last year by enacting a $25 tax on new firearm purchases, which went into effect on April 1. Cook County stopped just short of adding a levy on ammunition.
In February, Rep. Linda T. Sanchez, California Democrat, and 26 of the most uber-liberals in the House introduced a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to create an excise tax of 10 percent on any concealable gun in order to empower Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to establish a firearms buy-back grant program.
Since the Newtown, Conn., school-shootings tragedy, anti-gun states across the nation have introduced similar measures.
A new bill in the House would prevent this infringement on the Second Amendment. Rep. Sam Graves introduced legislation on June 13 that would make it illegal for states and municipalities to raise taxes or fees on firearms and ammunition. The Missouri Republican’s proposal would also prevent raising taxes in order to pay for background checks. “The Constitution says ‘shall not infringe,’ ” Mr. Graves told me in an interview Thursday.
“When you place this outrageous tax on the sale of ammunition and firearms, it’s intended to curtail those rights.” Congress has authority to do this under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution to regulate interstate commerce, which these taxes suppress.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which represents the manufacturers, and the National Rifle Association both endorsed the Graves bill, which will go through the House Judiciary Committee.
Massachusetts is considering a 25 percent excise tax on all firearms, ammunition and parts as part of its overall gun-control agenda. The Nevada Assembly is moving on a bill to impose a $25 tax on each gun and 2 cents for each round of ammunition sold by a dealer.
Connecticut legislators proposed this year a 50-cent sales tax on ammunition. Washington state is considering a proposal to tax every firearm sold at retail at $25 (lowered to $15 if the buyer springs for a gun safe or gun lock) and 1 cent on each round of ammunition.
The states with the most radical proposals are Maryland and Connecticut, both of which are proposing raising taxes on ammunition by 50 percent. Alcohol, which is not guaranteed by the Constitution but leads to more deaths than firearms, is the only other item in the Free State that is taxed higher than the 6 percent sales tax, but it is only 9 percent.
These costly measures disproportionately affect lower-income people, who often live in higher-crime areas. Along with other costly mandates, such as maintaining liability insurance, these restrictions would likely be overturned as unconstitutional by the courts.
Meanwhile, Mr. Graves correctly points out that the gun grabbers’ efforts have backfired so far. “The Obama administration has tried to capitalize on some unfortunate instances to try to slow down the sale of firearms and ammo.
The irony is that the pressure to outlaw or control the sale of firearms, it just accelerates sales. It’s like pouring gas on a fire.” The number of FBI background checks were up 27 percent in March, leading to the Senate vote the next month on Mr. Obama’s gun-control agenda. The national instant criminal-background checks were up 20 percent in April.
Liberals love to raise taxes to push their social agenda, whether to push us out of our cars, stop us from smoking, force us to eat low-fat foods or curtail our drinking of alcohol.
In their worldview, individuals are not capable of being responsible for their own health and well-being, so they need the nanny state to enforce proper behavior via their pocketbooks. However, unlike cigarettes and martinis, guns are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
The House should pass the Graves bill quickly to show the states that their gun-grabbing scam will misfire.
Emily Miller is a senior editor of opinion for The Washington Times.
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A method is wait-free if it guarantees that every call finishes its execution in a finite number of steps (i. e. even if one thread is stuck on execution, other threads don't wait while it completes).
Can the hardware fetch&add instruction guarantee wait-free execution?
Is the following object wait-free?
How to check what progress guarantee a concurrent program follows?
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Give the gift of local goodness! Represent your favorite market with some of our all new apparel! Gift Certificates can be redeemed towards any of our three markets; Madrona, Wallingford and Ballard Farmers Market!
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You get to fight at your command pilot of the tank and of course himself a tank, it will be armed with a good gun that you can use against infantry and tanks, the weak, and as you have on board will be a series of missiles that will help you cope with very well protected enemy! You will have to wait for the mission in which you'll have to sometimes protrudes from the tank itself, and then you'll very vulnerable, but without this in any way because that would activate the bridge you will have to pass on the narrow bridge and then you get to the back of the tank and be able to move on! . Play the game Tank Destroyer 2 online.
To insert the game Tank Destroyer 2 on your website, copy the code and paste in the html code of your site. Also, if you like the game Tank Destroyer 2 , copy and send the link to a friend or all your friends, share the game with the world!
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I took a cruise on a luxury liner.
He hit a liner to the first baseman.
We had to replace the swimming pool liner.
The thermos has an aluminum liner.
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Dealer Disclosure: Vehicle prices listed are plus tax, tag and title. Dealer also charges a pre-delivery service fee in the amount of $999.95, which charge represents cost and profit to the dealer for items such as cleaning, inspecting and adjusting new and used vehicles and preparing documents related to the sale, or lease. Special advertised offers reflect specific vehicle stock numbers listed in the supporting information for each offer and are available for well-qualified consumers with approved credit, may require financing or leasing through a particular financial services vendor, are for a limited time and subject to change without notice. Some special advertised offers are independent of each other and may not be combined with any other offers, or specials. All vehicles are subject to prior sale. Ferman is not responsible for internet malfunctions affecting prices/offers, or typographical errors associated with online prices/offers. Vehicle art depicted is solely for the purpose of advertising and may not be representative of actual vehicle(s) in stock. Please see dealer for complete details.
Hi, I'm interested in your Used 2013 MAZDA MAZDA5 Sport listed on Autotrader for $6,988. I'd like to get more information about this vehicle and confirm its availability.
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Hello! I am LaLa, founder of MJJ Invincible. I am 21 years old, and I have adored Michael since I was itty bitty. My love for him will never fade. I love this site and the colors so much! I can't wait to see it grow, and I am here for help if needed!
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S. Miami, FL, Live Yes! Connect Meeting "Arthritis Care for the 21st Century"
Dr Joseph J LaConti, Rheumatologist at the Center for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, will share an educational presentation with our group to help each participant gain greater understanding of arthritis and how to find the optimum treatments to become a Champion of YES! .
