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I've been meaning to do a winter lookbook way before but never got around to it. I know spring has already arrived and I am so late, but I really wanted to put out a small winter lookbook before moving on to a spring lookbook. These outfits can still be worn now considering how it's been pretty cold in NYC. Don't forget to subscribe if you want to see more videos from me! I'm working hard to become better at making videos and I've already got a few videos up my sleeve. Also, feel free to let me know if there's anything you'd like to see! I'd love to know. | 2019-04-22T22:22:03 | http://www.fionnac.com/2016/03/winter-2015-lookbook.html |
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Classic single-player first-person shooter project template for Unreal Engine 4 in the style of the original Doom, Unreal, Quake, and so on.
Build your own classic single-player FPS. The framework is here! Features to be determined but will likely include what you expect and some extras common in some modern games: choice of weapons (hitscan, projectile, melee), ammo and weapon pickups, powerup pickups, shielding, health, a pickup spawner base, the ability to operate objects, pick up and throw objects, first person and third-person-behind-view perspectives, zooming, doors, switches, operatable lights, secret areas, stats display at end of level, saving and reloading games, menus to customize keyboard/mouse/game controller, destructable objects, underwater volumes, pain volumes, slime/lava, falling damage, double-jumping and dodging movements, HUD and multiple crosshairs that change color when over an enemy or an operatable object, ability to drop or toss weapons and some powerups, dead enemies spawn ammo or weapons or powerups, barrels and crates, exploding barrels and crates, moveable barrels and crates, barrels and crates that spawn something when destroyed, and of course, barrels and crates! And lots more.
The video shows a prototype earthquake effect. That is a swimming pool in the background the character can dive into. That door in the little building is lockable and needs a keycard to open. | 2019-04-24T17:52:35 | https://www.deplorablemountaineer.com/work-in-progress/classic-single-player-fps-game-framework-for-unreal-engine-4/ |
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It was sad to read today of the death in Liverpool of Professor Helen Carty, who died at home earlier this week [23 April 2017]. As High Sheriff of Merseyside, Dr Carty warmly welcomed me to Liverpool in October 2011, when I was invited by Archbishop Justin Welby, the then Dean of Liverpool, to preach at the Annual Judges’ Service in Liverpool Cathedral.
Archbishop Welby was about to be consecrated Bishop of Durham later that month. But he was delighted that Helen was attending the service, and she was delighted to welcome an Irish theologian who was preaching in the city she had made her home. Later that day, I was the guest of honour at a lunch Helen and her husband Austin hosted for the judges in the Artists’ Club in Liverpool.
Helen Carty had a distinguished career as a radiologist at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and her career gained wide international recognition.
Professor Carty was born Helen M.L. Moloney in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, and spent most of her working life with children and their families.
She received her degrees in Medicine and Surgery Obstetrics from University College Dublin in 1967. Her clinical studies were in the Mater Hospital. Initially, she studied internal medicine, obtaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland and she was subsequently elected a Fellow.
Shen then began training in radiology and completed her residency in radiology at Saint Thomas’ Hospital, London. In 1974, she became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists and in 1975 she became Consultant Radiologist in 1975 at the Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust, Alder Hey, becoming Director of Radiological Services there in 1977. She continued to hold that post for 27 years.
Shortly after her appointment as a consultant, she was appointed a lecturer in radiology and orthopaedic radiology at Liverpool University. In 1996, she became Professor of Paediatric Radiology at Liverpool University and Alder Hey, a position she held until she retired from clinical practice in 2004.
She had broad interests within paediatric radiology, and she introduced interventional procedures to the children’s hospital. She had a special interest in the radiology of non-accidental injuries and lectured extensively on that subject.
She believed she and Austin were fortunate to work in radiology at a time of unprecedented development, when many of the techniques now taken for granted were developed, including Ultrasound, CT and MR were all developed.
She seized the opportunity to introduce and adapt these techniques for use in children and to develop paediatric radiology, locally, nationally and internationally. The first CT scanner in Alder Hey was bought through a public appeal that raised £1.25 million. She was the medical lead for this appeal which raised the money in 1984-1987, a tribute to the generosity of the people of Merseyside.
She became involved in European radiology through the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), founded in 1991 in Vienna, and she contributed to the development of Radiology particularly in Eastern Europe following the collapse of communism. Her election as President of ECR in 2004 marked the culmination of a lifetime’s work.
She was President of the Liverpool Medical Institution (1993-1994) and served on many committees of the Royal College of Radiologists, including serving a four-year term as Warden of the College. She was also an external examiner or supervisor of MD and PhD theses in Dublin, Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore, and on many occasions she was a visiting professor or lecturer in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, South America, South Africa and the US.
She published extensively on many aspects of paediatric radiology, and was editor-in-chief of a two-volume textbook of paediatric radiology. Her many honorary fellowships included the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Austin is also a radiologist, and they were married in 1967. They have three children and six grandchildren. They retired on the same day to have time to spend with each other and their children.
She was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Merseyside in 2005 and was the High Sheriff of Merseyside for the year 2011-2012.
Helen is survived by Austin, their three adult children Tim, Jenny and Sarah, and by six grandchildren, Robyn, Sebastian, Barney, Lauren, Tom and Charlie.
Her private cremation next week is for her family only. Later next month, a Service of Remembrance will be held in Liverpool Cathedral at 11 a.m. on Tuesday 30 May. She has asked for no flowers, but donations can be made to the Liverpool Cathedral Foundation 2024 Appeal. | 2019-04-25T10:52:08 | http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2017/04/dungarvan-born-high-sheriff-dies-at.html |
My other half already said all of it here, so I’ll just add my personal highlights.
Recycling is a bit complex here, and moreover it changes every so often. My main complaint is that organic waste isn’t collected separately in the town centre “because people don’t have any”. Well, they should look in our “everything else” bin: at least three-quarters is organic.
Half the people in the house were men, all of the men were tall. (Half the women were tall too, but they sit anyway.) It worked, too: I only had to give the toilet a quick wipe once on the Saturday afternoon.
This is a dummy sign, of course, but we did have the real password on the mantelpiece in case people and/or their computers had forgotten it.
“Canadia” (the country where Canadians come from).
(stands up) “I’m standing up” “I’m standing” (sits down) “I’m sitting down” “I’m sitting” — in a discussion about “to lie down”, “to lay down”, “to lie” and “to lay” which turned out to basically work the same way in German, English, Dutch and Danish. | 2019-04-26T03:38:36 | https://valdyas.org/irina/fo3/tech/sprint-highlights/ |
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Calling on my own experiences when I was a child, things weren’t given to me easily. I strongly feel that kids who grew up in a household where they didn’t have to work hard to get what they wanted, end up lacking important qualities such as drive, determination, and perseverance. I’ve seen it all too often and it hits close to home for me.
Take a look at some of the most successful and driven people around. Do you think the majority of them grew up getting every thing their little hearts desired? Oprah Winfrey for example, known as one of the most successful women in America. Do you think she grew up with everything she desired? She was very poor, was moved around a lot as child, and during the time she lived with her father, he would send her to bed without dinner unless she learned five new vocabulary words. Obviously this is to the extreme, but you get my point.
Do you think they were able to coast through school with their parents buying them the clothes and cars they longed for? Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely exceptions to the rule. For example a good friend of mind in high school received almost anything she desired. She was driving around a brand new cool car as soon as she turned 16. She was able to shop for clothing that she wanted in an unlimited fashion. She was handed nearly anything she truly desired. I remember being very envious of all the material things she was able to get anytime she chose. The nice clothes and the nice cars. Despite all the goods she received, she was still a fighter. She exercised really hard, played competitive sports, and did her due diligence with researching healthier foods to keep her weight down. While all her friends were able to eat what they wanted and didn’t gain a pound, she chose to work harder. Other than her as the main exception in my life, most of the people I know today that are very driven and successful, didn't get everything they desired.
Let's not confuse this with spoiling your kids with love and affection. Spoiling your kids with material things and giving them their way all the time, can take away so many aspects of what life has to offer. When a child doesn’t have to work hard for something it doesn’t give them a sense of accomplishment. When a child doesn’t achieve the sense of being proud such as “I earned that” it’s very easy to lose confidence, which can turn in to insecurities leading to depression.
Here’s another exception to the rule of kids who received an abundance of material items. The children that were heavily involved and encouraged to learning new skills, such as sports and music, were able to develop the self confidence. This accomplishment gave them proud feelings as they improved, showed off their hard work with developing a skill set. The kids that were given an abundance of gifts, taken on fancy vacations, were not encouraged to develop a skill set. As they grow up the sense of urgency doesn't seem to be there. The drive to strive above and beyond is. Basically the “fight” in them never got developed. Why would it become developed? They never needed to work for anything in their life. Everything came easy to them. The parents are thinking they are doing their kids such a favor by buying their love with gifting them all their wants and desires. They think they are being great parents by making their kids happy with instant gratification. But in fact it teaches your child to grow up not ever having to work for their wants. Not ever having to strive for something and save up to finally be rewarded for their hard work. When a child receives everything so easily there is no reason to be proud and appreciate it, since it’s easy to replace in their eyes. Things lose value and nothing excites them anymore. In fact, kids who were overly spoiled tend to have more emotional and depression issues in life. If you think you may be spoiling your kid a little bit too much here is a great website called Pediatric Advisor, that discusses all about spoil prevention.
As a mother of 2 precious little girls I want nothing more than to give them the best. When my sweet little girl see’s a beautiful dress in a store or wants a piece of candy in the check out line, chances are I’m going to say “no”. Some parents will say “no” because they simply don’t have the money for it. If I had all the money in the world, I would still say “no” much of the time. However, balance is key, and I don’t want them to feel completely deprived, so on occasion, I will say yes. When I do say “yes”, they are happy and most of all truly appreciate it, since they know "yes" isn't always going to be the answer. Of course I want to see them happy all the time, but if I give them what they want, they will turn in to unmotivated demanding spoiled little brats. I'm trying to teach them the value of money, the value of hard work, and the value of life. That’s why a parent this day and age needs to learn what tough love is all about! These days many kids just don’t seem as appreciative. It makes me sick to see such spoiled kids that walk around with such a sense of entitlement. Years ago, kids had maybe a few toys to play with. Now kids have rooms full of toys to play with, I’m definitely guilty of my kids having way too many toys! Even with all the toys and things to do, I’ll still hear sometimes “mommy I’m bored”. My good friend Tracey tells her child to pick out 5 toys and put it in a bag to donate for someone who needs it, when she hears those words. I have definitely started using this and the "I'm bored" words stop immediately!
Going back to what drives people. Is it just innate in our biological self? I’m sure some people think, regardless of their up bringing, you either have it in you or you don’t. I beg to differ. I do agree that some people have more tendencies to be more driven than others, however, their upbringing can really shape how they apply it as they get older. Just ask your most successful and driven influences in your life, what it took to get where they are today. Most of them grew up with a sense of hard work and things that didn't come easy to them. Parents, if you want your kids to start having a value system and not the “I’m entitled to everything” attitude, stop spoiling them. Start practicing the "no" word from time to time. Or let’s earn the trip to Disney Land after you clean your room for a month. It starts now! I never thought I’d say this, but thank you mom and dad for not spoiling me and making me understand the value of life. It’s the best thing you could have possibly done for me. During the time it sucked, but it gave me drive and perseverance to fight for what I truly want.
"The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person ... who is worthy of emulation."
If you spend a lot of time with drug users or unmotivated people, chances are you will pick up their tendencies. We as humans feed off one another and become who we surround ourselves with. That’s why it’s so important to surround yourself with people you respect and have good qualities you admire and can relate to. Your kids are even more impressionable. Having your kids play on a regular basis with other kids that like to cause trouble and constantly misbehave, chances are it will rub off on your child and he or she will pick up some of those bad behaviors. As a parent you definitely can’t control everything your child does, especially as they get older, but you can do your best to encourage your child to engage with positive people and reward them for accomplishing new skills.
As an adult I have had my share of many different kinds of friends. Anywhere from successful over achievers to the unmotivated lazy couch potato friend. Finding the balance and knowing when to put the breaks on certain people have been key for my own life. The ones who call you and every single time they are ranting about how negative the world is and how horrible life is, saying poor me, will eventually just bring you down. Let’s not mistake this for me not wanting to listen to my friends when they are going through a rough time. I love being there for my friends in time of need. I’m the first one to help a friend out when something serious is going on or they are having trouble with a relationship. In fact, I love being a sounding board, being comforting, and enjoy giving helpful advice. It’s just part of who I am. But those who are constantly the victim in every situation day after day, you finally have to realize, that person is never going to change. They will always be the victim. I truly don’t want to live my life trying to be a victim in every situation that goes wrong. Life is very unpredictable but don’t just sit back and relax and let life smack you in the face thinking it’s all going to work out perfectly. Taking charge of your own life by taking the wheel to guide you through your own destiny. Sure you will hit bumps in the road, major forks that call for some quick decision making, and unknown shocking paths that you are forced to painfully ride on. It’s up to you how you handle it, learn from it, and how you come out of it. In closing, life’s an adventure, it’s a bit of a game (like my restorative yoga teacher referred to), if you play your cards right in this big game we call LIFE, you can and will come out a winner! | 2019-04-19T02:45:53 | https://laurenbrooks.laurenbrookstraining.com/2012/06/rants-about-spoiled-people-to-driven.html |
Should I defy my parents and do what I want or please them?
I’m watching the film Almost Famous again and the story makes me cry, but the quality of the writing is even better. It’s on my mind now that I’m finalizing the draft of the Wheel Questions book proposal that will actually go out to publishers. I wish I could write like that! My dad said reading the greats put him off writing. For me, it’s the opposite. Maybe I can’t achieve this, but now that I know it’s possible, I’m sure going to try.
Ultimately you have to make be your own person. Just don’t do make decisions to defy your parents. Here’s a card on that.
You owe it to yourself to do the smart thing, whether that’s despite your parents or despite your parents agreeing. Take that out of the equation by using your head, not your heart. Invite a friend over & make a pros & cons list. What will genuinely make you happy, without delusions?
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More recent inspections of Briar Place have earned it a rating of “average” by Medicare standards, but while the health inspection’s “average” rating and quality measure rating of “much above average” met these requirements, the establishment’s staffing rating of “much below average” did not. Here are the reasons for the low rating in this area, along with some of the deficiencies found in the health inspection.
Nursing home staff should always be at their best, providing the care every resident requires with kindness and understanding. Sometimes abuse and negligence occur, where residents don’t receive the attention they not only deserve, but also need. When this happens, an elder attorney can ensure that they are represented the right way and given more than ample compensation.
The staff working at Briar Place have been cited as “much below average” in their quality of care. RN and CNA staff members have, according to the Medicare report, spent on average half the state and national average amount of time on residents. Physical therapy staff time spent was even less than half the state and national averages.
In the healthcare inspections, the Medicare report states that Briar Place failed to provide the right treatment and services, special treatments such as feeding tubes, and properly prepared food. There also didn’t appear to be a program to help eliminate the threat of infection, and areas were not viewed as safe, clean and comfortable for inhabitants.
In cases of and neglect in nursing homes, it can be hard to admit that there’s a problem when you’re unsure of how to handle it. Illinois nursing home lawyers can keep residents from enduring long periods of suffering by bringing light to the situation and effectively ending the abuse, with the victims fully compensated.
If you want to know more about this nursing home, read the report on Medicare’s website.
Briar Place is a for-profit nursing home offering skilled nursing, physical, speech and occupational therapy, recreational services, memory care, counseling, and geriatric behavior services.
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My oldest son works for an agricultural startup, essentially as a location intelligence professional. That’s a career that I was talking about 20 years ago on stage when it not yet exist and he was but a baby. Today, digital map analysis and the skills and careers that go with it is a massive global industry and profession.
Companies are being impacted by fast change, and they are discovering that with this, many of the skills they possess are becoming useless or are going out of date. And there are lots of new careers coming about – like agricultural drone pilots, healthcare robot mangers, water architects, 3D printer clothing designers, computer hacker anti-hackers, remote sports performance analytic managers, smart highway traffic managers, and smart packaging advertising coordinators!
You might not necessarily need new skills right now, but you will, because things are changing faster than you think! | 2019-04-25T16:58:14 | https://jimcarroll.com/2018/10/your-next-hire-should/ |
Read the articles online by clicking the links below or to the right under ‘Related articles’ (these go live in stages during May 2014).
Or read the full Employee Benefits digital edition.
Corporate social responsibility has become a vital part of business strategy. Part of a good CSR is also treating your own staff well, as well as considering the impact of your reward practices on CSR. Read Footprint of responsibility, page 30.
Employees want to use mobile technology and apps to access their benefits and employers need to respond. Learn how in Mobile platforms will make workers appy, page 38.
Fujitsu UK and Ireland earns a big payback in performance by focussing on staff needs. Read how the IT giant did it in Powerful connection, page 46.
Read the full Employee Benefits digital edition.
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Jonah and Hannah first met each other on a blind date set up by their mutual friend. From then on, it was a love story for the books. Jonah proposed to Hannah through an elaborate scavenger hunt that took her to various memorable locations throughout their relationship. Jonah was smart, though, and planned it on her birthday so the proposal was still a surprise since Hannah thought all of this was just for her birthday.
The day went on with different activities and gifts from digging up treasure in the rain to lighting off fireworks. Jonah even led her to the coffee shop where they had their original blind date. The very last clue of the scavenger hunt took Hannah to a drive-in movie theater, which was just as romantic as it sounds. Once there, Jonah projected a film on the screen only to have Hannah realize that he had created it himself as a remake of her favorite movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. In this remake, Jonah put their faces onto the characters and made the plot to tell the love story between the two of them. Once it was finished, he got down on one knee and asked Hannah to marry him. After she enthusiastically agreed, Jonah led her to a different venue where he had planned an engagement party and sang to Hannah “Moon River,” which is a popular song from the movie. They then ended the night by dancing together and thinking about the wonderful future ahead of them.
Sticking with the theme of their engagement, the couple planned their wedding to have an old Hollywood style to it with accents of the roaring 20’s. The colors they used were gold, black, and silver with a bit of Tiffany Blue to add in traces of their perfect engagement. For their favors, Jonah and Hannah put together all of their favorite treats which also included some southern sweets from Hannah’s hometown in Georgia. To their guests they served Salmon, Roasted Chicken, Pippin John Seasoned Pork, and Eggplant Rollatini. The day was beautiful and picturesque, just like the movies!
Be sure to see the Guelzo wedding on page 36 of the fourth issue of bridebook!
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this past weekend i spent three days with my aunt P (or AP as we refer to her) at her beach house in ventura. want to hear something crazy? of course you do. this trip had actually been in the works since late march but due to the two of our busy schedules, the earliest date we could arrive upon was late june. anyway, with months of built-up anticipation, i was a tad nervous about how all of the moving parts might come together in time. and by “moving parts” i mostly just mean that i seriously doubted my ability to navigate my way up the coast even with the assistance of google maps. but luckily, i made it there (and back!) in one piece and even took a detour through malibu (go waves!). in other news, we seriously had it made in college. remind me again why i graduated early?
but back to my story. the weekend was a dream. it lived up to and exceeded every previously held expectation. even though it’s only a three-hour drive up the coast, being in the quaint beach town of ventura made me truly feel like i was worlds away from my north county bubble. and the only thing i regret is the fact that i didn’t take off the whole darn week to spend within footsteps of the sand and in the company of my partner-in-crime. but c’est la vie. that just means i’ll have to come back.
i took a half day at work and hit the i5 around noon on friday. per my aunt’s recommendation, i skipped a majority of the 101 in exchange for a scenic drive up the coast (gosh, i sound like one of the californians, don’t i?). even though beach traffic was a bit unbearable at times, if i was going to be stuck in gridlock, i figured i might as well be overlooking the pacific. turns out, malibu was the perfect pit stop to stretch my legs, use the little girls’ room, and get my caffeine fix with an iced coffee from starbucks. i’m not gonna lie, it felt good to be in my old stomping grounds again. albeit brief, my quick jaunt past john’s garden brought back so many fond memories.
semi-related: i walked toward starbucks very slowly in case one of those skinny blondes or v-neck clad bripsters (bro + hipster) behind their oliver peoples sunglasses was a celeb. but no such luck. though now that i think about it, i’m fairly certain i said “excuse me” to jeffrey tambor (from arrested development) as i nearly collided into him on my way to the cream & sugar station. so maybe my time in malibu was not spent in vain (let’s be honest, time in malibu is never spent in vain).
i continued northward on pch which, despite having lived in malibu for three years, i had never taken past neptune’s net. aside from the slight anxiety induced by the “danger! falling rocks for the next 8 miles” signs, my coastal commute was quite lovely (and relatively uncongested). though i couldn’t say the same for the 101 which was moving at a snail’s pace as i merged onto it for the last few miles toward my final destination (<– omg, do you remember those movies? i wonder what devon sawa is doing these days…). i eventually turned off the exit and drove due westward toward the beach. i crept along the one way road until i properly identified the address and quickly turned into the drive.
