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BkiUd2U5qoYA0qtoLRl8 | Key Associates, Inc. is committed to helping leaders and their organizations grow. Our corporate executive coaching services support individual leaders as well as teams and organizations in reaching their full potential through a customized process of Right Focus, Right People and Right Execution.
We build confidence through a systematic approach that lays out a plan, tracks milestones and brings results. Today we'll discuss how to improve and enhance the selection and hiring practices by outlining some common mistakes to avoid when interviewing and hiring. .
Having the right people on your team can spell the difference between success and failure. When it comes to building a team, finding and hiring the right people is one of the toughest challenges leaders face.
Often, leaders build their organizational team one at a time as the company grows and can afford (and attract) better talent. However, the stakes are actually a lot higher earlier in the company's growth. Hiring the wrong person can very well put you out of business.
If you want the right people, you must have at the core of your approach the following guiding principle: past behavior speaks volumes about future behavior. Yes, people can change; however, change rarely occurs unless some major crisis or demand for change comes about due to external circumstances, such as being fired, a major illness or accident. That's why you must find a way to ferret out information about the candidates' past successes and failures. Then you must judge how these past events and behaviors may influence success in the opportunity at hand.
Gathering focused information to paint a realistic picture of the candidates' strengths and weaknesses is essential. Corroborating your findings through interviews with references and other assessments you might use will greatly improve your odds that the chosen candidate will be a right fit for your team.
Let's take a look at some of the most common mistakes people make when interviewing and hiring.
Hastiness or operating from a sense of urgency that overrides good decision making. Hiring someone too quickly to fill a gap that suddenly got bigger with business growth is a frequently mentioned reason why organizations hire the wrong person. Hiring someone in haste winds up making more work for everyone, not to mention the backlash that results from picking someone who fails in a leadership role.
Replicating ourselves. Sometimes people want to find someone that reminds them of themselves. Picking "another you" is a common strategy to find someone you think you can count on. Organizations need diversity to inspire creativity and innovative thinking. Besides, it's hard to judge accurately whether or not the initial traits you see in a candidate really are similar to yours or to those of someone you admire.
Going mostly by "gut feelings." Not collecting the right information or enough information to know if the candidate really has the competencies and motivation essential to the job is a common error. Be clear on the competencies and expectations of the position in question and investigate how the candidates you meet fit or don't.
Not assessing the right culture fit. One of the mistakes that many of our small to midsize clients have made is hiring someone from a big public company who is used to having lots of resources available, only to find that the new hire can't get used to the more entrepreneurial environment where s/he is expected to be proactive, resources are less plentiful, and there is less structure in place to guide actions.
Not involving enough people in the interviewing process or not training them to go deeper and broader in the interview. So often, people don't include others who could add value to the interview process. Using multiple interviewers allows you to get perspectives that balance that of the hiring manager.
Using a consistent and structured approach to interviewing that focuses on behaviors will ensure you avoid these errors and enhance your ability to select the right people for your organization.
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BkiUfr8241xiNk_AZHf6 | Adam's Story
$10 MILLION TO HELP OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PRESCHOOLS GROW
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall is encouraging community and mobile preschools across the region to apply for their share of a new $10 million grant program aimed at boosting the number of children in early education facilities.
Mr Marshall said the NSW Government's Strong Start Capital Works Grants program was geared towards ensuring more parents and children could access preschools.
"The year before school starts is essential to teaching children essential problem solving, learning and social skills, that will benefit them throughout their schooling life," Mr Marshall said.
"Research has shown these formative years can have a profound impact on educational achievement later in life. Every child deserves to have access to early childhood education – and these grants will help provide the infrastructure to make that happen."
The funding can be used to construct new community preschools or expand existing services to provide more places.
"Community and mobile preschools across the Northern Tablelands are doing an excellent job teaching children essential skills, as well as giving parents breathing room to get back to work earlier," Mr Marshall said.
"By increasing the amount of places available to children in the year before school, we're helping to extend those benefits to all, no matter where you live."
The Start Strong Capital Works Grants program is open to not-for-profit community preschools and mobile preschools operating in areas of the state where there is a demonstrated shortage of places.
Applications are now open and can be submitted online up until Friday, 18 August.
For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's website at www.dec.nsw.gov.au/what-we-offer/regulation-and-accreditation/early-childhood-education-care/funding/start-strong/capital-works-grants-program
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BkiUcpk5qhLACA4PvGQK | In all my 35 years advising the UK's gambling industry I can think of no time when it has been so besieged with adverse criticism from the Government, the Parliamentary Opposition, regulators, the media and the general public alike.
Clearly opinions on gambling (whether justified, exaggerated or prejudiced) expressed in the media heavily influence public opinion. The opinions expressed by the public carry considerable weight with both the Gambling Commission and MPs. The views of the Commission and of MPs have direct bearing on Government policy.
As matters now stand, the need for all sectors of the industry to press the "pause" button and take serious stock before a bad situation becomes disastrous has never been more critical.
The warnings have been clear.
Revealed that customers feel existing responsible gambling messages are often confusing and unclear.
Its CEO Sarah Harrison: "the bar has been set too low by operators in relation to treating customers fairly", warning the industry that: "we are at a tipping point, and …. those who do not deliver for the consumer will find themselves in an uncomfortable position, with their future in this industry increasingly in peril".
On the same issue of fairness, the CMA has announced that it is due to decide this month whether to proceed with court action against online gambling operators for breaches of consumer law. This was immediately followed by a Commission warning to online gambling operators to review their terms and conditions before regulatory action is stepped up in the New Year to ensure that consumers are treated fairly, adding that too often it is finding that operators' "terms and conditions have been complicated, one-sided and difficult to understand". Such a warning is wholly in line with the Commission's recently published strategy for the next three years that proposes "tougher and broader sanctions on operators who fail to treat customers fairly and to make gambling safe".
Broadway Gaming having to pay a penalty package of £100,000 for failing to include significant terms linked to promotional advertisements found on five of its gambling websites.
"I must say that it seems to me that current public opinion represents a serious existential threat to the future success of the gambling industry in Britain.. my experience of the industry thus far is that it is not wholly undeserving of the flak that it gets". Referring to the outcome of the DCMS gaming machine review (on which I commented in my SBC News "Death knell sounded for FOBTs" article last month), she added: "I was completely unsurprised by the proposals in the government's policy review. An industry that has devoted its energies to aggressively fighting amongst itself, served only to accelerate the rapidly falling reputation it has, and to secure essentially none of the changes to regulations each sector sought".
Subsequent publication of the Commission's "Young people and gambling 2017" report, leading to media headlines such as the Guardian's "25,000 children in Britain are problem gamblers, report finds", have served only to underline the extent of the challenge the gambling industry is facing in satisfactorily concluding that mission.
DCMS Minister Tracey Crouch rounded off the opening session of the GambleAware conference by urging gambling operators to contribute at least the recommended voluntary donation of 0.1% of their GGY to GambleAware to fund research, education and treatment of problem gambling, saying: "We want everyone to work together to improve the voluntary system and make sure it provides the support needed, but if it doesn't we won't hesitate to explore alternative avenues including a statutory levy. So this, folks, is really the last chance saloon on this".
So how else can the industry meet the challenge?
With the aim of raising standards in the gambling markets, more effective and independent arrangements will be in place to resolve consumer complaints and disputes.
And it has explained how its expectations can be achieved in a speech given by its Project Director George Lusty last month, available on the gov.uk website.
It is anticipated that the forthcoming Gambling Commission consultation on LCCP changes linked to the "ensuring gambling is fair and open" licensing objective (expected to run from January to April next year) will focus on similar issues.
Have you ensured marketing communications include significant limitations and qualifications which consumers should be aware of?
Have you ensured marketing communications are compliant with LCCP provisions and CAP and BCAP rules?
Have you used the free and paid for copy advice service provided by the ASA and CAP?
Have you ensured contractual terms and conditions with affiliates are robust?
Have you ensured that affiliates are clear of their requirements regarding advertising standards and the consequences of compliance failings?
Are you conducting regular audits of your affiliates' activity against your compliance policy?
Are you auditing new affiliates' websites, in addition to the creative and copy used, before accepting them onto your affiliate programme?
So, to borrow Tracey Crouch's phrase, all indications are that the British gambling industry has arrived at "the last chance saloon" and, unless improvements occur, Sarah Harrison may not be the only person leaving involvement with gambling when she leaves office at the end of February. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUd8HxaKgS2Q1DV0Ez | As we have for every general election since 1979, Ipsos MORI has produced estimates of how the voters voted in the recent EU referendum. It is always important to stress that these are only estimates, based on aggregating the data from our election polls and other surveys over the course of the campaign, which asked people how they intended to vote, and then weighting these figures to the final actual results and turnout at a regional level. Nevertheless, in the absence of any exit poll with demographic data or other official source, these should provide a useful guide for how different subgroups voted1.
The referendum vote revealed huge differences in voting intentions by age, class, education level and ethnicity – if anything, more apparent than that seen in the general election. Younger, more middle class, more educated and BME voters chose to remain; older, working class, less educated and white voters opted to leave.
Age and class both have an effect on people's views. A majority of 18-34 year olds in every social class voted to remain, while a majority of those aged 55+ in every class voted to leave. But within each age group the middle-classes were more likely to vote to remain, and the working classes more likely to vote to leave, and within each class younger people were more likely to vote remain, and older people more likely to vote to leave. The crossover point was among the middle-aged: middle-class 35-54 year olds voted to stay, working class 35-54 year olds voted to leave.
A very small majority of women voted to remain, while men voted to leave. The biggest gender differences were among the AB social class and among those aged 35-54, among both of whom women were eleven points more likely to vote to remain than men.
People in work (full or part time, public sector or private sector), students, mortgage holders and private renters voted to remain. Those who own their home outright, social renters, the retired and those looking after homes all voted to leave.
There were clear differences along party lines, but a majority of those who did not vote in the last general election choose to leave. 2015 Conservative voters voted to leave by roughly the same margin as 2015 Labour and Liberal Democrat voters voted to remain; 99% of UKIP's 2015 support voted to leave. Among those who did not vote in 2015 (but who were not too young to do so), there was a 16-point lead for leave.
Note 1: Our final voting forecast overstated the remain vote. This was because in making the forecast we had to make assumptions about likely turnout patterns, without much evidence from similar referendums to guide us, and in fact turnout was higher than we anticipated. If we simply assume that those who said they were certain to vote did in fact do so, our data matches the final result very closely even without further fine-tuning, which encourages us that the changes we have made since the 2015 election have made our underlying samples significantly more representative.
Estimating turnout is especially difficult when relying on survey data. The main error in our 2015 General Election polls was to underestimate the proportion of non-voters (and in return over-estimate Labour voters), and although we have introduced a number of changes since then to address this issue, it may still be the case that politically-engaged people are more likely to take part in polls than those who are not engaged, although we hope, less so than before. Respondents may overestimate their likelihood of voting in an election (and they may also incorrectly believe they are registered). Turnout patterns may also be very different in a referendum than in a general election – indeed, had we used our old turnout filter in the EU referendum instead of the one we had developed to replace it (precisely because the old turnout filter did not work in the last general election), we would have got the referendum result almost exactly right. This means that estimates of turnout in particular need to be treated with some caution. Even so, we believe the estimates below do shed light on which groups of the population were more or less likely to vote in the referendum.
Finally, one extra set of turnout figures are shown. Because of the potential danger of over-claim, we have adjusted the claimed turnout figure for different age groups based on the British Election Study voter validation exercise, which compares whether people said they voted after the election against marked-up registers to provide an indication of how many people said they voted against those who actually did. This showed that younger voters were more likely to over-claim they had voted than older voters. As might be expected, this reduces the estimated levels of turnout among younger people in our figures. This is not a perfect model – the BES study was carried out after the election so is based on recalled vote rather than predicted likelihood to vote, and in a general election scenario rather in a referendum, when voting patterns may well have been different – but nevertheless it does show that making allowances for different levels of over-claim can make a difference to these estimates2.
Note 2: The adjustment makes minimal difference to the voting projections – at most one percentage point and usually less.
Base: 7,816 GB adults aged 18+ (of whom 5,955 were classed as voters, as defined below), interviewed by telephone during the campaign. All those who were 'absolutely certain to vote' or who said they had already voted, and said they were registered, were classed as voters. The proportions of remain voters, leave voters and non-voters was then weighted to the actual referendum results by region according to Electoral Commission figures (given below). The data were also weighted to the population profile of Great Britain. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUcZ3xK6EuNBRhHcyK | When Farming is Pleasure
The International Day of Rural Women is celebrated on 15 October. In Belarus, over one million women live in rural areas. It is about 22 per cent of all Belarusian women.
Natalia Strok is a rural entrepreneur living in Biaroza district of Brest region, Belarus
Photo: UNDP in Belarus
Not so long ago Natalia started goats breeding and production of homemade goat cheese. Beside that Natalia is the director of the Vysakouski eco-ethnographic centre.
Now there are 93 goats of various breeds on her farm: white Saanen goats, lop-eared Anglo-Nubians and spotted Alpine beauties.
There is even a goat 'nursery' on the farm, where goatlets are kept. These babies have a special menu and special care.
There is a lot of work such as pasturing, feeding and milking. That is why Natalia's son now helps her with the farm. He joined the mother's business half a year ago and now helps with the farm.
Photo: Sergei Leskiec/UNDP in Belarus
The salt-n-pepper of Natalia's business is homemade soft cheese made of goat milk with herbs, seeds and nuts, various sprinkles and marinades. Each type of cheese has its unique flavour.
Natalia is passionate about plant farming.
Natalia also organized a nursery for plants beside her house. She grows young plants to distribute them among people living in the village and district. Today there are 15 varieties of mint, various pumpkins, seedlings of viburnum opulus, rose hips, and blackberries.
By her example Natalia shows that even small household plots can provide quality organic products for their owners' needs and for sale.
Natalia is the director of the Vysakouski eco-ethnographic centre.
Natalia believes that the basis for successful development of rural entrepreneurship can be provided through horizontal cooperation of entrepreneurs within the district and beyond. There are enough entrepreneurs in Biaroza district, so Natalia had an idea to create a local business community to establish partnerships and facilitate joint training.
The first step on the way to implementation of this idea was made two years ago, when the regional Centre for Agro-Eco-Entrepreneurship Support was created with the involvement of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus and financial support of the European Union.
At the centre, Biaroza district residents study innovative business technologies, principles of green economy, and basics of entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
When planning training sessions and workshops, local interests and needs are taken into account. For example, of great interest in the region is the greenhouse business. Accordingly, the centre offers both newcomers and experienced gardeners consultations about construction of greenhouses and garden nurseries and use of innovative technologies for agriculture.
Cheesemakers can use the equipment for cheese production.
The Centre for Agro-Eco-Entrepreneurship Support also has a station for joint use of equipment for cultivated products processing. Here farmers can dry or ferment herbs, fruit and vegetables.
"My homeland gives strength, and understanding that you help people gives a feeling of satisfaction and happiness. I love running business and I love farming. I am still not ready to rest.
Natalia is planning to create a women's agricultural production cooperative.
Production of 'delicious souvenirs' will be among its focus areas. Souvenir cheeses, jams, pickles, sweets and cakes will be produced under the brand entitled, "Treats from Biaroza Region."
"I am not disclosing a secret of my cake ingredients yet, but you can take my word that it will be a master dish under the "Made by Mummy" brand," says Natalia.
The Centre for Agro-Eco-Entrepreneurship Support in Biaroza district of Brest region was opened as part of the project "Support to Economic Development at the Local Level in the Republic of Belarus" funded by the European Union and implemented by UN Development Program (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Belarus.
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BkiUems5qhLBcdv_WtR4 | The Secret Scripture Movie trailer
We've got our hands on the first official trailer of The Secret Scripture, the upcoming drama movie directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Aidan Turner, Rooney Mara, Theo James, Eric Bana, Jack Reynor, and Vanessa Redgrave:
"A woman keeps a diary of her extended stay at a mental hospital. Based on the novel by Sebastian Barry.
Lady Rose is an elderly woman who has lived in a hospital for 40 years. Despite her bleak surroundings there is a light in her eyes that cannot be extinguished.
Dr Grene is drawn to her, compelled to discover her past and gain her freedom. Through her scripture we reveal a life of extraordinary love, great injustice and a remarkable young woman of courage whose only crime was to fall in love yet she survives the system's brutal violations.
Set against a backdrop of troubled times locally and chaos internationally we learn of her ultimate triumph."
Did love drive her crazy? Or did it protect from falling into the abyss of dementia? What do you think happened?
No official release date yet.
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Bordeaux Vintners Convicted of Fraud, but Fellow Winemakers Cry Foul
Hervé and Régis Grandeau were found guilty of selling surplus wine, but protest that regulations were unclear and no one was harmed
Grapegrowers say French rules protect them; winemakers complain they're too much. (istockphotos)
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Bordeaux is roiling under another fraud conviction, this time concerning one of the trade's most well-known figures. Hervé Grandeau, president of the Federation des Grands Vins de Bordeaux (FGVB) and member of the regional council for France's appellation authority, the INAO, and his brother Régis Grandeau have been convicted of mislabeling wine. Bordeaux's criminal tribunal sentenced Hervé and Régis to six- and four-month suspended prison sentences, respectively, and €30,000 fines (with €20,000 suspended). Their two family businesses were fined €200,000 each (with €150,000 suspended).
The conviction has left many in the wine trade stunned, especially because of the crime in question. "Not one grape from another estate in Bordeaux or from outside Bordeaux was sold by Hervé and his brother," said Christophe Château, a spokesperson for the CIVB, the leading trade group. "There was no impact on the quality of the wine for the consumer."
But in the eyes of the French administration and justice system, Hervé and Régis cheated the government out of wine pre-destined for industrial distillation, selling it instead as table wine. Under France's strict regulations, if growers produce yields in excess of the quantity allowed in an appellation, they must give the surplus wine to the government for distillation. If the grower does not send the surplus for distillation, then it is illegal to sell any of the wine as Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine.
Auditors found that the Grandeaus instead blended their surplus AOC wines produced at their estate Château Lauduc in the Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux with table wine, and sold the blend as table wine rather than sending it for distillation. Then they sold their regular yield as AOC Bordeaux or Bordeaux Supérieur. In all, the charges relate to 5,900 hectoliters of wine—the equivalent of almost 66,000 cases—worth €1.37 million.
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The infractions surfaced following an audit in April 2013, and include: the absence of a harvest register; surplus AOC wine sold as table wine rather than destroyed; illegal use of "château" and "clos"; and one vat of an illegal blend of 2010 AOC Bordeaux red, 2011 AOC Bordeaux red, 2011 AOC Bordeaux Supérieur and table wine, which was then sold as table wine. Table wine does not have restrictions on blends, vintage, geographic origin or yields.
The brothers are not charged with selling table wine as AOC wine, or selling generic Bordeaux under a more lucrative appellation.
During a trial that lasted four hours, Hervé Grandeau denied the charges, saying he'd acted in good faith and had never committed fraud; he admitted negligence in terms of traceability, due to the absence of a harvest register, which was rarely used at the time of the events.
"At the time, I'm not sure even 10 percent of the vignerons had this register—which is not an excuse," said Grandeau, who noted that his organization, the FGVB, published the first guide on how to keep the register in 2014.
His lawyer Jean-Philippe Magret noted that a harvest register was not required at the time. "These aren't thugs," argued Magret. "There's no question of a 'vin de lune' [an illegal wine produced at night when no one is looking]. There aren't any forbidden products. No bad intentions."
When Bernard Farges, president of the Bordeaux and Bordeaux Supérieur Appellation and vice-president of the CIVB, was called as a witness and questioned by Judge Caroline Baret on why Grandeau was allowed to keep his elected role at the FGVB, a feisty Farges retorted, "every defendant is presumed innocent."
Following the guilty verdict, the CIVB's Château reiterated the trade's support to Wine Spectator. "The rules started in 2009, but in 2010, 2011 and 2012, we were still trying to figure out how to apply the rules," he said. "Unfortunately for Hervé and his brother, the audit was in early 2013. In 2010, 2011 and 2012, there was, what we call in France, a difference in interpretation between the state administration and practice."
There is also a sense that Grandeau was singled out for a harsh sentence due to his stature in the wine trade. When she handed down her decision, Baret told the court, "Your professional commitments and the gravity of the alleged facts require a significant sentence, which cannot be limited to a fine in view of the casualness of your assessment of the situation."
In the wake of the guilty verdict, Magret has suggested that his clients will appeal the decision. In a final show of support and defiance, mere days after the guilty verdict, the FGVB re-elected Grandeau as its president.
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In approximately two weeks, a new version of the SRTR beta site will be available for review and comment. A beta version of the SRTR website containing the 5-tier outcome assessment has been available online over the past year. During that time, SRTR has worked with HRSA and the SRTR Visiting Committee (SVC) to consider feedback from transplant professionals, researchers, and patients and their family members. SRTR has been working with HRSA and the SVC to implement a series of changes in response to that feedback. Additionally, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded research by Drs. Ajay Israni and Cory Schaffhausen that studies how patients use and interpret the information on the SRTR website. Their research led to a number of suggested improvements in the how the data is presented for public consumption.
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In past centuries the barrier protecting the lagoon was sometimes breached by the Baltic Sea during storm surges that flooded across the island of Usedom, when the narrowest part of the land bridge between Zempin and Koserow at Rieckgraben (near Lüttenort) was flooded. This land bridge between the Achterwasser and the Baltic Sea is only 300 metres wide.
The Achterwasser is not very deep, and is a popular surfing and sailing area. The beach sand on the Achterwasser on the peninsula of Gnitz is not as fine-grained as that on the Baltic Sea beach of Usedom. The bottom of the Achterwasser is very stony.
On some maps from medieval and early modern times, the lagoon is named as "Lassansches Water" or as plural "Lassansche Waters". The description is related to the town of Lassan, which as the only town on the Achterwasser possessed the fishing rights for the waters.
