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🇵🇸 13 Pleasant Facts about Palestine
Looking to boost your knowledge of the Middle East? Take a look at these fun facts about Palestine!
1. Where is Palestine?
Palestine is a country of partially recognized state territories, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the Middle East.
2. Palestine has plenty of borders.
The West Bank is bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel to the south, west and north, whilst the Gaza Strip is bordered by Israel to the north and east, Egypt to the southwest, with a coastline along the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
3. Grab the compass!
To visit the West Bank for yourself, you’ll need to follow the coordinates of 32.0000° N, 35.3833° E, whilst to explore the Gaza Strip you’ll need the coordinates of 31.4167° N, 34.3333° E.
4. Land quality varies out here.
The terrain of the West Bank is mostly rugged and dissected upland in the west, with flat plains in the east, whilst the Gaza Strip is a flat-to-rolling sand-covered coastal plain.
5. It’s around the size of an English county.
The total land area of Palestine is 2,401 square miles (6,220 square kilometers)…that’s slightly smaller than Devon, England.
6. However, it’s much more densely populated!
Palestine’s population was 5.052 million in 2020…that’s around six times the population of Devon!
7. What’s the capital of Palestine?
The capital is Ramallah; it covers an area of 6.2 square miles (16 square kilometers) and had a population of 27,092 in 2009.
8. Hot in the summer, mild in the winter!
Palestinians enjoy a temperate climate with warm to hot summers and mild winters.
9. What do people speak in Palestine?
The official languages of Palestine are Arabic and Hebrew.
10. There’s a choice of two different currencies.
Jordanian Dinar and Israeli New Shekel are the official currencies here.
11. Christmas comes but… thrice a year?
Did you know that Christmas is celebrated on three different days in Palestine by different religions? Thrice the fun!
12. Many Palestinians live into their 70s.
The average life span here is 73.74 years (2017).
13. Here’s some Palestine industry facts.
Palestine grows olives, vegetables, citrus fruits and flowers; they also rear cattle and produce dairy products.
Its industry consists of quarrying, textiles, small-scale manufacturing, wood carvings, soap, furniture, tourism and food processing.
The main exports include fruits, vegetables, flowers, olives, stone and occasionally fish.
FAQs about Palestine
How do you say ‘hello’ while in Palestine?
It’s traditional to say either ‘Merhaba’, which means hello, or ‘Assalaam ‘alaikum’, an Islamic greeting that means ‘may peace be upon you’.
What are some popular dishes in Palestine?
Popular cuisine in Palestine includes shakshouka, an egg delicacy - and makdous, a vegetarian dish common across the Middle East.
Can I drink alcohol in Palestine?
As Palestine is generally Muslim, it’s illegal within teachings of the Quran to drink alcohol - however, businesses can still make and sell it across the nation.
Do you know any interesting facts about Palestine? Share them in the comments below!
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Join Dr. Alan Powers when he discusses his well researched book “The Worlds of Giordano Bruno: the Man Galileo Plagiarized” on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library, located at 7 arstow St.
Unlike his successor, Galileo Galilei, who renounced his scientific findings and beliefs to escape a torturous death, Bruno was burned at the stake in the year 1600 for his belief that the sun was the center of the universe and that “there are an infinite number of habitable worlds.” An educator, philosopher, and scientist. Bruno was well respected as a brilliant thinker throughout Europe but not by the Catholic church.
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We had the most spectacular day yesterday. So much happened, almost all of it emotional and mental, that I'm just totally exhausted. I woke up early, did a little catch-up photo stuff for our publicists, and then went right back to bed. Slept almost all afternoon.
People have been asking me how I feel about this whole thing, the 100th performance, the change of cast, what it felt like to do that last show, whether we are happy about it all. etc.
The only way to accurately describe my feelings is that feel so incredibly happy, it should be illegal. It was always our goal -- our fantasy, really -- to open our show in New York, get fantastic reviews, get a healthy run, and then hand it off to two great actors to bring it to a new level so that we can go home, replenish our energies and make new plans. Already, Jim has started writing the book for a new musical and it's nothing like anything we've done before.
For one thing, it will have a cast of 11. Our first show had 4. Big Voice has 2. Now, it's time to get some dancin' boys into the act! It's also going to be, as our others have been, a completely original story. Much of the score has already been written. Now, it's just a matter of pulling it all together and finishing the book.
I'm also thrilled to announce, if I haven't done so already. Jim will be performing "Zero Hour" in Houston at Stages Repertory.
And the other big announcement: THE BIG VOICE in SAN FRANCISCO in AUGUST 2007 with Jim and me reprising our off-Broadway roles at New Conservatory Theatre.
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Old and new music make a companionable mix at the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. The always adventureous organization launched its 2013-2014 season Sunday evening at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, making a bold sonic progress from Bach to Elliott Carter.
“Point/Counterpoint” spanned centuries, continents, and stylistic concerns. With Bach and Carter at opposite ends of the spectrum, the Left Coast musicians clearly designed the program with an ear to drawing connections. Varied works by John Dowland, Albert Roussel, and Erik Ulman filled the spaces in between, yielding results that were startling, occasionally disorienting, and always enormously enjoyable.
Adding an unmistakable luster to the proceedings was soprano Christine Brandes, who joined the program in selections from vocal works by Bach, Dowland, and Roussel.
Brandes is a superb vocal artist, one who excels in repertoire from Monteverdi to John Adams. Sunday, her considerable gifts — a weighty, richly colored instrument; crisp, intelligent phrasing; and a keen sense of emotional clarity — were on display in each selection.
She made an especially strong impression in the second half’s performances of Bach works, which began with “Sich uben im Lieben” from Cantata BWV 202. This is a secular cantata, composed for a wedding festivity; the singer addresses the newly married couple, explaining the ways they might become “adept in love.” If the text was instructive, the music was pure pleasure; Brandes sang with ripe, juicy tone, and a trio comprised of Andrea Plesnarski (oboe), Leighton Fong (cello), and Katherine Heater (harpsichord) melded attractively. “Bete aber auch dabei” from Cantata BWV 115 offered measured contrast; here, Brandes' voice acquired darker shadings, and she sang with expressive power, sounding radiant against the quartet of Fong, Heater, Stacey Pelinka (flute) and Elisabeth Reed (violoncello piccolo.) If the text was instructive, the music was pure pleasure; Brandes sang with ripe, juicy tone, and a trio comprised of Andrea Plesnarski, Leighton Fong, and Katherine Heater melded attractively.
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In the program’s first half, Brandes joined Pelinka in Roussel’s fragrant “Deux Poemes de Ronsard.” Here, the soprano sang with wonderfully fresh tone, achieving a sublime blend with Pelinka’s lithe effusions. Two Dowland songs — “Sorrow, stay,” and “In darkness let me dwell” — followed, with guitarist Michael Goldberg accompanying Brandes. The performances were lovely — melancholy has never sounded so delicious, or so sensual — and they represented a bit of musical log-rolling; Roussel’s settings were composed in 1924, but Ronsard and Dowland were contemporaries.
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President Obama won’t discuss publicly the National Security Agency’s bugging of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone. He won’t even confirm that the bugging occurred, even though
b.) According to the Wall Street Journal, Obama ordered the bugging discontinued as soon as he learned about it this past summer.
The Obama administration says it’s reviewing NSA policies, but it won’t say what those policies are. Peculiar though this reticence may seem, it’s entirely in keeping with past practice, in Democratic and Republican White Houses alike. Call it Oval Office Omertà: Presidents have always kept the secrets of their predecessors, even when circumstances appeared to warrant ratting them out.
Take Lyndon Johnson. As president, Johnson kept mum after he learned that the Central Intelligence Agency had, during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, plotted to assassinate Fidel Castro. Johnson kept this secret even though Eisenhower was a Republican and even though Johnson had reason to suspect that his political nemesis and rival, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, had participated in the foiled plots.
Johnson came to believe that John F. Kennedy’s assassination was engineered by Castro in retaliation against the CIA plots (which half a century later looks pretty unlikely). Yet Johnson still held his tongue, at least publicly, until 1973—four years after he left the White House, five years after RFK’s death, and 10 years after JFK’s death—when he famously told the Atlantic that “we had been operating a damned Murder, Inc. in the Caribbean.”
Then there was Richard Nixon. Not the most bipartisan of souls, Nixon, similarly, fought tooth and nail to prevent publication of the Pentagon Papers, the government’s secret history of the Vietnam war, even though the many lies it documented emanated not from Nixon’s own Republican administration but from Johnson’s Democratic one. (That’s not to say Nixon didn’t himself tell lies about Vietnam; merely that the Pentagon Papers were compiled before Nixon took office.)
And don’t forget President George W. Bush, who, within a year of assuming office, issued an executive order giving former presidents veto power over release of their presidential papers. This action, though aimed at preventing disclosure of Reagan-era documents, also benefited, at least theoretically, Bush’s predecessor, Democrat Bill Clinton. But Clinton made clear his opposition to the executive order, and a judge later overturned it.
Obama’s silence about the Bush administration’s bugging isn’t as bad as Johnson’s and Nixon’s stonewalling, which concerned matters of more urgent interest to the American public. And it’s not nearly as sweeping as Bush’s.
Still, it’s pretty rankling. And it would be disappointing if the president were to let stand NSA chief Keith Alexander’s cavalier answer, at an Oct. 29 congressional hearing, to a question about the Merkel bugging. “As long as I’ve been in the intelligence business, 50 years,” Alexander said, “leadership intentions in whatever form that’s expressed is a basic tenet of what we are to collect and analyze.” Alexander added that U.S. allies spy with impunity on Americans.
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A year and a half after Doris and an F-rated roll-out later, Earl Sweatshirt released I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside on Monday. Earl dubbed his third full effort (including his eponymous 2010 mixtape) his most transparent yet. “This is the first thing that I fully stand behind, like the good and the bad of it,” he told NPR. “I’ve never been behind myself this much.” This revelation is surprising given how personal Doris is and how many of the same issues carry over to I Don’t Like Shit. His concerns about being too busy getting his first album cracking to see his passing grandmother has turned into him mourning her death with a bottle as his partner in grief. The girlfriend he worried about losing on “Sunday,” she’s gone, too. And his disdain for fame, a catalyst in both of those conflicts, has only grown stronger.
I Don’t Like Shit is more agoraphobic than its predecessor, from its lyrical content to collaborators. The album is entirely self-produced, save one song done by Left Brain, and features just four guest appearances. Odd Future is conspicuously absent from the brief guest list, except for Left Brain’s contribution—the most glaring omissions being Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean.
2012 and 2013 were monumental years for Odd Future and its three most luminous stars. We saw (in order) the long-awaited release of Earl from
Siberia Samoa; Frank’s Grammy-winning masterpiece, Channel Orange; Tyler’s beautifully melodic, relatively matured Wolf; and Earl’s long-awaited, hype-affirming debut album. All three of the projects featured cross-pollination from the artists, and each was better for it.
But today Tyler and Earl haven’t recorded music together since 2013’s “Sasquatch,” and Frank is nearly a year removed from dropping Odd Future managers Christian and Kelly Clancy.
So what happened?
There hasn’t been a major beef, a major slight as far as we know. No one has withheld millions of dollars a la Lil Wayne and Birdman or been pitted against each other by the media a la Kendrick Lamar and Drake. And certainly no chains have been snatched a la every rapper ever. In fact, there doesn’t appear to be any animosity between the three parties. Instead, it appears the straying paths of Tyler, Earl, and Frank are just a natural byproduct of being in their 20s.
Frank’s progression is tough to track given his notoriously reclusive nature and status as more of an Odd Future outlier since the beginning. It’s probably those qualities that led him to leaving Odd Future’s management (it’s unclear if he’s still officially in the group or not). Tyler himself invoked the former explanation when asked about Frank’s departure in a recent Fader cover story: “He could care less about the spotlight type shit, which is cool. I wish I took his route and just disappeared from social media for the past year. I got too much shit going on… But that would be so tight.” The changing mentalities of Tyler and Earl, however, are much easier to follow—even if Earl doesn’t like shit or going outside.
By the time Earl returned to Los Angeles from his reformative sentence at Coral Reef Academy, he’d already decided to leave behind the bars full of graphic portraits of murder and rape he once traded gleefully with Tyler as a form of competition. He stumbled over his words when telling The New York Times about his experience working with survivors of sexual abuse while in Samoa: “There’s nothing you can—there’s no—you can’t evade the—there’s no defense for like—if you have any ounce of humanity.”
The differing opinions on the violent subject matter, which Tyler has yet to fully abandon, wasn’t the only change. Odd Future members and fans alike expected Earl to jump right back into the crew upon his return, but his transition back wasn’t so seamless. Earl signed his own record deal with Columbia and established his own imprint, Tan Cressida. The deal did put him in the same Sony system as Odd Future, though, allowing the donut logo to appear on his records.
A series of tweets from Tyler on the day and day after Earl announced his return revealed the mixed emotions that came with Earl's uneasy transition back into a group that had sold out shows, appeared on late night TV, and nabbed a Billboard top 10 debut with Goblin during his absence.
Ive Never Been Excited And Angry At The Same Time Until Today. Thats A Fucked Feeling.— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 8, 2012
everybody wants me to tweet something right now.— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 9, 2012
Fuck everything else, I just wanna go skate and talk about the past year. Fuck the music and the public. This shit sucks, y'all have no idea— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 9, 2012
Friendships have undoubtedly ended over more trivial issues, but Tyler and Earl were able to talk things out successfully. Earl told the Times in 2012 that he had to force things to be uncomfortable to finally have the necessary conversations. “It’s like we both don’t know how much influence we have on the other person,” he said. “There’s times where I realize, like, damn, I matter.”
All signs pointed to a full reconciliation. Over the course of the next year we saw Earl back in the Odd Future fold audibly and visually via the group’s Adult Swim sketch comedy series, Loiter Squad. The two even planned on creating the fabled collaborative EarlWolf LP. After Earl's somber gut-spilling of a lead single “Chum,” Tyler used the introduction of the second single, “Whoa,” to assure fans the duo wasn’t bailing on “that fucking old 2010 shit.”
But that return was slight at best on Earl’s end, and Doris as a whole stayed away from the time machine. The connections were still apparent—the same way you can hear the occasional hint of The College Dropout in Kanye’s more recent work—but Earl took his dexterous grappling of words to a disparate albeit still dark place. Once used to outline his twisted fantasies, his skills were applied to periods of mirror gazing. I Don’t Like Shit only makes that transition more pronounced. If the new album is the first to truly represent Earl, the parts of Doris that aren’t himself seem to be those tied most securely to Odd Future. Without his smart-ass boasts—“I was making waves, you was surfin’ in ’em/Dealing with the stomach pains just from birthin’ niggas’ shit,” he raps on “Grief”—we’d think Earl was made by an entirely different rapper. (And we’d also be downright concerned about his well-being.)
Meanwhile, we don’t know exactly where Tyler’s at musically. We know he’s been working on a new album, but we haven’t been given a song, a title, anything. Whatever he’s doing, it’s no longer on the same wavelength as Earl or even close enough for the signal to bleed over. And the same disconnect could be said of their friendship.
“That’s my nigga,” Tyler told The Fader of Earl. “We just aren’t as close as we were. It’s kind of weird, but I’m smart enough to know, OK, shit changes.”
And that’s just it: Shit changes. Your 20s are a period of rinse, wash, repeat transformation—a decade in which you can easily look back at the you from a couple years, a year, or even a few months prior and not recognize that person. The odds are stacked against you and a person you were friends with at 16 staying simpatico as you two simultaneously wrestle with your own identities.
Odd Future isn’t immune to the force of growth that can gradually pull longtime friends apart. Earl was absent for the epic rise of Odd Future. And because he came back to Los Angeles as a rapper just as famous as Tyler, he had to adapt much quicker than his peers. It’s understandable for him to stay back from tours—“T and them just hit the road, I had Sage and Nak and ’em with me,” he raps on “Inside.” His relationship with Vince Staples makes sense too. Vince was coming up around the same time Earl was coming back; now the two are currently on tour together. It’d be unfair to say Vince has replaced Tyler, but he’s obviously the more prominent friend and collaborator in Earl’s life now.
Earl himself touched on his growth in his NPR interview, saying, “I feel like I learned so much more in [the past] year and a half than I learned in the rest of my life.” That year-and-half timeline coincides with the release of Doris and the last collaboration with Tyler and Earl.
Clearly the two are still cool, though. Tyler, who’s largely shunned social media in recent months, retweeted two links to purchase I Don’t Like Shit this week and a link to the “Grief” video last week. (I realize how ridiculous it seems to reference Twitter while gauging a friendship, but, yo, this is our reality in 2015.) And Earl hasn’t actually left Odd Future or its management either. “You can talk to Clancy if you need a feature or a quote from me,” he raps on “Huey.”
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A very warm welcome back and I trust that you had a relaxing public holiday with your family and friends.
The IGCSE and A level written examinations began this week and this will come as a relief to teachers and students who have been revising and preparing hard in preparation for these examinations. Whilst of course very nervous, the students appear to be coping with the stress and pressure of the examinations very well so far. We wish them the very best of luck and we are sure that they will perform well as many others have done before them.
It was only a very short week due to the bank holiday, but we took the opportunity to launch our eco week. Primary and secondary students have spent the week engaging in activities promoting this most important of issues. On Friday it was great to see so many students and staff wearing an item of green to further promote and lend their support to this initiative.
Shortly you will be receiving a letter from me outlining the main feedback from the parent survey that many of you completed before the spring break. I was delighted to see that 94% of parents who completed the survey would recommend our school to others. This is a fantastic endorsement for the school and is testament to the huge amount of hard work and effort that has been asserted by the whole school community to ensure the educational experiences and opportunities we give to the children is of a very high standard.
Next Thursday we will be hosting our very first grandparents day here at BVIS. We recognise for many families, the grandparents play a significant role in supporting the children in their education and aspirations. We have taken this opportunity to invite grandparents in for the day and to celebrate with the children, their contribution to family life and our school community. I am looking forward to meeting them all on Thursday.
I would like to wish you all a very relaxing weekend!
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Google Web Spam leader explains how Google search works in a short video
In case you want to learn how Google comes up with all the search engine results you see daily, Google’s head of web spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video called “How does Google search work?”
The Google Search positioning algorithm takes into consideration over 200 factors to provide the best results to Google searchers. From crawling, indexing to ranking, he goes into a short breakdown of how Google’s search engine accomplishes its job. This topic might take hours to cover even superficially, however Matt attempts to offer an overview of in the video below:
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Who do you need to forgive today? It is the season of gift giving. We are all busy thinking of the special gifts we are planning for those we love. Some may be finished with their shopping, while others (the procrastinaters among us) are barely beginning. Last week I wrote about wanting to give the gift of serenity. Today, I’m talking about giving yourself the gift of forgiveness. As you go about preparing for your particular holiday, perhaps you could make room for some quiet time to forgive anyone who has caused you some pain. This is not an easy task for many, including myself. However, holding onto anger and hurt does nothing to the person who has wronged you…chances are they don’t give your anger or pain a second thought. When we hold onto anger, we only hurt ourselves.
Forgiving is not the same as condoning the behavior that hurt us. It is not the same as allowing repeats of the same behavior. It simply means that we make a clear choice to accept that whatever the person did to wrong us, we are choosing to be gracious and kind. The graciousness and kindness allows us to leave the behavior in the past, instead of reliving it on a daily basis. It allows us to think about ways to be loving, with ourselves and others, instead of clinging to anger which only creates stress and hurts our own ability to be serene. I’m not suggesting that anyone should ever ignore their anger. Anger is a protective emotion, and it deserves our attention. But holding onto anger over a long period of time causes us to become ill. It weakens our immune system, it causes chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure, and other stress related illnesses. If you are angry, find a way to express and process your anger. Do something active or proactive to make things different. Then, let the anger go. Don’t cling to it thinking you are protecting yourself, nothing could be more untrue.
Wikepedia says, “Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.” The Mayo Clinic says, “Forgiveness doesn’t mean that you deny the other person’s responsibility for hurting you, and it doesn’t minimize or justify the wrong. You can forgive the person without excusing the act. Forgiveness brings a kind of peace that helps you go on with life.”
So, how do you go about forgiving someone? First, you need to understand the value of forgiveness to you. By holding a grudge and clinging to anger, you hurt yourself and may be damaging your other relationships. Invest some time reflecting on the facts of the situation, how your reactions have affected you, and how and why you would like to move forward. Look at what keeps you stuck in the victim role. Identify ways to free yourself of being a victim, and ways to empower yourself in the present and future. Most importantly, know that you do not have to ever condone the other person’s behavior in order to forgive. You just need to decide that you are more valuable than the wounding event, that you are not willing to let someone else’s actions keep you emotionally stuck.
Forgiveness is a gift that you give to yourself. You deserve to be given all of the best gifts. If you are struggling with forgiveness of yourself or someone else, or if you think you could benefit from some professional help, call me at: 831-214-8087. I’m happy to help you find your way to forgiveness.