AP had told me to let myself in when i got there (she had left the door unlocked), so i gathered my luggage (yes, plural because i like options) and went inside. i unpacked a little and made myself at home. AP arrived about 45 minutes later and oh my goodness was it ever amazing to be united once again. we shared a big embrace before throwing on pandora, pouring ourselves a homemade mocktail (one part pomegranate juice, two parts perrier, and a squeeze of lemon, delish!), and retiring to the back patio for a little pre-dinner happy hour and girl talk.
after about an hour, we headed into town for dinner.
we closed out our evening with a stroll down main street. seeing as it was friday night in summer, the streets were filled with a hodgepodge of families, homeless people and middle-aged men on the prowl. it’s a whole different world after 9 p.m. AP acted as my tour guide, pointing out her favorite boutiques and restaurants along the way. we ducked into a cafe-slash-specialty store for some gelato and coffee to-go and enjoyed them as we continued our stroll. we eventually retraced our steps back to the car and made our way back to the beach house where AP dropped me off before she made her way back to her main house in the hills. it was kind of nice to have the whole house to myself. i took my time with my evening routine, still on a high from the previous hours’ events. i finished my night watching dodgeball before retiring to bed.
i slept in the best i could, knowing that a saturday morning without a pre-7 a.m. wake-up time is as treasured as it is rare. i managed to remain horizontal until about 8 (go me!) before rising to tend to my day. i packed a bag with my bathing suit, a change of clothes, and my toiletries before changing into a t-shirt and jorts in preparation for our afternoon in ojai. before she had dropped me off the night before, AP had pointed out where the nearest starbucks was in town. man, does she know my heart (and my clear addiction), so after i had gotten myself presentable for public (a panama hat does wonders), i cruised over to the green mermaid which was nestled in the back of a nearby vons shopping center. i got the usual (venti iced unsweetened coffee with soy) and drove the 0.6 miles back to the house. there i relaxed, alternating sips between water, coffee, and the fresh green juice from pressed juicery AP had left for me in the fridge.
oh hello first official day of summer (june 21st) , i think i love you.
AP arrifved to get me a hair before 11 a.m. we loaded up the car and hit the road for our days’ destination -the quaint town of ojai and more importantly, the magical ojai valley inn. i had visited the inn last april with L and her now fiance, but this was the first time i would be doing anything more than simply touring the grounds. in honor of my (belated) twenty-ninth birthday, AP had booked us a pair of massages -relaxation for me, deep-tissue for herself. but with our treatments not until 2 p.m., we were shown to the locker room where we changed into our bathing suits and fluffy robes and headed to the pool.
AP snagged us two chaise lounge chairs in the shade and we ordered a couple of lunch entrees off the spa menu to share -the chopped salad and vegetable spring rolls. we chatted (as we did most of the weekend, conversation with AP is as effortless as breathing it seems) in between bites before retiring to the quiet room in preparation for our respective massages.
almost as quickly as i sat down in the designated silent area was i greeted by lauren, my massage therapist. she led me into the room and waited outside while i changed and shimmied under the blankets on the table. the next 55 minutes were dedicated to bringing me to a place of zen (i could use some zen). per my selection, lauren filled the room with a mixture of citrus, vanilla, and jasmine scents and spent the remainder of the time working out every crook, knot, and sore muscle in my body. it quite possibly could have been the best massage i’ve ever received -not that i get them that often or anything. lauren sent me away with water and advised me to continue to hydrate for the remainder of the day in order to flush out the toxins she had just shaken loose. i did my best to heed to her counsel, which really just meant i was running to the ladies’ room every 10 minutes (but yay! no more toxins!).
as i was waiting for AP to finish up her treatment, i showered and got ready at one of the spa’s vanity stations. it was lovely to take my time with my beautification routine. because let’s be honest, the hair blow-drying portion certainly isn’t ever speedy.
meet speedy, the tortoise that lives in the garden that AP shares with her neighbor at the beach house.
okay back to the spa.
once i had gotten myself together, i waited for AP to do the same. when we were both looking refreshed and fabulous, we said our goodbyes and loaded up the car to drive into town for a little sidewalk stroll.
we walked down the main street of the town stopping by various boutiques along the way. we eventually wound back around to rainbow bridge, a small health food and specialty store to pick up a few pre-made goodies for dinner (chicken, soup, and grilled veggies).
AP comes from a family of six, and fabulously enough, her oldest sister lives just a short drive from downtown ojai. so we took a slight detour back to the house to pay aunt K (AK) a visit. i couldn’t recall the last time i had actually seen her, but when she greeted us at the door, AK welcomed me in with open arms -as if our last encounter had been a few weeks ago as opposed to a few years. hospitality and warmth obviously run in their gene pool. speaking of gene pool, the resemblance between the sisters is striking! the three of us sat and visited for half an hour or so before AP and i were on our way again. albeit brief, it was so lovely to see and spend time with AK. i can’t wait to see her again on my next trip up north.
from AK’s condo, we began our trek up into the hills where AP’s main place of residence resides. but before we settled in for the evening, we made one more pit stop -this time to her friends’ house where a group of couples had gathered for a dinner party. one of the couples i had met the night before at watermark was there as were three more pairs -all whom were just as sweet and welcoming. AP has bar-none one of the most closely knit and supportive friendship communities i have ever seen. it was a pure joy to watch her in action and to put faces to names she had previously mentioned in passing.
we finally reached AP’s hilltop abode around 7 p.m. after spending so many thanksgivings there as a kid, it was like a deja vu as we walked through the front door. “ohmygoodness, so many memories,” i exclaimed. AP gave me the tour -pointing out the most recent renovations she had made to both the interior and outside landscaping. aside from being beautifully decorated, the house boasts the most incredible panoramic views of downtown ventura and the pier.
we ate our dinner at her dining room table, sharing more stories and revisiting memories of thanksgivings past. as we were later sipping decaf and munching on tate’s famous gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, i remember floating above myself and trying to commit the moment to specific memory. words cannot even begin to quantify the sheer amazingness that AP embodies. she is as wise as she is gracious, as loving as she is generous, as warm as she is kind. she is someone i’m not only grateful to know but feel honored and privileged to call her both a family member and beloved friend. anyway, after a few more happy tears and deep conversations about life, love, and gratitude, she drove me back down the hill to the beach house where i drifted off into dreamland soon thereafter.
sunday morning came way too quickly. but i appeased my alarm and got up quickly as it sounded off around 7:15 a.m. AP had suggested that we end our time together with a late breakfast at saticoy country club, the private club where she is an active member. so in preparation of my departure, i re-packed my stuff and loaded it into the car before making another morning visit to starbucks. on my way back to the house, i drove down to the end of the street and idled near the sand in order to take a few photos of the beach. i figured i had spent the past 48 hours in such close proximity to it, i might as well have some sort of photographical evidence of it.
when i got back to the house, i made one final tour through the rooms to make sure i had gotten everything before stripping the beds and cleaning out the fridge (good house guests get asked back). AP arrived twenty minutes later and we locked up the house before i followed her out to saticoy.
working for a private club, it’s always a treat for me to visit clubs similar to ours. like la jolla, saticoy is nestled up atop a hill, and its course and clubhouse are equally as charming. i mentioned that AP might as well be the unofficial mayor of ventura, well the same can be of her status at the club as well. when she arrives, everyone is there to greet her. she’s like norm, and saticoy is her cheers. after being introduced to various fellow members and staff, we sat down at a corner table in the main dining room for some breakfast fare. the dining room overlooks the 18th green, so we watched golfers finishing up their rounds as we shared a few final moments together.
it was already nearly noon by the time we walked out to our cars to engage in our last goodbye. ugh, goodbyes are the worst. but i knew if i didn’t leave then, i would be stuck in gridlock well past sunset. so we exchanged one last big bear hug and i attempted to quantify how grateful i was for what had turned out to be the most perfect weekend getaway. we agreed to plan a similar trip for the fall and the knowledge of that appeased the disappointment i felt in realizing our time together was coming to a close.
i waved goodbye as i drove toward the freeway, picking up the 101S en route back to san diego. by the grace of God, i avoided the often inevitable sunday traffic and made it home safely and sound three hours later. and just like that, my whirlwind weekend was over.
when AP had offered up her beach bungalow to me for a weekend escape, i was hesitant to take her up on her invitation. not because i didn’t want the opportunity to log quality time together, but because i’ve always been someone who had a complex with saying yes to such generous open doors. but i’ve since realized that people don’t present invitations if they truly didn’t want you to accept them. otherwise they’d be the worst indian givers ever. so i’ve become more comfortable with taking people up on their offers. whether they be invitations to stay at their beach houses or visit them in far off countries or even to let you tag along to an afternoon bbq at their boyfriend’s house. i’ve never really suffered from FOMO (fear of missing out), in fact, for a majority of my life i think i’ve subscribed to the exact opposite mentality. but now i want to take full advantage of the invitations presented to me. because i’m finding that when i do such things, i come away so incredibly full and blessed. which is exactly what happened following this particular weekend with AP. there were laughs and tears (the happy kind), good food and even better company.
everyone deserves an AP in their corner. and i’m so blessed she’s in mine.
your family are of you.
Live Love & most importantly LAUGH out loud!
what a wonderful surprise to hear from you. thank you so much for your sweet and thoughtful words, they truly brought tears to my eyes. i can’t wait to finally meet you in person! sending you so much love today (and everyday).
AP sent me the link to your blog. first of all let me say, AP was so happy you took the time to be with her this past weekend. it made a difference, and shawna you, yes, you are the gift.
getting back to your blog. i am impressed! i love the design and set up of it. also, noticed your passion for writing is evident as you weave your story….kept me engaged, and looking forward to your next sentence.
you are a fashionista! great coordinator of colors, patterns, and styles… and you are photogenic as well!
thank you for stopping by with AP on saturday. it was a joy to be with you. it’s been a very long time since our last hug! as you know, hugs are very good for us, humans.
you’ve accomplished much since you graduated from college and to have a job you really enjoy is a very great accomplishment.
shawna, you are a beautiful human being, internally, and externally, seems to me.
in my world, there is much to be grateful for, and i am grateful for my life and, also, like you, love my life.
what a wonderful gift it was to connect with you last weekend. i am so thankful for this new chapter in all of our lives. i am humbled by your sweet words, thank you for your comments about my writing and blog. it is a joy to share my life with the interwebs, and i’m so glad you were entertained by what you’ve seen thus far 🙂 selfies and all! i look forward to many more memories shared together and equally as many bear hugs, too. sending you lots of love today. | 2019-04-20T22:37:21 | https://shawnaleeann.com/2014/06/23/ap-me-a-weekend-in-ventura/ |
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As part of our “Startup Diaries” series we recently caught up with Jamie Brown, business consultant and former CTO.
To say Jamie has a passion for the tech world is a massive understatement - he has played a key role in building several successful startups from the ground up and still enjoys hands-on work in development and systems architecture. He is now involved in two exciting early stage, fast-growing startups – both in very different industries.
Jamie also happens to be a really lovely guy who was happy to tell us his story and offer his advice to anyone hoping to break into the tech start-up world!
Hi Jamie! Thank you so much for sitting with us today. Would you mind starting off by telling our readers more about Chicmi and Bark?
Chicmi ( http://www.chicmi.com/ ) is a British-Chinese tech startup - with investment and a development team in China, but currently focusing on growth in Britain. We've made an app that fashion lovers can use to explore London's diverse fashion scene - finding out which boutiques are around you, which stores have sales on nearby, and what fashion-related events and exhibitions are happening in the city. It basically provides an easy way to get a fashion fix wherever you are in London. It's great for Londoners, but also for Chinese-speaking visitors to the city as it's available in both English and Mandarin. So far they’ve been focusing most of their beta activity on Chinese visitors coming over to London to shop.
Bark ( https://www.bark.com/ ) is a brand new services marketplace. It makes it very easy to find any kind of service professional online - from a gardener to a wedding planner to an aircraft maintenance specialist! You just describe what it is you want and where you want it, and Bark's technology automatically goes out to find and contact professionals in the area and invite them to quote back to you. So if you post a gardening job then a few hours later you will get a load of quotes from gardeners who are interested, and you can choose which one to work with.
I've been interested in computers since I was a child. I was teaching myself to code when I was 10, and I did freelance web development work when I was at secondary school. I was lucky enough to be involved in some very cool startups in the North East of England early in my career, which gave me a taste for how much fun a fast growing tech company could be. During that period I got hooked on digital marketing - especially search marketing, which was booming at the time - so I took a bit of a detour and tried out some corporate and agency roles in digital marketing, but I didn’t that was nearly as fun as the startup scene! So I ended up back at a startup, as General Manager for cloud storage company called Livedrive, right in its early days. Livedrive was an amazing journey - in six years the company ballooned into one of the biggest cloud companies in Europe, and we sold it in February 2014. After that I decided I would work for myself, and invest my time in contributing to the most exciting startups I could find in London.
What is your role within these two businesses specifically? How did you come to work for each of them?
For both businesses I'm a consultant. I get involved in any aspect of each business that needs focus at that point in time! Bark has just acquired a large Irish business called SkillPages, so I'm working with the team on migrating SkillPage's 25 million users on to Bark's platform at the moment. Chicmi is very much about business development and marketing at the moment - developing our early stage partnerships with retailers, bringing new retail partners on board and getting the word out. Chicmi has really been embraced by London's local government, which is exciting! It's lovely to be able to get my hands dirty in code one day, but then go to a meeting at the Mayor's Office or to a Fashion Week event the next!
Gosh that sounds incredibly exciting! What would you say the best and worst things about working for a tech startup then?
Startups require a certain mindset. I've seen a lot of people fail because they're used to the corporate world where it's very structured or their role is very specific. In a startup you've got to be willing to do anything - from a menial task, to something completely unrelated to your area of expertise. You can't be arrogant, you can't be awkward or a jobsworth, and you've got be hard-nosed because the best startup owners can be quite abrasive. It's not always fun, but it's always changing and every day is different, so you're always learning.
What myths about startups have you found to be untrue?
The biggest myth is glamour of beautiful offices, free lunches, and super benefit packages. All of the startups I've worked with are great for people who love what they do - but are often in the worst offices with very little outside of a basic salary and some share options. It's only when the startup graduates to a profitable business or gets serious Series A funding that it starts becoming more glamorous - and that's when it starts getting media attention, so everyone thinks startups look like Google. They don't. And they shouldn't - the most thrifty ones are the ones that survive, and are often where the best people work.
What do you think are the biggest obstacles facing startups today?
Marketing and money! Gone are the days when you can just launch something great and it goes crazy, unless you get really lucky. And gone are the days when free marketing would get you very far, unless you've got a lot of time to spend. In the UK we don't have such a cohesive networking infrastructure as you do in Silicon Valley, so getting the business in front of influencers or the press is harder. You need to be prepared to spend a lot of time on marketing, or a lot of money, or both to get traction. Just having a great product is not enough.
Which do you think is the most important: the right market, the right product, or the right team?
The right team will point you to the right market and build the right product. So definitely the right team. But all three are needed ultimately.
Have there been any key inspirational figures or mentors who have influenced you at various points in your career?
I've learnt so much from watching the founders and owners of the companies I've worked with. Every single one has brought something different to me. Creating your own business takes guts and it takes a lot of faith in your idea - and whatever the business, it's an inspiring process to watch it come together and grow. It's also lovely to see how different each startup is, and how it takes on the personality of the founder. I still learn every day from the people I work with - and when I stop learning I move on.
I think it's important to realise that you'll never be perfect at what you do, and that you can always learn from others around you. You don't need a mentor who goes out of their way to help you - you just need to surround yourself with as many people as possible who are better than you at the skills you need, and watch and learn.
Do you go to any networking events or meetups?
I've dipped my toes into the Silicon Roundabout community in London but I haven't "got it" yet. I'm sure I'm missing something! I always feel I should be more involved.
The fashion world and City of London have both been really welcoming since I started working on Chicmi, so these days I find myself at fashion events or in the House of Commons more often than I find myself at tech drinks!
Early on in my career, in my early twenties, there were a couple of times when I decided I was really good at what I did, and stopped learning. I was lucky enough to have some humbleness kicked back into me, a couple of times by some really good bosses, and also by my wife! I think staying humble and constantly learning is the best thing you can ever do for your career. Don't expect too much from others, but expect a lot from yourself.
What advice would you give to young people looking for their first job in tech?
Experience is everything. The skills you learn in school or university are so different from the skills you use in a real tech business, so get experience wherever you can. When recruiting I will look far more seriously at the CV of someone who tried and failed to build their own startup when they were at school than I do at someone with a PhD in computing.
Do you think there is a “brogramming culture”? How do you feel about gender inequality in the tech industry?
Yes, there is a big problem there, especially in startups. I don't think it's just the brogramming culture that is the problem though. Right from their first years of life many girls are discouraged from taking an interest in tech, both by general social assumptions about gender and also by the very male-dominated culture around tech. This gets more intense as they go to school and to university, and then the women who do survive are often rewarded with a company culture that often doesn't respect them, makes life difficult for them, or just straight out abuses them.
I don't think there's a single solution to the problem. It's going to take changes in society, in media coverage of tech, and in education to make it. But what we need urgently is more awareness and focus from business owners - and also more exposure for the female role models who are doing so well and bringing so much to the tech community already. Especially the female tech entrepreneurs - there are some amazing tech businesses out there created by women and we need to shout about that more.
What do you like to do outside of work? Do you feel like you have a good work-life balance?
I have a hopeless work-life balance because I love what I do and most of the time I'm doing it for fun, not for the salary. I'm very fortunate that my wife is also involved in Chicmi, so I get to work with her on that. She's also a very successful artist (click here to see her work!) so I get to help out with her projects from time to time, which provides a completely different change to tech startups!
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Just a name. It's like calling protons "positively" charged, and electrons are "negatively" charged. In this case, color comes from a field called Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), where color charge is a name for three types of strong interaction. Whoever named it thought that since human vision is tri-chromatic, and here we have three types of "charge", that calling it "color charge" would be cute.
Of course, particles at this scale have no such thing as "color" in the way we usually think of color as a visual sense. Similarly, "top/bottom" or "up/down" don't really mean those things in the quantum world -- it's just a way of naming properties and interactions. Even the idea of "spin" doesn't describe what electrons are really doing. They're not like little spinning tops. They just happen to have an inherent angular momentum, so we call it spin.
My favorite quark names are the "strange" and "charm". And for a while people wanted to use "truth" and "beauty" for the top and bottom quarks, though those didn't stick. Cute names, but a particle knows nothing of beauty or truth or strangeness or color. At least I'm pretty sure -- to be fair I've never asked one.
yeah that names more friendly to ppl who isnt professors in that stuff!
but i want to know. what the colors are! how blue qwark is different than red or green quark.
and the quarks have spin of 1\2.
So what if you took a string and cut it with another string? Is 1 string made up of 2 half strings? And what properties do they have?
What makes positive charge different from a negative charge? If I gave you three objects, A, B, and C, and you find that A and B attract, A and C attract, B and C repel, and all three attract small, neutral bits of paper, then can you tell me which are positively charged and which are negatively charged?
What you can do is make a model which says that there are two types of "electric charge", and if two objects have the same charge, then they repel, and if they have opposite charge, then they attract. Then according to this model, B and C have the same charge, and A has the opposite charge, but you don't know which is which. You can do a lot more experiments with other charged objects to further support your model that there are only two types of electric charge and that they interact in this way. And you can dive into the study of atomic structure and discover what the charge carriers themselves are -- the protons and electrons -- but your decision of "which is positive and which is negative" is still completely arbitrary. It doesn't matter as long as you stay consistent with your choice.
Same (or at least similar) idea with color charge. There's nothing about a quark that tells us "I have a red charge". Instead we observe that there are three types of strong interaction, and we can model them as being due to three types of "color charge" (there are also anti-color charge for the anti-quarks). What the color charge does is describe the interaction of quarks by exchanging gluons.
Watsisname, and what exactly is the spin?
The unsatisfying answer is that it is not, and describing what it really is is hard. This gets into the weird, un-intuitive world of quantum mechanics.
An electron's spin is like a spinning ball, but it isn't. They are not balls and they are not spinning. You can make a spinning ball spin faster or slower. You cannot do that to an electron. You can turn a spinning ball to make it spin on any axis. Again, cannot do that to an electron. Electrons don't even "move" in the usual sense. Most of our every day experience of the behavior of objects fails when we apply it to quantum mechanical systems.
For example, a common description of an atom is that electrons orbit the nucleus like planets orbiting a star. That description is way wrong. If electrons actually moved that way, then they would be strongly radiating (accelerated charges radiate), thereby losing orbital energy, and crash into the nucleus in a tiny fraction of a second. All atoms would collapse and we would not exist!
Electrons instead exist more as a fuzzy cloud of probability. There is a probability function across the space of the atom that describes how likely it is for the electron to be found there. Which is weird and unsatisfying, but that's how it works.
Back to "spin", this originally comes from concepts in electromagnetism. The magnetic properties of electrons are similar to that of a tiny, spinning charge. It's almost as if the electron is a little loop of circulating current. So physicists started referring to this property as spin, even though that's not what they are really doing. Instead it is an inherent quality of angular momentum. Subatomic particles have angular momentum in discrete amounts (the angular momentum is 'quantized'). And they have this quality without actually spinning. Which is weird and unsatisfying, but again that's how it works.
So nothing makes a string then, so everything is basically nothing?
I think it could be more correct, if the string is the ultimate constituent of matter, that the string simply "exist".
Watsisname, ok thank you very much!!
i will continue to learn that throught the summer vacation.
So how can nothing make something?
its really hard question i think noone can explain. its like asking how the big bang happend from nothing.
it is happend. It doesn't make any sense to talk about strings as being "made-of" anything. The point of string theory is to create a unified theory of fundamental particles. If they were "made of " something, then they wouldn't be "fundamental" the thing they were MADE OF would be the fundamental thing. also a string if exist is the lenght of a plank. nothing smaller than that can exist in spacetime.