Villages and geographical features on the Achterwasser
Lieper Winkel
Krienker See (bay) and former Dewicho Manor House (Rittergut Dewichow) on its eastern shore
Balmer See - bay
Ückeritz - southern edge
Loddin and Loddiner Höft
Koserow- southern edge
Zempin - southern edge
Peninsula of Gnitz / Lütow
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Bays of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Bays of the Baltic Sea
Usedom
Vorpommern-Greifswald
Peenestrom
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So, do you want us to make nice, little rhymes? That would be cool!
Well, I can dream up some two word rhymes!
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If I'm correct, one must say #5 like a Bostonian. 🙂 Still working on #2.
I AM a Bostonian, but I'm not aware of any accent involved. Hmmm. Very trippy, Hippie.
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Not what I intended, but I love the answer, Louise.
And I like this comment, Niko! I think Oscar the Cat was listening to Pharrell Williams singing "Happy." Not sure what his state of mind was.
Same to you, Niko, and thanks for increasing my gratitude attitude today.
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Laura is a roarer! (There's a Boston accent on that rhyme.) Four yeses to her guesses.
Great game 🙂 . I tried to guess the answers but was unable to come up with suitable words that can rhyme chime . I guess mess (hehe ,trying to practice) .
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. And thank you, again, for your amazing contribution to this post (and its host).
I think I got #2 – feline online? I also got #4 shy guy, but others beat me to it. Could only come up with Lift Gift for #1. As for #3 and #5, no idea! Good game, though.
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Your family game surely helped your turn out to be as clever as you are. It a phrase-turner, punster's dream.
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The housing policies the Tories seems so proud of will cost Wandsworth tens of millions of pounds – and do nothing to help renters, the homeless or most people on ordinary incomes hoping to buy.
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This paper covers council rents, money to tackle the homelessness crisis and elements of councillor Govindia's new housing strategy. There are positive and negative sides to each.
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BkiUdJk5qX_BnPKL8JD_ | Year : 2010 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 2 | Page : 107--112
Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 as an adjunct for instrumented posterior arthrodesis in the occipital cervical region: An analysis of safety, efficacy, and dosing
D Kojo Hamilton1, Justin S Smith2, Davis L Reames2, Brian J Williams2, Christopher I Shaffrey2
1 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
D Kojo Hamilton
University of Maryland School of medicine, 22 South Greene St, S-12-D, Baltimore, MD. 21201
Background: There have been few reports on the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP)-2 in posterior spine. However, no study has investigated the dosing, safety, and efficacy of its use in the posterior atlantoaxial, and/or craniovertebral junction. Recent case report of the cytokine-mediated inflammatory reaction, following off label use of rhBMP-2 as an adjunct for cervical fusion, particularly in complex cases, has increased concern about complications associated with the product. Objective: To assess the safety, efficacy, and dosing of rhBMP-2 as an adjunct for instrumented posterior atlantoaxial and/or craniovertebral junction arthrodesis. Materials and Methods: We included all patients treated by the senior author that included posterior atlantoaxial and/or craniovertebral junction instrumented fusion using rhBMP-2 from 2003 to 2008 with a minimum two year follow-up. Diagnosis, levels fused, rhBMP-2 dose, complications, and fusion were assessed. Results: Twenty three patients with a mean age of 60.9 years (range 4 - 89 years) and an average follow-up of 45 months (range 27 to 84 months) met inclusion criteria. The indications for surgery included, atlantoaxial instability (n = 16), basilar invagination (n = 6), and kyphoscoliosis (n = 1). The specific pathologic diagnosis included type 2 dens fracture (n = 7), complex C1 and C2 ring fracture (n = 2), chordoma (n = 2), degenerative/osteoporosis (n = 3), rheumatoid disease (n = 8), and pseudogout (n = 1). The average rhBMP-2 dose was 2.38 mg/level, with a total of 76 levels treated (average 3.3 levels, SD= 1.4 levels). There were no complications. During the most recent follow-up, all patients had achieved fusion. Conclusions: In a series of patients with complex pathology and/or rheumatoid arthritis, 100% fusion rate was achieved with adjunct use of rhBMP-2, with a safe and effective average rhBMP-2 dose of 2.38 mg per level.
Hamilton D K, Smith JS, Reames DL, Williams BJ, Shaffrey CI. Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 as an adjunct for instrumented posterior arthrodesis in the occipital cervical region: An analysis of safety, efficacy, and dosing.J Craniovert Jun Spine 2010;1:107-112
Hamilton D K, Smith JS, Reames DL, Williams BJ, Shaffrey CI. Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 as an adjunct for instrumented posterior arthrodesis in the occipital cervical region: An analysis of safety, efficacy, and dosing. J Craniovert Jun Spine [serial online] 2010 [cited 2022 Jan 18 ];1:107-112
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BkiUbVfxK4tBVhat2LnK | Inmarsat not for sale, CEO says
by Caleb Henry — August 3, 2018
Rupert Pearce, CEO, Inmarsat. Credit: SpaceNews/Kate Patterson.
WASHINGTON — Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce said Thursday the two purchase offers Inmarsat received from EchoStar this summer priced the company too low to take seriously.
Despite signals of interest from satellite fleet operators EchoStar of Englewood, Colorado, and, briefly, Eutelsat of Paris, London-based Inmarsat does not consider itself on the market for others to buy, Pearce told investors.
"We are not for sale," he said during an Aug. 2 earnings call. "We don't feel weak about our future, and we don't feel the need to engage in a merger even with somebody in our industry at this point in time."
Pearce said Inmarsat put an end to EchoStar merger discussions, which took place in June and again in July, very early in order to assert the value of Inmarsat, whose revenues reached $717 million for the first half of the year, up 5 percent compared to 2017.
"If you engage at a level that is way below what you think is the right level, what you are doing is signalling weakness and a willingness to trade value below fair value," he said. "That's where you end up, and so it was absolutely the wrong signal to send."
Satellite telecom companies anticipate consolidation could still happen between operators in order to slow an oversupply of satellite capacity that is driving transponder lease prices down. Some analysts believe Inmarsat's spectrum assets make the company a significant acquisition target as well.
Pearce said Inmarsat is now beginning to actualize its growth plans with Global Xpress, its $1.6 billion four-satellite Ka-band network that was slowed by launch delays in 2014 and 2015. Global Xpress revenues reached $110 million for the first half of 2018, nearly doubling from the same time last year. Pearce said the pathway to $500 million in annual Global Xpress revenues by 2020 is now visible.
"We remain highly confident in our strategy and prospects on a standalone basis," he said.
Bringing internet to aircraft is Inmarsat's fastest growing business, increasing 38.8 percent to $115.5 million for the first six months of 2018. Pearce said more than 280 aircraft have Global Xpress antennas installed, and 50 have activated service. Inmarsat has more than 1,400 aircraft under contract for Global Xpress in-flight connectivity.
The majority of Inmarsat's revenue comes from maritime customers, followed by government users. Pearce said he is hopeful Inmarsat's European Aviation Network, comprised of an S-band satellite payload and a terrestrial network of 300 towers spread across Europe, will start service in the fall. The primary holdup for service activation, which was originally anticipated last year, is the readiness of the network's inaugural customer, International Airlines Group, Pearce said.
Beyond the Global Xpress gambit
Pearce spoke broadly about Inmarsat's next-generation satellite investments, saying future systems won't look like the first Global Xpress system with a large upfront investment. Inmarsat's focus now is on systems that can be built and implemented more quickly than traditional geostationary satellite programs.
"Unless we break the model of $1.5 billion investments every few years, we won't be able to respond to customer demand in the right way at the right time," he said.
In May, Pearce unveiled a program called "GX Flex" that would enhance the company's L- and Ka-band satellite services, but gave few details beyond that it was in the Request for Information stage.
In an Aug. 2 earnings release, Inmarsat said it expects its capital expenditures to range between $500 million and $600 million annually for the next two and a half years, then to "meaningfully moderate after 2020 as we bring to bear our next-generation network augmentation plans."
Pearce declined to give a long-term forecast for spending, saying that a schedule laid out even for five years could be too rigid for the pace of technology development and market evolutions.
"We are looking for levels of agility that allow us to deliver fully operational capabilities within two years from a decision to go live," he said.
Pearce pointed to GX-5, a Ka-band satellite Thales Alenia Space is building ahead of a 2019 Ariane 5 launch, as indicative of future investment thinking. GX-5 has 60 times the capacity and costs "well over $100 million less" than the first-generation Global Xpress satellites from Boeing, he said.
"You can see the direction of travel and you can assume that that direction will continue," he said.
Inmarsat has two other satellites, the Inmarsat-6s, under construction by Airbus Defence and Space. Those Ka- and L-band spacecraft are set to launch in 2020 and 2021, with the first booked on a Japanese H-2A rocket from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
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A low-cap Ethereum rival is suddenly making big moves as altcoins and the broader crypto markets begin to show signs of life.
Telos is an EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) – compatible blockchain built on top of the EOS.IO network that boasts 10,000 transactions per second.
The Telos EVM aims to be a scalable solution for Solidity-based applications, and users can also run and deploy Ethereum applications.
The project's website says,
"Unlike other scalable EVMs, Telos EVM is not just a fork of the original Go Ethereum code. It's an entirely new EVM redesigned from the ground up to take full advantage of the performances that the Telos Native blockchain delivers."
Less than a week ago, TLOS, Telos's native token, was trading near the $0.57 mark. By early morning on February 2nd, TLOS had reached $1.28, which is its all-time high at time of writing. The rally marked a 124% gain while the larger crypto assets recorded modest rallies or traded sideways.
According to Telos, there are already over 100 different projects building on top of its network. In a recent blog post, Telos revealed that it had onboarded BikeChain, which functions as a "100% self-governing ride-sharing mobile Dapp."
"BikeChain helps make a real difference in the world by pushing towards more environmentally friendly forms of transportation, allowing users to earn while still being influential in the future of BikeChain as a whole."
In the same blog post, Telos also announced it had integrated with DappRadar, the world's biggest decentralized application tracker. DappRadar users can now track projects built on Telos as they can with Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL) or Binance Smart Chain (BSC).
At time of writing, TLOS is currently trading at $1.09, up 93% in the past seven days, and 2491.8% in the last year.
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About the Khan Academy team
Live & breathe learners
We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.
As a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.
Embrace diverse perspectives
We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.
Work responsibly and sustainably
We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.
Bring out the joy
We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors.
Cultivate learning mindset
We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren't afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.
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We insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things — each of which aligns to our ambitious vision — so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.
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Live and breathe learners - We deeply understand and empathize with our users. We leverage user insights, research, and experience to build content, products, services, and experiences that our users trust and love. Our success is defined by the success of our learners and educators.
Take a stand - As a company, we have conviction in our aspirational point of view of how education will evolve. The work we do is in service to moving towards that point of view. However, we also listen, learn and flex in the face of new data, and commit to evolving this point of view as the industry and our users evolve.
Embrace diverse perspectives - We are a diverse community. We seek out and embrace a diversity of voices, perspectives and life experiences leading to stronger, more inclusive teams and better outcomes. As individuals, we are committed to bringing up tough topics and leaning into different points of view with curiosity. We actively listen, learn and collaborate to gain a shared understanding. When a decision is made, we commit to moving forward as a united team.
Work responsibly and sustainably - We understand that achieving our audacious mission is a marathon, so we set realistic timelines and we focus on delivery that also links to the bigger picture. As a non-profit, we are supported by the generosity of donors as well as strategic partners, and understand our responsibility to our finite resources. We spend every dollar as though it were our own. We are responsible for the impact we have on the world and to each other. We ensure our team and company stay healthy and financially sustainable.
Deliver wow - We insist on high standards and deliver delightful, effective end-to-end experiences that our users can rely on. We choose to focus on fewer things - each of which aligns to our ambitious vision - so we can deliver high-quality experiences that accelerate positive measurable learning with our strategic partners.
Cultivate learning mindset - We believe in the power of growth for learners and for ourselves. We constantly learn and teach to improve our offerings, ourselves, and our organization. We learn from our mistakes and aren't afraid to fail. We don't let past failures or successes stop us from taking future bold action and achieving our goals.
Bring out the joy - We are committed to making learning a joyful process. This informs what we build for our users and the culture we co-create with our teammates, partners and donors. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUagvxK1fBGsWms48t | University College Dublin Smurfit School and Bord Bia are now seeking applications from ambitious executives with a minimum of 4 years experience who come from a broad range of specialist areas and who want to hone their skills in the area of business sustainability with this Business Sustainability programme.
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You will undertake overseas placements with some of the world's leading global brands, while gaining an internationally recognised Masters.
The MSc Business Sustainability at University College Dublin is designed for individuals who come from a broad range of specialist areas and who want to develop their expertise in business sustainability in the global food & drink industry.
This full-time, highly intensive programme will challenge participants to learn and develop leadership and management competencies. We look for participants who have four/five years work experience and can demonstrate an ability to manage academic requirements along with the flexibility to relocate internationally and a passion for pursuing a career in the food, drink and horticulture industry.
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BkiUatjxK6Ot9V_E1qmY | 5 Best L.A. Neighborhoods For the Urban Hiker
L.A. is not your ordinary metropolis. Yes, it has a thriving downtown that is an undeniable concrete jungle. But surrounding L.A.'s teeming urban core are some of the most picturesque naturescapes in the country. What makes L.A. such an extraordinary spot for the outdoors lover is the fact that so many of these wilderness areas are easily accessible from the well-developed infrastructure of our urban lives.
Modern Hiker and national real estate brokerage Redfin teamed up to find out which L.A. neighborhoods offer the best hiking opportunities. We looked at neighborhoods in L.A. that are no more than 50 miles from downtown, have at least 10,000 residents and offer some of the best hiking in the Southland. The profiles below give a rundown of the hiking culture in each town, a list of the top trails in the area along with their distance from the center of town and some key real estate market data from Redfin.
If you live in L.A. or are thinking about moving there and you want hiking to be at the center of your lifestyle, these are the neighborhoods for you.
1. PASADENA
While it's not necessarily an outdoorsy city, Pasadena was a reader favorite for its proximity to the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, easy transit options and the ability to access both the front range foothills of the San Gabriels and the deeper interior via the Angeles Crest Highway.
The city's borders snake north into the mountains, along the Arroyo Seco and into popular Eaton Canyon, which features one of the region's most accessible waterfalls. Many of the best hikes in the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument are just a short drive away, either north on the Angeles Crest or through Altadena, or east on the Foothill Freeway.
Pasadena tops our list of best neighborhoods for urban hikers mostly due to the three 'Ls' of real estate: location, location, location. It is, in fact, a kind of ultimate town to live in if you're into the outdoors since in addition to having its own trails, it is also nestled between two other locations on our list: Glendale and Sierra Madre.
Pasadena is also one of the most livable cities on our roster. While you could easily drop a couple million on real estate here, there are also more modest homes that are much more affordable. Since Pasadena is pretty spread out, its Walk Score isn't the highest. But it has a lot of flat land in the foothills so biking is a viable alternative for local transportation. Of course, downtown is just a short drive down the 110 freeway or ride on the Gold Line, or head north on the 210 and you're in Castaic in moments.
Notable Trails
Eaton Canyon (4.8 miles from Pasadena)
Echo Mountain (4.8 miles)
Bear Canyon and Switzer Falls (16.2 miles)
Josephine Peak (15.2 miles)
Eaton Canyon Falls
Pasadena Real Estate Profile
Median Sale Price: $662,000
Homes for Sale as of Nov. '14: 327
Average Number of Offers: 6.9
Walk Score: 62
Hiker's Dream Home: 1440 Arroyo View Dr. is a midcentury Pasadena tree house. Located in the northwest region of Pasadena, this home is a stone's throw from the San Gabriels and just minutes from the 210 freeway. Check out the outdoor reading nook perched among the trees off one of the bedrooms.
2. SIERRA MADRE
A significantly smaller city than others on the list, the hamlet of Sierra Madre has a profound connection with the history of the San Gabriel Mountains, from the Tongva People through the historic mountain resorts built and operated in the so-called Golden Age of Hiking. Remnants of that age still stand here, from the historic Mount Wilson Trail (one of the first popular hiking destinations for Angelenos and the home of the 100-plus-year-old Mount Wilson Trail Race) to the cabins of nearby Santa Anita Canyon or the old foundations above Bailey Canyon.
Sierra Madre was the first town in Southern California to establish its own wilderness preserve and that outdoorsy spirit perseveres here alongside significant small-town charm. Plus it's just a quick trip to neighboring cities for even more adventure in the foothills.
Due to Sierra Madre's small size there are relatively few homes for sale here at any given time. That plus its desirable location and charming Craftsman and ranch-style homes add up to a very competitive market. The real draw to this neighborhood for the urban hiker is its high Walk Score of 79. Living in Sierra Madre is truly a hiker's dream since it feels very remote, yet literally everything you need is located in its historic old town. Hikers here will pay the price for proximity to modern luxuries and world-class trails, though. The median price here is nearly twice that of the L.A. metro as a whole.
Jones Peak via Bailey Canyon (1.1 miles from Sierra Madre)
Old Mount Wilson Trail (1.3 miles)
Santa Anita Canyon (5.1 miles)
Winter Creek Trails (5.1 miles)
Monrovia Canyon Falls (6.2 miles)
Monrovia Canyon
Sierra Madre Real Estate Profile
Homes for Sale as of Nov. '14: 25
Walk Score: 79 (Very Walkable)
Hiker's Dream Home: 715 Oak Crest Dr. has everything you think of when you imagine the perfect Sierra Madre homestead: rugged landscaping, Spanish-style architecture, exposed wooden beams, handcrafted tile and proximity to the some of the best trails in So Cal. This one is perched on a hill so you may not be able to take advantage of Sierra Madre's great Walk Score, but check out the view.
3. LOS FELIZ
Los Feliz (and neighboring Thai Town) is nestled right up against the southern entrances to Griffith Park, the second largest city park in California and one of the largest in the country. The park itself is full of hiking opportunities at all levels, from easy morning strolls to challenging climbs.
The best hikes include several different routes to the notable (and gorgeous) Griffith Park Observatory, hidden-in-plain-sight peaks that few seem to visit, Mount Hollywood and Mount Lee, home of the famous Hollywood Sign. On weekends, a shuttle runs through the neighborhood and will drop hikers off inside the park and at the Observatory itself.
It now costs nearly $1 million to buy a home in Los Feliz. But if you're an avid hiker who also works in nearby Tinseltown or in downtown L.A., having Griffith Park in your backyard may be worth the premium. Los Feliz also boasts a pretty darn respectable Walk Score, meaning you can hike to brunch after you hike to the observatory.
Griffith Park Observatory (West Route, East Route, and Firebreak Trail) (2.3 or 1.2 miles)
Berlin Forest (2.3 miles)
Glendale Peak (1.5 miles)
Mount Hollywood (1.5 miles)
Mount Lee (Hollywood Sign) (3.2 miles)
Beacon Hill (1.6 miles)
View from Beacon Hill
Los Feliz Real Estate Profile
Hiker's Dream Home: 4962 Los Feliz Blvd. is located about one mile from the entrance to the West Griffith Observatory Trail. It is also just a couple blocks from the cafes on Hillhurst Ave. Best of all, when you're on the top floor it feels like you are already in Griffith Park.
4. GLENDALE
For Angelenos who live on the east side, there are three great mountain ranges to hike in – The Verdugos, the San Gabriels and the eastern end of the Santa Monicas in Griffith Park. Glendale borders all three regions, has a lovely botanic garden and is also more bike-friendly than most of L.A. (although the city is making slow strides).
In Griffith Park, Glendale is close to the Los Angeles Zoo, the Griffith Park Equestrian Center, and the less-visited trails on the north end of the park. Glendale also splits the Verdugo Mountains with Burbank and the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, where hikers can access an impressive and relatively quiet trail network; and the northern boundary of the city juts into the San Gabriel Mountains' Angeles National Forest, where peak-baggers can climb to the peak of Mount Lukens – the tallest piece of land in the city of Los Angeles.
With Glendale we enter the realm of practicality. If you work in the studios of Burbank or in downtown and you can't afford the seven-figure dream home, this is your 'hood. Glendale is surrounded on all sides by endless hiking opportunities and has the most modestly priced homes on the list. In a city this size there are plenty of different styles of homes to choose from at various price points. Notice the Walk Score leaves a little to be desired, but this is part of the trade-off for less expensive real estate. Glendale is somewhat suburban, but much more affordable.
Griffith Park's Northside Loop (4.4 miles)
Bee Rock and the Old Los Angeles Zoo (4.2 miles)
Beaudry Loop (5 miles)
Verdugo Mountain via the Vital Link Trail (7.3 miles)
Mount Lukens via Haines Canyon (12.5 miles)
Mount Lukens via Stone Canyon (21.9 miles)
Looking north at the San Gabriels from the Vital Link Trail
Glendale Real Estate Profile
Average Number of Offers: 2
Walk Score: 66 (Somewhat Walkable)
Hiker's Dream Home: 1321 Imperial Dr. is located right in the middle of Glendale and surrounded on all sides by incredible hiking opportunities. It's traditional architecture and open floor plan really make it a timeless home. Our favorite part is that the backyard looks out on Royal Canyon.
5. PACIFIC PALISADES
Just north of Santa Monica on the Pacific Coast, the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles hasn't always had a great relationship with the environment — the Palisades Highlands housing development is a painful scar of sprawl that cuts into the Santa Monica Mountains — but this mostly residential area is close to many exemplary hiking trails.
Both the Los Liones Trail and popular Temescal Canyon are right at the neighborhood's doorstep, while nearby Rustic Canyon Park offers an exceedingly weird glimpse into L.A.'s history (the area contains the ruins of a compound planned as Hitler's California getaway by a group of Nazi sympathizers). With a bit of a drive (or hike!), you can also enter Topanga State Park or start on the hopefully soon-to-be-completed 65 mile Backbone Trail at Will Rogers State Park.
