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1. Love is the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth … Love is as love does. Love is an act of will – namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love.
2. One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.
3. Genuine love is volitional rather than emotional. The person who truly loves does so because of a decision to love. This person has made a commitment to be loving whether or not the loving feeling is present … Conversely, it is not only possible but necessary for a loving person to avoid acting on feelings of love.
4. Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.
5. We cannot let another person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.
6. Ultimately love is everything.
7. How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded! Community requires the ability to expose our wounds and weaknesses to our fellow creatures. It also requires the ability to be affected by the wounds of others… But even more important is the love that arises among us when we share, both ways, our woundedness.
8. Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
9. Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.
10. The problem of unmet expectations in marriage is primarily a problem of stereotyping. Each and every human being on this planet is a unique person. Since marriage is inevitably a relationship between two unique people, no one marriage is going to be exactly like any other. Yet we tend to wed with explicit visions of what a “good” marriage ought to be like. Then we suffer enormously from trying to force the relationship to fit the stereotype and from the neurotic guilt and anger we experience when we fail to pull it off.
11. Spiritually evolved people, by virtue of their discipline, mastery and love, are people of extraordinary competence, and in their competence they are called on to serve the world, and in their love they answer the call.
Excerpt from Wikipedia: Morgan Scott Peck (23 May 1936 – 25 September 2005) was an American psychiatrist and best-selling author, best known for his first book, The Road Less Traveled , published in 1978.
1. Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
2. The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.
3. We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.
4. Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world’s fault. Since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. They project their own evil onto the world. They never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.
5. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
6. Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
7. Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another…The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It is a rocky path through the wilderness.
8. Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
9. The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
10. If we know exactly where we’re going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we’ll see along the way, we won’t learn anything.
11. All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up – that growing is an ever ongoing process.
12. Human beings are poor examiners, subject to superstition, bias, prejudice, and a profound tendency to see what they want to see rather than what is really there.
13. The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual – for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.
14. Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.
15. You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
16. To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.
17. One extends one’s limits only by exceeding them.
18. Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity.
19. Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
20. It is in the whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has meaning. Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.
21. There is no worse bitterness than to reach the end of your life and realized you have not lived. | 2019-04-23T16:46:20 | https://lovequotes.symphonyoflove.net/m-scott-peck-love-quotes-and-sayings.html |
During the summer of 1850, a small group of monks established themselves on the wild plateau of Scourmont near Chimay. Around the monastery a farm, a brewery, and a cheese plant came to be.
Scourmont Abbey has developed various economic activities, permitting the growth of regional employment. | 2019-04-19T18:59:25 | https://www.foodanddrinkireland.com/producersblog/chimay |
Slovakia got off to a great start in the tournament as they beat Belarus in their first game, 4-2.
Slovakia got off to a great start in the tournament as they beat Belarus in their first game, 4-2. Lukas Hursik scored the game winner 19 seconds into the third period and goaltender Adam Huska made 24 saves.
On the outset, Slovakia was supposed to have the upper hand. After all, Slovakia had won all four previous World Juniors games between the two nations. Also, for them, the game against Belarus was the first one in the tournament whereas Belarus had played a tough game against Finland less than 24 hours earlier.
“I don’t think that gave us any advantages. I actually good for them to have played a game and be tournament ready,” Slovakia's forward Filip Lestan said.
“This game was our best chance to stay in the top division and we were prepared to do everything to win it,” said a disappointed Belarus forward Andrei Belevich.
Slovakia got the start it wanted when just seven minutes into the game, while playing with six skaters during a delayed penalty, they scored the important opening goal. Juraj Siska and Matus Sukel played the puck to Patrik Koch on the point, and his slap shop found its way through a lot of traffic and into the Belarusian net. Ivan Kulbakov didn’t see the puck until it was too late.
“It went pretty well but we planned to score more goals in the game," Lestan said.
When Slovakia then got a power play a minute and a half later, it seemed that they had control of the game, but a good penalty kill gave Belarus an energy boost, and with 8:27 remaining in the first period, Belarus tied the game. A shot from the point was blocked, but Slovakia couldn’t clear it, and somehow the puck bounced to Vadim Malinovsk who was all alone in front of the net. He whiffed on the puck with his first try on backhand, but could control the puck and beat Adam Huska with a wrist shot from just outside the crease.
Early in the second period, Belarus got their first power play opportunity and they capitalized on it. Danila Karaban got the puck at the hash marks and coolly passed it to Belevich in the middle of the Slovak box. Huska made the initial save, but Ruslan Vasilchuk grabbed the rebound and slammed it in to give Belarus the 2-1 lead in the game.
“We were in the middle of a line change so we had to improvise a little bit,” Belevich said of the goal.
But Slovakia came back. Belarus turned the puck over in their own zone halfway through the third period, and Maros Surovy didn’t waste any time with his fantastic backhanded pass that found Lestan all alone in front of Huska’s net. Lestan had an easy job to one-time the puck into the net and tie the game.
Both teams had excellent scoring chances in the second period, but both teams' goalies were just as excellent.
Slovakia pushed its way back into the driver’s seat in the game in the first shift of the third period Matej Palocko won an offensive zone faceoff cleanly and Lukas Hrusik one-timed it top shelf, over Kulbakov’s glove just 19 seconds into the period.
With 14 minutes remaining in the third period, Belarus made a goalie change and Vladislav Verbitski came in relief, only to leave the net again eight minutes later when Kulbakov returned to action.
Belarus gave everything they got, but Slovakia held on to their lead all the way to the end.
Juraj Siska was credited with Slovakia's fourth goal with 19 seconds remaining in the game. Belarus had pulled Kulbakov for the extra attacker, but he tried to hop back on and stop Siska from scoring into the empty net. Instead, Kulbakov fell and hurt his leg, and Slovakia automatically was awarded the goal.
"It was tough at the end of the game because we had to kill back-to-back penalties,” Lestan said.
Now it's Slovakia's turn to quickly prepare themselves for the next game. Tomorrow at 14:00 they will take on their dear rivals, the Czechs.
“First win is naturally important and a good step forward. We hope to beat the Czechs tomorrow. It’s going to be a good derby,” Lestan said.
“We want to make the playoff stage, and then we’ll see what happens,” he added.
Belarus will rest tomorrow and then take on Russia on Tuesday.
“Of course we have to prepare for every game as well as possible,” Belevich said. | 2019-04-23T14:37:52 | http://www.worldjunior2016.com/en/news/blr-svk/ |
My guest today is one of the best distance runners in the country.
Molly Huddle finished 6th in the 10k at the 2016 Rio Olympics and is about to try her legs out on her first marathon in New York.
Molly is already a superstar – and has been since college – but that doesn’t stop her from learning new things.
She’s going to share all the tips and trick she’s learned as she’s trained for this big marathon, but she’s also going to talk about what it’s like to overcome some of the hardest and most challenging experiences in running, including a bad day at the world championships.
Her biggest piece of advice is to keep moving forward and continue doing your own thing on the track, because – as we all know – running is an extremely personal experience where we and we alone are always our hardest judges.
4:04 How did your running journey start?
8:50 Do you always do your own thing when running?
10:40 What makes you stay loyal to Saucony as your sponsor?
12:25 What is it like to be contracted by big brands like Saucony?
14:00 What do sponsors use your photos for?
15:15 Can we get a sneak peek of what you and Saucony are planning for New York?
16:12 What are your favorite running shoes?
17:26 Which race meant more to you – the 5K or the 10K?
18:38 What do you like most about your running coach?
20:15 How did you end up with Ray as your coach?
21:50 Is there something about Rhode Island that you love?
23:07 What happened on that day at the World Championships?
26:19 Did your bad race give you extra motivation?
27:25 What’s your advice for other runners overcoming rough patches?
28:16 What is your proudest moment so far as a runner?
28:50 What are your long-term running goals?
30:43 What do you tell yourself when you’re having a hard time during a race?
32:20 What do you tell yourself when you’re having a great race?
33:42 Why pick New York as your first marathon?
36:30 Why are you always looking at your watch while running?
37:41 Have you heard tips from other running pros?
38:58 Do you hear the same kind of marathon advice over and over again?
39:27 How are you going to fuel for this New York marathon?
42:19 How are you training for your first marathon?
44:07 Did you feel different during marathon training?
45:18 What are your recovery tricks for distance running?
46:24 What’s the biggest surprise marathon training had in store for you?
47:32 Do you see yourself as someone who bounces around different types of races?
48:30 How are you handling all the attention on you before this marathon?
51:21 The Final Kick Round! | 2019-04-20T09:08:47 | https://runnersconnect.net/running-interviews/molly-huddle/?utm_source=letsrun |
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If you aren't paying attention to your bid-ask spread when you place your options trades you might end up with huge losses.
2008-09-23 · Options (Options Trading) VIX; Interview Archive; What to Do With Large Bid/Ask Spreads. this stock is trading at $.40-.52 per share!
Option Trading Updated: Note that if you enter a limit at the bid or ask, the option is usually executed almost immediately via the electronic market.
2009-07-08 · Every option has two prices at any time of the trading day: the bid and the ask price.
For example, in Tastyworks platform, under Bid X and Ask X, the price of the bid/ask is displayed and it moves with letters such as Q, K, X, P, V.
The Bid, Ask and Last Price in a stock quote help you assess the current value of a stock and determine at what price you could buy or sell it. Learn more.
Five Mistakes to Avoid When Trading Options Obviously, the greater the volume on an option contract, the closer the bid-ask spread is likely to be.
We empirically examine the impact of trading activities on the liquidity of individual equity options measured by the proportional bid–ask spread.
There are always two prices when trading--the bid and ask. This is how asset prices move, and understanding the bid ask spread is crucial when day trading.
© Option trading bid ask Binary Option | Option trading bid ask Best binary options. | 2019-04-19T06:29:30 | http://bungashop.tk/option-trading-bid-ask-588814.html |
Tickets 10/9 Students and concessions + booking fee.
I forgot this was on.
Silly boy. Good it was too. Aberfeldy still enjoyable, lot's of good new songs, cover versions of Fleetwood Mac and The Bee Gees added to the fun.
ach, never mind. seen them a gazillion times before & will no doubt see em again.
First time I've seen Aberfeldy with the new members and I didn't think they were as good as they were with the 2 previous girls. New songs were pretty good though. I left before they started to cover the Bee Gees but still heard the strains of Night Fever on my way out the door which revolved around my mind for the next 4 hours.
Good gig though. Michael Marra and the Aberfedly man are good banterists. | 2019-04-20T18:54:51 | https://www.aberdeen-music.com/topic/38922-aberfeldy-michael-marra/ |
What can I say, you are all fantastic talented people and I thank you so so much for our photos and video and for allowing us to relive our wedding over & over so brilliantly. You are by far the Best!!!! Long may it continue for you all. Thank you again so much. | 2019-04-25T10:04:50 | http://www.creativeweddingsuk.co.uk/2014/03/emma-patrick/ |
Tap into to your highest self under May’s full moon through plant medicine and Reiki energy. On this evening of moon magic and bliss, invite your inner light to shine brightly. Reconnect / deepen your connection with all that is.
We have invited three powerful women to guide you toward your ultimate state of “oneness”.
Reiki, to help open and create space in every realm of your life, and Cacao, to open the heart center and balance the heart, mind, and body’s energies.
Jenessa Stearns will begin the evening with a Cacao ceremony.
Cacao is chocolate in it’s natural state. The harvest and extraction process of cacao is precise and takes a good deal of time and attention.The large tree grown pods are harvested, and then buried underground for months at a time for the fermentation process. Once fermented, they are cut open, and the flesh and pulp is separated from the nibs(the part used to make chocolate) Then the nibs, once extracted, are roasted at a specifically determined temperature to bring out depth and flavor of the cacao while still maintaining its nutritive oils and healing properties.They are then ground, being mindful to keep the temperature low so as not to separate the oils.
This particular blend is has been blessed by a Shaman to invite a deeper, authentic love-based connection with yourself and others. We will serve it warm and frothy, blended with a bit of organic coconut oil(and sometimes slightly sweetened, depending on the character of the roast/blend) . Everyone will set an intention for the evening that will nourish their soul. Like a sacred toast to the Universe…with Chocolate!
The Reiki circle will be led by Hannah Weintraub and Melissa Mucci.
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation; It promotes tremendous healing and an elevated state of being. Enhanced with a luminous Moon Meditation, we will pave the way for bliss and possibilities for your life.
Reiki Practitioner and Yoga Teacher Melissa Mucci will be moving through the room along with Hannah, giving people individual healings as the airwaves vibrate with sound from the crystal healing bowls.
Pricing is $35, $40 at the door( if space available). We are keeping this event small and intimate so YOU get the most out of it.. | 2019-04-24T02:50:30 | https://redpearlyoga.com/event/may-full-moon-cacao-reiki-ceremony/ |
Six Days of Love and Curiosity | Choose Your Energy: Change Your Life!
As promised, below you will find the posts from the brief and tumultuous six-day lifespan of my beloved sister blog site, Love and Curiosity – Gems for the Journey. Many thanks to the loyal fans who followed my musings there. While Gemmy has returned to the creative ether from whence she came, rest assured you will find lots of future Gems here.
Here you will find the words I live by. Brief daily insights inspired by my favorite authors, including Julia Cameron, Pema Chödrön, Wayne Muller, Dawna Markova, Louise Hay, Mary Anne Radmacher, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Mary Oliver, Cheryl Richardson, Parker Palmer, Thomas Moore, Bruce D Schneider, Wayne Dyer, Sue Monk Kidd, William Bridges and untold others.
When approached with Love and Curiosity, each day is a gift of endless possibilities for good.
Julia Cameron’s book, “The Artist’s Way,” quite literally saved my life. My body, mind and spirit began the journey to wholeness when I began living her teachings. That all of us are essentially creative beings – not just those who call themselves Artists with a capital “A.” That our creativity is Divinely Sourced – as essential to sustaining life as breathing.
With deep gratitude I dedicate this new online journal to Julia Cameron and the other writers and teachers who make my life a joyous adventure of personal discovery and unlimited possibilities for good each and every day. I encourage you to purchase a copy of Julia’s daily readings book, “The Artist’s Way Every Day – A Year of Creative Living” and read along with me .
Believe in yourself. You matter. Dream big. With curiosity, love, compassion and a sense of humor, all things are possible. Namaste.
At nearly 57 years of age, I am in the best health – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual – of my entire life. While I still have my ups and downs, my days are woven with deep peace, lasting joy and meaningful relationships. This great blessing is the result of the quest I introduced in the preceding entry – a Journey to Wholeness that began five and a half years ago with the reading of Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’s Way and has continued with input from many other sages. I found myself living alone for the first time in my life – unhappy, unhealthy, unfit. While it was very hard for the first four months as I continued to struggle against my solitude, one day in a moment of grace I realized isolation afforded me the opportunity to work on the relationship I had neglected my entire life – the relationship with myself. Stripped of my habitual pattern of avoiding my own needs and feelings by focusing on caring for others, I finally turned my attention to myself. With Love and Curiosity, in the words of Robert Frost, I finally took the road less travelled by and that has made all the difference.
What is my gift to the family of the earth?
In his Letters to a Young Poet, Rainier Maria Rilke urged, “Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” I transform the challenges of my life into opportunities by living the answers to these questions every day, for Life is indeed a Journey, not a destination. And while the answers grow richer and deeper with the passage of time, the essence remains the same. My purpose, my passion, my reason for being here is to help others live their dreams by finding their own answers.
May your life be one of endless self discovery and growth, resulting in passion, purpose, deep peace, lasting joy and meaningful relationships. Namaste.
Yesterday I had a thought – what if all of my striving to make things happen was actually working against me? What if I was missing many of my best synchronistic opportunities because I was too busy working my plan? How might my experience be transformed if I just stayed more centered in the present moment, clear in who I am and my purpose, but not trying to architect my life down to the last detail?
Today’s Daily Word reading from Unity was titled “SYNCHRONICITY.” My daily reading from Julia Cameron was on SYNCHRONICITY. My Pema Chödrön and Wayne Muller daily readings were also on SYNCHRONICITY. The daily creativity prayer from Julia Cameron was on SYNCHRONICITY. The Wayne Dyer audio lecture I finished today closed by extolling the virtues of trusting in SYNCHRONICITY. Get aligned with Source Energy, and the Universe will support your endeavors.
Just me, just here, just now, just be. Ya think?
As we approach Valentine’s Day, the subject of love is top of mind. If, according to Merriam-Webster’s 2011 dictionary, charity is “benevolent goodwill toward or love of humanity” or at a minimum “lenient judgment of others,” then I suggest it has to begin at home – it has to begin with me. My ability to truly love others is directly dependent on whether I truly love myself. While as a good actress I can fake it – keep all the judgmental voices inside my head – there is a vast difference between faking it and the real thing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails.
Imagine applying these to yourself. Being patient with yourself. Being kind to yourself. Not being envious – believing you deserve good things. Always treating yourself with honor. Always protecting and trusting yourself. Always hoping for the best for yourself. Always being there for yourself.
This is the heart of my personal transformation over the past two years. With the compassionate guidance of Buddhist Life Coach Pema Chödrön, I am learning to always approach myself and others with Love and Curiosity. This way of living is a path, a Journey, not a destination. It is not about self-improvement. It is about being aware and awakening my heart, moment by moment, day by day. It is a path to deep peace, lasting joy and meaningful relationships.
You are loved and loving. You are blessed and a blessing. With Love and Curiosity, all things are possible. Namaste.
I’ve spent much of the past two days listening to 8 lectures by Pema Chödrön. Throughout the program, she warns that the more you study and practice Buddhism, the more you will encounter your own frustrating nature. That just when you think you should have it all together, you realize the only thing you’ve figured out is that you don’t have it all together. Everything was just ducky until I sat down to write this blog. Then the whining began. BINGO!
I used to think Buddhists were people who had risen above normal human experience. They were always very “zen” – chanting and not caring about anything. Boy, was I clueless. According to Pema, Buddhism isn’t about escaping your emotions, it’s about embracing them – the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s about awakening your heart with constant awareness of yourself and your feelings. It’s about observing them with love and curiosity – accepting everything about yourself, especially the most frustrating aspects. The point of enlightenment is not to become superior and feel no pain. It’s to open your heart wider and wider to your own pain and, through that experience, to the pain of others. It’s to help you develop deeper love and true empathy for yourself and everyone else. So you can finally connect to all of humankind on the most profound level by understanding we are all fundamentally the same. We are all Just Human.
So, here I sit. Tired, confused, not sure where my life is headed. Feeling a little sorry for myself. Pissed that I committed myself to a second blog site. Not sure what to write that will inspire anyone else when I feel so uninspired. Not sure anyone really cares whether I write now or ever. Nothing to write. No reason to write. So alone.