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Slow cooker gammon with soy and ginger
- July 2021
- Serves 6-8
- Hands-on time 15 min, plus resting. Slow cooker time 4½-5 hours on low or 2½-3 hours on high
This slow cooker gammon joint, tender and suffused with Asian flavours, goes a long way. Serve with rice and greens, then use for quick bao buns or noodle salads.
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- 12.8g (4.4g saturated)
- 9.6g (8.5g sugars)
- trace fibre
- 1.4-1.8kg free-range unsmoked gammon joint (boned and rolled)
- 200ml shaoxing rice wine (see Know-how)
- 200ml reduced salt soy sauce
- 75g soft brown sugar
- 60g fresh ginger, roughly sliced and bashed with the back of a chef’s knife
- 4 large garlic cloves, bashed
- 2 large banana shallots, halved lengthways
- 3 star anise
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2 pared strips orange zest
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- Jasmine rice and stir-fried greens to serve (optional)
For the glaze
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 2 tbsp runny honey
- 1 tbsp mustard powder
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- Probe thermometer
- Add all the ingredients (except those for the glaze) to your slow cooker. Top up with 1 litre water to cover the gammon and cook on low for 4½-5 hours or on high for 2½-3 hours – or until the internal temperature reads 68°C on a thermometer. Turn the gammon halfway through cooking if you like, but it’s not essential (see Know-how for how to cook in the oven).
- Heat the oven to 200ºC fan/gas 6. Remove the gammon from the cooking broth and put on a baking tray lined with foil. Mix together the glaze ingredients and brush all over the gammon. Cook the meat in the oven for 15 20 minutes, basting with the glaze 2-3 more times, until caramelised. Leave the gammon to rest for 30 minutes in a warm spot before slicing. Serve with rice and stir-fried greens, or in bao buns.
Next time Try using ham hock. The hock will have more of a shredded consistency and works well with bao buns or rice.
Easy swaps To make this recipe gluten free, replace the soy sauce with tamari and the shaoxing with dry sherry, and use a gluten-free hoisin sauce (such as Kikkoman).
Batch cook The cooked gammon will keep for up to 5 days in the fridge. When the cooked joint is cool, slice any leftover meat and freeze in individual portions for up to 3 months. Defrost in the fridge overnight.
Don’t waste it The cooking broth can be reused and will develop a deeper flavour. After cooking the gammon, strain the broth through a fine sieve into a clean pot. Bring to a rapid boil, remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature, then chill for at least 4 hours (or overnight). Skim the fat off the top, then decant the broth into a clean container. Chill if you’ll use it within a week, or freeze for up to 2 months. Use to poach chicken, duck or other cuts of pork.
To cook in the oven, heat it to 130ºC fan/gas 2. Add the ingredients to the casserole, then top up with enough water to cover the gammon. Cover with a circle of compostable baking paper slightly larger than the casserole (wet it slightly, then scrunch it up and fit on top). Put on the lid and cook for 3-3½ hours, turning halfway through. Shaoxing wine is a type of Chinese rice wine for cooking. Find it in the international food aisle of larger supermarkets, Asian supermarkets or online.
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We need to know your basic personal data in order to provide you with free classified advertising services in line with the clear intended use of this website. We will not collect any personal data from you we do not need in order to provide and oversee this service to you.
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You’ll want to shine for Jesus every day when you start with this convenient “Rise & Shine” grace & truth™ Canvas Bag in Natural/Orange. Whether you’re a morning person or a night owl, the bright & cheerful orange rooster on the front of this fun canvas bag will make you smile. Use it to store makeup, pens + pencils, or anything you might want to corral in a tote that’s #TotesAdorbs.
Isaiah 60:1 says, “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” The glory of the Lord makes even gloomy days beautiful, and His light can shine out of us to brighten the whole world when we walk in His footsteps. When we wake up with Jesus, every day is a good day.
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So I have a birthday coming soon. 67 is not a round number or any great milestone except having lived thru another great year. When I was 30 I would have thought that anybody who’s 67 would have to be sitting in their rocking chair knitting, if their fingers would still allow it. You know how perceptions change as time goes on………
But, since the women in my mother’s family have all lived well into their 80’s, I think/hope I have a long ways to go yet. I try to do what I can to keep in good shape to plan for that. Gym almost every day and walk at least a mile on the treadmill. Work in the garden all thru the warm months and grow healthy veggies, and put some away for good winter meals. Joined the senior center and go to do some fun things with them sometimes, although joining there was an admission to myself that I’m getting old(er.) (See in my mind I’m still about 40. My mind keeps saying that while my body says something else, lol) Keep my mind active by doing volunteer work at our local historical society. That’s all good and fun stuff. I have a nice rocking chair, but I don’t use it much.
But sometimes we need to make a big admission to ourselves. My hearing has been bad from a nerve deafness for years, and I knew that from having it tested years ago. Over a year ago I went to the ENT and had it tested again, and it had gotten worse. And the doc said I was a good candidate for hearing aids, yea, two of them. I knew that, cos I knew I was missing a lot that was going on around me. But I wasn’t willing to admit yet that I could need hearing aids. Hearing aids are for old people.
So I went on for a while listening hard, knowing I was missing parts of conversations, asking people to repeat things and struggling sometimes on the phone.
Hearing aids are for old people, right? But wait, I am old people. Two weeks ago I went back to the ENT, grumbling under my breath, and said, OK, I’m ready to admit it: I need hearing aids.
I pick them up tomorrow. The technology with hearing aids has kept up with other technology and gotten better and smaller and there’s actually a small computer inside each one. And they go into their case at night and recharge themselves. The audiologist told me things will sound strange and a little harsh at first until my brain adjusts to hearing everything there is to hear around me, even hearing my own voice. I’m up for the challenge to get adjusted to them now, and hope to hear more crickets, and other small and upper tone things which have passed me by for so long.
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10 More Common Medical Myths
Medical myths are a popular Listverse subject, and they’re highly relevant to everybody’s welfare. In this list, we will destroy yet another ten medical myths which, incredibly, have managed to stick around. They may even be influencing your perspectives—or jeopardizing your personal safety—right now. So read on:
We all dread the condition of hypothermia, but few of us understand exactly what it is, and how easily we may contract it. Hypothermia is commonly considered to be synonymous with “freezing to death.” In fact, hypothermia is less of a freezing effect, and more of a simple reduction of the body’s core temperature.
Hypothermia occurs when your core temperature drops below thirty-five degrees Celsius (ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit). Surprisingly, this does not only take place in cold environments. In summer, exposure to a warm wind after getting wet from swimming may trigger severe hypothermia. Cold river water may have the same effect, and even swimming in warm, tropical water can gradually drain your body temperature to dangerous levels, since the water conducts heat away from your body much more effectively than air.
Sodium Free: many labels proclaim this standard as if it is an achievement critical to your health and well-being. Based on some very weak studies fraught with uncertainty, sodium chloride (also known as table salt) has been blamed for a variety of medical conditions—resulting in calls for extensive reduction or even elimination of it in food products.
But it turns out that only a fraction of food items actually have too much salt, and studies have shown that few medical conditions require you to cut your salt intake. In fact, certain health challenges may actually be mitigated by increased salt content in the diet, provided that it’s non-refined, natural salt with a mineral spectrum more amenable to the composition of human blood.
When presented with images of devastating car crashes, in which the forces of physics have conspired to completely annihilate vehicles, we easily understand how death could result from external crushing injuries or fatal strikes to the head.
But people are at times perplexed to hear of car crash victims who suffered relatively little damage. Even if you are firmly belted in and avoid being squeezed or smashed against the vehicle, death can result. Here’s why:
When a car is traveling at a rapid speed, your internal organs are traveling at the same speed as the vehicle. And when the car stops suddenly, your body also slams to halt—often propelling your internal organs forwards to collide with bones and squeeze through rib gaps, resulting in fatal lacerations. This phenomenon is known as shear-related blunt trauma.
Tarantulas are firmly entrenched in our collective psyche as creatures of the most dangerous variety, thought to cause death or serious injury with a single bite. But contrary to popular belief, these enormous, hairy—and only mildly venomous—spiders, are actually rather gentle members of the arachnid class.
Tarantulas live in subtropical grassland, mountain, and rainforest habitats, and may prey on a variety of invertebrates and even small mammals or reptiles. When a human handles a tarantula, a bite may occur if the animal feels threatened—but never out of aggression. Swelling, redness, and sharp pain may follow, but human deaths are nearly unheard of from both wild and pet tarantulas. Handling a tarantula does not put you at risk of a fatal bite. The greater risk is actually from the spider shooting its stinging hairs into your eyes.
As humans, we often like to think in terms of black and white in subjects as varied as ethics, politics, religion, and even the classification of animal species. In the area of health and disability, sparing a thought for the grey, in-between area is especially important.
We often think of blindness as the opposite of vision, characterized by an absence of sight in the affected individual. In fact, blindness is a good example of a “grey area”—neither here nor there—with “legal blindness” encompassing a range of variations in sight. Some individuals who are legally blind may see only rough shapes, while others may have extremely limited fields of view or focusing ability. In other individuals, the problem may be identifying shapes. So the chief surprise is that most blind individuals are capable of seeing at least something.
“Don’t get so mad! You’ll give yourself an ulcer!” We often hear these words from well-meaning observers who base their comments on the established idea that stress, emotional negativity, or even spicy food can lead to stomach ulcers and a host of serious gastrointestinal symptoms.
More accurate medical research, however, suggests that harmful stomach bacteria, rather an “acid levels” or stress, are in fact to blame for abdominal agony attacks. The H. pylori bacteria, believed to be spread via person-to-person contact, apparently weakens the mucus lining of the stomach, paving the way for gastric acid to attack our delicate stomach lining.
Stretching before exercise is instinctive to most amateur athletes as the surefire step for avoiding injuries and enhancing sports performance. But researchers have discovered that those extra extensions can actually curtail your success. Studies indicate that extensive stretching before a run can reduce human efficiency by more than five percent, while a report from Italy found that stretching impedes effective cycling.
It is possible that stretching is simply additional exertion that drains the body and reduces the possibility of a strong start. Interestingly, prehistoric humans would never have had a chance to stretch, in many cases, when a predator appeared.
In recent years, medical professionals and health commentators have expressed concern over the possible link between the underwires in bras and other shaping garments, and increased cases of breast cancer. The idea was that the unnatural, focused pressure of the wire against the breast tissue restricted the flow of lymph fluid—the body’s second major fluid system—through the lymph nodes and transport ducts. Just as reduction in blood flow causes oxygen starvation, reduced lymph flow was reputed to provoke retention of carcinogenic body toxins in the breast tissues.
Research has indicated, however, that a link does not appear to exist between underwire use and lymph flow—and there’s certainly no known link with any type of cancer.
Heart attacks are the subject of several myths—all of which are important to dispel. One concept embedded in popular wisdom is that heart attacks (which can happen to young, as well as the middle-aged and the elderly) result from excessive exertion. This would mean that rest, and a lifestyle free from exertion, must be necessary for a safer recovery.
But it turns out that a sedentary lifestyle—rather than physical activity—actually lies behind many heart conditions. Following a heart attack, sedentary activity simply perpetuates the cycle leading to heart disease. In fact, the correct medical advice is generally to begin a moderate program of exercise, in order to rebuild the heart’s strength and improve circulation.
Spinal injuries are among the most devastating—yet physiologically simple—injuries we can suffer. A common myth is that spinal injuries are always permanent; to be disabled by such an injury once, means to be forever disabled.
In fact, the range of spinal injuries is as grey as the cord matter itself. Some quadriplegics eventually regain their ability to walk, while many others may experience partial recovery.
In another myth relating to spinal injuries—in this case those suffered by motorcyclists—it has long been thought that a smooth helmet can reduce the risk of such injuries by allowing your head to slide along the road, rather than stop suddenly due to friction. But a scientific review of cases has found no statistically significant differences, either for or against helmets, as far as spinal cords are concerned.
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JAN 09 (CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill.) – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), working closely with the Chicago Heights Police Department, arrested 3 individuals last Friday, and seized 3.5 kilograms of cocaine, ½ kilogram of heroin, a Romanian made AK-47 assault rifle, a Desert Eagle .50 caliber pistol and a 2004, Nissan 350 Z convertible, with a sophisticated electronically controlled hidden compartment (trap) located in the back seat speakers. The charges were announced today by Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of Chicago Field Division, of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Charles Guiliani, Chief of Police for the Chicago Heights Police Department.
“Reducing violence in our communities is a priority for the Drug Enforcement Administration and weapons like the ones seized here serve only one purpose, to perpetrate violence.” said SAC Riley. “Narcotic trafficking and violence go hand in hand. Communities where drugs are rampant are sure to have a higher rate of violence and that is unacceptable,” he added.
Since April 2012, members of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), together with members of the Chicago Heights Police Department (CHPD) – Narcotics and Gang Section, have targeted Raul Rangel-Dominguez (aka Antonio Lopez), a cocaine trafficker and convicted felon living in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
The investigation subsequently revealed that Rangel-Dominguez was involved in a drug transaction of three kilograms of cocaine between his source of supply, an individual identified as Juan Serrano, Jr. and others. A price of $35,500 per kilogram or a total of $106,500 for all three kilograms was agreed upon and Rangel-Dominguez negotiated a commission $500 per kilogram, for himself.
On Friday, January 4, 2013, investigators watched as Rangel-Dominguez and Serrano met, at 405 W. 15th St., Chicago Heights, IL. Agents/officers subsequently detained Rangel-Dominguez, Serrano and Juvencio J. Rangel, who is Rangel-Dominguez’ uncle, and obtained a State of Illinois search warrant for Serrano’s vehicle, a grey, 2004, Nissan 350Z convertible. The vehicle was found to contain a sophisticated electronically controlled hidden compartment (trap) located in the back seat speakers. Inside the compartment, investigators recovered approximately three and a half kilograms of cocaine, each of which contained the marking: “F.G.”, one pound of heroin, and a Desert Eagle, .50 caliber, semi-automatic pistol.
Searches of Serrano’s properties also led to the recovery of a Romanian made AK-47 assault rifle with a 100-round drum magazine and three kilograms of an undetermined white powder.
This case will be prosecuted by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. Rangel-Dominguez was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, a Class X Felony. Serrano was approved for the following charges: Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, a Class X Felony; Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, a Class X Felony; Armed Violence, a Class X Felony; Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon for the pistol, a Class II Felony; and Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon for the AK-47 rifle, a Class II Felony.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
A new weekly farmers market is happening in Soddy-Daisy Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon, and the six pavilions located in front of Poe’s Tavern are available for citizens to use for free to sell homegrown and handmade items during the market.
“It has to be homemade or homegrown,” Vice Mayor Rick Nunley stressed of the acceptable merchandise. “We don’t want any yard sales or flea market stuff.”
Home gardens are beginning to sprout fresh produce, and many people are looking for a place to get rid of their extra veggies, he said.
“Most people who have gardens have more than they can use themselves,” said Nunley.
The pavilions are also an ideal place to sell homemade jams, baked goods and other creations such as wooden birdhouses, he said.
Pavilions are available on a first-come, first-served basis and feature electricity, water and picnic tables.
The market will be held from May-October each year.
“We just think it’s something good for the community,” Mayor Janice Cagle said of the farmers market. “We saw this as a purpose for the grassy area with the pavilions from the beginning.”
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In a surprise move, South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics has announced that it’ll acquire Harman International in an all-cash deal worth $8 billion ($112.00 per share in cash). Stamford based Harman International is well known for supplying its high end audio systems and infotainment systems for cars. Its recent Indian clients include Tata and Maruti. With this acquisition, Harman’s all 4 divisions – Automotive, Audio, Professional Solutions and the recent Connected Services will come under Samsung.
Approximately 65% of Harman’s $7.0 billion of reported sales during the 12 months ended September 30, 2016 are automotive-related, and its order backlog for this market at June 30, 2016 was approximately $24 billion.
Samsung says Harman will operate as a standalone Samsung subsidiary, and continue to be led by Dinesh Paliwal and Harman’s current management team. Samsung plans to retain Harman’s work force, headquarters and facilities, as well as all of its consumer and professional audio brands.
“Harman perfectly complements Samsung in terms of technologies, products and solutions, and joining forces is a natural extension of the automotive strategy we have been pursuing for some time,” said Oh-Hyun Kwon, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Electronics. “As a Tier 1 automotive supplier with deep customer relationships, strong brands, leading technology and a recognized portfolio of best-in-class products, Harman immediately establishes a strong foundation for Samsung to grow our automotive platform. Dinesh Paliwal is a proven global leader and, in our extensive discussions, we have developed deep respect for him, his strong senior leadership team and Harman’s talented employees. Harman’s sustained track record of rapid growth fueled by technology leadership and an unmatched automotive order pipeline reflects its commitment to innovation and customers.”
“The vehicle of tomorrow will be transformed by smart technology and connectivity in the same way that simple feature phones have become sophisticated smart devices over the past decade,” added Young Sohn, President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics. “We see substantial long-term growth opportunities in the auto technology market as demand for Samsung’s specialized electronic components and solutions continues to grow. Working together, we are confident that Harman can become a new kind of Tier 1 provider to the OEMs by delivering end-to-end solutions across the connected ecosystem.”
Dinesh Paliwal, Harman Chairman, President and CEO, stated, “This compelling all-cash transaction will deliver significant and immediate value to our shareholders and provide new opportunities for our employees as part of a larger, more diversified company. Today’s announcement is a testament to what we have achieved and the value that we have created for shareholders. Samsung is an ideal partner for Harman and this transaction will provide tremendous benefits to our automotive customers and consumers around the world. Combining Samsung’s strengths in leading-edge displays, connectivity and processing solutions with Harman’s technology leadership and long-standing customer relationships will enable OEMs to provide new offerings for their customers. Partnerships and scale are essential to winning over the long term in automotive as demand for robust connected car and autonomous driving solutions increases at a rapid pace. This transaction will bring Harman and Samsung’s complementary strengths together to accelerate innovation in this space. More broadly, this investment underscores the strength of Harman’s employees, as well as our success and leadership across our markets. We look forward to working together with Samsung to elevate experiences for consumers worldwide.” | <urn:uuid:dabf01f9-7a86-45bd-b140-cf97cf5464f0> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://www.autodevot.com/2016/11/samsung-to-buy-harman-international/ | 2018-07-23T04:15:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676594886.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723032237-20180723052237-00483.warc.gz | en | 0.945271 | 748 |
Job Title: Human Resource & Administration Officer
Organization: Straight Talk Foundation (STF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Straight Talk Foundation (STF) is a health communications National Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) that was founded in 1993. For the past 25 years it has been the leading provider of various social and behavior change communication programs to various stakeholders in Uganda. The organization has immense experience in the use of modern communication program approaches in addressing diverse health and development issues. STF implements activities through print, radio and face to face communication. Its programs and interventions target young people as its primary audience, while parents and teachers are its secondary audience. STF utilises highly effective behaviour change communication models and combines mass media and face to face community outreach and mobilization programs.
Job Summary: The Human Resource & Administration Officer at Straight Talk Foundation (STF) will be responsible for implementation of STF human resource and administration policies and guidelines so to maximize productivity and growth of the employees and the organization.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Straight Talk Foundation (STF) Human Resource & Administration Officer job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities. Post graduate training in Human Resource Management is an added advantage.
- At least three years of relevant working experience in HR, preferably with an NGO.
- Demonstrated understanding and proficiency in the field of Human Resources Management and ability to work under minimum supervision.
- Good understanding of national legal requirements relating to HR, including labour laws and administrative law.
- Knowledge of the organisational policies, systems and procedures formulation and management.
- Good interview, negotiation and counseling skills.
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Excellent planning, coordination and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities.
- Ability to intervene with crisis management or troubleshooting as necessary.
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Computer literacy and excellent documentation skills are a must.
How to Apply:
All candidates are encourages to apply online with a copy of updated CV and a cover letter (attached as one document) indicating three professional referees addressed to;
The Human Resource & Administration Manager
Straight Talk Foundation
Plot 4, Acacia Avenue, Kololo
P.O Box 22366, Kampala. Uganda
Email to: [email protected] clearly indicating the position applied for in the subject line.
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Adobe has recently acquired Aviary, which is a photo-editing platform provider company. Aviary offers a software development kit to developers who want to add photo-editing capabilities to their apps.
The announcement was made by Aviary on their blog. This is what CEO Tobias Peggs has to say :
We can barely contain our excitement today as we announce that Aviary has been acquired by Adobe. Together we will build and connect the next generation of creative applications.
Scott Belsky, vice president of Creative Cloud Ecosystem & Behance at Adobe said,
Aviary has an exceptional team and technology platform, as well as expertise serving a robust developer ecosystem. We’re thrilled to leverage Aviary’s technology to make our Creative SDK even more powerful for app developers.