We had to include a west-side 'hood with access to the many cherished trails in Topanga and the Santa Monica Mountains. While most folks can't afford to live here, if you could make it happen the Palisades would be the place to do it. The median home price is high, but not as high as Malibu. The Walk Score is low, but Malibu is so remote it doesn't even have a Walk Score! So in terms of a hiker's paradise on the west side of L.A., Pacific Palisades puts you in the vicinity of some amazing hikes, but it'll cost you.
Los Liones Trail to Parker Mesa (3.8 miles)
Temescal Canyon to Skull Rock (2.2 miles)
Murphy Ranch (2.5 miles)
Eagle Rock and Temescal Peak (10.3 miles)
Red Rock Canyon (11.5 miles)
Santa Monica Bay from the Los Liones Trail
Pacific Palisades Real Estate Profile
Median Sale Price: $3.4 million
Walk Score: 32 (car dependent)
Hiker's Dream Home: 15301 Whitfield Ave. Okay, so this place is going for nearly $7 million and living here would feel more like living in a fancy hotel than a rustic getaway, but we can dream. Plus, it's literally steps from the Temescal Canyon hike to Skull Rock.
Featured image Photo by Chris Goldberg
Tags: Los Angeles, neighborhoods for hikers, outdoors, real estate
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Founder and Editor of Modern Hiker, Author of "Day Hiking Los Angeles." "Discovering Griffith Park," and "Cloud Spotting." Walking Meditator, Native Plant Enthusiast. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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BkiUbQs5qsFAf4WX2ErU | Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Hon. Olivia Grange (right) celebrates with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission 2016 Festival Song winner, Oneil Scott after his victory in the competition held on Saturday (July 9) at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston.
Oneil "Nazzleman" Scott walked away as the winner of the Jamaica Cultural Development Corporation's (JCDC) festival song competition, with his entry 'No weh like Jamaica'.
Oneil "Nazzleman" Scott walked away as the winner of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) festival song competition, with his entry 'No weh like Jamaica'.
The event was held on Saturday (July 9) at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre in Kingston.
Mr. Scott, who is an experienced singer, as well as a dee-jay, defeated nine other contestants to take home the JCDC trophy, as well as the cash prize of $500,000.
"I am very grateful because I have been denied the title two times and people were looking out to see the determination that I put behind the music…people love it (the song) right across the Diaspora and in Jamaica," he told JIS News.
"A lot of things have inspired me, when you go to the hotels…. the hospitality that you get from the staff makes you realize that the people are warm and welcoming. Jamaica is a very friendly place despite certain obstacles," he added.
Miss Fletcher, who is a graduate of the Shortwood Teachers' College, is no stranger to performing having won several awards in the JCDC Festival of the Performing Arts competition.
She lauded the agency for the work that it has done and continues to do, and is encouraging others to enter their competitions.
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BkiUbOPxaKgS2MHUlEb- | Jean de la Croix, latinisiert Johannes Crucius (* 1560 in Rijsel; † 7. Februar 1625 in Haarlem) war ein niederländischer (wallonischer) evangelisch-reformierter Geistlicher während des Achtzigjährigen Krieges.
Biografie
Jacobus de la Croix, der Vater, war ein Mitglied der wallonischen Gemeinde von Middelburg, wo er zeitweise auch Kirchenältester war.
Jean de la Croix studierte Theologie an der Genfer Akademie (1585) und an der Universität Heidelberg (1586). 1588 war er kurzzeitig in Frankfurt am Main, und die Wallonengemeinde in Aachen versuchte, ihn als Prädikanten zu gewinnen. De la Croix entschied sich aber, sein Studium fortzusetzen an der Universität Leiden (1589).
1590 trat er seine erste Pfarrstelle in der wallonischen Gemeinde von Haarlem an, die zu seiner Zeit durch den Zustrom von Emigranten wuchs. Er wurde der Nachfolger von Jean Taffin, der ihn in sein Amt einführte und mit dem er eng verbunden blieb. Er nahm auch überregionale Aufgaben wahr und wurde als Delegierter zu der Dordrechter Synode 1618/19 entsandt.
De la Croix übersetzte theologische Werke aus dem Niederländischen und Lateinischen ins Französische; er verwandte viel Mühe auf die Übersetzung eines französischen pietistischen Werks seines Amtsvorgängers Taffin ins Niederländische (De boetveerdicheydt des levens, vervaet in vier boeken), wobei er die Hilfe von Freunden hatte, da er sich sprachlich nicht kompetent genug fühlte. Das Buch erlebte zahlreiche Auflagen.
Jean de la Croix war verheiratet mit Elisabeth Stoock. Unter den Kindern aus dieser Ehe wurde Jacobus Arzt und Nicolaas und Johannes Pfarrer.
Literatur
D. Nauta: Croix (Crucius), Jean de la (Johannes). In: D. Nauta (Hrsg.): Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Kok, 2. Band Kampen 1983, S. 149f.
Donald Sinnema, Christian Moser, Herman J. Selderhuis (Hrsg.): Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae (1618–1619). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2015.
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BkiUf7HxK7kjXLSrIEZL | Traditionally, Lakota's don't have a background in farming or ranching, but they do have a strong heritage of cowboying and rodeo, explains Elsie Meeks, 62, who ranches on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with her husband, Jim, 71. "The Lakotas were a horse nation. Horses were essential to them. In the early days, many Native men got jobs as cowboys working for the big Texas ranching outfits who would run cattle on the Reservation land."
"On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, riding horses was our main entertainment and transportation," explains Jim, who spent his first career working as a cowboy for area ranchers and rodeoing. "It was a challenge to ride a rough horse, and I was pretty good at it, so rodeo was a natural fit for me."
Although Elsie had seen Jim at local rodeos on the Pine Ridge Reservation while she was growing up, they actually met in Riverton, Wyo. when Jim came to put a bid in on producing a rodeo. A few years before they married, Jim reclaimed the 320 acres allocated to his family in the 1930s and began pursuing his dream of raising his own cattle on the land which had been leased to non-tribal members.
Starting out wasn't easy. Although they could lease tribal land to run livestock , they had limited access to capital making it difficult to purchase cattle. "Financing for tribal members has been hard to come by," says Elsie, explaining the round-about way the couple built up capital to start their beef herd was by providing roping cattle and rough stock to rodeos. "The rodeo business isn't hugely profitable, but it's the way we got started. We could borrow enough for 20-head of roping heifers, which didn't cost much in those days, and then had to pay the loan off completely within a year so we could buy another 20," Elsie recalls.
Since the beginning Elsie has worked off the ranch. Her career path led her in a direction which not only helped the couple expand their ranch, but also improved lending and business development opportunities to tribal members.
In 1985 she was among a group of tribal members who helped launch Lakota Funds, a small business and microenterprise development loan fund which eventually spawned a credit union.
Development in South Dakota. Until she retired from this role in 2015, she coordinated the efforts of 72 employees to provide resources from 40-plus programs to serve rural South Dakota residents.
"When you grow up on this reservation on a small ranch like I did, you don't know your potential until you put it to the test. Success in each role gave me a lot of confidence to do the next thing," Elsie says.
Because of her efforts and the efforts of those she worked with, today Lakota Funds has provided more than 1,000 loans to tribal members totaling more than $7 million.
"In the past, the Federal Government's solution to economic development on reservations was to bring in outside interests to start factories to employ tribal members. This didn't do anything to help the people. We knew an inside-out approach would work better," she explains.
When the Meeks started ranching, there were fewer number of Native ranch families than there are today.Today, most ranches on the Pine Ridge Reservation are Native owned and operated. "Access to capital means that most of the businesses on this reservation are Native owned and operated," Elsie says.
"Really, my career began as a way to survive on this ranch. My heart and soul are with the land - this ranch and being around horses and cattle," Elsie says.
The ranch land which stole her heart is breathtaking with its rolling hills of native grassland. Creeks run through all but two pastures.
"We love this land," Jim says. "It was tough going, but I'm stubborn. I really wanted to build something for my kids - not to mention I'm not really suited for anything else, so I had to make this ranch work."
As their rough stock string and business grew, so did their ranch and cow/calf herd. In the 1990s a few of their bulls competed at the National Finals Rodeo and the Meeks were in a place financially where they could turn their focus to building their cow/calf herd. They still raise bucking bulls and horses. Today, only about 10 longhorns remain in their cattle herd. However, their 12,000 acres of rangeland is dotted with 450-head of Black Angus.
"It makes us feel good that we've been able to hang in there and build something for our kids so they won't have to work as hard as we did," Elsie says. "When we say we started this ranch from scratch, we are serious. When Jim moved onto this land, all he had was a trailer with no running water. We built everything ourselves - the barn, the corrals - everything."
Today their son, Luke Meeks, his wife, Kelsie, and their grandson, Narley, live and work on the ranch with Jim and Elsie. Several of their other children (sons Jeremy and Justin and daughter, Dwan) run cattle on the ranch as well. Together, the Meeks have seven grown children and twelve grandchildren. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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BkiUe0w4uzkg4BCDZ2C1 | So, after reading about our wonderful Underdogs, you're ready to consider fostering or fostering-to-adopt. That's great! The application can be completed as a Word template and saved for emailing to us (instructions are on the form) or downloaded as a PDF to be completed in hard copy and sent to us by surface mail at Upstate Underdog Rescue, Inc. 1915 Highland Avenue, Troy, NY 12180.
What is fostering? Foster families make a place in their homes and their hearts for Underdogs before they find their forever families. Underdogs in foster families may be working on the skills that are needed to be successful members of families for the long haul, or they may be ready for adoption and just waiting for the right family.
Make a commitment to the dog; this is not a weekend sleepover.
Keep the Underdog safe, both in a physical sense and by creating a space in which the dog can learn how to interact safely with his or her environment.
Care for the dog's needs (good nutrition, exercise, love and attention, et cetera).
Make the dog a part of the family.
Be an advocate for the dog, and for UUR, in the community.
Bring the dog to appropriate classes (provided by UUR).
Follow through at home with training protocols learned in class.
Spend quality time with the dog, enriching the dog's environment and engaging the dog in intriguing play and activities.
To the extent practical for the dog and the foster family, bring the dog to adoption events.
What is foster-to-adopt? UUR wants to make certain that adoptions are successful and adoptive families have all the support they need when your new family member joins you. Because we know that making the right connection with a new family member is critical, UUR requires that adoptions be "foster-to-adopt" situations for a minimum of two weeks. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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The Lethbridge & District Humane Society's main goal is to find the best possible homes for abandoned, stray and previously owned animals from Lethbridge and surrounding area. The Society has been a no-kill haven since its inception in early 1970. We also work to educate the public on the benefits of spay/neuter and vaccinating pets, as well as on responsible pet ownership.
We do not receive regular funding from any level of government. We operate on the fundraising events we ourselves or others in the community organize, adoption fees, membership fees, donations from the public (personal and corporate), casino, and occasional grants.
Our organization is manned mainly by volunteers. Our yearly expenditures amount to approximately $140,000.00.
All animals entering our facility are vet checked, given their vaccinations and all are spayed or neutered. Because we do not euthanize to create space we are limited in the number of cats and dogs that we can take in at any given time.
History of the Lethbridge & District Humane Society
The Lethbridge & District Humane Society is a charitable, nonprofit, volunteer organization which has been part of the Lethbridge community since the early 1970s. Initiated by a small number of volunteers, the organization operated with very little resources other than the dedication, commitment and energy of the people involved. Because no boarding facilities were available, shelter for the homeless and abandoned animals was provided in private homes. Demands for service grew as the community grew and this group of 6-10 volunteers found it increasingly difficult to meet those demands. The period of 1980 to 1985 saw little activity and in 1987 the Society had almost entirely ceased operation.
On August 15, 1988 a Certificate of Revival for Incorporation was granted and the present Humane Society was created in May of 1989, after volunteers spent one year establishing policies and procedures so that the Society would be able to meet the increasing demands for help. With its operational procedures in place, the Society announced it was back in operation.
At that time they moved into a small rental facility, fund raised for 3 years and with the help of a grant from the Wild Rose Foundation, property was purchased and a new building was built. They moved into the new facility in March of 2002 where they continue to operate today. Over the past several years renovations have been done to allow them to increase their capacity.
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BkiUeBbxK1yAga6Jst3Q | Q: "My compliments to..." Wonder if anyone knows the provenance of the phrase "my compliments to" and why it entered use (and dropped out of use)? I don't mean "my compliments to the chef" or variants thereof but phrases like "my compliments to Mr. So-and-So and I will see him at six" etc.
A: Seventeenth Century Diplomacy
In 17th c. literature, compliments — sometimes spelled complements and always plural — belongs to the language of diplomacy. To do/make one's compliments to royalty or other highly placed personages was to greet them formally, the accent on social obligation and unspoken protocol rather than any content of the greeting itself:
Quasmez' Embassadours …did their complements to Zelmatida, as to the rightfull successour of the Incaes; — Marin Le Roy, Sieur de Gomberville, William Browne, trans., The History of Polexander, 1647. EEBO
Some doubted if the Embassadours … should be received to make their complements to the king without letters of credence; … — Sir William Lower, A Relation (of Charles II's visit to Holland), 1660. EEBO
As soon as ever we were returned to Athens, all the men made their compliments to Theramenes upon that occasion; and all the ladies did the like to Melicrita… — Mme. de Scudery, Ferrand Spence, trans., Conversations upon Several Subjects, 1683. EEBO
All the corporations of Mayence went forth to meet the prince, and made their compliments to him in Latin: and the duke, who understood other things as well as the taking of towns, and winning of Battels, answerd all their complements, and all their speeches in Latin... — Pierre Coste, trans., Nahum Tate, The Life of Lewis of Bourbon, 1693. EEBO
Tuesday last the Duke of Marlborough receiv'd the Complements of our Magistrates, … —Newcastle Courant, 27 Dec. 1712. BNA (paywall)
By the 18th c., personal letters would often end with a phrase requesting that the addressee forward compliments, i.e., greetings, to a third party. Thus in two letters of Jonathan Swift:
The whole family of my ladies send their compliments. (1733)
I made his royal highness your compliments, which he accepted with much satisfaction. (1739)
A compliment of condolence, paid or made, was a formal condolence call to "pay one's respects":
This Pompous Cavalcade Attended his Eminency to the Castle; who there alighting, ascended into the Room where the King's [Jan III Sobieski] Body lay; Expos'd in his Royal Robes; and after he had said a short Prayer, he pass'd on to the Queen's Apartment, to pay her his Complements of Condolence… —The Present State of Europe, Or, The Historical and Political Mercury, July 1696.
In the late 18th–early 19th c., though the formal, diplomatic sense remained, people of most any social class would make compliments of condolence:
By this time Lady Griskin had come to make her formal compliments of condolence to Mrs. Tabitha, on this domestic calamity ; and that prudent maiden, whose passion was now cooled, thought proper to receive her ladyship so civilly, that a reconciliation immediately ensued. — Tobias Smollet, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, 1771.
The more distant relations of the old lady, and I among the number, came to pay our compliments of condolence, and to salute the deceased, after the manner of our country. — Oliver Goldsmith, "Letter XCVI,"Works, 1835.
Eighteenth, Nineteenth Century Social Communication
One 17th c. attestation of compliments falls out of the usual aristocratic pattern:
I shall conclude my complements to the reader with two requests; … — Joshua Childrey, Britannia Baconica, 1662. EEBO
This, of course, concludes an author's preface, in a sense, the writer's greeting to his readers. It is written, not spoken in person, and though the cost of books and widespread illiteracy precluded the lower classes, the expression is not particularly marked for class.
To send/present one's compliments emerges in polite, formulaic speech in the 18th century as a form of greeting, especially in personal correspondence. Letter-writing guides regularly included examples of cards of compliment, which, along with visiting cards, were a staple of social communication among the upper and middle classes in a time when servants could hand-deliver and the telephone was not even on the horizon.
To attain the proper form, Samuel Johnson's New London Letter Writer gives the following advice:
Cards of compliments should be short, easy, and consistent with politeness. They must begin with the title and stile of the writer—and care must be taken immediately after to mention in a respectful manner, the stile or title of those to whom they are addressed ; they must contain but one subject, and that should be expressed with elegance and perspicuity.
The guide then gives several examples of the proper form:
MISS MASSIE'S respectful compliments to Miss Barton, entreats the honor of her company this afternoon to a dish of tea.
_Tuesday Morn.
MISS BARTON'S compliments to Miss Massie, is happy to accept her agreeable invitation.
SIR AARON HARTNELL'S compliments to Lord Bradbee, should esteem it as a favour to be obliged with his company to take an airing to Richmond—the coach to be at the door at two.
11o'Clock in the Morning.
LORD BRADBEE'S respectful compliments to Sir Aaron Hartnell, will be happy to attend Sir Aaron punctually at the time.
12 o'Clock in the Morning. — Samuel Johnson, New London Letter-Writer, 1790, 93f.
Such short communications were always couched in the third person, maintaining a formal register even though the examples inviting someone to take tea or go on a carriage ride with such short notice would suggest a certain intimacy. Using the third person also meant a signature was not required.
While Johnson's guide insists the text of a card of compliment have only one subject, his examples have no grammatical subject unless one supplies an elided pronoun.
This formula was observed well into the next century:
Mr. Moran presents his compliments to Mr. Garrison, and has the honor to include herewith a letter received for him at this Legation.
N. S. Legation, London, 3 July 1867.
The practice of hand-delivering cards of compliment seems not to have survived much beyond the turn of the 20th c., as one writer notes in 1911:
"Cards of compliment" is a phrase as meaningless in these days of marconigrams, automobiles, and air ships, as is Sanskrit to an Eskimo... — The Conductor and Brakeman 28 (1911) 96.
At the same time, however, Christmas cards with a message familiar since the 1770s became popular:
Source
The equivalent today, of course, is "Season's Greetings."
Twenty-First Century Survival
While cards of compliment have gone the way of the whalebone corset, their phrasing is still current where this usage of compliments began: in the language of diplomacy. A 2014 handbook of the US Department of State outlines the proper wording for short correspondence:
The Secretary of State presents his (her) compliments to His (Her) Excellency the Ambassador of (country) and has the honor to…"
The handbook is quite specific that the phrase has the honor is not to be used when addressing a charge d'affaires ad interim, presumably because the position is technically vacant and anyone below that rank apparently does not honor the Secretary of State by receiving a note verbale.
Conclusion
Beyond the State Department and other diplomatic missions writing in English, compliments, whether as sincere greeting or semantically vacant formula, was at home in a pre-WWI upper and middle class world of few telephones and servants who manned the front door and hand-delivered messages. While the Christmas greeting survived, it was mostly replaced by a more modern expression except in nostalgic reproductions. Compliments of condolence/congratulations/thanks also yielded to other terms.
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BkiUc6g5qWTA6f4qDUmK | 5 headphone deals you can't afford to miss this Father's Day
By Jace Zarley June 13, 2020
If you're on the hunt for some new headphones for dad this Father's Day, you've come to the right place: We've tracked down steep discounts on must-have headphones from the likes of Bose, JBL, Sennheiser, and Sony — namely on the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, Bose QuietComfort 35 II, JBL Live 500BT, Sennheiser Momentum M2, and Sony WH-1000XM3. You'll need to order now though if you want them to arrive in time for the big day.
JBL Live 500BT — $100, was $150
The most affordable option on our list — but are by no means cheap — are the JBL Live 500BT wireless headphones, capable of surprising even the fussiest of fathers. Despite only costing $100, these bad boys come equipped with two things no music-lover can do without: Good noise cancellation and high fidelity sound. They're incredibly comfortable to wear, even for long periods of time, so you can get the most out of the insane 33-hour battery life on a single full charge, without ever needing to take them off. For your ease of use (or if your dad just can't be bothered to use the buttons), the JBL Live 500BT is compatible with virtual assistants Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa for voice-automated convenience and call-taking. The headband isn't adjustable though, so you might have a problem if it doesn't fit; but besides that, there shouldn't be anything else to worry about. If you or your dad only need good sound without any of the added pizzazz, you can find the JBL Live 500BT on Best Buy where it's on sale for only $100 from its retail price of $150.
Sennheiser Momentum (M2) — $200, was $400
If your dad's one to appreciate style, then he's sure to love the amount of leather on the Sennheiser Momentum M2. The musical output is also incredibly full-bodied, only one step behind the newer Momentum 3, which we've ranked as the best pair of headphones for overall sound quality. For noise cancellation, these come with Sennheiser's proprietary NoiseGard technology that actively works to filter out external noise as it comes in, so nothing gets through and dampens your music. The earcups are also designed to seal tightly against your ears so no sound escapes or gets in without your say-so. If you need to take calls, the Momentum 2 has its own dual-microphone array for crystal-clear vocals on your end. The headband is also adjustable, so it can accommodate most head shapes without struggling. There aren't any virtual assistants available though, but this shouldn't be a deal-breaker. If you want to give your dad a stylish set of headphones with the substance to back it up, you can't go wrong with the Sennheiser Momentum 2, now discounted on Best Buy for only $200 from its retail price of $400.
Sony WH-1000XM3 — $278, was $350
It should come as no surprise that the Sony WH-1000XM3 would make an appearance, coming in at number one on our list of the best wireless headphones — a perfect choice for your #1 Dad. Topping every other pair of headphones around, the WH-1000XM3 has a lot to live up for, and it definitely does. It digitally filters out all external sound with its state-of-the-art active noise cancellation technology for a flawless listening experience. Coupled with rich sound and powerful bass, your eardrums are in for a real treat. The WH-1000XM3's features don't stop there, however. It has adaptive sound control that allows you to specifically filter out what ambient noise you want/need to hear at any given time without taking off your headphones. With it, you can hear announcements, incoming traffic, and more without them being drowned in a sea of white noise. One tap of the earcup will also tune you back into the real world for a brief moment, so you can handle conversations too. With Alexa built-in and 30 hours of battery, there's nothing else you could ever need. The best dad deserves the best headphones, after all. Check out the Sony WH-1000XM3 on Amazon where it's on sale for just $278 from $350.