(inhale) I embrace the agony I am creating for myself.
(exhale) With compassion, I send myself love, joy and peace.
(inhale) I focus on the people all over the world who are tired and confused.
(exhale) Others who don’t know if they are on the right path.
(inhale) Others who feel alone and that no one cares.
(exhale) With compassion, I send them love, joy and peace.
After a few cycles of breathing and holding these thoughts, peace envelops me. I know that all over the world, others are observing this same practice as they sit with their personal pain. Total strangers and yet we are thinking of each other with compassion and sending each other love, joy and peace. We are not alone. Someone does care. We care.
and sending you love, joy and peace.
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Life can get ahead of us, it seems to be an endless series of events that continue to repeat themselves. Kind of like the Movie with Bill Murray ” Groundhog Day.” when he keeps waking up on the same day and events continue to repeat themselves, that is; until he changes something. Human beings are a stubborn lot, when we get into a cycle that we feel comfortable with it becomes hard to change. But here is a saying that we should remember; “It is insanity to do the same thing over and over expecting a different result.” If we continue to live our lives doing the same thing all the time, Such as giving into our temptations and living like there is no end, and find we continue to be frustrated, hurt, and put into bad situations but we continue to do them, that is the definition of insanity. If we want our circumstances to change, then Like the Character in Groundhog Day, we must change something.
“But Pastor I don’t know how to change, I’ve been like this forever, I’m too old to change.” If you really believe that then you are going to be miserable for the rest of your life. If you want to experience freedom then you need to stop the defeatist attitude. But here is the realistic view of what you are thinking; You can’t change by yourself, all you can do is make the decision to change, and then seek out the means that will help you change. It has to be a decision that you are committed to, and I know commitment is something foreign to some, but get over it if you are going to change it must be a commitment, because it will not be easy. So where do you go? Some would say to counselors, Psychiatrists, or some other professional. But here is the reality; They are humans too, they have their problems, they themselves may be in some sort of therapy, kind of like the blind leading the blind. So what’s the source?
Before I tell you that I want you to understand some thing first. Let’s say you are having a problem with your homes foundation, and your not sure what exactly was done in the home when it was built, yes you could dig around the foundation and find out, but the wife would be upset at you digging up her prize roses, and the solution may be very simple and less expensive if only you knew how it was built. Where do you go? That’s right the builder, the one who created your home in the first place, he will know everything put into your home and will have the answer you are looking for.
So now that you understand that, where do you go if Changes are needed in your life? To the one that created you in the first place. Yes I know about the evolution theory, and it goes against every law in science and physics. Some arrogant scientist could not bring himself to believe there was an all powerful being that created us. But there is and we call Him God, Lord, Father, and He has been worshipped for thousands of years. There is even a book inspired by Him kind of an autobiography so to speak called the Bible. Here God tells of His creation, His love for His people and a love so deep He sent His Son to save us from ourselves. That’s right Jesus. God know everything about you, He knows your faults, He knows your fears, He knows your talents. But most of all with everything He knows about you, both good and bad; He Loves you DEEPLY!! I can’t stress that enough, nothing you have done will ever change God’s love for YOU!
Now this gets a little difficult for some but God wants a relationship with you, He wants you to seek Him, He wants you to call on Him, because He is your real and true loving Father. That right He is your real Father, Your mom and Dad were the instruments of your birth, But it was God that created you and gave you life. So does it not make sense that if something needs to change you got to Him? He promises to bear us up, heal us, make us a new creation if only we would call on Him. You will find Him in your local Church, there others just like you with real problems will be willing to Help you find the answers you are seeking. You will be loved and cared for as needed, and guided in your quest. Will they have the answers? No, but they will help you find the Lord who does have the answers, and in the process you will become a valued member of a loving and caring community called Christians. So to answer the question what does it all Mean? It’s all about community, it’s all about God’s Love and plan for you, It’s all about Jesus, the one who died on the cross so you could live, and that is the greatest Love of all. Are you committed to change? not sure how? Seek out your local Church leader or Pastor, they will show you the way. God Bless. | 2019-04-23T05:55:30 | https://thealliancecommunitychurch.org/2019/03/15/what-does-it-all-mean/ |
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Denise at Girlie on the Edge is the gracious host of the Six Sentence Stories link-up. Go check out the other entries, and feel free to join in with your own story. This week's cue: Limb.
Though of course she wished no harm on anyone, she thrilled at each gust of wind in this storm. She had been bedridden for weeks, and the view out the window of violently swaying evergreen trees provided much-appreciated entertainment. Suddenly, a loud bang was followed by the rushing of water. Gingerly ignoring doctor's orders, and anticipating a broken water pipe, she stood up and went outside to survey the damage. Once in the backyard, she laughed with relief and amazement: a limb had broken off of a Douglas fir, sailed across the yard, and hit the water faucet perfectly, and with enough force, to turn on the spigot! She quickly turned off the running water, then headed back inside to continue resting and watching the Inauguration Day Storm of 1993.
What a relief to be able to put it right so fast! Very often we do not have such luck with water here.
It was definitely a relief!
With 120 foot tall pines in my year, windstorms are scary. We have limbs fall all the time! I don't know why I didn't go this way with my six!!!!
I love the flexibility of the prompts!
A brave woman to weather the storm, more so since she'd been on bed rest! Being a former homeowner, I might have done the same thing.
It was a doozy! Fortunately, we didn't lose power for any extended length of time, but we had friends just up the street that were without electricity for several days.
I also would have had to get up against doctor's orders and go and check on the source of rushing water. It would be impossible to rest without knowing what was going on. I am so glad it was a simple fix and not something catastrophic! I love watching storms, one of the gifts of living in wide-open rural spaces. I don't want to see hail or tornadoes or even horrifically high winds, but I love the power of the universe manifesting itself in a storm. Great story!
There is something about a windstorm, especially when the setting is among evergreen trees and bushes. Theres something about the sound of the wind through different types of trees and such. Pines and other trees provide a certain soft (although quite capable of high volumes) tone to the wind. Which serves to make the sudden sound of a break limb all the more startling.
Like Paul, the woods surrounding the house is also suffering from broken limbs and such. (My favorite joke to myself: anytime I'm lucky enough to hear a tree actually break, I always say to anyone or myself, "I heard that!').
I liked your bit of history SSS too. Glad you stayed safe!
Me, too! That must have been before you and John's mom took turns staying with us--or between turns! | 2019-04-19T02:26:40 | https://www.thankfulme.net/2018/04/six-sentence-story-limb.html |
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Architect Harry J. Carlson encloses a letter, apparently from muralist Edwin Howland Blashfield, providing advice on a bust of Martha Berry. Blashfield evidently suggests sending photographs to be used in creating the bust, and Carlson offers to give his own advice about choosing a sculptor.
Coolidge & Carlson wires Martha Berry to inform her that they would like her to use their photographer to photograph the new building.
Harry J. Carlson acknowledges a letter from Martha Berry.
Mr. Hoge, comptroller at Berry, writes to Mr. Liebold with a check for the heating and structural engineering work by Coolidge and Carson.
Henry Ford's Secretary E. G. Liebold writes Mr. E. H. Hoge to inform him that $8,765.46 in bills have been paid.
Mr. Hoge writes to Mr. Liebold enclosing the statement from Coolidge and Carson with the bills paid for heating and structural engineering. He discusses matters laid out in the Form of Agreement and other monetary matters with the new building.
L. J. Thompson to E. H. Hoge, Comptroller of The Berry Schools, Inc.
L. J. Thompson in the office of Henry Ford enclosed a check for $4000 to cover work on the Girl's Recitation Hall by the firm of Coolidge and Carlson.
E. H. Hoge, Comptroller of the Berry Schools, discusses the receipt of a check from the office of Henry Ford, that was applied to a Coolidge & Carlson bill for structural and heating engineering and landscaping.
E. G. Liebold, General Secretary to Henry Ford, sends a check for $13,170.13 in response to the statement submitted by Coolidge & Carlson.
Letter to Mr. E. G. Liebold, Office of Mr. Henry Ford, regarding invoicing and work being done on landscaping. Some work cannot be done until after sap has gone down. Use own judgement in paying these as we have no receipted bills.
Architect Harry J. Carlson encloses a blank contract form and an account of charges to date and advises Hoge to send the bill and a contract form "to Detroit". Carlson also responds to concerns Hoge had evidently expressed about the heating plant and charges related to the project.
This unsigned letter accompanied a list of potential donors to Berry from the Boston area.
Coolidge and Carlson asks the Thompson Starrett Company to comply with the wish of the Berry Schools to be billed directly.
Architect Harry J. Carlson encloses a receipt for payment from the Berry Schools. | 2019-04-24T14:12:31 | https://mbda.berry.edu/items/browse/page/2?tags=Coolidge+and+Carlson |
Let me ask a question: With no explanation of what he meant, do you feel fully alive?
It is rare because we have believed a lie. That full life is about unrestrained immorality. A full life is experiencing every explicit sinful, dark pleasure that this world has to offer. We call it a decadent life. But this leads to death.
Romans 8:5-6 - Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. 6 So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
Hosea 6:6 - I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.
Our main pursuit in life is to know Christ our King. The only way to learn to live fully alive is pursuing Christ.
We get to know Him through His Word and through the Holy Spirit.
Philippians 3:8 - Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.
1 Peter 2:24 - He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.
What Christians fail to understand about righteous living is it opens the door to God's blessing.
Proverbs 21:21 - Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.
To live fully, to get all you can out of life, is to live rightly.
Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
Jesus said if you want to be filled, hunger for righteousness.
3. To live fully is to be and ambassador for Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:20 - So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, "Come back to God!"
To live fully is to live with joy, and there is joy in sharing your faith.
When we realize that we are fully alive, we must recognize that many are not. Having hope does not fix our world, just us.
The “elect” were chosen by God to be a blessing and a “kingdom of priests” to every nation on earth– to bind up the broken-hearted and release the captives to be “fully alive” in Christ. This is the glory of God! You and I are a part of it. We need to engage in it.
To live fully is to know Jesus as well as a forgiven sinner can know him. To live righteously because when we do it opens the true blessings of heaven. And finally to live fully is to live as a true ambassador of Christ.
The second thing we pledge as some who is in a the kingdom that leads with mercy, enriches its people, and make us family is to….
Loving without conditions and doing something to make someone happy without any thought for what we might get for ourselves.
Unconditional love requires we love God first. Only He can provide the strength and ability to give this same love to another person.
1 John 4:19 - We love each other because he loved us first.
Forgiveness is a choice and not a feeling, which takes time and prayer.
Putting our own needs, desires and wants aside to focus on other people's needs and wants.
This can be as simple as allowing someone to go ahead of us in line, choosing not to argue with someone's opinion or spending time helping someone in need.
If you want to prove your love to your family pray for them. It is an act of love.
Praying for people is an act of unconditional love. Especially when we pray for our enemies.
He makes us family--act like it.
Our pledge to God’s kingdom is simple: Live fully and love generously. To live fully is to know Jesus, live righteous, and to be his ambassador among your everyday people. To love generously is to forgive, sacrifice for and pray for others. | 2019-04-22T04:28:19 | https://www.afreshwind.org/sermons-archive/2016/12/11/upside-down-kingdom-pledge-of-the-kingdom |
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We have a family photo shoot scheduled next week, so I'm in the mood to shop, but also short on time! I'm on the lookout for some new, decent priced clothing. Gotta keep the budget reasonable since the kids have to look cute too! :) Pre-pregnancy I ran across an awesome website that I bookmarked, but forgot about it until my sister reintroduced it to me today. Have you heard of ModCloth? If not, you must check them out. Vintage and new finds, awesome prices and unique pieces. Here's a few I'm lusting after. | 2019-04-22T08:32:07 | http://reganbakerdesign.com/blog/tag/Vintage |
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The same idea can be expressed using positive, comparative and superlative adjectives.
For example, all of the three sentences given below mean the same.
Supriya is the smartest girl in the class.
No other girl in the class is as smart as Supriya.
Supriya is smarter than any other girl in the class.
Rewrite the sentences given below using different degrees of comparison.
1. Shakespeare is the most famous of all writers in English.
2. Iron is more useful than any other metal.
3. I earn as much money as Ram.
4. China is larger than India.
5. Greenland is the largest island in the world.
6. Air is lighter than water.
7. I am taller than my brother.
8. Shyam is the strongest boy in the class.
1. No other writer in English is as famous as Shakespeare. / Shakespeare is greater than any other writer in English.
2. No other metal is as useful as iron. / Iron is the most useful of all metals.
3. Ram does not earn more money than I do.
4. India is not as large as China.
5. Greenland is larger than any other island in the world. / No other island in the world is as large as Greenland.
6. Water is not as light as air.
7. My brother is not as tall as I am.
8. Shyam is stronger than any other boy in the class. / No other boy in the class is as strong as Shyam. | 2019-04-19T08:25:52 | https://www.englishgrammar.org/change-degrees-comparison-2/ |
Suffering from high liver enzymes? Wondering about its root cause and whether it was due to intake of biochemic medicines for a long time? Here, on this page find medical advice for your queries.
I have been taking biochemic medicine for more than 5 years every day. It is called Bioplasma and sometime I use particular cell salts for recurring problems.
My blood report showed that I have high liver enzymes. I don't drink. I wonder if I have done drug toxicity in my blood by taking all the 5 phos every day for very long time. I don't see any other cause that would have elevated the liver enzymes. What is your suggestion should I stop biochemic medicine?
Elevated liver enzymes indicate inflammation or damage to cells in the liver. Inflamed or injured liver cells leak higher amounts of some specific chemicals, including liver enzymes, into the bloodstream. Because of this, elevated enzymes will come in blood report.
Elevated liver enzymes will be discovered during routine blood testing. Liver enzyme levels are only mildly and temporarily elevated. Most of the time, elevated liver enzymes don't indicate andy chronic and serious liver problem. You can stop biochemie medicine for some time and then get the blood report again.
Are you using the biochemie medicine under the supervision of a doctor or on your own.If you are using on your own please consult an MD general Physician and take his advise. If you are using the medicine as per the advice of a doctor tell him the problem and take his opinion. This will be the best course of action.
Bioplasma or cell salts are used widely to help in restoring function at the cellular level and hence people take it for a wide range of conditions including fatigue, stress, allergy, asthma and many others. The original cell salts are based on the studies by a German homeopath, Dr.W.Schuesler. The core 12 cell salts (phosphates, sulfates, chloride) are found in the cells of life forms, hence available like vitamins without any prescription.
Among the twelve salts sodium chloride and Sodium Sulfate both have high affinity for many organs including liver and pancreas. Both are supposed to improve liver function and drive out water. Sodium sulfate with other sulfates is often used as a laxative. There is some information that in general these products should not be used for more than 3 months without a break. You may need to give a break.
I would suggest that since these are like vitamins and supplements you can stop these for the time being. Consult a good Medical Gastroeneterologist who can assess you to look for causes of abnormal liver functions. The common cause seen are recent medications ( paracetamol, co-amoxiclav) or viral illness ( hepatitis A or B).
I'm sure he or she also will advise a repeat liver function tests after 4-6 weeks.
It would come down to the advise of stopping these cell salts, ruling out treatable causes of abnormal liver enzymes and periodic review/monitoring of liver function.
Thank you for your valuable advice. I very much appreciate it.
Our body - system works in somewhat different ways. The responsibility of the liver is many fold, extracting the valuable nutrients and minerals from the food and the energies so produced is transmitted to different organs for efficient functioning of the entire body.
Biolasma or cell salts are supposed to be tonics especially Kali - phos, Natrum - mur, Natrum - sulph, Mag - phos are quite benificial for strengthening the body cells. But it is not essential that all the 12 biochemic salts are needed at a time. The engymes of the livers SGOT and SGPT may react vigorously and these engymes may shoot up by way of unnessarily administration of such salts.
You may discuss with your Homoeopathic - doctor and take his suggestion in this regard. Alternatively discontinue the same and after a month get your blood tested for the elevation of liver engine. It would restore to normalcy by that time.
Biochemical medicines are based on the effect of certain chemical salts or compounds on the body. This method of treatment resembles with homeopathy though there are subtle differences. While in homeopathy there are hundreds of medicines but in Biochemical it is limited to a combination of 12 salts only.
Anyway whether it is homeopathy or Biochemical, these are basically an alternative form of medicine system and their efficacy can not be claimed with certainty in all the cases.
You have to get all lever tests and take the opinion of the doctor on this.
Meanwhile there are certain things which a patient has to observe and that is basically managing ones food type. One must avoid or limit fatty, sugary, processed items, meat, spices, oil etc. At the same time take foods high in antioxidants, high in fiber, leafy green vegetables, etc. Drinking lot of water is also advisable. | 2019-04-19T16:50:47 | https://www.indiastudychannel.com/experts/43959-Biochemic-medicine-for-high-liver-enzymes.aspx |
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The story of women's struggle foe equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organisation but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.
There has been so much written on the subject of sexism, misogyny and feminism of late. Three cheers to all those who have written so eloquently on the subject lately without turning it into a competition.
It concerns me however that in a lot of the comments on blogs, newspaper items, tweets and discussions, a number of women start their comment with 'I'm not a feminist, but…' or 'I'm not an avid feminist, but…' while agreeing with the writer or commentator about the deplorable state of affairs for women.
I became a feminist (or at least with the benefit of hindsight, became a feminist) at the age of eight, when I was expelled from Brownies for refusing to earn my badges for sewing, craft, and various other 'feminine' pursuits. Actually the truth is it was probably writing 'Brown Owl is a bum' in chalk on the footpath Brown Owl walked on her way home, after getting into trouble for that attitude that got me expelled but I took a stand. You see the Brownie hut was next door to the Scout Den and they got to build fires and canoes. I didn't understand why I couldn't do that. I can still build the BEST fire but don't ask me to sew on a button.
From a young age I was aware of discrimination — at high school being made to do Mothercare lessons which again I eventually refused to do. I went to university and studied law. In one of my first lectures the male lecturer told us how much a degree would be worth over the course of our careers, but added it wasn't as important for the female students because we could always just marry a lawyer. My complaint to the Dean went nowhere.
EVERY woman who believes that equal work deserves equal pay is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes workplaces should not be places of fear just because of your gender is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes promotion should be on merit and nothing else is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes that girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan deserve the right to go to school without fear of being shot at is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes that women have the right to choose whether or not to have a baby is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes no one should suffer through a violent relationship out of fear and want to help that woman is a feminist.
EVERY woman who believes she has the right to walk home after a night out without having to fear sexual assault is a feminist.
AND – EVERY man who believes these things is a feminist too.