The exact amount of the deal has not been disclosed, but it is somewhere in excess of $19 Million as it has raised the same in various funding rounds. Aviary’s CEO has confirmed to TechCrunch that the entire team will be joining Adobe. | <urn:uuid:88832407-7135-4145-9546-51030d32963a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://thetechportal.com/2014/09/23/adobe-acquires-photo-editing-platform-provider-aviary/ | 2017-01-23T06:37:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00556-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976486 | 217 |
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Death by alternative medicine: Who’s to blame? is a great post by Respectful Insolence, one of the Science Blogs I read.
The surgeon described how he dutifully did an ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of the small nodule.
The results? Adenocarcinoma. Breast cancer.
Here’s where things get interesting. Apparently, this woman is a die-hard altie. And I do mean “die hard,” as she will quite likely die very hard for her beliefs. She absolutely refused any surgery or treatment for her cancer. It was explained to her that a less than 1 cm tumor with no evidence of spread to the lymph nodes carried a highly favorable prognosis, with upwards of 93% long term survival with proper surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy.
This woman would have none of it. She wanted to pursue “alternative” medicine. And pursue it she did, with a vengeance. For three years, she disappeared off the radar screen.
A few weeks ago, she reappeared in this surgeon’s office. In the interim, she had tried Essiac tea, homeopathy, the Hoxsey therapy, the Gerson treatment, and Reiki therapy, among others, all the while visiting various “healers.” The results? If you’ve been reading here, you can guess the result.
Her tumor had progressed.
Not only had the tumor progressed, but it had progressed a lot. When the surgeon saw her again, now more than three years after her diagnosis, her tumor had grown to 5-6 cm in size. It was now stuck to the chest wall, distorting her nipple, and ulcerating through the skin in a five centimeter area of bleeding, disgusting goo.
Let me tell you of a similar tale in our shores. The patient is a relative of a colleague of mine, an ENT surgeon. He found out about her having breast cancer. She was afraid of surgery and instead landed in the clutches of a doctor who practiced Ozone therapy.
(advanced breast cancer : picture from emedicine.com)
Ozone therapy was administered on a daily basis, each session costing RM400 or thereabouts. Apparently through out the course, the patient was not assessed for response in anyway by the doctor concerned. Eventually another relative of the patient (a nurse I believe) confronted this practitioner who hastily referred her away to a surgeon. By that time the tumour had progressed and the patient now has lymph node and liver metastases.
Breast cancer is generally quite slow growing and patients can live with advanced disease and metastases for quite some time, sometimes even for years. This gives ample opportunity for Quacks to ply their trade. The sad part is these women are being sentenced to Death by Alternative Medicine. So what can we do about it? Who’s to blame?
Do we blame the patient for making the decision? Do we as doctors blame ourselves for not trying hard to convince the patient to do so otherwise (often we can advise patients till we are blue in the face but they ultimately will make up their own minds). What about rogue physicians who undertake unorthodox practices like Ozone therapy for breast cancer? Shouldn’t they be blamed and even punished? We mentioned a high profile case in Holland where Doctors were suspended for use of Complementary medicine in a celebrity with Breast cancer. I have yet to see similar cases in Malaysia involving doctors who use unorthodox methods in cancer patients. These doctors are causing harm by denying patients a chance for proper care with proven methods. By administering ineffective unorthodox treatment, the cancer will progress to incurable stages. So should we blame the system for failing to discipline these doctors? The system here demands that patients complain about these doctors to the Malaysian Medical Council. I am waiting for the day that happens.
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Crème Brulee Cupcakes
It took me a while to figure out how to make these cupcakes because we used to make them in the bakery I worked at and I wanted to come up with a new and better way to make them without the crispy toffee softening over time, so here they are! My vanilla bean paste, pastry cream filled, crispy toffee and vanilla buttercream cupcakes! They’re to die for!
Vanilla bean cupcakes filled with French pastry cream, topped with a crisp sugar toffee layer with vanilla bean buttercream frosting
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Crème Brule Cupcakes
- 3 1/2 cups (430 g) plain flour all-purpose
- 1 1/4 cups (265 g) caster sugar superfine
- 3 tsp (3 tsp) baking powder
- 1/2 tsp (1/2 tsp) fine salt
- 1/2 cup (125 g) unsalted butter softened
- 2 large (2 large) eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (375 ml) full-cream milk whole
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) Greek yoghurt or sour cream
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) vanilla extract vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 cup (175 ml) golden syrup or maple syrup
- 3/4 cup (150 g) brown sugar dark or light
- 250 ml (250 ml) - 1 cup milk
- 3 large (3 large) egg yolks
- 3 tbsp (3 tbsp) sugar
- 3 tbsp (3 tbsp) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) pure vanilla extract
- 1 batch (1 batch) American Buttercream Frosting
- 1 tsp (1 tsp) Vanilla Bean paste
Learn How To Make it! [VIDEO]
- In a small saucepan, bring the milk to a boil over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk egg yolks and sugar together in a small bowl. Add flour, and mix until smooth and free of lumps.
- Thin egg-yolk mixture with approximately 1/4 cup of warm milk. When remaining milk begins to boil, add it to egg-yolk mixture, and stir well. Return to saucepan, and place over high heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until pastry cream thickens and boils, about 1 minute. (Turning the pan as you whisk helps to easily reach all areas of pan.)
- Reduce heat to medium, and cook, whisking constantly, until cream becomes shiny and easier to stir, about 2 minutes more. Run it through a sift over a bowl and sift out the lumps. Add vanilla bean paste and stir until well combined. Place plastic wrap directly on surface of pastry cream to prevent a skin from forming and allow to cool.
- Preheat your oven to 180C (356F) or 160C (320F) for a fan forced oven. Line a cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the flour, baking powder, caster sugar and salt. Turn mixer on low speed and allow it to mix for a couple minutes to help everything combine well (alternatively you may do this by sifting the ingredients together). Add the softened butter and let it mix until it resembles a fine sand like texture.
- Next, add milk, eggs, yogurt, oil and vanilla extract in a large jug and whisk well.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients in a slow and steady stream until no dry ingredients are visible. Scrape down the bowl and mix for another 20 seconds.
- Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 of the way (using an ice cream scoop to transfer the batter into the cupcake liners makes this a quick and easy process otherwise you can use two tablespoons). Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow them to cool completely on a wire cooling rack before frosting.
- While your cupcakes are baking, and cooling prepare the buttercream frosting by adding vanilla bean paste to the frosting and mix until well combined with flicks of vanilla bean pods.
- Brush some maple or golden syrup on top of each cupcakes and dip them in the brown sugar to help the sugar stick. Use a kitchen blow torch to caramelize the sugar on top. Let them cool down completely before you core the centre and fill it with the crème patisserie.
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Providence: Exclusive Interview
Touting several services (which are listed below), and an angle that only helps Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, Providence may be a one stop shop that you were looking for. The pictures below are some of the projects Providence is working on, and will only benefit Providence and the end user.
1. What is Providence Solutions?
Providence is a next generation financial services provider.
2. What services do you offer?
Providence offers multiple products. Currently we have a currency exchange, stock exchange, p2p credit, and p2p insurance platform built. Were planning on developing a reputation engine over the coming months. The expected launch dates for our platforms can be seen on our site: https://providence.solutions
3. Instead of improving on other services, you decided to start your own. Why?
A favorite saying of mine, is “build the better mouse trap”. We got rid of the mouse trap, and created a permanent solution. Utilizing Ripple Trade, our products allow users to use our services with any currency. We even have the ability to accept fiat currencies built in.
For example, “John” could purchase shares in company “x” with Litecoin, and company “x” would receive compensation in their preferred currency, say Bitcoin. In addition, we are the most complete provider on the market. We also merged social media with finance. You can now follow your favorite investors, and follow their trades on the market. You can invite your facebook friends, or linkedin connections, chat with other traders and much more. Our products are the most complete financial tools the world has ever seen.
4. How did Providence come about?
Providence came through the collaborative efforts of myself and Jared Mimms. Jared started developing Providence’s platforms well over a year ago, under the name PeerCover. Jared and I met over 4 months ago, and realized that we work well together. Thats how Providence came to be.
5. How do you feel Providence will impact the cryptocurrency world?
Providence offers financial products that were otherwise not available to the crypto-currency industry. Since we are able to cross trade any currency through Ripple Trade, all crypto-currencies will benefit from us, not just Bitcoin.
It also greatly increases the liquidity of our markets. Our insurance platform offers a service unheard of, even in the fiat world. Providence’s suite of platforms enable every man, woman, and child to earn a passive income. Providence will not only impact the crypto-currency industry, but will change the world of financial services.
6. How did you get into Bitcoin?
I first discovered Bitcoin in 2012, immediately after hearing about it I read everything I could find on it, and purchased a few. Its been amazing watching the industry get to where it is today.
7. How is Providence in its current stages?
Currently were preparing our products for v1.0 launches, we completed Beta market tests last year. Were also in the process of raising funds from angel investors in order to hire more developers and purchase dedicated hosting hardware.
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Red Rose XC – Chorley
8th November 2014 – a Saturday.
Having spent most of Thursday and Friday in intensive recovery mode, and having been offered a lift, I ended up doing the weekends cross country race. It must have been fate!
I’ve grown accustomed to a certain standard of vehicle when offered a lift by Jacko, so how could I refuse? Nicely upholstered electric seats, air conditioning, and a smooth ride were, however, not features of the two seater builders van. I shouldn’t complain – at least I got a seat. Mr Carson seemed at home, and quite comfortable lying down in the back.
We were welcomed at Astley Park by clearing skies, wet ground, and the welcome shelter of the club tent, manned as always by our very professional XC captain, Pete Ramsdale, who had lost my number. Catering was provided by Brenda Hesketh in the shape of some very popular cakes and toffee, and the Hesketh’s had even provided a smaller tent for the kids, to allow me to prepare for my race without annoyance.
So the scene is set. There were some kids races, and a ladies race apparently. I didn’t see them whilst relaxing in the tent, so hopefully someone else will write about them.
The gun fired.
Jacko had, it would seem, challenged Mr Carson to a race to the first tree. It appeared to be a well fought battle, which according to my sources (DJ), Jacko won narrowly. There was of course another 6 miles to go, and Jacko settled down to a more sensible pacing strategy. However, Mr Carson seemed to continue his fast start, gaining a 40 meter lead by the time he disappeared into the trees, never to be seen again by myself, and not to be passed by anyone until the finish. Jacko continued a well paced race to finish second for Horwich, but slightly disappointed to be out-sprinted by some old guy at the end. (no editorial required) Third for Horwich, and putting down a marker for next week at Barrow, was Dr Lloyd. Jacko will be looking over his shoulder. Probably not for me though. I can only imagine that my race looked like I’d never done a cross country before, and that I was afraid of mud. (I’ll be a V40 soon and it won’t look so bad) Next was Glyn Kay who presumably this time had not been up for 36 hours. Glynne Lever followed in his carefully selected fell shoes, and enjoying his first XC so much that he’s going to do another one! (Madness) Anthony Hesketh was next, narrowly missing out in the V65 classification, followed by Gordon Stone, who had remembered his spikes this time, (wise) and John Parker, who was first V70.
Needless to say, I had a bit of a grump on after the race, and considered spending the rest of the afternoon in quiet contemplation in the club tent, but Mr Ramsdale took it down.
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3326 School Avenue, Vancouver
Perfect Location in Killarney Area!! This well maintained 5 bedrooms 4 baths house boasts with Efficient layout. Owner spent big money on improvements. The main floor is above the street level. 3 bedrooms with 2 full bath on upper floor; 2 bedrooms with 2 full bath on the main floor with separated entrance and kitchen. (The large-size living room on the main floor is currently rented/converted as bedroom). Current rental income is $3200/month, tenancy will be ended January 31,2019. Close to school, transit, skytrain station, shops & Metrotown. Killarney Secondary catchment.
- MLS® #R2328900
- Full Baths4
- Square Footage1,800
- Year Built1977
- TypeResidential Detached
- Sub-TypeHouse/Single Family
- Style2 Storey
- FeaturesAir Conditioning, Clothes Washer/Dryer/Fridge/Stove/DW, Drapes/Window Coverings, Dishwasher
- Listing OfficeNu Stream Realty Inc.
- Address3326 School Avenue
- AreaVancouver East
- SubdivisionKillarney VE
- Zip CodeV5R 5N7
- # of Fireplaces1
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Enjoy this collection of Mt St Helens photos portraying the volcano as she appears in 2017. Info and history of the Mount St Helens 1980 volcanic eruption is included below.
Mt St Helens is considered one of the youngest volcanos, its cone having taken shape only 40,000 years ago. Over the last 500 years, according to studies of the mountain’s strata, it has displayed a pattern of erupting and then lying quietly for roughly 120 to 150 years or so before erupting once again, over and over. Between 1857 until 1980, the giant slept, with a few emissions of steam in the midst of that period.
In her most recent glory, she measured approximately 9,600 feet (3,000 m) in height, the 5th tallest mountain in the USA. Through most of the year, her beautifully symmetrical cone was heavily cloked in robes of ice and snow.
On March 20, 1980, the volcano roused herself with an earthquake registering 4.2 on the Richter scale. Over the next days, the mountain quaked with a multitude of small quakes, 174 of them measuring above 2.6. On March 27, it belched ash and steam, the ash column rising to 6,000 feet. A crater took shape and the summit began to fracture.
Through April and early May, steam blasts continued along with 10,000 earthquakes accompanied by ominous groans and palpable shudders inside the volcano. Pressure within the mountain was noticeably disfiguring its north face with a bulge that grew slowly outward and upward.
On May 18 at 8:32am, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake
struck one mile beneath the mountain. Moments later, the unstable bulge gave way and began sliding downhill,
releasing pressure on the forces inside the volcano. The volcano exploded.
The eruption literally blew off the mountain’s north face before shooting sky high, flinging thousands of cubic feet of dirt, rocks, trees, pumice rocks and ash outward and upward. The resulting mushroom cloud topped out at 40 miles wide and 16 miles high. The cloud initially drifted at 60 miles an hour to the east, reaching Idaho in 3.5 hours. The volcano actively erupted for over 9 hours, and then spewed fitfully through the night and over the next several days.
In the blast, Mount St Helens lost the top 1,300 feet (396 m) of her summit. The north side collapse of the mountain “produced the largest landslide-debris avalanche recorded in historic time” (Wiki). The debris avalanche moved at 110 – 155 miles per hour downhill. Most of it funneled into the North Fork of the Toutle River. The resultant debris field covered an area of about 24 square miles approximately 150 feet deep.
After the blast, one headline read: "What a Baby, What a Burp."
In 2004, Mt St Helens began extruding lava into the crater once again, although without the violence that characterized the 1980 eruption. It was considered active until 2008. Since then, the old girl has been remarkably quiet, though the lava dome inside the crater continues to steam.
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From National Parks Traveler
November 20, 2013
By Kurt Repanshek
Acadia National Park officials want to do away with their yo-yoing entrance fee price and settle on a year-round fee of $20 per week to better support operations of the Island Explorer shuttle system.
The entrance fee currently is $20 per week during the peak season from late June through Columbus Day, and then $10 per week through the shoulder seasons. Under the proposal now open for comment, the park would increase the fee to $20 year-round.
According to Stephanie Clement at Friends of Acadia, “the Island Explorer operating and admin budget is just over $1.68 million annually right now. The largest source of income, around 55 percent of the total budget, comes from the park’s transit fee, which is currently $10 of the weekly entrance pass during the Island Explorer operating season and $10 of the annual pass year-round.”
“The second largest contributor of income to the Island Explorer has been the Federal Transit Administration/State of Maine. They increased their operating support this past year when the Acadia Gateway Center maintenance facilities opened,” continued Ms. Clement, FOA’s conservation director. “L.L.Bean is the third-largest contributor through Friends of Acadia, and the remainder of the budget (almost 11 percent of the budget) comes from local businesses that receive front-door service, local municipalities, rider donations, and other special donations (like contributions from the Acadia Corporation and Friends of Acadia to try a special Jordan Pond Express Route).”
In proposing the year-round $20 entrance fee, park officials note that “public use of the Island Explorer … has increased from 141,000 riders in 1999-when it began-to 424,000 annual riders in 2013. Likewise, the number of propane-powered buses has increased from eight buses in 1999 to more than 30 buses in 2013.”
“The Island Explorer has significantly reduced automobile use and prevented 15,000 tons of greenhouse gases; however, there has been an increase in operational costs as bus routes and operation times have expanded and as maintenance and repairs on the buses are needed,” they add.
Back at FOA, Ms. Clement said the organization “is definitely in support of the proposed fee change.” “We support this fee change for several reasons: 1) The Island Explorer’s operational costs are increasing as the price of fuel rises, labor costs go up, and the buses age and require additional maintenance. Also, once the Acadia Gateway Center opens, we hope to add several express routes to entice day visitors to leave their cars there and ride the buses. The transit fee is the most stable source of operating funds.”
Too, the shuttle bus system benefits both park visitors and Mount Desert Island residents, she said. “The transit fee really is the most stable and reliable source of funding for the bus system. Overall, we need to look for ways to increase funding from all sources that help the bus system operate, and this is a good first step in that direction,” said Ms. Clement.
Public comment on the proposed increase, which would take effect next summer if approved, is being taken through the end of November. Comments can be submitted by email, or to the address below:
Superintendent Sheridan Steele
ATTN: Fee Change Comments
Acadia National Park
PO Box 177
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Tom Hedley sympathizes with those who complain about Broadway's over-reliance on adapting movies into musicals.
"I'm on the side of the critics who disparage movies being made into theater pieces," Hedley said from his home in Florida. "It just so happens I'm making one."
Hedley cowrote the book for "Flashdance - The Musical," which opens Tuesday for a two-week run at PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre. He also is credited for the story and cowrote the original screenplay for the 1983 film that inspired it.
Sydney Morton recreates one of the iconic moments from the 1983 film that inspired “Flashdance — the Musical.”
Photo by Denise Truscello
What makes this screen-to-stage adaptation different is that he always envisioned "Flashdance" as a musical, and it nearly became one first.
The inspiration for the screenplay came when an artist friend recommended a club where one of his nude models danced.
"There were a bunch of girls, blue collar girls, who were sort of parodying stripping, doing a modern take on it," Hedley said. "They'd make up funny names, like Gina Gina the Sex Machina ... It was a little bit of a cabaret. They did their own choreography. I never saw anything like this."
When You Go
WHAT: "Flashdance - The Musical"
WHEN: Tuesday through April 13. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
WHERE: Palace Theatre, PlayhouseSquare, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland
HOW MUCH: Tickets range from $10 to $75.
He started interviewing the women and tried to conceive a film based on their stories. It was during this time he coined the term "Flashdance."
"When fashion, dance and music come together in a flash - that's 'Flashdance,'" he said.
Hedley gave his screenplay to stage and film director Bob Fosse, who said he didn't see it working as a movie, but he thought the foundation was there for a stage musical. Before Hedley could do anything with Fosse's notes, the film was put into production by Paramount Pictures.
It wasn't the brilliance of the screenplay that got the movie greenlit. Paramount had a couple comedies it was counting on fall through, and it was looking at scripts they had the rights to that could be put into production to fill the gap.
"Frank Mancuso, who was the head of marketing then, said, 'I can sell this one, the one about the girls dancing'," Hedley said.
The rest, as they say, is history. On a budget of about $7 million, the film about a welder by day and stripper by night who dreamed of being a ballerina earned about $93 million in theaters, spawned fashion trends and influenced the way movies were edited and marketed. It also produced multiple hit singles, including "Flashdance ... What a Feeling," which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
"It really was a phenomenon ... a happy accident," he said.
The studio was more interested in a sequel than a stage version in the mid-'80s, but it never happened.
"What was I gong to do, have her become a ballerina and run off to have an affair with (Mikhail) Baryshnikov? I couldn't find a way I was comfortable with to do any kind of sequel."
A musical was talked about at different times over the next couple decades. Giorgio Moroder, who was responsible for most of the music in the movie, was among those who attempted the transformation and walked away. Hedley said he was told by the producers that it would wasn't going to happen unless he got involved.
He compared the process to handling a snake.
"They slither away from you all the time. Something works, then something else doesn't work."
The path of "Flashdance - The Musical" has been as untraditional as the one followed by the movie. It originally was slated to open on Broadway in the fall of 2012, with its national tour slated to start in January 2013 in Pittsburgh, where the movie was set.
"Flashdance" is produced by Richard Frankel Productions (Liberty native Marc Routh is a producing partner with the company), and Hedley said when RFP's musical "Leap of Faith" closed after three weeks on Broadway in May 2012, it forced the producers to rethink the strategy.
"It was a setback," Hedley said. "They didn't know how to handle that loss, a lot of money in a short period of time."
Instead of mounting two productions simultaneously, the producers decided to use the sets under construction for Broadway on the road and pushed back the New York opening until after the current tour, now in its second year, ends. Hedley said audiences for the tour essentially are seeing what would have been and what will be the Broadway cast.