This is known as a Conundrum, it's a logic trap created by word meanings.
The meaning of "Nothing makes a string" is that a string is the ultimate boundary of the matter, just as Big Bang is the ultimate boundary on the other direction.
What we can learn with science and technology stops there, for now.
Strings, quarks, colors, wave-particle duality: these are all terms borrowed by the material world we experience to grasp some difficult and anti-logic result from mathematical analysis and scientific experiments. Our everyday language is scarcely able to picture those results, so we use is somehow to approximate reality.
If you think about it, you're typing on a keyboard right now by commanding electrons and electromagnetic fluxes to transmit your thoughts around the globe thanks to technology based on mathematical rules. Space Engine itself is a simulation made by mathematical algorithms in order to paint photons on a surface in a way that our limited senses can assimilate.
I want to know how the lifetime and age of a star is determined. I know it is linked to mass but there are what ? What is the equation/demonstration to determine this (lifetime and age) ?
That would be the Hertzprung-Russell diagram, if I remember well.
it really intersting that there could be a particle we didnt discovered yet that cause the gravity.
the name of the particle is graviton, and has a spin of 2.
its gonna be so hard to discover such particle because the gravity force is weak compare to the others forces. | 2019-04-22T23:01:23 | http://old.spaceengine.org/forum/22-238-35 |
holiday | It's "All in WDW"
MERRY CHRISTMAS, My Friends! It’s a “Jingle” Cruise into the Jungle!
Merry Christmas from All in WDW, my friends! We sincerely hope you have a fun, but very safe, day filled with family, friends, peace, and joy!
I just can’t get over how well Disney’s Cast Members have “dolled up” – or, should I say “re-themed” – the Magic Kingdom’s Jungle Cruise for the holidays! Even the “script” includes a holiday flair!
So, in the same spirit, I present you with the J[i]ngle Cruise! Have a great Christmas, everyone! | 2019-04-24T10:58:42 | https://allinwdw.com/tag/holiday/ |
The U.S. Training Federation (USTF) is believed to be the oldest existing USA-based federation. CwbyJnky opened its doors on March 5th, 2002, though he has since retired from his post as president and made way for acting president GlennCraven. The federation has only about 180 members, but despite this low enrollment most US managers consider it to be the most important federation for National Team coaches and a primary reason for the USA's national team success. The US Training Federation generally endorses a candidate in each US national coach election, though they failed to do so in the most recent U-20 election. Enrollment is open to all US managers who support the US by training home-born players, though this is a fairly loose requirement. | 2019-04-25T05:48:15 | https://wiki.hattrick.org/index.php?title=U.S._Training_Federation |
I wrote this open letter to the NFL a while back. I revisited it briefly here. I love football. It is tied to a lot of childhood and college memories, to say nothing of my having found the perfect sports bar. (The sports bar, is, in my opinion perfect because it is mostly a soccer bar, and so there is a small but dedicated group of American football fans.) One of the early things I did with this blog was post my football picks.
It's always an interesting thing, to me, to see where you hit the line. Where you look around and say, I put up with, excused, ignored a number of things, and I hoped the following things would change with time. And where you look around and say, yep, I can't support this any more. Part of the reason I had switched to the sports bar was because I figured some small changes I could make included - not purchasing or wearing NFL gear, not attending games in the stadium, and not contributing to the ratings. It was a tiny thing - the ratings part at least - but I figured these changes I could make.
But I can't ignore that the NFL has continued to allow and pretend neutrality when it comes to racist team names that support and encourage racist fan behavior. And I cannot ignore that every time a football player breaks the law or cheats, we have to wait and see if they will be punished at all. And yet, the clearest most obvious punishment is being doled out to a player who simply made a political statement.
The NFL's treatment of Colin Kaepernick is just utter unexcusable crap. Even if the NFL had a leg to stand on as far as player morality, it would be crap. Teams have ditched quarterbacks that weren't working in their system before, even ones that had won Superbowls. I am well aware. (And yeah, I am still a little mad at the Ravens for that.) But actual low and underperforming quarterbacks have gotten chance after chance after chance. The fact that the Ravens have an injured quarterback and and playing the we'll see if it won't make people mad game, is further irritating. The Ravens stood behind a player who stood up for marriage equality, even when a politician wrote to them to stop it. Behind countless players who committed crimes. But apparently speaking up for the rights of black people is somehow too much? You have to be kidding me.
So, it turns out this is where I am drawing the line. This is where I reached the too far moment in my head. The NFL is a business, and they are free to not hire people. Just like I am free to decide their pretense of separation from politics is crap, and choose not to watch. | 2019-04-20T16:56:29 | http://www.talkapedia.com/2017/08/nfl.html |
We look at several aspects of the ET phenomena and question our personal experiences so we can shift the perception of ourselves and the construct of reality we live in as well as the purpose behind the Hybridization program.
After our first interview, I have also discovered that I have been abducted and a contactee since childhood.
In this 3 Part Series we talk about our Contactee Experiences and how it affected us physically, emotionally and mentally. Geraldine talks about her experience of seeing her hybrid children, implants and opening up to new psychic gifts.
I also talk about my experience of contact and how as I child, used to have insane bloody noses and dreams with aliens with lion and dolphin heads. In my experience, I’ve learned that it all could have a direct connection to our frequency and emotions.
I talk to Geraldine Orozco about my journey into discovering our abductee experience and the connection we have with them. By looking at our experiences from a neutral and non-victimized point of view, we can look at it by empowering us and learning from them.
We discuss the cause of this effect and the emotions behind hybrid children and our connection to them. By understanding the universe and ET Races with knowledge and compassion, I have discovered a deeper and more meaningful relationship to them and transcended the victimization of those experiences.
We talk about what we can learn from these experiences of abductions/contact and discover an empowered frequency of compassion toward these beings and ourselves.
By knowing the range and spectrum of our emotions/frequency, we also have to disconnect and perceive things objectively rather than with our emotions. By coming into a state of an observer and without emotion, we can ascend out of this reality.
By being aware of our perception and what we choose to experience, is not only important on Earth but with our Cosmic connections to the Universe and our Creators. We are here to teach compassion to the entire Universe.
where you will find access to private support groups. along with Hypnotherapists from some of the worlds highly qualified expressionists, with information with fellow experiencerS and ways to educate yourself with a wealth of information from top researchers in the field, plus many tools to assist your path.
Are You A Hybrid Parent?
As fellow abductees, hybrid mothers and fathers we are here to listen, learn and heal through our understanding of the Human Hybridization Program. There are many aspects to the Hybridization program. Some experiencers encounter higher vibrational experiences while others can experience trauma.
Some are terrestrial experiences such as in Military Labratory (MiLab) and Governmental Programs and others are Extraterrestrial Programs conducted multidimensionally or aboard a ship. Both cases are just as valid and require support, understanding, and compassion.
Geraldine is a DNA REPROGRAMMER AND HYBRID MOTHER.
On October 15, 2013 Geraldine experienced a vivid abduction from her bedroom window where she recounts being taken on board a ship in which she meets tall grays that show her eight hybrid children along with a sting of intriguing information.
If you have had an abduction experience and would like to share with us and Geraldine, please feel free to do so below.
if you would like to contact geraldine personally her contact info is below. | 2019-04-19T14:36:01 | https://www.fifty8magazine.com/alienabduction |
This white paper will provide you with information about the life science industry in the Municipality of Ballerup – a part of Greater Copenhagen. You will find 8 important factors when considering whether to relocate to Ballerup, and why our life science cluster is the ideal location for you.
This white paper will provide you with information about the life science industry in the Municipality of Ballerup – a part of Greater Copenhagen. You will find 15 important factors when considering whether to relocate to Ballerup, and why our life science cluster is the ideal location for you.
Close to Copenhagen. Europe. The world.
The ideal home for businesses and investors with a global view. | 2019-04-25T03:00:46 | https://www.investinballerup.info/whitepapers/ |
We are on pins and needles with the Mueller Report Watch, but in the meantime we've got Jared communicating on WhatsApp, Roger Stone pleading the 5th and Julian Assange is not turning over documents because he's a "journalist". All that and Trump is a free speech warrior, he's still being a jerk about McCain and he's bitching about the Mueller Report. Chris & Travis are running the show today and joining them by phone is John Fugelsang and then it is time for Friday's with Frangela. | 2019-04-23T02:28:30 | http://www.leftisright.com/videos/902?playlist_id=1 |
Dream vacation on Lake Garda - pure relaxation in hotel and apartment!
We, the Pensione Panoramica has become a popular holiday-residence for connoisseurs. A lot of our guest come again and again, year by year since decades. Approx. 50m (150feet) over the Lake, it is less crowded here in comparison with the villages directly at lake-level which are strongly influenced by the Gardesana Orientale (the eastern lake road).
Never the less the lake is only approx. 5 mins by foot away. We, the family Mirella, Moderato and Metheo, are running our pension with heart and soul. It is our wish to make your stay as comfortable and unforgettable whether you are guest of the pension, apartment-house or guest of the restaurant. Friendlyness, cleanlyness and fun whilst working makes your stay pleasant.
Beside large rooms with shower/WC, telephone (fax available at the reception), balkony and terraces with lake-view, the copious offer of the restaurant (special wishes are recognized with pleasure) make your stay an experience. Our newly built apartments are spacy, excellent equipped, with kitchen, flat-screen TV, satellite and aircondition. Children are very welcome and will enjoy like their parents our spacious and clean poolarea.
What can be nicer than sit on the terrace of the restaurant with a glass of excellent regional wine, typical italian food, together with an breathtaking view nearly all over the lake ?! No matter which time of the day you watch the lake from here, you'll always see something new. The lake is changing his look constantly. The best sight is after a thunderstorm, when the opposite peaks are as close that think you can touch them - due to clear air, or at dawn, when in the warm evening air the lights in the little villages at lake-level and in the mountains, are switched on.
Watch the video of the Pensione Panoramica!
Each apartment has a balcony with view of the lake, a fully equiped kitchen, telephone, TV-sat, Safe, hairdryer and air condition from 19.00 to 02.00. Bed line, tea towels and towels are available at no extra charge. Apartments with swimming Pool and Whirlpool (opened up to 15th May). Private parking next to the house.
The accomodation's prices don't include the tourist tax of € 1,00 per person per night required by the local authority and is payable on site. There is no charge for children up to 6 years.
See you soon and have a nice holiday!
The cuisine of the Pension Panoramica is simple and genuine, we use as much as possible fresh products, which often come from our private cultivation. Dishes such as baked lasagne, for example, are produced with homemade dough and sauce. On the table is the extra virgin olive oil produced by us, unique and famous in Italy, which you can also buy from us if you wish. You will immediately taste our care and the quality of the food. But pay attention to the addiction factor: once you've been with us, you'll come back again and again!
The Pensione Panoramica is located in the charming town of Brenzone sul Garda, in the surroundings of which we would like to recommend some places of interest.
The municipality of Brenzone consists of 16 small villages and settlements scattered at the foot of Monte Baldo. Here you can still find him, the original charm of Lake Garda. Narrow, often very steep streets lead past historic houses and through olive groves - a tranquility that you will not find on the lake all too often.
The area here is strongly influenced by Catholicism, so you should not miss to visit the many small churches and monasteries that decorate parts of the village and the countryside in and around Brenzone. In Assenza di Brenzone there is e.g. the small parish church of San Nicola the Bari. It has beautiful frescoes from the 14th century. In Magugnano, the capital of Brenzone, there is another interesting church, San Giovanni Battista. It is dedicated to John the Baptist and became known mainly for its large organ from the 16th century. The simple church of San Pietro in Campo di Brenzone is worth a visit, especially for its murals by Giorgio da Riva. The parish church of Sant'Antonio in Biazza stands at a dizzying height on a rock and the church of San Zeno, it stands in a cemetery south of Castelletto and is one of the oldest on this shores of Lake Garda.
The old town center of Brenzone itself is also worth seeing. It is typical of this region with its small streets and shops. In the small district of Pai are a few lordly Palazzi to find, which one would not suspect in this area.
The island of Trimelone is opposite the beach of Absenza and is nothing more than the rest of a fortress of the First World War approachable by a boat trip or sup.
From Brenzone you can get to Prada along a path about 10 km long. From Malcesine, by cableway, you can reach the top of the Baldo, the "home mountain" of the Pension Panoramica. | 2019-04-25T22:33:02 | http://pensione-panoramica.com/en/ |
While the Manual Loop mode is selected, press the same MANUAL mode button again to set the PADs to Saved Loops mode (led will blink). The Pads section of the default VirtualDJ GUI on the corresponding deck will be also set to the Saved Loops pad page.
Each pad offers the ability to store and trigger a Saved Loop. Up to 8 Loops can be stored, but only 1 can be enabled/triggered. Press a pad to store (and enable) a loop of the currently selected size in beats at the current track's position. If a slot is stored/saved, press the same Pad to load and prepare the loop but not jump to its position if its later to the current.
Hold the same Pad for more then 1 second to delete the stored loop.
Hold SHIFT and then use the same Pad to load the same Loop but also jump to its position.
The LEDs of the Saved Loops Pads will be turned on white by default. Custom colors can be selected from the POI Editor.
The LCD display will indicate the size the selected Loop in beats. | 2019-04-20T08:23:23 | http://it.virtualdj.com/manuals/hardware/akai/afx/pads/savedloops.html |
Mary M. Fraijo Scholarship - awarding scholarships to students who shall be pursuing a bachelor's degree in accounting.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - provides opportunities, mentoring, career counseling, and financial support for culturally-diverse students in the atmospheric or related sciences.
The Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries offer a scholarship program that is available to groups that are under-represented in the actuarial profession including AfricanAmericans, Hispanics, and Native North Americans.
College Fund/UNCF - an educational assistance organization with 40 private, historically black, member colleges and universities.
Nationall Health Instittute- The NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral and social science health-related research. The program is designed to improve access to education leading to research careers for those who have had fewer opportunities than others. The program is primarily designed to provide an incentive for exceptional scholars to pursue research careers at the NIH.
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation - One-year undergraduate scholarships for the children of active duty, reserve, or former U.S. Marines.
Jackie Robinson Foundation - nurtures scholars who are the living legacy of his dedication to improving America for everyone.
Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund -The Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund is pleased to announce applications for its 2003-04 scholarship program are now available.Eligible applicants are civilian federal and postal employees with atleast three years of service, and their dependents. | 2019-04-26T12:12:50 | http://aspira.org/book/scholarships |
Welcome to our new training page!
From here you can have a read of our latest training news, see what training opportunities are available, find out the direct links to the e-learning available and send your requests/messages to our County Training Manager.
Coming soon: book a place on training events online!
If you have any requests or questions regarding training, use this page to get in touch with the County Training Manager, Sandra Gostling. | 2019-04-26T06:21:49 | http://www.norfolkscouts.org.uk/members/training |
So it can initially soak it up from the bottom. Put the tray in a warm spot – a heated propagator or a warm windowsill – and in a fortnight or so you’ll see some signs of germination. If using a heated propagator, switch it off when this happens so seedlings don’t grow tall, thin and leggy. Prick out seedlings into bigger pots when they’re large enough, and they’ll be fine in a cold frame or in the greenhouse. It’s best to sow successionally indoors and then sow a few lots of seed outdoors from spring, so that you don’t have a load of leeks all at once. By mid spring your pencil like seedlings should be good to plant out into the ground, ready to flourish in the open. Leeks like rich soil and consistent, regular watering through summer, so tend to them well.
There’s still some useful gardening to be done this month, particularly when it comes to planting. You can be creating a beautiful summer garden in the depths of late autumn! Here, Ian is planting out some hollyhocks, which have been grown from seed a few months ago, getting established as young plants in the greenhouse until now. They appreciate a sunny spot, which will help bring out all its blowsy blooms when the time comes in high summer. It’s easy to plant perennials.
All you have to do is make sure they have enough space for their roots to establish comfortably, but you do have to consider what soil and aspect each of your plants needs, and when to plant them. If they’re bought as bare root, like wallflowers or geraniums, they’re best planted now or in spring, during the small yearly windows when the soil is at its most moist.
It’s easier with container grown hardy perennials, as they can be planted all year round as long as the soil is pliable enough. Bare root, however, do tend to establish better and produce a more robust rooted plant. Simply make sure the soil in the area you plant in is well weeded and not compacted, so roots can develop freely. Keep young plants well watered as they grow, and keep an eye out for slugs and snails!
Not many plants will be happy languishing in the shade underneath a large tree, but some, such as cyclamen, positively love it! Why not make your own mini woodland with low-growing, sharp bursts of colour from these perennial favourites? Plus you can have different coloured species giving you flowers for six months of the year.
Be sure to choose hardy species, as detailed below. As for planting, space plants about 30cm (1ft) apart for a sparser look, and to leave room for naturalising, or you can plant densely at about 20cm (8in) for more wow factor. If you’re planting into a grassy area, dig out a small sod from the top of your planting hole, ready to be replaced later, then dig a hole deep and big enough for the plants’ root system. Try and dig in a little compost or leaf mould into each hole, to nourish the plants and water well.
Place the plants in, backfill with a little soil and replace as much of the top of the piece of turf as possible. If you’re planting into bare soil, mulch around plants with bark to suppress weeds and retain moisture. Over the next few years, your wild cyclamen spot will increase in size.
What many see as the ‘off season’ is really a misnomer, with arguably the most colourful and interesting plants of all. One way you can add some brightness and beauty to your garden is with a rockery, with many alpines and rockery plants coming into their own now. Create your own little permanent mound or, better still, plant up a mobile feature in a wheelbarrow, which can be moved at different times of the year, for example, to a sheltered spot in autumn.
By their nature, rockery and alpine plants love well-drained spots, rocky slopes and sun, so have a go at recreating a naturalistic mini version. The plants listed below are extremely robust, standing firm through winter, many also being evergreen, and furnishing you with more flowers next spring, summer and autumn.
The plants we used: Cyclamen hederifolium, sedums ‘Rose Carpet’ and ‘Ruby Glow’, gentiana ‘Shot Silk’, scutellaria ‘Texas Rose’, rhodohypoxis ‘Claret’, plus evergreens: heather, sea thrift, Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’, juniper Icee Blue, and Pinus mugo ‘Humpy’.
It’s easy to get excited by all the beautiful berried plants at this time of year, as they light up the garden with clusters of colour. Red, orange and yellow pyracantha, rowan and hawthorn berries are all prolific, as are drooping bunches of rose hips.
If you’d like to extend your collection, propagating is an easy way to do so. Using the seed is so simple, and often more fail-safe than taking cuttings. Plus, the exciting part is that the offspring of your seed-raised plants will be slightly different to its parent in colour, form and habit, which adds a bit of a thrill to the process.
Cuttings, on the other hand, give out exact clones of the originals, and may not be as healthy as seed-grown plants.
It’s best to sow seed now rather than saving it and waiting until spring, as it may not be successful at germinating then because it’s too old. Transplant tray-grown seedlings into bigger pots as soon as you can next year, and harden them off outside in spring, before planting them out in autumn.
1. Choose a shiny set of berries from a healthy plant such as rowan, cotoneaster, pyracantha or Rosa glauca (red leave rose).
2. Use a sieve and a spoon and squish off the berries flesh from the small white seeds. To remove more flesh, run the sieve under a cold tap.
3. Separate the seeds out and fill a tray with loamy crumbly well-draining compost. Scatter the seeds evenly over the surface.
4. Sprinkle a thin layer of compost on the surface and then water in the well. Keep the tray in a cold frame or sheltered spot over winter.
At this time of year, we're all trying to put as much colour into the garden as possible and replicate the vivid colours of summer. Some climbers are wonderful for scent and flowers but, in autumn in particular, there are many with awe-inspiring foliage.
Being planted here is Boston ivy or parthenocissus 'Veitchii' a fast growing climber that's happy in a sunny or shady spot. It'll take up to two years to establish, but the effect of it's wine-red foliage growing up a tree, through a hedge or over an old chimney is magnificent.
It's also a classic for the wall of a house, but it has been known to damage brickwork over time and it needs controlling with a good prune in the winter.
Planting it in a large pot is a good way to keep it in check. Water well and support it with tall canes to start with and then, as it grows, try it up a large obelisk or pergola for a stunning autumn garden feature.
To find out three of the best climbers for cascading colour, pick up the latest copy of Garden News, or subscribe online today.
Cover fruit trees with tight mesh!
It will help keep you free of all problem pests!
The sure-fire way to prevent birds and other animals attacking and eating your plump, ripening fruit is to use a good old-fashioned net to cover them. As our garden animals, insects and birds can’t distinguish between berried bushes that are there for them to eat and those we grow for our own use, we’ve no choice but to do something about it at this time of year.
Now your autumn fruit trees have been pollinated and the fruit is set and ripening, you can invest in a good solid roll of mesh from the garden centre, which will prevent against birds, wasps, squirrels, aphids, hard rain damage and hail.
If you only have problems with birds, you can use larger- holed bird netting, but to be free of all problem pests, use a tight mesh that only lets rainfall in. Keep checking it regularly to ensure it’s still tight and secure.
As well as larger trees, net over your autumn raspberry and blackberry bushes, too.
The common pests to watch out for!
Wasps! A classic autumn fruit pest, you can try enveloping fruit trusses in muslin bags, nylon tights or other mesh. They will attack grapes, pears, plums and apples.
Squirrels! Most ornamentals and edibles, bird feeders and seeds are all at risk! Use mesh or a cage to keep them at bay. They will attack strawberries, apples, pears and nuts.