You don't need to be feisty about it, grow armpit hair, hold placards or write articles. But you can if you want to. You can call it as you see it without the need to apologise for your views. You can do it quietly or loudly. You just need to do it, and be proud of it.
There are lots of disagreements amongst feminists about what it takes to be one and they are always interesting discussions. These are just my simple rules. I think we're all feminists and I'm proud to be one.
Thanks to Destroy The Joint for publishing this cartoon in 2013.
Happy International Women's Day tomorrow! | 2019-04-20T02:37:28 | http://www.margaretjolly.com.au/60/Blog/category/26/career |
This home is almost completely enveloped by the vegetation which surrounds it, and is perched at the edge of a still lake. Covering an area of 160 m2, it is located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and was designed by CAPD Architects in 2016.
The home is surrounded by perfectly manicured green gardens, and it also has a small terrace overlooking the lake.
In the second level, accessed by small stairs that connect both levels, we find the rest of the rooms.
This level not only has the living room, the kitchen, and the dining room, but also the four bedrooms and a single bathroom.
The social areas – living room, kitchen and dining room – all share the same space. Populated by scarce and reduced furniture, the intention here was to keep the décor simple and refrain from overwhelming it.
The floor traces a line dividing each space from the rest. A line of narrow windows runs from one side of the room to the other, allowing both light and fresh air to flow through the room.
The house has two levels, the first of which holds only the garage and a small service area.
The small bedrooms with wooden floors hold just the right amount of furniture.
The bathroom is characterized by simple lines, with white walls and wooden cabinets.
In the evenings, and with the lake as witness, we can watch as the sky turns a variety of colors with each coming sunset from the terrace. | 2019-04-21T20:50:03 | https://www.homedsgn.com/japanese-house-designed-capd-architects/ |
Residuals and Biosolids Conference 2019 attendees will have many opportunities to learn about the latest in managing wastewater treatment byproducts. The Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.) and International Water Association (London) are organizing the event with the Florida Water Environment Association and The Water Research Foundation (Denver).
The conference will be co-located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with the WEF Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Symposium. | 2019-04-22T23:56:29 | https://news.wef.org/residuals-and-biosolids-conference-offers-many-opportunities-to-learn/ |
If you are looking for advice on your GDPR Compliance, take note that anyone talking about fines or suggesting, still, that everything is about gaining consent should perhaps be given a wide berth, as this is not the reality.
Corrective measures, of which fines are one, will be determined by national supervisory authorities – the Information Commissioner’s Office, the ICO, in the UK.
Other measures may include imposing restrictions on processing data, reprimands or a requirement to achieve compliance. In our view, the real risk is the publicity around such failings, which may just be a disgruntled individual sharing their disappointment via social media – clearly a competitive advantage for those rival businesses that take compliance seriously. And, perhaps, this is the real issue; reading last week that 82% of individuals will look to exercise their new-found rights under GDPR, post-May, it’s how businesses will be judged when it comes to good management of the data that they process; much of which will be clients’/customers’ and numerous contacts that are highly valuable to their organisation. Why would you not wish to be seen as leading the way in your sector on good data management?
Of course, we are seeking that, many remain confused about where to start with GDPR and what steps they should be taking – one of the most overlooked aspects of GDPR is the need for many to demonstrate compliance; we have therefore adopted a practical approach to GDPR, using our GDPR Toolkit, with follow-up support to assist businesses over the next 100 days. The worry should not be around fines but instead a much greater risk; your rivals gaining a competitive advantage, within your sector, over you!
If you are still unsure where to start, and would like some practical help on your GDPR process, sign up for our Practical GDPR Workshops, seek a copy of our GDPR Toolkit or contact us for an initial discussion about where you are now and what steps you can take to be ready by 25 May 2018. | 2019-04-24T18:25:05 | https://solicitorstitle.co.uk/gdpr-truth-fines/ |
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Ted Greene Little League is continually looking for dedicated individuals who are interested and willing to volunteer. Contact any board member and let them know what your "talent" is: managing, coaching, score keeping, organizing and/or cleaning. Remember "It takes a village....." and together we can make Ted Greene Little League #1!!!
AND...don't forget a new board is elected each year. If you are interested in serving on the Board for Ted Greene Little League, ask a current board member any questions you may have. There are several positions to fill every year! The more help the board acquires, the more smoothly the seasons run! Join the team, working for the players to better our league is an exciting and rewarding experience! | 2019-04-23T12:23:04 | https://www.leaguelineup.com/topnews.asp?url=tedgreene&itemid=433300 |
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There is no golden rule when it comes to do-it-yourself maintenance for your vacation rental; some people can wield power tools like a pro while others are barely comfortable lifting a screwdriver.
Whether you look after your own property maintenance depends on your availability and comfort level, but if you’re handy around the house and have a good selection of tools, some DIY projects can save you money. Others, however, could leave you open to liability.
While you should make sure you’re up-to-speed with any local bylaws and regulations, there is one key deciding factor when it comes to working on your vacation rental: Whichever is the safest option for both you and your future guests.
Just like your family home, scheduling preventative maintenance will help save you in repair costs down the road — not to mention the inconvenience if something happens while your house is rented. As we’ve blogged about in the past, good housekeeping matters. A well-maintained house is a critical part of keeping your rental property looking good.
When doing your regular maintenance, keep an eye out for anything that looks out of the ordinary; central to this whole plan is catching issues before they become major problems.
If you spot anything that needs to be fixed, Better Homes and Gardens magazine suggests asking these questions before deciding who will do the work.
Who has the most experience? This is where your comfort level factors in; if you’re handy, once you think the project through, it may be worth your time to do it yourself. Otherwise, it’s often best to go with the more experienced pro.
What are the consequences of mistakes? Always remember: Safety first! Caulking is a pretty low-impact task, but installing new ceiling lights can cause a host of problems if done incorrectly.
What is the most reasonably-priced option? Do a price comparison between the professionals and buying the materials yourself; doing a project yourself can sometimes save you money, but first impressions can also be deceiving. Even if you have time to spare to do the work yourself, once you’ve purchased any needed tools and materials you may find that the cost difference is relatively negligible.
What is the time-frame for a remodeling job? For example, if a pro would take three days but you might take a full month, consider the impact of the time difference — both to your other commitments and upcoming rentals.
If you’re having problems with your electrical system, bring in a licensed professional.
Not only can you cause significant problems if you don’t know what you’re doing, like electrocution or fire, but the finished work must be inspected. Skipping over this could impact your insurance coverage or even resale value.
Plumbing is another area where, if things go wrong, resulting problems can cause a range of issues from flooding and clogging to major leaks.
Some basic maintenance, like unclogging drains, may be fine on your own. However, you should consider a licensed tradesperson for anything more significant.
Doing your own maintenance can, with some projects, impact your insurance rates or coverage for better or for worse.
Some obvious red flags are electrical and plumbing projects, but some yardwork may also be best handled by an outside company.
For example, what if a heavy winter storm affects a large tree on your property: The tree hasn’t fallen over, but you know it needs to be removed. When spring comes around, you debate removing the tree yourself or hiring a pro. Your chainsaw may be just as good as theirs, but what if the tree falls on your house? What if you throw out your back?
It’s also important to note that not all maintenance projects can cause your rates to go up; some simple steps can actually cut your insurance bill.
Switching to deadbolt locks on exterior doors.
These are all small maintenance tasks, but each can have an impact on your bottom line.
Are there any lessons you’ve learned about maintenance tasks that are better left to professionals, or tips for the do-it-yourself crowd?
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Time after time, several cleaning brands BOMA cooperates with pushed advertising about tracking tools for their cleaning machines. This triggered the IT team to look into these solutions a little deeper. After doing some research the tools seemed rather expensive. What worried BOMA more was that implementing these tools meant having a different tool for each different brand of cleaning machines. In other words, it meant fragmented data.
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The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (during kharif 2016) and Weather-based Crop Insurance Scheme (kharif 2007–kharif 2014) are assessed by considering a set of performance indicators, namely average sum insured per insured cropped area, percentage of loanee and non-loanee farmers covered, average area insured per farmer, total claim ratio, farmer claim ratio, premium as percentage of sum insured, gross profit to insurance agencies. The study finds that claim payout can increase farmers’ coverage under PMFBY while subsidy and actuarial premium rate significantly impact farmers’ coverage for WBCIS. However, as recourse to complement the performance of two schemes, we propose a total insurance package like seed insurance through replanting guarantee programme, crop cycle insurance, prepaid insurance card, to name a few.
The creation of the National Agricultural Market in India is a welcome move against the backdrop of the agricultural produce marketing committee reforms, 2013 and APMC Model Act 2003. With the twin objectives of spot price discovery and real-time price dissemination, the NAM is aimed at introducing a technology-enabled trading environment at regulated markets and integrate primary and secondary markets at the regional and national levels. To improvise the market structure, appointing a diverse and discursive group of market agencies/service providers is essential.
Various opportunities accompany the merger of the Securities Exchange Board of India with the Forward Markets Commission, as announced in the 2015-16 union budget. At the same time, important regulatory and developmental challenges have to be overcome for instilling efficiency in the market, along with promoting investor protection. Whether the merger is the beginning of financial market regulatory convergence or merely a "one-off" incident can only be known with developments over time. Similar types of opportunities and challenges may arise in generally adopting regulatory convergence in India. | 2019-04-20T03:04:29 | https://www.epw.in/author/kushankur-dey |
An elderly couple transported to the hospital Tuesday morning after their home caught fire is recovering and should be fine according to their granddaughter.
Atonya Denton, granddaughter of Billy and Betty Caldwell, said Billy is out of the hospital and Betty is still recovering at Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport in the intensive care unit for burns.
Out of more than 13,000 young women across the nation who competed for the opportunity, Hope Anderson was one of 53 competitors at the 2012 Miss America pageant.
Anderson, the 2011 Miss Spirit of Ruston and 2012 Miss Louisiana, competed Jan. 13-14 in Las Vegas, Nev., with the hope of becoming the next Miss America.
Ruston residents will have the opportunity to experience the musical skills of an East Coast gospel group this weekend.
The Down East Boys will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday night at North Hodge Church of God.
The group has been in operation for more than 30 years, and all four group members have ties to men who have been in and out of the group in previous years, said Stuart Cary, bass singer for the group.
Sumeet Dua, the Upchurch Endowed Professor of Computer Science and coordinator of information technology research at Louisiana Tech University, has co-edited a new book on computational modeling methods that can help ophthalmologists develop innovative computer systems to provide critical support and better care options for patients.
Wildflower Montessori School has started strong in 2012.
At the Black Box in Ruston, we gathered with WMS families and friends, sipped hot chocolate and enjoyed cookies, while listening to stories of Christmas. It was such a treat, and one that we hope to continue in the future.
Cedar Creek School has released the names of those students who achieved the honor roll in the second nine-week grading period.
Each year a number of outstanding individuals are honored during the Ruston-Lincoln Chamber of Commerce annual gala.
These are residents who have gone above and beyond for the betterment of their community.
One of the most prestigious honors a Lincoln Parish resident can obtain is the Robert E. Russ Award, which is named for Ruston’s founder.
When the Daily Leader published its quarterly Living Well magazine last Sunday, it included a story about creating and maintaining strong marital relationships.
The new year has begun. There will be many new faces in the state legislature that will soon convene to enact and amend laws that will impact our lives. This is also a year in which the state constitution requires that all residential and commercial properties must be reassessed to determine their current values for property tax purposes. The quadrennial reassessment ritual always coincides with the arrival of new legislators. | 2019-04-25T08:11:19 | https://www.rustonleader.com/archive/article/2012/1/19 |
You might know peppy Nintendo game designer Eiji Aonuma as the man in charge of all things Zelda. You might also know that he came up underneath the tutelage of Shigeru Miyamoto, the man who created Mario. But did you know that Aonuma isn’t that good at games featuring the company’s most iconic character?
Aonuma’s been working on the Legend of Zelda franchise for 17 years. It’s not unreasonable to think he might want to do something else one day. When I asked him what Nintendo franchise he could see himself working on next, he let me know it probably wouldn’t be the one with the “It’s-a Me!” guy.
Kotaku: What Nintendo franchise would you want to tackle next?
Aonuma: It wouldn’t be Mario because I’m not any good at that type of jumping game.
Kotaku: There are different reflexes involved there. What about Pikmin? There’s some similarities there. There’s a lot of exploration and a focus on figuring out the gameworld.
Aonuma: When I look at Pikmin, I feel like it’s something that kind of comes out of a lot of the ideas for Zelda. I think that is what happened with in Mr. Miyamoto’s head. If I made a Pikmin game it might turn into a Zelda game. Zelda is the main thing I’m really interested in.
So, good news if you happen to like Aonuma’s stewardship of Link’s adventures. He wants to stick around. | 2019-04-20T19:34:34 | https://kotaku.com/you-might-know-peppy-nintendo-game-designer-eiji-aonum-1449202313 |
Blog posts about good Business Class sales between Europe and Asia usually center around Qatar Airways and, occasionally, Finnair....but this time neither of those airlines is involved. Surprisingly, at least to me, SkyTeam is currently offering a selection of excellent Business Class fares between Warsaw and various cities in Asia.
In the first of today's fare alerts I posted fares between Seattle and Shanghai/Beijing for the last three months of 2015. The most direct fares were with Hainan and Delta but American Airlines had a fantastic milage-run-worthy fare which came out to just 4.4c/mile. | 2019-04-22T18:46:15 | https://travelingformiles.com/category/airlines/china-southern/ |
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DUTCH: A gunman has opened fire inside a tram and at several other locations in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Several people have been injured and one is feared to have died.
Counter-terror police reportedly say the shooting “appears to be a terrorist attack”.
The threat level has been temporarily raised to its highest point in the province of Utrecht.
Utrecht University has reportedly closed all buildings, with nobody allowed in or out. Trains are also not allowed to run into Utrecht Central station, and mosques across the city have reportedly been closed due to security concerns.
Heavily armed police reportedly gathered outside a house on a street near the 24 Oktoberplein junction, where the tram attack took place. | 2019-04-22T06:43:23 | https://theleaders-online.com/utrecht-tram-shooting-multiple-people-hurt-in-dutch-incident/ |
Federal Member for Hasluck, Ken Wyatt MP, said the Morrison Government’s reforms to child care were driving down out-of-pocket costs for parents in Hasluck.
Mr Wyatt said since our Government’s Child Care Subsidy was introduced on 2 July 2018, out-of-pocket child care costs for families had reduced by 10.4 per cent.
“The Morrison Government is providing record funding and greater support to families in Hasluck as part of its new Child Care Package, including the Child Care Subsidy,” Mr Wyatt said.
“Our Government’s Child Care Subsidy ensures families in Hasluck earning the least and working the most are supported to access the child care they need.
“The Morrison Government’s child care reforms are leaving more dollars in the pockets of Hasluck’s families, which we can afford to do because we’re keeping our economy strong. | 2019-04-20T08:12:43 | https://www.kenwyatt.com.au/local-news-2/2019/2/6/driving-down-cost-of-child-care-in-hasluck |
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The historic district, which is centered on the intersection of South Broadway and Ferry Street, consisted of more than 800 19th and early 20th-century housing units, mostly row houses when it was listed in the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 1990. It also included some closed factories and commercial properties, and Sacred Heart Church.
While few have seen hope for this neighborhood, two organizations, the Heart of Camden and Jersey Counseling and Housing Development, have been breathing life into its housing stock. Together they have rehabilitated rough one-quarter of the units.
But the City, together with the South Jersey Port Corporation, wants to convert Waterfront South to industrial use. A block-long strip of rowhouses on Arlington Street west of South Broadway has already been demolished, and the city planner recently announced plans to demolish roughly the half of the district that lies east of South Broadway.
The State has promised some funding for rehabilitation of affordable housing in South Camden as part of its major investment in the redevelopment of Camden. But so far no money has been delivered. A state historic rehabilitation tax credit would also be of tremendous help to this neighborhood. The longer rehabilitation is delayed, the more vulnerable the neighborhood becomes. PNJ sees no reason why this residential neighborhood that played an important part in Camden’s past should not be part of its future.
Chris Auth, Heart of Camden Inc. | 2019-04-18T16:43:11 | https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/south-camden-historic-district/ |
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Writing is arguably the critical ingredient to how we think and learn. If you can’t write about something coherently and intelligibly, then your thinking on that topic or subject is vague and incomplete.
Similarly, I’d argue writing is a key aspect to personal and professional organization too. Often through lists, note-taking, project management tools, or a process journal, we write out our plans, goals, intentions and other aspects that clarify what we want to accomplish. Writing allows us to express vague feelings and turn them into intentions and goals.
Writing is also a way to keep track of things. It is argued that written language evolved largely as a mean to help us keep track of early business transactions. Writing is central factor in externalizing our memory. It also provides how we pass knowledge from generation to generation.
Over the years, I’ve used a number of tools to help me write, learn, and stay organized. I recently migrated off of Evernote. I elected not to switch to another note-taking app and instead started using just plain text files.
Plain text will never require a subscription, lock away features, or go out of business. It’s free and here forever.
Flexibility: Open Them Anywhere: Plain text files are the most flexible file format we have. They can be opened by hundreds, if not thousands, of applications. Since they are a basic component of computers, you can even open them on the computer command line.
No New Tools: We all get excited by new stuff, and for productivity junkies, we perk up with excitement to try out a new piece of software. Unfortunately tools come and go, and switching system can be wasteful and counterproductive. Switching to plain text means you never need to migrate to a new tool.
Portability: By portability I mean that your files can be moved to and from different operating systems, platforms and devices and you can still open them. Whether you are on a Mac, Linux, Windows or some future tool, you’ll be able to open and edit your plain text files there.
Future-Proof: A while back I discovered several writings I did in high school using Windows 95 and a version of Microsoft Word. While I was able to eventually open the files, the formatting had been lost. This revealed a potential danger in locking your words into a format that may not be around forever. Fortunately, while other file formats may come and go, plain text files will remain.
Trackable: While self-tracking may not be a priority for everyone, if you are someone like me who likes to track, plain text files provide the most trackable file format. As I’ll share in detail in a separate post, plain text files allows you to leverage Git, a common code management system, to track your notes and writings. This lets you see your daily changes in topics and word counts as well as the evolution of your notes, projects and manuscripts. You can see a git-based notes tracking script example here.
There are also notable concerns with using plain text files. Chief among them is the requirement for more personal discipline and personal organization. By not using someone else’s designed setup, you have to make your own choices on how to stay organized.