The name recognition of "Flashdance" has helped sell tickets even without a Broadway track record. The show has gotten some rave reviews and some mixed reviews on the road, and Hedley agrees with some of the criticisms. But it's impossible to revamp a show while meeting travel demands and an eight-shows-a-week schedule, so there will be some differences between the production audiences will see in Cleveland in April compared to the one coming to Broadway later this year.
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We're taking in a French Cup semi-final tonight, and Kev thinks Monaco will progress with room to spare.
"Monaco have kept 13 clean sheets in their last 17 games in league and cup, and their opponents are short of practice after the league season was cancelled."
Monaco to cruise into final
Rimully Vallieres v Monaco
Thursday 13 May, 20:15
Atalanta moved a step closer to Champions League qualification last night, as they beat Benevento 2-0, but their relatively reserved attacking display did us no favours. A tough start to the week, but we'll keep going.
We move to France now, because Monaco are hoping to enhance what's already been a good season by reaching the Coupe de France final, as they face amateur side Rimully Vallieres in the semi-finals.
Monaco boss Niko Kovac is something of a cup specialist, having reached the DFB Cup final with Eintracht Frankfurt against the odds in 2017, and having then won the same competition with the Eagles the following year. The Croatian coach overcame mighty Bayern Munich in the 2018 final, and then won the cup again with them the following year. In Ligue 1, ASM aren't totally out of the title race yet, and they have had a superb campaign.
While Monaco have been chasing glory, National 2 side Rimully Vallieres have been kicking their heels, with the league season cancelled because of COVID-19. That makes it all the more remarkable that they have got this far, and they beat Ligue 2 side Toulouse 2-0 in the quarter-finals. They haven't played a competitive game since then, and that was nearly a month ago.
Kovac will take this seriously, and I just can't see an amateur side with no match-fitness living with Monaco over 90 minutes, especially when you consider that Monaco have kept 13 clean sheets in their last 17 games. I'll back ASM -2.0 on the Asian Handicap at 1.814/5.
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Shutdown through his personal lens
Why should I be upset with the government shutdown? Since the Trump tax cuts the national debt has been skyrocketing; not paying 800,000+ government employees helps reduce the deficit. Not paying traffic controllers doesn’t affect me; I don’t travel. Not paying TSA baggage inspectors and causing long lines and some airports to close terminals; again, I don’t travel. Not paying Coast Guard employees; one of their main responsibilities is to interdict drug shipments from Central & South America; I don’t use drugs. Not paying IRS tax return processors and tax refunds; I’m retired on Social Security; I don’t pay taxes. Not paying farm subsidies; farm subsidies are a form of “corporate welfare” and farmers should have to stand on their own two feet anyway, without government help; so what if I have to pay a little bit more for food? I have enough money, I can afford it!
Not paying employees who process asylum seekers; best to keep those foreigners out of the USA anyway! Harming food assistance programs for the poor? Doesn’t affect me! Putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work and destroying their lives; I’m not one of them! Why should I care? Doesn’t affect me!
Jim King, Visalia
Break up PG&E, go public for power
Due to PG&E being overwhelmed with its inability to adequately maintain infrastructure and being hit with multibillion-dollar lawsuits, isn’t it about time we start looking into breaking up this monster before it sticks it to the ratepayers with having to pay for tits shoddiness?
There are other public utility districts operating in Sacramento and other more rural areas in Northern California. Maybe something can be done locally to explore the viability of this option ... it’s overdue ... as will be some PG&E customers’ bills if rates are allowed to be raised by the PUC to rescue the “utility.”
I submit also that the PUC should be looked into for their hobnobbing with PG&E officials recently in Hawaii, but that’s another story for later.
W.A. Combs, Fresno
Gotta watch out for your wallet
In the past few days I have noticed several large signs urging the people in Fresno to vote Steve Brandau for Supervisor. If you ever consider voting for Mr. Brandau, I suggest you recall those “fines” you got from the Fresno City Water Co.
Yes, they were forgiven a month later, because you and I raised such a show of protest. Yep, that’s right! That was the brainchild of Brandau and a couple of his cohorts. Keep your hand on your wallet if Brandau is around.
Skip Crew, Fresno
Vote on fate of Electoral College
Some things that affect us all should be voted on by us all. The “poll tax” is one such thing. Should you run for dog catcher or city council person and you earn the highest number of votes, you win. That’s how our democracy works. But if you run for president of the United States and you earn the highest number of votes, you might run into a relic of the past: The 1881 Electoral College that may declare you the loser. This was glaringly evident in the last election.
How many women, for example, voted for the Electoral College? Minorities? You could argue that the Electoral College is needed to protect us from “smooth talkers” who might steal the election or that the populous of a small state like Maine would be swallowed up by the populous of a larger state like California. Fine. Make your best argument and let’s put it to a vote. If that side wins, we should salute it. But if it loses, we must relegate it, along with the Grandfather Clause, to the relics of the past. Place them all in the ashbin of history.
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JMR Software primed to help South African insurers
The Insurance Conference 2017 attracted 1 383 delegates, from 381 companies, across 27 countries and JMR Software (JMR) was one of 47 exhibitors supporting the event.
Disrupt, debate and deliver were the key themes of the conference that ran from 23 to 26 July at Sun City, and where JMR met with delegates to discuss the continual change and opportunities in the African insurance industry.
"Another D-word frequently used when discussing the South African market this year was 'digital', and the opportunities this presents. The market is growing and for those that can 'deliver' and service their customers digitally, the race is on," says Mike Richards, CEO of JMR, a leading IT specialist headquartered in Johannesburg.
The opportunity is great. A recent Accenture survey found the local market prefers, and is ready for, digital engagement, and if insurers can meet this need, they can increase their gross written premiums (GWP) by R115.2 billion by 2020.
Yet, going digital means changes to both processes and systems. Oliver B"ate, CEO of Allianz SE, in his keynote speech, addressed the transformation: "In today's fast-changing world, it's critical to innovate quickly and to change course rapidly if necessary." He also recognised the consumer-centric nature of the change. "Today's customers will choose a product primarily because it's easy to use, transparent in terms of price and quality, and personalised - and because it's available to them via the digital channels they want it from."
Susan van Zyl, Head of Sales & Marketing, shared the bond the company has with local companies: "We have a long-standing relationship with many financial services companies in South Africa who recognise the need to transform their systems to meet growing consumer demand. JMR has extensive experience of consulting and driving systems change for insurers as well as providing a fail-safe data migration service to help them adapt and meet market demands."
JMR exhibited at the show to share its range of IT consulting, digital readiness services and expertise in data migration with delegates from leading insurance companies in South Africa.
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Are we able to fix Comments?
02/15/2010 04:58 a.m. | Internet
Here are my big problems with internet comments:
- Too much Spam
- Not really providing a "conversation"
- Not enough to make a difference
- Can be very self serving
- Don't relate at all to the article topic
- Can't follow up with comments
- Showing Retweets aren't the same as comments.
I think comments might work under a couple of conditions: The writer has vetted you as areal person with good ideas or questions. You can now have access to comment on anything. Sort of a white list. Not on the list? Then you can ask to be. But the request list could turn into a bunch of spam crap as well. Hard to avoid.
I've never really been about scalability, because I'm not sure that really high quality stuff shouldscale. Comments certainly don't scale, and even for a site as small as mine, there is way too much spam and such.
The biggest problem I have with internet comments is there is no accountability. If you have an idea I disagree with but it is well explained and well written, then I will certainly post it. But, if you want to put "nice post", "LOL", or just about anything that you see on most popular blogs, it makes me want to tear off my face and renounce the internet all together. (Has anything practical at all ever come out of Yahoo answers? Seriously.)
And this doesn't even tackle the big internet problem that still hasn't been fixed: the annoying idiots that try to ruin it for the rest of us. I'd rather not play with them at all.
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Total in India LNG supply pact to drive down coal usage at steel plant
Volumes delivered to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel will help reduce the burning of coal at Hazira steel plant
20 May 2021 8:17 GMT UPDATED 20 May 2021 8:17 GMT By Amanda Battersby in London.
French supermajor Total has signed a deal to supply up to 500,000 tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) until 2026. Volumes will be sourced from Total’s global portfolio and offloaded either at the Dahej or Hazira terminals on India’s west coast. AMNS will use the LNG to run its steel and power plants located in Hazira, Gujarat state.
“We are pleased to partner with AMNS and to supply the growing industrial LNG demand in India, a country that aims to more than double the share of natural gas in its energy mix by 2030 compared to today,” said Thomas Maurisse, senior vice president LNG at Total. “The supply of LNG will contribute to the reduction of AMNS’ carbon emissions, in line with Total’s ambition to offer its customers energy products that emit less CO2 and to support them in their own low-carbon strategies.” Utilising gas as feedstock at AMNS’ Hazira plants will contribute to the decarbonisation of India’s steel industry, which still relies heavily on coal.(Copyright) | <urn:uuid:945d3f05-7bff-42ac-81fb-b365d163c0ac> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://ostaenergy.com/news/total-in-india-lng-supply-pact-to-drive-down-coal-usage-at-steel-plant | 2021-06-14T19:19:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487613380.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20210614170602-20210614200602-00346.warc.gz | en | 0.905059 | 318 |
Apps provide ways to achieve direct, on-going engagement with customers. We can achieve ‘extreme’ levels of engagement. You could use this engagement to change your core marketing model. Here is our work in the retail industry.
CLIENT OBJECTIVE: Engage strategically important, difficult-to-reach demographics.
OUR SOLUTION: We conceptualized, designed, developed, and launched a unique mobile app.
- We interpreted the brand as a set of games delivering rich, interactive branded experiences, all layered with music that echoed the brand’s historical roots.
- To strategically drive brand positioning, we exposed customers to the brands total benefit ladder – we created thousands of mini experiences that introduced users to the vast set of brand attributes and benefits. This had never been done before.
- We added mapping services so that we would drive traffic to stores.
- Users gave the app a 5-star rating, citing their ‘love’ for the ‘addicting’ experience. Users applauded the app for ‘no ads’ – even though the entire experience was a non-stop ad.
- We achieved massive levels of engagement with key demographics. Additionally, we converted this engagement to store traffic delivering high ROI.
- The app was rated the #1 Restaurant App beating Starbucks, Panera Bread and all others based on a mobile sentiment analysis conducted by a 3rd party research firm.
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FJH Piano Solo: A Frightful Night
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Composed by Mary Leaf. FJH Written For You Piano Solos.
Publisher: FJH Music Company, Inc., Series: FJH Piano Solo Sheets - Early Elementary
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Composer: Mary Leaf
Instrument: Piano, Level: Early Elementary, Format: Singles, Sheet Music
Ensemble: Piano Solo, Genre: Holiday, Halloween
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The warmth of sunshine, tall grass waving in a slight breeze, and the sound of waves splashing lightly on the dock where you learned to swim.
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by Guest Blogger
Mark Chiusano ’12, an English concentrator in Winthrop House, was awarded an OFA Artist Development Fellowship to spend this summer working on a collection of stories paying homage to the setting of Flatbush in Brooklyn, and attending the Tin House Writers’ Conference. He is currently the Features Editor of the Harvard Advocate, the Magazine Chair of the Harvard Crimson, and an intern and reader for the Harvard Review. Mark is working on a collection of short stories. Everyone tells him not to use contractions.
Don’t try to write a novel in your family’s kitchen. Use those moments when your parents are in other rooms to write aching, heartbreaking half-paragraph portraits of single mothers in black bikinis whose sons are swimming with their shirts on.
Do not try writing in the second person. You will begin to speak in it too, as in: at lunch with friends who have real jobs and are taking time out of their busy schedules to meet you and see how the writing life is going, when they only have thirty minutes once they’ve found "this pizza place" they’ve heard about, their having lived in the city for two months now and really "knowing their way around." When you are doing this you will find yourself telling a story that starts, "You know, you take the Belt Parkway out past the Verrazano Bridge, across from Staten Island where the old stone fort is," etc. etc., and their eyes will glaze over and they will ask instead what you’ve been reading. Try to avoid such lunches. They make you feel bad about yourself as a working person.
Don’t take long walks, or bike rides along the water, explorations into Redhook, Rockaway, Washington Heights. Delete the motion in your stories, because you know it’s only standing in for a lack of emotional depth.
If you go to a writing conference (and, well, you probably should go to a writer’s conference) don’tassume that every night’s drinks will be complimentary. Don’t get jealous, don’t lose heart, don’t worry about missing the lecture on Death and Dying. Don’t read your work in front of famous people when you’ve had too much to drink. Don’t think about how young and dumb you really are. If someone says they’re married, trust them, it’s true.
Back home, don’t lose your notes. Don’t stare in front of a blank screen. Don’t write stories that start, "When Diane came into the hotel restaurant, there were only two other tables taken." Don’t write stories that start, "'Why me?' said the 18-year-old dinosaur to the crocodile, his friend and longtime companion."
Don’t copy Lorrie Moore too obviously. Don’t stop reading. Don’t go out for lunch again with working friends. Don’t drink too much. Don’t lose heart. Don’t leave the room, don’t leave the window open, don’t turn off the fan. Don’t close the laptop top. Don’t check if "seditious" means something else.
Don’t stop for water, or food. Don’t stop for anything while characters are moving in front of you, while the cursor defies the stationary, while you have "another good idea." Don’t think too much. Don’t look over your shoulder. Do not beg, do not apologize, do not plead.
Do not start everything all over again.
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Jenn's Streak Diary: The Final Countdown
The final days and I cant believe I made it! The #weavstreak brought the heat and I proved to myself that I could step up to the challenge. Here is what went down in week 4:
Day 22: Welcome to the Jingle Jog! I joined my fellow November Project friends, put on my festive lights, and went on a grand tour of Christmas lights in Seattle while singing Christmas carols. I told you running with friends was more fun! And tonight proved to be an experience that I am glad I did not miss out on.
Day 23: The rain made a grand return and I was not up for running today. But just as I was about to toss in the towel a friend called me and I decided to take our phone conversation on the road. As I walked and talked I realized just how much I needed to get some fresh air. And my friend found it funny to hear the sounds of cars and my side commentary as we chatted away.
Day 24: In the grand tradition of Tuesdays being my CrossFit day, I made sure to get my mile in as a warm up for class. I can feel myself getting stronger in my running and the streak is encouraging me to keep going, regardless of wither I want to or not.
Day 25: November Project Wednesday! Today we did our annual “12 Days of Christmas” workout, which includes a lot of loops around Gas Works Park. Everyone was in high spirits, even if the wind tried to dampen our joy.
Day 26: Today is where the weav streak challenge got really hard. Another wind storm came through the Pacific Northwest and going outside to walk a mile did not seem smart. Luckily I join my mom for a trip to Ikea and made a quick walk around the entire store before going through for a real shopping experience. Time with mom and getting my mile in, what could be better.
Day 27: I had dinner plans with a few friends and I arrived 20 minutes early. The perfect amount of time to get a mile in and check out some Christmas Lights. Though it was still a bit windy, thanks to the tail end of the storm, it was a beautiful walk with bright Christmas lights.
Day 28: FOUR WEEKS DOWN AND TWO DAYS LEFT! My excitement is high but the reality of getting a mile in today is challenging. But after helping my family move into their new home and putting together ample amounts of Ikea furniture, I took advantage of the mall being open late and got my mile in. I forget that mall walking is a very popular activity, so why not give it a try on one of the last days of the streak.
Day 29: I got together with my running group for a few miles in the torrential downpour. We got a quick 3 miles in before retreating to a coffee shop to dry off. It was a wonderful time of chatting and talking about Christmas plans. And though at times running in the rain sucks, once you hit the soaking wet phase, it becomes enjoyable.
Day 30: I DID IT! 30 days of getting in 1 mile or more a day. And I am so proud of what I have accomplished! I took the dog for a Christmas Eve walk around my families new neighborhood, just so she could get the lay of the land, and I could figure out my route for a Christmas Day Run. Yes, you read that right, the streak will go for 31 days, not just 30. I cant guarantee a day 32, but I’d say 31 is good enough.
And there you have it! A first time streak is no longer a newbie. Was it worth it? Most definitely. Would I do it again? Sure would! The streak got me outside every day and I did not let my excuses get the best of me. It was challenging in all the good ways. And I am ready to take on the challenge of winter running. | <urn:uuid:869789c1-7002-4b54-9f84-425991b96d09> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://run.weav.io/blog/2019/1/2/jenns-streak-diary-the-final-countdown | 2019-07-20T20:03:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195526670.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20190720194009-20190720220009-00546.warc.gz | en | 0.976787 | 819 |
My health informatics projects are focused on:
- Data mining of patient physiological parameters in hospital intensive care units (collaboration with Tan Tock Seng Hospital)
- Types of drug information on social media sites, in comparison with authoritative health information sites
- Information extraction of adverse drug reactions from consumer drug reviews
Consumer drug reviews
- Chew, S.H., & Khoo, C.S.G. (2016). Comparison of drug information on consumer drug review sites versus authoritative health information Websites. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 67(2), 333-349. (Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.23390/abstract) [PDF]
- Khoo, C.S.G., Anurup, B., Rasmi, A., Ranjani, T., & Johnkhan, S.B. (2016). Sentence categorization of consumer drug reviews to identify efficacy and side effect information: A preliminary study of psychotropic drugs. In Proceedings of the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education & Practice (A-LIEP 2016) (pp. 206-217). Nanjing, China: School of Information Management, Nanjing University. [PDF]
- Goeuriot, L., Na, J.C., Min Kyaing, W.Y., Khoo, C.S.G., Theng, Y.-L., Chang Y.-K., & Foo, S. (2011). Textual and informational characteristics of drug-related content on three kinds of websites: Drug review website, discussion board and hospital information portal. International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence (IJOCI), 2(3), 27-49.
- Na, J.C., Kyaing, W.Y.M., Khoo, C.S.G., Foo, S., Chang, Y.-K., & Theng, Y.L. (2012). Sentiment classification of drug reviews using a rule-based linguistic approach. In Proceedings of ICADL (International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries) 2012, Taipei (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 7634, pp. 189-198). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. | <urn:uuid:337120da-ea7a-4394-b6d1-c6aaa3750d9c> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/chriskhoo/health-informatics/ | 2019-05-25T13:19:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232258058.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20190525124751-20190525150751-00017.warc.gz | en | 0.711027 | 478 |
If online rumours are anything to go by today, then Nikon may be preparing to launch its first Android-powered digital camera. According to camera blog Nikon Rumours, the Nikon Coolpix S800 could well be running Google’s mobile operating system when its released later this year.
The blog suggests that a recent filling at the Indonesian Communication agency reveals the Coolpix S800 model number with the camera’s software rumoured to be Android 2.3, an older but well-worn version of Google’s OS.
The inclusion of Android would make the Coolpix S800 a truly “smart” camera, capable of downloading pretty much any app from Google’s Play Store once it achieves accreditation from Google, along with the ability to tap into social networks like Facebook and Twitter directly through built-in GPS and Wi-Fi functionality.
This means that photo editing fans and obsessed Instagram users will be able to get even better results for their retro-filtered snaps, thanks to Nikon’s superior image sensor tech and the rumoured inclusion of a 25-250mm lens.
Android-powered cameras have been rumoured for quite some time now, with the main reason for their slow showing on the camera market being potential warranty issues. It’ll be difficult to protect users from potential malware when connected to the sometimes-dubious wares of the Google Play Store, an issue not faced by other cameras.[Via Tech Digest] | <urn:uuid:de147720-520f-4af6-aecc-9b1ad208ff6b> | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | https://www.shinyshiny.tv/2012/08/is_nikon_set_to_launch_an_android_based_camera.html | 2018-08-19T02:29:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221214538.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20180819012213-20180819032213-00579.warc.gz | en | 0.928544 | 302 |
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Being able to easily monitor the health of all your sites and services from multiple global locations is a powerful tool for site reliability. However, no one wants to sit and stare at a status dashboard all day. Naturally, teams want to be alerted when there is an issue. We can do that with alerting in Kibana. And when coupled with Elastic machine learning, alerts can be automatically generated from anomalies that are automatically detected. That’s the power of Elastic Observability.
In this blog, we’re going to build on the recent service monitoring and availability made simple post to configure alerting and anomaly detection for sites, services, and APIs. If you haven’t read that blog yet, start there first to learn all about Elastic Uptime and to get your test environment deployed for free in Elastic Cloud.
The speed of Elastic
To quote one of my favorite movies: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Nowhere is that more true than at Elastic. Since the first part of this blog was updated, Elastic 7.9 was released. Among the many fantastic updates in that release were a few enhancements to Elastic Uptime, including the addition of alerting on anomaly detection, which we will discuss below. Another visual change you will see from the first post is the addition of availability percentages on a monitor’s detail page.
Availability information is now provided as an overall metric as well as on a per-location breakdown. The world map can still be accessed with the geo marker button in the upper right corner.
The first type of alert we are going to set up is a Monitor Status alert. This will automatically create alerts based on errors and outages.