Please RSVP so we can plan for seating. Volunteers are always welcome and appreciated. Let us know if you can help with any of the many ways to make our meeting smooth. (greeting, set up, refreshment, hostess, calls, media, language liaison ). Our new ASN format allows you to self serve and register and also un register if you find a conflict at the last minute. If you know you have a conflict, also let us know so we won't call you this month. Check for updates on upcoming events.
We have a Great Meeting spot, Victor E Clark Education Center.
Suggested Parking is to circle around the west side of the hospital and park in the EITHER the employee garage or the far side of the building or the overflow lot adjacent to the building The the hospital requests that we use the main lobby door across from the employee lot for this year. It is a short walk down the hall to our room..
Family and Friends (adult) are Welcome!
Meetings will be postponed if we are under hurricane watch or urban flood warning.
Please help us and let your friends, colleagues and followers know about our page: S. Miami, FL, Live Yes! Connect Meeting "Arthritis Care for the 21st Century"
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In the case of promoting consumer products, like tools, books, toys and household items, the biggest affiliate network, by far, is Amazon. Amazon Associates affiliate program lets you promote any item that is sold on their platform. Amazon Associates is Amazon’s affiliate marketing program that allows website owners and bloggers to create links and earn referral fees when customers click through and buy products from Amazon. It’s completely free to join and easy to use.
Return on Investment. I can be calculated via the same method as ROAS, but in the interest of diversity, I'll show you an alternate option to calculate it. To calculate the ROI on a campaign, you can take the gross profit from running the campaign minus the cost of running the campaign and divide it by the cost of running the campaign and times it by 100 to get a percentage that the investment returned. Example – if you spent $200 to run a campaign and you made a gross profit of $600, you would take $600 (gross profit) – $200 (campaign cost) to get $400 and then divide $400 by $200 (campaign cost) to get 2 and multiply that by 100 to find a 200% ROI for the campaign.
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Please note: registration is required for this event.
Please join The Nonprofit Partnership and The Erie Community Foundation's Community Impact Team on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM for a new workshop opportunity, "Grant [RIGHT]ing: Strategies for Success with The Erie Community Foundation."
Short on time? Interested and prepared to move forward with a grant proposal with The Erie Community Foundation? We have the opportunity for you! Claim a Pre-Application meeting today! These meetings will be 20 minutes in length and will take place post-workshop. Registration is required.
Please click the link below for further details and for registration!
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The SEAC in Hagen Center will be open for public access during the hours posted by Information Center Staff. All events and public access are limited to the posted hours, which vary seasonally.
Early setup must be cleared with the Information Center Supervisor or Tech Center Manager at least 30 days prior to the event.
Early setup must start no more than one hour before open building hours.
A Concordia staff member (not a student, student worker, or outside party) must be present at all times to supervise the setup activity.
The Public Safety officer on duty must be notified when early setup begins so he/she can be available to respond to emergencies if needed.
All doors shall remain locked during early setup. Under no circumstances should doors be propped open to allow others in. If required, the responsible group must provide a person to act as a door monitor for this purpose.
All events must end sufficiently early to allow the building to be cleared by closing time.
Violation of this policy may affect the sponsoring groups’ ability to use the SEAC for future events.
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Do you talk on our voice communication? Not really, is this important?
This thread has been closed. Thank you for applying for Guide. Within the next several days, you will be contacted regarding the decision of the Guides. The decision making process may take some time so please have patience with the Guides while we come to a satisfactory decision.
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An Early/Middle College Program, which offers the opportunity for students to earn certificates and associate degrees while still in high school, is also an option.
GHS students have a wonderful opportunity in hands-on exploration and training for 14 different careers at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Tech Center (WMCTC).
Our students enrolled at the WMCTC will also take two GHS classes as well as one online course each trimester.
If you have any questions regarding enrollment in the Wexford-Missaukee CTC programs, please contact our counselors (344-3512) or our assistant principal (344-3502).
Click on the link below to view the programs offered.
CTC vocational classes meet every day from 7:45 a.m. to 12:19 p.m. Students return to GHS in time to attend their 4th and 5th hour classes. They also take an online course.
The CASD provides bus transportation for all students enrolled in the program. Students must ride the district-provided transportation, and they are required to turn in the permission slip found at the end of the curriculum guide.
Students must attend class regularly. Absences are reported to the GHS Office.
All students applying to the vocational programs must have earned at least 12 credits toward graduation. Acceptance into these programs is determined by a screening placement committee. One and one half (1-1/2) credits may be earned each trimester in these programs.
All students attending vocational classes at WMCTC should remember that they are receiving valuable training at no cost to them and that they are representing Grayling High School.
Please contact our counselors (989-344-3512) if you have any questions or to find out if additional programs are offered.
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An average person eats around 35 tons of food in a lifetime.
Throughout each continent and each country across the globe, eating is a different custom, a different routine and determined by certain factors: economic circumstances, cultural norms, and religious restrictions.
Start looking into the variety of culture traditions when it comes to eating and every day meals. You'll be surprised at how little you actually knew!
Another great way to experience new types of food in your own home (beside ordering in) is cooking it yourself. However, throwing a few condiments together isn't going to magically create that perfect dish.
Join a cooking class and start learning straight from the best. Take a few friends or family with you and begin your journey to perfect cuisine together!
Another great way to experience amazing cuisine is through events that are available throughout the year. Just like a fancy wine tasting, there are also food tastings where you can try new food at food festivals that you may not even know is edible.
You can also travel across the UK for these events and please your travel and food fetish at the same time.
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The relative value of assorted drivers of financial progress and prosperity has advanced through the years and for more and more nations, innovation, in its many dimensions, is rising as a number one issue. The 'Innovation for improvement file' offers a accomplished examine the function of innovation in improving the improvement process.