Less Unified, Weaker User Experience: Unlike a complete note-taking or writing tool like Evernote, Ulysses, or Simple Note, editing and managing plain text files can feel more fragmented. Instead of a single app, you just have a bunch of files. This can make it feel less unified and provide a weaker user experience. Several tools, like The Archive and nvALT, provide organizationaltog solutions on-top of plain text files. These include file and tag search. This brings much of the same feel and user experience as a complete note-taking tool, while keeping all of your files in plain text.
Poorly Designed Tools for Writers and Note-Takers: Historically plain text editors were developed for software engineers and coders. Most are (or were) free or open source. This focus on writing code and being open source has resulted in many plain text editors that are not very attractive or well-designed for writers. They can be a bit intimidating to use too. Fortunately, with the rise of markdown many new and beautiful editors have appeared.
Search and Discoverability Challenges: For me the key disadvantage since switching to plain text files has been search and discoverability. Since its indexing and search functionality was so strong, Evernote Search allowed you to get away with loose or poor note organization. You didn’t need to be that organized since search could still find what you were looking for. Plain text files can also be searched but the results are not as strong as other tools. Personally, I’ve realized that search may not be the best solution for dealing with a complex and growing network of notes and writings. As such search is not as important for me.
Requires More Personal Discipline and Organizational Habits: Like a junk drawer or an unsorted inbox, things can get get pretty disorganized using plain text files. By default plain text files setup does force any kind of structure. You’ll need to develop and follow your own process.
While it might seem like there are a lot of disadvantages or at least challenges to a plain text file-based setup, they might all be boiled down a singular question: How to stay organized with plain text files?
Let’s at check out a few plain text file tools first before returning to this question.
The great thing about working with plain text files is you can open them up on almost any tool. This makes it quick and easy to edit a document in the command line, on your phone or on any number of text or code editors.
While I listed “poorly designed” and “weak user experience” as one of the disadvantages to using plain text files and existing editors, this issue has started to change. In fact, due to the increased popularity of simple writing tool, there are a number of great plain text editors out there.
Along with The Archive, Typora is my primary plain text editor.
Typora provides both a great looking interface and smooth user experience. The layout and typography makes for a pleasurable appearance. Unlike most other editors, Typora hides the actual markdown as you write and shows you the preview of what you’ll see in the output. It’s much like a WYSIWYG (“What You See Is What You Get”) editor. You’ll need to get used to a few shortcuts to make the experience smooth, but once you get the hang of it, it really is a great way to write and edit plain text documents.
One of my favorite features with Typora is its ability to embed images. This allows me to include local and external images that are displayed seamlessly, much like other full-featured note-taking tools.
Typora is available for Mac, Windows and Linux and is under active development.
Keeping your notes organized and connected is one of the principal challenges to using plain text files. The Archive provides one of the best solutions so far.
Basically, after opening a directory of files, The Archive feels much like a normal note-taking app but uses any directory of files. You can search and open notes by file name or find related notes by a tag. You can add sidebar shortcuts to tags or specific searches, much like you would in a tool like Evernote. It also provides a simple and clean interface for editing plain text files or option to open an external editor.
The Archive is attempting to solve the problem of connecting together notes into a robust knowledge base using wiki-style links and tagging. So, if you’ve migrated your notes from a system with existing tags, then it should provide much of the same functionality you had before.
Embracing the philosophy of plain text files and tool independence, The Archive’s explicit focus is helping you build a Zettelkasten or Connected Knowledge System on top of your existing plain text files. We will explore several of these organizational aspects around plain text files below.
The creators of The Archive also provide a good intro to what is a Zettelkasten and a list of other compatible tools for a connected notes system using plain text files. Most notable are nvAlt and DevonThing.
The Archive is currently only available on Mac and is under active development.
There are a lot of markdown editors for iOS. You can view feature-by-feature breakdown of markdown apps here. I’ve tried several and found 1Writer to be the most complete solution. The editor itself is solid, and the preview option is great. But the real distinguishing feature is file search and tagging. 1Writer makes it easy to find files with a certain tag, view recently changed files or search. At present, I find the search function superior and faster on iOS to The Archive on Mac.
I don’t do much writing or permanent note-taking on Android. I mostly just jot notes into a standard note-taking app that I sync and process on the computer. That said, my preferred editor for Android right now is Monospace. It looks great and performs well. I also find Writer Plus to be another solid option.
Considering how active the space around plain text and markdown editors is, I highly recommend you do your own research and testing on the best markdown and plain text editor for you.
In a previous section, we left a question on the table, How to stay organized with plain text files? This question might be shortened to just: How to stay organized?
Personally, I’ve invested a lot of thought, testing, and writings to personal organization, and it’s been an important aspect of a productive and creative professional life. For me, the core of my productivity and note-taking systems have come from Getting Things Done (GTD), The Organized Mind, Wikipedia and, most recently, the Zettelkasten Method, which I covered in A Book Review of How To Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens.
Outcome Thinking: Think about what you want to accomplish. Every project, task or goal should clarify what you intend to accomplish.
Establish Next Actions: Figure out what is the next best action is on something and then do it.
Leverage External Systems: Our memories should not be the primary place where we store information or organize the things we need to do. Use a list, notebook, calendar or to-do list application to get stuff out of your head and into a system. In short, embrace tools that help you work best.
Develop Processes: Processes allow you to automate how you do something and remove the need to think too much. Much of what stresses us out about work are open threads and unprocessed items. We similarly struggle early on in a new job or facing a new type of task. In these situations, it’s best to spend some time learning and experimenting with processes. Once you figure out processes and flows to deal with any challenge, then you start to remove the start and automate a best way of doing something. This apply to nearly everything, like inbox emails, requests, information and other stuff. Research how others are doing but be willing to use your processes too.
Review and Reflect: Taking a step back, cleaning up and reviewing are critical to a robust organizational system. For me the best single thing I do is a Weekly Review.
Do the Work: Assuming you have a system, tools and processes, then it should empower you to not be stressed out, find a zen-like state and focus on the work.
These principles apply most directly to project and task management. The main tools I’ve used historically are Evernote, Todoist, and a Calendar. I still use Todoist as my GTD-inspired task manager as well as a way to track what I get done. In place of Evernote, I now use plain text files to accomplish many of the same roles, like outcome thinking, goal planning, clarifying next steps and periodic reviews.
The core organizational idea behind my plain text files-based notes, organization or writing system is this: uniquely named plain text files; files connected together using manual tagging and links between files; and files grouped into a few targeted directories by either project or purpose.
The only requirements of my notes and writing system are: 1. notes must have a permanent and unique identifier, and 2. they must be capable of being connected to other notes. The unique id is generated by a date timestamp, which by the passage of time means it won’t be repeated. Connections are provided through manual links between notes and by adding tags.
All files should have a unique file name.
There are various opinions on how best to name your files. For our needs, setting your own title won’t work, because you might change it one day. It might not be unique, especially if you occasional create similarly titled notes.
It might not seem obvious why you want your file names to be unique. A unique identifier is responsible for keeping that note separate from other notes and allows for connections between files. With a unique and immutable identifier you can separate that piece of content from everything else and you can be sure links to it will go to the right place.
So, the current best practice to use a unique name based on the datetime when you create that file. This results in files like 201902111136.md or 201603302120.txt.
A program like The Archive or 1Writer can be configured such that new files default to this naming convention. Additionally, you can use a bash script to automate creating unique plain text files.
While I recognize the need for unique filenames and believe that the file’s creation datetime is the best starting point, I still find it useful to have an indicative name or keyword as well. Without a keyword in the filename, search because a challenge.
Personally, the best file naming convention I’ve found includes a unique name based on the creation data with an optional keyword or short title after. This results in files that look like this: 201812182000_neurofeedback.md, 201602261908_My_Studies_Meta-Note.md, or 201901101453_model_of_habits.md.
This ensures a unique identifier with the datetime so you can reference and link to the file elsewhere as well as making file lookups faster from memory.
All notes should be linked to other pieces of information in your system.
Search and discoverability have always seemed key features for me when looking for a note taking and knowledge setup. But I’ve come to realize the the ease of search has resulted in significant cognitive overload later and a somewhat muddled way of organizing things overall.
With search we can often times can get to what we wanted, eventually. As one of the writers on Zettelkasten notes, search is like a shotgun. Sometimes it hits but it’s method is a wide blast and often times it’s just getting you a broad selection you still need to process through to find something. What we want is a sniper’s precision rather than a shotgun approach. Manual connections and proper tagging are the sniper and curator at its best.
My objective is to create a latticework of notes, much like how our brains work. What I’m building is a curated network of linked information. As such, we need consciously built connections for this to work.
There are a couple of practical ways to create connections between notes. If you are using a Zettelkasten tool like The Archive, you can use wiki-style links with double brackets. You can also use a full-qualified link to the file on your file system. Personally, I use both methods. In both cases I’ve literally connected pieces of information into a network that makes it easy to “dance” through referenced notes and related topics smoothly.
I believe all tags must also include at least one tag.
Tags are another form of organization. Unlike a folder or directory, tags are flat and non-hierarchical. Multiple notes will all reference a single tag. You can then do a search on a single or multiple tags to find all tagged content. Like a link, tags are a manual, curated process where you build out key connections in your network of notes.
Tags can be quite flexible, allowing you to build flexible groupings. Applying tags to certain notes allows you to reference a topic that may not even be mentioned in the note’s text.
While tagging can seem easy initially, as your system grows tagging can admittedly become rather huge and overwhelming, especially if you have dozens or hundreds of notes sharing the same tag. Tags remains one area where you likely should consider specialized tags based on the type of note. For example, a comprehensive summary note might be tagged #SummaryNote or a blog draft as #DraftWorking.
If you are a regular writer or note-taker, then it’s likely you have lots and lots of files and notes. In my own case, when I migrated off of Evernote, I ended up with 11,278 note files. That’s so many files that I couldn’t even use certain basic search functions on the command line. And since I had many different types of notes from personal writings and project notes to collected articles, journal entries and random thoughts, it was not immediately obvious how to organize all of these files.
Sure, everything was tagged, but where should everything go?
We often conflate working on our productivity system with actually being productive and working. They are not the same thing. In fact, how you stay organized should serve the outcomes you want to achieve (and not the other way around). As such, we need to remember that our file and notes system are for two purposes: organization and creation/learning.
This means we should develop and maintain a system that help us towards those two roles of planning and staying organizing and creating and learning stuff.
One of the key things I realized early on when I switched to plain text was that a lot of my notes didn’t serve either of these roles. Instead they just helped me collect stuff.
As a self-tracker and documenting guy, I love collecting stuff and tracking different aspects of my life. For example, automation tools like IFTTT and Zapier can make it seamless for me to pull in links, articles and clippings from tools like Todoist or Instapaper. Evernote and most note-taking tools also make it a tad too easily to be used for miscellaneous collecting. Once all of my notes were into plain text, I discovered how much of it was just collected stuff.
The key realization here is that your plain text files system should not just be another collection system. In fact, collecting and aggregating should be a minor aspect of what these systems should do. What our system should help us do is to learn, connect and create and to stay organized.
permanentFleeting Notes: These are the quick notes notes you capture while reading or learning. You jot-down them in a physical notebook while reading a book or article or watching a video online. A thought may come on a walk or on a commute that I record in an audio file or my phone’s notepad app. They are often just a rough concept you want to capture immediately. The intention isn’t permanence since eventually you process and transfer these fleeting notes into something more permanent, like an insight note.
Permanent Insight or Smart Notes: A smart note is a distilled, atomic idea you create in writing. They explain something in a concise and precise expression. You can’t just copy someone else’s way of putting it. You have to express in your own words and thoughts. The notes should be connected to other notes, tagged with key concepts, and include references to the related source material if possible. As I put in in A Book Review of How To Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens, “these permanent notes strive to be the stepping stone between our fleeting notes from what we read and our eventual creative production.” These notes can be used as both a form of elaborative learning and to provide processed knowledge notes for on-going use in your thinking and creating.
Project Notes: These are meta-level, organizational notes. They can used for both professional and personal projects, initiatives, goals, studies, etc. These notes often include lists, plans, to-do’s, personal reflections, and references to follow up on. It might be a process journal for initial drafting, planning, and thinking through. They often serve as a way to reflect about the work. The work itself is covered in actual writings, insight notes or elsewhere. For me project notes have a list of next actions and links at the top and a journal of progress below.
Actual Writings (or Creation Notes): These are the actual things you create. This includes drafts, manuscripts, scripts, dialogues, published writings, or whatever you target output is. This is where you do the work.
Structure Notes: Sometimes called Summary Notes, Outlines, Index Files and Theme, these notes often serve as an entry point into a specific topic or area. It might be an early draft too. It includes unsorted list of links to the various notes related to that topic or a more sorted outline format. These notes typically service as a high-level organizational tool and intermediary step between insight notes and a manuscript or creation. Depending on the project, they might also be combined with the project notes.
Collection (or “Collector”) Notes: These are random assortments of links, highlights, clippings, and quotes from books, articles and online material. I find that they are best kept separate to avoid polluting your organizational, learning and creation notes with unprocessed stuff. It is nice to have them available when you want to check a reference or find a specific quote from a book or article. These collected bits should not be the goal of your system.
With these note types, I’m now better at staying organized and at using certain notes towards their intended purpose.
For example, my reflection on a goal or project is best separated from the work like writing on that project. This is actually how writers like John Steinbeck worked. They had the book they were writing and a separate meta or process journal or letters to friends describing the effort and challenges of that project.
Similarly, it doesn’t make sense to mix my actual study notes with the meta-level note on the goal-striving related to those studies. Their roles are separate so it makes sense to split up the notes.
This realization has lead to the primary way of separating notes into directories.
Now that we’ve defined our core note types, we can then think about where those files should go and how to organize them.
While we’ve set a few key requirements around filenames and organizational aspects and with tags and direct links, we haven’t talked about how best to group and organize all of your notes.
Some argue in favor of splitting notes into different projects and areas, while others believe it is best to keep everything in a single system, like a Luhmnan’s Zettelkasten. In general it is best to not split your notes into too many subdirectories or sub-projects. this leads to notes getting buried and lost.
In view of my goal of a networked system of notes, my notes work best all together, linked through flexible structures like tags and direct links.
The one exception is your “collector notes,” which I’d say are best kept entirely separate. These notes are other people’s words, pollute search and distract from the importance of putting things in your own words.
For the other notes, keep as many of the notes as you can together and use tagging as main way of staying organized.
My Archive: This is where my writings, insight or smart notes, and summary notes go. This is where I do my work. Since writing involves using my insight notes, it makes sense to have them in a unified setup.
My Project Notes: This is where all of my notes on projects, initiatives, goals and progress logs are kept. I typically have a separate notes for each project, learning area, or goal. Inside I have a list of next actions and important links at the top, and at the bottom, I have a process journal recording my progress and reflections.
Coder Notes: If you have a specialty area for your work or a personal project, it might make sense to keep a unique directory to store your work. As a software developer, I find it best to separate out my engineer notes and cheatsheets from my other notes. Actual projects are still thought-through using project notes and tasks go into separate tool, but I keep my general notes on the work log and technologies involved here.
The Collected Stuff Directory: Beyond these core three, I also have a directory entitled z_collected. This is where clippings from articles and kindle readings go. It’s also where I have stored my legacy notes, unsorted stuff, and past articles. For example, I use some python code to take Kindle clippings from each book I read and convert them into a separate note. I have another script that takes highlights from Instapaper articles I read too. These are nice things to have but best kept separate.
Arguably I could go and either combine all of my notes into a single directory or further refine my notes into additional subdirectories. I find that the current separation works well for me.
It separates out three key areas of my life and work. I have notes about my projects and goals, which serve meta-level organizational objectives; I have my writings and learning notes in a single knowledge and creation base, which allows for an organic and connective approach to learning and writing; and I have my coder notes to follow my technology work. Overall, this division is a good conceptual division too. It also makes it possible to track the evolution of each of these areas separately.
There is a lot more that I could share related how I take and manage specific types of notes. For now, I’ll have to leave these topics for future posts.
My main advice here is to realize that notes and writing serve different purposes. You generally want all of your notes together and to use manual connections and flexible tagging to serve as your primarily organizational methods. When developing your own setup, define specific note types towards your creative and your organizational goals.
My goal was not to replace Evernote but to evolve my system. My objective was to reconsider my organization, writing, and how I capture, process and use bits of information productively, creatively and meaningfully.
When I migrated all of my notes off of Evernote and into plain text, I wasn’t looking to repeat what I had done before: Create a convenient, grab-bag collection of notes, articles, writings and project ideas. Instead, I wanted to “evolve my system.” The current working result is what I call a plain text life.
At its core are simple plain text files that are future-proof and flexible. I write my files in markdown. These files can be opened up on any device and edited on any number of text editors. Currently my two favorites are Typora and The Archive.
The real challenge has been and remains: How to stay organized? This isn’t merely a question of information management and note-taking but of learning, memory and human creativity.
So far, a few practical, organizational principles have emerged.
First, all files need a unique name. My current preference is a combination of a unique datetime and an indicative keyword or title. This second feature enables easily file look-ups.
Second, all files should be connected to other files through direct links as well as an evolving system of tags. While it’s possible to have notes that aren’t linked to others, what we are building should hint at the flaw in this. It would be like having a single neuron storing a single memory but not connected to anything else. The memory neuron would be useless since it wouldn’t be connected or retrievable. It’d be a memory you could never get to. Notes should aim to be interconnected.
Third, strive to keep all files together in as few directories as possible. This is both practical and conceptually. Practically, fewer directories forces you to develop an interconnected network, rather than sub-divided directories. Files come into contact and become more meaningful when interlinked. Conceptually, I define and divide things using a different note types and a few directories according to my primary use cases: learning/writing, organization/projects/goals and coder notes. This corresponds with how the plain text life applies to my work as such as a writer, engineer, and life-long learner. There are a lot of ways to organize information and knowledge and I encourage you to explore your own way.
This final point leads me again to ponder the question of organization. It’s a question that I suspect will continue to haunt me going forward too. To repose the question: What is the best way to organize information, knowledge or our creative work, especially in view of our goal of creative output?
In writing this post, I realize that at times I may have come off as a “comprehensive,” “systematic” or all knowing. This was more about my trying to encompass and write about a range of topics, rather than some claim at the definitive answer. Learning and creativity are complex topics. Both are still being actively studied by researchers today and much still needs to be explored before we can claim a definitive understanding of how thinking works.
That said, at least two key aspects from the research stand out to me when it comes to learning and creativity. Those are network and complexity. Basically our brains work through a network of connections. As we learn, we build connections between chunks of information. Complexity defines that fact that we can never reduce it to its individual aspects and instead properties and new aspects emerge from that complexity and network. In our brains, as a complex network of ideas emerge, these existing and emergent connections enable us to learn, think and create. We are the product of complex, internal neurological networks.