From the overview page, select the Alerts dropdown, then select Create alert > Monitor status alert. A flyout where you can create an alert will appear on the right side of the screen.
Give your alert the name World Wide Status and give it a tag global so we can group it with other alerts we may create later. We want to check the status every five minutes looking for any monitor that shows
Down more than 3 times in 10 minutes. When the condition is met, we want the alert triggered. And we only want to be notified every 30 minutes so we’re not constantly flooded with alert notifications.
This alert covers all the monitors we have running; however, we can easily create alerts for one or more specific monitors and have different conditions for each.
The final step in creating an alert is selecting one or more action to take when the alert is triggered.
A lot of us use Slack as our primary channel of communication at work, so let’s create a Slack action. If you don’t have your desired connector created, you will see an option to “Create a connector.”
The provided alert message is pretty good, but let’s customize it a little bit and add some Slack formatting. To make that easier, we can select the context dropdown to see a list of available variables we can use to enrich the content of our alert.
After hitting Save, you’ll see the confirmation!
Let's break something!
To test out this new alert we can wait for a legitimate site issue ... or we can break something! To be safe, you should only break something that won’t affect others. For this example, I’m going to disable my internal TCP port listener script.
pkill -f echo_port_listener.py
And after a few seconds, we see my internal TCP monitor is reporting down as expected. Try it out for yourself!
Let’s click the dropdown on the Overview page to get more information about the monitor.
You can see that the monitor running on my us-central-c host is
Down but the australia-southwest1 and europe-west2 internal TCP listeners are still
Up. You can also see the issue was
Clicking on the monitor we can get additional information. On the world map, the US location is red while London and Australia are still gray (Up). Pings over time shows the counts of
Down pings, and in the History section we can expand the Down status and again see the connection refused error.
And after a few minutes, I’m notified in Slack that my connection is down.
You may have noticed from the Alerts dropdown there is a second alert type, a TLS alert.
I discussed the importance of monitoring your site TLS certificates in the previous post, so let’s set up an alert to notify us when any of the certs on sites we’re monitoring are close to expiring.
The alerting flyout panel is similar to the one we saw in the previous alert. In this case the middle section provides TLS-specific settings. Since we don’t need to check the expiration date of certs as frequently as a status alert, let’s check every 6 hours and notify every 12. The thresholds used in the alert for expiration within range and older than range are configured in the settings page, as they are also used for visual alerts. You can further modify the alert settings however you’d like
The default message looks good, so hit Save. The next time the alert runs, it will pick up one of the sites we’re monitoring that has a certificate expiring soon and will send an alert in Slack. This way we can avoid potentially costly outages to our site (and damage to our reputation).
Knowing when your website or endpoint is down is extremely important. If your customer can’t load your webpage, they can’t purchase products or interact with the services you provide. But knowing when your site is slowing down can be just as important. Today, with everyone expecting websites to instantly load, having a slow webpage response time can just as easily drive a visitor to a competitor's website.
With machine learning integrated right into Elastic Uptime, you can enable anomaly detection with one click right from the Monitor duration panel of each monitor. Each individual monitor location is individually modelled and when a monitor runs for an unusual amount of time at a particular time an anomaly is recorded and highlighted right on the Monitor duration chart.
To enable anomaly detection, simply click on a monitor to go to the details page and in the Monitor duration panel select Enable anomaly detection. That’s it!
As mentioned above, one of the new features in the Elastic 7.9 release was the ability to create an alert when a monitor duration is detected. As part of automatically creating an anomaly detection job, an Alert Creation flyout will appear. This will allow you to configure which severity level to create an alert on. The flyout is the same as the alert we created above with the exception of the anomaly section. We will leave the default level of “Critical” to trigger an alert. We will use the same Slack connector, which is pre-populated with an anomaly-specific message.
When an anomaly is detected, the duration is represented right on the Monitor duration chart along with the duration times. The colors represent the criticality of the anomaly (red == critical, yellow == minor). In addition, since we configured a Slack alert, when a critical anomaly is detected we will be alerted about it!
The anomaly detection job on the back end is the same as any other custom job you may create. The integration simply allows for ease of creation and viewing the anomalies along with the source data. You can view more information about the job and its history in the ML UI, which is easily accessed from the Anomaly detection dropdown in the Monitor duration screen. Here we can also create an alert (if we decided against it originally) or deactivate the job altogether.
Learn more about Elastic’s anomaly detection in our blog post on identifying anomalies, influencers, and root causes.
Wrap up time
Over these two blog posts we’ve configured Heartbeat to monitor multiple services from multiple global locations. We’ve walked through using Elastic Uptime to easily identify when there are disruptions to those services. We enabled anomaly detection on our monitors with one click, allowing us to easily see when a service is performing unusually slow. And, so we can go about our other work without having to keep an eye on all this, we enabled alerting right from within Uptime so we can be notified when action is needed.
If you’ve just been reading along, I encourage you to try Uptime out for yourself. The easiest way to get started is to sign up for a free trial of Elasticsearch Service and install Heartbeat on your laptop — you’ll be observing in no time.
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- Night and day
- Grading India’s counter-coercive strategy
Editorial: Night and day
- The dirge continues as news of another horrific alleged rape and murder emerged from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
- GS Paper 1: Role of women and women’s organisation;
- Patriarchy is the least noticed yet the most significant structure of social inequality. In this context, discuss growing violence against women in India. 15 Marks
- To expect women to stay indoors for their safety is to deny them their freedoms, rights. Discuss 15 Marks
Dimensions of the Article:
- Status of women safety in India
- Challenges in addressing women safety.
- Measures taken by government:
- Way forward:
Status of women safety in India:
- Women safety involves various dimensions such as Sexual harassment at workplace, rape, marital rape, dowry, acid attack etc.
- The United Nation’s ‘Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces’ programme, which started in 2010, recognized that cities all around the world were becoming unsafe for women.
- The latest NCRB data for the year 2016 shows that o Overall crimes against women have risen by just about 3%, whereas incidents of rape have gone up by 12%.
- Majority of cases categorized as crimes against women were reported under ‘Cruelty by husband or his relatives’ (32.6%). This draws a bleak picture of women safety in private places or home.
Challenges in addressing women safety.
- Lack of reporting: It is seen as a major roadblock for creating a safe atmosphere for women.
- Slow criminal justice system: The investigation and disposal of cases take long time thereby encourage offenders.
- Inadequate implementation: Many employers are yet to establish Internal complaints committee which is a clear violation of law.
- Poor gender sensitization of law enforcing agencies like police, judiciary etc.
- Various social factors like level of education/illiteracy, poverty, myriad social customs and values, religious beliefs, mindset of the society etc. also pose a challenge.
- Frivolous complaints: This is seen mostly in context of domestic violence act.
- Exclusion by Technology: Technology though helpful to enhance public safety in certain ways, but its scope is limited so far as they exclude women without access to smartphones.
- Hinders women development: For example- Sexual harassment at workplace is one of the most important causes of low labour force participation rate of women in India. Male dominated nature of India’s public sphere is being recognized but not challenged.
Measures taken by government:
- For sexual harassment at workplace- VISHAKA guidelines by Supreme Court which provide measures to be taken by employers, Sexual Harassment of Women at workplace (prevention prohibition and redressal) Act 2013 by parliament, SHE Box by Ministry Of Women and Child Development for online complaint.
- For rape cases: Proposal of Justice Verma Committee was accepted to treat juvenile between 16-18 years age as an adult for committing heinous crimes. Recently, the government has brought amendments in PoCSO act 2012 in which Rape of girl child below 12 years will be punished by death penalty
- For domestic violence: Domestic violence act 2005 and Section 498A of IPC deals with cruelty by husband or relatives.
- Other initiatives: SWADHAR: A Scheme for Women in Difficult Circumstances, GPS tracking, ‘panic buttons’ etc.
- Government is also planning to set up a dedicated National Mission on women safety to ensure specified actions by Ministries and Department.
- Strengthening criminal justice machinery: Strict enforcement of laws, setting up of fast track special courts, strengthening of prosecution machinery, strengthening of Alternate Dispute resolution mechanism like Lok Adalat, implementing Draft National Policy for Women 2016 in letter and spirit etc.
- Encourage women to step up and speak to the relevant committee in the organization in case of any issues such as harassment and improper conduct and situation. Women should also be trained for selfdefence.
- Gender sensitisation of the law enforcement agencies, especially the police and the judiciary through periodic training as well as instituting gender-sensitization trainings incorporates.
- Development of a community-based strategy to tackle domestic violence and community policing initiatives such as Mahila Suraksha Samiti and Women State Committee to check crimes.
- Adopting zero tolerance policy towards any form of harassment at the workplace. It should be embedded in an organization’s various policies and principles, such as the code of conduct.
- Civil society in collaboration with all sections of society should organize several grass root movements. Many movements like ‘Pinjra Tod’ and ‘One Billion Rising’ are contributing significantly via bottom up approach for the cause of women safety.
- Moral education: Moral overhauling of the mindset of masses should be attempted through awareness and education.
Editorial: Grading India’s counter-coercive strategy
- India’s geostrategic location, its relatively sound economic position vis-à-vis its neighbours and its liberal democratic credentials have induced the government to undertake proper management of Indian borders, which is vital to national security.
- GS Paper 3: Border Areas (security challenges and management thereof); Security forces & agencies (mandate); Role of External State & Non-State actors in creating internal security challenges
- Border management is a complex task due to difficult terrain and hostile relations with some countries. Elucidate the challenges and strategies for effective border management. 15 Marks
Dimensions of the Article:
- Issues related to Border management in India
- Technology can play an integral role in addressing Border Management Issues:
- Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS):
- Way Forward:
Issues related to Border management in India:
- Porosity of borders: International borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh run through diverse terrain including deserts, marshes, plains and mountains.
- This porosity of borders facilitates various illegal activities such as smuggling, trafficking of humans, drugs and arms and infiltration.
- Contested International borders: History of mistrust and constant border skirmishes with Pakistan along line of control (LOC) makes India highly susceptible to cross-border terrorism. o Similarly, India’s border with Myanmar is threatened by several insurgent groups that have found sanctuaries in jungles along the border. o Political boundary issues of “enclaves and adverse possessions” in Bangladesh have resulted in political sensitivity along the entire eastern border.
- Inefficiency in Border management: Indian borders continue to be guarded by military and police forces that report to different ministries in the Centre and states, making the border management task arduous and leading to duplication of efforts by the security forces.
- Lack of critical infrastructure: Critical infrastructure such as observation towers, bunkers, Border Flood Lights etc. are lacking in many border areas which also prevent deployment of hi-tech equipment.
- Poor intelligence and resource efficiency: Security forces are ill-equipped to handle border management given poor intelligence capabilities and severe resource deficiency.
- Ethnic conflicts and separatist movements: The situation has worsened due to the changed demographic profile of many Border States and shift in ethnic balance of communities as a result of illegal migration.
- Over-population in the border areas: Density of population in the border areas at some places is approximately 700-800 persons per square km on the Indian side and about 1,000 persons on the Bangladesh side.
- Political instability and disorder in its periphery impacts India’s security directly or indirectly. Proxy war between India and Pakistan adds to this security risk.
Technology can play an integral role in addressing Border Management Issues:
- Upgrading existing system: Technology can be integrated with the existing systems to facilitate better detection and interception by the man behind the machine.
- At present, border guarding is almost fully dependent on human surveillance. This makes border management a time-consuming and complex task.
- Checking infiltration: It can be help to detect infiltration via land, underwater, air and tunnels by deploying close circuit television cameras, thermal imagers and night vision devices etc.
- Facilitate Cross Border Trade: For example: Blockchain technology can help quickly and securely process transactions, it also makes much easier to identify and trace illegitimate trade.
- Improved Intelligence inputs and Surveillance: through Remote sensing satellites, radar satellites and satellites with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors which are capable of providing day and night all terrain and all-weather inputs.
- Madhukar Gupta Committee on border protection had recommended the Union Government to strengthen border protection and address vulnerabilities in fencing along the Indo-Pakistan border. This led to implementation of CIBMS in 2015.
Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS):
- It is a robust and integrated system that is capable of addressing the gaps in the present system of border security by seamlessly integrating human resources, weapons, and high-tech surveillance equipment.
- It improves the capability of Border Security Force (BSF) in detecting and controlling the cross border crimes like illegal infiltration, smuggling of contraband goods, human trafficking and cross border terrorism etc.
- It also improves situational awareness to facilitate prompt decision making and quick reaction to emerging situations.
- It involves deployment of a range of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies.
- 2 pilot projects covering about 71 Kms on Indo-Pakistan Border (10 Kms) and Indo-Bangladesh Border (61 Kms) of CIBMS have been completed.
- In 2018, BSF undertook the project BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) to equip Indo-Bangladesh borders with different kind of sensors in unfenced riverine area of Brahmaputra and its tributaries.
- Dispute resolution– Government should resolve pending border disputes with the neighbouring countries, as they later become matters of national-security threat.
- No diversion of security forces– The border-guarding force should not be distracted from its principal task and deployed for other internal security duties. For Eg-ITBP, a force specifically trained for India China border should not be used in the Naxalite-infested areas.
- Involvement of army – It is felt that the responsibility for unsettled and disputed borders, such as the LoC in J&K and the LAC on the Indo-Tibetan border, should be that of the Indian Army while the BSF should be responsible for all settled borders.
- Follow one-force-one-border principle to effectively manage borders as divided responsibilities never result in effective control.
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Week 6: Living to Make a Difference
In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul gives thought to what it looks like to live a life that makes a difference.
Week 5: Living by the Spirit
What’s the potential of a human life lived under full submission and control to the Holy Spirit? In Galatians 5 Paul makes the impassioned case that the Holy Spirit is the key to living a transformed life. Who is the Holy Spirit? What does He do? Why should I care?
Week 4: Living in Relationship
In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul uses strong terminology to explain the difference between being forced into relationship with God, and being compelled into relationship with God. Do you have the mindset of a slave or of a son? How can you know the difference?
Week 3: Living in Grace
In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul explains the work of grace more eloquently than perhaps any other place in Scripture. What is grace? What does it mean to live in Grace? Why do I so often feel inadequate and unworthy and what can I do about it?
Week 2: Living the Crucified Life
In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul says, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” What does it mean to be crucified with Christ? And how can I tell the difference between living for me and living for God?
Week 1: Living in the Tree of Life
In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul address two gospels – the true gospel and a false gospel. In the Book of Genesis, these two gospels are on display in the garden. Discover the power of the true gospel and the life of freedom God desires for you, and dispel the myths of the false gospel. | <urn:uuid:8b639f31-50b0-4dea-b1c4-19dffeb4e843> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://rockcitychurch.tv/series/this-is-living | 2021-01-25T09:30:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703565541.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20210125092143-20210125122143-00143.warc.gz | en | 0.945374 | 386 |
stpeter at stpeter.im
Wed Nov 18 21:01:41 CST 2009
On 11/18/09 6:54 PM, Sean Dilda wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> On 11/18/09 9:39 AM, Sean Dilda wrote:
>>> Norman Rasmussen wrote:
>>>> I was under the impression the DNS block lists don't work well anymore
>>>> (too many false positive, not enough true negatives)
>>> DNS block lists are commonly used by many organizations and large
>>> companies. Often they're used as one of several factors in deciding if
>>> the email received is spam.
>> How is your DNSBL built? What are the inputs? How does the operator of
>> an XMPP service find out if their domain or IP address is listed? Do you
>> return a particular stream error to entities that are on the DNSBL? How
>> does a service remove itself from the list? Where is the list maintained
>> and by whom? How does someone access the list? What if the machine on
>> which the DNSBL is located gets hacked? Does this introduce a single
>> point of failure or attack for the XMPP network?
>> I have many questions. :)
> Peter, Who was that directed at? You responded to my post, but it
> sounds like you're asking about Evgeniy Khramtsov's implementation for
Indeed, I was curious about the jabber.ru deployment. I just happened to
reply to the most convenient message. :)
> However, I will give input on the last few and my thoughts on how it
> *should* be done. In the email world there are several independent
> organizations which host dnsbls. Each one has their own standards for
> identifying a spamming site and their own policies for removal, etc.
> Some are known to be very quick to add a site and thus result in many
> false positives, whereas others are more conservative as to what sites
> they add. As such, each site admin is able to choose which dnsbls they
> wish to listen to and how much weight to put on each DNSBLs data.
Well, at least that reduces my concern about a single point of failure
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The Reduced Wisdom of Herded Crowds
Updated: Jan 3, 2020
Often the prediction of a crowd is more accurate than the prediction of any individual in that crowd. Yet, for crowds to be wise, opinions of the individuals making up the crowd must be diverse and independent.
Take the classic jelly beans in the jar guessing game, where contestants have to determine the number of red jelly beans in a jar filled with red and blue beans. For any single participant, it makes sense to extrapolate from the beans they see to estimate the total in the jar. However, the jar may be filled unevenly - such that the front of the jar just happens to have more red jelly beans than the back of the jar. A large crowd that views the jar only from the front will likely overestimate the number of red jelly beans since they share a common biased viewpoint.
We examine a related phenomenon in the equity research industry in our paper, “Are Crowded Crowds Still Wise? Evidence from Financial Analysts' Geographic Diversity.” The equity research industry is geographically concentrated, with over half of analysts working on Wall Street. For retail analysts, store visits are often an important part of their primary research. This practice is widely accepted, with fund manager Peter Lynch once writing “visiting stores and testing products is one of the critical elements of the analyst's job.” Using satellite imagery of retailers’ parking lots we find evidence that the fuller a retailer’s lots were, the better its earnings tended to be.
However, analysts may overweight how representative their local store visits may be. In this sense, the analyst setting is a lot like the jelly beans example, as the consensus of individual analyst forecasts may not eliminate individuals’ errors if the majority of analysts generalize based on the same local information.
A major challenge to testing whether analysts overweight such local information is that such firm-specific local information is typically hard to observe. We overcome this challenge by taking advantage of satellite image data that provides us with parking lot car counts of retail firms across different metropolitan areas at the same time. For example, consider financial analysts working in Minneapolis and Cleveland who each make an earnings forecast for Home Depot. While all analysts could access the same SEC filings and listen to the same conference calls, an analyst in Minneapolis may observe full parking lots at local Home Depot locations and infer that the firm is doing well overall, while the analyst in Cleveland may observe less full parking lots and have a more tempered impression of the firm. Consistent with this intuition, we find evidence that analysts shade their quarterly earnings forecast toward their locally observed parking lot car counts.
While car counts contain valuable information in aggregate, analysts tend to overweight their own forecast in the direction of local car counts - which have no explanatory information beyond the aggregate car counts - relative to other analysts covering the same firm at the same time but in different locations. Our research approach allows us to rule out many competing stories due to common information such as company filings, matching between analysts’ characteristics and the firms that they cover, differences in location characteristics, and time-varying analyst specific characteristics like mood or their general predictions about the macroeconomy.
What implications does this have for the crowd forecast? If analysts make systematic errors that overgeneralize their local information, then we would expect to see the crowd forecast to average away these errors when the consensus is made up of a geographically diverse population - and correlated errors to remain when they are not. Consistent with this prediction, we find evidence that consensus forecast errors are larger when analysts are more concentrated in fewer metropolitan areas (i.e., less geographically diverse).
Our findings provide a more nuanced take on the wisdom of the crowds and point out a potential issue in the market for equity research. With recent consolidation and downsizing in the brokerage industry, individual analysts’ forecasts are becoming less independent and their consensus guidance can suffer as a result. Our results point out one mechanism for why reduced coverage can lead to more uncertainty.
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TEAM Agent Ky Winchester survived a brutal encounter with a Taliban madman only because of a woman with green eyes, an angel he thought he’d dreamed in the depths of torment. She came to him in that far off torture chamber, cloaked in the tender magic of hope, and because of her, he was willing to believe he might survive his nightmare. It’s too bad he never thought to ask her name. Too bad he’ll spend the rest of his days searching for her.
Whoever she is…
FBI Agent Eden Stark is the Bureau’s number one and very top-secret psychic asset. While running from a different kind of madman, this one intent on mechanizing America’s military, turning them into controllable drones, Eden’s plane goes down in the frigid Canadian north. It’s very probable she won’t survive the night. Two meched-up FBI agents are already tracking her. Maybe wolves.
Maybe someone else.
The military romance series, In the Company of Snipers, is a compilation of suspense-filled, love stories of heroes tough enough to take on the world alone–and win. All ex-military snipers, some Marines, some Army Rangers or Navy SEALs, they’ve fought the good fight, served their country well, but all still feel the need to serve. Their final deployment might be over, but evil is still alive and well. There’s still work to be done.
These are not sweet romances, so if that’s what you’re looking for, stop reading right now. These are not always wholesome guys. Some are broken. They’ve been there, and some have seen or done too much. They’ve lost. They’ve won . And sometimes in the middle of serving, they’ve forgotten who the hell they really are.