A leap forward isn't just an insignificant chance; it's a attitude that unleashes unlimited possibilities! This booklet was once designed that will help you find a a part of your self that you simply haven’t met but. there's a you that you simply lengthy to be yet haven't begun to develop into. In leap forward, Cory presents a roadmap that you can leap forward the boundaries that prevent you from reaching larger dimensions of greatness on your existence.
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So you want to host an event at your house.
And people are coming over next week. A million things start going through your head: Do I need to feed them? I need to clean the house! How do I entertain them? Don’t freak out, this should be exciting! If you prepare yourself well, you’re sure to not only have a good time, but your guests will too!
It starts before the guests arrive. Put on some on some easy listening music in the background and light some candles. The atmosphere is not only about getting the house ready, but it’s about the feel of the room when they walk in. They should feel like you were expecting them and excited for them to come over. Of course you should make the house tidy, but focus on making it comfortable. This sets the tone for the evening. Ask yourself, how would I want to be treated as a guest? When you go over to someone’s house, what makes you feel comfortable and special?
Quick tip: If you have a pet, make sure to clean up their fur and vacuum. No one likes to sit down in their cute dress and get back up covered in fur!
Always try to greet your guests at the door. When they first come in the door, say something like, “So glad you’re here.” And thank them for coming. Ask them a question about their day, this allows them to immediately feel special and shows them you care. You invited them over because you want them to be there. Allow them to feel that way with your actions. As soon as someone comes in, show her where she can set her purse and if she has one, take her coat and hang it up.
Quick tip: Make sure to have a meet and greet time before starting the main event. This allows for women to know each other first and get comfortable with sharing and opening up.
Next, ask if they would like something to drink. Which leads to my next pointer: Have beverage options. Everyone has a different beverage of choice. Not everyone drinks coffee. (We won’t judge you if you don’t) Make sure to have a variety of options available such as: coffee, tea, wine, water, etc. Float around and try to get drinks for people. Let them know what you have regarding beverage and snack options and make sure to tell them to feel free to help themselves at anytime.
If you can, provide snacks for girls to munch one while they are chatting. Make sure to include something sweet and something savory. Mostly quick grab snacks that are easy and don’t necessarily require silverware and plates.
Keep things light & don’t ask personal questions, unless the situation calls for it. And usually, the initial meet and greet, is not the time. You want everyone to be able to contribute to the conversation so try to not bring up things that the others have nothing to say about.
Now you have to be a bit of a multi-tasker here. Remember: greet people but try not to spend too long talking to one person if another gal shows up. You want everyone to feel included in the conversation. If some people do not know each other, make sure to introduce them! Start it off by telling them how they know each other.
Don’t leave your guests to wonder, “Where do I sit?” Make sure to show them if it is not clearly visible. After everyone has met and grabbed their drinks and snacks, direct them to the main area where everyone will be. Explain what you will be doing and take this opportunity to open up and share why you have invited everyone there and your purpose for the gathering.
Your goal is for your guests to relax, try to not start cleaning until after they have left. When you clean up in front of the guest, they feel obligated to either start helping, or offer to help. If you say something like, “No, no sit down and relax.” This can tend to make them feel awkward sitting there while you clean. Don’t worry about the clean up and let the clean up worry about itself. In other words, it’s okay to leave it for tomorrow!
When you are relaxed and enjoying yourself, the others around you will follow suite and relax as well. One of the best things you can do is don’t put to much pressure on yourself and have fun! This will put everyone in your home at ease.
Hosting does come with it’s set of challenges and nerves! I hope these tips help you feel more confident the next time you host! Which tip do you think was the most helpful to you and which one will you try next time? Let us know in the comments below!
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The Spalding ® BE TF500 Basketball is designed for high caliber competitive Indoor/Outdoor play.
Designed for high caliber competitive Indoor/Outdoor play.
This ball is only available in the UK.
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Just 30 years after the country’s birth, Congress funds the national road in 1806. Construction began in 1811 in Cumberland, Maryland. The first interstate highway nearly reached its destination of St. Louis, Missouri before funds ran out and the road ended in Vandalia, Illinois.
Major bridge projects, such as the Ead’s Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri used steel members as the primary reinforcing material for the first time.
The first galvanizing plants were opened in the U.S., to help protect steel from corrosion.
The Alvord Lake Bridge in San Francisco, California is the first metal reinforced concrete bridge. It still stands today.
Baltimore, Maryland is where the first load of ready mix concrete was delivered, forever changing how job sites received and placed concrete.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike is recognized as the first superhighway — 160 miles without traffic lights, intersections, steep hills or curves.
Precast panel wall systems first introduced to the US with steel strip technology.
To reduce the time of construction, contractors began using stay-in-place metal forms between the bridge beams to build the concrete decks. The forms were left in place, unlike wood forms which were removed, in order to open the bridge to traffic faster and increase safety. Epoxy coated reinforcing steel was introduced to protect steel from corrosion within reinforced concrete structures.
Advancements in materials and precast plant capabilities allow for products like large diameter pipes, box culverts, arch-box bridges, bridge decks and retaining wall systems to be delivered to the site, improving quality and safety and increasing the speed of construction.
Infrastructure owners focus on innovation in accelerated construction methods, time-based construction incentives and maintaining quality as they seek to efficiently update aging transportation infrastructure in the U.S.
SINEstrip MSE soil reinforcements are introduced with a unique shape delivering superior pull-out resistance and an improved corrosion profile. The SINEstrip represents a significant step forward in MSE panels for the first time since panel introduction in the 1970s, changing the way highways are built by enabling faster construction in more backfill conditions compared to earlier generation MSE systems.
TrueTech Bridge delivers innovation in bridge construction that relies on current efficiencies in deck placement speed while improving inspection capabilities for longer lasting, more compliant structures.