In this same spirit, my notes system strives to emulate and evolve as a complex network of notes too. The organizational structure holds similar assumptions such that notes should be linked together and exist as part of a complex network of interconnections.
This complex, connective approach to notes means we must largely move beyond any attempt at hierarchy. Notes will never fully or completely be ordered and organized. This includes knowledge and smart notes, written drafts and organizational project notes. We must accept them as a network since it’s from this network where emergent, magical things happens, like thinking, learning and creativity. In our notes and writing systems, we must embrace the network and endeavor to write and create notes much like how our brains works: as a complex latticework of connections. | 2019-04-26T10:01:51 | http://www.markwk.com/plain-text-life.html |
2013 will be the 25th running of the Holme Valley Junior Schools Summer Cross Country League races. We had a record entry in 2012, with 1176 children entered.
The school will enter your child. Entries from individuals will not be accepted unless they are home-educated, in which case email us and we can see what we can do.
When entries are sent in, it is essential that it is clear which category your school falls into, so please tell us, see below for categories.
Rules - Sorry but there have to be some !!!
For the open team awards it will be the first 4 runners to count in each race and there will also be a runners up team award. For the small school awards it will the first 3 runners to count in each race. As last year if a small school wins the open team award and the small team award, they can only take one award, which will be the most prestigious, this being the open award. The small team award will then pass on to the second placed small school.
Please do not allow supporters to cross the course interfering with runners.
Wearing of spikes is strictly forbidden due to the possible danger to other runners in crowded conditions.
Failure to abide by these two safety critical rules could lead to disqualification from the event or loss of points for the school.
On race day the Teacher or person responsible of each school group collects the race numbers and safety pins. The collection point will at the front of the Neiley Pavilion situated in the corner of the field.
Notice for Teachers : Please make sure your students know where you will be to collect numbers from. Good idea to carry an umbrella or a banner on a pole, just something to make you stand out from the crowd. Don't forget there will in excess of 1,000 people on the field !!!
Please make sure that the number is securely pinned to the front of each competitor and that it is clearly visible.
This year we are trying to reduce the amount of printing and so one weatherproof number will issued. This number and safety pins must be kept and brought back for each of the three races.
Please if any child retires during the race please inform someone at the finish so that the race number can be checked off.
There will be separate races for boys and girls each split into 2 age groups: Years 3 & 4 in one race and 5 & 6 in another.
The year 3 – 4 course is one lap and is approximately 1080m long.
The year 5 – 6 children run two laps of a slightly different course, which is 1827m.
Toilets are available in the pavilion.
Car Parking will be on the hard play area accessed through the gate on Gynn Lane, Honley, close to its junction with New Mill Road. If that parking is unusable due to the weather, the Head of Honley High School, has kindly agreed to allow us to use the car parking at the school, which is accessed off Station Road. In either case road signs and marshals will assist. There must be no parking on the main road.
For a location map, see the How to find us page.
Plaques to the first 3 children in each of the 4 race categories and a cup/shield to be held for 1 year.
4th, 5th and 6th overall each receive a medal.
Overall: The first four finishers from each school in each race will comprise an overall team.
First overall receives a shield to be held for 1 year.
2nd receive a runners up shield to be held for 1 year.
Small school: The first three finishers comprise the team. The winning team will receive a shield to be held for 1 year.
If a small or medium school wins an overall award, they can only take one award. This will be the most prestigious, i.e. either the overall or 1st in their schools category. The relinquished award would then pass to the second place in the category. | 2019-04-19T17:07:55 | http://holmfirthharriers.com/neiley |
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Designed to help expectant mothers embrace pregnancy as an opportunity for spiritual growth, A Catholic Mother's Companion to Pregnancy prepares mothers for the trials and joys of pregnancy, childbirth, baptism, and, ultimately, motherhood. | 2019-04-20T14:40:13 | https://www.tumblarhouse.com/products/a-catholic-mothers-companion-to-pregnancy-sarah-reinhard |
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So, I was determined this year to make a gluten-free dairy-free option. The original recipe called for a family sized package of Oreos, 8 oz of cream cheese and dipping chocolate. You could totally swap out the Oreos with gluten-free “Oreos” but they all had ingredients I didn’t love. So instead I used Simple Mills crunchy double chocolate cookies. Now there’s ingredients I can get behind! So easy team! You can use mint or peppermint extract, depending on the season. These are easily made ahead and stored in the freezer for up to a few months. One of our all time faves and only 4 ingredients. Wahoo!
1/2 teaspoon mint or peppermint extract optional but highly recommended!
Put cookies in a food processor and process until all crumbs. Add in 6oz (3/4 of an 8oz carton) dairy-free cream cheese and extract, and pulse until mixture is combined and forms a large ball. Mixture should not be crumbly and hold together, but not be to sticky to form into balls.
Form small balls of cookie mixture (*a great part to let kids help with!) and place them on a tray sprayed with cooking spray to prevent sticking. Freeze until hard (30 min-hour).
Repeat with all frozen cookie balls. Top with decorative chocolate, nuts, or melted chocolate squiggles. Store in the freezer or fridge. | 2019-04-19T13:25:21 | https://wholefoodfor7.com/paleo-mint-oreo-truffles/ |
Use this forum to talk about discoveries and theories about life in space.
As far as theories or at least pure speculations about life in space are concerned mine is that the highest probability is that there is no currently viable life in the Solar System apart from on Earth and perhaps the remnants of a sneeze on the Moon, but that in 100 years there will be Earth-originated life forms in every feasibe niche in the solar system from Mercury out to the Kuiper Belt, but only if proto-intelligent life develops on Earth within the next ten to twenty years.
I think we are about to discover that "life" is the norm. Given enough time, a self-replicating molecule will develop and take over the environment, extending to all locations where survival is remotely possible. From there, evolution will take over and the life-form will mutate to survive changes.
I expect we will eventually find something on Mars. Whether it will be soon enough to determine that it is not from Earth, accidentally polluting the planet, is problematic.
I expect something to be under the ice on the moons of Saturn.
Any star systems that can remotely support life, will.
The question remains, when will we find something we can communicate with? The answer, certainly not before we learn that the world around us is teeming with life-forms that we would be amazed with, once we learn that they think, too.
Fraser, in my opinion there is a need to study and research for finding the live rains on other planets apart from earth, because if the regular raining on such xyz planet follows a possibility of finding life thereon, so the people from earth especially scientist has to search the possibilities of rains on the other planets, then it could be found a positive tool to search for life in space.
Rain is a precursor to a viable environment. It erodes whatever land surface there may be and supplies soluble nutrients to the oceans and streams. That is supposing that it is a water rain. It also leaches nutrients deeper into the surface, giving an environment for rooted plant life. It must be remembered that it can rain in a non-oxygen atmosphere. I don't think we would be ready to associate with methane-breathers. For a life-form to fit into our idea of "acceptable," it would first have to be an oxygen breather (making it something more than a biological curosity), then it would have to communicate, indicating awareness.
For any discovery to be of real interest to the average Joe, there has to be something to relate to Joe's existence. Something furry and cuddly, or big and dangerous. So, oxygen in the atmosphere is the first requirement.
If we find a life form on another planet it will be just a scientific curiosity.
Just as the Hyrdogen sulfhide life forms on earth are.
if we were to find a series of self replicating molecules on a methane atmosphere we would be very interested scientifically.
It would be of use to study them as a help for producing chemicals here that are of use to us, even in the nanotech area particularly.
I don't think we would be ready to associate with methane-breathers. | 2019-04-19T07:28:27 | https://forum.cosmoquest.org/archive/index.php/t-20820.html?s=be3c94e345b1f3b57a91771ec8365924 |
Zero Waste Would Mean a Zero Economy??
The head of a plastic bag industry group, whose full-time job consists of battling local bans on disposable grocery sacks, made a provocative observation to me about trash recently: Don’t be so quick to reject waste, he warned.
Equating green with economic ruin is a familiar refrain, of course, but this claim about waste is worth a hard look. Trash really is the biggest thing Americans make, and it tends to get bigger in good times while shrinking during recession. Does that mean, as counter-intuitive as it sounds, that garbage is good? Should the old saw about waste not, want not really be waste more, get more? Should Americans just chill out and revel in the fact that we are the most wasteful people on the planet, rolling to the curb 7.1 pounds of trash a day for every man, woman and child — a personal lifetime legacy of 102 tons of garbage each? Doesn’t that just show that we’re buying lots of stuff and living large?
Just the opposite. After immersing in the world of Garbology for the last year and a half I’ve learned some shocking truths about the high costs of our garbage. Here are some numbers to consider.
Americans make twice as much waste per person as in 1960. Most of the increase is from “instant trash’ — packaging, wraps, containers and bags, the biggest component of our garbage these days.
Garbage is our No. 1 export. Not computers, cars or planes. Our biggest export is the scrap paper and metal that China turns into products and packaging, which they sell back to us. America has turned itself into China’s trash compactor.
According to the best available data (from a biannual surveys of American landfills by Columbia University and the journal BioCycle), the average American makes 7.1 pounds of trash a day. That compares to 2.5 pounds per person in Japan.
The Johnsons’ household expenses have dropped by 40%, making college funds, a hybrid car and cool vacations possible. Their non-recycled, non-compostable trash fits in a mason jar — for the year.
Zero waste doesn’t mean zero economy. It means a different economy, with different winners. And fewer mountains of garbage.
Precycling? What will they think of next??
Author: Ed Humes Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of twelve nonfiction books, the latest being Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash. Humes' recent trilogy of environmental books also includes Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet and Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution. His other books tell stories of crime, juvenile justice, education, science, and medicine. No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court received a PEN Award for nonfiction, and Humes' definitive account of a modern-day Scopes Trial, Monkey Girl, received Silver Gavel honors for its depiction of America's evolution wars. He received his Pulitzer for his newspaper coverage of the military. He has taught writing, journalism, and literary nonfiction at graduate and undergraduate levels, and he has written for the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Sierra Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine. He lives in Southern California. | 2019-04-23T20:39:32 | http://www.bagmonster.com/2012/09/zero-waste-would-mean-a-zero-economy.html |
While recreational users of marijuana have counted down the days to October 17, 2018, the insurance industry has been preparing for the resulting changes, risks and opportunities that will occur as a result of the legalization of marijuana in Canada. With the passing of Bill C-45-The Cannabis Act, there is a new legal landscape that will impact premiums, coverages and claims. The legalization of recreational marijuana will have far-reaching impacts across many different lines of insurance, and will likely take years to fully measure and understand. Insurers must consider the consequences that legalization will have on their current standard policies including amendments to the wording to reflect the new law, and potential variations in the requirements across the country. Although this article deals with legalization related to homeowners insurance, there will be impacts on commercial general liability and automobile insurance as well.
According to Statistics Canada, in 2017, almost 5 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and recreational cannabis, spending approximately $5.7 billion in the process. Nearly all of the cannabis consumed in Canada was produced in Canada. These figures are expected to increase now that cannabis has been legalized.
The Cannabis Act allows adults (18 or 19 years of age, depending on the jurisdiction) to legally purchase, possess, share, cultivate and alter limited amounts of cannabis for recreational means.
The Act permits the cultivation of four plants per “dwelling house”. This limit applies regardless of the number of adults living in one house. The Act does not restrict the growing of cannabis plants indoors and appears to contemplate that people will be able to grow the plants in their gardens, yards, or greenhouses.
According to the legislative provisions, provinces will have the ability to impose additional requirements on personal cultivation and possession limits. As a result, there could be varied restrictions and/or requirements from province to province. All insurers who underwrite business in multiple provinces will need to be aware of potential variations in recreational cannabis requirements across the country.
The Act also permits individuals to make cannabis-containing products (such as edibles), provided that dangerous organic solvents are not used in making them.
Although large-scale, personal growing operations (“grow-ops”) will remain illegal and void most homeowner insurance policies that are faced with related claims, the Act permits the cultivation of cannabis plants at home, as noted above. Personal cultivation of cannabis will introduce another peril that is currently excluded under homeowners insurance. Specifically, an indirect or direct loss or damage to a dwelling used in the processing or manufacturing of marijuana. This exclusion will need to be amended to reflect the new law.
The typical homeowner’s policy includes some form of relatively standard criminal and intentional act exclusion. Under the new legislation, marijuana cultivation within the allowed restrictions would not fall within the typical criminal act exclusion. This will be a big change from both an underwriting and claims perspective.
Home cultivation of marijuana has many inherent dangers, with a multitude of potential claims that could result. Growing marijuana plants indoors can require additional heat, water, and electricity. Electrical modifications and overloaded circuits can increase the risk of fire, while improper ventilation and irrigation can increase the risk of water damage and mould. Marijuana also grows faster when the amount of carbon dioxide increases, which is why many grow-ops have been found to use natural gas, propane, and other fuels to power carbon dioxide generators, which would dramatically increase the risk of fire.
Insurers will need to consider a requirement for insureds, or potential insureds, to disclose whether or not they are cultivating their own marijuana. Insurers currently do not typically ask applicants for insurance whether they are actively growing marijuana within their home. Whether or not someone is cultivating marijuana at home is likely to impact the premium that is charged. As a result, a failure to disclose cultivation could represent a material change in risk, as was argued by the insurer in Bahniwal v. The Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
The insurer in the Bahniwal case was unsuccessful in proving that the insureds had knowledge of the grow-op on their property. The Court confirmed that if the insureds had been aware of the presence of the grow-op on their premises, their failure to disclose its existence would have constituted a failure to disclose a material fact. As a result, insurers should consider their policy wording carefully, and determine whether or not such a disclosure should be included in their standard application process.
An additional risk related to marijuana cultivation is presented when it comes to rental properties. Insureds as landlords may have no idea if their rental property is being used to cultivate marijuana plants. Insurers should consider whether or not questions posed on an insurance application for a rental property will require landlords to demonstrate that they have taken measures to inform themselves of the legal marijuana cultivation activities of their tenants. This could require landlords to show the insurer that they have included disclosure of marijuana cultivation as a question, or series of questions, on their lease/tenancy agreement to be completed by all prospective tenants.
All of these additional risks could be heightened when looked at in the context of multi-unit housing complexes, such as large apartment and condominium complexes. The additional risk to adjoining or neighbouring properties could be significant, with the potential for a rise in claims framed as nuisance/escape to land. There is the obvious risk of flooding, fire, and mould that could impact adjoining properties. In addition, there is the potential for nuisance claims as a result of escaping odours.
Insurers are expected to recognize the increased risk of claims, where homeowners cultivate marijuana within their residential premises, by reflecting this with increased premiums. Insurers must adjust their policy application process and develop a methodology for evaluating these increased risks. This might take some time as claims arise and new policies are issued/renewed after legalization.
Insurers must also consider that although possession and home cultivation are now legal in Canada, there are limits to both. As noted earlier, almost all standard homeowner insurance policies currently include criminal activity exclusions. As a result, if a homeowner is cultivating marijuana and selling it themselves illegally (including edibles), or exceeding the limits imposed by the Act, insurers might be able to exclude, fight, or void coverage on the basis of the criminal activity exclusion. That said, losses and/or claims arising from marijuana activity that fall within the legalization limits will not be excluded.
If an insured homeowner is legally growing marijuana, it is not unreasonable to believe that the home is likely subject to an increased risk of theft as a result.
An increase in claims related to theft or damage to marijuana plants also presents an additional risk for insurers as private homeowners could become a lucrative target for thieves. Will policies allow homeowners to recover the cost of damaged marijuana plants? How will the value of the plants be determined? And, will marijuana plants be considered to be personal property for theft or damage claims, or will they fall under the “tree, shrub, and plant” portion of the policy (which typically has maximum recoverable amounts)? To ensure the smooth and efficient processing of claims, insurers are best advised to clarify the policy wording and set up a framework for adjusters faced with such claims.
Although there is a limited judicial commentary on the treatment of recreational marijuana in the context of homeowners insurance policies, the Ontario Divisional Court addressed the issue of medical marijuana in Stewart v TD General Insurance Co. The plaintiff had Health Canada’s permission to possess and cultivate his own marijuana for medicinal purposes. Eleven of his marijuana plants were subsequently stolen, and the plaintiff took the position that the plants were personal property.
The insurer in Stewart took the position that the plants were not personal property, but conceded that they were covered under the “extended coverage” clause for “landscaping”, and that it had already paid to the plaintiff the limited coverage of $1,000 per plant. The plaintiff claimed that the value of the plants was just under $50,000. The Divisional Court held that a loss due to the theft of the marijuana plants from the plaintiff’s home was excluded under the policy. The Court also noted that the standard grow-op exclusion did not apply because the plaintiff had Health Canada’s authorization to possess and cultivate the marijuana.
In reaching their conclusion, the Court in Stewart held that marijuana plants in a backyard could be considered personal property. The Court also noted that covered personal property under the subject policy must be “usual to the ownership of the maintenance of a dwelling”. As a result, the policy wording operated to exclude the marijuana plants from coverage as they could not be considered usual to the ownership and maintenance of a dwelling.
In coming to its conclusion, the Divisional Court in Stewart stated that fewer than one-third of one per cent of the population of Canada was authorized to grow marijuana for their own medicinal purposes at the material times relevant to the action (the losses occurred in 2009 and 2011). It used this information to reach its conclusion that marijuana plants in a backyard are not “usual to” the ownership or maintenance of a dwelling itself. Given the expected growth in the home cultivation of marijuana, now that the Act has come into effect, one can expect that such a judicial interpretation could be quite different in the context of legalized marijuana.
Insurers should also be prepared for a possible increase in social-host liability type claims as they relate to marijuana. As Canadians are now able to share up to 30 grams of dried marijuana with other adults, insurers should be prepared for personal injury claims resulting from situations where a homeowner supplies guests with marijuana, whether cultivated at home or not.
What if a homeowner supplies tainted or “defective” marijuana to a guest who then drives high and causes an accident? What if a child visiting a home consumes and reacts to the homeowner’s home-grown marijuana? Not only is there the potential for social-host liability claims, but there is also likely to be product liability type claims where a homeowner’s guest ingests marijuana cultivated by the homeowner.
The legalization of marijuana will result in additional risks and opportunities for the insurance industry. Insurers and their counsel must adapt to the changes that will be brought about by the Act, including undertaking an analysis of the current insurance policy exclusions and prohibitions. There will also likely be a need for changes to the policy application process, to reflect the increased risk posed by at-home marijuana cultivation.
From a claims perspective, the expected growth in the number of homeowners cultivating their own marijuana will require insurers to develop an appropriate framework to ensure that claims are being adjusted effectively.
Given that premiums are impacted by claims experience, compiling data on marijuana-related claims will be critical from an underwriting perspective so that premiums can appropriately reflect the risk posed by the legalization of marijuana.