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[arin-ppml] Opposed to 2010-9 and 2010-12
jmaimon at chl.com
Wed Oct 13 12:54:13 EDT 2010
Owen DeLong wrote:
> On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:55 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
> Unfortunately, the current state of last-mile technologies being the
> abysmal mess that it is, we basically have not choice other than
> providing for 6rd as an immediate deployment mechanism. As
> such, it should be done with the following safeguards:
> + Allocations from a specific prefix to facilitate a community decision
> to deprecate the technology when it is no longer necessary.
> + Native deployments should not be shared among the same
> IPv6 prefix.
> + We should make strong efforts to communicate and preserve
> the notion that this is a transitional and therefore temporary
> solution. That last mile technologies must catch up and
> provide reasonable and workable native IPv6 solutions.
If the concern is spurring transition efforts, how about including as a
requirement deployment and operation of properly functional 6to4 relays,
possibly even teredo.
Heck, toss in lisp while we are at it.
The idea is that if you want community support for your transition
efforts, in return provide support to the other efforts, even those you
may not be particularly interested in.
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Victory over Woking this weekend would be Swindon’s first three-match win streak since the turn of the year.
The last time Town did three on the spin started with victory over Notts County on New Year’s Eve Eve, and ended on 13th January with another single-goal win over Forest Green. Town also overcame Barnet at The Hive in that run of three on the bounce.
In the last week, Richie Wellens’ side have earnt six points from two games, grinding out a 1-0 victory away at Port Vale before Sol Pryce and Scott Twine scored to seal a thrilling 3-2 win over Stevenage.
A win on Sunday could also make it four wins in six in all competitions for the Robins as they head into December.
Woking are flying in National League South following the relegation to the division last season – they are top of the table, two points clear of Billericay Town, having played one game more than their Essex title rivals.
The Cardinals have won four on the bounce in all competitions seeing off Folkestone, Slough Town and Gloucester – the first game in their winning run came in the previous round of this competition against Torquay.
Max Kretzschmar put away a 48th minute penalty to seal Woking’s third FA Cup Second Round draw in consecutive years. Last year, they took Peterborough to a replay at this stage in the competition after beating league opposition, in the First Round, in Bury.
Swindon have only played Woking in competitive matches twice in their history – the last time was back in 2009, where Billy Paynter was on target to clinch a 1-0 win in the FA Cup First Round.
In 1996, Steve McMahon said he was ‘terrified’ of the prospect of playing Woking, because ‘they could only lose’ the game. Fortunately, Wayne Allison and a cross-cum-shot from Paul Bodin, alongside a string of saves of Fraser Digby, ensured a 2-0 win that day.
06 Jan 1996 Swindon Town v Woking W 2-0 FA Cup
07 Nov 2009 Swindon Town v Woking W 1-0 FA Cup
The Gaffer – Alan Dowson
The former Hampton and Richmond, Kingstonian and Walton and Hersham manager was appointed as the new Woking boss in May 2018. Alan has an enviable record in non-league football having led Hampton to promotion from the Isthmian Premier Division in 2016 before reaching the play-offs in both of his two seasons with the Beavers in National League South.
In 2018 only a penalty shoot-out defeat by Braintree Town in the play-off final prevented the London-based club from reaching the National League for the first time in their history.
Born in Gateshead, Dowse initially moved to the south of the country in the 1980s when he joined Millwall as a player, going on to also play for the likes of Bradford, Darlington and Walton - where he became player-manager in 2004. He joined Kingstonian three years later, guiding them back to the seventh tier of English football, and achieving a second-placed finish before joining Hampton in 2014. However, he has long harboured a desire to become manager of the Cards - something which he finally achieved this summer by succeeding former boss Anthony Limbrick. | <urn:uuid:c15c1c24-0663-4763-9abc-461d0d0f9e4d> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2018/november/preview-woking-fa-cup-second-round/ | 2020-09-25T03:47:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400221980.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20200925021647-20200925051647-00646.warc.gz | en | 0.973684 | 707 |
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This is for approximately 3 hours combined time in The Shift Studios in Burnley Town Centre, Lancashire. We are conveniently located in Burnley Town Centre, Lancashire in a professional, retro and cosy recording studio. A professionally printed CD and high quality video of your performance and a sound and video engineer will be at hand to record and produce your music and music video package giving you the full arsenal for your professional portfolio. | <urn:uuid:1676a72b-bc16-4750-b53b-c2b83fa87c10> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.theshiftmusic.com/product/cd-and-video-package | 2021-05-17T23:23:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991870.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20210517211550-20210518001550-00033.warc.gz | en | 0.90306 | 163 |
The current population of Marshall Metro is 67,953 with the median age of 41. Marshall Metro's median household income is $52,381, and the average household net worth is $382,090. 21% of Marshall Metro's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 22% of Marshall Metro's population have moved in the last year.
|Marshall Metro||Texas||United States|
|Median Household Income||$52,381||$50,971||$53,132|
|Average Household Net Worth||$382,090||$427,928||$498,508|
|Long-term Residents (5+ years)||21%||28%||35%|
|Median Age||41 years||33 years||36 years|
Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Marshall Metro by age group. In Marshall Metro, the male-to-female ratio is 33,428:34,527, which is 2% lower than the ratio of Texas, which is 13,003,936:13,213,487. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2013.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Marshall Metro, has 40% less property crime than Texas, and is 26% below the nation’s average. Marshall Metro, has 44% less personal crime than Texas and when compared to that of United States, Marshall Metro is 38% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Marshall Metro that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Marshall Metro, 73% of people are married and 27% of people are single. The percent of people married is 1% lower than the ratio of Texas, which is 73%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2013.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Marshall Metro income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Marshall Metro is $52,381, which is 3% higher than that of Texas ($50,971). Income data for Marshall Metro is sourced from census, 2013.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Marshall Metro. In Marshall Metro, 16% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 16% completed a Bachelor’s degree or higher, which is 10% lower than that of Texas. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2013. | <urn:uuid:9eefae60-fbc8-40a4-a1e2-2c72c6ec8c30> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.realtor.com/local/Marshall-Metro_TX/lifestyle | 2014-03-12T19:58:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394023865238/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305125105-00044-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938172 | 524 |
Rosemary Baked Sweet Potato "Fries"
This is the most delicious and soul-satisfying side dish. They're sweet and soft on the inside, with a distinct crunch and flavor explosion on the outside. You really can't go wrong with the seasoning. I like to mix it up with paprika/cinnamon, curry/cumin, garlic/lemon, and even simple pink salt/pepper. Any salt free seasoning will be delicious too!
- 1 medium sweet potato (or yam)
- 1/2 tbsp oil (olive or melted coconut)
- Your favorite seasoning (I love mrs. Dash salt free blend, cinnamon, mustard, or paprika)
- Fresh rosemary
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Chop the potato into fry-shaped wedges the size of your finger. I find it difficult to cut raw sweet potato, so I often microwave it for a bit to get the potato softer and manageable to cut.
- Mix them in a bowl with the oil, seasoning, and rosemary. The mixture should be well incorporated. Spread out evenly on a baking sheet. Make sure that they're not touching. Bake for about 30 mins, flipping halfway through to ensure they're evenly browned. Delicious alone, served with hummus, guacamole, tahini, or with my avocado cream sauce! | <urn:uuid:5c825e1e-a54a-4abb-9597-80a2da52cc5f> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://www.healthyballerina.com/rosemary-baked-sweet-potato-fries | 2018-07-21T07:50:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592420.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721071046-20180721091046-00133.warc.gz | en | 0.912912 | 286 |
Help - I bought some prewound bobbins on an internet site. They are 7/16th of an inch tall and only around 1/2 inch wide (maybe even a little smaller) They are way to small for class 15 that I need for my machine same height but not as large across.
Outside the plastic bag it says Spun polyester , Mill Devices Co. , Gastonia, NC.
Any ideas what these little bobbins are used for? :?:
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Audi’s third-generation TT has been with us for almost six months, during which time we’ve had a chance to take a quick spin as well as witness the arrival of the convertible variant. Now, finally, the new TT and TT Roadster are ready for their U.S. debut, which will be taking place this week at the 2014 Los Angeles AutoShow.
For the U.S. market, the new TT range goes on sale next fall, as a 2016 model. It will initially be available in TT and TTS trim, with quattro all-wheel drive as standard. Further down the track we’re expecting a new generation of the awesome TT RS to be launched as well as an entry-level front-wheel-drive model.
The 2016 TT will feature a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine rated at 220 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. It will be available with either the coupe or convertible bodystyles. The sportier TTS will only be available as a coupe. It will feature the same engine as the TT but with output dialed up to 292 hp and 280 lb-ft.
All models will be available with a six-speed S tronic dual-clutch transmission. As mentioned above, all models will also come with quattro all-wheel drive as well as the Audi drive select system that allows the driver to adjust things such as shift points, throttle response, steering and suspension. Note, the TTS will feature magnetic ride suspension as standard.
Inside there’s plenty of new tech features including an entirely digital instrument cluster that Audi likes to call the virtual cockpit. This is a 12.3-inch display located behind the steering wheel that provides the driver not only with vital driving information but also comfort and entertainment info.
Instructions can be entered using voice control, buttons on the steering wheel or the MMI touchpad and rotary dial located in the center console.
The new TT will also feature the most advanced version of Audi connect internet connectivity, including picture navigation, read-aloud news headlines, Facebook and Twitter alerts, access to more than 7,000 web radio stations, personalized RSS news feeds and more. This version of Audi connect features high-speed 4G LTE connectivity and includes a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Pricing and equipment for the 2016 Audi TT range will be announced closer to next year’s sales launch. Also debuting in L.A. next week will be the updated 2016 A6 and A7; you can read about these and more by heading to our L.A. Auto Show dedicated hub. | <urn:uuid:a6b764b9-33f4-416d-9c10-d544e3cc0a7e> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2014/1117/2016-Audi-TT-specs-revealed-ahead-of-Los-Angeles-Auto-Show | 2020-01-22T00:02:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250606226.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20200121222429-20200122011429-00392.warc.gz | en | 0.938954 | 548 |
The metaphor to which I devote this chapter is one in which the organism is seen as message. Organism is opposed to chaos, to disintegration, to death, as message is to noise. To describe an organism, we do not try to specify each molecule in it, and catalogue it bit by bit, but rather to answer certain questions about it which reveal its pattern: a pattern which is more significant and less probable as the organism becomes, so to speak, more fully an organism.
We have already seen that certain organisms, such as man, tend for a time to maintain and often even to increase the level of their organization, as a local enclave in the general stream of increasing entropy, of increasing chaos and de-differentiation. Life is an island here and now in a dying world. The process by which we living beings resist the general stream of corruption and decay is known as homeostasis.
We can continue to live in the very special environment which we carry forward with us only until we begin to decay more quickly than we can reconstitute ourselves. Then we die. If our bodily temperature rises or sinks one degree from its normal level of 98.6° Fahrenheit, we begin to take notice of it, and if it rises or sinks ten degrees, we are all but sure to die. The
oxygen and carbon dioxide and salt in our blood, the hormones flowing from our ductless glands, are all regulated by mechanisms which tend to resist any untoward changes in their levels. These mechanisms constitute what is known as homeostasis, and are negative feedback mechanisms of a type that we may find exemplified in mechanical automata.
It is the pattern maintained by this homeostasis, which is the touchstone of our personal identity. Our tissues change as we live: the food we eat and the air we breathe become flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone, and the momentary elements of our flesh and bone pass out of our body every day with our excreta. We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water. We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.
A pattern is a message, and may be transmitted as a message. How else do we employ our radio than to transmit patterns of sound, and our television set than to transmit patterns of light? It is amusing as well as instructive to consider what would happen if we were to transmit the whole pattern of the human body, of the human brain with its memories and cross connections, so that a hypothetical receiving instrument could re-embody these messages in appropriate matter, capable of continuing the processes already in the body and the mind, and of maintaining the integrity needed for this continuation by a process of homeostasis.
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Fake job applications should help map discrimination in Belgian labour market
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
The Flemish government will use fake job applications to better understand the extent of discriminations within the labour market of 33 sectors, the Flemish Minister of Employment Hilde Crevits said on Tuesday.
The scheme using fake applications, which will involve nearly 1.9 million employees in the hospitality and graphics sector, among others, was proposed by three labour market experts as an academic monitoring system to better understand Belgium’s discrimination problem.
“It is the first time that sectors will carry out a baseline measurement to combat discrimination in their sector. The baseline measurement will give them a clear view of what kind of discrimination is present and how big the problem is,” Crevits said in a press release.
As part of this project, fictitious applications will be sent out in response to real vacancies at companies within the participating sectors, in which candidates are very similar to each other, but differ from each other on characteristics linked to grounds for discrimination such as age, gender and origin.
These fake applications are part of a wider anti-discrimination initiative, for which each sector will receive €85,000 to organise actions to help build an inclusive labour market.
As a first step, sectors are asked to perform a risk analysis to estimate the forms of discrimination to be expected within their sector.
Based on these analyses, fictitious CVs will be sent to real vacancies in Flanders to test whether the forms of discrimination, which the sector expects to be present on the basis of the risk analysis, are actually present.
“The baseline measurement is not a goal in itself but a starting point. The baseline measurement is an awareness-raising instrument and can be a real eye-opener for sectors and companies. The conclusions will not be used to impose sanctions on the sectors,” Crevits’ press release read.
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ICE agents with the El Dorado Task Force Asset Identification and Removal Group in New York arrested nine suspects and seized 11 bank accounts and cash totaling more than $400,000. The people arrested allegedly used the bank accounts to move and store gambling proceeds. They face state charges of enterprise corruption, promoting gambling and money laundering.
ICE agents and officers arrested a total of 38 people in Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, New York, New Jersey and Nevada on charges of operating two highly sophisticated illegal sport gambling enterprises stretching from Queens, N.Y. to Costa Rica.
"The seizures made by ICE today destroy the backbone of this criminal organization, said James T. Hayes, Jr., special agent in charge of the ICE Office of Investigations in New York. "We remain committed to working with law enforcement at every level to ensure there is no reward, or profit, for those individuals and organizations who seek to engage in systematic criminal activity as a business model."
"The defendants are accused of being involved in two distinct nationwide gambling rings that booked nearly $178 million in wagers over a 32-month period on professional and college basketball and football, professional baseball and hockey and other sporting events," said Richard A. Brown, Queens County district attorney. "In carrying out their alleged gambling operations, the defendants used sports betting websites - which are literally computerized betting sheets accessible both online and via an "800" toll-free telephone number - thereby allowing them to manage numerous gambling accounts, out of which criminal proceeds were collected and distributed throughout the United States."
"Illegal gambling and money laundering are not victimless crimes. The proceeds from illegal sports betting are used to fuel organized crime and support harmful criminal enterprises," said Raymond W. Kelly, police commissioner City of New York. "Because of today's arrests the very same illegal gambling outfit that had spread its reach from Queens to Nevada will now be confined to a significantly smaller space."
The two enterprise corruption indictments filed in Queens County Supreme Court charge that the gambling rings promoted illegal sports betting in Queens County and elsewhere and that the defendants were involved in non-traditional computerized wire rooms in Costa Rica.
Eighteen of the defendants are also being sued civilly and have been named as respondents in a $178 million civil forfeiture action filed in Queens Supreme Court by the District Attorney's Special Proceedings Bureau, which alleges that they engaged in criminal enterprises that promoted illegal gambling activities and generated illegal wages.
The enterprises allegedly handled thousands of wagers each month that generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in monthly gross revenue or approximately $178 million between July 2007 and March 2010.
It is alleged to have relied on modern technology to generate its criminal proceeds, including toll-free telephone numbers and five known gambling Web sites - www.crownsports.com; www.jazzsports.com;www.5dimes.com; www.bigonsports.com; and www.betcris.com - which, in effect, served as computerized wire rooms through which the enterprises conducted much of its illegal gambling activity.
CROWN SPORTS I
DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ALLEGED ROLES (26)
* named as respondent in civil forfeiture action
Michael Flynn III (a.k.a. Mickey Richardson), 39, is believed to be in Costa Rica.
Robert J. Baselice, 38, Staten Island, N.Y *
Charles L. Cicalo, 49, Staten Island *
MONEY COLLECTORS/DISTRIBUTORS (9)
Mitchell Baevitz, 54, Boynton Beach, Fla.
David E. Carazo, 41, River Ridge, La.
Guillermo R. Carnales, 59, Key Biscayne, Fla.
Nicholas R. Coon, 41, Highland Beach, Fla.
Joseph Fredette, 44, Hackensack, N.J.
Marcel J. Grasso, 62, Boynton Beach
Michael F. Guarino, 45, Hackensack
Lance J. Matias, 40, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Gina C. Zelinka, 54, Lauderhill, Fla.
SUPER AGENTS (9)
Joseph F. Calabrese, 42, Staten Island *
Nicholas L. Calabrese, 72, Staten Island *
Drew Casen, 59, Las Vegas, Nev.
Carmine F. Malara, 60, Staten Island *
Frank J. Malara, 31, Staten Island *
Josef Monro, 62, Beverly Hills, Mich.
Frank G. Rupolo, 48, Parkland, Fla.
Harry H. Tudor, 48, Miami
Anthony Vollaro, 72, Indian Shores, Fla. *
Matthew C. Fopeano, 38, Monroe Township, N.J. Fopeano is a FDNY employee.
Emil Ganzerla, 55, Woodside, N.Y. *
Tito Grenga, 70, Cranford, N.J.
Michael A. Labetti, 46, Howell, N.J. Labetti is a DOT employee
Wayne M. Murray, 62, Terrace in Miami
CROWN SPORTS II
DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ALLEGED ROLES (12)
* named as respondent in civil forfeiture action
Lewis M. Ackrish, 66, Staten Island *
Robert E. Ackrish, 31, Staten Island*
MONEY COLLECTORS/DISTRIBUTORS (2)
Ralph E. Bauer, 63, Miller Place, N.Y. *
George W. Beglin, Jr., 61, Glen Cove, N.Y. *
SUPER AGENTS (3)
John D. Campbell, 59, Floral Park, N.Y. *
Walter G. Ghirlando, 68, Las Vegas
Frank J. Sapienza, 56, Staten Island *
Frank Campanello, Jr., 72, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Wen Han Chen, 36, Brooklyn, N.Y. *
Robert J. McAllister, 47, Brooklyn *
Vincent A. Messina, 47, Staten Island *
Francis M. Stanford, 31, Staten Island *
Assistant District Attorney Nicole D. Sharples, of the District Attorney's Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau, is prosecuting the case under the supervision of Assistant District Attorneys Gerard A. Brave, Bureau Chief, and Mark L. Katz, Deputy Bureau Chief, and the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Peter A. Crusco and Deputy Executive Assistant District Attorney for Investigations Linda M. Cantoni. | <urn:uuid:05dd7b9b-388f-416f-a0b2-0105e8c68b85> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-el-dorado-task-force-dismantles-sophisticated-internet-gambling-operation | 2015-01-30T06:37:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422115856087.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124161056-00185-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885544 | 1,380 |
Laura Molina: Not Just The World's Angriest Woman
Before this interview I knew Laura Molina only via electrons, courtesy of her interest in the late Mojave Phone Booth. Molina is probably best known for her Naked Dave project, but she has been many things: artist, musician, political activist, even a quiz show contestant. She was in Arizona to take part in the exhibition "Chicano Art for Our Millennium" at the Mesa Southwest Museum. "I've picked my clothing carefully," says the self-described Angriest Woman in the World.
"I'm going for the `ethnic' look because they're pushing me as the Frida Kahlo of the twenty-first century." Though Molina does paint a lot of self-portraits, she says, "I've never done a `Frida'a lot of artists paint themselves as Frida. I just happen to resemble Frida Kahlo." Molina's sense of humor seems to go over the heads of many of her critics. Her website (NakedDave.com) recommends "The Quick Time 6 player, the Flash 7 internet plug-in and ... an I.Q. over 99 and a sense of humor," noting that "Naked Dave.com contains commentary by the artist which may include irony, satire and sarcasm."
The night before the exhibition's opening, Molina agreed to a meet-up at Rosa's Taco Shop for drinks, dinner, and Naked Dave questions. Irony, satire, and sarcasm were enjoyed by all, along with what I'm pretty sure were beers and margaritas.
"Naked Dave is a series of paintings of an ex-boyfriend, each one more personal than the last, all without the model's consent."
Two germane facts to add at this point:
(1) Molina's paintings of her ex-boyfriend all happen to depict him in the nude, and
(2) Molina's ex-boyfriend is a semi-public figure: comic artist Dave Stevens, creator of The Rocketeer.
Provocative? Molina shrugs. "Men have been objectifying women in art for hundreds and hundreds of years. All of a sudden a woman comes by with a paint brush and all hell breaks loose."