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Want it on Friday, 19th April? Place your order within 1 hrs 56 mins and select Nominated Delivery at the checkout.
This medium sized soft foam football is the perfect choice for those outdoor days!
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The government’s Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is aimed at making sure the housing market doesn’t take another turn for the worse and cause the economic recovery to unravel.
This insurance policy taken out by the Treasury Department will help keep mortgage rates low, and may wind up being a gift of sorts to struggling homeowners and banks. But there’s a catch: The housing crisis is now likely to cost taxpayers much more.
The Obama administration’s latest lifeline to Fannie and Freddie will cover unlimited losses through 2012, lifting an earlier cap of $400 billion. It also eases restrictions on the size of the companies’ investment portfolios. That’s a reversal of the George W. Bush administration’s September 2008 plan to shrink the size of the companies’ holdings of mortgage-backed securities.
The action, which didn’t need the approval of Congress, could position Fannie and Freddie to get more aggressive in dealing with the housing crisis, perhaps taking troubled mortgage investments off banks’ books.
“They’ve cleared the decks to use Fannie and Freddie as a vessel for whatever they want,” said Edward Pinto, a housing consultant who served as Fannie’s chief credit officer in the late 1980s.
Treasury could also lean harder on Fannie and Freddie to help troubled homeowners avoid foreclosures - and by extension the banks and other investors who own their mortgages. Many economists and housing experts say an existing $75 billion government program to prevent foreclosures isn’t working fast enough, threatening the emerging signs of home price stability in many cities across the nation.
That’s good news for the banking industry, which has benefited this year from homeowners refinancing their mortgages, said Jason O’Donnell, senior research analyst at Boenning & Scattergood Inc. “This is an initiative that spreads far beyond just Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” he says.
If the administration does lean on Fannie and Freddie to expand its foreclosure-prevention program, it would be pricey. If Fannie and Freddie were, hypothetically, to start forgiving a quarter of borrowers’ mortgage debt, that would cost another $125 billion to help about 2.5 million to 3 million borrowers, said Barclays analyst Ajay Rajadhyaksha.
“These measures bring broad benefits to American homeowners and our economy,” Treasury spokesman Andrew Williams said.
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Venue: Stephenson Harwood LLP, 1 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7SH.
The national rail network is essential to many people’s daily lives, and to the success of the UK economy. 1.7 billion passengers travelled by rail in this country last year, commuting to work and study, visiting friends and family, and accessing public services and leisure opportunities. The railway also carries essential products and commodities, supporting our manufacturing, construction and energy sectors, and ensuring that shop shelves remain stocked all year round. Demand for rail has doubled since the mid-1990s and is projected to increase by another 15% by 2024.
The speakers from the Department for Transport will speak on travel behaviour and the Government’s Strategic Vision for Rail to use data more intelligently, and increasing collaboration between the rail industry and the tech sector. David Berry from Stephenson Harwood will speak on the legal challenges which may impact on the sharing of such rail data.
Afterwards there will be a panel discussion to exchange ideas and how Government and the tech sector can work together to improve the quality and openness of rail data and to increase collaboration between the rail and tech sectors, for the benefit of passengers, the railway, and the UK economy.
The cost of attendance at this meeting is £35 + VAT (£42) for SCL members and non-members alike.
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Little went right at last year’s Laneway in Brisbane. Heavy rain in the days leading up to the festival and on the day itself resulted in the main stage being moved inside one of the tin-roofed cattlesheds, the sound was awful at every stage, even the outdoor Car Park stage, and thanks to technical issues, the headlining M83 started 50 minutes later than they should have, anyone waiting to see them missing out on seeing any of the other headliners.
With no weather issues this year, the outdoor stage made a return to the far end of Alexandria Terrace and the Future Classic stage was set up in the same building as had been used last year’s wet weather, but in the smaller entrance space rather than the massive main room. The Car Park stage and The Zoo stages remained where they had been, but the large shed housing the Zoo stage was divided in two by a large curtain, with the market stalls and bar area now physically separated from the stage area. Given the decrease in standing area at the stage, a number of banks of seats were arranged at the sides and the back of the Zoo Stage, creating something akin to a mini DIY amphitheatre. Similarly, the side of the Car park stage was given over to a VIP area, with another raised bank of seats so that anyone deemed important enough could watch the bands without the need to mix with the general hoi polloi.
Although I heard the usual horror stories regarding the crowd, I didn’t experience any. It was noticeable that out of all the recent festivals, Laneway is the one with the highest proportion of female punters. It was also the festival with the highest number of female musicians playing that I can remember., something really good to see after the recent sausage fest that was Big Day Out and with Soundwave coming up in a few weeks. Thinking about the acts that played at Laneway this year, a number of them mine similar territory, with a definite slant on electronica. In considering this, does it mean that the greatest punk instrument, the great leveller that really does mean that ‘anyone can do it’ is the humble laptop.
Although Laneway had the weather on its side this year (despite someone in my office lift on Monday morning telling her colleague that she wasn’t impressed with the festival as it was too hot and the drinks were warm) it really felt like they had raised their game after last year. The layout was better (although for some acts, e.g. Alpine, The Zoo stage area was too small), the sound was so much better than last year on every stage, even the inside stages and the organisation seemed a lot better. It was just a really enjoyable day.
One of the best parts about photographing Laneway is that you can get around the site fairly easily for most of the day and the staggering of the start times at the different stages means you can actually see a fair chunk of a lot of the bands playing. With most bands only playing sets lasting around the 45 minutes mark, you can get to relax after photographing and check out the majority of the rest of their time on stage. It’s a lot different to a lot of the big festivals where you spend the day running around between stages located at different ends of large festival site and end up seeing little more than the first three of most acts during the day.