Under the new legislation, marijuana cultivation within the allowed restrictions would not fall within the typical criminal act exclusion. Policies will need to be amended accordingly.
Personal cultivation of marijuana represents an increased risk of direct or indirect damage to property. Consideration should be given to amending standard policy applications to require disclosure of marijuana cultivation at the time of application and at renewal.
It may take some time for insurers to develop a standard method for the evaluation of the additional risk presented by the home cultivation of marijuana that can be applied somewhat consistently. Insurers should develop a framework to adjust marijuana claims and implement a system to track and evaluate such claims so that they turn the challenges faced by the legalization of marijuana into a profitable opportunity.
Stewart v. TD General Insurance Company, 2014 ONSC 854 (hereinafter “Stewart”). | 2019-04-19T05:24:10 | https://www.beardwinter.com/news/post/recreational-cannabis-legalization-part-1-homeowners-insurance/ |
Father God I'm calling. Thank You Jesus Christ for praying for me and loving me, your commitment to Your Bride it amazes me, but makes me see that I can't hold the grudges still if I claim to be still and know when You're here, there's is the Kingdom, those that are persecuted so I am ashamed that some don't know You're my Guide, some don't know that I serve You and yet I'm claiming "I'm God's tool"... fool!
You say that God doesn't exist yet when things don't go your way, you yell "God why me?"... um... you say that you serve nothing yet when facing death you cry "God save and help me".
Earth is not our home, we only live cos God says so, and by God I mean Yeshua not allah or budha.
By the way, who can dare say, God does not speak today?
And I hope and I pray that this message is His and does it's ministering to you. | 2019-04-18T10:50:05 | https://www.truevined.com/2011/01/something.html |
60 Facts for Alaska's 60th Birthday!
This year Alaska turns 60! In honor of our fantastic state’s 6th decade, we wanted to share 60 interesting facts about Alaska that you may not know!
1. More caribou than people live in the state.
2. Juneau is the only state capital accessible only by boat or plane.
3. Juneau is the largest state capital at 3,108 square miles.
4. Glaciers cover five percent of Alaska( approximately 29,000 square miles).
5. Seventeen of the 20 highest peaks in America are in Alaska, including North America’s tallest peak, Denali.
6. Alaska first tried to become a state in 1916.
8. There are over 3 MILLION lakes in Alaska.
9. There are more active glaciers and ice fields in Alaska than in the rest of the inhabited world.
12. The most violent volcanic eruption of the century took place in 1912 when Novarupta Volcano erupted, creating the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes which is now part of Katmai National Park.
15. The name Alaska is derived from the Aleut word "Alyeska," meaning "great land.
16. Dog mushing is the official state sport.
17. The state flag was designed by a 13-year-old boy, Benny Benson, in 1927.
18. There are laws in Alaska that make is illegal to push a moose from a plane and giving a moose a beer.
19. Haines, Alaska has America’s first museum solely dedicated to hammers.
20. Alaska holds the record for the nation’s all-time lowest temperature -80° F.
21. Alaska has more coastline than all 49 other US states combined.
22. Moose, bear, and caribou killed by cars in Alaska are considered the property of the state.
23. When road kill is reported in Alaska, the carcasses are butchered by volunteers and distributed as food to charity organizations.
24. America’s largest national forest, the Tongass, is three times the size of the runner up, both of which are in Alaska.
26. There are 107 men for every 100 women in Alaska.
27. Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867 for about two cents an acre. What a bargain!
28. Alaska has 20 counties, which are referred to as boroughs.
29. Jewel is from Alaska.MOM _ what is this?
30. The highest temperature ever recorded in Alaska was 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
31. The largest lake in Alaska, Lake Illiamna, is roughly the size of Connecticut.
32. It is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting in Alaska.
34. The state flower of Alaska is the Forget-Me-Not.
35. Alaska has 20,171 square miles of inland water – more than any other state.
36. Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering first discovered Alaska in 1741.
37. It is illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting in Alaska.
38. Dog grooming is illegal in Juneau.
40. Twenty-five percent of the oil produced in the United States comes from Alaska.
41. Alaska is less than 50 miles from Russia.
44. More than half the world’s glaciers can be found in Alaska.
45. Alaska has no plants poisonous to the touch. Poison ivy and poison oak are found in all other states.
46. Alaska has grown a record cabbage weighing in at 94 pounds. The long summer days help them with their extreme growing.
47. Fur Rendezvous was selected as the number one winter carnival in the world by the National Geographic Traveler in 2012.
48. Fur Rendezvous originated in 1935 as a way to bring the isolated population of Alaska together for a three-day sports tournament.
49. In the early years of the Fur Rendezvous event, a law was made so all men had to grow beards for this event of they would suffer a fine.
50. The Tour of Anchorage cross country skiing event is part of the longest running series of community ski races in North America.
51. The city of Valdez, Alaska is the snowiest place in the United States. They get an average of 300 inches of snow a year.
52. The city of Anchorage got its start in 1914 when it was chosen as the site of a railroad construction port for the Alaska Railroad.
53. Anchorage was incorporated on November 23, 1920.
54. The Good Friday earthquake of 1964 is the strongest ever recorded in North America.
55. Anchorage’s location on the globe puts it within 9.5 hours of flying time to almost 90% of the industrialized world!
58. The city of Anchorage was a candidate for hosting the Winter Olympics in 1992 and 1994.
59. Juneau is the only U.S. capital to border another country (Canada, British Columbia).
60. Finding 60 (interesting) facts about Alaska was harder than we thought! | 2019-04-25T08:00:32 | https://www.searchyouralaskahome.com/blog/2019/2/60-facts-for-alaska-s-60th-birthday |
Stunning 640sqft 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment overlooking London Fields with a beautiful outside space. Benefitting from large windows and high ceilings in each room through, the open plan living room and kitchen offers a great entertaining space. Both the bedrooms are great sizes and include built in storage. The 3 piece bathroom is modern and tiled. The apartments boasts an amazing decked outside space which could be used in the summer time. Viewings are available by appointment and are highly advised, this is not one to miss! The apartment is located on the raised ground floor in this gorgeous building set moments away from the eclectic bars, restaurants, cafes and shops on Broadway Market, with the green space of London Fields on your door step and Victoria Park easily accessible, this flat will really is a gem and will offer something for everyone. Transport links are abundant nearby with London Fields (National Rail) station is less than a 2 minutes' walk away and provides access to Liverpool Street. Hackney Central (Overground) is also less than 10 minute walk away. | 2019-04-24T19:53:18 | https://www.bridge.co.uk/property-details/2364206/martello-street-london-fields-e8 |
Like an explosion in early spring the sun hits the horizon behind Teltowkanal, south of Berlin. I almost drove by carelessly… iPhone 6, full resolution, 17. March 2015, 6.10 p.m.
This is the first post after I sold most of my DSLR equiment and joined Fuji’s photographer community with range finder X-pro1. You can tell me whatever you want, the sharpness of these pictures is extraordinary… I love it totally.
Dear all, in autumn 2001 I launched bilderzone.de to share some of black and white photos. Since then different forms of presentations have been used, hard coded HTML and flash, and now it is time to update to responsive design so that bilderzone.de is also visible on mobile devices as well as on desk top computers.
Of course, it is the idea to continue presenting black and white photography but not limited to that. From time to time some great views appear in colour, too. It always a question of each individual situation… During the next weeks some well-known motifs of mine will come back online to initiate a first exhibition. In addition, I will add results from my day-to-day photo strolls to make bilderzone.de my regular photo blog. Overall, pictures from more than 25 years of analogue and digital photography are available.
I hope you like what you see. Feedback is always warmly welcome. Thanks! | 2019-04-19T01:30:10 | http://www.bilderzone.de/?paged=2&cat=1 |
This toolbox is an interface to the NLOpt optimization library (http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt).
just by changing one parameter.
parameters and thousands of constraints).
- Both global and local optimization algorithms.
replace line 43 by: LDFLAGS = ''"'+nlopt_install_path + 'libnlopt-win32.lib '"
I also installed visual studio 2010 express edition to make it works. | 2019-04-23T00:55:15 | http://atoms.scilab.org/toolboxes/scinlopt/1.1 |
When you are sick, you are not just feeling physically unwell but it also makes you feel sad. The Apollo Platinum Health Check not only makes you feel healthy but also helps you feel good! The Platinum Lounge is city’s most posh & comprehensive healthcare service. Welcome to the most luxurious healthcare!
The Platinum Lounge at the Apollo Heart Centre provides you with the best fusion of comprehensive medical facilities and expertise in a relaxing ambience. The moment you Book an Appointment, the skilled consultants and efficient support staff takes care of you with utmost care.
The Apollo Platinum Health Check is a holistic check that has been designed especially to meet patient’s health needs, meet high expectations of excellence, promptness and exclusivity. Since your time & you are valuable, our efficient staff will provide you with comprehensive & one to one care to meet your health requirements within a short time.
The Platinum check includes different health checks & tests such as haemogram, diabetic profile, kidney profile, cardiac profile, liver profile, thyroid stimulating hormone, vitamin D level and general tests such as blood grouping and typing, complete urine analysis, routine stool analysis, chest X-ray etc. Physical examination and consultation with diet and lifestyle advisor are also available!
The Apollo Platinum Health Check also has one more added benefit where along with your health check you can get a 320 slice CT scan as well. It usually offers a non-invasive way to detect early stages of coronary artery disease and helps in taking steps to prevent it. The doctor can provide you with the best advice to prevent further narrowing of vessels. Platinum Lounge is the only centre in India to offer patients with such a facility.
A proper & timely health check is imperative with the sedentary lifestyle people lead nowadays. Apollo Platinum Health Check provides healthcare that one has never seen before!
What are common neurological emergencies? | 2019-04-23T02:12:39 | https://www.apollohospitals.com/lets-talk-health/health-happiness/apollo-platinum-health-check/ |
Description: Since 2009, Fresh Voices has risen to become one of Hollywood's top screenplay competitions for emerging screenwriters and a trusted source of material by the industry. As a result, Fresh Voices has helped thousands of screenwriters hone their voice and has developed a successful track record of discovering new screenwriters with many of our past winners now signed by representation, produced, and staffed on TV series.
Objective: Now in our 9th year, the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition has been designed to identify, nurture, and bring to market the most promising new voices in screenwriting. | 2019-04-26T14:07:58 | http://donedealpro.com/members/details.aspx?object_id=312&content_type=10 |
Crosby Street Gallery is your new source of collectible art by emerging and established artists. Founded by Jeff Badillo, Julie Chan, and Robert Sanchez -- three friends with different backgrounds in art, urban planning, and law -- Crosby Street Gallery specializes in carefully curated art collections online and in temporary, pop-up galleries. Our mission is to inspire people with a unique arts experience, connect artists with art lovers, and make collecting art easy – all while supporting great causes along the way.
Curated Online Galleries. Every year, we reveal new art collections online curated from our growing artist network. Each collection features new and exciting projects, artists, and themes.
Pop-up Galleries in Urban Spaces. A few times a year, we partner with different organizations to hold pop-up galleries and events in often non-traditional locations. We transform everything from outdoor sculpture gardens, military barracks, restaurants, and even vacant storefronts into creative spaces for you to experience and collect art. Look out for upcoming events in New York City.
Giving Back to Art. A portion of our proceeds is donated to charities relating to the arts, education, and the environment that allow more art to be created and shared. Collecting our art means that you can help fund childrens' arts programming, create a neighborhood mural, or clean up a park for future generations to enjoy. We believe in fueling the creative process.
Take a little time today to find something that speaks to you. Live inspired. Love art.
Crosby Street Gallery is your new source of collectible, Fine Art Photographic Prints. We create unique art experiences both online and in pop-up galleries, connecting you with artists and making collecting art easier -- all while supporting great causes along the way. | 2019-04-20T13:11:08 | https://www.crosbystreetgallery.com/about/ |
I'm not one to make many New Year's Resolutions, I prefer to live my life constantly working on personal growth and learning new things.
One thing that is important to do is to take a look at your past, learn from it, and move on. Don't cling to the things that hurt you. Dogs are a perfect example of moving on and living life to the fullest.
Tex-Anna found her forever home.
Ziva found her forever home with us.
In January we adopted Ziva, her gotcha day is coming up later this month!
She has turned out to be the perfect dog for our family, she's a challenge for sure but she's learning and growing just like us! Her fear reactivity is improving, and her threshold is getting slowly lower (we can now be closer to previous problem dogs). Her story HERE.
One of the first pictures I saw of little miss Ziva.
Ziva is my accident prone challenge puppy. We adopted her knowing she might potentially have joint issues, mystery the vets couldn't figure out. Best guess? Growing pains.
She managed to get a hold of a stick - it became lodged in her throat temporarily and stabbed her, thankfully it wasn't stuck but it did result in a painful vet visit and a sad puppy.
This last 2014 poor Ziva also contracted Giardia, a nasty parasite.
I fostered an abandoned kitten.
My neighbor found this cute little fluff ball and called me because among other crazy hobbies I used to do cat rescue.
This kitten was cold and dehydrated so I had to work quickly and boy was the hubby surprised when he came home! I promised him I wouldn't keep her.
She is so big now!
This was a huge challenge for Ziva - who has a high prey drive and wanted to eat the kitten at first. Ziva then grew to love the kitten and became my little nanny. Now this beautiful kitty has a forever home with a friend of mine!
We battled food allergies and picky eating with Dante.
Dante now eats like a champ and loves his Merrick food, hooray! But the picky eating was definitely a hard issue to deal with in the beginning. We had to find a balance of flavor he loved and ingredients he could eat. We discovered he's allergic to chicken, and then through switching we found out Ziva has a beef intolerance! Now both dogs are on a lamb formula.
I was bit by a loose dog.
And through this experience I learned, "How Not to Handle a Stray/Lost Dog."
We took both dogs on a vacation to Mt. Hood with my parents.
This trip was fun, we hiked Hunchback Trail which is located in ZigZag Oregon. As well as Mirror Lake - both beautiful trips if you ever come to Oregon!
Volunteered for helping out my mom's Cascade Lakes Relay Team.
This trip was fun because both dogs got to go with us! They were of course on their best behavior and everyone loved them. It was a great way for us to show off a positive image of "pit bull" dogs to a group of strangers (strangers to us), and our dogs made us proud be being really good. It was nice to see all of our hard work paying off. CLR 2014.
Dante helped us serve food to all the runners after their race!
The runners get all dressed up and crazy for this long relay race.
This turned out to be more of a challenge than I thought! I'm glad we didn't bring Ziva, I don't think she would have made the trip but she'll certainly be ready this upcoming summer!
I did this trip with my best girlfriend and Dante, the hubby couldn't make it so we stayed at a friend's home and made a weekend out of it.
The hike had us laughing, crying, and cursing. I exercise all the time so muscle endurance wasn't an issue but my boots were. Dante probably came out the best on this trip, minus being cut by his backpack. That journey HERE.
Hubby and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary!!
It is my last year of school and then i'm done, done, DONE! Graduating with a Bachelors in Business Admin in June 2015.
Ouch! My poor accident prone puppy!
Started Obedience & Shaping classes with Ziva.
Our ultimate goal is to get her into agility, these were precursor classes that we had to take before being allowed to do agility. We passed! Now onto agility this 2015! We're slowly getting a handle on her anxiety issues.
Need I say more? The dogs loved it! More fun pics HERE.
We love being outside and so we're trying to find places somewhat close to home that we can hike regularly. This turned out to be a great spot.
The pups helped me pass out candy to trick-or-treaters. This was Ziva's first Halloween with us.
Hubby took up CaniCross with the dogs - essentially trail running. More on this subject to come soon!
Visited Florida & We got to meet Rama's Mama!
The hubby and I went to Florida to visit my brother & sister-in-law. It was a ton of fun! We played on the beach, enjoyed the warm sunny days, and both our dogs got to stay home with my mom and be spoiled for the week we were gone. I don't think they even noticed our absence!
While we were in Florida we got to meet Shannon, Rama's Mama from - Walks with Rama. This is one of my favorite blogs by the way check it out if you haven't already.
The dogs helped us pick out a tree, we kept it small this year due to our busy schedule.
Don't they make cute reindeer?
You sure did have a great 2014. I'll bet 2015 will be even better.
Thanks! I can't wait to do agility!!
I really like that quote!! I think it's a good way to live. I don't make resolutions, either. It looks like you had a great year and I'm looking forward to reading about your adventures this year!! :D Happy New Year!
Thank you and happy new year to you guys as well!! We love your blog and are excited to see what new fun adventures our blogging buddies will be having this year!
What a beautiful, fulfilling year you had! Thank you for sharing all of your experiences with us. And most of all, thank you for all that you do. I look forward to reading more of your posts. Peace! | 2019-04-24T12:52:07 | http://www.dzdogs.com/2015/01/favorite-moments-of-2014.html |
Very clean well kept stick shift Frontier. No rust on the pilars, drives great and was just serviced and inspected. We are not scared of the miles so it will inlclude our warranty. | 2019-04-19T22:39:42 | https://www.meekmotors.com/vehicle_pages/1n6dd26s72c330730-2002-nissan-frontier-king-cab-xe-used-chesterfield-va.shtml |
Long story short I was using my medical app that connects me to my doctor and noticed that they violate one of the cardinal rules of UI animation: focus on a single unified movement.
The only exception is when you want to convey process (like an email being sent, a purchase being made, etc).
The reason is that it forces users to wait for an animation to complete BEFORE starting a new animation. So they basically are locked out with no control while they wait to get where they want to go. It’s not great, so please don’t do it.
In this tutorial, I show you a bunch of useful pro tips for building a 3D card.
You’ll learn how to make a 3D layer, how to animate a quick 3D rotation, how to swap graphics so that it seamlessly transitions when it flips, and how to create a parallel 3D light to get that tasty flat lighting effect.
I also cover the ‘Flow’ plugin (which I haven’t created a tutorial for yet). It enables you to instantly apply industry standard easing with one click. It’s awesome.
You’ll also learn how to use parenting to build smarter projects that work well for UI animation.
You really should be doing this.
This means making and using fewer keyframes so that your project is light and easily adaptable to team/stakeholder feedback.
You’ll also learn to iterate fast and quickly spin out an alternate version for your team/client using the duplicate command.
So yeah, I basically got super excited and covered a bunch of pro best practices, as well as covered a few of my critical timeline navigation keyboard shortcuts. | 2019-04-21T11:26:26 | https://www.uxinmotion.com/blog/how-to-animate-a-3d-card-flip-in-after-effects |
Body exfoliation is not an option but a must for confident summer exposure! But hard scrubbing to remove the dead skin cells is not good at all. Then, what are some of the most effective exfoliation methods?