Given the intensity of Molina's artistic reaction to Stevens, it may surprise you to learn that Molina's relationship with him took place twenty-six years ago. "I was 18 when I met him, I was 20 when I broke up with him. We went from being good friends to doing something stupid," she says. Some puzzled (and probably humorless) observers have asked why she doesn't "just get over it and move on," an objection she has had to answer often. "A lot of people don't read [the explanation on the website] and don't get it. A couple of male readers actually thought that Naked Dave was a relationship that was an unrequited one. If only. If only it was unrequited love. Then it would be quite simple. But unfortunately, it was something quite more traumatic."
The nature of what took place between Molina and Stevens is only hinted at on Molina's website, but traumatic it was, indeed:
"I was hopelessly infatuated with him and he kept fueling it by continuing to have sex with me. He was reciprocating physically but not emotionally, but I don't think that makes it `unrequited love.' And I didn't know at the time, but he was engaged to another girl in another city. After 5 months of this I was pregnant with his child. He panicked. He waved $200 at me and said, `You're going to go on your own to get an abortion and then you're going to disappear and I'm not going to see or hear from you again.' He was kind of being a bully about it and I hate it when people tell me what to do, so I was inclined to go ahead and have my baby even though my extended family and I were going to have to raise it, because he so desperately wanted me not to have it and he was NOT being nice about it. Now this is the kind of thing that would've earned us a shotgun wedding 75 years ago. You know ... my father and few large male relatives would've gone to talk to the young man (he was 22) who `dishonored' me. But I am the woman who was `jilted at her own shotgun wedding.' I was 11 weeks along when I miscarried and I could've bled to death. The next day, when I got out of the hospital and told him what happened, he cut off all contact with me and I went through a lot of emotional tragedy after that. Now isn't Dave just one lucky bastard? But he must've had some small emotional twinge because this is why he contacted me in 1991. Without mentioning what happened, he said wanted to clear things up between us. but then he bailed out of our reconciliation and left me standing on the sidewalk like a chump."
In 1994, a few years after their misfired reunion, Molina began her Naked Dave works, of which there are five, with one more still to come.
One has to wonder about the legal ramifications. As merely the creator of a comic book character, is Stevens enough of a public figure to...? Molina knows the answer to that without hearing the rest of it.
"No. No, he's not," she admits, but says she is nonetheless "pretty sure I'm on safe legal ground here." She cites the case of Polydoros v. Twentieth Century Fox Film (67 Cal. App.4th 318, 1997), in which Michael Polydoros contended that David Mickey Evans, the writer/director of the movie The Sandlot had violated his privacy by including a character based on him. Evans and Polydoros had been baseball teammates as children. The courts went against Polydoros, ruling that the film was protected speech. (More here and here.)
Adds Molina, "Writersand all artistscreate from what they know. It's a free speech issue.... You start messing with free speech, it could get ugly!"
Has anyone recognized Stevens on the street, just as Naked Dave? "Yes, they have. I heard that he was practically hiding under the table at a comics convention last year. Other artists tease him about it, so he's starting to get annoyed. And then when David Callaghan and Alex Schaffert (makers of Naked Dave, a short documentary film about Molina's project) tried to stick a camera in his face and interview him about Naked Dave, he just about lost it, according to Alex," Molina says.
One has to wonder how many would recognize The Rocketeer himself on the streets, after the movie version bombed so spectacularly in 1991. The Rocketeer was expected to be The Next Big Thingbut only by the Disney corporation, as it turned out. "We were watching cable TV about six months ago & the Preview channel was having an obituary for The Rocketeer and I was just rolling on the ground laughing: "There will be no sequels!" You can gauge how big Disney thought it was going to be based on how much Rocketeer merchandise ended up in the dollar stores. The whole idea cracks up Molina. "Dave sold the rights to The Rocketeer at way below the going rate because Disney told him `You'll make the money back on the toys.' We went to Disneyland and Rocketeer toys were EVERYWHERE. And then came the capper. Ever been to Disneyland? Remember the fireworks at the end of the night? Remember Tinkerbell? In the 60s, they changed it to Mary Poppins. In the 90s they changed it one more time. They made it the Rocketeer! Yes! I was on a park bench and doubled over, laughing. And when I told Dave (who I was still speaking to at the time), `I just went to Disneyland and they sent the Rocketeer across the line like Tinkerbell,' he goes, "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
When the real Dave's hair falls out, will she continue to paint him in the idealized way she does now? Molina gives an almost bruja-like response: "Oh, yeah, of course. Nobody wants to see the real Dave. Real Dave doesn't exist anymore. I turned him into an object. I have ... he's Naked Dave. A woman can take a paintbrush and do that. It upsets people that I can possess him with a paintbrushand I want to arrogantly add that not just anyone can do that."
And in case you were wondering, she doesn't care whether you think she's crazy. "I've already been called crazy by so many people that after March, 2002 I can honestly say that the label crazy, in a sense, just rolls off my back. Victor Sorell, one of the professors here [at the art exhibition] said, `People say that because they don't understand what you're doing and they fear you.'"
It wasn't only by means of The Rocketeer that Disney helped transform Laura Molina into The Angriest Woman in the World. "I sued my former employer, The Walt Disney Company. I sued Walt Disney Imagineering for "Job Stress" and racial discrimination. (See her painting "One Little Indian vs the Corporate Trolls''.) There were actually 3 separate lawsuits. Yep, I'm a big troublemaker 'cause I stood up for my civil rights on the job." Because "they neglected to sign me to the standard confidentiality agreement," Molina can reveal that "I got $36,000 out of that. Most people get worn out, or they kill themselves, like Larry Bryant or other employees. Disney drags it out for years. I lived through this for four years. I got the money. The $36,000 was not worth it. But it was a learning experience. I learned a lot about how the legal system works, who really has the power, that the legal system is not a search for truth." Duh! She laughs. "This was all new to me at 32! I survived and in the process I became this raging, firebrand activist." Molina is a former spokesperson for the National Organization for Women and has been involved with the ACLU.
Winning Ben Stein's Money
Having scored one against Disney, Molina went on to pillage former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein on his show, Win Ben Stein's Money. "It's hysterical. I shouldn't have won. I only got four questions right. I did the phone interview; they asked me ten questions, I got nine of them right. The producers asked, `You have any smart woman friends that might want to be on the show? We're a little short on women.'" She laughs. "I don't want to say there are stereotypes about people that are smart, but when I showed up at the studio to take the written test and play the game, sixty men had showed up, and a dozen women. And only two of those women were, we'll say, normal weight. And the men were either 300 pounds or looked like they'd recently been released from psychiatric hospitals. I passed the written interviewpiece of cake. It's real easy, because it's general knowledge. It's not like Jeopardy! Jeopardy!'s like, bullshit. Who won the Academy Award? I don't know. I don't go to movies. Ask me anything about sports, TV shows, or movies, I don't know. It's pop culture, and I don't know. But this was general knowledge. I knew they were going to pick me at the interview, because behind the producer was a PA going, `Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!'"
Surely everyone has wondered what it's like to meet Ben Stein. Haven't they? Maybe not. But here's the answer: "I have this magazine article where he says how upset it makes himhe has to go to a shrink when he loses. He's so competitive. People who are competitive HAVE to win, and he puts himself in this situation where he might lose, and he does sometimes, and he still can't accept it!" Molina had caught a cold and wasn't sure she'd even be able to make it to the show. Two other contestantsas well as Ben Steinundoubtedly wish she hadn't.
"This arrogant male contestant missed the last question so he lost the last round, which left me. I thought, `Oh, great, I get to keep the $500 I won. I get to go home with something. That's cool.' I didn't think I'd beat Ben. I tell you, if they'd asked the questions in a different order, I would've gotten more of them. I would've gotten six right. But I answered four. The one that held me up was, "`Who played Zorba the Greek?" I go, "Anthonyyyyyyyyy....' and wasted ten seconds."
And yes, during the show's meet & greet segment they did mention Naked Dave. "They didn't mention the website. You can't advertise anything. On your clothing, whatever. No free advertising. But Jimmy Kimmel said, `I understand you did a series of paintings of an ex-boyfriend, naked.' He called me `Laura the penis painter.'"
Ben Stein, of course, has posed with Wagner. "I know, I saw that. Now I get to be on the page with Ben." Sadly, no Me & Ben photos for Laura. After the show, "They escort your ass off the lot. Everybody shakes your hand, they say thanks, you can't talk to anybody. And they don't send you any money until they air the show.
In the eighties Molina, who'd been playing guitar since she was twelve, fronted an L.A. band she named Tiger Lily, after an old movie in which Lucille Ball played a burlesque dancer of that name. The name had an additional advantage, from her perspective: "It was the name of a flower and in the 80's no male band would have named themselves after a flower."
Tiger Lily played steadily around L.A. for a couple of years in the eighties, getting signed by Rhino Records for an all-girl-band compilation to be entitled The Girls Can't Help It before tensions broke up the band. Tiger Lily played its final show in July, 1984. That didn't stop the other former members of Tiger Lily from going ahead and recording "Die Laughing" (the song intended for the Rhino compilation) and submitting it to the label under the name Tiger Lilyall without letting Molina know about it. "Our nutcase bassist broke up the band," she says. "She went to the other three girls ... and said, `Let's go behind her back and do it without her.' Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. Let's ditch our lead singer and founder of the band, tell the record company that she was unavailable for the recording and just go ahead without her." Molina heard about it from Greg Gill, who'd written "Die Laughing" and was surprised to hear of the band's demise, since they'd asked his permission to include his song on the Rhino album. "My mother hired an entertainment attorney in Los Angeles and I called Gary Stewart at Rhino Records." When he found out that the vocals and guitar on the tape were not those of Laura Molina, "he crosses Tiger Lily off the recording contract, writes in Laura Molina and says to me, `This ought to solve your problems.'"
Molina's former bandmates went on to form the band RadioActive with Cherie Currie (former lead singer of The Runaways), but it went nowhere. Molina went on to record with Bob Casale (a.k.a., Bob2 from DEVO). "You'll notice the incredible jump in quality, when I ditched the girls and got real musicians and a real producer!" she says.
Visiting the Mojave Phone Booth
After talking a little more about the backstabbing and weaselry common to Los Angeles in general, Molina summed it up this way: "L.A.'s an evil place." She now lives in the high Mojave desert. "I'm so relieved to be away from L.A., I can't tell you."
She ended up going out to the Mojave Phone Booth after reading about it in the newspaper. "I said, `This isn't that far from where we are. We gotta go see this thing.' We went to Buffalo Bill's [a casino in Primm, Nevada, across I-15 from Whiskey Pete's] to play ... roulette, whatever ... because we couldn't find the off road trail the first day. We couldn't find it for a while because we weren't sure what road we were on. We drove first to Kelso Depot. We went back to Buffalo Bill's then came back the next day and found the booth. I had to see it. The only bummer thing was that some guy called up and said, `Hi, I'm calling from the internet. What are you doing there, you filthy hippie?' I couldn't believe I had to drive 175 miles to hang up on some asshole."
Laura emailed me on 11may2000 telling me of her plans to visit the booth, and emailed me with a trip report when she returned from seeing it. She was one of the final people to see it in situ; sadly, the Mojave Phone Booth was uprooted by the phone company (at the instigation of the National Park Service) a few days later (17may2000).
Running for office
Mojave desert life has not mellowed Molina's gadfly instincts. "I'm a write-in candidate against my Mormon congressperson [Republican incumbent Buck McKeon]. I got sick of him running unopposed. Goddamn Democratic Party had the nerve to call me up and ask for some money," she says. She told them, "`First of all, I haven't been a Democrat in eight years, and second, you're letting Buck run unopposedagain!' My official campaign slogan is FUCK BUCK." How does she rate her chances? "Who knows? Because I'm the type of person who's willing to bare my breasts for political protest, so my chances of beating Buck are good," she says, facetiously. "I haven't a chance of winning," she acknowledges a moment later. "I'm doing this to make trouble. I haven't an ice cube's chance in hell."
Having run for office myself, I was interested in Molina's campaign strategy. She doesn't hesitate. "I will remove the upper part of my clothing whenever possible," she promises. "Anytime, anywhere. TITTIES! TITTIES FOR CONGRESS! I'm much prettier than Buck," she points out. "I have dimples." My anti-Mormon friend who was at dinner with us suggests, "Your campaign slogan should include an acrostic of LDS." She may have something there. The L could stand for Laura; what would the DS stand for? Laura pipes up instantly. "Not Dave Stevens, I'll tell you that!"
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PF Flyers has re-released the classic ‘Sumfun’ sneaker with an updated look. The espadrille like tennis classic was first released in 1947.
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John Munro was an engineer on the "Karluk," the flagship of the Canadian Arctic Expedition which was caught in Arctic ice, stranding its passengers on Wrangel Island.
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NEW YORK — Beyonce’s new album has sold more than 600,000 units in its first three days.
Beyonce’s fifth album was released early Friday morning exclusively on iTunes. Apple said Monday that the album sold 617,213 copies in its U.S. iTunes Store. It sold 828,773 copies internationally.
The singer surprised fans with the release of the album, which features 14 songs and 17 videos. It features collaborations with Jay Z, Drake and Justin Timberlake.
The album is being sold by iTunes exclusively for a week at $15.99. It will be sold on other websites this week.
“Beyonce” broke the first-week digital sales record for an album in the United States. It also marks the singer’s best first-week numbers.
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Attorney General of Washington state, Rob McKenna, announced he will be running for governor in the 2012 election and he is extensively amiable even amongst the dems within the ‘liberalist’ of counties. Within his reelection campaign of 2008 to maintain his position, Rob McKenna acquired fifty-nine percent of the vote and in left-leaning King County he attained an impressive fifty-three percent of the popular vote which happens to be not very likely for a republican-aligned Washington state candidate.
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Why Dionne Brand is fascinated with Toronto — and how the diverse love and lives of its citizens intersect
This interview originally aired on March 14, 2020.
For decades, award-winning poet and novelist Dionne Brand's work has shown readers a Canada that is a polyglot, multicultural reality. Her depiction of Toronto in particular is a place where energy and beauty come from the meeting and mixing of her diverse cast of characters.
In her 2008 and 2011 interviews with Shelagh Rogers, Brand talks about living in Toronto and writing both books.
"I think what made me write the book was the sense of all that collectivity of the city. If you stand on any street corner on any given day and all of that passes you by. I get swept up in all the possibilities. I get swept up in what people might be thinking, where they might be going, what they might be worried about, what they might want. I just find that so fascinating. I thought I'd try to write it and write it down.
"The city of Toronto has changed tremendously. The neighbourhoods have become much more complex. There are many more people, many different kinds of people. And I like all that interpolation — what one set of people do to the other set of people, in terms of dreams or the way you walk, talk or what you eat.
The city of Toronto has changed tremendously. The neighbourhoods have become much more complex.
"You try to find ways of living together. And if you look at it on the level of the street people do — they make all kinds of strange accommodations. They integrate other ways of living, the kinds of lives. It's wonderful."
"I'm constantly interested in what happens in Toronto and what happens among people, what happens on the street. I'm just curious, more and more curious, and more and more surprised by what I encounter.
"It began as a short story about eight or 10 years ago. I'd written one of the chapters that long ago and then I had put that aside because it was only a short story. Then little bits come to me. But what I'm deeply interested in is the kind of potent and random exchanges that people have.
"We can meet someone and it can be incredibly deep but passing. I decided to structure the work along the lines of those kinds of exchanges, those emotional, physical and historical exchanges that we make as we pass each other on a street. And how we can be fully there and fully involved for five minutes. And then move on.
I'm constantly interested in what happens in Toronto and what happens kind of among people, what happens on the street.
"But whatever has happened to us, whatever that exchange has brought us has enriched or saddened us or deepened us in some kind of way. The novel is my small dissertation on the compass of love."
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Primary Lens Luxation is a debilitating disease and not one to be taken lightly and I hope to give you an idea of how it can affect the lives of the dog affected but also its committed and extremely caring family.
I unfortunately know of a remarkable and courageous Tentie that has been affected with complete and permanent blindness as a result of PLL. But, this is also a story of wonderful dedication to a much loved family member.
Summer has always done our breed proud often outshining her smooth collie family members in the agility and jumping rings. For many years Summer has delighted onlookers at agility trials with her enthusiasm, skill & antic’s in both the agility and jumping rings. I am also reliably told that she was once considered the Smooth Collie mascot and is adored by all who have had and still have the pleasure of meeting this wonderful Tentie.
The following has been provided by Roz Davies from NSW.
Atenta Show N Tell CCD AD JDX GD
Summer started competing in agility the day she turned 18 months (they can't compete before that date) and with very little training managed two 1st places in Novice Agility and Novice Jumping on her first go. I hadn't even taught her weaving properly or the pause table. That was back in September, 2006. She continued well throughout 2007 although I realised she needed quite a bit of advanced training because she was so good at agility so we took it slower with her entries.
In February 2008 we trekked to Canberra for the Canberra Royal. Summer was entered in numerous events over the weekend, coming 1st in Novice Agility, Novice Jumping both days, being asked to compete in the winner of winners (against the higher level dogs) 3rd place in Novice Gamblers. We had a great year in 2007 with Summer gaining her JD & AD titles. She also had numerous qualifications towards Excellent Jumping, Excellent Agility, Open Agility, Open Jumping, Snooker, Gamblers and in obedience a 3rd place in Community Companion Dog. At the end of the year she also won our Club's annual agility trophy for the highest scoring agility dog (beating a very titled border collie)
Summer adored agility barking madly at the start line and then barking the whole way around an agility course. She only had to jump 200 height but regularly beat border collies, kelpies and other very fast dog in the agility rings.
In early , 2009 Summer lost the sight in her right eye after a misdiagnosis from the local vet of glaucoma from luxating lens. Her specialist opthamogist in Sydney did everything he could to save the sight but alas the lens was in the wrong place and the pressure would not go down enough for successful surgery.
One would have thought that would be the end of her agility and obedience career but not Summer!. She continued to compete with 1 eye gaining her CCD title which was very hard considering your dog is heeling on the left of you and she had not sight in her right eye. She also very quickly gained her JDX title and GD title. She also gained numerous qualifications towards other agility titles and almost had received her ADO, JDM and SD titles.
In early 2010 despite numerous check ups with her specialist who believed the left eye was clear of luxating lens, the lens started moving. We had numerous emergency dashes to our specialist who would always drop everything at anytime for her. The lens in her left eye would move around sometimes twice a week but often only monthly. Then the lens finally went to the bottom of her eye and stayed there for many months. It meant Summer had very limited vision in her left eye. We stopped competing for her safety despite her wanting to continue but we did continue her obedience and agility training because she loved it so much. Alas, in July, 2010 the lens moved to an awkward position and starting causing glaucoma. We raced Summer to Sydney but again they could not get the pressure down and she lost the sight in her left eye.
Atenta Tenterfield Terriers have been a major supporter of genetic testing in Tenterfield Terriers. Often travelling interstate with their dogs to take part in testing trials. GoArdon and Julie have also confirmed that all dogs at Atenta have now been tested for PLL and they can now proceed with their breeding plans with confidence.
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It is no secret that I am a big Cirque Du Soleil fan. The first show I saw was the inoffical show from Dragone called Le Reve, which is currently shown at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort and Casino.
It is to this day my favorite Cirque Show to date. I have seen all but three alright which are Zumanity, Mystere and Love. And it will be 4 shows I have not seen in April this year. Why? That’s Why. I play again with the Idea to hop over to Montreal/Canada on a weekend in April or May to see it.
I had the ticket, opening week (day 3 or 4), last front-row seat in my basket. But it knew that I could not go, because Canada is not part of the United States (yet) and I have currently no travel documents thus can leave but not get back in to go home (It is as ridiculis as it sounds, trust me).
Well things changed a bit. The situation still sucks, but it seems that I will be able to get travel documents again at the end of March, beginning of April. Mhh.. What did “The Clash” say? …. “should I stay or should I go?”
I am undecided. While I am thinking about it, check out this video which I found at YouTube.com. It uis about 9 minutes long and shows several scenes from the show. It also introduces each of the main theme songs.
Did I mention that the music of Le Reve is just great and also the best from all Cirque shows in my opinion? No? Well, it is and I own the CD (surprise), the original, not a copy.
You know, the one you have to buy for money and not creditz (kudos, if you understood that one). The only other soundtrack that comes close is the one from the Cirque Du Soleil “Touring Show” called Varekai
Varekai is also one of my favorite shows.
Here is again the Teaser I mixed myself (Music and Video). The original video had some commentator messing the experience up, so I took the video editing software in my own hands and saved the day. 😉
Want some more? Check out my YouTube VLog (that means Video (B)log dummy 😉 ).
I decided to “out” myself in public and do inventory of my cirque stuff. It is ironic that it all started with a free comp ticket to the Le Reve show in Vegas. How much is it? About $90-$100. Great deal! Thank you. I spent more than 10 times that amount ever after. I should have paid them $100 to not to go… kidding. I have no regrets.
Okay back to the CirqueFAN inventory. Let’s start with the Live Shows. I sort them by how I like them compared to the others.