Birds! Using mesh may be safer for birds, as they can get stuck in fruit cages or large netting. They will attack fresh soft fruit.
It’s so easy and you’ll be rewarded with blooms!
Your lily flowers have probably seen better days this year so why not try and increase your stock? Lilies, as well as most other bulbs, are keen to propagate, it cam become a little bit of an obsession – next year you’ll soon have pots and pots of deliciously fragment blooms you won’t know what to do! Once you’ve potted up your scales and bulblets following the guide below, grow them in a frost free greenhouse over winter and plant them out in spring once established.
Lift out a healthy lily bulb by the plant clean it and discard any damaged outer scales.
Carefully snap off some scales from the bulb with as much of the base of the scale intact as possible.
Put the scales in a bag of coir compost and handful of perlite. Shake, seal and put in the airing cupboard for six weeks.
Bulblets will appear on the scales. When they do, pot them on individually covered with a layer of compost.
A good way of propagating fuchsias at this time of year is by taking semi-ripe cuttings. It’s an easy way of creating new plants for free and you won’t need anything special to do it with, just a sharp knife, some pots and good compost. Follow the steps below and then place your trays or pots of cuttings in a greenhouse, making sure they’re warm and in a bright position. Keep compost damp but not overly moist, as too much water means fungal infections are more likely. Get rid of any wilted or clearly unhealthy cuttings as soon as possible to prevent infection spreading. If you’re taking cuttings a bit later in the year, into autumn, they may need some bottom heat in the form of heat mats. Summer cuttings taken now should be fine though. Give it a few weeks and you’ll be able to tell if your cuttings are working well. They’ll look healthy and green, not wilting, and as if they’re growing a little. This is a good sign that roots have formed well. Leave your new plants to harden off in an unheated greenhouse before potting them on in spring.
1 Pick a fresh, healthy-looking, non-flowering shoot from this year’s growth.
2 Remove all the lower leaves with a sharp knife, leaving just the top ones.
3 Trim just below a leaf node and cut top new leaf growth off, so there are two leaves left.
4 Dip in hormone powder and add to pots of good cuttings compost. Water well.
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Ecclesia: E - Ashtyn Rothrock; Allison Gray. RBI - Dominique Burwell; Andi Whitfield; Ashtyn Rothrock; Emily Threlkeld. SB - Imani Ross. CS - Imani Ross.
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Lowellville…Funeral services will be held Friday, April 5, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at the Wasko Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:0 a.m. at Christ the Good Shepherd Parish at St. Lucy Catholic Church, with Rev. Gerald DeLucia officiating, for Rocco Antonio Marrapodi Martelli, 87, who left this earth to tend bar for the angels on April 1, 2019.
Rocco was born on March 2, 1932, in Casignana, Reggio Calabria, Italy, to Michael Marrapodi and Angela Falcomata.
In 1953, with $10.00 in his pocket, Rocky immigrated to the United States, settling in Campbell, where he proudly earned his American citizenship. He was a 1958 graduate of Campbell Memorial High School.
Rocky will be deeply missed and forever remembered by his wife of nearly 60 years, Angela Stipo Martelli, whom he married September 6, 1959, He will also be sadly missed by his children, Theresa Martelli (Craig Lepak), Jojo Martelli, Frances Whitehurst (Steve Whitehurst deceased) and grandchildren Christina, Matthew and Anthony Lepak who meant the world to him.
Rocco was preceded in death by his parents; and his son-in-law, Steve Whitehurst.
The Martelli family has entrusted their loved one to the care of the Wasko Funeral Home and will receive family and friends Thursday, April 4, 2019, from 4-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. | 2019-04-26T07:50:42 | https://www.waskofamily.com/notices/RoccoAntonioMarrapodi-Martelli |
Should Voluntary Euthanasia Be Legalised?
The Senate will on Tuesday debate a bill that if passed will allow the territories to legislate for voluntary euthanasia. The bill was introduced by David Leyonhjelm and would reverse the 1997 ban on the ACT and NT legalising euthanasia, which voided the 1995 decision by the Northern Territory parliament to legalise assisted suicide. The NT was at that time the only Australian jurisdiction to have done so. However, in 2017 Victoria passed a voluntary euthanasia law and the same year, the New South Wales parliament debated a similar bill, but this was narrowly voted down. The progress made by the states in considering legalising euthanasia has reignited debate as to why the territories should not also be allowed to do so. The bill currently being considered, if passed, will not necessarily lead to the territories legalising voluntary euthanasia. However, it will remove a barrier to them doing so.
Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally terminating a patient’s life to end their suffering. Passive voluntary euthanasia refers to the practice of withdrawing medical treatment when a patient wishes for it to be withdrawn in order to end the patient’s life. Active voluntary euthanasia refers to the practice of providing medical intervention at a patient’s request to end the patient’s life.
The current debate relates to the legalisation of active voluntary euthanasia. All states and territories have already enacted legislation to regulate passive voluntary euthanasia in accordance with a patient’s previously expressed wishes.
What are the arguments for active voluntary euthanasia?
Supporters of active voluntary euthanasia argue that affected people are already making the choice to end their lives and that legislation legalising this would provide ‘support, scrutiny and regulation’ for them to do so safely and legally.
Supporters of the move also argue that the decision to die is a personal choice and that legislation prohibiting this choice is an instance of the government overreaching. Legislating for the practice would promote individual autonomy and allow individuals to choose a humane and dignified death.
What are the arguments against active voluntary euthanasia?
Opponents of legalising active voluntary euthanasia argue that such a practice would undermine the role of the doctor as a healer and the Hippocratic Oath. Providing better palliative care and support, they argue, would better safeguard the interests of the terminally ill and minimise their suffering.
Another argument against active voluntary euthanasia being legalised for terminally ill patients is that such a move could lead to the practice eventually being extended to persons whose lives are ‘no longer worth living’ for reasons other than illness and that the practice may end up being carried out involuntarily.
The Northern Territory legalised voluntary euthanasia in 1995, with the passage of the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995. The bill passed with a majority of 15 to 10. The following year, a bill was introduced to repeal the act, but this was defeated with 14 votes to 11. However, the law was soon voided by the passage of the Euthanasia Laws Act by the federal parliament in 1997.
Two ‘cooling off’ periods had elapsed.
The legislation allowed for the patient to rescind the request at any time and for the doctor who received the request to refuse to give the assistance.
In November 2017, The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 was passed by the Victorian parliament. The law passed after more than 100 hours of debate with 22 votes to 18 in the Senate and 47 to 37 in the lower house.
Has less than six months to live.
Two doctors must sign off on the request for assisted suicide and the patient must submit two formal requests and a written statement. A doctor will not be allowed to initiate the discussion about voluntary euthanasia or to suggest it as an option. The drug that will be used is not specified in the legislation but will be prescribed by a doctor and dispensed by the pharmacist. If the patient is able to administer the drug themselves, they will do so. If they are unable to administer it themselves, a doctor will assist. The patient must nominate a contact person to return any unused substance to the pharmacist. Doctors will have the right to refuse to prescribe the lethal drug as conscientious objectors.
It is estimated that 150 Victorians will choose assisted dying each year.
If the bill to repeal the Euthanasia Laws Act passes, the territories will regain the power to make their own laws in relation to assisted dying, which will place them in the same position as the states. Senator Leyonhjelm, who proposed the bill, said it would ‘reduce Commonwealth interference’ in the affairs of the ACT and NT. The Senator said the bill was needed to recognise the right of the territories to make laws for their citizens and that it addressed two issues: the right to die and territory rights.
Both major parties have been reported to intend to allow a conscience vote on the issue.
If you require legal advice please contact Go To Court Lawyers. | 2019-04-20T01:15:00 | https://www.gotocourt.com.au/legal-news/voluntary-euthanasia-legalised/ |
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I saw an editorial at Freshmeat that argued that there’s actually too much software for Linux. And you know what? It has a point.
I’m sure some people will be taken aback by that. The number of titles that run under Windows must number into six digits, and it’s hard to walk into a computer store and buy Linux software.
But I agree with his argument, or at least most of it. Back in my Amiga days, the first thing people used to ask me was, “What, do you not like software?” Then I asked why they felt the need to have their choice of 10 different word processors, especially when they’d just buy pirate Microsoft Word or WordPerfect anyway. (Let’s face it: Large numbers of people chose PCs in the early 90s over superior architectures was because they could pirate software from work. Not everyone. Maybe not even the majority. But a lot.) I argued that one competent software title in each category I needed was all I wanted or needed. And for the most part, the Amiga had that, and the software was usually cheaper than the Mac or PC equivalent.
Linux is the new Amiga. Mozilla is a far better Web browser than IE, and OpenOffice provides most of the functionality of Microsoft Office XP–it provides more functionality than most people use, and while it doesn’t always load the most complex MS Office documents correctly, it does a much better job of opening slightly corrupt documents and most people don’t create very complex documents anyway. But let’s face it: Its biggest problem is it takes an eternity to load no matter how fast your computer is. If it would load faster, people would be very happy with it.
But there is nothing that provides an equivalent to a simple database like Access or Filemaker. I know, they’re toys, and MySQL is far more powerful. But end users like dumb, brain-dead databases with clicky GUI interfaces on them that they can migrate to once they realize a spreadsheet isn’t intended to do what they’re trying to do with it. Everyone’s first spreadsheet is Excel. Then someday they realize Excel wasn’t intended to do what they’re using it for. But you don’t instantly dive into Oracle. You need something in between, and Linux doesn’t really have anything for that niche.
People are constantly asking me about a WYSIWYG HTML editor for Linux as well. I stumbled across one. Its name is GINF. Yes, another stupid recursive-acronym name. GINF stands for “GINF is not Frontpage.” How helpful. What’s wrong with a descriptive name like Webpage-edit?
More importantly, what was the first non-game application that caught your fancy? For most people I know, it was Print Shop, or one of the many knockoffs of Print Shop. People love to give and receive greeting cards, and when they can pick their own fonts and graphics and write their own messages, they love it even more. Not having to drive to the store and fork over $3.95 is just a bonus. Most IT professionals have no use for Print Shop, but Linux’s lack of alternatives in that department is hurting it.
Take a computer with a CPU on the brink of obsolesence, a so-so video chipset, 128 megs of RAM and the smallest hard drive on the market, preload Linux on it along with a fast word processor that works (AbiWord, or OpenOffice Writer, except it’s not fast), a nice e-mail client/PIM (Evolution), a nice Web browser (Mozilla), and a Print Shop equivalent (bzzzt!), and a couple of card games (check Freshmeat) and you’d have a computer for the masses.
The masses do not need 385 text editors. Sysadmin types will war over vi and emacs until the end of time; one or two simple text-mode editors as alternatives will suffice, and one or two equivalents of Notepad for X will suffice.
Linux’s day will eventually arrive regardless, if only because Microsoft is learning what every monopolist eventually learns: Predatory pricing stops working once you corner the market. Then you have to raise prices or find new markets. Eventually you run out of worthwhile markets. So in order to sustain growth, you have to raise prices. Microsoft is running out of markets, so it’s going to have to raise prices. Then it will be vulnerable again, just like Apple and CP/M were vulnerable to Microsoft because their offerings cost more than Microsoft was willing to charge. And, as Microsoft showed Netscape, you can’t undercut free.
But that day will arrive sooner if it doesn’t take a week to figure out the name of the Linux equivalent of Notepad because there are 385 icons that vaguely resemble a notepad and most of them have meaningless names.
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I got several comments to your post. While I agree that the world doesn’t need 385 text editors, this is one of the things that make Linux Linux. True, I can find it irritating as well, but Linux has always been about choice and freedom to do whatever you want to do.
Enter consumer distros like RH, SuSE, Mandrake, Xandros and so on. These distro’s are aimed at “users” and not techies so I belive that these distros have to do a good job of weeding out the “techie” stuff and narrowing down choices in order to make newbies and non-tech users productive. After all, if you pay for such a distribution then you are not paying for the software but you are paying for them to set it up for you so that it works. In my opinion that includes limiting the amount of choices for text editors, etc so that you don’t become bogged down in that jungle. However, I like to have the choice of finding a tool that better fits my purposes, if it is found out there and I belive that many like to have the choice of building a tool just the way they like it (and publishing it) just because they can’t find the exact functionality that they need.
As for Access and Filemaker, this is being addressed in OpenOffice actually. They are building a graphical front end to MySQL and so on. This is still work in progress but I think that it will become a decent alternative in the near future. And OpenOffice does take its time to start, but you forgot to mention the fact that it is only that way for the first document you open. Opening a second document is as least as fast as Word/Excel etc. If that startup time is irritating then use ABIWord or Koffice components which will most probably provide you with the functionality you need anyway.
As for WYSIWYG HTML editors, there is one also found in Mozilla that is OK for simple needs.
I find it a bit worrying that more and more articles on the net that deal with Linux on the desktop or Linux or “this is what is needed to make Linux succeed” type of articles all have this angle that Linux needs to be more like Windows. I find that a bit terrifying, and I find that most of the writers that write them are actually old Windows users that have no clue about the Unix model that Linux builds upon.
An example would be the complaints you see on functionality within programs. Take CD recording for example. In Linux, you got several small programs that do the work of burning CD’s and other processing around that type of task. Windows converts want a single fatware program that will burn your CD, print out labels, brew your coffee and playing elevator music while it is at it. This in not in line with the Linux way of doing things. Why do we have to conform to that “standard”? Why can’t people accept that newbies can download a GUI program that will probably control most of the smaller programs that you need to do just the cd burning, and then if you want to print stuff, go to another program built for just that?
Another example. I read an article comparing GIMP to Photoshop. Fair enaugh, both are excellent software packages. The final statement made was that GIMP was “too hard to use” compared to Photoshop. What??? Come again?? Don’t get me wrong, Photoshop is a competent class leader but have you ever seen a newbie sit down in front of Photoshop for the first time and go: “Yeah, this is easy”. It gave me a good laugh. My point is that I use GIMP when I process graphics and I can do quite a lot with it. If you sit me down in front of Photoshop then I am totally lost. Again, it is all in the angle you are seeing things from. Again, most articles on Linux, usability etc is from a Windows perspective only written mostly by Windows converts that want another Windows not written by Microsoft.
If you want to make a Linux distro for braindead users which is stripped of choices then go ahead. This is already being done today. The Linux model will allow that and provide for that as well. However, don’t make the rest of us suffer because newbies feel intimidated by the large selection of choices which they want to narrow down because it is “too confusing”, or because they feel intimidated by the way Linux works. If you want to be told where to go and how to do things then there are two operating systems which will better fit your needs: Windows and MacOS in various flavors.
If somebody puts this clueless looser in charge of Linux then I’ll jump over to BSD. One of the reasons why I use Linux is to get away from a marketing driven company that that will sooner or later mess up the product.
People will likely use the same tools at home as at work due to many factors: familiarity, ease of use, portability of work files, standards, and time. Those who consider computers as their hobby will explore different operating systems and strange new programs, but the rest will consider their pcs only as tools to accomplish basic tasks quickly and efficiently. If Linux were to truly rival Microsoft for these type users, then there will need to be software packaging targeted for the business office. Then migration to the home can begin.
Describe the “braindead users”, who are they and what amkes them s?. I just may qualify!
The early adopters are people who are willing to experiement with their computer and the apps they run. These are the people who will write a new text editor just to suit their needs. The mainstream market, however, is composed of people who just want their computers and software to work. Linux definitely works. These users want simplicity in the sense that they don’t want to have to choose between 300 text editors. We appreciate choice, but the average user will become bogged down in deciding which app is right for them. For Linux to become mainstream we need to speed up the best of breed process in establishing software apps.
Andy, the word “braindead” was totally wrong here. My mistake and I am sorry if you felt branded in any way.
All I want to say is that I don’t want to see Linux go the way of Windows. That’s it. It seems to me that a large part of the discussion around Linux vs Windows seems to go in that direction. I say we learn from Microsoft and Windows instead of emulating the whole thing.
What I also point out to people is that if you don’t like to tinker, if you just want to get your work done, you want to work in a familiar environment, you don’t want to learn anything new and you want to be able to lift the phone and call techsupport once problems arise then why not simply run Windows? Or better yet, go a step further and buy a Mac. I built my mom a computer, just like Dave F. did and I installed Windows on it, just like Dave F. did. The reason being that she knows it, she also uses Windows elsewhere. She wanted to run Windows and I got no problem with that. Windows has a place on the market. Don’t move away from it if any of the above fits your description. Don’t change just because it is fashionable. Change because you want to.
Check out quanta for a wysiwyg html editors. Its a Debian package, so just apt-get install quanta, and your done.
Actually, RedHat 8 (now in vesion 9) addressed a lot of clutter you mention above. Depending on the environment you install (KDE or Gnome, for example) you can an instane amount of duplicate apps that all do basically the same kinds of things, but use up lots of storage space, clutter the “Start Menu” and slow your system down. Instead, RH decided to create a hybrid environment that combined features of KDE and Gnome and trim away all the excess to only 1 broswer and 1 office suite, etc. I think they issue you mention above has in fact been identified and major distros like RH are taking the steps to make Linux a leaner and meaner OS, that will hopefully make it more attractive to business, but they’ve got a long way to go for the home users.
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More fodder for a braindead FOSS database. Everywhere I turn I see it… Project will be announced in a few months, I suppose.
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It was just want I wanted to say in my above posts. Thing is that I couldn’t say it better than this guy.
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Musical Chairs: One of the oldest and funniest games of all time. With fewer chairs arranged in a row for people, a short clip of music is played while all the participants should move around the room. All the chairs should be placed in the middle of the room and all facing back on the wall. When the music stops everyone have to sit on a vacant chair. (Note: Only one person per chair) The person who doesn’t find a vacant chair will be considered ‘out’. One chair is taken away and the game will continue till only one person is left and the last person becomes the WINNER. Isn’t it exciting?
All apart from the detective sit in a ring while the detective waits at the outer surface. One individual from the ring is chosen to be the murderer and the Detective is called to stand in the ring. When he is all set, the Murderer will have to winks at people in the circle. Anybody who sees that they have been winked at lets out a blood-curdling shout and dies. The Detective will get only three attempts to guess the murderer. Scary isn’t it? But I guess its funny too, try it with your friends and loved once.
In this particular game you need 8 people to stand in a line, one after the other (one boy and one girl in a line) Give every team an orange which the first individual should place under his chin. This should be passed to the individual after. When the orange gets to the last individual, they need to come to the front of the line and have to start the game again. The winning team is the former one which gets their starting individual to the front again.
Apart from these games you can always play contest as a game. Like some interesting quiz for all or you can always conduct a caroling contest, the winner can be honored with a flower bouquet or a certificate from the organizer.
We hope these above given funny games will definitely add spark to your celebration. | 2019-04-19T12:49:03 | https://www.happywalagift.com/top-10-funny-christmas-party-game-ideas/ |
If you're new to From the Front Porch, this episode will introduce you to hosts Annie and Chris. Learn about their reading tastes, what they do when their not at The Bookshelf, and who they'd have over for their dream literary dinner party.
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Ever wonder what it's like to run a small business start-up? Annie and Chris chat with Scott Chastain, the owner and founder of Everfan, a customizable costume accessory company. Everfan bases their thriving Internet business in Thomasville, so Annie, Chris, and Scott discuss entrepreneurship, small town living, and of course, what Scott's been reading lately.
Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy and the What Should I Read Next podcast joins Annie and Chris to chat about book blogging, all those advanced reading copies, and what she's reading right now.
For additional bookish conversation, hop on over to Episode 44 of What Should I Read Next; Annie was a guest this week!
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My earliest exposure to the concept of ki (or chi, in Chinese) came from my first martial art teacher. He incorporated the idea during meditation.
In the East, ki is considered an energy that not only fills the universe, but is channeled through our bodies along pathways called meridians. Acupuncture directs the flow of these meridians in order to promote healing. It is also used in some martial arts by those who master it through meditation.
My teacher, who happened to live next door, would have me sit on the grass and close my eyes. While breathing in deeply, I was to imagine that ki was pouring in through my nostrils from the boundless universe and filling my upper lungs. Once filled, I had to hold my breath and imagine this ki settling down into my hara, or center of gravity, a couple inches below the navel. There it would rest for a while, until I calmly and steadily exhaled it through my mouth, imagining that ki was flowing out from my hara into the far reaches of the universe again.
I was never very good at this. Too much of a skeptic I suppose. Distracting mosquitoes might have had something to do with that as well.
Half a century later, I find myself comparing this episode with my understanding of Aletheia. Although the two concepts really have nothing to do with one another, I hope that the following illustration sheds some light on this important Esoterica concept.
Aletheia is term from ancient Greek philosophy that means truth. For Chivalry-Now it describes truth as having contextual qualities that our English word does not. For one thing, Aletheia encompasses an experience of truth that is both objective and subjective at the same time. It holds a strong regard for reason and logic and the scientific method, yet recognizes that we are part of truth at the same time. We cannot remove ourselves from it, or remain unmoved in its presence, or not intuit wisdom that might be inspired by the subconscious. For human beings, truth is not just fact, or a collection of facts, it is nourishment to the soul. Our understanding of it defines who we are as individuals. It is capable of generating awe as nothing else can. A fantastic source of strength and moral resolve, it can be likened to life itself. Truth exists on its own, of course. As such, we can experience it. If we are true to the quest, we seek it out like the Holy Grail.
This has nothing to do with ki, and yet my description of meditating for ki offers an interesting comparison.