Having said that, I was surprised to find that according to my GPS tracker I covered almost 16km over the course of the day, especially as last year’s data reported less than 7km. I did forget to turn the tracker off until I got to The Jubilee on the way home but I had forgotten to turn it on until I had completed a circuit of the festival site earlier in the day.
It’s a shame/annoyance that thanks to my phone battery dying half way through the day at the recent other festivals I’ve photographed at (Parklife, Harvest, Big Day Out), I haven’t been able to get decent sets of GPS data to make some comparisons between the different festivals. Given the size of those bigger festivals, and the distance between stages, you would expect a lot longer distance to have been covered over the day, although the data I did get at this year’s Laneway didn’t really point to this. For Laneway I kept my phone battery topped up by recharging it from my laptop and this might be the best way of making sure my mobile lasts the whole day in the future.
Highlights from this year’s Laneway were Japandroids (I’m just a sucker for Springsteen-esque Americana), Bat For Lashes (simply divine) and Pond (so much better than Tame Impala).
Notable lowlights were The Rubens, who I wanted to give a chance to and watched for almost their full set but were so boring and so far out of their depth they came across like a high school band who had won the competition to open a local festival. It was embarrassing.
Photos from the day and more thoughts coming soon.
This entry was posted on Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 2:09 pm. It is filed under Music Photography and tagged with Brisbane, Festival, Laneway 2013, Laneway2013, RNA Showgrounds. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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Guitarist/composer spannning the traditional Latin American genres to the more sophisticated fusion Latin-Jazz idioms.
The Ciro Hurtado Group is a seven-member ensemble, performing Latin American folk jazz and world music. The group is headed by the renowned Peruvian guitarist and Latin Grammy nominee Ciro Hurtado and showcases the rhythms and instrumentation from several Latin American countries. At the heart and soul of their performances is Ciro’s guitar work, characterized as passionate, melodic, global and transformative. Original works written by Ciro evoke motifs, landscapes and exciting elements of South American styles and rhythms. Ciro also performs solo guitar, which he combines with storytelling about Peruvian culture and folklore.
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Good morning all. I'm not particularly mechanically minded so please excuse what is probably a daft question!! Does the above sensor work/fail or is there some middle ground where it could malfunction giving false readings? Some background. Sea trialled my new to me boat about three months ago. Oil pressure was 30psi hot idle, 60psi wot. This seems to be the norm from what I've read elsewhere. No smoke of any colour, hours unknown but a 1998 boat. Not used until last Friday as waiting to obtain Cyprus boat license. Did a couple of hours with an instructor practicing stern to mooring and had boat lifted, antifouled and engine serviced during that three month period. Took it out for a couple of hours last Friday and oil pressure had halved, showing 15/30psi. No smoke, no alarm, engine temp normal 80/85c. Engineer is prophasising doom, engine rebuild etc. I was a bit shocked and didn't really take it all in. Now had time to think about it and want to go back to him with some ideas. Would it be sensible to change sensor, check connections on gauge, pressure test etc before arriving at his conclusion? Sorry for the long winded post but I am worried I could end up with a huge bill for work that may not be necessary.
Did you have the engines surveyed by an engineer when you did your sea trial? If you did then it's an awfully short period of time for one to have to be rebuilt.
I would have thought the engineer you're now chatting too would have recommended a sensor change as a matter of course.
However, do you know if it has it got the correct Volvo oil and filter? If not then change the oil and filter straight away for the recommended parts, I know these engines are sensitive to oil if its the wrong make or type.
Then change the sensor and check the oil cooler it may have a blockage so will need a clean.
Not really sure after that.
Thanks for your reply. I had a (different) engineer with me for the sea trial who was satisfied with the various readings and his visual look at the engine both on the pontoon and at sea. I have checked the invoice for the service etc and oil and filter were Volvo. I will go back to him and have the sensor replaced and check connections on the gauge. Whilst he's at it he can check the oil cooler as well.
I'll post the outcome when the above has been completed.
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Published: Feb. 15, 2013 at 11:38 a.m.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2013 at 10:01 a.m.
The Green Bay Packers have released Charles Woodson, the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
Take a look back at the career of Charles Woodson.
"We are grateful for all that Charles has given to the Green Bay Packers over the past seven years," Packers general manager Ted Thompson said in a statement. "He has been an integral part of the Packers' success, and our Super Bowl title in 2010 would not have been possible without his contributions.
"A once-in-a-generation talent as a player, he is also a great leader and ambassador for the organization off the field. Charles will always be a member of the Packers family and we look forward to his eventual induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. We wish him and his family all the best."
Woodson was due $9 million in 2013 and would count $10 million against the cap.
"It's part of the business," agent Carl Poston told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport before the Packers made the release official. "I just talked to (Woodson). He sounds like he has a lot of football left. He'd like to go play for a contender, win another Super Bowl."
Woodson moved to safety last season as his cover skills declined. The Packers went with the cornerback trio of Tramon Williams, Sam Shields and rookie Casey Hayward. They have young talent in safeties Morgan Burnett, M.D. Jennings and Jerron McMillian.
It will be interesting to see where Woodson lands. He's 36 years old and not the same playmaker he once was. But Woodson brings a strong presence to the locker room and is an upgrade from over plenty of corners in the league.
He can cover on the inside, matches up well with athletic tight ends and is still disruptive around the line of scrimmage. His intelligence enables him to be a coach on the field and makes up for some physical limitations. Woodson always was a risk-taker, but that started to become a problem as he lost a step.
You have to take the good with the bad when it comes to Woodson at this point of his career.
There will be teams that want Woodson on the roster. He could be the missing veteran piece for an organization ready for a championship run.
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In addition to cutting former Pro Bowl kicker Billy Cundiff today, the Ravens also released tight end Davon Drew and seven other players.
Drew, a former fifth-round draft pick, had lost ground as the third tight end to former St. Louis Rams starter Billy Bajema.