Bose QuietComfort 35 II — $299, was $349
The Bose QuietComfort 35 II used to be Bose's best pair of headphones before being dethroned by the Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, but — just like dad — their quality is absolutely timeless. The QuietComfort 35 II has three levels of active noise cancellation, so you can filter out your preferred amount of external sound for optimal listening. Its audio quality is also impeccably crisp and still very much up to modern standards despite being released in 2017. If you'll be taking calls, the QuietComfort 35 II enhances your vocal output through its dual-mic array, so you always sound crystal clear, even in windy environments. Once you've charged it the first time, it can last upward of 20 hours for nonstop listening throughout the day. Connecting it to the Bose Connect app on your phone also opens up new features like connecting to multiple devices simultaneously and remotely controlling playback and noise cancellation. Alexa and Google Assistant are just the cherry on top. If you want a great well-rounded pair of headphones that your dad is sure to love, you can check out the Bose QuietComfort 35 II on Best Buy where it's on sale for $299 from $349.
Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 — $299, was $399
Last is Bose's crowning glory — the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700. As you would expect from a pair of headphones at this price, the sound quality is exceptionally robust, making for a premier listening experience. The noise cancellation is also arguably one of the best around, so you always get the most out of your music; plus, Bose's active EQ technology conforms the audio output to the shape of your ears for incredible sound, custom-tailored to maximize your pleasure. Seeing as we've ranked these headphones as the best for taking calls, it should come as no surprise that they have a variety of features for such. With a four-mic array to pick up even the slightest whisper while filtering out all white noise, you'll always sound incredibly clear, as if you were talking to the receiver in person. You can also use voice control to manipulate the playback and volume settings, the noise cancellation level, and everything else your virtual assistant — Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri — can do for you, without lifting a finger. To top it all off, the headphones can last up to 20 hours on a full charge, so you're good to go straight out of the box. If your dad's a real talker, give him something to listen to with the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, now on sale on Best Buy for $299 from $399.
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BkiUeXA4eIOjR1Ci-dBZ | William Fenton Expedia Despite its relative age, Expedia boasts a friendly and modern website that takes some of the error out of the trial and error of online travel reservation.
Bright, interactive interface. Easy to build flight into a vacation. Provides previews seat maps, flight information, and airfare without leaving search results. TripAssist app for iPhone.
Low price guarantee requires you do the legwork. No predictive texts. Hides actual costs.
Despite its relative age, Expedia boasts a friendly and modern website that takes some of the error out of the trial and error of online travel reservation.
If you're booking a trip online, chances are Expedia.com (Free) is one of the your first stops—and with good reason. Founded 15 years ago by Microsoft, used by tens of millions of consumers, and stocked with everything from car rentals to cruises, Expedia is a trusted one-stop shop. For international packages in particular, deals abound. And despite its longevity, Expedia boasts a friendly and modern website, an excellent mobile app for iPhone users, and partnerships with sites you know and love, including TripAdvisor, Hotwire, and Pronto.
While there's little wrong with Expedia, its fierce competition reveals its limitations. Travelocity (Free, 3.5 stars) has produced a host of innovations including a Customer Bill of Rights. Orbitz (Free, 4 stars) includes automatic Price Assurance to guarantee the lowest airfare. And Priceline.com (Free, 3 stars) has innovated with the Poker-faced Name Your Price offer. While, in my experience, all the search engines return roughly similar results—a full comparison to follow—Expedia hasn't quite innovated to the extent of some of its competitors. This does not diminish the fact Expedia is a fine choice, worthy of its leadership position in Internet-based travel reservations; rather, it simply means consumers have plenty of excellent options.
Expedia deserves credit for its colorful, accessible, and eminently functional website. Be it vivid images, rollover tabs, or social networking integration—Facebook, in particular—Expedia feels young and lively despite its relative seniority. I tested Expedia by searching for flights and building vacations; I loved how easy Expedia made it to upgrade a flight to a vacation.
I began by searching for flights alone, but found it easy to bundle a flight with accommodations by clicking a link tacked to the bottom of each result. You can repurpose departure and arrival information for both flights and flights with hotels using one of two big, bright dedicated buttons.
Unlike younger travel sites, which use predictive text, Expedia shows its age in airport searches. If you haven't memorized your airport codes, chances are the site will kick you to a second page where you manually select airports. For example, Expedia wasn't smart enough to assume that "nyc" or "new york" denoted "All New York Airports." Once your airports are set, Expedia smartens up, saving your search parameters and localizing homepage travel deals based upon your departure airport.
Expedia return the search results quickly, though not quite as swiftly as Orbitz. By default, flights are listed by lowest price, though you can sort by number of stops, duration of flight, or departure and arrival times. There's also a matrix—similar to that of Orbitz—that visualizes the best deals by carrier and number of layovers (I honestly don't know how it can take two stops to travel from New York to Portland, Maine). Expedia—like everyone else other than Kayak (Free, 3.5 stars)—plays it loose when it comes to telling you the final cost of your trip. The actual price is listed in a considerably smaller font than the price before taxes and fees.
This isn't to say that Expedia doesn't deserve recognition for disclosure. Without leaving the search page, I was impressed at the degree to which I could examine flight details. For example, my first result predicted a 1,092-mile journey from New York to Miami. With many carriers you can pull up a seat map, in case you care to anticipate your level of claustrophobia. And, despite the boldface preliminary pricing, Expedia allows users to review the full cost breakdown of a flight without leaving the page (see the slideshow).
With vacations—Flights + Hotels—Expedia defaults to "Expedia Picks," with options to sort by price, savings, ratings, hotel name, or city. If you're looking for a specific hotel, you can add a hotel name. If you want a particular amenity, such as high speed Internet or a swimming pool, you can add it as well. At the top of the screen you can pin hotels to a Bing map, which, admittedly, looked a bit stale compared to Google Maps. Mouse over the price information button (i) and you retrieve a price quote, to the penny.
Unlike flights, vacations don't hide the ball. Boldface prices include flight, hotel, taxes, and fees. One thing to watch closely: When booking for more than one traveler, Expedia reveals prices per person. While this may seem a bit disingenuous, there are plenty of savings to be found by bundling services and buying for more than one person.
Bottom Line: Despite its relative age, Expedia boasts a friendly and modern website that takes some of the error out of the trial and error of online travel reservation. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbBM5qoTDtzcH__-7 | An Arduino-based robot with iOS controller which features accelerometer control, live video streaming and robot gripper manipulation.
#### iOS controller screenshot
## Part List
### Move Base
##### Arduino Uno
##### Duinopeak BLE shield for Arduino Uno
##### Adafruit motor shield V2 for Arduino
A 2-track move base with 12v DC motors
##### Mi powerbank 5v
### Video Streaming
##### Logitech C270 webcam
##### Raspberry Pi 2 B+
##### Wifi dongle for Raspberry Pi
## How does it work
#### iPhone accelerometer aixes
## Resources
Adafruit motor shield V2 for Arduino
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Duinopeak BLE shield for Arduino Uno
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BkiUcwY4eIXhqCi86OaG | We are located in the San Jerónimo district of Cusco, Peru. This neighborhood is situated half an hour from the city's historic center. San Jerónimo is a community populated by migrants who were originally settled in the mountains. These families came to San Jerónimo in the hope for a better future, however their reality in the city remains difficult.
The quality of life for the majority of these families is very hard due to high poverty rates and the harshness of the mountain climate. The families of San Jerónimo suffer from low incomes and inequality, which prevents them from living a 'normal' life. The families live in precarious and primitive conditions, often without running water or a bathroom, and must use firewood to prepare their food. The majority of the families suffer from alcohol related problems and aggressive behavior is common place. The parents' level of education is extremely basic, often only finishing primary school, and in some cases they are illiterate. Often, the parents do not speak Spanish; they only know the native language of the mountains, Quechua.
Many times, the older children are required to help/work at home, in the fields, or at the market. Meanwhile, the younger children are often home alone without supervision or support from their parents. Their education is not seen as a priority and, as a consequence, families can only access the free education offered by the state. Unfortunately, these state run schools only offer low quality education. Due to their limited knowledge, parents are often unable to help their children with schoolwork. In other cases, parents refuse to send their children to school because they require their assistance at home or in the workplace. The children often are subject to a poor diet which leads to malnutrition and further health problems. This results in their further inability to concentrate while at school. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUdHPxK6wB9jjDf-Bs | Q: Query not excluding people with certain privilege I have data like this:
table Person_by_Privileges:
PersonID Last First Facility Department Privilages
1 Hoff Mary S P abc
1 Hoff Mary S P cde
1 Hoff Mary S P def
2 Smith Georg S P abc
2 Smith Georg S P cde
I'm trying to get the query to only return Georg Smith, since he doesn't have Privilege for def. I'm having trouble doing that, since it's different query lines. I'm trying this:
SELECT distinct [PersonID]
,[Last]
,[First]
,[Facility]
,[Department]
,Privilages = STUFF(
(SELECT ',' + pp.Privilages FROM Person_by_Privilages pp where Facility='S' FOR XML PATH ('')), 1, 1, ''
)
FROM [Person_by_Privilages] pp
where
Facility='S'
AND
(
Department like ('%p%')
)
and
Privilages NOT LIKE ('%def%')
But when I look at the first person (Hoff) for that query, that shouldn't be returned because they do have Privilage for def, I do get that person in the results:
PersonID Last First Facility Dept Privilages
1 Hoff Mary S P (list of her Privilages appended together..does include the def)
A: You are getting Mary Hoff, because there exists a row that matches your conditions. What you can do is aggregate a persons rows and then look whether no rows match or not:
SELECT
personid, last, first, facility,
STUFF ( ... department ...) AS departments,
STUFF ( ... privilages ...) AS privileges
FROM person_by_privilages
WHERE facility = 'S'
AND department like ('%P%')
GROUP BY personid, last, first, facility
HAVING COUNT(CASE WHEN privilages LIKE ('%def%') THEN 1 END) = 0;
A: You want to show a users rows, provided there does not exist a row with a def privilege. Something like
SELECT personid, last, first, facility, department, ...
FROM person_by_privilages pp
WHERE facility = 'S'
AND department like ('%P%')
AND NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT *
FROM person_by_privilages pp2
WHERE pp2.personid = pp.personid
AND pp2.facility = 'S'
AND pp2.department like ('%P%')
AND pp2.privilages LIKE ('%def%')
);
A: Assuming that your data are consistent (regarding Personid, Last, First), you could separate the extraction of person data from their privileges this way
SELECT DISTINCT PersonID, Last, First, Facility, Department
FROM person_by_privilages a
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1
FROM person_by_privilages
WHERE PersonID = a.PersonID and Last = a.Last
and First = a.First and Facility = a.Facility
and Department = a.Department
and Privilages = 'def')
Since you have one row for each privilege, you have to check that there is no row with the privilege you want to exclude.
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BkiUdXbxaKgS2OSYG4tI | Despite of the flu, I still wanted to film. I think the the cracked top of the cookies look very pretty and your friends would be surprised how you make those cookies!! They are perfect for Christmas gifts and Christmas will be here before you know it!
Mix together the cake flour, cocoa powder and baking soda.
Sift the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Combine well until it becomes a cooke dough.
Shape the cookie dough into a rectangle. Chill for 30 minutes in the fridge or until firm.
Divide the cookie dough into 20 equal portions and shape them into balls. Coat the cookie dough balls with the icing sugar.
Bake in a pre - heated oven at 180C for 15 - 18 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring them onto a wire rack.
They are so pretty to look at!! These cookies are crunchy on the outside and chocolatey inside!!!
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BkiUeC85qoTBFHyxCtJ6 | The PEO aims at encouraging the students of the University of Thessaly to participate in Sport activities, to keep fit and strengthen body and soul through physical training and rivalry. It also aims at organizing several championships among the different Departments of the University and finally at participating in interuniversity sports events.
implementing sport programs and organizing intra-university championships.
planning and organizing trips and hikes.
participating in Greek, European and International University Championships.
Students who choose the above sports train themselves at the Sport Facilities of the City of Volos. Aerobics and Judo classes take place in the University Hall on the fourth floor of the Delmouzos Building (Papastratos). | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdmo4dbgg6MqXb2Hk | The All India Consumer Price Index number for (Industrial Workers) (Base 2001=100) for the month of June 2010 is 174 as announced by Statistics Department, Labour, Government of India.
Based on this index, there is an increase of 10% in the DA . Present DA rate from 1.1.2010 is 35%. Increase with effect from July 2010 is 10%.
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BkiUfFbxK6EuNBRhJ8cK | Bogus police officer scam warning
North West Leicestershire Police has issued the warning after receiving reports that people were concerned about a phone call.
Liam Coleman
POLICE are warning the public over a scam where a man claims to be a police officer.
Residents have been receiving a call on their landline from a male stating he is a police officer investigating counterfeit bank notes being passed through their bank account.
The police have said that the caller will then ask the victim to attend their bank and withdraw several thousand pounds in cash and return home.
The fake police officer then makes further contact by phone and asks for some serial numbers of the notes.
He will state that the notes are counterfeit and arrange a second person to collect the cash from the victim.
A spokesperson from North West Leicestershire Police said: "This is a scam. The police will NOT call asking you to withdraw cash.
"If you receive a call as described, terminate the call and make another call Leicestershire Police on 101 or 999 if you feel threatened on a second phone." | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdUE5qhDBXmAdOoxs | Town and Villages to Come Alive for Jamaica 55
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Photo: Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (3rd right), and Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí (3rd left), participate in the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) Directorate of Training and Doctrine at Up Park Camp, Kingston, on Wednesday, June 14. Others (from left) are the JDF's Commanding Officer-designate, Lieutenant Colonel Mahatma Williams; Director General, International Security Policy, Department of National Defence, Canada, Major General Derek Joyce; Canada's High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí; Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid; and Jamaica's Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade.
The Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) training capabilities have been boosted with the establishment of its Directorate of Training and Doctrine.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, formally opened the facility located at the JDF headquarters at Up Park Camp, Kingston, on June 14.
Developed with support from the Government of Canada's Military Training and Cooperation Programme (MTCP), the facility, is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and a lecture theatre.
The Directorate will serve as the repository of information and standards across the JDF and regional militaries utilising the local training facility.
It will streamline training programmes delivered by the JDF's five Centres of Excellence.
These are the Caribbean Military Aviation School at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston; Caribbean Military Maritime Training Centre at the JDF Coast Guard base in Port Royal; Technical Training Institute at Up Park Camp; Military Training Wing in Newcastle, St. Andrew; and Caribbean Junior Command and Staff College in Moneague, St. Ann.
The Prime Minister, in his remarks, lauded the JDF's exemplary leadership and support personnel, and thanked the Canadian Government "for having the confidence to continue to invest in Jamaica".
"The progress in this partnership that this centre represents will see not only the ongoing development of our international partnerships but also serve to enhance the Government's efforts to positively impact the nation's youth as we strive to continue in our growth and development efforts," he said.
Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Sylvain Fabí, said the establishment of the Directorate is a milestone in the security relationship between Jamaica and Canada.
He said he anticipated further strengthening of cooperation among the countries in this area.
Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade, for his part, said the Directorate represents a continuation of Canada's support to building the capacity of the JDF, and to enhance the force's ability to deliver training.
Article by: Alecia Smith
Photo from: www.jis.gov.jm
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BkiUc5_xK7IDOB8ThlFx | Lesbian Discourses is the first book-length treatment of lesbian text and discourse. It looks at what changing images of community American and British lesbian authors have communicated since 1970, how this change can be traced in texts such as pamphlets, magazines and blogs, and why this change has taken place. At the heart of the book is a detailed linguistic analysis, which is embedded in a discussion of the relevant socio-political contexts and discourse practices, and supplemented by interview data. The book can more generally be read as an example of how to do textual analysis in social research, in particular how to engage in the discourse-historical and socio-cognitive study of collective identity. Despite its text-centered approach, the book avoids being overly technical and will therefore be of interest not only to postgraduate students and researchers in linguistics but also to those in anthropology, history and sociology, especially women's/gender studies.
Veronika Koller received her PhD from Vienna University (2003). She was appointed as lecturer to the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University in 2004. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaJLxK0-nUGYe3RvP | Facebook 'handing information about hundred of users' to the Australian government, according to report
In the first six months of 2013, the social network giant received 546 requests for access to information from 601 Australian-held accounts.
It granted 349 (64 per cent) of those requests – handing over information ranging from how long accounts had been in use, through to account content and internet protocol (IP) address logs.
Globally, 74 governments made 26,000 requests for access to information from 38,000 Facebook accounts in the first half of 2013, according to Facebook's first Global Government Requests Report.
The US demanded access to 20,000 accounts, with 79 per cent of those requests granted. India demanded access to 4144 accounts, followed by the UK (2337) Italy (2306), Germany (2068) and France (1598).
"The vast majority of these requests relate to criminal cases, such as robberies or kidnappings," Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch said in a blog post accompanying its report.
Facebook, which has nine million daily Australian users, gave no further detail about the precise source of the requests – for example, what percentage were made by law enforcement, intelligence or other agencies.
Comment has been sought from the Australian Federal Police. Australian Privacy Foundation chairman Roger Clarke acknowledged that data requests can help solve serious crimes or find missing people. But he said they must face intense scrutiny before being granted.
"Every organisation, social media and otherwise, must have a first-round response of 'show me your search warrant'," he told AAP.
"Sure, some agencies have demanded powers. So put the onus on them to communicate what that power is. Many 'requests' will then fizzle. Some won't. And at least some, perhaps many, of the ones that survive would be supported by public interest organisations."
Facebook said all data requests it receives must meet a "very high legal bar" and that it "fights" some requests.
Tech firms have faced increased pressure to disclose government data requests since June, when former US government contractor Edward Snowden leaked details of PRISM – a large program that saw nine companies turn over user data to the US National Security Agency.
Twitter recently revealed that the Australian government demanded access to data from 58 Twitter accounts in the first half of 2013 – up from less than 10 users in the second half of 2012.
Google's latest figures show that in the second half of 2012 it received 584 requests for access to information about 711 Australian users or accounts. It granted access to data in 65 per cent of those cases.
Microsoft and Yahoo are among other companies that have recently published data disclosure logs.
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BkiUcUfxK7FjYAb_6KwN | Similar to fondabee, but containing added fructose making the resulting product much more moist than the original fondabee. Used for queen rearing and indeed for feeding to lighter hives suffering for 'June Gap Syndrome'. Sold in boxes of 12 x 1kg or 5 x 2.5kg. Please contact us to discuss its appropriate use and for cost. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdAM5jDKDx7Q7NGKA | Only conflicts in which at least one party was the government of a state and which generated more than 25 battle-related deaths are included. The data refer to direct violent deaths. Deaths due to disease or famine caused by conflict are excluded. Extra-judicial killings in custody are also excluded. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdqU5qg5A583uHDax | Ah, Wisconsin. Home to fine cheeses, all-American beers and one of the best darn indie bands of our time. Maritime - composed of former Promise Ring and Dismemberment Plan players - have just dropped the jangly "Milwaukee" in honor of the hearty city. Maritime fans will groove on the song's familiar downstroke style and Davey von Bohlen's gruff yet soothing vocals. The track and accompanying video serve as the unofficial reverent themes for their beloved Midwest town.
"Milwaukee" comes as a precursor to Maritime's first album since 2011's Human Hearts. They're still plugging away at the work, slated for release on Dangerbird this fall.
Watch the video for "Milwaukee" below and check in with us for updates on the anticipated album. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUa9Q4ubnjosH9F5fR | ICPC China Team Comprehensively Characterizes HBV Related Liver Cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer, occurs most often in people with hepatitis B or C viral (HBV or HCV) infections who drink large amounts of alcohol. Unlike the recent progress of antiviral-eliminating therapy for HCV, current antiviral therapy is only able to reduce rather than eliminate HBV and is estimated to affect 292 million people globally. It is estimated that HBV-related HCC accounts for 85% of HCC cases in China due to the prevalence of HBV infection. Therefore, there is a need to understand how genetic changes drive cancer phenotype in HBV-related HCC.
The new study, a comprehensive multi-omics analysis of paired tumor and adjacent non-tumor liver tissues from a Chinese cohort of 159 patients by the ICPC teams from China, found oncogenes, tumor suppressors, activation of key signaling pathways, and liver-specific metabolic reprogramming of HBV-related HCC. Leveraging CPTAC pipelines, investigators analyzed the samples by integrating mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomic, phosphoproteomics, transcriptomic profiling, and whole exome sequencing. The study appears online October 3rd, 2019, in Cell.
Proteomic profiling identified three subgroups associated with clinical and molecular attributes including patient survival, tumor thrombus, genetic profile, and correlation with the liver-specific proteome. "These proteomic subgroups have distinct features in metabolic reprogramming, microenvironment dysregulation, cell proliferation, and subsequent potential therapeutics," says study co-author Hu Zhou, a proteomic scientist at Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Investigators also identified PYCR2, an enzyme involved in amino acid production, and ADH1A, an alcohol metabolizing enzyme, as prognostic protein biomarkers in the Chinese HCC-HBV cohort. They hypothesized that the gain-of-function for PYCR2 may enable tumor cells with an extra capability to cope with excessive oxidative species from enhanced metabolism while ADH1A (down-regulated in tumor tissues) impairs normal metabolic function of the liver.
Additionally, investigators looked at the effects of aristolochic acid (AA) and their derivatives, which are part of traditional Chinese medicine and used as an herbal extract to treat HCC. Recent evidence suggests that AA and its derivatives may contribute to HBV-related HCC. But until now, there has been no evidence that AA- signatures due to genetic mutations could be translated and detected at the protein level. In the Chinese HCC-HBV cohort, investigators identified 56 cases with AA-signature and detected two peptides encoded by mutated genes with AA-signature mutations. The result indicates that herbal medicine as a treatment option could result in mutated protein products in addition to affecting genome stability. Additionally, the finding suggests that even herbal medicines containing AA or their derivatives may also have an effect in HBV-related HCC.