Beautiful toenails peeking out of open-toe shoes! Since toenails don’t get the attention that fingernails get, you might end up with showing your uncared-for feet.
Thoroughly cleansing your face does not pay off if you don’t take care of your makeup sponges, puffs and brushes! | 2019-04-20T09:31:51 | https://celeb.hicharis.net/trend/editorschoice |
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Match 36 is between the 2010 soccer world champion and the Lions of the Atlas. It is Spain Vs Morocco and it is going to be very interesting because it is the last game of Group B. The date of match is 25th June and time is 20 Hours KALT. Kaliningrad Stadium aka Arena Baltika is the place for the World Cup Football Match.
While Spain Vs Morocco Betting Odds are expected to favour the former soccer champion but the latter team has also mark its footprint on the world of football. They have stunned the world and also the tipsters that claim to make right Spain Vs Morocco winner betting tips.
It is going to be one of the most interesting matches of world cup football and also the most challenging for making a prediction. Spain has participated in 14 out of 20 soccer world cups but the stunning performance of Morocco team matches with the performance of former world champion. | 2019-04-19T10:47:56 | http://www.verifiedsoccertips.com/update/spain-vs-morocco-fifa-betting-tips-for-world-cup-2018/ |
Every BlueBroward member is invited to share opinions, criticisms, candidate endorsements, and tips for more effective organizing on the BlueBroward Community Blog, either regularly or occasionally. I reserve the right to edit or delete postings at my own discretion, but my goal is to encourage discussion, not to be a censor.
Posting a blog is really no more complicated than writing an email, but there are still a few things to learn if you have never done it before. So here are a few tips to get you oriented.
When you first log in, the welcome screen or “Dashboard” shows links to the screens for common tasks, including posting a blog. The “Posts” menu on the left hand side of the screen also gives options for adding new entries or editing existing blog entries. (You will only be able to edit ones that you have posted, although you can respond to other members’ blog entries in the comments section).
When you post a new blog entry, you start with a blank form that includes space for a headline and a web-based word processor for adding the text of your post, which includes controls for marking text bold or italic, formatting bulleted lists, or adding links.
Most of the formatting controls should look familiar if you’ve worked with programs like Microsoft Word.
If you highlight a block of text and click the quotation mark icon, that section will be displayed as an indented HTML “blockquote,” which is a common way of showing that you’re quoting a chunk of text from a source such as a newspaper article.
In other words, it will look like this, where this is a chunk of text I’m quoting from some other source.
To add a link, highlight the words that will be displayed as the text of the link and click the icon that looks like a chain link. You should get a little popup editor for adding the web address for the link. Optionally, you can set the “target” for the link to be a new window. This is shown below. To work properly, your link should include http:// at the start of a web address or mailto: at the start of an email link (as in mailto:david@bluebroward.org).
At any time, you can save your work as a draft without publishing it. When you are ready to publish your post, click “Publish” in the publishing control panel at the upper right hand corner of the screen.
You can also enhance your posts by categorizing them. By default, your post will go into the “Opinion” category, but if you were posting an opinion about the Fair Districts Florida initiative you could also check that category. The idea is that readers should be able to find all the posts that mention that topic by clicking on the category link displayed with your post.
I do allow you to add images to your blog posts. As with all other content, I reserve the right to edit images used on the blog as necessary, at my own discretion. Obviously, I don’t want anyone posting offensive images here.
You can upload images using the row of icons labeled “Upload/Insert.” (The same function will allow you to upload other types of files, such as PDFs).
Now choose the file you want to upload by locating it on your computer.
Add captions and alternate text (displayed if a file fails to load into the user’s browser and used by web readers for the blind).
On this screen, you will also choose whether to insert the full size image or a resized version of it. A photo directly from your high resolution digital camera will be too large to fit in the context of your post without resizing.
It’s a good idea to resize images before uploading them, but the blog editor will do a certain amount of that for you automatically.
You can also choose whether to display the image centered or aligned to the left or right of the page (with text wrapping around).
I often find the best option is to choose the “Medium” size image, and align it to the right.
When you have finished making these selections, click “Insert Into Post” to see the image in the context of your work.
Note that most of the instructions given here on formatting posts and adding links and images also apply to posting events, since I use the same rich text editor (the visual “word processing” editor) for both. If you add images to an event listing, please be selective and keep them small, as I don’t want the event listings to become too cluttered.
In addition to the rich text editor, you do also have the option of using a basic HTML editor that allows you to add codes in the web’s formatting and linking language. You can go back and forth between the rich text editor and the HTML editor by clicking the “Visual” and “HTML” tabs at the top of the editing window.
Another way the HTML view can be useful is to eliminate unwanted formatting, such as excessive bold or colored text, when you copy and paste an event description from a word processor or a web page. You can paste the text into the HTML view, then toggle back to Visual. This will get you the text without any formatting, other than the formatting you choose to add.
Once you publish your post, if all goes right you should see a confirmation message, along with a link you can follow to view the published post.
It’s a good idea to view your published post to make sure it is displayed the way you want it to be. You can go back and edit it further, if necessary.
I also encourage you to cross-post your events to Facebook and other social media sites. If you scroll to a the bottom of your post, you will see a series of links you can click on to share your post with your Facebook friends, Twitter followers, and so on.
Questions? Contact me at david@bluebroward.org. BlueBroward runs on the popular WordPress blog software, so there are many other sites on the web you can look at for additional WordPress tips and tricks. | 2019-04-20T16:21:41 | http://www.bluebroward.org/2010/05/29/how-to-post-to-the-bluebroward-blog/ |
Floored by Squeaks and Groans, Oh, My!
Question for Mason : I don't know if it's the change in the temperature or what, but the former minor squeaks in my hardwood floor -- especially in the white pine in the kitchen -- are out of control. Is this something that your handyman folks can make go away? | 2019-04-21T04:48:52 | http://www.remodelrichmond.com/component/option,com_myblog/category,handyman/Itemid,28/ |
Why work for Oasis Academy Blakenhale.
Finding a new job is much like finding a new partner in life, both parties need to be sure their interests, values and personalities align. At Oasis Academy Blakenhale we are always looking to take on talented and impassioned individuals who align with our values of aspiration, achievement, care and resilience. We want our staff and students to thrive in an atmosphere that harbours learning and living in harmony.
Would you or someone you know be interested in working or volunteering at Oasis Academy Blakenhale Junior? If so, we would love to hear from you! | 2019-04-21T20:06:38 | https://www.oasisacademyblakenhalejunior.org/join-us/why-work-with-us |
When Finn was a half-grown pup who had turned out to be too much dog for his first home, Brenda decided he was just what we needed on Sedona Red Rockets. She was right! After several months of training Finn performed to near perfection in his first tournament with us in 2007--and he helped us earn our first top placement since 2005! | 2019-04-18T18:54:00 | http://www.flyballdogs.com/redrockets/finn.htm |
Flexo Printing Plate Mounting Machine for flexo printing.
2. Advanced zoom lens, high definition Taiwan CCD camera, Samsung LCD monitor displayer.
3. Two horizontal cross lines & two vertical cross lines can be independently moved, highly ensure the positioning of multi cross lines.
4. The camera can be adjusted in 6 directions, the degree of parallelism is adjustable, high precise plate mounting, accurate registering, mounting proofing realized by the mechanic fine adjustment, able to highly precise the position between the plate and the base line results in the same location and the high precision for each plate.
5. Able to directly check the precision of the mounting after it has been mounted on, highly ensures the quality of the mounting.
6. Quick mounting, easy to operate, highly improves the efficiency. | 2019-04-18T22:23:52 | https://www.kingsunmachinery.com/products/km-series-flexo-printing-plate-mounting-machines-ID1302.html |
I was watching the news yesterday [I think it was yesterday anyway] when a report about a little boy was aired. The boy got a metal detector as a gift from his parents. He used it for the first time on the same day he got when he got the beep he was waiting for. He stumbled upon something…a gold coin. He was ecstatic with his find but what came next made his parents a lot more excited. It turned out the gold coin is a rare kind of coin. They brought it somewhere to be checked and they were told that the coin is probably cost as much as….5 million dollars! I almost fell off my chair when I heard that. I know that gold is in demand right now because of its stability but I wasn’t expecting one gold coin to fetch that much money. Sweet!
Hubby has always wanted a metal detector. Everytime he sees one in those TV shows he likes to watch he’d always say that one day he’s going to get one for himself. He wants to hunt metals as a hobby when we retire. But with this news, I think he’s going to get that metal detector sooner. We may also strike gold if we’re lucky. Who would want to buy gold coins if you can get them for free, right? I’m sure we won’t be as lucky as that little boy but we can always dream. | 2019-04-23T22:10:39 | http://pinaywahm.com/2010/11/striking-gold.html |
A good practice in business is to focus on key activities. For some companies this may be branding, while other businesses may focus on areas such as consultancy, production or distribution. Focusing on key activities means to outsource as much other activities as possible. These other activities merely distract from the main goals of the company and the company will not be able to excel in them.
Many companies are in need of reliable software to persistently process live data transactions and enable reporting on this data. To fulfil this need, they often have large IT departments in-house. Those departments are costly and distract from the company’s main goals. The emergence of cloud computing should make this no longer necessary. All they need is an internet connection and a service contract with an external provider.
However, most businesses are in need of highly customizable software, because each company has slightly different business processes, even those in the same industry. So even if they outsource their IT need, they will still have to pay expensive developers and business analysts to customize some existing application.
A single software solution that can be used by multiple organizations at the same time and which is highly customizable for each organization and user within that organization, by domain experts without a technical background.
A key challenge in designing such a system is to develop a proper persistent data storage, because mainstream databases are optimized for single tenant usage. To this end this Master’s thesis consists of two papers: the first paper proposes an MTC-DB Benchmark, MTCB. This Benchmark allows for objective comparison and evaluation of MTC-DB implementations, as well as providing a framework for the definition of MTC-DB. The second paper describes a number of MTC-DB implementations and uses the benchmark to evaluate those implementations.
SIKS/CBS DataCamp participants can download the answers for the Jupyter Scala/Spark notebook exercises below.
Highlight the importance of ICT research in Big Data and Data Science, especially in national discussions about research and education.
Exchange and disseminate information about Data Science research and education.
Build and maintain a network of ICT researchers active in the field of Data Science.
DSPN is launched as part of the ICT Research Platform Netherlands (IPN) to give a voice to the Data Science initiatives of the Dutch ICT research organisations. For more information, see the website at: http://www.datascienceplatform.org/.
The main objective of the NIRICT research in Data Science is to study the science and technology to unlock the intelligence that is hidden inside Big Data.
The amounts of data that information systems are working with are rapidly increasing. The explosion of data happens in a pace that is unprecedented and in our networked world of today the trend is even accelerating. Companies have transactional data with trillions of bytes of information about their customers, suppliers and operations. Sensors in smart devices generate unparalleled amounts of sensor data. Social media sites and mobile phones have allowed billions of individuals globally to create their own enormous trails of data.
The driving force behind this data explosion is the networked world we live in, where information systems, organizations that employ them, people that use them, and processes that they support are connected and integrated, together with the data contained in those systems.
Data alone is just a commodity, it is Data Science that converts big data into knowledge and insights. Intelligence is hidden in all sorts of data and data systems.
Data in information systems is usually created and generated for specific purposes: it is mostly designed to support operational processes within organizations. However, as a by-product, such event data provide an enormous source of hidden intelligence about what is happening, but organizations can only capitalize on that intelligence if they are able to extract it and transform the intelligence into novel services.
Analyzing the data provides opportunities for organizations to gather intelligence to capitalize historic and current performance of their processes and exploit future chances for performance improvement.
Another rich source of information and insights is data from the Social Web. Analyzing Social Web Data provides governments, society and companies with better understanding of their community and knowledge about human behavior and preferences.
Each 3TU institute has its own Data Science program, where local data science expertise is bundled and connected to real-world challenges.
On 20 April, we organize a Data Science Day in the DesignLab. Invited speakers at the Data Science Colloquium are Piet Daas, methodologist and big data research coordinator of the CBS (Centraal Bureau Statistiek) who will talk about big data from Twitter and Facebook as a data source for official statistics; Rolf de By and Raul Zurita Milla, professors of ITC Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, will talk about remote sensing techniques, using satelites and drones for helping economies in poor areas in the world, a prestigious project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and Jan Willem Tulp creator of interactive data visualisations for magazines like Scientific American and Popular Science, as well as companies, for instance the Tax Free Retail Analysis Tool for Schiphol Amsterdam Airport.
The Data Science colloquia are kindly sponsored by the CTIT and the Netherlands Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS) and part of the SIKS educational program.
Scientific and economic progress is increasingly powered by our capabilities to explore big datasets. Data is the driving force behind the successful innovation of Internet companies like Google, Twitter, and Yahoo, and job advertisements show an increasing need for data scientists and big data analysts. Data scientists dig for value in data by analyzing for instance texts, application usage logs, and sensor data. The need for data scientists and big data analysts is apparent in almost every sector in our society, including business, health care, and education.
The Twente Center for Data Science is a collaboration between research groups of the University of Twente to research, promote and facilitate big data analysis for all scientific disciplines. The center operates by the participants sharing their expertise, sharing their contacts, sharing their data, and sharing their research infrastructure (hardware and software) for large-scale data analysis.
The Twente Data Science Center offers a unique combination of expertise in computer science, mathematics, management, behavioral sciences and social sciences; collaborations with leading international companies such as Google, Twitter and Yahoo; and local infrastructure and support for the analysis of very large datasets.
The Norvig Web Data Science Award is organized by Common Crawl and SURFsara for researchers and students in the Benelux. SURFsara provides free access to the their Hadoop cluster with a copy of the full Common Crawl web crawl from March 2014 – almost 3 billion web pages. Participants are completely free in choosing their research question. For example, last year there were submissions looking at concept association, connections between languages, readability and more. Be creative and think outside of the box!
The award is named after Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google, who chairs the jury that will select the winning submission. The contest will run until July 31, 2014. The winning team will be announced at the award ceremony in September 2014 and will get a tablet, smart watch and Github small plan for a year.
We are very proud that Ravi Kumar from Google agreed to give a keynote speech at the CTIT Symposium on Big Data and the Emergence of Data Science. Kumar, who is well-known for hist work on web and data mining and algorithms for large data sets, has been a senior staff research scientist at Google since June 2012. Prior to this, he was a research staff member at the IBM Almaden Research Center and a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1998.
Ravi Kumar's talk will cover two non- conventional computational models for analyzing big data. The first is data streams: in this model, data arrives in a stream and the algorithm is tasked with computing a function of the data without explicitly storing it. The second is map-reduce: in this model, data is distributed across many machines and computation is done as sequence of map and reduce operations. Kumar will present a few algorithms in these models and discuss their scalability.
The workshop takes place on Tuesday 4 June at the University of Twente. Other invited spearkers at the CTIT symposium are Maarten de Rijke (U. Amsterdam) and Milan Petkovic (Philips).
We are very excited to announce that the winners of the Norvig Web Data Science Award: Lesley Wevers, Oliver Jundt, and Wanno Drijfhout from the University of Twente! The Norvig Web Data Science Award was created by Common Crawl and SURFsara to encourage research in web data science and named in honor of distinguished computer scientist Peter Norvig.
Added on 18 March: Award winners Oliver Jundt, Wanno Drijfhout, and Lesley Wevers with their prize: a high-end Android tablet! | 2019-04-19T18:47:29 | https://djoerdhiemstra.com/category/data-science/ |
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I love having Sebastopol geese on the farm. Sebastopol geese have long, curly feathers and do not fly. They easily acclimate to people shortly after hatching and have wonderful dispositions.
I have a mixed flock of whites and a gray saddleback. Previously, I had Toulouse geese and for years have regretted selling them. The pond was a lonely place without waterfowl so I’m very happy to have geese again. | 2019-04-25T06:55:26 | http://guccitogoats.com/geese/ |
Conglomerate Keppel Corporation's latest quarterly results continued to take a beating owing to poor performance from its offshore and marine business.
Demand for drilling rigs has fallen though conversions and specialised shipbuilding have helped to bolster performance for the unit.
Net profit for the three months to Sept 30 dipped 12.4 per cent to $363 million, compared with the same period a year earlier, it said yesterday.
Revenue slid 23.4 per cent to $2.44 billion owing to lower contributions across all business units except its property business.
"They demonstrate our resilience as a multi-business conglomerate, not just a single-business company," he said at a briefing yesterday.
He maintained that this business approach is evident in KepCorp's results this year, which "may not be fully appreciated by the market".
The turnover of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) slumped 36 per cent to $1.41 billion, owing to lower work volume and some project deferments.
KepCorp's infrastructure business also suffered a 30 per cent decrease in revenue as a result of lower revenue from the sale of electricity. The absence of revenue from Keppel FMO, after it was sold in the fourth quarter of last year, was also a contributing factor.
The drop in revenue was partially offset by a surge in property revenue, by some 122 per cent, to $487 million, thanks to higher contributions from residential projects in China.
Earnings per share slid to 20 cents from 22.9 cents a year earlier, while net asset value per share was $5.91 as at Sept 30, up from $5.73 as at Dec 31 last year.
Mr Loh said that Keppel O&M has acceded to requests for "slightly later delivery" of three jackup rigs from this year to early next year.
He also revealed that KepCorp is "hunkering down" in its offshore and marine business, trimming its overheads and improving efficiency.
Keppel O&M chief executive Chow Yew Yuen said that it has reduced 12 per cent of its direct labour and cut 19 per cent of its sub-contractor workforce in the first nine months of this year in efforts to "right size" its operations.
However, Mr Loh said that KepCorp does not intend to cut costs across the board.
"We will continue to invest prudently in training, research and development, and productivity improvements through the down cycle, and get ourselves ready to seize opportunities when the upturn comes."
KepCorp shares closed three cents higher at $7.29 today ahead of its results briefing. | 2019-04-20T09:51:58 | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/keppel-corps-q3-profit-down-12 |
Eye-catching color is one of the best ways marketers set their products apart from the competition. Whitford agrees and dedicates time and energy into researching the latest trends in colors. Now Whitford offers a unique color collection for 2019, for cookware, bakeware and small electrics.
Whitford’s new palette embodies a timeless elegance and captures the current trends in home decor. The collection offers 12 options for nonstick interiors and decorative exteriors. Whitford also continues to offer an array of existing blacks and varying shades of gray for PTFE and exterior coatings, plus basic whites and creams for its ceramic “sol-gel” nonstick and decorative coatings.