A former East Carolina player, Drew was selected by Baltimore three years ago. The 6-foot-4, 263-pounder has yet to catch an NFL pass during the regular season.
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The best supplements for erectile dysfunction is a common interest of male customers - and often their wives and girlfriends as well.
Men frequently ask me my opinion about this or that well-advertised ED supplement they have read about.
Product promises include boosting your low testosterone, peak nitric oxide production and more. Increasing sophistication of readers like you demands language and claims that sound scientific.
For your information, a clinical trial is nothing more than someone, or a group of people, using a product, food, therapy. The person, or people, may or may not have been selected for any particular traits, habits or health concerns, etc. 'Ten clinical trials' can equal ten people trying out the product!
You are performing your own clinical trial whenever you try a new product in your search for the best supplements for erectile dysfunction, or for any other purpose!
When you take a product or change your diet to see what benefits you may notice, you are conducting your own clinical trial.
To do your own clinical trial certainly can be a valid way to find out what works best for you as an individual. (It is your responsibility to check with your doctor, especially if you have any diagnosed health conditions and/or are already taking any medications).
Though evaluating which are the best supplements for erectile dysfunction might seem a really obvious task, there are a few factors to consider.
One, the placebo effect is a very real factor - for ANY supplement or therapy. It has been documented on many occasions. The placebo effect happens when optimism in anticipation of a desired outcome has a beneficial effect on one's emotions and metabolism. Placebo effect alone can alter the physiology enough that sexual functioning could even temporarily improve.
ALSO: You may not know this, but testimonials to product effectiveness on popular forums MAY be from people hired by the company to put them there!
Add to this the effect of some ingredients in products marketed for this purpose. For example, yohimbine, an herbal compound, can raise blood pressure enough to increase penile blood flow. But 'forcing the issue' in such ways can have undesirable side effects. Many a man has had a night of passion derailed when a compound like yohimbine gave him a crushing headache, dizziness or other such symptoms.
The Best Supplements for Erectile Dysfunction Do NOT Contain Sidenafil or Related Compounds!
Therefore, while forums can provide some valuable information on people's experiences, rave reviews of shady products may only reflect the fact that they contain hidden drugs.
Often these products are made in foreign countries and marketed as though developed in the United States or Europe.
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War Is Boring published an earlier version of this story on Dec 15, 2014.
In 1981, an American writer sneaked into Afghanistan following a dream. He survived — barely — and wrote a play that eventually became a movie. The Beast, which debuted in 1988, is about a Soviet tank crew that finds itself all alone in hostile Afghanistan.
It’s a masterpiece — one inspired by a terrible, terrible war.
The Soviet Union invaded landlocked Afghanistan in 1979. The campaign would last eight years and kill nearly 15,000 Russians … and more than 80,000 Afghans.
At the time of the invasion, New Jersey native William Mastrosimone was 34 years old and a playwright. He had graduated from Rutgers University a few years before. He didn’t know much about Afghanistan.
In 1980, a New York City theater staged his first play. The Woolgatherer is a dark comedy about two desperate people searching for love in South Philadelphia. Critics and audiences loved it.
“It was the first time I made a living as a writer,” Mastrosimone tells War Is Boring.
One day during rehearsal, Mastrosimone grew restless. “I got to walking around and reading The New York Times,” he says. He noticed a picture of an Afghan tribal leader and read the accompanying interview.
The obsession affected his sleep. “When I’m really hooked on something — on an idea or a script or a story — I dream about it,” he says.
One night, he awoke from a dream and scribbled a drawing on the back of a yellow legal pad.
One problem, Mastrosimone had no idea how to get there.
“I went to this restaurant called the Khyber Pass,” Mastrosimone recalls. The Lower East Side restaurant serves traditional Afghan food. It’s still there.
The waiter told Mastrosimone to call a travel agent. In other words, he blew him off.
He didn’t give up. He returned to Khyber Pass over and over again until one of the waiters broke down.
The Afghan explained that the staff thought Mastrosimone might belong to the CIA or the KGB. Either way, they didn’t trust him.
To prove his story, he invited two of the waiters to watch his play. They weren’t convinced until they saw a six-foot-tall marquee advertising the play. It was a giant copy of The Woolgatherer’s review in The New York Times.
The two Afghans explained to Mastrosimone that they didn’t feel Afghanistan was getting a fair shake in the media. The Soviets were murdering their people and America didn’t care.
“That was my real ticket to Afghanistan,” the playwright says.
Mastrosimone wanted to know how long he would need to wait in Pakistan. The Afghan told him he didn’t know. He would get there when he got there.
It was an incredible leap of faith. “There were times I really thought the guy made a fool of me,” Mastrosimone says.
But the man rewarded his faith. He met Mastrosimone at the hotel, just as he’d promised, and put the American on a train.
“They wouldn’t even tell me where it was going,” he says. The train stopped in Peshawar and Mastrosimone knew — again — that his contacts hadn’t jerked him around.
Before the group crossed the border, Mastrosimone needed to jump through one more hoop.
Mastrosimone wanted to know why. His contact explained that they needed permission to enter the country.
The warlord was Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Hekmatyar is one of Afghanistan’s most controversial figures. In his youth, the warlord studied engineering at college in Kabul. His university career ended after he murdered a fellow student.
He grew in prestige and power in the years leading up to the Soviet invasion. He was one of the warlords the CIA counted on to supply the mujaheddin with weapons and ammunition during the war.
Hekmatyar spoke halting English. Mastrosimone knew only a few words in Pashto.
“All he wants to talk about is America and politics,” Mastrosimone recalls. “And he liked me. He sent for food.” The two sat and talked for hours before Hekmatyar allowed Mastrosimone to leave.
It wasn’t until the playwright returned to the U.S. that he discovered just how dangerous the warlord really was.