A mind filled with junk thought cannot experience Aletheia. Some quiet is necessary, along with some openness, and a receptivity for existential awe. Call it meditation if you wish. I call it contemplation. The mind is not so much empty as it draws from the experience of the moment. Figuratively speaking, when we experience Aletheia, we breathe it is, let it fill us, absorb it for a while as a tantalizing, learning experience, and then send it back into the world through the exhalation of our words and deeds.
Okay. The comparison may be a stretch. What I am trying to point out is that our relationship to truth, to Aletheia, is a living dynamic of change, of intellectual realization. The quest teaches us that the deep experience of truth is life-transforming (anagnorisis). We take truth in and grow in the process. We become ever more authentic. We learn from it by channeling it into our lives. becoming extensions of truth when we live rightly, sending our insights and inspirations out to others.
One does not have to kneel in silence to do this. All we have to do is be receptive in our daily lives to the opportunities of experiencing truth directly, appreciating its depth of meaning and implications and how we might fit in. Here we find an intense experience of life that money cannot buy that validates our existence.
We encounter and activate it in our lives not just as conduits, but as living expressions. Our relationship with truth is an energy that we can tap into that guides us more reliably than illusion, and makes a difference in everything we do by adding consciousness of truth in the world we live in. | 2019-04-24T10:01:59 | http://chivalrynow.forumotion.com/t57-the-power-of-aletheia |
Silva’s first compact disc was produced in 2008, named “The Beginning”. In the same year Silva made clips on the song “Qone chem” and “Tnic Pakhel em”. The latter was a huge hit not only in Armenia but also among the representatives of the Armenian Diaspora all over the world. This song also became a “Hit of the year” during the Musical Competition “Tashir 2009”.
In 2009 Silva was shooting the music video on two songs “De Gna”, and “Poshmanel em”. In the same year, the singer was announced the “Best singer of the year” by the Armenian Musical Channel.
In 2010 she filmed clips just on 4 songs ”Sirelu”,”Khachik-Vachik”,”Siloyi Pare” and “Titiz es”, which received the prizes during various awards. In the same year, on the 16th of October, a 21 years old singer with her live band gave her first concert in the biggest Armenian concert hall “Hamalir” performing in front of 10,000 spectators, and then released her second compact disc called “Silva”. Then, in Los Angeles she became the “Best singer of the year” during “Armenian Music Award”.
In 2011, the singer gave a concert in Los Angeles “Pasadena Civik Auditorium”, that was held in the sold-out. This year, the singer had a lot of solo concerts in many countries, and because of this trip could make only one video clip on the song “Sasna Par”.
In 2012, a 23 years old singer made the video on the song “Ushacel em”. The song was loved by the audience, received many awards and became "The best love song" in Los Angeles on the radio "Armenian Pulse”. The song has more than 2.5 million views on You Tube. The next video music of Silva was a song about children “Mrutik”,. The song was loved by them and collected more than 1.5 million viewers.
In 2013 Silva introduced a new style collaborating with Amani Music Group(Two Guys and MIC) and shooting a video on English song “Don’t Apologize”. The song was written and recorded by them, and the video was filmed in Los Angeles. It was a big surprise for the audience. | 2019-04-22T03:12:45 | http://www.silvahakobyan.com/bio/ |
Taking time for yourself can seem impossible and commonly not thought of as a priority. Life gets hectic and overwhelming, but one of the most important things in life is your personal health. When you get sick it can feel impossible to function. Everyday tasks are harder to accomplish. Pilates is the perfect way to rejuvenate the entire mind and body, improving overall health to every individual.
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Joseph Pilates created these exercises as a form a fitness and rehabilitation, but it was intended to affect the mind and body as a whole. Bringing awareness to proper movement draws a person into a type of active meditation. Instead of thinking about every day trials and tribulations, individuals are given the opportunity to think completely about themselves, their bodies moving in space, and the improvement of their personal health. Selfishness is usually frowned upon, but your body is just like a car. It needs to be maintenanced, given fuel, and cleaned. Without this upkeep, individuals will not be able to perform well and definitely not for long periods of time. Pulling yourself away from to do lists and expectations releases unwarranted stress and tension. In other words, it’s a physical way of venting!
Life demands so much of us. Self-health is one of the best ways to battle the stresses that come your way. Pilates supplies movement to the entire body helping to improve blood flow, increase energy levels, and even leave individuals feeling happier by moving stiff muscles and joints. The mind is cleared, allowing Pilates people to feel reset, revived, and ready to take on the day! | 2019-04-26T12:40:23 | https://www.clubpilates.com/pilates-for-a-healthier-you |
"Since 2016, I have been thrilled to work with CEOs for Gender Equity as its inaugural executive director.
Working with progressive CEOs my goal is to turn the dial in Western Australia. My job is to help them lead the transformation of their workforce by eliciting and sharing their stories of what works and doesn't work to drive and improve gender equity further.
Daily I enjoy conversations with CEOs and leaders who lead purposefully and intentionally about how they have committed to gender equity as a strategic priority.
Along the journey I have had my own unconscious biases challenged, continue to add to my toolbox of powerful CEO-led initiatives (that are incidental to policy and process) and have had reaffirming moments with national leaders and advocates such as Liz Broderick AO, David Morrison AO and Diane Smith-Gander.
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When I’m not doing the work I love, I'm on the tennis court playing socially (and taking much-needed lessons), entertaining friends and family at home and exploring 'the woods' with my little one, when we're not at the beach. And, reading!
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John King's encaustics on wood are deceptively simple. Inner states are isolated, distilled, reduced to single image iconography suspended in a shallow visual space. The color range is so close it seems to disappear; subtle shifts from warm to cool give off an ethereal shimmer. King is a gem grader in New York; he has given these mental objects the same fixed consideration. Yearning, End of Waiting, Strange Behavior, History's Caress -- these meditative images emit the aura of a visual koan. | 2019-04-23T06:03:33 | http://johnmcdevittking.com/templatePages/bibImView.php?id=10&view=text |
Eritreans in New York | .:TesfaNews:.
The festive-charged environment was indescribable and the event was a smashing success. The collection of Eritreans gathered covered the gamete. They came in droves from Florida after driving eighteen hours. Minnesota drove over 21 hours. Chicago 14. Grand Rapids Michigan drove over ten hours. From Edmonton Canada people drove for two days and Toronto drove for over ten hours. People drove from everywhere. Those that flew in from the West Coast and Europe came to Washington DC and boarded onto buses to New York with those that gathered from everywhere.
It will be disingenuous to discount logistical problems people encountered on the way to New York but once they were loaded, and ready everyone was happy enjoying the ride with patriotic music playing, dancing and laughing. We started boarding about 3 a.m. and arrived in New York about 9 a.m., which is prompt for a trip from DC to New York. When we arrived, we were greeted by thick lines of crowd that covered blocks and blocks in a major city creating a traffic nightmare for the city. It was serene to be received by crowds of Eritreans adorned with colorful Eritrean flags and dressed in traditional outfits that beautified the glorious city of New York. They accorded New York grace and dignity unmatched by any. They were civil and smart about the meaning and magnitude of the event. The weather was calm and cloudy as we arrived.
We hurried to get out of the busses to join the crowd. The people I came with all joined the long lines and I found my station in the media section. From that point on, I was oblivious to what was taking place outside. Our cell phones and computers were-not allowed in for security reasons so we did not have a way to communicate with those that formed lines to get in. My focus was inside and the assigned job.
The event had so many moving parts that were readily visible. The stage was fitting and graceful. The stage setters did a good job setting a presidential setting worthy of the moment. The mood was festive. The security was tight making it difficult to move once you are inside because movements were restricted.
When the president arrived, the hall was raucous and after a brief exchange of greetings, the President along with his delegates got seated on the front raw with the audience as the stage leaders announced the details of the program. They started the program with a moment of silence to remember our Martyrs graced by a beautiful sax by Tesfamariam. Soon thereafter, the EriAm Sisters sung our national anthem adding a spice to a memorable event. After that, the president and the delegates were lead to the stage amidst cheers of welcome that emanated from deep feelings of happiness and expression of love of someone deeply missed and loved.
President Isaias’ presence was grand. He occupied the seat with such a grace and comfort. It was incredible moment for Eritreans to witness their beloved hero seated in front of them. The President was beaming with a glow of happiness that filled the hall. There are thousands of pictures that showed the grandiosity and beauty of the moment and the presence. However, there are no pictures that can describe the feelings and the happy expressions in the hall. I was seated close enough where I can see the action closer than many. However, the whole event appeared like a dream and passed way quicker especially relative to the time that passed to prepare and travel to the event.
This event was by far the most significant event Eritreans held even more than the February 22 demonstration of 2010 thus far. The messages Eritreans passed were- embedded on every step. The messages were all loud and clear for all to see and bare witness to. It was saying loudly that Eritrea is in the house in New York City hitting New York like a lightning strike. The event showed how patient and disciplined Eritreans are. It showed the resilience of Eritreans. It showed that Eritreans speak with one voice, the same tone everywhere, and all the time.
When I first approached the crowd; as I was greeting people and finding my way, I bumped into a Caucasian approximately six feet two in height. I said excuse me and I realized the man had communication equipments in his hand. Not sure what he was doing I asked him what his intentions were and he replied he is a reporter from Expressen. Expressen…? I asked. He said it is a Swedish Newspaper. I asked what he was doing and he replied I came to film this event. And I asked him what his impression was? He said, I am surprised…I thought I was going to see more on this side not the other. He was saying it in a surprised and, disappointed tone. Evidently, he came with a predetermined idea to film President Isaias embarrassed by thousands of his enemies. Instead, he learned the truth about Eritrea and learned first hand that Eritreans are one with the President.
That is one message that reverberated sending shockwaves everywhere our enemies are. That is the message Eritreans wanted to send loud and clear to the world, the State Department and, the stooge-agents of the criminal junta in Ethiopia that were parading as Eritreans. It is a message of solidarity. It is an answer to those who wanted to weaken Eritrea systematically by targeting specific strengths. They delivered the message in New York City where Ambassador Rice can see clearly that President Isaias Afwerki and Yemane Ghebreab are the people. There is no distinction and room to extricate any Eritrean from another for whatever reason. Eritreans are one with one-voice and, that is the message those who traveled millions of miles-collectively wanted to send and sent it loudly.
There was not a whole lot of new information that His Excellency divulged. One of the first things that he said was that; ten years may have elapsed since I last saw you but you were never far away from me. That is expression of affection. And the feeling was mutual. Because nearly every question that people asked was accompanied by expressions of support and praises for his bravery. However, there were a lot of memorable statements that he made.
He referred to those who went to Addis as ‘nefseher‘ meaning they are none but dead souls walking. He acknowledged that there is exploration for oil. He said that there is not much any one can do to us if we are united be it one or four powers. He said that all the lies the Weyane clique spewed over the years are exposed and that the moment is opportune for us to re-engage at the UN. However, he said that the highlight of his trip was his meeting with his people.
The audience asked many penetrating questions and the answers were satisfying. One young woman said that all the pertinent issues in Eritrea are addressed adequately and asked if the President considered human rights. He answered by saying that he fought for human rights for over forty years. The primary focus in Eritrea is and remains to ensure that the basic needs of Eritreans are met. That is the number one focus. He emphasized that Eritrea does not tolerate human right abuse at the government level and we have mechanisms in place to prevent abuse by the private sector as well.
He also said that a great deal of effort is exerted and, steps are in place to get the Diaspora involved in development efforts of the nation. Eritrea is shifting into a new gear in regards to development effort and if we are going to succeed in achieving the outlined objectives for 2012-2013, we need to make sure the concerns of Diaspora Eritreans are addressed. Regarding the border issues, he said, it would be demarcated in due course. Moreover, he stressed that we need to focus on what we are doing.
It was incredible to witness the harmony, affection and support the public showed President Isaias. The people did not come there to find out any thing new. They did not travel to demand anything from the President. They just showed up to show support.
We were all tired beyond expression; hungry and sleepy but captured by the moment and surprised by the fact that thousands could not get in. We knew there were people that were not able to get in but we did not know the size. However, as I spoke with those that did not get in, my feelings started to change dramatically.
The sadness that I felt turned into pride. I begun to understand the resolve and satisfaction that these people felt. My friend Haile said, “Don’t get me wrong, I would have loved to have been inside and enjoy the moment, but the purpose of my journey was to give support to my President and show solidarity and I have accomplished that regardless where I was and, I am satisfied.” Every story that I heard was more uplifting than the other. A father with his four grown up kids came from California paying thousands and said that he was proud to have been there even if he was not able to get in. A group from Grand Rapids Michigan is very popular because they kept the mood very uplifted by singing and saying “Masse” a form of rap entertaining the crowd. A family that came from Edmonton Canada after driving two days, a family that drove from Florida and unable to get in expressed the same feeling of satisfaction. Those that did not get in were there without rest, food and water for over six hours. They stood faithfully with discipline wowing NYPD in fact comforting the police in some instances.
The organizers were faced with logistical nightmares considering the short notice, the security considerations, the uncertainties and the distance they had to deal with. One has to think of the list of chores and details that they needed to sift through. The coordinating efforts are nightmarish to think about. But it came through beautifully and there were many reasons why it was a success.
Firstly, it is because Eritreans are very organized. Eritreans can mobilize faster and in greater numbers for their nation any time and anywhere. That is due to years of experience and organizational structures that were formed during days of the struggle for liberation. In February of 2010 Eritreans successfully organized large demonstrations to oppose the illegal sanction levied by the US against Eritrea. And ironically that major event paved the way for this presidential gathering that brought people from everywhere.
Secondly, it is because Eritrea takes a center stage in the life of every Eritrean in ways I have never seen anywhere. In fact it is mind boggling considering the fact that Eritreans sing, dance, and laugh, cry, wed and talk Eritrea every single second. Eritreans think and talk Eritrea. Eritreans live for Eritrea. Eritreans are aware and educated about their country. They are cognizant of all the threats, the challenges and opportunities. And they know how to fight and make use of the opportunities presented to them. This is one occasion that Eritreans seized like there is no tomorrow.
There are moments that change lives and take place once in a while. This occasion was one of those moments. There were many heads of states that gathered in New York for the same UN conference President Isaias attended. And I am certain none were received with the passion and enthusiasm. No one was accorded the kind of welcome President Isaias received.
None of the people that came to see the President came to demand or complain; they came to support and show him solidarity. It has been a while now since there has been a concerted effort made to demonize President Isaias and give inaccurate picture of what Eritrea and Eritreans are. There have been many hysterical noises made by handful opportunists. It was exposed on Sunday 25 September that they truly are the walking dead (nefseher) as the President called them.
Eritreans came with a purpose united in a vision in a surreal environment making indescribable spiritual connection with each other and their president. He embraced the moment and gracefully delivered unscripted speech from the heart in a presidential setting confidently. The journey was tough and long but joyous and historic. The sacrifices made were all worth it because, in the process and in the moment, we affirmed to each other that we are all Eritreans in a mission to express that we are one “Eritrean in New York” in support of our nation and President!
Indeed “Hade hzbi, Hade libi”!
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Boat launch site at Ramp #1 as well as the group camping site, with full hook-ups, are open and available for use now.
The marina is located on Philpott Lake, a 3000 acre lake with 100 miles of shoreline nestled among the rolling foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Visitors to the lake can enjoy numerous recreational opportunities including swimming, pinicking, hiking, biking, hunting, wildlife observation, boating and fishing. Philpott Lake has eight campgrounds, six beach areas and nine boat launches.
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There is a new "Little Free Library" that people can get a book from and enjoy sitting out on the marina reading on a beautiful day. | 2019-04-26T10:44:08 | https://www.virginia.org/listings/OutdoorsAndSports/PhilpottMarina/ |
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The antidote to isolation is the sacredness of life, experienced within community. We find community in direct experience of nature: in trees, rocks, oceans, animals, and with humans. When we are touched by another, physically or emotionally, we find health and well-being. Wendell Berry said, “Everything turns on affection."
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The list of the athletes that ran away from Cuba gathers a new name: it’s the vice-world champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo. The triple jumper arrived some days ago in Stuttgart, in Germany, for a group training with some others cuban athletes and their coaches, but two days ago he left the place leaving no traces behind.
A source close to the athlete told us that two mornings ago Pichardo skipped the tranings and his room was found completely empty. We don’t know if he’s still in Germany or he decided to reach another country where to start a new life, like for example Spain, where Orlando Ortega and Javier Sotomayor live.
What happens now is the istantaneous exclusion from the national team, that means we won’t see Pichardo in the World Championships of London 2017. On the personal level, the cuban law forbid the desertors to come back in the next 8 years.
Pichardo had troubles with the federation in the past, receiving a 6 months disqualification from May to November 2014 because he refused to keep Ricardo Ponce as his coach. The athlete indeed wanted to be coached by his father, but the FCA, Cuban Athletics Federation, was against the choice and decided to suspend him; at the moment the silver medal from Beijing 2015 was coached by Daniel Osorio. Could be this the reason of the drastic decision.
Many have been the athletes that tried, and succeded, to run away from Cuba and chance nationality, last of them the hurdler Orlando Ortega. In 2013 Ortega decided to not go back in the country because of problems with the federation. Since some months he managed to get the Spanish citizenship and the right to compete for the national team.
FCA already knows about the situation and soon should give explanations, considering that the World Championships are approaching and Pichardo is one of the favorites.
As did his compatriot Alexis Copello, who will now compete for Azerbaïdjan. This can be a possibility for him too. | 2019-04-23T06:36:42 | https://www.trackarena.com/60855/pedro-pablo-pichardo-leaves-the-trainings-in-stuttgart-to-run-from-cuba |
But it's worth stepping back from Romney's specific remarks and looking at President Obama's clean-energy track record more broadly. What sorts of green jobs programs has the Obama administration spent $90 billion on? Where does it all go? How much of the funds have been wasted? And what are we actually getting in return for all this cash?
1) The stimulus provided some $90 billion in financing for a wide array of clean energy programs. Here’s the breakdown: There's $29 billion for improving energy efficiency, including home retrofits; $21 billion in incentives for renewable generation, such as solar and wind; $10 billion for modernizing the electric grid; $6 billion to promote advanced vehicles and a domestic battery industry; $18 billion for high-speed rail and other trains; $3 billion for research into carbon capture for coal plants; $3 billion for job training; and $3 billion for clean manufacturing tax credits.
A few caveats. Not all of these programs are strictly Obama programs. Some of them were signed into law by President Bush, but didn't get funding until the stimulus was enacted. An example is ARPA-E, which conducts research into long-shot energy technologies and was first created in 2007. What's more, some programs involve loans or loan guarantees, which means the money will be repaid so long as the companies survive.
2) The vast majority of these projects are still up and running, though there have been a few notable failures. It is not even close to true that "half" of the energy companies funded by the stimulus have "gone out of business," as Romney said. Many of the programs, such as the tax credits and grants for wind and solar production, only pay out when the turbines and solar panels churn out electricity.
Romney's campaign later clarified that he was solely referring to the Energy Department's 1705 loan program, which provides about $16.1 billion to clean-energy companies. Yet of the 33 companies that have received loan guarantees, just three are in bankruptcy—including Solyndra, which could cost the government up to $535 million. (The other two firms are Abound Solar and Beacon Power, which is still operating and has largely repaid its federal loan.) Additional companies could eventually fail, but for now, the default rate is just 2.6 percent for one program in the stimulus.
It's worth noting that Congress created the 1705 loan program with the expectation that some companies would fail. The government was supposed to take risks. And, as energy analyst Gregory Kats has testified (pdf), the loan program's final cost will likely end up well below the $2.47 billion Congress set aside to cover losses.
3) The stimulus appears to have boosted U.S. wind and solar generation. Here's Mike Grunwald with a top-line summary: "Before President Obama took office, the U.S. had 25 gigawatts of wind power, and the government’s 'base case' energy forecast expected 40 GW by 2030. Well, it’s not quite 2030 yet, but we’ve already got 50 GW of wind. We’ve also got about 5 GW of solar, which isn’t much but is over six times as much as we had before Obama."
Costs are dropping, too. The price of photovoltaic systems has fallen in half, from $7.20 per watt in 2007 to $3.47 per watt in 2011, although solar is still more expensive than conventional electricity. And the cost of new wind turbines fell 27 percent from 2008 to 2011. It's difficult, however, to sort out how much of the decline was due to the stimulus and how much due to China's massive foray into wind and solar manufacturing.
Let's also put these advances in perspective: Solar and wind still generate a small fraction of U.S. electricity—just 3 percent in 2011. And it's not clear that either industry can maintain its rapid growth without further subsidies. For instance, a key tax credit for wind generation is set to sunset at the end of this year, which would slow down turbine construction dramatically, especially since wind has to compete against cheap natural gas.
4) Other green programs in the stimulus have a murkier track record, though it could take years to see results. The Obama administration spent $2.4 billion to create a new battery industry in the United States, yet many of those factories are now running idle, thanks to weak demand for electric cars. A modern "smart grid" could one day enable the country to juggle intermittent power from solar and wind, but the technologies have been slow to gain a foothold. Likewise, the federal government is chipping in $3.2 billion for high-speed passenger rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles—but it's uncertain if the line will ever get finished.
Advocates of the energy programs argue that it will take time for some investments to pan out. Electric cars, for instance, could eventually catch on. And ARPA-E is bankrolling research into novel ideas like laser drilling for geothermal energy and advanced lithium-ion batteries. Will these inventions transform the energy industry? It may take years to find out.