This study not only generated high quality data, which has limited access through the Chinese database National Omics Data Encyclopedia (NODE) or open access through the CPTAC Data Portal (soon-to-be available), but promotes hypothesis-driven questions and provides biological insights underlying clinical features of HCC. This work was done under the auspices of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, and the U.S. National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research (OCCPR) through the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) and inspired by the NCI Cancer MoonshotSM. CPTAC collaborates with international organizations/institutions to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer through the application of proteogenomics, standards development, and publicly available datasets. | commoncrawl | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdsY5qoYAxftPVo_X | The entrance to Upper Antelope Canyon.
Located about ten minutes outside Page, Ariz., Upper Antelope Canyon is one of those magnificent natural wonders that should be on every photographer's must shoot list.
An authorized Navajo tour guide is required to gain access and while there are a number of tour operations available in the Page area, I choose Roger Ekis' Antelope Canyon Tours and specifically signed up for the photographer's tour. Most of the tour operations offer some sort of a photography option which will cost you a little more money, but does give you more time on location, ensures that you can use a tripod, and most importantly, means you are with other photographers whose sole purpose is the same as yours.
This was my first and only visit to Upper Antelope Canyon and I spent a total of two hours taking photographs. I mention this because I don't want to give the impression that I know everything there is to know about photographing here. However, I think you will find these five tips useful if you ever get the opportunity.
Photographed with a 10.5mm lens and corrected in Adobe Lightroom 4.
1. Take your time. You've anticipated this shoot, have seen incredible images taken by others and know that you have limited time, so you can't wait to drop the tripod legs and begin shooting. In our case, we walked immediately to the back of the canyon where it is much shallower and more cave-like with less light reaching the canyon floor. We then proceeded to shot while working our way back to the entrance. Two hours doesn't seem like a long time, but you don't have to make all your images in the first ten minutes either. Also in this case, I think the better shots are closer to the entrance of the canyon where it is wider, brighter and the sunlight filtering down from 120' above brings out the most colors and patterns in the sandstone walls. So use your first half hour of time to get used to shooting in this environment and don't rush.
My guide tosses a handful of sand onto a ledge creating a nice visual effect as it then "flows" over the edge.
2. Cooperation and communication are key. You will be shooting alongside other photographers in addition to sharing the canyon with other tours so you need to be cognizant of that. Your guide can help by warning when other groups are approaching or maybe even assist with moving lingerers along, but mostly it will be up to you to plan, frame and execute your shot, then get out of the way for others. Again, don't rush and with four photographers in my group it never was a problem getting the shots that I wanted. Rely on your guides advice, they have been visiting this location for years, observing it in different light and at different times of the year and can quickly point out the best shots or locations. I know you want to discover a shot that has never been made before, but with the limited time, a little assistance goes a long way. It is still your photograph the moment you release the shutter.
Detail pointed out by the guide is only seen by looking straight up.
3. Environmental awareness. When looking at the photographs, they look bright and colorful as if there was plenty of light. Don't be fooled, the average exposure time for all of these shots was 1/2 a second. It's not so dark that you can't see, but it is dark enough that focus can be an issue. In fact, it was the one thing I had the hardest time with. Other than a tripod, I highly recommend that you bring a flashlight to not only assist with setting up your camera but to shine on the walls in order to assist with focus. Again be aware and courteous to other photographers. I started off with an ISO of 200, but found that my exposure times were too long, especially when shooting two stops under while bracketing, so I ended up shooting mostly at ISO 400 and in some cases ISO 640. It does get brighter nearer the entrance and I was back at 400.
Having the right equipment, including a tripod and remote shutter release, are essential.
4. Equipment. I went with a Nikon D3S attached to a Gitzo tripod and three lenses, the Nikon 10.5mm, Nikon 14-24mm and the Nikon 24-70mm. Most of the photos were shot using the 14-24mm and the 24-70mm. In my backpack, I also had a Nikon D700, Nikon 70-200mm VR, and an SB900 flash, but really should have left those in the car. My advice, bring the widest, fastest lens you own. The canyons are narrow and as mentioned before, there are other people moving by and you really want to concentrate on taking photos and not worrying about gear or lens selection. The floors of the canyon are covered in sand which gets stirred up as people and you move about, so be cautious if you change lenses and be sure to have a lens cloth handy. Lastly, I was using a pocket wizard plus to trigger my camera, but only because I didn't have a cable release. If you don't have a way to release the shutter remotely, use the self-timer.
Three shot bracket taken at -1.0, 0.0 and +1.0.
5. Take plenty of photographs at various focal lengths and multiple f-stops. Almost everything I shot during my two hours was bracketed by either three or five stops. Originally I thought I would process these photos using the high dynamic range or HDR technique, however, in the end none were. The bracketing was critical though when it came to selecting the best exposure to process. I would shoot the multiple exposures, check focus, then shoot another sequence.
As I mentioned at the start of this post, this was my first visit to the canyon so I only have this one brief experience photographing in the mid-December light. The look in this canyon will change depending on the time of year, so if you want to photograph shafts of light then you will need to visit during the summer months. Of course during the summer you will also contend with large crowds which would certainly add to the anxiety of getting the photographs you want.
In addition to Upper Antelope, there are other slot canyons in the area including, Lower Antelope, Canyon X or Cardiac Canyon. These locations are less frequented, meaning they are also less photographed, so would offer additional opportunities to produce never before seen images. Apparently some of these canyons do require hiking and more time, so they are not as accessible as Upper Antelope.
And don't forget to just stop, take the camera away from your eye and absorb the surroundings. As photographers we often get caught up in the scene and forget to just take a moment and enjoy what is around us. While we tell ourselves that we will have the photographs to remember it by, nothing compares to being there. More on this in a future post. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdxDxK6nrxqmoz-TV | Hello! This is another card that I made using my new products from Annabelle Stamps. I used the sketch challenge from The Sweet Stop shown on left. I made 4 ornament cut outs with an Annabelle die in a row on the white CS used as a top layer. I added black twine to each ornament cut out and stamped the Annabelle sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I attached the white layer with foam dots to a SU Red and White Stripe layer and then attached to a white card base. A strip of gold metallic paper had been added to show at the top of the ornaments where the twine "attached" to the ornaments. The Striped layer does not show on the lower edge of the card but it is there in real life...just the angle of the photo did not capture the lower edge.
Hello. I have not been blogging or commenting much lately as I am busy with other things including making Christmas Cards for my Mother to send. I spent the past 2 days making 30 cards for her. I used a photo of a Christmas quilted wall hanging that she had made for the front of the card. I always try to personalize her card in same way. Now to make a box, print her address labels, and buy stamps and that gift to her will be finished. I'll post the card at a later time.
I just had to take time and make a card for Annabelle Blog Challenge...see the sketch above....with the items that I received yesterday from Australia. It was a purchase of stamps and dies that I made using a Annabelle GC that I won.
I used the new Borders 1 die to make the cut out design in Bazzill Pink CS and layered this on to the green card base. I then added the Stripe Paper from Cloud Design to create the triangle side. I cut an ornament from Green CS using Annabelle's Decorated Christmas Die and embossed it with the Border Die. Love that effect... so easy to add a design. Added some Pink Rhinestones and Metallic Gold thread string and bow. Finished with the sentiment stamped in Memento Bamboo Leaves using Annabelle Bella Stamps and Cuts by Design Die all from Decorated Christmas Sets. Papers from stash and Jo-ann's. I am going to have such fun with my new items....have so many ideas from Annabelle Blog Hop happening now.
Welcome to FOSTV Challenge 46. This week we are asking you to make a Scrapbook Page. I have not done much scrap booking since I started saving pictures digitally and doing digital slide shows and movies which I have not done much lately. I decided to showcase some pictures made by my DH of winter scenes from a few years ago. The photos are of the Hawthorne trees in our yard covered with ice and snow. I thought the stamp set "Ice and Snow" by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. was great for my layout. I stamped the icicles, trees and snowflakes with Versamark on a 12x12 scrapbook paper of blue with white dots....looks like snow. I embossed the images with silver EP. Added some stickles to the icicle border and liquid pearls for falling snow. I stamped the verse and sentiment in black ink and added the photos that I printed with red frames...easier than doing mats. Journaling was done on the computer.
Stamps: MFP,aHC "Ice and Snow"
If you enter the challenge this week you will have a chance to win a Stamp Set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. You have until 11:00 pm on Sunday November 18 to submit your projects at Home of Speedy TV.
Welcome to another Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge. This week is a bit of a different challenge....you are asked to add a fence to your creation. It will be fun to see what type a fence that you use. For my card I am adding a split rail fence to a cabin scene by the lake. This is typical of fences seen in the country on old farms. I used fence and birds stamps from "Scenic Selections", a cabin stamp from "Stamps on the Fly", and a sentiment from "Buried Treasures" all by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. I began by stamping the fences and masking them before stamping the scene all with Memento Rich Cocoa on White CS. I colored all with Copics and sponged the sky with blue ink and added snow to the mountain caps. Taking some artistic license, I did extend the scene a bit by drawing some lines and adding a tree so that the scene extended behind the fences. Added some birds in the sky and stamped the sentiment. I placed the image on a card base of Dark Green with scored edges. I love coloring this scene.
Please join in our challenge and you could win a stamp from Mark's Finest Paper, a Heinrich Co. You have until 3PM on Friday, November 16 to enter the challenge here. If you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. stamp, your name will be entered into the drawing twice.
I was pleasantly surprised with how this card looks...I had some doubts that I could make a a card with these colors for the Challenge ac146 at Annabelle Stamps. But using some of her great stamps from Floral Silhouette and Whimsy Flowers (Butterflies), I created this card. I used Card stock from Stash in Lilac, Gray, Blue and White for layering and stamped the focus image in Memento Gray Flannel and the Butterflies with Memento Sweet Plum. I stamped off the Sweet Plum to get a lighter shade of lilac for the Butterflies. Colored the flowers with Copics B24 to get the right color of blue. Finished with a sentiment stamped with Memento Blue Danube. I really like my finished look.
Hello! Welcome to another Monday Challenge at Friends Of Speedy TV. This week we have an easy challenge-Anything Goes! Is this your favorite kind of challenge? I decided to use "Cracked Hello", a new stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co to create my card. I used 4 of the 5 stamps in this versatile set. I stamped the crackled pattern on a Red CS with Memento Rich Cocoa for my background. I then embossed this with Cuttlebug EF Forest Branches for some texture and to create a wall for the Butterflies to land. The butterflies were stamped on Yellow CS with Memento Tuxedo Black and cut out by hand and attached with dots. Added some black pearls and finished this layer with a yellow grosgrain ribbon and a butterfly brad colored with Copics 100 and R59. Stamped the sentiments. Attached this to a base card of Dark Charcoal Textured CS. All supplies from my stash.
If you enter the challenge this week you will have a chance to win a Stamp Set from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. You have until 11:00 pm on Sunday November 11 to submit your projects at Home of Speedy TV.
The hardest part about an Anything Goes Challenge is deciding what to create but it is a chance to show your own creativity and have fun.
Have you tried using dies to emboss a design on CS rather than just cutting out the design? I was inspired to try this after watching a tutorial by Therese posted on Annabelle's Stamp Embellish Create Community in their Topical Tuesdays. Check it out. I am not sure if you have to be a member or not to view the tutorial. I used Cheery Lynn Exotic 2 Butterflies dies. After embossing the butterflies on white CS, I used masks and colored the butterflies by sponging Memento Cantaloupe and Tangelo Inks. After removing masks, I sponged ever so lightly around the butterflies. I then used colored pencils to highlight the edges, antenna, and bodies. I trimmed the image layer and rounded the corners before edging with a black marker. I stamped the sentiments from Paper and Such with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I attached this to an Orange patterned layer of K&Co Paper and then on to a Base Card of White. Love the effect of the dies embossed on the card.
Thanks, Therese, for the great tutorial.
Rick Rack or Ric Rac or Rickrack??
Welcome to another challenge at Speedy the Fox and Friends. We are challenging you to use Rick Rack on your projects. However you spell it - ric rac, rick rack, or rickrack - we are talking about that flat-woven trim that has zigzagged its way for many years in all sizes and colors on to many garments and craft projects. I am that sure all you card makers out there have a scrap or two or even a package of rick rack in your stash. That is where I found the red and gold Rick Rack that I used.
My card uses a new stamp set "Poinsettia Blooms" recently released by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. I stamped the lamp with Versamark on White CS and embossed with Ranger Gold EP and colored with Copics. I cut the image out with a Spellbinders Die and sponged with Ranger DI Barn door before taking from the die. Layered the image on to an embossed Gold Metallic CS mat (Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots). Stamped the sentiment ( from same stamp set as image) ) with Versamark and embossed with Ranger Red EP. Added 2 rows of Red with Gold Thread Rick Rack (From Jo-ann's) and attached to a red card base.
Fab 'n' Funky: Use die cuts and punches. Used corner punch and Spellbinder Keyhole die.
Find some rick rack and please join in and you could win a stamp from Mark's Finest Paper, a Heinrich Co. You have until 3PM on Friday, November 9 to enter the challenge here. If you use Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. stamp, your name will be entered into the drawing twice.
I am running very close to the deadline for the challenge at Annabelle for their sketch shown to the left. I am rushing to get this in. My card is very simple but in a way, dramatic with the gold and red and the large font of the sentiment. This Annabelle stamp is one of my faves for Christmas. Instead of bling, I added some dots punched from the metallic paper. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUgCPxK1ThhAqzZaS7 | Giambattista Valli AW17: What's Fashion?
Giambattista Valli - and his woman - don't care about fashion. He said it backstage today, and he has said it many times before. Well, that's fashion in the sense of trends, gimmicks, and "evolving", if evolving means strong changes of signatures and far-flung leaps away from classicism. No thanks, he'd just rather make clothes that his women want to wear and feel pretty in. A radical notion.
Valli never fails to present an array of impeccable looks, and this season was no exception. His is a winning formula, almost archetypical in its repeated presentation of flattering dresses and flounced femininity. The designer's AW17 collection saw much of the same, but separates, textures, and patterns made a larger appearance than usual, shifting Valli ever so slightly out of occasionwear and into wearability.
Houndstooth walked the runway first on a loosely cinched blazer and matching skirt whose flounced and layered hem, a Valli signature, repeated shortly after on a form fitting floral off-the-shoulder mini layered with a houndstooth crewneck.
Similar ruffles and poufs tiered down the body on a handful of midlength dresses, first across shoulders and then along hems with small ruffled detailing gathering at necklines and along the waist. A series of striking red looks pierced the monochromatic runway, appearing intermittently as layered minis before transitioning to floor-length lace. It was a familiar playfulness with volume that led to large gathered sleeves and tiered ruffled bodices, all juxtaposed with the slimming cage of a knee-high lace-up heel.
Statement coats and separates interrupted the stream of lace and florals, adding volume to a generally figure-hugging collection through loosely cinched peplum waists and fur cocoon silhouettes. One coat layered strips of cheetah and striking crimson in varying widths with neutral furs, adding a linear pattern often unseen in Valli's repertoire.
The designer scattered polka dots in many forms, from the obvious red speckles patterned on model Lineisy Montero to the repeated miniature berries dotting cropped blazers and long-sleeve lace blouses. Cherry motifs, a new addition this season, appeared more sporadically, a veritable picnic along pleated tulip skirts and cream lace crewneck gowns.
Even looks with Nike workout pants made an appearance. "The girl of the season? A woman who leaves the gym wearing her sports pants with a great jacket and stiletto pants to go out to her Parisian life", Valli said backstage. He knows his customer loves her Pilates.
Perhaps Valli's classicism resonates best with those who know perfectly well that they can embrace their femininity without worrying about betraying their feminism. With his mix of daywear, athleisure looks and serious date-night dresses, Valli certainly provided the wardrobe necessary to do it all. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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Each ingredient specially selected for its unique properties. Intensive treatment oil blended for pregnancy. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbdU4ubnjop7FEVmh | Images from "Another Me" have surfaced on an Italian movie site. Included are two images of Jonathan from the film which have been added to the Gallery. "Another Me" premieres at the Rome Film Festival on November 15.
The Rome Film Festival is taking place November 8-17, 2013 and they have just announced 4 new films that will be screened in competition. "Panda Eyes" is one of the films but it's officially changed names back to the original novel title, "Another Me". "Another Me" is due for release in UK theatres on November 15. It's likely to receive a world premiere in Rome first. No word yet on release dates for "Another Me" in other countries. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdd85qsBDEK-qJAXa | The Vervain Collective was formed to support the natural health community – the professionals, the health conscious, and the curious; the growers, the makers, and the dabblers. Together, we collectively learn about and celebrate relationships between plants, minerals, fungi, microorganisms, and each other.
The Vervain Collective offers a retail space (Vervain – A Plant-Based Apothecary), a consultation and treatment room, and a shared meeting area for educational opportunities. We welcome people at all points in their journeys as we seek to build partnerships and a healthier and more connected community. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdWk4eIZjw2_KA4V- | I will review and comply with all campus information technology policies as listed at www.depts.ttu.edu/infotech/laws/.
I will keep my account secure and not allow it to be used by others.
I will not attempt to turn off or reset any of the computers in SC 29.
I will log off of any workstation in SC 29 whenever I leave the room, even briefly.
If I am the last person to leave the room after 5:00 p.m., I will make sure that the door is closed and locked.
I will not print large or time-consuming jobs on the printer in SC 29 without first asking permission from the system administrator or the director of departmental computer resources. I also will not waste printer resources on trivial or inappropriate material.
I have read and understood the above computer use policies and I agree to abide by them.
Please print the form, fill it out completely, and then turn it in to Mr. Lee Burnside (SC 122). | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdsw5qdmDCTsM6e_p | This study day is aimed at Nurses new to Primary Care or who would like an update on the assessment and management of wounds and leg ulcer management.
This training is presented as an introduction to the assessment and management of wounds for Nurses that are either new to wound care or who would like their current basic knowledge updated. It explores the assessment process of a patient presenting with a wound and demonstrates how to effectively evaluate progress. It seeks to update Nurses on current issues and recent changes in practice. It explores cost effective use of current dressings.
The leg ulcer management part of the day will cover assessment, essential skin care, steroid therapy and promoting healing. Time will be set aside at the end of the session for questions and answers relating to leg ulcer management. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUeWLxK7ICUubsz97w | Deep Dive On New York's Energy Storage Opportunity
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In New York herrschte Chaos, weil stundenlang der Strom ausgefallen war.… LESEN SIE MEHR : https://de.euronews.com/2019/07/14/stromausfall-in-new-york-mehr-als-70-000-betroffen Abonnieren Sie! https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsde?sub_confirmation=1 Sehen Sie Euronews live TV : https://www.youtube.com/c/euronewsde/live...
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Just like that, parts of New York City were plunged into darkness as a blackout took hold of one of it's busiest areas: midtown Manhattan. Traffic lights went out and subway trains stopped right in their tracks. The outage even stopped Jennifer Lopez in the middle of her concert. This outage happene
Authorities say a transformer fire caused a power outage in Manhattan and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled. The New York City Fire Department said the fire started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue and affected at least 38,000 customers as of 8 p.m.
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BkiUdPE5qhLA-KZ41ifT | Corporate Ladder was written and designed by:
John Anderson has over 15 years experience performing and writing comedy in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles. He's obsessed with puzzles, card games and board games of all kinds. John's goal is to continue to create new, exciting games that are as fun as they are funny.
Prescott Gadd makes interactive experiences and scavenger hunts at interactiveescapes.com. This is his first card game.
Corporate Ladder was illustrated by:
Stephen Winchell
Stephen Winchell is a cartoonist and illustrator who's been drawing comics since he was old enough to hold a pencil. He lives in Chicago but can never shake his New England roots.
Instructions and Box design consultation by:
Geremy Mumenthaler
Buckminster Fuller once said "A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist." Geremy agrees with him and calls himself a designer. See his many projects at geremygood.com. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbQvxK6nrxrSHdlLF | Veterinary Referrals to MASH for Current Clinical Studies
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Nissan Mosapor, Hospital Administrator, CEO
Nissan Mosapor is a native of Los Angeles, California. He has been working in the veterinary field since he was 17-years-old and is a licensed registered veterinary technician. Over the years, he has worked in several veterinary disciplines ranging from emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery and neurology departments at various specialty animal hospitals. Nissan has a expansive understanding of the veterinary industry and spent years using this expertise to help veterinary hospitals market their brands. Nissan's dream of opening a specialty animal hospital that cultivates excellence in customer service and unparalleled medical care for animals was accomplished with the opening of Metropolitan Animal Specialty Hospital. In his free time, he likes to spend time with his wife and two daughters.
Rick, Hospital Coordinator
Rick was born in Burbank but grew up in Northern California. He has been in the veterinary field since 2010. He has worked his way up from being a client service representative, a technician, and now to his current position as MASH's Hospital Coordinator. He helped to form MASH in its beginnings and designs all of MASH's artwork and designs. Rick graduated with his Bachelors in Geography from Cal State Northridge. Rick has one tuxedo cat named Lucky. Rick has a passion for nature and is a Certified California Naturalist and avid birder. In his free time, you can find Rick fishing, working on motorcycles, at a plant sale, surfing, or at a skate park.
Beatriz, Practice Manager, MASH Outpatient
Beatriz was born and raised in Los Angeles. She has been working in the veterinary field since 2013. She has worked in specialty veterinary medicine all her career. She has experience in client care, DA, TA and hospital management. Beatriz is currently working on getting her certified veterinary practice management license and wants to also continue to learn and grow in their field. She loves to learn! She has a Pug named Ms. Piggy, a Frenchie named Spike, a Pug named Waffles, and a Terrier mix named Teddie. She is also the aunt to sweet "Biggie" a Presa Canario. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family building memories. She loves going to Disneyland, enjoys watching The Office, and having family game nights.
Jamie, Front Office Manager, MASH
Jamie was born and raised in California. She has been working in the veterinary field since 2007. She started working as a client service representative in general practice and then moved to specialty where she became a doctor's assistant. She is now MASH's Front Office Manager. She loves helping to save animals lives and rescue animals. She has a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Associates degree in Biology and Accounting from Cal State University, Northridge. She has two handsome chocolate labs named Griffin and Riddick. In her spare time, you can find Jamie on the slopes snowboarding, in the mountains hiking or at home watching movies.