Hekmatyar granted the group his permission to enter Afghanistan and assigned two guards to Mastrosimone. They sneaked across the border with vague plans to connect with some people running arms to Afghan fighters.
For the first time, the reality of the war hit the playwright. “Do I belong here?” He asked himself.
The next morning, Mastrosimone woke up scared yet determined. Then he learned what had happened during the night.
It’s a tactic familiar to American veterans of Afghanistan. After the fighters disabled the Russian vehicles, they rushed the tanks and took 11 prisoners.
Mastrosimone’s handlers knew he was there to write about the war, so they offered him an interview with the Russians. One of the mujaheddin spoke Russian. He’d translate to Pashto then the playwright’s contact would translate to English.
But something bothered Mastrosimone about the interview. “When I’m done with my questions, then what?’” he asked his contact.
Mastrosimone knew he was in trouble.
Some of the Russians realized their only hope lay in the strange Westerner standing in front of them. “They were all really young,” Mastrosimone recalls.
Mastrosimone told his contact that he didn’t want anything to do with the Russians. His handlers were angry. They tried to force him to talk to the Soviets. They chastised him.
“What did you think we were doing here?” one asked.
So began his first day in Afghanistan.
“I was never in the military,” Mastrosimone says.
The group hooked up with a convoy of pack mules and horses loaded down with supplies and other ammunition. Hekmatyar’s guards returned to their warlord. The physical toll of walking through the harsh country began to wear on Mastrosimone.
The group worked their way through the Hindu Kush Mountains. He had trouble keeping up with his contact. “These guys, from birth, go barefoot walking in the mountains,” he says.
They took water and food where they could. One evening, the group drank water from melting mountain ice. The next morning, Mastrosimone couldn’t get up.
Mastrosimone explained that he couldn’t get up. His strength was gone. His contact conferred with the other members of the convoy and returned to the playwright.
Mastrosimone was confronted by what he calls the fatalism of Islam. “I’m looking at the peaks of the mountains covered with snow,” he recalls.
Mastrosimone lay on the ground in the middle of a mountain pass, contemplating his death. “I was absolutely calm because I was so angry at myself,” he says. He says he has a tendency to get in over his head.
On that mountain in 1981, he thought it was the last time he’d have to deal with that problem.
The playwright had no food or water and could barely move. He rolled to an alcove on the side of the mountain. “My first instinct was to get out of the wind,” he explains.
There, he slowly used the last of his strength to wall in the alcove with rocks from the path. His makeshift hovel complete, he passed out.
He woke up later when the sun cut into his eyes. Suddenly, the sun was gone and he saw an eye. A small boy bent down next to him. The boy thought he’d discovered a sleeping Russian and he called for help.
It turns out a small village stood at the top of the mountain.
The boy went and gathered the people of the village and they all came to inspect the sleeping Russian, and probably to kill him.
Luckily, one of the villagers spoke English — and that spared Mastrosimone a grisly death.
The English-speaker was a doctor named Mohammed Mohammed. He was a dual citizen of England and Afghanistan who spent a few months out of the year back in his home village, using the medicine he’d learned in the West to help his people.
He chastised Mastrosimone for drinking the mountain water and told him he had all kinds of things wrong with him.
The doctor told the woman the American could only eat yogurt and drink green tea. He was still a few days away from handling a hearty soup. She promised to make him soup when he felt better.
She made good on that promise. “It was a fantastic soup,” Mastrosimone says. He asked Mohammed what was in it and the doctor didn’t know. There was some kind of meat in it that neither could identify.
“That soup really picked me up,” Mastrosimone says. “It made me feel strong.” A few days later, he felt well enough to explore the village. He found the old woman outside of her hut, sweeping. On a tree next to the hut, a goatskin dried in the sun.
A week into his recovery, Mastrosimone’s contact came back through the mountain. He was happy to see the playwright alive and well.
A lot of people would be furious if their handlers left them half-dead on the side of a mountain. Mastrosimone was not. He laughs as he recalls the reunion.
His contact was on his way to Pakistan, but Mastrosimone was still too weak to travel with him. It was a few more days before the playwright could walk long enough to make the journey back to Peshawar.
Before Mastrosimone left for Afghanistan, he had written a first draft of the play Nanawatai, about a Soviet tank crew and its desperate battle with the mujaheddin. “I wasn’t sure if I’d ever come back,” he explains.
When he got home, he knew exactly what to do to fix the first draft. He rewrote the play. It played in Norway and Los Angeles. Director Kevin Reynolds contacted him. Reynolds said he could imagine Nanawatai as a film.
Mastrosimone agreed and adapted his stage play into a screenplay. He called it The Beast. Reynolds and Mastrosimone began filming it for Columbia Pictures. Halfway through production, ownership of the studio changed.
The new executives weren’t interested in Mastrosimone’s take on Afghanistan. Sylvester Stallone had approached them with an idea for Rambo III, another film set in Afghanistan that the execs at Columbia thought had a better chance of making money.
Just like that, they buried The Beast. To meet a contractual obligation, Columbia released the movie in two theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. The movie ran a few weeks and withered away.
That’s not the end of the story for The Beast.
Mastrosimone has gone on to have an incredibly successful career. He’s written more plays and screenplays for television and film. He’s won Emmys. But he still thinks about The Beast and Afghanistan.
Thanks to home media and America’s renewed interest in Afghanistan, the film finally is getting its due. There’s no better American movie about Afghanistan. Slowly, steadily, it has become a cult classic.
And in Afghanistan, it’s a smash hit.
Mastrosimone attributes the film’s success to director Kevin Reynolds.
I say that the power of The Beast comes from the writer and his experiences in Afghanistan. Mastrosimone’s deep empathy for both the Afghans and the Russians is evident in every frame.
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Welland B was a motorcycle produced between 1919 and 1920.
1919 This machine was a lightweight two-stroke that utilized the 348cc Broler engine.
1920 Late in the year it was renamed the Spartan and continued in production for a while, under that name.
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Leiden University has long had a special interest in and relationship with China.