Other stimulus efforts are showing signs of progress after early missteps. Back in 2009, the $5 billion home weatherization program looked like an outright disaster; in Delaware, state officials were grappling with contractors doing "shoddy, unnecessarily expensive work." Since then, however, the Energy Department has managed to weatherize one million homes, saving consumers an estimated average of $400 per year on energy bills.
5) Clean energy has received the vast bulk of government since 2009, but it hasn't always been this way. Ever since the first tariffs to protect Pennsylvania coal in the late 1700s, the U.S. government has always nurtured new energy sources. And, over the decades, fossil fuels and nuclear power have received the bulk of that support, as a report last year from the venture-capital firm DBL investors showed.
A raw subsidy count, however, can be misleading. Government support for energy can manifest itself in all sorts of ways. Take the drilling technique known as "fracking," which has led to a recent surge in U.S. oil and gas production from shale rock. That was developed by private industry with vital aid from the federal government, which contributed research, key pilot projects, and mapping assistance. Fracking took 25 years to develop and fine-tune, a product of a number of programs and collaborations—a reminder that energy technology rarely develops in a straightforward, predictable fashion.
— The stimulus isn't all that Obama has done on energy. He has also ratcheted up fuel-economy standards for automobiles to 54 miles per gallon by 2025 and enacted a number of EPA regulations on carbon and mercury that will likely hamper coal plants.
— Here's a look at Romney's plan for North American oil independence by 2020. Also note that Romney supports ARPA-E, the $400 million program for long-shot energy research. | 2019-04-25T10:26:21 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/10/04/a-closer-look-at-obamas-90-billion-for-clean-energy/ |
There are more than a dozen different methods of diagnostic and control of the structural purity of materials which are used in modern micro- and optoelectronics. Each of them has their own strong and weak points, range and fields of use. Usually a couple of different methods are used in research together. The advantage of using x-ray methods against optical (in solving the problem of distorted crystal) is that interferention of coherent beams is not on artificial diffraction lattice but on crystal lattice of the researching object. It permits us to expand researching ranges of crystal structures distortions. The privilege of x-ray methods (like x-ray interferometry and diffractometry) is that they are nondestructive, noncontact, fast, do not require expensive equipment, and are highly sensitive. Unique information about deformation locations and electronic density as a function of width (from a few monolayers) can be determined from their use. | 2019-04-25T04:22:59 | http://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.165401 |
Tofu lovers! Here is another great way to enjoy tofu. This dish can be served as a main dish, banchan (side dish), appetizer, snack or party food. You can easily add beautiful decorations to make your table eye-popping. You can also use this exact same recipe for other vegetables you like.
See pan-fried breaded zucchini here.
Also see pan-fried tofu recipe (without breading) here.
Also see braised tofu recipe here.
Ssukgot (crown daisy): This is mainly for decoration. You can omit this or you can use other herbs. But please note that using other herbs with a strong flavor or aroma will alter the taste of the whole dish. Use only if you like the particular herb taste. Also, some herbs like parsley are not traditionally used in Korean cooking. So, while you can add whatever you like, keep in mind that you may be adding a fusion kick.
Chili peppers: In this dish, chili peppers are used for decoration and in the dipping sauce. Chili peppers in the dipping sauce add a nice, subtle spicy kick. You can omit it or you can add gochugaru (Korean red chili flakes) or dried chili pepper instead.
Buchimgaru: You can use buchimgaru (korean pancake mix) instead of regular flour for extra flavor and crispiness.
Breading is coming off the tofu. What's wrong?
4) You forgot to oil the pan and the breading is sticking to the pan.
If you like crispy texture, you want to add more oil and pre-heat and cook on high heat. Be extra careful when you add tofu to a pre-heated pan. Hot oil can splash everywhere (especially if your hands were wet and dripping water). Have a splash guard or a lid ready in case. If you want them extra crispy, you can always deep-fry them.
Gently rinse the tofu under running water. Dry it with a kitchen towel. Slice the tofu into ⅜” (1 cm) rectangles. One average size Korean tofu block usually yields 7 to 8 slices. The size may vary depending on the brand. You can also cut into smaller pieces as long as the thickness is about 1 cm.
Wash and thinly slice red and green chili peppers. If the slices are too thick, they won’t stick to the tofu. Wash and pat-dry ssukgot (crown daisy). Chili peppers can be used for decoration and dipping sauce. Ssukgot (crown daisy) is used for decoration only. Decoration is optional. And you can make a simple dipping sauce without chili peppers, although they add a nice kick.
Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of the tofu slices.
Lightly dredge the tofu slices in flour or buchimgaru (Korean pancake mix).
Beat an egg with ⅛ tsp of salt. You may need more eggs if you are using a large-sized tofu. Coat the tofu slices with eggs by dipping them in the egg mix. Flip the tofu in the egg mix so all sides are coated.
Coat a nonstick pan with vegetable oil and preheat for 1 minute. Add tofu slices. Add sliced chili peppers and ssukgot (crown daisy) on top for decoration. Cook until the bottom is light golden brown. If you pan-fry on high heat, it will be crispier. If you want softer texture, cook on low heat.
Flip the tofu. Cook until the other side is golden color. Transfer them onto paper towel or a flat strainer to drain oil.
Mix 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of water, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, ½ teaspoon of minced garlic. Add sliced chili peppers and chopped green onions. You can add ground sesame seeds if you want a more nutty flavor.
Arrange the tofu on a plate. Serve it with a dipping sauce on the side. | 2019-04-24T02:33:09 | http://crazykoreancooking.com/recipe/pan-fried-breaded-tofu-dubujeon |
If you are planning to purchase furniture, there are times when you might need to get a professional furniture assembly service in Bellaire. There are some furniture that come in bits and pieces and if you do not know how to assemble them, you might not get them to function as they should. In fact, most of such furniture come with instruction manuals on how to put them together. However, you should not worry because Clever Cost Guides has a team that will assist you.
A professional Bellaire furniture assembly service is more of a godsend to most people who purchase furniture. Putting together some of the furniture that you buy might not really be as easy as the manufacturer has outlined in their manual. Because of this reason, you need professional support in making your furniture usable.
For many years, Clever Cost Guides has been helping clients who need Bellaire furniture assembly service. They have good ratings and reviews from satisfied clients, which is something you might want to pay attention to. In the long run, it will be a good deal for you because their rates are not as expensive as other companies that provide the same service.
Looking at national averages and data can help a homeowner get a general idea of the cost of furniture assembly service in Bellaire, but it will not get them an exact number. Bellaire furniture assembly service costs will be affected due to labor rates, material costs, and any permits or licenses required. With that in mind figuring out a local average cost for furniture assembly service in Bellaire is highly recommended before starting such a project.
In 2019 our data concluded that the amount homeowners paid for furniture assembly service in the Harris county ranged from $99.00 to $1,002.00.
Estimates for furniture assembly service change from state to state and city to city. Below is listed what is usually included and what is usually not included in Bellaire furniture assembly service estimates from local professionals.
Average Bellaire hourly labor costs.
Average miscellaneous costs for other materials and equipment rental in Bellaire.
Required permits and building fees enforced by Bellaire law.
General contractor, if used, fees for this project. These fees usually add another $56.64-$70.80 to Bellaire furniture assembly service estimates.
It may be beneficial and strategic to compare the costs from cities surrounding the Bellaire area as well. Homeowners usually compare Bellaire furniture assembly service with Houston Furniture Assembly Service, Missouri City Furniture Assembly Service and Furniture Assembly Service around Stafford, TX in order to determine a better price range. | 2019-04-26T04:12:29 | https://www.clevelandagora.com/furniture-assembly-service-bellaire-tx |
Yes, my presentation, Children’s and Young Adult Book Blogs: Enhancing Library Services, was at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. Which meant that for my part, I couldn’t guess whether I’d see two people in the audience or two hundred. It turned out to be pretty much in the middle, with about 130 people.
Doing the presentation with Liz Burns and Travis Jonker made it fun. We had a few laughs, and I hope that we all learned a thing or two. For instance, I learned that the Metro doesn’t open until 7:00 a.m. on Sunday. Seriously, Liz and Travis made for a fabulous team, and I think that we did a great job. The slide show is available at SlideShare and the handout will be posted at KidLitosphere Central.
After our session, I raced to the exhibit hall to see if I could catch some of my priority author signings. I was running late after visiting with some of the folks who came to our presentation, but I did get two of my books signed in the ten o’clock hour: All the World, by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee, and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet. I had nice things to say about both books, but I had a special connection to All the World, having been on the Cybils panel that put it through to the short list and rooted for its win.
The next hour was packed, but through some kindness of strangers I managed to get a lot more done than I should have expected. I got in line for Jerry Pinkney to sign The Lion & the Mouse and was assigned number fifty. The signing was taking a bit to get started, so I asked the nice man in line behind me if he would mind if I ran over to a signing one aisle over. He was fine with it, so I scooted over to get Tom Angleberger to sign my ARC copy of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. When I went back to the Pinkney line, it had barely moved. So I asked the man again if he minded if I stepped over to get one more signing. Since he didn’t mind, I waited to meet Barbara O’Connor in person — after years of loving her books — and get two books signed: her new title in ARC form, The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester, and How to Steal a Dog. We talked just long enough that I began to worry about my Pinkney line, but I got back in plenty of time and was happy to tell him how much I loved the book.
My next hour was free for lunch, and I just happened to run into three friends of mine from my old library. We grabbed a bite to eat down the block, and I came back in time to pick up Countdown from Deborah Wiles. Then it was off to Charlesbridge to catch Mitali Perkins signing Bamboo People. Mitali was doing a fun thing, taking pictures of all the folks who stopped by with their favorite book of the day. I had dumped off my morning haul already, but had a copy of another ARC I was hoping to get signed during the day. Here I am, obviously, but head to Mitali’s blog to see many other familiar faces.
Another important signing on my agenda was Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski for Red Sings From Treetops. I had to share that I generally don’t buy poetry books, but that this one was so beautiful I had to have it. I told Joyce that I was so touched by every perfect, necessary word in her poems and told Pamela that I want to live in the world she draws. It was definite gushing, but I hope nicely done.
Okay, let’s blitz through the other signings. I saw Cynthia Lord for the ARC of Touch Blue, but also bought a paperback of Rules. I had Libba Bray sign my copy of Going Bovine, and also picked up a paperback copy of A Great and Terrible Beauty. I was excited to tell Francisco Stork how much I loved Marcelo in the Real World, and was happy to get a copy of Holly Cupala’s Tell Me a Secret.
Amidst the signings, I was looking at the new books, talking to the marketing folks, running into bloggers and authors. I picked up a few ARCs, but very few. Also, my scarf got a lot of compliments. Best book-related accessory in existence. Expect to see a lot of them at your next book event.
I passed on the book cart event to quietly wander the aisles and then to repack my suitcase of books. The Convention Center bathroom served well to make my preparations for the Newbery/Caldecott dinner. My bag was packed, my energy was high, and I was ready for the big night.
Wow, your scarf IS awesome!
Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed your session Sunday morning. Very informative! Thanks for presenting.
I had to bail out of the Christopher Paul Curtis line to go to my own signing!
Luckily, another very nice author was in line behind me and asked him to sign Bud Not Buddy for me!
It was great meeting you, hearing your thoughts on book blogging at the panel discussion AND seeing the scarf in person!
ALA was awesome. I also had a surreal Pam and Mo experience at the Newbery banquet. There was Pam at the very next table - and walking behind her to take his seat (right in front of me) was Mo. Like peanut butter and jelly. Thanks for the great talk!
Oh, you guys! I love the idea of Mo and MoReader cross experiences being so perfect in your worlds (and mine). Maybe he will be convinced that it's not me stalking him but the universe bringing us together - meant in a totally platonic way.
Okay, well now that did sound stalkerish.
It was so nice to finally meet you, Pam!
I'm glad you had fun! I was so sorry to miss everything kidlit but there was no getting me out of bed in time to make your panel. I hope I can make it to one of the Kidlitosphere Conferences. ALA is such an unwieldy experience. Valuable but so hard to find people! | 2019-04-24T22:54:34 | http://www.motherreader.com/2010/06/ala-experience-part-ii.html |
Class action lawsuit is applied when a particular number of people have all suffered from the same illegal doing. All these individuals are affected similarly and so a class action lawsuit can then be filed. If you do an online research, you will find out that consumers who are harmed by defective products is the most common class action lawsuit. The second most common class action lawsuit is when employees or workers are being discriminated by the company owner or their employer.
Indeed, there are a lot of examples of class action lawsuits. If you think that you are part of a group who has been discriminated by an employer, then it is best that you gain more knowledge about class action lawsuit first. You might want to consider doing an online research and find out more information about class action lawsuit. It is also a wise idea to read blogs or online articles that provide accurate information about lawsuit case information. You also might want to look for firms or lawyers who are skillful and knowledgeable in handling this kind of lawsuit cases. The most important thing is that you get a lawyer who can help you win the case and receive proper compensation. Asking for some tips and recommendations from people you know who had filed class action lawsuit before is also a wise thing to do.
Since it involves a group, an individual will be chosen and will be named as a lead plaintiff. The lead plaintiff, which becomes the representative for the group, will also act as the main spokesperson for the case. After the lawsuit has been approved and a lead plaintiff is chosen, a piece of mail will then be sent out to each member of the groups. An individual who is part of the group that is filing a class action lawsuit is free to choose whether he or she will be pursuing the claim on his or her own or he or she will join the group. The problem with pursuing the case independently is that the individual will spend more money while the case is in process – that is why many individuals would rather join the group than pursue it independently.
You must know that the aim or the objective of any lawsuit is to reach a just settlement. Most of the times, a decision can be agreed upon and the case will not be pursued. Each member will again receive another mail if the court approves the agreement. Bear in mind that the amount of money gained by each employee in a class action lawsuit is determined by the settlement amount. An attorney’s fee is also necessary. | 2019-04-19T05:37:02 | http://www.ulanbator-archive.com/getting-down-to-basics-with-lawyers.html |
JACKSON, NJ - Jackson, NJ-based, award-winning homebuilder, Paramount Homes is hosting a series of Open House events to showcase their newly completed collection of "Express Delivery Homes" in their award winning Jackson and Upper Freehold Township, NJ communities. The series will kick off with an Open House Event today in the brand new four bedroom, two and a half bath Royal Model located at 64 Imperial Place South in Jackson, NJ from 12 pm – 2pm, at the Royal Grove community located off of East Veterans Highway and Grand Boulevard. Additional Open Houses are scheduled for each Sunday in August throughout the Paramount Homes Communities. Call 732-928-1800 or check our website ParamountHomesNJ.com for a complete list of open house locations and times. All interested homebuyers are invited to attend these events for exclusive tours and information regarding both Express Delivery and to-be-built homes.
"We have seen an increasing number of buyers interested in Express Delivery Homes because they would like to upgrade their lifestyles right away and take advantage of the historically low interest rates," said Jacqueline Urgo, President of The Marketing Directors Inc., Marketing and Exclusive Sales Agent for the community. "Our Open House events cater to these savvy home hunters because they allow them to tour our professionally designed model homes, ask questions, and receive exclusive information about our communities. Of course you can always schedule an appointment with our Sales Associate by calling 732-928-1800!"
At Royal Grove, Paramount Homes is offering two Express Delivery Homes. The Royal III home offers 2,482 square feet of living space featuring four bedrooms, two and a half baths, an upgraded kitchen with a center island and Corian countertops, recessed lighting, stainless steel appliances and a spacious family room with gas fireplace, priced at $435,900.
The Noble III at 2,630 square feet, features a handsome vinyl and brick front facade, four bedrooms, two and a half baths, an expansive master suite with tray ceiling and walk-in closet, as well as a gourmet-inspired kitchen with granite countertops, maple cabinets, ceramic tile floor and stainless steel appliances, priced at $459,900.
At Whispering Meadows, the builder has one remaining Express Delivery home. Set on over one half acre of property, this four bedroom, two and half bath 2,767 square foot Alexandria II home design features nine-foot basement ceilings, a gas fireplace, granite countertops, an upgraded stainless steel appliance package and hardwood flooring throughout. This home is priced at $449,900.
At the builder's award-winning Whispering Grove community, the 2,767 square foot Alexandria II is situated on one acre and is priced at $499,900. This home includes four bedrooms, two and half baths, recessed lighting in kitchen and family room, an upgraded tile package in the master bath, stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring on the first floor and upstairs hall, and an exterior BBQ hook up.
The Oxford II, priced at $549,265 features a front porch elevation with a vinyl and brick façade, recessed lighting, stainless steel appliances, a gourmet inspired kitchen with island and granite countertops and hardwood flooring.
At The Manors at Fawn Ridge, the builder's newest ranch-style home community located in Jackson, NJ, Paramount Homes has one remaining Express Delivery Home. The Buckley III, a beautifully designed ranch home is priced at only $449,000. The completed 2,500 square foot home features a stone and vinyl facade, three bedrooms, two baths, a study, designer kitchen with 42" cabinets and granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, hardwood flooring, a cozy breakfast nook, spacious great room with a gas fireplace and a beautiful master suite with a walk-in closet and luxurious master bath.
Rolling Meadows, in Upper Freehold Township, NJ, offers luxurious estate-style homes at the center of Monmouth County's lush woodlands, representing exceptional architectural details and high quality construction. The builder has one remaining Express Delivery Home. The 3,181 square foot Regal II design has recently been reduced to $539,900. This home includes a two-car side entry garage, gas fireplace, recessed lighting, upgraded kitchen cabinets, stainless steel appliances and hardware, as well as hardwood flooring.
The Marketing Directors Inc. is the marketing and exclusive sales agent for Paramount Homes' Jackson and Upper Freehold Township communities. For more information about Paramount Homes' communities call 732-928-1800 or visit their Sales Presentation Center located at 1 Bellagio Road in Jackson, NJ. | 2019-04-22T10:09:41 | http://paramounthomesnj.com/press/2012/7-18-12.asp |
Armormax (a division of International Armoring Corporation) the leading worldwide supplier of armored limousines and luxury bulletproof vehicles, announced today that the company has released ten new armored vehicles fit for is presidential and government clients across the world.
The new Mercedes-Maybach S600 is the latest ultra-luxury offering by Mercedes-Benz catered to world leaders and high-profile clients who demand the absolute highest quality and performance. The Cadillac Escalade ESV has been the trusted workhorse among security details who cater to the elite, and Armormax can provide presidential-level upgrades throughout the interior and world-class armoring protection.
Armormax’s vehicles also maintain a low-profile and are virtually indistinguishable from an unarmored vehicle from both the exterior and interior. With continued global instability, the demand for armored vehicles has never been higher. Heads of State, dignitaries, diplomats, and high-profile clients from all over the world entrust Armormax to fulfill their armored vehicle needs ensuring they reach their destinations safe and secure.
Armormax armored cars produced for heads of state are unique; we outfit our vehicles with plush executive interiors, large flat screen TVs, high-end wood grain and granite, custom audio systems, and other luxury amenities in addition to the typical VIP options. We also offer various defensive upgrades such as a self-sealing fuel tank, reinforced security wheels, and a secure deadbolt locking system that are supplemental to the standard armor conversion. We are a full custom shop that tailors to our clients’ needs.
Armormax offers the packages for the units for their premium executive ultra-lightweight armoring package which includes state-of-the-art materials will start at $30k and some of the packages go over $130k plus the vehicle.
Armormax Inc., which is a division of International Armoring Corporation was founded in 1993 is the world’s leading manufacturer of lightweight armored vehicles and bulletproof cars. The company does tours for schools, groups, and other events to support the local communities in which they are in. | 2019-04-21T12:34:21 | https://cdn.armormax.com/blog/new-2017-models-for-lightweight-armoring/ |
Composition IV-Collected Image oil on Canvas 40" x 30"
Åarhus Gallery is pleased to have Belfast artist Marc Leavitt as their guest artist for the month of August. The show runs from July 29th through August 31st with an opening reception on Friday August 1st, 5-8pm.
Marc Leavitt is an artist who investigates, examines and studies, images, text, signs and music, with a paint brush and color. His research manifests as multilayered abstract paintings, but only after days, sometimes weeks of analysis of color relationships which in turn require more visual discussion and particularization. Predetermined colors that seem “wrong” together create excitement in the heart of this artist, this color psychotherapist, because they present the artist with a meaty problem to be worked, explored, layered and refined to be made “right”. Marc leavitt’s oil paintings exude a scrumptious attention to detail, layer over meticulous layer.
Marc’s paintings and works on paper have been placed in U.S. and international collections and featured in Architectural Digest and other publications. Selected local juried exhibitions include, the ‘I-95 Triennial—From Connecticut to Maine’ at the University of Maine Museum of Art, and CMCA’s ‘Art to Collect Now’.
Åarhus invites the public to meet the artist and share in his meditative observations of color, language, and the grid in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. | 2019-04-19T02:40:17 | http://www.aarhusgallery.com/welcome/marc-leavitt/ |
Surrogacy laws are ever changing. Below we’ve complied a list of known surrogacy laws in each state. Please be sure to check with a reproductive lawyer in your state to confirm all current laws and potential issues.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Alabama. However, results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Alaska. However, there are many unknowns regarding surrogacy in Alaska. Proceed with caution.
Arizona law prohibits all surrogacy agreements, and contracts are unenforceable. However, surrogacy is still practiced in the state of Arizona. Proceed with caution.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Arkansas, with stipulations. Your results may vary depending on such factors as marital status, sexual orientation, and biological relationship to the child.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Colorado, as no direct law prohibits surrogacy. However, some results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is fully permitted and allowed in Delaware.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Florida, for married couples only. All other couples will need to take extra legal steps.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Georgia. However, individual results may vary.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Idaho. However, only Post-Birth Parentage Orders are granted. This may require extra legal steps. More information here.