For more information on Whitford’s new collection, please contact us. Or see the new colors at Whitford’s booth at Ambiente in Frankfurt, Germany, 8 – 12 February, Hall 3.0, Stand E40; also in the Hall 3, Level C, Eastern side meeting rooms Effekt and Exposé. You can also visit us at the International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois, 2 – 5 March, Booth S3125 or meeting rooms 403a and b. | 2019-04-23T22:11:25 | https://www.whitfordww.com/news-post/whitford-introduces-new-2019-enduring-elegance-colors-for-cookware-bakeware-small-electrics/ |
Google corrects spelling mistakes, so results for misspellings don't usually get displayed. I would use correct spellings and grammar as much as possible - for people who care about such things simple mistakes are incredibly annoying. People who don't care or know any better simply won't notice.
Happy Birthday Moz! You've made double digits, well done. My tenth birthday was spent on an aeroplane, I hope yours is more fun! Moz you inspire me in my work, and I think have helped give me confidence to widen my scope beyond just SEO into marketing, and now I'm getting a professional qualification. Not all thanks to you (my boss must be thanked too, you see) but you've certainly given me the confidence to go for it. Thank you.
Recently started remarketing. I hadn't thought of looking at the sites our ads are appearing on before reading this. Thanks for pointing me in a really good (data) direction!
Thank you. My boss is a massive football* fan - this is something he will relate to and it means I don't have to get all hot and bothered trying to explain it!!! Thank you. | 2019-04-24T03:55:09 | https://moz.com/community/users/401474 |
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And for their lifes only she cries.
Liza Radley, take me when you go.
Liza Radley, I stretch myself to you alone. | 2019-04-21T10:53:54 | https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jam/liza_radley_crd.html |
The typical wet weather in Ireland is currently causing major problems for dairy and beef herd management. Farmers need to get their first cut of silage made but the wet conditions associated with tremendous grass growth rates have resulted in heavy wet crops of grass which require a longer wilt period to avoid excessive effluent emanating from the conserved silage.
Farmers realise the importance of well preserved first cut silage for future herd health and reproductive performance. Currently, ground conditions have worsened with heavy tracking of land, deterioration in herbage quality, contamination of grass with soil when ensiling. This, unfortunately, will result in high potassium lower DMD and ME silages with a consequent negative effects on herd health.
On the grazing front, many farmers with heavy land have had to resort to putting young stock back indoors which can result in injuries to maiden heifers running with a stock bull. Milk yields have dropped significantly on these farms. It is essential to supplement with either concentrates or buffer feed with existing conserved forages. I have noted a significant loss in BCS in herds visited this week. This will not bode well for heat detection, fertility or embryonic mortality. It is essential to avoid stress on breeding females at this stage of the breeding programme. | 2019-04-25T05:20:32 | https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/wet-weather-causes-herd-management-issues/ |
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2015 Guide to Literary Agents: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published ePub can be read on any device that can open ePub files. | 2019-04-25T04:41:56 | https://www.ebookmall.com/ebook/2015-guide-to-literary-agents-the-most-trusted-guide-to-getting-published/chuck-sambuchino/9781599638430 |
Forty-one percent. That's the year-over-year growth clip SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) reported in 2017, its last full year of operations.
Forty-two percent. That was the global market share owned in solar inverters at the end of 2017, the last time data was available.
Negative-six percent. That's how shares performed in 2018.
Why? All of last year, Wall Street worried that policy decisions in China, uncertainty in solar markets, and encroaching competition would begin to weigh on the company's eye-popping growth and chip away at its dominance. Those potential headwinds didn't have the doomsday impact that was predicted, and the business actually grew its market share in 2018.
That might have investors wondering what the heck SolarEdge Technologies has to do to impress Wall Street. If year-over-year revenue growth of 67% and operating income growth of 105% weren't enough through the first nine months of 2018, then what could possibly satisfy analysts? Well, there's no guarantee that steady execution against strategic objectives will change Wall Street's bearish tune, but here are three things investors can watch from the business in 2019.
SolarEdge's SEC filings show that Wall Street analysts weren't entirely misguided to fear encroaching competition in 2018. SolarEdge Technologies disclosed that it managed to grow its market share last year in part by reducing the selling prices of its products. The blended average selling price per watt fell 7.9% in the first nine months of last year compared with the same period of 2017. The trend accelerated as the year went on, with year-over-year selling prices per watt dropping 15.5% in the third quarter of 2018.
It's important to note that the selling price per watt is influenced by other factors, such as selling higher-capacity products to commercial customers that naturally have lower per-watt selling prices than residential products do. Nonetheless, it still had an effect on gross profit margin , which dropped from 34.8% in the third quarter of 2017 to 32.9% in the same period last year.
That's hardly catastrophic, but an avalanche of competition suggests investors will see the trend continue for the foreseeable future. Considering Wall Street didn't appear willing to tolerate any margin erosion last year, that could present a stubborn headwind for the stock price. Investors will want to keep an eye on gross profit margin as an important indicator of how bullish or bearish analysts are likely to be about the company's near-term future.
Another way SolarEdge Technologies is responding to competition in its core markets for solar inverters and power optimizers is through diversification. To accelerate those efforts, the business has made three acquisitions in the past seven months. Investors will want to watch how quickly and smoothly they're integrated, as it might ease Wall Street's concerns within the company's existing product portfolio.
Last May, the company agreed to acquire Gamatronic and jump into the uninterruptible power supply market. It's an area that's expected to rapidly respond to the fast-growing solar market and represents a natural fit with the company's existing portfolio of products that boost the efficiency of solar modules.
Then in October, SolarEdge Technologies announced the acquisition of Kokam. The move will bolster its energy storage lineup and future product engineering capabilities with intellectual property in the area of lithium-ion cells and batteries. Finally, in early 2019, the company acquired SMRE, which provides integrated powertrain technology and electronics for electric vehicles (EVs). The pending deal has nothing to even do with the solar market but rather continues an expansion into the high-reward EV market for SolarEdge.
SolarEdge Technologies hasn't been shy about making it known that it wants to become a leader in the EV market. With the number of EVs on the road globally expected to rise from 1 million in 2018 to 20 million in 2030, it's not too difficult to see why that's the case. Although it's still early, investors will want to remain vigilant and see that growth projections are beginning to translate into real-world growth in the year ahead.
When the opportunity materializes, the company will be ready. In addition to the recently announced acquisition of SMRE, the business has recently launched a slew of products created for residential EV applications. That includes its EV-charging single-phase inverter and a standalone EV charging station, which together will allow customers in broad geographies access to at-home charging solutions.
The business has also been busy partnering with other leaders in the space. SolarEdge Technologies and Panasonic recently introduced a new premium smart-module product aimed at the residential market. The system is future-ready to be paired with one of the company's energy storage products or its future EV-charging systems. Similarly, the company recently collaborated with Google to integrate its EV charging products with the Google Assistant. Perhaps that won't really move the needle, but investors can't blame the business for trying.
Can anything change Wall Street's mind?
Continuing to grow revenue and profit -- albeit at the expense of profit margin -- didn't appease Wall Street in 2018. As management looks to diversify from its core solar hardware offerings into adjacent businesses with healthy growth potential, analysts may be forced to reconsider their outlook for SolarEdge Technologies if the company executes. Right now, it certainly appears to be on the right track, but investors learned last year that might not be enough. Whether or not the company is rewarded with a higher share price in 2019, this is a solid business for investors with a long-term mindset.
Maxx Chatsko has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy . | 2019-04-25T08:58:50 | https://m.nasdaq.com/article/3-things-solaredge-technologies-investors-should-watch-in-2019-cm1087759 |
Fashion’s Night Out, an event curated in 2009 by Anna Wintour, Editor in Chief of Vogue magazine, and international editors of the publication to stimulate the stagnant industry, infected multiple shopping centers across Houston Thursday.
The evening event originally started in New York City and is an annual site of a chaotic circus of celebrities, media representatives and fashionistas.
The fashion celebration is seen as the event that ignites the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York, which started Thursday and will last a week.
Houston experienced a milder version of the event at several locations throughout the city, including the Galleria, Rice Village and West Avenue.
Sydney Dao, Director of Public Relations at local boutique Dao Chloe Dao, took the initiative to organize a Rice Village shop crawl to highlight Houston’s independent stores.
FNO was held in more than 500 cities nationwide this year, according to its official website.
Although the fashion scene down south is not as grand as in New York, Dao thought the fourth largest city was aware of the cause and deserved a shopping event like this.
“We decided to participate because we finally felt like Houston was ready for it. I think it was recognized and people heard it enough to know what Fashion’s Night Out really is and what it represents,” Dao said.
The Village is home to more than 300 shops, including corporate retail chains, but Dao specifically wanted to highlight the many local fashion businesses with a personality.
“We also had a lot of people ask us what we were doing for Fashion’s Night Out, so we felt like that was the right time. What we did — our Fashion’s Night Out — the focus of it was actually to help bring awareness to all the cool little independent shops here in the Village versus chains in the mall,” Dao said.
UH alumnus Alan Javillonar, co-owner and head buyer of The Class Room, a menswear boutique that participated in the Village shop crawl, thought the event exposed Houstonians to new shops that they normally would not venture into.
“Since we’re a menswear boutique, we usually don’t get women coming into the shop and feedback was great. We had a chance to kind of showcase who we are and what we stand for,” Javillonar said.
Amber Twis, Store Director of Langford Market at Rice Village, expressed the same sentiments.
“Fashion’s Night Out is a really great exposure just to get people out and not necessarily spend money, but to discover new stores,” Twis said.
FNO only received moderate interest from consumers in Houston, but Dao believes the industry-favorite event will continue to gain popularity throughout the city.
“I think it’s just going to grow. It’s getting bigger and bigger every year. I think people are recognizing it. I think they’re going to look forward to the event every year. We’re hoping our little shop crawl is going to grow into something really big — incorporate more stores, maybe have some entertainment outside,” Dao said. | 2019-04-23T10:13:29 | http://thedailycougar.com/2012/09/11/local-shopping-centers-celebrate-annual-fashion-event/ |
Mister Preston was just a gem to work with!
Copy right Shawna Craig Photography. No coping or screen shooting.
Interested in my work, check out Shawna Craig’s portfolio or my session prices. | 2019-04-20T00:59:07 | http://shawnacraigphotography.com/prestons-newborn-shoot/ |
Court Description: REPORTED OPINION on 54 MOTION for Extension of Time until 02/18/2016 to File Response to Anham's motion for partial summary judgment filed by USA. Defendant's response to Plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment due by 10/13/2015. Signed by Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams. (TF3) Copy to parties. | 2019-04-18T15:32:14 | https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/federal-claims/cofce/1:2013cv00414/28099/59/ |
Welcome to Air Quality England, a resource for local air quality information and air quality data provision funded and hosted by Ricardo Energy & Environment. This website has been designed to provide all of Ricardo Energy & Environment's customers across England a portal for the dissemination of their air quality data as well as an information resource for members of the public. This site complements resources available to local authorities via the Defra web pages and LAQM TG 16 technical guidance.
Ricardo Energy & Environment's air quality monitoring services via Air Quality England (also known as the Calibration Club) has been designed to help local authorities and private sector customers fulfill their duties within the Local Air Quality Management framework. The service promotes and supports best practice in the application of quality control to automatic air-monitoring data in line with the Government's technical guidance (LAQM.TG(16)).
As part of their obligation local authorities are required to publish and disseminate information on local air quality to members of the public. Air Quality England provides the mechanism for fulfilling this obligation.
Air Quality England provides access to the latest air pollutant concentrations from each monitoring station and the current level of pollution as defined by Defra and provided as the Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI). It also enables the user access to historic data sets, statistics and graphing tools. | 2019-04-26T01:50:19 | https://www.airqualityengland.co.uk/about |
On Monday, December 3, both of the seventh grade classes from Aaron School 45th Street went on a field trip to tour Aaron High School on 30th Street. When they arrived, they were greeted by the Aaron School Student Council President and the Senior Class Representative. While one seventh grade class took a tour of the building, the other class worked on a fun project in the art room.
Meanwhile, in the art room, the other seventh grade class had a fun time creating magnets of Aaron School’s mascot, the falcon, to put on their lockers when they returned to 45th Street. They colored in their falcons, while chatting with eighth grade students and picking their brains about the day-to-day workings of 30th Street. Afterwards, they glued it onto construction paper, and attached a magnet to the back.
After the activities, the seventh and eighth graders came together in the Gym to enjoy a pizza lunch together and socialize! It’s not every day that students from Aaron School 45th Street get to mingle with students from Aaron School 30th Street. It was so nice to see so many familiar faces!
When the seventh grade students arrived back to 45th Street, they wrote “Thank You” letters to the staff and students of 30th Street for being so welcoming and informative. Both seventh grade classes are excited for what the future may bring! | 2019-04-26T01:58:45 | https://www.aaronschool.org/seventh-grade-students-tour-30th-street/ |
Istanbul travel journals. Here’s where I am. Sewing in the signatures. Stitching the covers. Watching In Treatment. Going off track in 5 days! Flying to Kansas City to see Mama Moss in less than a week. Taking Sister’s travel journal with me. Cat Nanny has been secured for trip to Istanbul! A mighty thanks to all who responded to Buck’s ad. Such an eclectic interesting group of cute people. That is not code for lunatic. Far from it!
This is from our trip to the Amalfi Coast. You can drink fresh spring water directly out of the fountains there. Naturally cold and delicious!
Unlike the 2 Roman brothers below, I will be completely unplugged while traveling.
There is a delightful off-the-beaten-path little restaurant in midtown Kansas City, You Say Tomato, at 28th & Holmes. Well worth a visit. They serve breakfast & lunch and amazing pies & such. If Mama Moss hasn’t been, it would be fun to try while you’re there.
Aww, glad you found a feline loving companion for your “cat posse” – I was going to apply also but figured I don’t comment enough, oh, and also figured I would be on my own excursion eastward on nearly the same dates! I will be in Prague, Krakow & Hungary…making my own travel journal after taking your ROD class earlier this year!
The second set of dates are Istanbul, correct? First is Mama Moss. Enjoy! (which is about the least needed admonishment to you that there can be!). | 2019-04-21T08:23:49 | https://dispatchfromla.com/2010/08/that-is-not-code-for-lunatic.html |
The Powerbase-70 is a 77wh 14.8v lithium-ion battery pack providing up to 6x the runtime of Canon OEM batteries. Specifically designed for the Canon 5D MKII and Canon 7D.
The Powerbase-70 mounts under the camera doubling as a grip or may attach to a HDSLR support via its 1/4-20 release plate or V-mount.
Compatible with the 5D MKII,5D MKIII, 7D, 60D, Canon 70D and all other Canon cameras using the LP-E6 battery form. | 2019-04-21T16:36:56 | https://www.holdan.co.uk/Core+SWX/PB70+for+Canon+5D+%7C+7D+%7C+60D |
Insurance comparison marketplace QuoteWizard is having a good start to the year.
The company announced Thursday that it has acquired California-based Bantam Connect, a call transfer company specializing in insurance leads. Privately held QuoteWizard also disclosed a record profit of $12 million in 2017. The Seattle-based company said its total revenue for the year was $80 million, also a record high since it was founded in 2006.
QuoteWizard has absorbed Bantam’s management team and all 30 of its employees and said it will allow the company to continue operations as normal under the QuoteWizard brand. The companies did not release financial details of the deal, but said it included both cash and equity.
The news is notable given that QuoteWizard was forced to lay off 30 percent of its workforce in late 2016 as the insurance markets shifted. Peyree told GeekWire at the time that the company couldn’t maintain its growth in the insurance environment and that it would look to diversify its offerings.
It seems that plan is working out — Bantam’s addition and the acquisition of insurance shopping site RateElert in October have expanded QuoteWizard’s products into broader offerings for insurance providers and shoppers.
QuoteWizard has been family owned and self-funded since its founding in 2006, and has at times been among the fastest growing companies in Washington state. It opened a Denver office in May of 2016. | 2019-04-25T09:02:11 | https://www.geekwire.com/2018/quotewizard-acquires-call-transfer-company-bantam-connect-posts-record-profit-2017/ |
RoboForm Crack- is a password manager and one-click web forms with some very serious smart features. Automatically saved passwords used in login forms loaded browser; automatically fills in your username and password in the login form; press the button for me for you; fill in personal information in online forms; can save offline passwords and notes; generate random and secure passwords, etc. RoboForm Crack can encrypt passwords and personal data using 3-DES. All personal information is stored only on your computer.
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RoboForm Keygen can strip form to integrate with most popular browsers, for now, only exception Opera. License: Free (Freeware) with some restrictions. Take RoboForm with you on a USB drive for maximum convenience and portability. Sync your passwords and notes to Palm or Pocket PC. Backup, restore and print passwords and many more features.
Turn On the new Ver 8 permit requirement.
Now Everywhere permit is required for Sync just, with 30 day time for testing.
Show “Purchase” and ‘Recharge ” things in RoboForm 8 Help menu.
Make Emergency Access * UI formally accessible in RF ver 8.
Fix bugs in RF 8 permitting on the customer side.
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scrambles passwords and individual information utilizing 3-DES calculation.
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Place passwords on USB drives for included insurance. | 2019-04-23T18:11:57 | https://crackhere.com/roboform-crack-keygen/ |
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s timeless classic My Neighbor Totoro has already earned 173 million yuan in China as of the previous weekend. This total gross now makes it the second-highest grossing Japanese film in China for 2018, ranking below Eiga Doraemon: Nobita no Tarakajima, which was released on June 1, 2018 and earned a total of 209 million yuan. The first Ghibli film to ever receive a large-scale theatrical release in China, Totoro first opened in Chinese cinemas last December 14 and has been running in theaters since then. The said date is also the film’s 30th anniversary since its release in Japan.
During its premiere week, it earned 87 million yuan and closed as the second highest grosser for that week, closely following Hollywood superhero movie Aquaman. This impressive opening week for Totoro is testament to Miyazaki’s following in China. Despite the fact that most have already watched his films on DVD or the internet, people still flocked to cinemas to watch the digitally-restored version of one of his most beloved works.
Chinese distributor SCLA released the digitally-remastered version of the film, with both Chinese-subtitled Japanese audio and a Chinese-dubbed version available to filmgoers. With the success of Totoro in Chinese theaters, SCLA is reportedly negotiating the rights to release other Studio Ghibli films in China.
My Neighbor Totoro is the story of Satsuki and Mei and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in post-war rural Japan. Released in 1988, it is the third film that Hayao Miyazaki directed, after Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Castle in the Sky. Since its release, the film has amassed numerous critical reviews, citations and a worldwide cult following, with its titular character Totoro becoming a cultural icon. | 2019-04-22T14:34:06 | https://ani.me/posts/4534-My-Neighbor-Totoro-Becomes-Second-Highest-Earning-Japanese-Movie-in-China-in-2018 |
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