Leiden University is actively engaged in exchanges, partnerships, collaborations, knowledge sharing and developing new programmes and methods, both nationally and internationally.
What are the determinants of the willingness to administer rewards for cooperation and punishments for non-cooperation, and how do they influence people’s sanctioning behavior?
This inaugural lecture discusses the question: How to cooperate in the digital era?
Luchtvaart is een mondiale kwesitie. Toch zijn er maar weinig landen die de veiligheid van passagiers echt kunnen garanderen.
Can international organisations be held responsible for violations of international law by peacekeepers in a peacekeeping operation?
In my research, I focus on cooperation, social dilemmas, tacit coordination, uncertainty, sanctions and trust.
The Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Professor Wim van den Doel, recently visited Mexico to sign a number of cooperation agreements with universities and research institutes. These programmes broaden and strengthen the academic ties with Latin America.
There are effective treatments for people with autism, says Wouter Staal, professor of Autism Spectrum Disorders, in his inaugural lecture on 4 May. However, it is not yet clear which treatment is most effective for which individual.
Aviation safety is of global concern. Yet 43% of countries worldwide lack the expertise and administrative capacity to ensure effective safety oversight of the aviation activities for which they are responsible under international law.
Interdisciplinary cooperation between public and private actors is of vital importance for facing contemporary security and global affairs challenges. This was the main conclusion of two conferences hosted by the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of Leiden University from 7-10 November 2016.
The amount of tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors. Your nationality, study programme and previous Dutch higher education qualifications determine the amount of tuition fee you have to pay.
Rector Carel Stolker officially presented the University's Programme for Cooperation with China to stakeholders from the Chinese Embassy, the Dutch government, the private sector, and societal organizations during a China dinner at Leiden University on 11 October.
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of the stranger I once knew as joy.
slowly turns to meet the sun.
in the gray March sky.
in the warmth of first light.
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A surprisingly opaque white-gold with gold shimmer. On me, this is not exactly a shade to wear alone. This is a color I’d layer over a lipstick to lighten or add more shimmer. Looks kind of like shimmery corpse lips on me when worn alone, unfortunately! I love the pearly look of it, though.
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"timestamp": "2019-04-19T15:25:10",
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From Comoros Islands, An Olympian Clears Hurdles On And Off The Track : The Torch A competitor in Rio grew up poor in the islands, leaving home to live on the streets when he was 8. There's not even a running track there. Now he's competing in the 400-meter hurdles.
Maoulida Daroueche of the Comoros will compete Monday in the 400-meter hurdles. Daroueche, 25, had a tough life as a kid in the Comoros, but now resides in France and is competing in his second Olympics.
"Each athlete has his own story," he told me. "So this is my story. Voilà!"
Daroueche is one of just four athletes competing in Rio from the Comoros, a tiny Indian Ocean archipelago off the southeast coast of Africa.
"We are a small country," Daroueche says, "so we need to show [our] best, to give the best part of us, even though we don't have the really, really high level. We need to show the world that we exist also."
Daroueche, 25, will compete Monday in the 400-meter hurdles. His best time in the event wouldn't be fast enough to qualify him for the Olympics, but each sport allows slots for top athletes from small countries.
"Deep down inside me," he says, "no matter what I do, I can't forget where I come from."
This is the second Olympics for Daroueche; he competed in London in 2012 and was eliminated in the first round.
It's a remarkable achievement for anyone, but especially so when you consider the obstacles that once stood in Daroueche's way.
For starters, in the Comoros, there is no track to practice on.
Instead, as a child, he would go outside and run for miles on the beach.
"As a Comorian," he tells me, "the easiest thing is to run long distance, because you don't need equipment. You can just run."
For Daroueche, maybe running provided a way to escape a difficult childhood.
He gets a faraway look when I ask him about his life growing up.
"My childhood?" he replies. "That's a part of my life that I try to forget."
But bit by bit, his story comes out.
Daroueche tells me he doesn't know anything about his father.
"He was never there when I needed him. For me, it's really sad. But," he shrugs, "it doesn't matter."
His mother had eight children, two of whom died young. She was struggling to raise the rest on her own.
Daroueche was the oldest, and he left his home when he was just 8 years old.
"You just learn how to manage on your own," he says.
His main goal each day was to find something to eat and a place to sleep.
"Where I come from," he says, "you really don't need a house to sleep in. So we slept everywhere." He would forage for food in the fields.
His running prowess got him noticed. He won cross-country races in school, and when he was 15, he got a break that would change his life. A gym teacher offered him the chance to go live and study in the south of France: a country that Comorians imagined as El Dorado.
Daroueche took that chance. A French family took him in.
In France, everything was different. He no longer had to scrounge for food. He wasn't hungry all the time.
In school, he started running track, and this young man who had overcome so many obstacles found he excelled at hurdles.
He pushed himself through high school and college "to assure my future," he says, "and so my children don't have the same life that I had."
Still, life as an immigrant in France was hard.
He battled constant visa problems. Everything was expensive. To pay the rent, he found jobs as a deliveryman and a garbage collector. Sometimes, he'd work until 4 in the morning and have to be at school just a few hours later.
With such a punishing schedule, it was hard to find time to train in his sport.
But he persevered. "It builds character," he tells me.
Now, this Comorian who has built a new life in Salon-de-Provence, France, has earned his master's degree in computer science and won a spot in the Olympics.
"That's why I'm really, really happy to be here," he tells me. "Because every time I think about what I have done before to come here — even though I'm not one of those in the hunt for a medal — knowing everything I've gone through, just to be here is already a victory."
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"timestamp": "2019-04-23T01:05:32",
"url": "https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/08/12/489729635/from-comoros-islands-an-olympian-clears-hurdles-on-and-off-the-track",
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