Tomas, Front Office Manager, MASH Outpatient
Tomas was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, but was raised in Los Angeles, CA. He has been working in the veterinary field since 2013. He was a receptionist supervisor for a specialty veterinary cancer center and then was a client care assistant manager at a large animal specialty center. Tomas joined MASH's front-end management staff June of 2020. His goal is to get his certified practice management certification soon. He has a miniature Schnauzer named Kody. When not working, Tomas enjoys spending time with his friends. He also absolutely loves to go to theme parks, especially Disneyland! (He has all the passes!). He also enjoys watching movies and taking car rides to new and exciting places.
Kendra, Administrative Assitant
Kendra was born and raised in Fresno, California. She moved to Los Angeles in 2018. This will be Kendra's veterinary debut and she is excited to join the MASH team! Her goals are to expand her operations, management, and leadership skills, while contributing to the veterinary and overall Los Angeles community. Kendra has a Bachelors in Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts from University of California, San Diego. Her family has an English Labrador named Odie and she frequently babysits for her friends Catahoula Leopard-Labrador wild child named Bishop. In her free time, she coordinates community art events, and she composes music. She also loves to grab food with friends and DM Dungeons and Dragon campaigns.
Holly, Human Resources
Rebecca, Veterinary Social Worker, LCSW
Rebecca is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, born and raised in Los Angeles. She completed her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Emerson College, and received her Master of Social Work degree from USC. She is a lifelong animal lover and advocate, and recently transitioned to the veterinary field from medical social work. Her goal is to one day own her own farm sanctuary. Rebecca has a 1 year old mutt named Marty, and a betta fish named Sandy. In her free time, she loves watching scary movies, and recently got into roller skating.
Alli, Finance Manager
Alli has over 20 years of organizational management experience working in retail, law firms, a major pop culture collectibles company and most recently in the last 5 years, back in the veterinary field, at VCA TLC, ASG, and now MASH!
She has two, crazy, adorable, feline boys: Stevie Wonder and Jaxxson. They are the BEST! Her hobbies are more of a passion. Alli currently volunteers at Apex Protection Project (amazing organization, amazing people). She has also volunteered at Pacific Marine Mammal Center for 14 years as an animal care specialist rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, small whales and dolphins. When not volunteering, Alli is either traveling or going to shows, as music is another big passion of hers.
Carra, Marketing and Event Manager
Carra was born in Indiana, but grew up most of her life in Wisconsin (Go Packers!) Carra was a Certified Veterinary Technician for 10 years, working in emergency and general practice. She graduated from Madison Area Technical College in Madison, WI with an AA in Veterinary Technology. During school she was Adoption Co Chair and Animal Caretaker for the animals that stayed on campus. Her favorite part of being a technician was anesthesia and dentistry. Carra served on the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Board as their Legislative Committee Coordinator and Continuing Education Coordinator. Looking for a change, she moved to California in July 2018.
Carra loved being a veterinary technician, but found her passion was in relationship building, events, and marketing. Carra graduated from Colorado State University Global in November 2018 with her Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a Specialization in Public Relations. She did not want to leave the veterinary field, so she is so happy to be able to be in the field she loves and do what she loves.
In her free time, she loves to be in nature; exploring National Parks/Monuments, camping and hiking. Her goal is to visit every national park and monument! She also likes binge watching TV shows, and reading a good book. Carra has two cats that are brothers, Luke and Hans.
Allison, Marketing Coordinator
Allison grew up in Tucson, Arizona and after obtaining he Bachelor of Science degree in International Business and Marketing, she decided to move to Los Angeles to be close to the ocean. In 2008, she started what would become a career in the veterinary field, working as a receptionist at a family owned general practice. After a short stent at the front desk, she began training to be a veterinary technician and soon worked her way up to lead tech. Allison wanted to apply her business and marketing degree to her passion of helping animals and began helping with events and designing promotional materials. She then moved on to be the marketing coordinator of a multi-location specialty hospital here in Los Angeles. She is very excited to extend her knowledge and experience to the MASH team and further her career.
In her free time, she's usually planning her next trip somewhere around the world, relaxing at the beach, or watching her favorite sports team. She enjoys the sunshine, warm weather, and search for her next adventure.
Kindra, RVT, Inventory Manager
Kindra was born in Utah and moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 years old. She has been in the veterinary field since 2014. She obtained her Associates in Animal Science from Pierce College and is an RVT. She has always had a passion for emergency and critical care medicine but has also worked in general practice and neurology. In the future, Kindra would like to obtain her VTS in emergency and critical care. She has a 2-year-old Australian Cattle Dog named Olive, and a 9-year-old cat named Maggy. In her free time, she like to hang out with her husband and dog hanging at breweries, cooking or reading.
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BkiUd-HxK03BfJXwxDnN | Explore > Home / Humanities / Art History / Oceania's Art History
Oceania's Art History
Oceanic art refers to the creative works made by the native peoples of the Pacific Islands and Australia, including areas as far apart as Hawaii and Easter Island. Specifically it refers to the works of the two groups of people that settled the area, though during two different periods. They would in time however, come to interact and together reach even more remote islands. The area is often broken down into four separate regions: Polynesia, Micronesia, Australia, and Melanesia. The former two share a common ancestral culture of the Lapita, while the latter two comprise settlers of the first wave of people into the area. All of the regions in later times would be greatly affected by Western influence and colonization. In more recent times, the people of Oceania have found a greater appreciation of their region's artistic heritage. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUdTU25V5jCITp1f2h | Feed the Children Provides 75 Tons of Relief to Families Aff
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Feed the Children, a leading nonprofit focused on alleviating childhood hunger, is partnering with corporations and community partners to provide shelf-stable food, bottled water and disaster relief supplies to those affected by Hurricane Laura, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in nearly a century.
The hurricane made landfall as a category 4 hurricane early this morning and residents in several states are still assessing damages. The effects of this storm are compounded by economic downturns due to COVID-19 in the region. Both Port Arthur, Texas and Lake Charles, La. have reported double-digit unemployment numbers leaving many residents without the necessary resources to deal with this deadly hurricane.
Six shipments of supplies totaling approximately 75 tons from Feed the Children are already on their way to help residents in Louisiana and Texas. The nonprofit is working hand-in-hand with local community partners such as Friendships Unlimited and Belknap Ministries, to help with outreach efforts along with other long-time nonprofit partners who band together in times of crisis. Many long-time partners plan to donate products to help displaced residents.
Affected residents will receive products such as:
Ready to eat food, soups and snacks
"We are dedicated to making sure the residents affected by Hurricane Laura have the food and supplies they need to recover after this devastating storm," said John Ricketts, Director of Disaster Services at Feed the Children. "So many are already dealing with the effects of the pandemic. Unfortunately, this storm came along and worsened their situations. We are working with our partners on the ground to distribute supplies. We're calling on communities and partners across the U.S. to help their neighbors in their time of need."
While many partners are stepping forward to provide support, residents still need materials such as shelf-stable food, work gloves, cleaning supplies and water. You can help by giving monetary donations to help fulfill needs such as these.
Feed the Children is accepting monetary donations to assist communities affected by deadly storms like Hurricane Laura. Help us provide food, hope, dignity and comfort. Visit feedthechildren.org/laura to join our efforts.
About Feed the Children
At Feed the Children, we feed hungry kids. We envision a world where no child goes to bed hungry. In the U.S. and internationally, we are dedicated to helping families and communities achieve stable lives and to reducing the need for help tomorrow, while providing food and resources to help them today. We distribute product donations from corporate donors to local community partners, we provide support for teachers and students, and we mobilize resources quickly to aid recovery efforts when natural disasters strike. Internationally, we manage child-focused community development programs in 10 countries. We welcome partnerships because we know our work would not be possible without collaborative relationships.
Visit feedthechildren.org for more information.
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Jackie Chan Explains Why He Doesn't Do American Film Very Often Anymore
Once upon a time, one couldn't go a year without hearing about another Jackie Chan movie. When the Chinese actor was introduced to Western audiences in the '80s, he butterfly-kicked his way into some huge franchises between the Rush Hour films, the Shanghai films alongside Owen Wilson, and the 2010 The Karate Kid remake. But these days, the 66-year-old keeps a low profile… in Hollywood anyway.
In recent years, Jackie Chan has gone back to make more Chinese films, such as a new release called Tales of the Shadowhunter. The actor has the rare opportunity to float between two film industries, but there are specific reasons why the martial artist and actor does not make as many American movies. In his words to Brazilian site Filmelier:
I want to make sure that every year the audience can see so many different sides of Jackie Chan. I would like audiences to consider me as an actor who can do action, not just as an action star. I don't like to repeat myself.
It sounds like Jackie Chan found himself boxed in when it came to Hollywood action roles. He likes to jump into different roles, and moving over to Chinese productions has given him this. It's true, over here we do see Chan as a beloved action star more than anything else, and it may not be easy for the actor to find completely different movies to tackle.
His latest Chinese film has the actor playing Pu Songling, an actual Chinese writer from the Qing Dynasty. Jackie Chan gets to be part of a fantasy tale in the foreign film, that is, taking the biopic in a completely different place than one might expect. Chan said following The Karate Kid, it took him seven years to choose another Hollywood film with 2017's action-thriller with Pierce Brosnan, The Foreigner.
Jackie Chan said he has received loads of scripts over the years, but the roles are always for a "Hong Kong policeman." He says he never actually left America, he just could not "find the right script." Right now, he feels like he has achieved the ambitions he set out to do as an actor in terms of working in the action space and looks forward to more dramatic roles in his future.
The actor may reportedly come back to his Hollywood roots by reuniting with Chris Tucker on Rush Hour 4 and apparently returning for Shanghai Dawn with Owen Wilson. With that being said, these projects have been announced, but have not made major progress forward in development. Of course, it would be fun to see Chan make a cameo on the highly-popular Netflix series Cobra Kai and do more action movies like Fast & Furious. But we also look forward to dramatic work from him as well! Yes, pull an Uncut Gems, Chan! We're ready.
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BkiUd0c4ubng6eY9MoTk | Q: How to put blur effect on image which is being used as background of table view in swift 2? I tried but it's not working properly. Please give the correct solution for this.
I am calling this method setGradientBackground() inside viewDidload() method.
func setGradientBackground() {
self.myTableView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
let image = UIImage(named: "r1")
let imageview = UIImageView(image: image)
imageview.frame = myTableView.bounds
imageview.makeBlurImage(imageview)
imageview.addSubview(myTableView)
}
extension UIImageView {
func makeBlurImage(targetImageView:UIImageView?){
let blurEffect = UIBlurEffect(style: UIBlurEffectStyle.ExtraLight)
let blurEffectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: blurEffect)
blurEffectView.frame = targetImageView!.bounds
blurEffectView.autoresizingMask = [.FlexibleWidth,.FlexibleHeight]
targetImageView?.addSubview(blurEffectView)
}
}
A: You can use FXBlureView third party class.
https://github.com/nicklockwood/FXBlurView
You can set -
blurView.blurRadius = 18
blurView.tintColor = UIColor.blackColor()
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BkiUeeC6NNjgB0Ss3RUy | Q: jQuery mobile build listview in another page and navigate there This is a simple Cordova & jQuery mobile (1.4.5) app...
When I click on an item in a listview I want to dinamically build a listview on another page and navigate there.
The code I have works as desired as long as I don't click items/buttons too quickly. If I navigate between pages back and forth quickly then sooner or later I end up with an empty page, with the wrong text in header.
This happens both in Ripple and in actual Android device. Why? how can I avoid this? I think it is related to clicking items during page transition but I don't know.
HTML:
<div data-role="page" id="home">
<a href="#categories" class="ui-btn mainButton">Exercises</a>
</div>
<div data-role="page" id="categories">
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-add-back-btn="true" data-back-btn-text="Go back">
<h1>Categories</h1>
</div>
<ul data-role="listview" id="categoryList"></ul>
</div>
<div data-role="page" id="exercises">
<div data-role="header" data-position="fixed" data-add-back-btn="true" data-back-btn-text="Go back">
<h1 id="category"></h1>
</div>
<ul data-role="listview" id="exerciseList"></ul>
</div>
Javascript:
var lastCategoryID;
$(document).on("pagecontainerbeforechange", function (e, data) {
switch (data.toPage[0].id) {
case "categories":
createCategories();
break;
case "exercises":
createExercises(event.target.id, $(event.target).text());
break;
}
});
function createExercises(categoryID, categoryName) {
//Don't rebuild if is same category of last time.
if (lastCategoryID == categoryID) return; else { lastCategoryID = categoryID; }
//Set header text.
$("#category").text(categoryName);
$("#exerciseList").empty();
switch (categoryID){
case "c0":
$("#exerciseList").append('<li><a href="#exercise" id="e0">Warming up</a></li>');
$("#exerciseList").append('<li><a href="#exercise" id="e1">Weight lifting</a></li>');
break;
case "c1":
$("#exerciseList").append('<li><a href="#exercise" id="e0">Warming up</a></li>');
$("#exerciseList").append('<li><a href="#exercise" id="e2">Running</a></li>');
break;
}
$("#exerciseList").listview("refresh");
}
function createCategories() {
$("#categoryList").empty();
$("#categoryList").append('<li><a href="#exercises" id="c0">Arms</a></li>');
$("#categoryList").append('<li><a href="#exercises" id="c1">Legs</a></li>');
$("#categoryList").listview("refresh");
}
Steps to reproduce (it doesn't always happen):
1- Click on "Arms"
2- Quickly click on back button
3- Quickly click on "Arms" again
Instead of getting this:
you get this:
A: I was able to solve the problem mainly by changing
$(document).on("pagecontainerbeforechange", function (e, data) {
to
$(document).on('vclick', 'a', function () {
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BkiUflnxK1yAga6JuQAs | ← Romans 2:12-16 Are Unreached People Damned?
Jewish people in Paul's time saw themselves as law-abiding citizens. Not just abiding by Roman law, but possessing and being obedient to God's law. They saw themselves as held to a higher standard and successfully living by a higher standard. Because God had chosen them, he gave them the law. They showed they were chosen by observance of the law. Some would even go so far as to serve the law to prove they were chosen.
However, Paul shows that God is not fully honoured by their obedience. Their obedience falls short of the perfect standard of holiness that would mean they were set apart for God by their own efforts. A person needs to stop relying on law-keeping as a means of being right with God. A person needs a transformed heart. This is not primarily transformed feelings, but it is a transformed orientation. One needs to be focused on God and set apart by God.
You are holy and we are dust – disobedient dust at that. Help us to lose ourselves in you. Take away the fear of 'getting it right'. Help us to be comfortable with being less than perfect and then work out your perfection in us.
To whom is Paul writing in this section?
Can this passage be applied to anyone other than Jewish people?
Who do you know who is Jewish?
How do Jewish people today seek to be right with God?
I love the prayer that you prayed where "Help us to be comfortable with being less than perfect and then work out your perfection in us." This past Wednesday, I shared a prayer request with my early praying morning group: "I want to pray more naturally just like I once did in my freshman year." Through my pastor's sermon, I realized that God does not care about the style of our prayers. Instead, God cares about the placement of our hearts. Just like God gives us new mercies every day, He also gives us new lesson each day. 🙂 Thank you, God!
Teach me to accept my imperfections and flaws. May I live in your grace and wait upon your Spirit to shape me and perfect me.
4. I have a Jewish friend here on campus. This person is a Messianic Jew.
5. Today, Jewish people need to seek to be right with God just as everyone else does. Just because a person is a Jew does not mean that they believe that Jesus is the true Son of God who sacrificed His own life for those who would believe in Him.
God, it's so easy for me to succumb to the temptation of legalism. I don't think I am sinful enough to deserve hell, and I think I have done enough good to earn Heaven. I know that's not true, but I live that way at times. Forgive me, Lord. I cannot save myself. I must trust wholly in You.
I boast about my obedience to what I consider to be the most important of God's laws. And I am but disobedient dust. That phrase in the prayer really struck me. God, would you forgive me for thinking that the letter of the law is what saves, rather than the Spirit of the law which produces life and love. Thank you for your forgiveness and may I only boast in Christ.
"A person needs to stop relying on law-keeping as a means of being right with God. A person needs a transformed heart." This is so important to remember. All people are condemned and fall short of God's glory. Law-keeping will not make us right with God. It is not enough. We must be transformed and reconciled to God.
I don't know anyone personally who is Jewish, but one of my closest childhood friends is very sincere in his obedience to Torah. He has a Kosher diet and follows all of the Levitical laws, minus the sacrifices. He is also a Christian, so it is interesting to talk with him about his motivations for following the Torah, even if I don't agree with him.
4. My best friend in elementary school was half-Jewish.
In a weird way, I find this truth encouraging. Yes, we are deprived and cannot achieve the law that has been put before us, but I know the rest of the story. I know that we have a Savior who broke the realistic thought and saved us anyways. And for that, I find this encouraging.
1. He was writing to the Jews.
2. The law does not save.
3. Yes, it absolutely can.
4. I have some friends on campus who are Jewish.
5. They cling to traditions.
The law does not save us. If we believe so then we still stand condemned, for obedience to the law is meaningless if we ever just break one law, which we all have, and therefore we stand condemned by the law. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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Since legs all vary in length and circumference, your Guardian - Dartmouth pharmacist can help you choose the best product to ensure maximum therapeutic effect. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc2u6NNjgBpvIBF-H | Free Geek is a sustainable non-profit devoted to recycling old technologies that are no longer in use. As an organization Free Geek takes in technologies from all over Oregon and relies on volunteers to help with the recycling process. In exchange the volunteers are given access to cheap or free computers, and education about these computers. Volunteers at Free Geek can expect to learn about how a computer is constructed and differences between its software and hardware components.
Why is Free Geek Important?
Free Geek offers a rare bastion for the geeks of the world. Especially the broke geeks. Access to the community of Free Geek is an important foothold for the underprivileged. It provides a place to acquire the basic skills and components required for embedding in the digital age. To add to all this, Free Geek utilizes open source software that promotes sustainable economic models, and freedom of user exploration.
Free Geeks recycling activity helps to mitigate the environmental consequences of the progress based computer industry. As the City's computer infrastructure is upgraded to keep up with progressive functionality requirements, Free Geek is there to extract the maximum value from retired tech and responsibly dispose of what can't be used.
In my time at Free Geek I was working to secure donator's data. This meant taking apart donated devices and securing their data bearing components. Sometimes this process mean physically destroying the hardware, other times this was accomplished by rewriting the disc.
In addition to serving the community at Free Geek, I've been able to advance my own goal of attaining a greater understanding of computer science, and tinkering.
In my time at Free Geek I was able to further my interest in modern technologies. While acting as an intern I found that the Free Geek community acted as a home of sorts, fostering my curiosity and imagination. Community Spaces like Free Geek provide important cultural spaces for individuals to focus their interests through homophily. My contribution to Free Geek was largely just as a laborer and as such I proposed no institutional change, but, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to bring the Capstone class in as volunteers for a field trip of sorts. During this time Free Geek was able to fine tune their volunteer program, and widen their cultural footprint. Hopefully this internship will help to foster a deeper relationship between Free Geek and PSU.
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BkiUdaDxaJJQnMJkYB2N | Gottfried Kolditz (* 14. Dezember 1922 in Altenbach, Amtshauptmannschaft Grimma; † 15. Juni 1982 in Dubrovnik, SR Kroatien, Jugoslawien) war ein DEFA-Spielfilmregisseur und -drehbuchautor. Er war mit fast 20 Kinofilmen einer der produktivsten und am kontinuierlichsten arbeitenden DEFA-Regisseure der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre. Viele seiner Filme waren große Publikumserfolge in der DDR.
Leben
Als Sohn eines Landarbeiters in Altenbach geboren, studierte Kolditz 1945–1949 in Leipzig Germanistik, und von 1947 bis 1949 an der Theaterschule Leipzig Schauspiel und Regie. Anfang der 50er Jahre promovierte Kolditz in Leipzig bei Theodor Frings. Parallel hatte er bereits als Schauspieler und Regisseur an verschiedenen Theatern zu arbeiten begonnen – in Leipzig, Dresden, Rostock und Karl-Marx-Stadt, wo er zuletzt Oberspielleiter war.
Im Jahr 1955 ging er als musikalischer Berater für die Musikfilme Zar und Zimmermann und Mazurka der Liebe zur DEFA.
Im Jahr 1958 drehte er für die Filmreihe Das Stacheltier seinen ersten Spielfilm Der junge Engländer nach Wilhelm Hauff mit Jean Soubeyran, der sich stilistisch an den Expressionismus anlehnte. In den folgenden zwei Jahrzehnten arbeitete Kolditz, der als experimentierfreudig galt, in den verschiedensten Genres: er drehte Märchenfilme, Komödien, Musicals und Science-fiction-Filme. Mit Signale – Ein Weltraumabenteuer versuchte er, sich technisch an Stanley Kubricks 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum anzulehnen. Der Film wurde in Paris für seine Tricksequenzen ausgezeichnet. Er schrieb auch mehrere Science-Fiction-Erzählungen, die in Anthologien und in der Reihe Das neue Abenteuer erschienen.
Ende der 1960er-Jahre hatte Kolditz auch begonnen, die Drehbücher zu seinen Filmen zu schreiben. Von ihm stammte bereits unter dem Pseudonym Lothar Koch die Idee zu der Heinz-Erhardt-Komödie Drillinge an Bord.
Am nachhaltigsten jedoch war sein Name mit den in der DDR sehr populären DEFA-Indianerfilmen mit dem jugoslawischen Schauspieler Gojko Mitić in der Hauptrolle verbunden, von denen er drei inszenierte. Ursprünglich als – auch ideologische – Antwort auf die Karl-May-Filme konzipiert, entwickelten sie sich zu einem eigenen Genre in der DDR. Kolditz starb unmittelbar vor Drehbeginn eines neuen Indianerfilms, während er einen Piratenzweiteiler als deutsch-deutsche Koproduktion vorbereitete.