Cirque Du Soleil Live Shows
- Le Reve at the Wynn, Las Vegas
- “KA” at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas
- “O” at the Belagio, Las Vegas
- Delirium (Touring Show/Musical), Fresno
Haven’t seen yet. TO-DO!
- Mystere at the Treasure Island, Las Vegas
- Zumanity at the New York, New York in Las Vegas (confusing eh?)
- “The Beatles” Love at the Mirage, Las Vegas
- New Cirque Du Soleil Touring Show – April/2007, Montreal
Quidam, Corteo, Alegria, Dralion and Varekai are also still Touring Shows and La Nouba found a permanent home in Florida. Well, to be honest. I will not chase them, but if I get the opportuniy, then I will go and see them live.
This brings me to the next category DVDs.
Cirque Du Soleil Shows on DVD
Yes, I own them all!
* Cirque du Soleil II: A New Experience is the same as Cirque du Soleil – Nouvelle Experience
Cirque Du Soleil Movies
No, I own only 50% of them
Cirque du Soleil – Alegria: An Enchanting Fable (Schande!, Schande!)
|??||So… The circus of the sun also produced two movies. One is nice and the other one sucks big time. No, there is no link to the bad one. Also no Image. Find it yourself, if you can not help it, but let me out of it. I gues everbody has a dead body in the cellar.
OKay, the dead one is not – Cirque Du Soleil’s – Journey of Man
A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful “instincts” guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters a garden where two statues dance in a pond. As he watches their sensual acrobatics of love, he becomes a man. He is offered wealth (represented by a golden hat) by a devil figure. In a richly decorated room, a scruffy troupe of a dozen acrobats and a little girl reawaken the old man’s youthful nature and love.
.. okay, next chapter …
- Cirque du Soleil – Baroque Odyssey
Cirque du Soleil retrospective look at the circque after 10 Years of rise to fame
10th Anniversary of Cirque du Soleil
- Cirque du Soleil – La Magie Continue
Documentary from 2001 about Cirque du Soleil, its history and its rise to international success and fame
- Fire within – 3 Disc DVD Set
The creation of Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai
- Cirque du Soleil – Lovesick
The making of Zumanity – the other side of Cirque du Soleil. Currently shown at the New York, New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
- K?? – Extreme
The Making of Cirque du Soleil – K??
Cirque Du Soleil TV and Special Events
Got them too!
Co-produced by Am??rimage-Spectra and Productions Conte IV, a subsidiary of Cirque du Soleil Images, Midnight Sun features 150 circus artists, entertainers and street performers, as well as over 100 singers and musicians. All these artists came together on July 11, 2004, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de Montr??al and Cirque du Soleil’s 20th birthday by performing in a magnificent show on the main stage of the Festival International de Jazz de Montr??al.
Cirque du Soleil – Solstrom
All 13 Episodes of the TV Show. Filmed 2003 at the Cirque du Soleil Hometown, Montreal, Canada
Cirque Du Soleil Packages – Don’t Haves
I have none of the packages since I bought all individual things. I hope that I don’t miss out on anything that is exclusive for those packages (I guess I do), but lets not talk about that anymore.
Varekai , Quidam , Alegria , Dralion , Saltimbanco , La Nouba, A New Experience, Movie: Journey of Man. 12 DVD’s + 6 Post Cards
4 DVDs containing the 3 Disks award winning documentary about the creation of Cirque du Soleil’s show Varekai and the Show itself.
Cirque du Soleil 3-Pack – Quidam / Dralion / Journey of Man
It does not have an end. Gee. This is more than I thought. I am still missing the music (I have 6 or 7 CD’s), 2 T-Shirts (“Delirium” and a cool looking one just Cirque branded) and 1 brochure/book. I will stop here. | <urn:uuid:ec13c3e8-6619-4e2b-951b-2ce2ea743e6a> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | http://www.roysac.com/blog/2007/01/i-admit-it-i-am-a-cirquefan-deal-with-it/?replytocom=244 | 2019-04-19T16:54:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578527865.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419161226-20190419183226-00042.warc.gz | en | 0.922591 | 1,741 |
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I have two colorful memories of the band Queen. One is that “We are the Champions” was my class song and the second is vivid and makes me smile.
Friday nights in Longstreet Pub on occasion, a band of brothers would meet, and the evening would evolve to a personal concert of Queen with the assist of the jukebox. Complete with air instruments and full volume crooning from their bar stools. On a rare night, when the planets aligned just right, the band (you know who you are) would entertain by performing up and down the bar with their air instruments and belting out the harmonies. Their pure joy was infectious. I am so thankful for those moments.
My knowledge of Queen before seeing “Bohemian Rhapsody” was that my old roommate loved them and that Freddie Mercury passed due to aids related illness.
Being that my awareness of the history of the band was zero, I thoroughly relished the narrative of the making of Freddie Mercury and the cycle of growth, collaboration, decline and renewal of Queen. Post-viewing, I read reviews that the chronological order was off and that did not deter for me. I understand that telling of the story for the masses requires the conflict and resolution in between the extraordinary way they bookended the film. The scenes when developing a song were magical, and the actual songs had my tired of politics’ heart, filled with vivacity.
Rami Malek’s performance I felt carried the film and was the true heart. He didn’t look precisely look like Mercury but embodied him from top to bottom.
As Mercury says: “We’re four misfits who don’t belong together playing for the other misfits.”
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History and Philosophy of Logic 32 (3):265-281 (2011)
This paper examines the contemporary philosophical and cognitive relevance of Charles Peirce's diagrammatic logic of existential graphs (EGs), the ?moving pictures of thought?. The first part brings to the fore some hitherto unknown details about the reception of EGs in the early 1900s that took place amidst the emergence of modern conceptions of symbolic logic. In the second part, philosophical aspects of EGs and their contributions to contemporary logical theory are pointed out, including the relationship between iconic logic and images, the problem of the meaning of logical constants, the cognitive economy of iconic logic, the failure of the Frege?Russell thesis, and the failure of the Language of Thought hypothesis
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Back pain is commonly felt but no one can be blamed for it. It is difficult to figure out and far more difficult to describe. Confusion often arises during diagnosis and patients almost always fail to understand what exactly is hurting and what causes the pain. In this article we will try to resolve some of the most common confusions that often arise as myths.
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Step Two – Preparing your book for publishing
Now let’s make your book look as good as it reads. No small trick for most writers.
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- Book formatting is that design touch that makes a book...really look like a book!
These are the things that complete a great book, and many self published authors just don’t have the DIY skills or the time to pull them off. There is no shame in leaving these tasks to the professionals, and our free book on how to self publish your book will help guide your choice.
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We've scheduled next year's 10 year anniversary retreat at YMCA Camp Menogyn and reception & exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post, 115 Wisconsin St. in Grand Marais, MN. Save the dates and don't miss Winter Plein Air at Menoyn 2019! Cost is $225 per person, including 5 nights' lodging and all meals. Open to all hardy outdoor painters, subject to lodging capacity and winter-travel related potential limitations. Contact Allison Eklund for details (info @outdoorpaintersofminnesota.org).
Retreat: Sunday, January 27 to Friday, February 1, 2019
Reception: 5-8pm Friday, February 1, 2019
Exhibit: February 1–24, 2019*
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by: Sammy Mink
Bobby Cannavale and Nia Long are in negotiations to join SPY, Melissa McCarthy’s action comedy written and directed by Paul Feig. The comedy spy flick, previously titled “Susan Cooper” will follow the misadventures of Susan Cooper (played by McCarthy), a CIA analyst who goes into the field to find the person who killed her lover.
Jude Law is attached to play the lover, a suave super spy, while Jason Statham will play a confident but blundering spy. If they sign on, Cannavale will play an Italian playboy villain and Long will be the head of the CIA.
Cannavale is known for his lighter roles in “The Station Agent” and 2004’s remake of “Shall We Dance.” He won an Emmy for his roles on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Nurse Jackie.” Long recently appeared in “The Best Man Holiday” and “Are We There Yet?” She’ll reprise her role for the “Best Man” sequel. | <urn:uuid:48735737-0beb-4c24-a087-526c8219cb2f> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.tracking-board.com/fox-spies-cast-for-comedy/ | 2021-04-15T01:17:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038082988.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20210415005811-20210415035811-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.957626 | 237 |
Just because you can edit Wikipedia doesn’t mean you should.
I’ve merely dabbled. Added references to things where I knew of them, mostly. Added text on things where I knew for definite that relevant information was missing, and where I could cite a source. A couple of times I’ve added photos of a subject that I had handy.
And I’ve added those articles to my Watch List, so I can keep track of how they change subsequently.
Often there are smart, informed people coming in and doing as I do — adding useful information where they have firm knowledge, gradually refining what’s there.
And then there’s the idiots. The clowns who think Wikipedia is their playground.
It’s not even intelligent vandalism. They’ll come in and add a reference to themselves or their friends because they think they should be famous. They’ll put in some stupid joke reference to someone. Much of the time these things are easy to spot because they’re badly spelt. Sometimes they’ll come in and chop a huge chunk of text out of an article.
Or in other cases people will put something in that they think is right, based on some half-remembered fact, which is actually wrong and there’s no evidence to back it up.
Then people like me come in and undo the change.
What amazes me is that in this day and age, Wikipedia still accepts anonymous changes to most of its articles. I can’t help but think it wouldn’t be quite as common if it at least required people to create a logon first, and it was easier to track which logons were responsible for what.
One thing they are apparently planning to do is colour-code text based on how “trustworthy” it is, based on who has contributed it and how long it’s been in the article. I can see that may well help for readers to see what’s reliable, what’s half-arsed conjecture, and what’s total crap. | <urn:uuid:67534ee9-7cf1-41b9-beb3-f1fc438e9c36> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://danielbowen.com/2009/09/02/leave-wikipedia-alone/ | 2024-03-05T10:38:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707948234904.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20240305092259-20240305122259-00643.warc.gz | en | 0.970696 | 440 |
The Genesee Region League adopted Rschool as the league scheduler. Click on the link below to access the site and all our team schedules. Click on the Notify Me link to be notify of all the contests and changes and/or additions.
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One Minute Speech Level Workout
I am not the chick with the most talent out there but I do know that I got to where I am today by workin’ my booty off.
Let us talk about Speech Level Singing shall we? (spoken in a british accent)
I am gonna show you how easy it is to sound authentic and speechy like. (back to a Texas accent)
And as usual you just have to get your glutEEEEus maxEEEEEmus up for one minute and practice.
THE biggest problem with singers is consistency.
Most singers don’t get better because they simply don’t practice.
Now how are your voice muscles gonna get strong if you don’t exercise ’em? It’s kinda like professional athletes do. So let’s get professional!!
Don’t worry though, the voice is a micro-muscle.
That means you don’t have to lock yourself in a room for hours and hours each day. Just a little bit goes a looooong way.
I am not the chick with the most talent out there but I do know that I got to where I am today by workin’ my booty off. Ok it’s still there but I practice like heck and I want you to do it too. So take one minute of your time and get on it.
Time is not a factor anymore.
All Speechy Like,
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Budget Cuts And Funding Woes
Feb 20, 1:00 AM
Trying to call attention to labor issues before Gov. John Kasich took to the podium on Tuesday night, a small group of workers said the $63.3 billion, two-year budget the governor has rolled out leaves the “state of the worker” less than it should be.
Feb 20, 11:44 AM:
OH protestors complain their schools are being given the short end of the stick. No clarification provided about where the money is going though, or how it could be better spent. Complaints of Governor's broken promises as well, but no specifics of how he has failed to follow through.
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Since I discovered just how great KDE 4 is a couple of months ago, I’ve been using it full-time and am loving it. In all that time, I’ve discovered a few tips and tricks that I couldn’t live without, and all of them are listed here. Some of these include an inline CLI, split folders, setting up a media keyboard and using advanced wallpapers.
Up until a couple of months ago, I was a devout KDE 3.x user. KDE 4, despite being out since January 2008, never appealed to me for various reasons, and from comments I’ve read around the Web, I know that I was far from being alone. Compared to KDE 3.x, a lot of the customization was scaled back, and things were dumbed down, which is one of the main reasons I couldn’t ever stand to use GNOME. Plus, it also felt somewhat bloated, in all its Plasmarific glory.
My opinion changed back in October, though, when I decided to give 4.3 a try. Because my preferred distro, Gentoo Linux, posted that KDE 3.x would be removed from its Portage repository, I decided that the time was right to either get to like KDE 4, or to switch to another current environment, whether it be GNOME or another offering. To my surprise, I found that KDE 4 improved a lot over the first year-and-a-half of its life, and I was impressed.
As it stands today, I’ve been using KDE 4 full-time for about two-and-a-half months, and over that time, I’ve stumbled on a couple of neat “tricks” that makes computing either more interesting, or much more productive. This article will highlight the tricks that I use on a regular basis, and I should note that I’m sure there are equally amazing tricks that I’ve yet to discover. If you have any tricks of your own, please feel free to add them to the related article thread (linked at the end of the article). Also, please note that these are in no specific order.
This trick in particular is one I stumbled on purely by accident, but when I first saw it, all I could say was, “Whoa”, because I immediately had a surge of ideas go through my head as to why it’s so useful. If you’re anything like me, you spend a fair amount of time in a file manager, and as a result, you probably juggle files around often, moving them from one spot to another, copying them, removing them, et cetera.
If you’re also like me, you use the command-line just as often in order to take care of tasks quickly, (especially to delete a file, since KDE can make that a very slow process at times). In KDE 3.x, there was always an option to right-click inside of a folder and open up the Konsole which would set you in the respective folder, but in KDE 4, that functionality was removed. Instead, this inline CLI was introduced, and all you have to do is push F4 when in a folder (the reason I stumbled on it in the first place is because I accidentally didn’t hit the Alt for Alt+F4).
The use of this can vary, but it’s all handy. Want a seriously quick way to check up on your hard drive space? Load the CLI and use ‘df -BMB’. Want to delete a huge folder, reliably? Load the CLI and use ‘rm -fr /folder’. Because KDE, or any environment can be slow in copying huge folders from one place to another, another option is to load the CLI up and use rsync right there, without loading up a separate terminal.
This feature is ultra-useful, but it can also be a little finicky, so you need to be a little careful. Because it follows you around the file manager, it’s not wise to type in a command and then enter a folder, because then the terminal will usually try to process the command you’ve put in, even if it’s not finished, so definitely keep this in mind.
The previous trick is meant more for power-users, and so could this one be. Because I deal with the file manager so often, shuffling files all over the place, I tend to have more than one instance of Dolphin open, side-by-side. I do this so that I can monitor two folders at once during some copy or deletion process, or just because I need files from two different folders. But, the “Split” feature is one that rids the need for multiple folders.
As you can see in the screenshot above, I am in my home folder, and after hitting F3, Dolphin splits the single window into two different views. Now, while I retain the view in my home folder, I’m able to use the second half to go elsewhere in the machine, and if I need to copy something from one place to the next, I can do it all within the same window. The inline CLI feature of the previous trick is still usable here, and its location will differ depending on which side of the split you are currently using. Overall, these two tricks together make for fantastic control, and all in one window.
One of the reasons I didn’t like KDE 4 at first was due to the fact that I couldn’t create hotkeys to my favorite applications. It turns out that I was wrong, and that it’s just not as easy to pull off as it was with KDE 3.5, which would allow you to right-click any item in the K Menu and go straight to editing its properties. In KDE 4, the only way you can change anything in the menu is to right-click on the KDE icon in the K Menu itself, and then go into Menu Editor.
If you’ve used the menu editor from previous versions of KDE, nothing at all is going to surprise you here, because it all looks identical. But why it’s a powerful tool is because it allows you to either add or remove applications or entries from the list, along with being able to alter a launcher so that it starts in root. But related to this trick, my favorite feature is being able to setting up shortcut keys.
Want to load up Firefox or any other application in the menu with a few simple keystrokes? It’s simple. You just need to go into a menu, click on an application, and click the advanced tab. From there, you can click on the box for the shortcut key and change it to whatever you like, up to four keystrokes total. If you want, you could open Firefox with Ctrl + Alt + F, Ctrl + Shift + F, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F, or whatever you want. I personally open my Amarok with Ctrl + Alt + A, for example.
For users of Linux, this kind of functionality may seem a little mundane, but believe it or not, no Windows OS offers ¹ the ability to launch applications this way, which to me is rather strange. If you set yourself up with a lot of these shortcut keys, you’ll appreciate it over time as you realize you save a lot more time (it’s quicker to launch an application like this than to use a shortcut on the desktop, I’m sure of it). Of course, if you open up the same applications on each boot, you could just add shortcuts to all of the applications in your KDE startup folder, but this to me is the better solution.
This is one of the more advanced tricks on my list, because it requires you have desktop effects built into your KDE installation (you probably do), and also proper 3D acceleration (if you can run 3D games or applications, you should be fine). Throughout various Linux-related articles on the site in the past, I’ve noted my personal lack of interest in all things Compiz, because I feel like I personally don’t need fancy desktop effects to enjoy using an OS, and past that, I found most of the eye candy to be more counter-productive than anything.
If there’s one exception I’ll make, though, it’s the Cover Switch feature, which replaces the boring old alt-tab switcher into a 3D Cover Flow knock-off. Instead of looking down at the taskbar, or a simple Alt-Tab pop-up, Cover Switch allows you to see real-time all of your open applications, in a 3D environment, and switching between them all is simple… just push Alt and keep pushing Tab to sort through. It may be 3D, but it’s simple, and fast.
Selecting multiple folders in any OS is a pain, unless you have to select all of them. In Windows OSes, I’ve learned to hate selecting folders one by one, because more often than not, I’d end up messing up and having duplicates of everything I selected up to that point. In KDE 4, that won’t happen, but the developers made selecting multiple files or folders even easier… no Ctrl needed.
Instead of requiring the Ctrl key to be held down, you can hover over any file or folder in a given folder to reveal a + or – sign. All you have to do is click that in order to select the folder. Do that for each file or folder you need, and then do whatever you want with your selection. There is one slight downside to this method. If you happen to mis-click, you’ll still lose your selection up to that point. If you are using the Ctrl method, then clicking outside of a folder by accident won’t affect anything.
While I like this feature, I think an update could definitely be made. It would be awesome if when selecting files and folders this way, the selections are retained even after clicking outside of a folder by accident. Even better, the same selection could be retained even if you traverse into a different folder. To off-click, you could simply double-click outside a folder instead of a single click, and also introduce a new keyboard shortcut to release all of the selections.
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Tunstall: Representations of women in the media are biased. They emphasise women’s’ domestic, sexual, marital and consumer activities to the exclusion of all else.
Tuchman: Women in the media are symbolically annihilated in that their achievements are often not reported or trivialised/condemned. They are presented as less important when in comparison to their sex appeal. Ex. Scarlett Johansson’s achievement in film roles is often ignored in favour of questions about wardrobe.
Sexual objectification of women
Wolf: Suggests that images of women, especially in print media and advertising, present a particular ‘beauty ideal‘, through which they transmit the strong ideological message that women should treat their bodies as projects in constant need of improvement.
Mulvey: Described the way in which women were treated as sex objects as the ‘male gaze‘, where the camera lens ‘eyes up’ women for the sexual pleasure of men. Audiences are forced to view women from the point of view of a heterosexual male even if they are indeed; heterosexual women or homosexual men.
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Google around / check textbooks, but you need to check how much time is being spent by each part of your application.
E.g., if just reading from disk / writing back to disk takes 6.5 seconds, then the parallel part is trivial.
You should time the parts of your program and see what part(s) is(are) taking the longest, and see how to improve them.
A general rule of thumb: remember that MPI_SEND / MPI_RECV are "fast", but are both limited by your underlying network (among other reasons), and are considerably slower than CPU speeds. Hence, the work required to split up your problem into multiple parts and use MPI to communicate those parts to the remote workers can be considered overhead -- you should minimize all that overhead in comparison to CPU computation whenever possible. For example, ensure that the amount of computation work that you're giving to each MPI process is large enough to outweigh the cost of communicating with that MPI process.
As a corollary to that: if you have too little work to do, the overhead of parallelization can quickly overtake any performance benefits (e.g., wall clock execution time). Concrete example: if you're only sorting a small number of integers (e.g., 100 integers), it's quite possible that parallelizing that will be *slower* than just doing it serially.
On May 9, 2012, at 8:56 AM, seshendra seshu wrote:
> Iam very new to parallel computing and MPI, with intested i have written an sorting algorithm with MPI. The problem is i tried reduce the execution time i.e sorting with increase in nodes but the problem is iam unable drease the time and i was getting like for 4nodes(1Master and 2 slaves) was getting an avg of 6.56 sec , for 8nodes(1Master and 7 slaves) was getting an avg of 6.62 sec and for 15nodes(1Master and 15 slaves) was getting an avg of 6.63 sec. i am unable for find out an clue according to theory time has been decreased for the increase in nodes but iwas getting an increase or constant. Please help me solving this.
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