Gestational Surrogacy is permitted and allowed in Illinois. Individual results may vary by county.
Surrogacy in Iowa is unclear, but seems to be allowed. Post-Birth Order only. Individual results may vary. Proceed with caution.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Kansas. There are no direct laws for or against surrogacy within the state of Kansas.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Kentucky. However, results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Louisiana. However, some scenarios and situations may be deemed unenforceable. Proceed with caution.
Gestational Surrogacy is fully permitted and allowed in Maryland.
Gestational Surrogacy is fully permitted and allowed in Massachusetts. Some results may vary by county.
All surrogacy agreements are prohibited by law in Michigan. Let it also be known that surrogacy contracts for compensation are subject to criminal penalties within the state of Michigan.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Minnesota. However, results may vary.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Missouri. However, results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Montana. However, as surrogacy is not widely done in the state of Montana, there are many unknowns.
Surrogacy contracts are not upheld in the state of New Jersey. Therefore contracts are void and unenforceable.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in New Mexico, as there are no direct laws regarding surrogacy.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in North Carolina. Individual results may vary.
Gestational Surrogacy is fully permitted and allowed in Ohio. Referencing J.F.v.D.B.,879N.E.2d740.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Oklahoma, as there are no direct laws on surrogacy. Some consider this state to have legal hurdles. Please proceed with caution. Visit Tucker Law Firm for more information.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Pennsylvania per Baby S. Appeal of S.S, 2015 Pa. Super. 244 that rules surrogacy contracts are valid and enforceable.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in South Carolina, as there are no laws that prohibit surrogacy. However, individual results may vary with certain factors.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in South Dakota, however individual results may vary.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Tennessee, however this law pertains to married couples only. For further information visit TN Baby Law.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Texas, with stipulations. Individual results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Utah, however individual results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is permitted in Vermont, however individual results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is permitted in Virginia, with stipulations. Proceed with caution.
Washington state now allows compensated surrogacy agreements for the first time. This new legislation will take effect in 2019.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in West Virginia, however individual results may vary by county.
Gestational Surrogacy is allowed in Wisconsin, however individual results may vary by county.
Surrogacy law is unclear in Wyoming. Proceed with caution.
For a complete outline of surrogacy laws in your state, please visit the Surrogacy Map at Creative Family Connections, which is updated regularly. | 2019-04-18T18:22:35 | http://allthingssurrogacy.org/surrogacy-laws-state-by-state/ |
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• Size Small is made of 1000 d. Cordura. Size Large is made of a combination of 400 d. Packcloth and 1000 d. Cordura. | 2019-04-25T02:31:34 | https://toughtraveler.com/collections/out-of-stock-custom-order-only/products/poplar-purse-backpack |
Accidental’s theatre is a collision of perspectives, art forms and unusual collaborations – curious stories told through vibrant, ambitious performances.
A theatre company based in Belfast, Accidental work with playwrights, actors, filmmakers, DJs, choreographers, musicians, poets, painters, technicians and curators to craft plays for Ireland and the world stage. Every production is a fresh invention and each play’s architecture is defined by the artists with whom it is built.
The Board at Accidental are looking for new members to join the team, initially on an interim basis. Expressions of interest by applicants from any professional background will be considered, but we particularly welcome those from with skills and experience in: strategic planning, finance & accounting, marketing & PR or fundraising. We're looking for people who have a passion for the arts, and who will drive the organisation forward in light of the difficult economic climate. Most importantly someone who will embrace Accidental’s contemporary ambition to walk the tightrope between the unexpected and the impossible. We're open to a diverse range of skills and will value the personal and professional experience you may have to offer.
The new board members will be required to attend at least four, two hour board meetings per year, held in Belfast city centre, and to act as an ambassador and champion for the company by supporting Accidental events and initiatives. Beyond this the time that you give can be as little or as much as you like.
Thank you for taking your time to apply and we look forward to hearing from you. | 2019-04-20T15:02:16 | https://accidentaltheatre.co.uk/new-board-members |
A bit about me: I am a bit of an odd duck in Mormon studies because although I was raised in the Church I have never lived or studied in the Mormon culture region. My undergrad degree is in anthropology from MIT (my senior thesis was a history of the Mormon Indian Student Placement Program, based on interviews and fieldwork conducted in the Navajo Nation), and my graduate degree is a doctorate in the History of American Civilization from Brandeis University. My dissertation explored the world of Protestant fundamentalist religious radio through old recordings, correspondence, sermon notes and ephemera and it took me to archives at the Fuller Theological Seminary, Presbyterian Church-USA, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Billy Graham Center, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. I published a book based on that research with University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2002, titled Redeeming the Dial: Radio, Religion and Popular Culture in America. I’ve published LDS-related articles in Dialogue and a chapter on Belle Spafford in the BYU-published 2005 collection New Scholarship on Latter-day Saint Women in the Twentieth Century. This year I presented at Richard Bushman’s birthday symposium in Springville and I’m currently working on a chapter on Mormon lived religion for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook to Mormonism. Unable to confine myself to just one, I run in several overlapping scholarly circles, including radio studies, media studies, cultural history, religious studies, digital humanities and women’s history. I blog about my teaching at http://tonahangen.com/blog and about the YW program and youth in the church at http://beginningsnew.blogspot.com. You can also find me on Twitter, @tonahangen.
I am in the History and Political Science department at a state university in Worcester, Massachusetts, where I teach (with a 4/4 load) the US survey since 1877, the methods course for majors, a pop-culture-based honors freshman seminar each fall and electives in social history, intellectual/civic history, medical history, religious pluralism, and the American west. I am starting my fourth year there, juggling my teaching with committee assignments and various academic advisory boards. I’m on the leadership team of the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Honors Program, as I’ve discovered I have an interest in and knack for curriculum development, pedagogy and syllabus design, and program administration/assessment. I suspect that through serving in callings, many Mormons like me develop an instinct for committee work which translates very well into academic, nonprofit or business institutions (which are often starving for capable, even-tempered team players with a clue about how to run a meeting).
Although career-wise I’m probably closer to “senior statesman” status among the JI group because I am farther along the academic track, I still feel like a novice and a newbie in Mormon history and I look forward to learning from everyone as I dip my toe deeper into those waters. I hope to contribute to JI from my multiple perspectives – as a early-career full time tenure track history professor; an LDS woman who navigated graduate school, dissertation, and first book while married with a young family; a scholar of Mormonism living far away from its archival collections; and a writer always in search of new projects and new questions.
As you can tell, Tona brings a valuable perspective (or perhaps, more accurately, several valuable perspectives) to the Juvenile Instructor community, and we look forward to her contributions. Please join us in welcoming her and be sure to visit and join in the conversation on her forthcoming posts!
Needless to say, I’m delighted to have you contributing here and look forward to hearing more about your research.
I’m very interested in your chapter of the Handbook. Sounds cool.
Welcome – both research and career stories would be of great interest, I think.
Tona’s great. You’re lucky to have her.
So exciting. A hearty welcome, Tona!
WOO WOO! Tim Wu’s chapter on early radio in The Master Switch got me very excited to delve into early sermonizing via AM radio.
Thanks everyone! Happy to be here!
Tod: it’s a fascinating topic – the sources are sparse, so when you find old recordings or transcripts, it’s golden and there are very passionate scholars and collectors in the field. Like Mormon studies, radio studies has expert amateurs who play a really important role in preserving, cataloging and being enthused about sources, which helps scholars along a lot. Audio archiving was not optimum in the early years, and AM especially suffers: even now it tends to be live, ephemeral, performance based, call-in, etc. I’ll have to check out Tim Wu’s book.
I’m very much looking forward to hearing from you Tona. Great news.
Welcome, Tona! I look forward to reading what you have to contribute here. | 2019-04-25T08:54:59 | https://juvenileinstructor.org/introducing-guest-blogger-tona-hangen/ |
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The Eugene Sara Detachment exists to help support our fellow marines (past, present, and future) as well as to assist the local community by providing Color Guards and Shooting Details for events such as funerals, parades, shows, etc. Events we have sponsored have been Marine Day and the Wounded Warriors Fund Raiser. One of our public service projects in conjunction with the County Commission has been to replace tombstones at Riverside Cemetary. One of the annual events we have been involved in has been Toys for Tots. We help collect toys and donations during November and December to make the drive successful. In 2017 the drive provided toys for 10,000 families in Yellowstone County. The League in conjunction with the Active Duty Command and Reserve Unit at the Armed Forces Training Center also raise money to support the Marine Corps Birthday Ball each year. We also work with the Young Marines at many events in Yellowstone County. The Eugene Sara Detachment also has an active squad in Miles City, MT and there is a Marine Corps League detachment in Roundup, MT.
During October and November each year, Marines, Reservists and MCL Members collect toys and Money for families in their areas so that all children - no matter how much their family can afford - are able to receive gifts during the holidays. As for Yellowstone County, in 2017, over 10,000 families were able to see their children had gifts. For more information on the 2018 Toys for Tots drive check out: www.toysfortots.org. | 2019-04-18T18:55:08 | http://eugenesara.com/about.php |
We offer a wide range of emotional support.
We have found that almost 40% of the people we see or speak to, are looking for emotional support. Many people simply want someone to talk to, as it is not always easy to talk openly to family and friends about how cancer is affecting you. Our daily drop-in sessions provide this opportunity for emotional support.
We also make onward referrals for more formal emotional support and this may include referrals for counselling, clinical psychology or mental health teams. We have been fortunate to be able to offer volunteer counselling and emotional support sessions here at the Centre.
Another key part of the emotional support we offer, is delivery of the HOPE Course (Help Overcoming Problems Effectively). HOPE is a course devised by Macmillan Cancer Support in partnership with Coventry University, and is delivered around the country. The course is aimed at supporting people, usually when cancer treatment has ended, to take back control of their lives and to deal with the emotional impact of having had a cancer diagnosis. People who have attended the HOPE Course here in Southport, have said that they would highly recommend this course for anyone who has received a cancer diagnosis. Please see our HOPE page for further details about our next HOPE course.
Support Groups are also a key type of emotional support for people affected by cancer, many of whom find the opportunity to share with others who have had a similar experience, uplifting and encouraging. Here at the Macmillan Centre we run various support groups such as a singing group, craft group, and walking group. We are currently planning a new gardening group and carer's support group . Please see the pages 'Our Support Groups at the Macmillan Centre' and 'Local Support Groups' for further details. | 2019-04-19T14:36:54 | http://ww.southportmacmillancentre.org.uk/emotional-support |
Good morning on this lovely Tuesday.
More specifically, the quarter-size, tarlike blobs that dot our sidewalks from those who spit out once-fresh gobs of gum for all to tread upon.
Go ahead, look around your feet right now if you’re outside. We’ll give you a few seconds.
Did you know it’s someone’s job to clean that hardened goo off the pavement?
Meet Herbert Murray, the assistant supervisor of sanitation for the Times Square Alliance, who spends three days a week blasting gum off the sidewalks with a machine appropriately named GumBusters. It looks like a miniature gasoline pump on a wheeled, steel cart with a special hose.
The machine, which emits a hissing sound like a steam radiator, uses a nontoxic solution to break down the texture of the gum, and water, which turns to steam, to evaporate the gum — no matter how fresh or old.
When he spots gum on the pavement, he rubs the bristles on the end of the GumBusters hose against it, and then lets the solution and the steam do their thing.
If it is too cold outside, the GumBusters machine can’t be used because the solution and the water can freeze. Instead, Mr. Murray uses a GumBusters stick: a silver wand with a razor on the end to scrape away the gum.
The work can go pretty fast and it comes with instant gratification in the form of clean pavement.
That’s his polite way of saying: Don’t be lazy and don’t inconvenience others by spitting your gum onto the ground. | 2019-04-23T10:07:54 | https://www.gumbusters.com/gumbusters-ny-times-article-2212017 |
Every bride wants her wedding to be unique. This is why so much attention is paid to the dress, the venue, the music, the food and, of course, the decorations. If you want to do something that not many brides have done before you, you could consider fish bowl vases as centerpieces of your wedding tables. Not only are these beautiful, you will also make sure that people immediately have something to talk about.
Usually, the best fish to use for a wedding centerpiece is a goldfish or a betta fish. Betta fish are a lot more beautiful than goldfish, however, because they have stunning tails and gorgeous colors. However, goldfish are a lot cheaper and they are easier to care for. After all, once the wedding is over, you will suddenly have quite a few fish on your hands.
One thing that some brides do at their wedding, which immediately solves the problem of what to do with the fish bowl vases afterwards, is run a little competition. They ask everybody at each table to name the fish, for instance, and the best name wins the fish bowl, meaning they can take it home with them afterwards. Do make sure your wedding favors include some fish food in that case.
You must make sure that the water in your fishbowl has been properly treated before you put the fish in. You should be able to purchase treatment drops or tablets from the same store as where you get your fish. A round fish bowl tends to look the most beautiful, although some brides prefer the cylinder shape. The problem with that one, however, is that it is very easy to knock over, particularly if there are children (or clumsy adults for that matter) at your wedding.
Do also make sure you add some decoration to your fish bowls. You could top it with a green plant, for instance, so that you also have some of the more traditional wedding decoration in the form of flowers. Furthermore, it will stop people from poking their fingers in the water to touch the fish. If you have a color theme at your wedding, then you could consider adding some glass pebbles, marbles or rocks to the bottom of your fish bowl in the color of your wedding. Smooth dark river rocks always look amazing as well, and you could (if you have the time) write something on the rocks, such as the name of the bride and groom and the date of the wedding.
Because these centerpieces are so interesting, you may not need any other type of decoration on your table. As such, although the bowls, fish, food and treatment products may cost a little bit more than a flower arrangement, you could also end up saving more by not having to spend so much on other things. | 2019-04-21T22:58:26 | http://www.loveshaven.com/2015/ |
The two veterans were specifically added to the pool of players available for selection by National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver.
Especially since they were unable to make much noise at the deadline themselves, despite the persistent Anthony Davis rumors.
The format of having two team captains - selected by virtue of getting the most fan votes in their respective conferences - draft their all-star teammates without regard to conference is in its second year, but Thursday marked the first time the process was televised. The Raptors added center Marc Gasol to play alongside Kawhi Leonard, while the Bucks traded for Nikola Mirotic to compliment Giannis Antetokounmpo. "Every time I take a hit, I'm able to nudge it off and keep going", he said. I think it's going to be random. James took Wade, his former Miami and Cleveland teammate and longtime close friend.
Barkley's suggestion prompted laughter from the two captains, who were tasked with picking four starters in the first round and seven reserves in the second round each. Not only did Embiid lose the chance to play with his real-life teammate in the All-Star Game, he was stuck with Westbrook, who has made no bones of his dislike for Embiid.
The Milwaukee Bucks star then selected Philadelphia's Joel Embiid before adding Paul George and Kemba Walker.
Klay Thompson, Damian Lillard, Russell Westbrook, LaMarcus Aldridge, Karl-Anthony Towns and Bradley Beal completed the squad. | 2019-04-20T03:05:46 | http://thelasttechie.com/2019/02/lebron-james-says-theres-nothing-hes-chasing-in-the-league/ |
Have you ever lost important data to a hard drive failure? I have. It will NEVER happen again!
Here’s the story: I had spent 3 days tracking instruments for a band I was working with. Things were coming together quite nicely. We were working between two different locations so I was working off of an external hard drive for portability. On day three…. I drop said hard drive on the concrete floor.
We started over from scratch. I didn’t charge them for any of it.
Now even if you never drop a drive, remember: There are only 2 types of hard drives; Ones that have failed and ones that are GOING to fail!
Thanks Dezz, very professional note. | 2019-04-24T22:10:58 | https://www.techmuzeacademy.com/studio-backup/ |
During the early years of my elementary education, I was rather good at numbers or arithmetic. When the so called “new math” came along, I didn’t do as well.
I want to propose some easy arithmetic for us to remember as Alabama Baptists. The Evangelism/Discipleship Team at the State Board of Missions is leading in an effort called Sharing Across Alabama.
A part of this effort is what we are calling the 3151 plan. Full disclosure prompts me to admit that we borrowed this idea from our brothers and sisters in Oklahoma. They saw fruit from the emphasis, and we pray we will as well.
The 3 represents a call to pray for three people who are lost. They are among the masses of people who have not come to know Christ and need to be saved. Doing this will keep lost people in our hearts, in our minds and in our prayers. Consider who would be on your list.
The 1 represents the need to learn at least one Gospel presentation. This is not meant to be a canned response but something that can become a part of who you are as a follower of Christ. Being able to articulate your testimony is a basic way of presenting the Gospel. There are other presentations for sure, and our Office of Evangelism will be glad to share what is in the toolbox for you. Contact us for more information.
The 5 represents the opportunity to invite five friends to church. Some people have never received a one-on-one personal invitation to come to church. This may sound old-fashioned, but relational touches like personal invitations to church are needed now more than ever.
We live in an increasingly disconnected society in terms of personal relationships. Inviting people to church is a warmhearted way of reaching others.
The last 1 offers a reminder of our need to share the Gospel with at least one person. Growing out of the prayer for lost people in your life, the learning of at least one presentation of the Gospel message and the invitation of five friends to church brings us to the point of sharing the Good News with one person.
This is challenging for sure, and to some it is intimidating, but it is our call as Christians. We cannot ignore our need to be personal witnesses.
In his last words to Timothy, Paul, the apostle, challenged him to do the work of an evangelist. He did not say answer the call to full-time evangelism but rather, in the everyday routine of life, do the work of sharing the Good News. That urgent challenge to Timothy is ours today.
Many years ago, Southern Baptists had an evangelistic effort called “Each One Reach One.” I remember calling upon my people to do just that, and we were blessed by the God-given fruits of this focus.
Remember, this is easy arithmetic. Pray for 3 lost people. Learn 1 Gospel presentation. Invite 5 friends to church. Share the Gospel with 1 person. Each one can reach one! | 2019-04-26T02:25:19 | https://ricklance.com/2016/02/15/easy-arithmetic/ |
At Wei Chinese, the Lunar New Year celebrations can last all year! This traditional Chinese meal deal is designed to commemorate big occasions, whether a promotion, a birthday, or an engagement. Made to share, it is a full banquet for up to eight people total, enough for a big family or a gathering of friends. The four-course feast is composed of a multitude of small dishes to be shared among the guests in the spirit of the best Asian hospitality.
As a part of this Wei Chinese deal, choose from a variety of dim sums, soups like wonton or hot and sour, and pick a main including pork, beef, chicken or seafood options. A side is also included - decide whether the guests prefer fried rice or noodle with their meat. Finally, for dessert, there’s an abundance of ice-cream choices or sweet banana fritters. Dig in and celebrate until everyone runs out of stomach space!
Located in Thorndon, just a short stroll away from Wellington Botanic Garden, Wei Chinese Restaurant invites guests to enjoy rich flavours of authentic Chinese cuisine. Customers can enjoy dishes like Peking pork chop, satay beef, pan-fried dumplings, chicken corn soup and more. Vegetarian options are also available. | 2019-04-24T01:51:40 | https://www.grouponnz.co.nz/deals/wei-chinese-restaurant |
One of the biggest changes in the Westlake Houseboat, was transforming the built-in office to a cozy bedroom for the client's daughter - that could also double as a guest room!
I recently finished a project for a young couple here in Seattle; who after purchasing their first house together, really needed some guidance with how to make it a home. Their existing furniture had seen numerous moves, and it was time to update and invest in some good quality pieces. Taking into account that in the future they will be doing a massive renovation, we chose pieces in neutral colors that could easily transition as their space transforms. | 2019-04-25T04:16:34 | https://www.mapleandplum.com/blog/category/Before+%26+After |
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1.2 These terms and conditions apply to business customers only and not to consumers. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, a “consumer” is an individual acting for purposes which are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession. If you are a consumer, our Terms & Conditions for Personal Customers will apply to you.
1.5 You will be required to confirm that you accept these terms and conditions when you register with our site and when you order any Products from us. If you refuse to accept these terms and conditions, you will not be able to order any Products from our site.
The Website is operated by UK Office Direct (“we”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 04490044 and with our registered office at UK Office Direct, Dome House, 48 Artillery Lane, London, E1 7LS. Our main trading address is the same as our registered office address. Our VAT number is 758155603.
By placing an order through our site, you warrant that you have authority to bind any business on whose behalf you use our site to purchase Products.
5.1 Before an order is placed you will be given an opportunity to verify and correct the Products included in your order. After placing an order via the Website, you will receive an email from us acknowledging that we have received your order. This acknowledgement is for your information and convenience only and this does not mean that your order has been accepted. Your order constitutes an offer to us to buy a Product. All orders are subject to acceptance by us, and if we accept your order (or part of your order) we will indicate our acceptance to you by sending you an email confirming that we have dispatched your order (or part of it) (the “Order Acceptance”) and containing a VAT invoice in respect of the Products dispatched. The Contract between us will be formed when we send you the Order Acceptance, whether or not you receive such email.
5.2 The Contract will relate only to those Products confirmed as dispatched in the Order Acceptance. We will not be obliged to supply any other Products which may have been part of your order until the dispatch of such Products has been confirmed in a separate Order Acceptance.