Da die DEFA einen politischen Aufklärungsauftrag hatte (das richtige, d. h. sozialistische Bewusstsein zu fördern), bedeutete die Konzentration auf Genre-Filme (pejorativ als Unterhaltungsfilme abgetan) von vornherein auch die weitgehende Ignoranz durch die Kritik.
Kolditz starb 1982 im Alter von 59 Jahren. Sein Sohn Stefan ist erfolgreich als Schriftsteller sowie Bühnen- und Drehbuchautor tätig.
Filme (Regie)
1957: Tanz in der Galerie
1958: Der junge Engländer
1959: Simplon-Tunnel
1959: Weißes Blut
1960: Die schöne Lurette
1961: Die goldene Jurte
1961: Schneewittchen
1962: Revue um Mitternacht
1963: Frau Holle
1964: Geliebte weiße Maus
1966: Das Tal der sieben Monde
1967: Gisela May singt Brecht (Fernsehsendung)
1968: Spur des Falken
1970: Signale – Ein Weltraumabenteuer
1973: Apachen (auch Drehbuch)
1974: Ulzana (auch Drehbuch)
1976: Im Staub der Sterne (auch Drehbuch)
1979: Addio, piccola mia (Darsteller)
1979: Das Ding im Schloß (auch Drehbuch)
1983: Der Scout (Drehbuch)
Theater (Regie)
1953: Wsewolod Wischnewski: Optimistische Tragödie (Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt)
1954: Friedrich Schiller: Kabale und Liebe (Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt)
1955: Friedrich Schiller: Wallenstein (Städtische Theater Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Literatur
Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Die Schauspieler, Regisseure, Kameraleute, Produzenten, Komponisten, Drehbuchautoren, Filmarchitekten, Ausstatter, Kostümbildner, Cutter, Tontechniker, Maskenbildner und Special Effects Designer des 20. Jahrhunderts. Band 4: H – L. Botho Höfer – Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3, S. 437 f.
Ralf Schenk: Ein Mann für alle Filme. Gottfried Kolditz bei der DEFA 1955 bis 1982. In: Stefanie Mathilde Frank & Ralf Schenk (Hrsg.): Publikumspiraten. Das Genrekino der DEFA und seine Regisseure, Schriftenreihe der DEFA-Stiftung, Bertz + Fischer Verlag, Berlin: 2022, ISBN 978-3-86505-421-0, S. 83–111.
Weblinks
Gottfried Kolditz Biografie bei der DEFA-Stiftung (verfasst von Ralf Schenk)
Einzelnachweise
Filmregisseur
Drehbuchautor
Künstler (DDR)
DDR-Bürger
Deutscher
Geboren 1922
Gestorben 1982
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BkiUbBQ5qhLACD0XwhGr | from typing import Optional
from overrides import overrides
import torch
from torch.autograd import Variable
from allennlp.training.metrics.metric import Metric
@Metric.register("entropy")
class Entropy(Metric):
def __init__(self) -> None:
self._entropy = 0.0
self._count = 0
@overrides
def __call__(self, # type: ignore
logits: torch.Tensor,
mask: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None):
"""
Parameters
----------
logits : ``torch.Tensor``, required.
A tensor of unnormalized log probabilities of shape (batch_size, ..., num_classes).
mask: ``torch.Tensor``, optional (default = None).
A masking tensor of shape (batch_size, ...).
"""
# Get the data from the Variables.
logits, mask = self.unwrap_to_tensors(logits, mask)
if mask is None:
mask = torch.ones(logits.size()[:-1])
log_probs = torch.nn.functional.log_softmax(Variable(logits), dim=-1).data
probabilities = torch.exp(log_probs) * mask.unsqueeze(-1)
weighted_negative_likelihood = - log_probs * probabilities
entropy = weighted_negative_likelihood.sum(-1)
self._entropy += entropy.sum() / mask.sum()
self._count += 1
@overrides
def get_metric(self, reset: bool = False):
"""
Returns
-------
The scalar average entropy.
"""
average_value = self._entropy / self._count if self._count > 0 else 0
if reset:
self.reset()
return average_value
@overrides
def reset(self):
self._entropy = 0.0
self._count = 0
| github | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUfpHxK7IADTol2gO4 | import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { ModalModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { MeuPrimeiroComponent } from './meu-primeiro/meu-primeiro.component';
import { MeuPrimeiro2Component } from './meu-primeiro2/meu-primeiro2.component';
import { CursosModule } from './cursos/cursos.module';
import { BindTesteComponent } from './bind-teste/bind-teste.component';
import { ModalTesteComponent } from './bind-teste/modal-teste/modal-teste.component';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
AppComponent,
MeuPrimeiroComponent,
MeuPrimeiro2Component,
BindTesteComponent,
ModalTesteComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
CursosModule,
ModalModule.forRoot()
],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
| github | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
BkiUbXg4c3aisGX5ZdFF | Target strength (TS) estimation is a principal source of uncertainty in acoustic surveys of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Although TS is strongly dependent on krill orientation, there is a paucity of information in this regard. This paper considers the potential for narrow-bandwidth, multibeam-echosounder (MBE) data to be used for estimating the orientations of krill beneath survey vessels. First, software was developed to predict MBE measurements of the directivity patterns of acoustic scattering from individual or aggregated krill in any orientation. Based on the distorted-wave, Born approximation model (DWBA), scattering intensities are predicted vs. MBE angles for specified distributions of krill orientations (pitch, roll, and yaw angles) and swarm densities. Results indicate that certain distributions of orientations, perhaps indicative of particular behaviour, should be apparent from the sonar data. The model results are compared with measurements on krill made using a 200-kHz MBE deployed from a small craft off Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica, in summer 2006. The stochastic DWBA model is then invoked to explain disparities between the model predictions and MBE measurements. | c4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
BkiUdFk4ubng8Lrd2LNb | Q: Difference between 'Forgetting' and 'would forget' in this sentences Is there only an issue of style difference between the following sentences:
*
*
If he had to describe himself in five words, he'd say he's curious,
forgetting to give you four more words.
*
If he had to describe himself in five words, he'd say he's curious.
And then forget to give you four more words.
Does it make sense to think that the second example emphasizes that he has forgotten to give four more words, rather than that he is curious?
Note: I'm not sure whether the first one is grammatical, and the second one is very hard to understand for a non-native English speaker.
A: Well, I would imagine that the first one would not be a valid sentence - without a proper buffer :
- If he had to describe himself in five words, he'd say he's curious - forgetting to give you four more words.
- If he had to describe himself in five words, he'd say he's curious WHILE forgetting to give you four more words.
If he had to describe himself in five words, he'd say he's curious **and "forget"** to give you four more words.
However from usage point of view - the one which makes the most sense to me is a hyphen, the other choices being a comma and a semicolon. But the hyphen brings in with it greater physical distance between the clauses - and seems about right as per the flow of sound is concerned.
Note: I declare that I am not an academic - and might not know what I am talking of; hope this makes a certain amount of sense to you.
And I think that after this being done - the two expressions are merely a question of style.
A: There's hardly any discernible difference (to me) between the two with respect to emphasis. Both that he's curious and that he forgot the rest of the words are integral to the meaning of the sentence, both providing the necessary facts for the funny situation (execting 4 more words but getting none).
As to the style difference, one or the other (I am not a good judge) might provide a more humorous timing. The second one, as written, is less formal, beginning a sentence with a conjunction and eliding the pronoun and verb for '...and then he'd forget...'.
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BkiUbWzxK7Tt522WYpAC | Interview: Mary Ann Marlowe
Who loves a rock star romance? Renee spoke to debut author Mary Ann Marlowe about her book, Some Kind of Magic (Flirting with Fame) . As well as attaining a black belt in karate, Mary Ann has enjoyed a varied career outside of writing including ten years as a university-level French professor, and her resume includes stints as an au pair in Calais, a hotel intern in Paris, a German tutor, a college radio disc jockey, and a webmaster for several online musician fandoms. Mary Ann is a fellow member of the 17Scribes, a group of authors whose debut novels come out in 2017.
Your new book, SOME KIND OF MAGIC, is out now. What was the inspiration for the story?
I like to ask "What if?" questions and then imagine variations on possible outcomes. In the case of SOME KIND OF MAGIC, I was wondering what would happen if you met someone famous without realizing who they were. Whenever I pass by the magazines at the grocery store check-out, I very often can't recognize half the so-called "celebrities." I could picture myself sidling up next to one of these people at a bar, having a whole conversation, and then finding out after the fact that the "stranger to me" was actually the hot new thing. As I pondered this scenario, I inevitably pursued the romance angle. What would plausibly make someone who was incredibly famous take an interest in your average girl next door? How could that power imbalance be equalized? The idea of a kind of love potion, but one with a modern twist, began to take shape, and after that, I started chasing down the story. I know a lot about musicians and fandoms from years of following bands and running fan forums, so it felt natural to watch this unfold in the music scene.
Do you ever dream about the stories you're writing?
I have incredibly vivid dreams that go on forever with detail and purpose. When I wake up, I often know exactly where they should go next, like I've been writing them the whole time. It would make my life so much easier if I could make myself dream about the books I'm writing so I could get some agony-free assistance. But alas, no. I do daydream a lot about what I'm writing, and often just as I'm drifting off to sleep, I hear the perfect exchange of dialogue and have to wake back up to write it down. But my dreams tend to involve aliens invading Manhattan, streets exploding as I'm driving, or people flying over Europe on magic bicycles–possibly with an unexplained rubber chicken.
Give us an insight into your main character. What does she do that is so special?
Eden is a scientist because she needed a career that would provide stability and financial security. She's watched, with a mix of fear and envy, as her brother, Micah, followed the riskier path, chasing his dream of becoming a musician. At the start of the book, Micah's years of hard work are beginning to pay off, and Eden can't fight some unrest and jealousy as she sees him doing what he wants rather than what he should. She tries to have it both ways by letting her brother show her talent off onstage when he performs, but what she wants on paper conflicts with what she truly desires. This struggle is also playing out when she meets the love interest, Adam, who doesn't fulfill even her basic criteria for the sort of man she's always imagined herself with. I love that she's forced to deal with all of her self-inflicted prejudices and find the courage to go after what she truly wants.
I'd never know for sure how much that damn perfume had factored into his feelings for me. And he'd never know for sure how little his fame factored into my feelings for him.
What misconceptions do you think most people have about writers?
People often tell me that they wished they could write a book, but they don't have the time. It makes me wonder if people assume that every author has the good fortune to write full time. I have a full-time job in an office and two kids who I don't neglect entirely. I definitely make time to write. Sometimes I take days off at work when I need to get a lot of writing done. But usually, once my kids are in bed, I try to carve out a couple of hours each night. Most writers I know fit their writing into gaps that they create. That's not to say it's easy to find that time, but it's a matter of prioritizing writing over other time consumption. It's definitely a challenge.
About: Some Kind of Magic
In this sparkling debut novel, Mary Ann Marlowe introduces a hapless scientist who's swept off her feet by a rock star—but is it love or just a chemical reaction?…
Biochemist Eden Sinclair has no idea that the scent she spritzed on herself before leaving the lab is designed to enhance pheromones. Or that the cute, grungy-looking guy she meets at a gig that evening is Adam Copeland. As in the Adam Copeland international rock god and object of lust for a million women. Make that a million and one. By the time she learns the truth, she s already spent the (amazing, incredible) night in his bed
Suddenly Eden, who's more accustomed to being set up on disastrous dates by her mom, is going out with a gorgeous celebrity who loves how down-to-earth and honest she is. But for once, Eden isn't being honest. She can't bear to reveal that this overpowering attraction could be nothing more than seduction by science. And the only way to know how Adam truly feels is to ditch the perfume—and risk being ditched in turn
Smart, witty, and sexy, Some Kind of Magic is an irresistibly engaging look at modern relationships why we fall, how we connect, and the courage it takes to trust in something as mysterious and unpredictable as love.
Amazon USA: Some Kind of Magic (Flirting with Fame)
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BkiUe8I5qhLBjuJj95cY | A few weeks ago, I started thinking about making teddy bears again. Back in 2011, as some of you will remember, the readers of this blog and I knitted teddy bears for an organization here in Central Jersey called Grace Healthcare. The organization provides care givers to people in private homes and in nursing homes and cares for a lot of Alzheimer's patients. They find the bears are very helpful in therapies with the patients.
The first thing that happened after I started thinking about bears this spring was that I heard from E.J. Solomon, the woman who was my contact at Grace Healthcare, telling me they really need more bears. Also, someone at church gave me a bag of old acrylic yarn that had been sitting around her house for years, and I generally use those yarn donations for charity projects. So I've been eying that bag of yarn, considering if I should make bears with it.
On Sunday, there was a knit-a-thon at Trillium Yarns for Emily's Hats for Hope. I didn't feel like making a hat, but I felt like going to a knit-a-thon, so I went with some of that "charity" yarn. I also brought needles and the pattern to make one of Susan Dennis's bears from her "Yet Another Teddy Bear" free pattern. When I got there, I just didn't feel right about knitting a bear instead of a hat, so I knitted half a hat with some of the yarn. But when I got home, something amazing happened.
Amanda Decker from Compassionknits, the prayer shawl ministry at Bound Brook Presbyterian, and I made these bears for Grace Healthcare in 2011, and this photo has been on my Facebook timeline for 2 years.
Because Linda made this comment, the two-year-old photo moved up on my timeline, and I guess in my newsfeed, to a more current status. And suddenly I was getting all sorts of comments from people about these bears. People were saying they were so cute, even beautiful. And that I was doing such a nice thing. Nobody seemed to recognize the photo was 2 years old. One friend, a former colleague at work, even asked if she could buy a bear for her daughter's eight-grade graduation. I told her I'd make her daughter a bear as a gift. I started it Monday night.
Even more amazing on Monday, my friend Gail, who is moving out of state, asked me if I'd like some more yarn. On my way home from open knitting on Monday, I stopped at her house, and she gave me two garbage bags full of yarn, plus another smaller shopping bag of purple yarn that I will use in a prayer shawl (Compassionknits never seems to have enough purple prayer shawls; they are very popular). Think of how many bears all that yarn would make!
So I have decided to make more bears for Grace Healthcare this summer. I invite you to join me. They really don't care what pattern you use. Bears are portable, they don't make your lap hot as you knit, they go fast, and they use up small quantities of leftover yarn. You can knit, crochet, or sew. I don't have any sewing patterns, but if you need one, E.J. Solomon can send you a very simple one. I am going to post some free patterns over the next few days for you.
I'm not sure if this should be a contest or not. I like the idea of knitting bears for a specific period of time and of having them all together, so we can see what we accomplished. I don't mind giving prizes; I have plenty of books and yarn I could share for prizes. But over and over again, the people who participate in these charity knitting projects on this blog tell me that I don't really need to give prizes.
So for now, I'm not going to make this a contest. I'm just going to give you links to free patterns. What I will say is that if anyone wants free yarn to participate in this effort, I have some acrylic yarn to share with you. You can use your own yarn, too. Bears are a great stash busters, but because the bears will be washed, I do ask you to use washable yarn, either acrylic or, if you can't stand acrylic, then use superwash or cotton.
On Saturday, I'll post addresses so that you can send the bears to Grace Healthcare directly or bring or send them to me at the Courier News/Home News Tribune office in Somerville. And then I'll ask E.J. to pick the bears that come to Somerville. If you send them directly, though, email me a photo if you can. It would be such fun to share your bears with everyone else.
To get you started, here are two knitted patterns and two crochet patterns that are free. But feel free to use any pattern you want. Size doesn't seem to matter either.
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BkiUfqTxK3YB9ohkPdHe | Olly: I'll never give up on my Roos dream
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By John Davidson
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Oliver Bozanic has not played for Australia for more than four years but has set his sights on winning a return to the Socceroo set-up.
Bozanic, who made his international debut against Canada in 2013, earned the last of his seven caps against Macedonia in March 2015.
The midfielder, who appeared against both the Netherlands and Spain in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, joined Heart of Midlothian in Scotland last June after leaving Melbourne City.
The 30-year-old has been solid in Edinburgh this season, making 28 appearances in all competitions, scoring three goals and notching one assist.
But breaking back into the national team remains a clear goal for Bozanic.
"It's still a target of mine, I'll obviously never give up on that dream," he told FTBL.
"It's been a while but I feel like I've been doing really well over here and hopefully that doesn't go unrecognised and I have an opportunity."
Bozanic is very familiar with Australia coach Graham Arnold after playing under him for three seasons at the Central Coast Mariners.
In that period the midfielder and Arnold won an A-League premiership and then the Grand Final in 2013.
"We had really good success at Central Coast Mariners and then we both went our separate ways," the former Luzern and Melbourne Victory attacker said.
"I went over to Switzerland after that, so yeah we've had a lot of experience working together as well. I'd love to be back involved in that set-up."
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BkiUbf45qhLACFWlxL76 | Home » Newsroom » News Stories » 2004 News » Dedication of Vermont artist Michael Singer's "Garden of the Seasons" follows new library dedication
Dedication of Vermont artist Michael Singer's "Garden of the Seasons" follows new library dedication
Middlebury, Vt.-"Garden of the Seasons," the creation of Vermont sculptor Michael Singer, was dedicated on site Friday, Oct. 8, during the festivities marking the dedication of the new Middlebury College library, which is located on Storrs Avenue between Routes 30 and 125. Occupying a space of approximately 30 feet in diameter, the garden is located on the south lawn of the library building. Earlier Friday at the library dedication, Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz also announced the next commissioned project of the College's Committee on Art in Public Places-a three-part mural by American artist Matt Mullican that will span 84 feet of the entrance atrium of the new library building. Titled "L'art d'ecrire" ("The Art of Writing"), the mural will be installed in the building in honor of its architect Charles Gwathmey.
Articulated both on the ground and above it, the "Garden of the Seasons'" space is defined by granite benches that form a semi-circular enclosure and also a stepped wall that runs parallel to the sidewalk between the building and Storrs Avenue.
From afar the garden can be seen by its signature planting screen, a 6 by 14 foot rectangle made of mesh, aluminum, painted steel, stainless steel cable, and copper piping that rises above the ground. In warmer months the screen will carry a variety of deciduous vines and foliage that will change color with the seasons. In winter months it will support a wall of ice. The circular seating area of the garden encloses a "floor" made of cast aluminum and concrete with textured copper that harbors various indigenous plantings-mosses, flowers and ferns. The water that will maintain the garden in the temperate seasons is furnished by a designated retention pool that holds run-off storm water. A swale of rocks and plantings extends from this pool, forming an arc around the garden that ends at the road at the perimeter of the library lawn. The entire area within this arc will be planted with tall grasses and wild flowers. In the temperate seasons the water will run naturally; during the winter months a pump buried in the construction will deliver water in upward pulses where it will freeze on the planting screen.
Preparations for "Garden of the Seasons" commenced in the summer of 2003 when the grading of the site was determined and water and electrical lines for the campus quadrangle were established. Planting and above ground construction have been in progress over the past four months, with the artist and his staff supervising the work of masons, gardeners , electricians and plumbers.
Michael Singer, who has been a resident of Vermont since 1971, is an internationally known sculptor who has redefined the practice of art and broadened its applicability to a surprisingly wide range of publicly funded and publicly maintained spaces. In addition to commissions for private residences, he has completed award-winning site-specific sculptural environments comprised of natural and man-made materials for airports, office complexes, college campuses, civic waste management facilities, waterfront recreational areas, and public parks. A graduate of Cornell University, he has been awarded fellowships and grants from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. In 1996 he received the Vermont State Governor's Award for the Arts from then Gov. Howard Dean.
Singer was awarded the commission for the library garden at Middlebury following a competition in 2002-2003, which was sponsored by the campus Committee on Art in Public Places (CAPP). An exhibition of three proposals was on view at the College museum in spring 2003. Since 1996 the Middlebury College board of trustees has maintained a program that earmarks one percent of construction costs of its building projects for the creation and maintenance of works of art. The library's "Garden of the Seasons" is the first to employ an artist early in the planning and design phase of construction, permitting a project specific to its intended site. Other CAPP projects include the 1996 "Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth" by Dan Graham, in the plaza of the Center for the Arts on Route 30, and "Smog" by Tony Smith on the campus side of McCardell Bicentennial Hall.
Already a destination as well as a retreat for pedestrians and casual visitors to campus, "Garden of the Seasons," according to Middlebury College Museum of Art Associate Director Emmie Donadio, was conceived as a designated spot for study, contemplation and refreshment of the senses. From the western and southern windows of the library one can enjoy a birds-eye view of the project. Even those who see the garden only from afar-in passing vehicles, for example-can enjoy its conjunction of nature and culture. Donadio expressed the hope that, as its plantings mature and the seasons follow their courses, the "Garden of the Seasons" will affect and offer respite and pleasure to generations of Middlebury students, staff and passersby.
The commission for the mural that will span the library entrance atrium was awarded to Mullican by a jury comprised of members of the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts in New York and Middlebury College representatives. The project was spearheaded by the committee of the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Fund for Mural Painting in America at the National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts. Additional funding from the Glenstone Foundation made it possible to realize the project in the new Middlebury library.
For further information contact Emmie Donadio, associate director and chief curator of the Middlebury College Museum of Art, at 802-443-2240 or donadio@middlebury.edu, or Richard Saunders, director of the museum and chair of the Committee on Art in Public Places at Middlebury College, at 802-443-5235 or rsaunder@middlebury.edu.
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BkiUeZrxK6-gDw5AwW_5 | Sun, Jack Yuan-Chen
For pioneering contributions and visionary leadership in CMOS semiconductor fabrication technology.
Jack Yuan-Chen Sun
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Jack Yuan-Chen Sun began his 30-year career in silicon chip technology with IBM, where he distinguished himself with innovative engineering contributions and technical leadership. At IBM, he led many successful projects that set world records or that shaped industry trends in CMOS, SOI, low power CMOS, bipolar, and SiGe HBT. His contributions were recognized by four IBM invention achievement awards and earned him the appointment of director of the Logic Technology Development Division.
After 14 years at IBM, Jack joined TSMC In 1997 as director of the Advanced Module Technology Division. He has been the force behind the development of many generations of cutting-edge, energy-efficient, high-performance, and high-density ASIC technologies. His leadership and vision were instrumental in enabling TSMC to become a market leader in semiconductor manufacturing.
Jack has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers. He holds multiple patents. In 2003-2004 he served as Roadmap Committee Chair of the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA). He was also Taiwan's representative on the International Roadmap Committee for the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) during that same period.
In 2000 Jack received the "Ten Most Outstanding Engineers Award" from the Chinese Institute of Engineers. That same year he was elected an IEEE Fellow. In 2003 he was co-recipient of the Outstanding Technology Worker Award from the Republic of China. He won the National Management Excellence Award in 2004. | commoncrawl | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
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BkiUd2Y5qoTBFHyxCerH | Jane McDonald to headline Yorkshire's Platinum Jubilee Concert in Scarborough in June
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Grandaddy return with Leeds gig and new record
Long time favourites from the American alternative music world Grandaddy are back on the scene with an album released this week and a tour that includes a Leeds date.
Thursday, 2nd March 2017, 8:30 am
Updated Friday, 24th March 2017, 11:22 am
Grandaddy, gig in Leeds.
'Last Place', the first new record from the band since 2006, is released via 30th Century Records this Friday and a track from it, 'Evermore', has been shared and can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX34Qhmto0Y
After Grandaddy broke up in 2006, Jason Lytle relocated to Montana, where he happily made two solo albums, and reconnected with the natural world around him. Eventually, though, life uprooted him again, taking him to Portland, Oregon until he eventually returned to his former home of Modesto, California.
The return to California was practical (he needed to be near his bandmates) but also appropriate. He had started writing songs that he felt would be fitting for another Grandaddy album.
The result, 'Last Place', is a perfect addition to the band's celebrated, critically-acclaimed catalogue, that includes their breakthrough sophomore album, 'Sophtware Slump', and their debut, 'Under the Western Freeway'.
It's a symphonic swirl of lo-fi sonics and mile-high harmonies, found sounds and electronics-gone-awry mingling with power pop guitar tones. Lytle's voice sounds as warm and intimate as ever, giving graceful levity to the doomsday narratives that have dominated the Grandaddy output.
Grandaddy are now hitting the road to promote the record and Leeds music fans can catch them at the Irish Centre on Monday, March 27.
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BkiUdho5qX_Bxm4Tr7vP | Supposedly a political group on the far right, and supposedly wanting to combat Islam in the UK, I found their views and actions disturbing. They use large white crosses but use foul language and even veiled violence.
Here at BTM we sincerely hope we do not come across to genuine Christians as racist or hateful towards Muslims. What we do is report and comment on actual Islamic terrorism and violence.
We acknowledge that at this moment in the UK 'moderate' Muslims far outnumber extremists.
But, as we Have noted many times, moderates tend to be harassed and bullied by those with terror in mind. It is a fact throughout the world.
Anything we write about concerning Islam is always measured and rooted in actual fact, whereas groups such as 'Britain First', from what I heard, cannot string together concepts in a logical way or use information in an accurate, factual way. At BTM we wish only to warn readers that Islam, based on the Koran, teaches violence towards, and death of, Christians and Jews. However, moderates mainly do not espouse such evil and we thank God for that.
As we have already reported, time and again, Muslims used to live side by side with Christians for centuries... but terrorists whip up hatred – so-called Palestine is a good example... and moderates are too afraid to defy them. In Syria, moderates are put to death alongside Christians, and some ISIS fighters who are not extreme and brutal enough, are also killed!! So moderates will obey their extremist masters. Even so, some moderates protect their Christian or Jewish neighbours, to their credit, in spite of bringing intimidation to themselves.
What concerns us in the West is that politicians do not seem to care about all this, and the radicalisation of moderates. They don't understand the significance of building mosques and the vast sums sent by Saudi Arabia to do so. They don't understand the meaning of Sharia law or its impact on society as a whole, nor do they understand that sharia means no freedom, onlystrict obedience to the will of Allah (AKA - that is, the will of extremists). We see the violence of growing Islamic areas in many EU countries, no-go Islamic sections of towns, and the appalling behaviour of Islamic bullies. We see on the news (though many in the media now do not publish the stories) how Islam is demanding its own way, ignoring law and views of others.
We see the sheer hatred on the faces of Muslims in their rallies as they chant death to the West and death to Jews and Christians. But no police action is taken... whereas ordinary Christian street preachers are instantly arrested just for preaching from scripture, though they speak in peace!
I could say so much more, but suffice to say that while we cannot and would never follow groups such as 'Britain First', we predict that such groups will become more plentiful as real Islam bares its fangs even more openly, even if the media and governments try to hide the fact. It is bound to happen as westerners are pushed to their limit by Islamic thugs. Then, thugs of one kind will create thugs of another kind! Though insignificant right now, far right groups that want Islam out of the UK will not just find a voice, but also a way to combat Islam physically... and then the silence shown by law, state and people, will be torn to shreds. It is not my way, but I see it happening soon in the EU, because when the fears of people are ignored they feel pushed into a corner and come out fighting.
If Muslims live in the West, let them do so peacefully. If they know terrorists, then let them stand apart from them. In other words, let moderates show themselves to be separate. Let them stop demanding that Christians and others must do what they say according to their Koran. Only then can people begin to trust them to a degree. Am I thereby speaking in inflammatory terms?
No, I am not – I am asking Muslims to live in peace! Am I speaking in racist terms? No – Islam is not about race, but religion.
One thing must be said – I will not give Islam respect, though I will respect Muslims as people. That is, peaceful Muslims. I will not respect Islamic killers. I cannot give ANY false religion respect, because to do so would be to blaspheme the Lord, the ONLY Lord, by paying respect to what is a satanic movement. Scripture does not permit me to show respect to idols and false teachers of ANY godless religion. As for Islam, people must learn what it teaches and what it means for the people of the West. We must continue to respect moderate Muslims as people, but will also remember what is happening all around the world to Christians and people of other false religions, including moderate Islam, as Islamic terrorists gain ground.
I hope this statement goes some way to explain our position. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUdtA241xg-MOC_cqE | Beyoncé Knowles: Votes & Pens Letter For President Obama
Pop superstar Beyoncé Knowles showed her enthusiasm for the 2012 Presidential Election by posting images of her voting on her Tumblr page.
In a series of posts, the 31-year-old entertainer showed photos of her examining, signing and posing with what appears to be an official absentee ballot.
The Houston-bred singer also posted a personal handwritten letter to President Barack Obama that revealed her "respect and adoration" for the incumbent.
Beyoncé and her husband, rapper Jay-Z have had a public relationship with President Obama and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama.
The couple has hosted fundraisers for President Obama — they recently raised $4 million in campaign funds when they hosted a fundraiser event at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club — and Beyoncé re-recorded her hit "Get Me Bodied" for First Lady Obama's fitness initiative, the Let's Move! campaign. The viral video of the "Move Your Body" remix featuring the First Lady dancing made the rounds on the internet.
President Obama, Beyonce & Jay-Z
This past April, Beyoncé also wrote a handwritten note to First Lady Obama sharing that she was honored and inspired by her and she felt the First Lady was the ultimate role model for her young daughter, Blue Ivy.
"She's a caring mother, she's a loving wife, while at the same time, she is the First Lady!" Beyoncé wrote. "Michelle, thank you so much for every single thing you do for us — I am proud to have my daughter grow up in a world where she has people like you to look up to."
On Monday, Jay-Z performed along with Bruce Springsteen at President Obama's rally in Columbus, Ohio. The hip-hop star remixed his hit single, "99 Problems" and substituted the name "Mitt" in and line where he usually says "b—t" on the track.
READ: Beyonce's Open Letter To President Obama:
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jawn, PLEASE investigate this. beyonce has been living in new york for at least 5 yrs. her production company is in NY. her driving license is ny. how is she still registered to vote in harris county tx? isnt that fraud? you must be registered where you live and pay state taxes right ?
sherry 11 November, 2012 at 08:38 Reply
does it matter? she's voting or voted. that's what's important | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUd-zxK5YsWPOogRL5 | PANAJI - Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra blasted the Goa government for not doing enough to promote the state as a destination for film festivals of international standards.
Chopra, speaking at the inauguration ceremony in the presence of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, said Goa as a destination for international film festivals needed a lot more improvement and time was running out.
Even after six, seven, eight years, we still do not have the facilities to have an international film festival, Chopra said.
Time is running out. Every day people are doing better international film festivals. We need to be doing a lot better, Chopra said.
Why cant we have a 12 screen cinema to screen festival films? Why cant we have a convention centre? When screening facilities were required, when the first festival was being held here, INOX built a multiplex in six months, Chopra said.
Earlier, the veteran film maker and several time Filmfare award winner said young directors and the new whiz kids were guiding Indian cinema on the right path.
They are doing a terrific job. Taking India into unchartered territory. They are winning Oscars, they are taking cinema forward, Chopra said.
But he complained that the policies of the central government in the form of rigid tax regimes were choking the Indian film industry. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUfh85qhDC0N-q7-R5 | A Rákóczi utca Győr belvárosában húzódik, a belváros keleti szegélyétől a Széchenyi tér északkeleti sarkáig tart. Főként barokk és klasszicista házak szegélyezik.
Látnivalók
Richter János Zeneművészeti Szakközépiskola (Rákóczi utca 57.)
Az iskola barokk egyemeletes épülete az utca keleti végén, a Széchenyi híd lábánál áll.
Rákóczi utcai vadgesztenyefa
A feltehetőleg nagyjából 200 éves vadgesztenyefa védett természeti érték, Győr polgárvárosi részének legidősebb fája. Győr XIX. századi térképein már mint nagy és geodéziai tájékozódásra használt nagyméretű faként szerepel.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 37.)
A nemes megjelenésű, egyemeletes lakóház szép klasszicista homlokzata ívesen kidomborodó ablakokkal, szegmensíves, kőkeretes kapuval. Lépcsőházát pálcatagos, lándzsa díszítésű 1831-ből származó vasrácsos ajtó zárja le. Az épület udvara függőfolyosós. A ház nyugati végén ízléses kőkeretes kapu látható. Az épület helyén állt a XIII. században épült ferences templom és rendház, itt tartották Hunyadi János vezetésével az 1455-ös rendi országgyűlést.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 33.)
A XIX. század második feléből származó eklektikus a Rákóczi utca-Belváros köz szögletébe épült hangulatos elrendezésben.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 25.)
A klasszicista lakóház érdekessége a kapualjából az emeletre vezető pálcatagos vasráccsal szegélyezett falépcső, és a rácsos ajtót díszítő empire váza, ami 1817-ben készült. Homlokzatán a pék-ábrázolás érdemel figyelmet.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 21.)
A zárterkélyes barokk lakóház keskeny homlokzata a XVII. századi házhely méretét őrzi.
A ház érdekessége, hogy ez Győr legkeskenyebb telkén épült, egy szoba szélességű emeletes háza.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 13.)
Az egyemeletes lakóház kosáríves kapuja felett szép zárterkély látható.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 10.)
XVIII: századi épület, homlokzatán barokk zárterkéllyel. Copf kőkeretes kapuján léphetünk be a nagyméretű, széles dongaboltozatos kapualjba. Lépcsőházában klasszicista vasrácsos ajtó áll. A ház padlását gabonaraktárként használták a régi győri gabonakereskedelem idején.
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 7.)
Az egyemeletes épület vörösmárvány kapukeretes copf kapuszárnyai figyelemre méltóak. A kapualjból vasrácsos korláttal ellátott lépcső visz fel az emeletre.
Magyar Ispita (Rákóczi utca 6.)
A legfontosabb győri várostörténeti emlékek közé tartozik az épület, mely a Váczy Péter Gyűjteménynek ad otthont. Az épület helyén a XVII. század elején még több ház állt, ezek egyikéből létesítette Széchényi György püspök az elaggott győri polgárok menhelyét. A mai épülettömb 1724-ben jött létre a szomszédos házak összekapcsolásával. Az épület középrizalitja emeleti magasságban a falsíkból kilépve gyámkövekre támaszkodó íveken nyugszik. Két ablak közti szoborfülkében Mária-szobor , az épület nyugati felén található fülkében pedig Szent Flórián szobra látható. A ház keleti felének földszintjén XVIII. századi befalazott kapubejárat kőkeretének részlete figyelhető meg, az épület bejárata ma a Nefelejcs köz felől van. Az ispita két pici, hangulatos belső udvarát toszkán oszlopos árkádsor veszi körül, ami a késő reneszánsz legszebb győri emléke. A nagyobbik udvart Borsos Miklós díszkútszobra díszíti.
Magyar Ispita temploma
A barokk templom egykor az ispitához tartozott. A szentély jobb oldalán álló tornyának sisakja gazdagon tagozott. A harmonikusan kialakított homlokzaton kőkeretes bejárat, felette íves párkánnyal díszített ablak látható. A homlokzaton két szoborfülkében barokk szobrok láthatók . A templom barokk főoltárát átalakították. A bal oldali, díszes szobrokkal díszített mellékoltár Szent Erzsébetet alamizsnaosztás közben ábrázolja, 1740-ből származik, Schaller Ferenc győri festő munkája. A kórust tartó toszkán oszlopok figyelemre méltók. A templom alatt kripta húzódik
Lakóház (Rákóczi utca 3.)
Az épület díszes sarokerkélye érdemel figyelmet.
Az épület után rövidesen kiérünk a Széchenyi térre. A Rákóczi utca 2. számú klasszicista lakóháza, illetve az 1. szám alatti barokk stílusú Régi Városháza homlokzatukkal a Széchenyi térre néznek már. (Lásd: Széchenyi tér (Győr) című cikket.)
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BkiUdqM5qsNCPep76fAn | Over the past fifty years Africa has received approximately £1 trillion of aid from western countries, yet its dismal economic state remains. It seems inexplicable how such vast quantities of capital have contributed to no avail, surely this cannot be true. Nevertheless, the recent publishing of Dambisa Moyo's book 'Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa' sheds some light on the situation. Her most controversial and revolutionary proposal is to turn off aid altogether. Diverging viewpoints will no doubt arise as at first sight this appears on to maximise and prolong the suffering of those currently inflicted by poverty. Yet Moyo makes it clear that she is not ruling out all aid: she is concerned with 'systemic aid' which is passed between governments or global institutions. Many will have their qualms about pulling the plug on aid; it could potentially worsen the African predicament and set a precedent for discarding those desperately in need. Ultimately, the problem of Africa has yet to be solved and Moyo is offering solutions.
This argument has been made before: why have such plans not been implemented?
While aid appears unsuccessful for Africa, the approach itself should not be criticised. Western countries have simply provided African countries with generous payments allowing them to stabilise their economy. It many aspects of life, emphasis is not often attributed to what resources are available but how they are used. Though more guidance on how to invest the money may have been useful, Africa itself must take responsibility for how it has spent the money. The evil behind aid is allegedly overreliance: a country becomes dependent on receiving more and more aid. However, a focused approach to budget and organisation of capital could certainly put aid to good use.
As Moyo and many others claim, Africa would benefit significantly more from enterprise-led development and involvement in business deals. In addition to delivering financial results, this would also encourage a pro-active approach on Africa's part, allowing it to help itself prosper according to its own analysis of needs and objectives. Moyo asserts the Chinese have done more for Africa than the US, noting the impact of making equal business deals rather than patronising and preaching to governments. In China, African produce is welcome with a population of 1.3 billion and only 7% of farming land. Africa's opportunity for success by such methods is evidenced from past conduct: its GDP has doubled from $130bn in the 1980s to $300bn today. (2) Rather than being pitied and condescended, Africa should be granted the independence to get back on its own two feet.
Africa lacks the resources for international trade. It is no surprise that westernised countries respond to its needs by throwing money in Africa's direction; as a country in the business world it would simply slow things down. However, if Africa utilised aid payments effectively, there may be some potential for this position in future.
Furthermore, Africa's trade with China is not an example that should be followed. Concerns have been raised as to China's long-term interests in protecting its income by force. Moyo states this is irrelevant as we are only concerned with progress now. Surely there is no advantage in securing money temporarily for Africa, we need a solution that will last.
While aid threatens the economy, it also poses hazards for society in Africa. As Moyo contends, it merely fosters civil war as people fight over scarce resources which cannot feasibly be equally distributed. According to Dr Napoleoni, $1.6bn of $1.8bn in aid received by Ethiopia in 1982 – 1985 was invested in military equipment. (3) Aid is limited in respect to where it comes from; some donors refuse to make payments unless a proportion is devoted to a specified cause or if some act is done in return. Moyo refers George Bush's demand that two thirds of his $15bn donation towards AIDs must go to pro-abstinence schemes. Such requirements further impede Africa's ability to create a domestic policy and think for itself. Aid is solely to blame for its dependent state.
Resources will only be scarcer without aid; further chaos and corruption will ensue. There would be no need for fighting should resources be shared out equally. If aid is transferred to governments there is surely a centralised method of doing so; aid itself is not the problem. Africa could escape the issue of receiving payments according to donors' vested interests by administering a list of causes for which it desires support, accepting contributions where demands fall exclusively within its categories. Again, aid is not detrimental but its careless distribution and allocation is.
Moyo points out that intelligent African women with the potential to rectify the situation are pushed to one side by globally recognised figures promoting 'glamour aid' such as Bob Geldof and Bono. Nothing suggests such people have any expertise or knowledge in such a field; they are simply talking because they are listened to. While their efforts should not be dismissed, they undermine the powers of those elected. Large multiple payments make little difference to Africa's economic climate. They are simply gut reactions stemming from our pity and guilt at African poverty, allowing us to sit back without getting too closely involved. Moreover, it is evident from aid given during the Cold War that intentions are not absolutely altruistic, but simply a tool to build alliances in the world of geopolitics.
While African politicians are often unheard in comparison to public figures and celebrities, at least someone is taking action. The Live AID and Live 8 concerts raised colossal sums for Africa in addition to enormous global awareness. Though these might not be the desired campaigners, it is surely better that some measures are taken than none at all. Furthermore, philanthropic contributions on such a vast scale are nothing but altruistic; the West is under no duty to provide Africa with such means but has done and continues to do so. While the Marshall Plan in the Cold War had its ulterior motives, it is unlikely that western countries would opt for a country so far away and lacking in resources when hoping to win over an ally.
Though Moyo suggests banning aid completely, she also proposes borrowing from bond markets rather than international governments and institutions. The bond market allows for the buying and selling of debt securities, with no credit risks and higher interest rates. Such an arrangement suits Africa as aid lending has become too relaxed; more money is lent when a country defaults. Capital markets will not take the same attitude, which will help Africa to control its finances. The global economic downturn presents a valuable opportunity for plans to be reviewed. With a shortage of capital all round, Africa would benefit from resorting to market-driven interventions that have impacted hugely upon the economies of other countries.
Many would assert this is not a sensible position to take in the current financial climate. Many countries who have resorted to borrowing from capital markets are now starting to struggle. High interest rates are not desirable on any loan. Rather than expending further resources in interest, Africa would benefit from using the donations and transfers it currently receives in a more effective manner. While Moyo sees the recession as an opportunity for major reform, each country has immense problems of its own to tackle; sufficient time and effort could not be devoted to Africa as well.
Naturally our gut reaction to the prospect of turning off aid completely is one of disapproval. It is hard to see what effects such a move would have other than rapidly increasing the death rate. While Moyo suggests generations in the near future will benefit from this approach, the argument is unconvincing as 50% of the population in most African countries are under the age of 15. Currently, the most common response of the west is to contribute financially. If we put a stop to this, are we not just offsetting responsibility? Such an attitude should be discouraged as it conflicts with ideas of charity and interdependence. While aid may not be the perfect solution, it surely has its benefits.
Though the solution is one most would not dare to utter, the fact that Moyo herself is African and proposes a theory upheld by many Africans suggests this is no capitalist experiment on Africa. In addition, Moyo notes that while capitalism has exhibited many flaws in its history, it has also made the best efforts at combating poverty. Rather than leading to a further decline in poverty, the solution will provide security for the children of those currently experiencing the conditions. Moyo reminds us that African parents are no different from American parents in that they will be willing to comply with such a method despite the challenges it will pose to their own welfare.
Moyo is not the first to promulgate such a theory. William Easterly, Peter Bauer and inhabitants of Africa among other authors and philosophers have put forward similar opinions and solutions. It seems questionable why these proposals remain passive if there is such force to their arguments. Perhaps there are justifications as to why such plans would fail, or are people merely sceptical?
As Moyo argues, people are not listening to those who disagree with the practice of donating aid. Many of those who believe in such a theory have experienced the situation first-hand. African women, representatives and elected politicians are not recognised nearly as much as they should be. Instead, a vague altruistic awareness is raised by public figures in the US and UK who cannot properly confront the circumstances in Africa and assess what must be done. Furthermore, Moyo asserts the time is now ripe for review with huge economic changes being made globally. Perhaps in the past such opportunities did not exist.
While generous donations of aid may not have delivered the solution anticipated by the West, its attempts should not be ignored. Firstly, we learn through our mistakes and would not have been able to discover the effects of aid without testing it for a period of time. Secondly, philanthropy and charity should be supported and encouraged in a way which promotes interdependence rather than dependence. While African welfare and economy has diminished somewhat in the same years as it has received payments, this is not to say that aid has done no good. Clearly there is no absolute solution to such a high-scale issue. Nevertheless, balanced interdependence and careful management of resources could present opportunities in future for enterprise-led development, allowing Africa to prosper by itself.
It seems clear from Moyo's analysis and justifications on a great number of issues as to the detrimental effect of aid that it is not a desirable solution by any means. While such contributions may inspire humane attitudes in society, this cannot alone validate the passing of vast quantities of finance to Africa which serve no useful economic purpose. Interdependence is something to strive towards but by relying on the help of western countries, Africa merely exhibits dependence. In order to gain recognition as an equal global partner, independence is crucial. Aid must be prohibited. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
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