5.3 These terms and conditions apply to the Contract to the exclusion of any other terms that you seek to impose or incorporate, or which are implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing.
5.4 If we are unable to supply you with a Product, for example because that Product is not in stock or is no longer available or because we cannot meet your requested delivery date, we will inform you of this by email and we will not process your order. If you have already paid for the Product, we will refund you the full amount including any delivery costs charged as soon as possible. We may also be unable to supply you with a Product if we discover that it is incorrectly priced on our Website; please see conditions 8.4 and 8.5 for further information about what happens in these circumstances.
6.1 We will deliver the Products to the location set out in your order (“Delivery Location”). Delivery shall be completed once we deliver the Products to the Delivery Location and the Products will be your responsibility from that time.
6.2 We shall use our reasonable endeavours to deliver your order in accordance with any estimated delivery date set out in our Order Acceptance or, if none is specified, within a reasonable time after the date of the Order Acceptance, provided that any delivery dates quoted are approximate only and the time for delivery is not of the essence. We cannot accept any requests for specific delivery dates and times and you acknowledge that we may deliver your order at any time between the hours of 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. on working days only. Please see the relevant Product page on our Website for estimated delivery dates.
6.3 Occasionally our delivery to you may be affected by an Event Outside Our Control (as defined in condition 14). See condition 14 for our responsibilities when this happens. We shall not be liable for any delay in delivery that is caused by your failure to provide us with adequate delivery instructions or any other instructions that are relevant to the supply of the Products.
6.4 We only deliver to the UK Mainland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Wight. Unfortunately we cannot deliver to the Scottish Islands, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands or the Scilly Isles. We do not deliver to PO Box addresses.
6.5 We may substitute Products within your order with equivalent Products of an equivalent price (for example a red stapler in place of a blue stapler). If you do not want to accept the substituted Products, please return them to us in accordance with condition 9.
6.6 If for any reason we are unable to deliver your order (or any part of it) within the period specified in our Order Acceptance (or if no period is specified then within 30 days of the date of our Order Acceptance), then we will contact you and you may choose to cancel your order and receive a full refund. In these circumstances, a full refund shall represent your sole remedy and our sole liability to you in relation to the non-delivery of the Products. If you choose to cancel the Contract for non-delivery under this condition 6.6, you may do so for just some of the Products or all of them, unless splitting them up would significantly reduce their value. If any Products have been delivered to you under the Contract, and you wish to cancel the Contract in its entirety, you will have to allow us to collect the delivered Products from you (at our cost). After you cancel the Contract (and we have collected from you any Products already delivered under the cancelled Contract), we will refund any sums you have paid to us for the cancelled Products and their delivery. Any refund due to you will be processed within 30 days of the date of your cancellation.
6.7 All deliveries must be signed for. If we are unable to obtain a signature at the time of delivery, we will leave you a note that the Products have been returned to us, in which case please contact us to rearrange delivery. In these circumstances, we shall not be liable to you for any loss you may suffer as a result of such non-delivery.
6.8 The delivery charges applicable to the Products are set out on the relevant Product page on our Website. Delivery is generally free for orders over £40 (excluding VAT) and £5.95 for orders under £40 (excluding VAT). However, in some circumstances (for example because the delivery address is particularly remote, or where the Product ordered is a safe or furniture and access is difficult) a higher delivery charge may be applicable. We will usually inform you of the delivery charges at the time of your order but, if these cannot reasonably be calculated in advance, we will notify you of the delivery charges by email afterwards and give you an opportunity to confirm whether or not you want to proceed with your order.
6.9 Please note that our couriers are only insured to deliver to the ground floor of buildings. You will be responsible for arranging transportation of the Products to levels above the ground floor, so please bear this in mind if you are ordering large or heavy items such as a piece of furniture or a safe. Additionally, it is your responsibility to ensure that there is sufficient access to the Delivery Location (for example, sufficient door widths) to enable delivery of the Product. Please inform us of any access issues at the time you place the order.
6.10 If we are not able to deliver the whole of the order at one time due to operational reasons or shortage of stock, we will deliver the order in instalments. We will not charge you extra delivery costs for this.
7.3.4 maintain the Products in satisfactory condition from the date of delivery.
we may at any time require you to deliver up such Products and, if you fail to do so promptly, we may enter any of your premises where the relevant Products are stored in order to recover them.
8.2 These prices exclude VAT and delivery costs, which will be added to the total amount due.
8.4 Our site contains a large number of Products and it is always possible that, despite our best efforts, some of the Products listed on our site may be incorrectly priced. We will normally verify prices as part of our dispatch procedures so that, where a Product's correct price is less than our stated price, we will charge the lower amount when dispatching the Product to you. If a Product's correct price is higher than the price stated on our site, we will normally, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before dispatching the Product, or reject your order and notify you of such rejection. If, within a reasonable time after you placed your order, we are unable to contact you using the contact details you provided during the order process, we will treat the order as cancelled and notify you by email.
8.6 Payment for all Products must be by credit card, debit card, Paypal, bank transfer, cheque or our vouchers, unless you have a credit facility with us. We accept card payments with Mastercard, Debit Mastercard, Maestro, Visa, Visa Debit, Visa Electron and Amex. We will not charge your credit or debit card until we dispatch your order. Paypal payments will be taken at the time you place your order, but the processing of your payment will not constitute our acceptance of your order, which will occur as set out in condition 5.
8.7 If we have granted a credit facility to you then payment for all Products must be received by us within 30 days of the date of our VAT invoice, which we will send to you by email.
8.8 Time for payment shall be of the essence of the Contract.
8.9 You will pay all amounts due under the Contract in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (except for any deduction or withholding required by law). We may at any time, without limiting any other rights or remedies we may have, set off any amount owing to us by you against any amount payable by us to you.
8.10 By placing an order for Products with us, you acknowledge and agree that your obligation to pay our invoices is not conditional on our completion of a purchase order or any other form or documentation provided by you and we will be under no obligation to complete any such forms or documentation as a condition of receiving payment.
8.11 Any amounts disputed in good faith may be deducted from the relevant invoice and the remainder must be paid by the due date. You must notify us of any dispute in writing within 14 days of receipt of the invoice, giving your reasons for withholding payment. Upon receipt of your notice, you will work together with us in good faith to resolve the dispute. You agree to pay any disputed amounts found to be payable within five days of the resolution of the dispute.
8.12 If you fail to make any payment due to us by the due date for payment, then, without limiting any other remedies available to us, you shall pay interest on the overdue amount at the rate provided in the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998. Such interest shall accrue on a daily basis from the due date until actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You shall pay the interest together with the overdue amount. In relation to payments disputed in good faith, interest under this condition 8.12 is payable only after the dispute is resolved, on sums found or agreed to be due, from the due date until payment. If you have a credit facility and you fail to make payment when it is due, then we may withdraw your credit facility with immediate effect on giving you written notice.
8.13 If you fail to make any payment to us by the due date for payment, you agree to reimburse us fully for any costs and expenses (including reasonable legal and other professional fees) we incur or pay arising from your failure to make the payment and our subsequent efforts to recover the amounts due. By way of example, such costs and expenses may include solicitors’ fees, court fees and the cost of appointing third-party debt collection agencies.
8.14 The “RRPs” that appear on the site represent the manufacturer’s suggested selling prices and are not indicative of the prevailing selling prices at any given time or in any given area.
9.1.2 we receive the Product in a resalable condition - it needs to still be in its original unopened packaging unmarked.
9.2 If the terms of condition 9.1 apply then we will contact you with a returns number and we will arrange for collection at our cost. Once the Products are back at our warehouse and we have had an opportunity to inspect them to check that they are in resalable condition in accordance with condition 9.1.2 we will then process the refund. The refund will be the price of the Product, including any VAT and delivery charges paid, and will be processed as soon as possible and in any case within 14 days of us receiving the Products in our warehouse.
9.3 Unless the Products are defective or not as described (in which case see condition 9.4), you are not entitled to return a Product outside the 14-day period. However, although we are under no obligation to accept a return after expiry of the 14-day period, we may do so at our sole discretion, provided that you may not receive a full credit in respect of the price you paid for the Products and your refund may be by way of a credit note. Unless the Products are defective or not as described, no returns will be accepted under any circumstances after the expiry of 28 days following delivery of the Products to you.
9.4 If you wish to return a Product because it is defective or not as described, you must contact us within five working days of receipt or, if a defect is not immediately apparent, within a reasonable time of discovering the defect. What is considered a reasonable time will depend on the nature of the Product and the nature of the defect and you are strongly advised to inspect all Products immediately on receipt. Provided you notify us in accordance with the above timescales, we will contact you with a returns number and arrange for collection at our cost. Once we have received the Products back to our warehouse, we will inspect them and notify you of the outcome of our inspection via email within a reasonable time. If the Products are found to be defective or not as described, we will refund the price of the Products together with any applicable VAT and delivery charges. We will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via email that you were entitled to a refund.
9.5 If you consider there to be a shortage in your order you must contact us within five working days of delivery, failing which you will be deemed to have received the Products in the quantities ordered and shall not be entitled to cancel the order. You are therefore strongly advised to inspect all Products immediately on receipt. Provided you notify us of the shortage within the required timescale, we will contact you with a returns number and arrange for collection at our cost. We will process the refund due to you as soon as possible and, in any case, within 30 days of the day we confirmed to you via email that you were entitled to a refund. Products returned by you under this condition 9.5 will be refunded in full together with any applicable VAT and delivery charges.
9.6 All refunds will be processed to the payment method you used to make the original payment, save that if condition 9.3 applies, you may receive a credit note.
10.1 We warrant to you that any Product purchased from us through our site is of satisfactory quality and reasonably fit for all the purposes for which products of the kind purchased are commonly supplied.
10.2 Subject to condition 10.3, except as expressly and specifically provided in these terms and conditions, all warranties, conditions and other terms implied by statute or common law are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the Contract.
10.3.4 any matter for which it would be illegal for us to restrict or exclude, or attempt to restrict or exclude, our liability.
however arising under or in connection with the Contract, provided that this condition 10.4 shall not prevent claims for loss of or damage to your tangible property or any other claims for direct financial loss that are not excluded by any of the categories in this condition 10.4.
10.5 Subject to condition 10.3, our total liability to you under or in connection with the Contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed a sum equivalent to the invoice value of the Product or Products in respect of which the liability arises.
12.1 All notices to be given by you to us must be sent by post to Dome House, 48 Artillery Lane, London E1 7LS or via our website. If you need to speak to us urgently, you can contact our Customer Services team by telephone on 0800 652 6060.
12.2 If we need to contact you or give notice to you, we will do so using the email or postal address you provide to us when placing an order. If the matter is urgent, we may contact you by telephone, if you have given us your telephone number. We may also post notices on our Website from time to time.
12.3 Notice will be deemed received and properly served: (i) immediately, when posted on our Website; or (ii) three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post.
12.4 The provisions of this clause 12 shall not apply to the service of any proceedings or other documents in any legal action.
14.2.7 The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.
17.1 These terms and conditions and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between us in relation to the subject matter of the Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.
17.2 We and you each acknowledge that, in entering into a Contract, neither of us has relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by the other or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations between us prior to such Contract except as expressly stated in these terms and conditions.
18.1 No variation to these terms and conditions shall be valid or enforceable unless expressly agreed to by us in writing.
18.2 We have the right to revise and amend these terms and conditions from time to time.
18.3 You will be subject to the policies and terms and conditions in force at the time that you order Products from us, unless any change to those policies or these terms and conditions is required to be made by law or governmental authority (in which case it will apply to orders previously placed by you), or if we notify you of the change to those policies or these terms and conditions before we send you the Order Acceptance (in which case we have the right to assume that you have accepted the change to the terms and conditions, unless you notify us to the contrary within seven working days of receipt by you of the Products). | 2019-04-24T14:54:20 | https://www.ukofficedirect.co.uk/help/topic/TermsForBusinessCustomers |
This is a tutorial to get any user started with the example LabVIEW VI’s available for the Analog Discovery 2; with an understanding of the functions used in the examples, users will be able to program custom instruments and analyses with LabVIEW and their Analog Discovery 2. In this tutorial, installation instructions will be given for all the required software, and then an overview of the available examples will be outlined, with 2 of the example VI’s demonstrated in more detail. Please note that the this time, the LabVIEW functions only work for LabVIEW in Windows.
In this tutorial, LabVIEW 2015 and WaveForms 2015 are used.
WaveForms is free to use and requires no activation. In order to use the LabVIEW examples demonstrated in this document, WaveForms 3.1.4 or later must be installed.
The WaveForms functions for LabVIEW along with example VI’s can be downloaded as a package on the LabVIEW Tools Network or attached to this tutorial (link).
The WaveForms application is required on the computer before the functions in the package can be used. This package only works with LabVIEW in Windows.
An examination of the above example VI’s with an Analog Discovery 2 and some prototyped circuits will offer an overview of how the WaveForms functions can be used to build custom instruments. The setup and use of the Digital I/O and Frequency Sweep VI’s are detailed below.
To use the DigilentWF functions and example VI’s, a supported device must be connected to the PC. In this case, an Analog Discovery 2 can be connected to a PC with a USB cord. Once the device is connected, the WaveForms 2015 application will identify it when executed.
Beware that the entire string listed in the Serial Number field is used to identify the device, including “SN:” at the beginning of the numbers.
Once the device identification is obtained, the WaveForms application should be closed to avoid conflicting commands to the device.
In the VI front panel, enter a device name or serial number to specify a device. If the Device field is left blank, the VI will use the first device found. If an Analog Discovery 2 is the only device connected to the PC, leaving the Device field blank will let the VI function properly.
With the digital I/O pins connected as above, set the input and output fields as illustrated, and click “Run Continuously” on the front panel. Adjust the slider to see the digital input signal change correspondingly.
With the waveform generator and oscilloscope pins connected as above, set frequency sweep parameters as desired, and click “Run” on the front panel to see the frequency of the waveform vary as specified. | 2019-04-25T00:35:16 | https://forums.ni.com/t5/Analog-Discovery-Student/Getting-Started-with-LabVIEW-and-Analog-Discovery-2-NI-Edition/tac-p/3650289/highlight/true?profile.language=en |
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Hello Marvel movie fans! Today we have new bits to offer about two upcoming superhero films. Fox's newest installment in X-Men movie franchise, The Wolverine, now has an official synopsis - and it (in no uncertain terms) hints a truly epic movie experience.
We also have word on the shortlist of actors that Sony is eyeing to star in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as Peter Parker's friend (turned enemy) Harry Osborn, a role made famous by James Franco in the original Spider-Man movie trilogy.
Fox has been doing a good deal of PR as of late, trying hard to establish The Wolverine as a standalone film experience. Director James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma) and star Hugh Jackman recently did an online Q&A session, where it was firmly established that the film is NOT "Wolverine 2" by any means; it does take place after X-Men 3 and will be a sort of new starting point for the character; and the story will go deeper and the action will be more grounded (but fiercer) than any other depiction of the character, to date.
A few gems in the synopsis would be the reference to Silver Samurai, the film's big mutant antagonist, and clues to the oft-mentioned thematic arc of the film, which finds Wolverine having to deal with his own immortality after having watched so many friends and loved ones (like those in X3) die. The only lingering question I personally have is whether or not that last part, about the "new Wolverine" we'll get by the end of the film, will have any bearing on the events of Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past. With Fox now building their own Marvel Movie Universe, it's certainly possible. | 2019-04-22T00:51:08 | https://screenrant.com/wolverine-2013-synopsis-amazing-spider-man-2-harry-osborn/ |
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*These systems have a 2.26 GHz Intel "Core 2 Duo" 45 nm "Penryn" processor. Specifically, some have a P7550 whereas others have a P8400. Both include two independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip.
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This model has a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M that shares memory with the system.
13.3" color widescreen LED-backlit TFT active-matrix "glossy" display with a 1280 by 800 native resolution. Apple heralded this display as providing "60% greater color gamut" than the "Unibody" MacBook models that this system replaced.
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This model has an SD card slot. No expansion bays are provided.
Apple Order No:MB990LL/AApple Subfamily:Mid-2009 13"
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Apple originally reported that this model had a "58-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery" that provides "7 hours of wireless productivity," which the company quietly changed to later report a 60-watt-hour battery with the same estimated battery life.
Also see: What is the "real-world" battery life of the "Mid-2009" 13-Inch, 15-Inch, and 17-Inch MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo models? How does the battery life of each compare to the model each replaced?
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In recent years, the engineering industry has gone through exciting changes and seen ground-breaking developments, such as the rise of automation and the application of intelligent machines.
These developments, combined with Singapore’s plan to transform itself into a Smart Nation, have led to a strong demand in a future-ready engineering workforce and people who are well-versed in new and advanced technology tools that bring business value.
Keeping up with what’s trending in the industry will not only provide graduates with an idea of the job opportunities that these advances have opened up, but also awareness of the skills needed for them to be more employable.
Here are three significant industrial trends graduates should take note of (and impress engineering recruiters with!).
The rise of automation and robotics may not be a new trend, but they continue to revolutionise the engineering sector. Robots and machines are displacing workers, dominating workplaces and becoming the true backbone of many companies while humans just manage them on the sidelines.
A notable example of a company that has integrated automation and robotics into their operations is SIA Engineering. Recently, the company deployed air tugs that allow the ground crew to move an aircraft backwards wirelessly and air casters to float heavy objects off the ground. Such devices help ensure that staff welfare is protected, as employees no longer have to perform such strenuous and manual tasks.
Moreover, the use of automated machines and robots are key for fast-growing industries to manufacture products in high quality and quantity in the shortest possible time. This is important for industry stakeholders, as automating labour- intensive processes also leads to significant cuts in manpower costs.
Engineers with the technical skills and knowledge in manufacturing technologies and programming are becoming increasingly high in demand. Employers are looking for engineers to design, install, programme, operate and maintain machines and robots used in their operations.
Aside from technical skills, recruiters also seek graduate engineers who are investigative and possess problem-solving abilities. Graduates can showcase these traits to prospective employers during their job application process by reading widely about the issues faced by stakeholders in the industry and explaining how they can contribute in the company’s efforts to solve the problems.
Recruiters also value graduate engineers who possess foresight, as well as the ability to look at the bigger picture of how minute details can affect larger processes. These qualities often indicate a candidate’s potential to continually innovate and come up with new applications of technology to solve problems.
The IIoT is a branch of a larger technological development known as the Internet of Things (IoT), which refers to connecting devices to the Internet and to each other.
This tech application paves way for ‘smart’ processes, where intelligent devices with independent learning abilities are able to communicate the collected data to one another within an integrated system.
Imagine a world where your smart fridge is able to order groceries for you because it detected that your fresh milk has gone bad. This is how IoT can be used in a consumer setting.
The IIoT, on the other hand, is the application of IoT technologies in the industrial world, where more is at stake because a single mistake can lead to a high revenue loss.
For instance, a company dealing with the shipping of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical drugs can benefit from this technology by using real-time data to read the exact condition that the drugs are exposed to. This allows the company to keep track of whether the goods are exposed to very high or low temperatures.
If the products were in fact under these harsh conditions but were checked only after they have reached the destination, it may be too late to save them and the company may end up losing thousands of dollars’ worth of shipment.
The introduction of the IoT technology in the manufacturing industry blurs the line between IT and engineering. Graduate engineers who are seeking employment in the manufacturing industry will need the necessary IT-related skills to remain competitive in the job market.
Following the growing significance of data and automation in the engineering scene, recruiters now highly value technical skills, such as the ability to build machine-learning algorithms as well as AutoCAD (a design software for engineering applications), big data analytics and management skills.
In terms of soft skills, employers seek graduate engineers who are innovative and collaborative. Engineering graduates, who are able to transform ideas into practice or feasible solutions, will attract recruiters from different industries. Employers also value candidates who are collaborative, not just in human-to-human relations, but human-to-machine interactions as well.
Sustainable engineering attempts to bridge social science with civic engineering and environmental science with the technology of the future.
For Singapore, water scarcity is a real challenge. With the nation’s heavy dependence on imported water, occasional political issues between the Singapore and Malaysia governments more often than not lead to veiled threats of the latter cutting off the former’s water supply.
Understanding that this is not a sustainable water solution, the Singapore government commissioned the construction of a superhighway that collects every drop of used water for treatment and re-use. NEWater is the product of this deep tunnel sewerage system. As of 2018, there are five NEWater plants supplying up to 40 percent of Singapore’s current water needs.
More can still be done in order to encourage sustainability and self-sufficiency, and this is where engineers can make a difference. With energy efficiency, a particularly pressing concern in the region due to expanding economies and growing populations, the Singapore government is also targeting a 35 percent improvement in energy efficiency and reduction in carbon emission from the 2005 level by 2030. There is simply no shortage of roles for graduate engineers today.
Given how sustainability is a key consideration for most if not all engineering companies, employers do expect graduate engineers to have an understanding of industrial regulations and ethical codes. In addition, read, research and understand about other technologies and sustainability initiatives introduced in other companies and countries. Find out how you can use these existing solutions and tailor them accordingly to add value to the company that you’re working with.
You should also be commercially aware, as economic feasibility of engineering processes plays a big role in the overall picture of sustainability as well. Take the initiative to attend networking events or employer talks to get an insider’s insight and opinion on the sustainability issues faced by industry players.
Be ready to make sustainability the key objective in your job. If saving the environment is your calling, this is the engineering focus for you. | 2019-04-24T22:30:31 | https://gradsingapore.com/engineering/top-3-trends-that-engineering-graduates-should-know |
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