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wordpress | I was looking through some of the concept art from Fable 2 which is equally as impressive as the in game screenshots. I love the fact their concepts are very elaborative in terms of decoration, detail and in depth character and creature development. Click the images to enlarge them.
I just recentley got in to playing Fable 2 which is an action role playing game on the Xbox 360 and I have to say it’s one of the most beautiful, british based fantasy game I’ve played up to date. The scenary is rich and the character concepts are amazing and are really detailed.
Below are some in game screenshots which I thought were nice (click the image to enlarge).
Lionhead Studios are the U.K. based team that created this game which has won various awards at E3, IGN, Gamespot and numerous others and more recently obtained a BAFTA for “Best Action Adventure”. | 2019-04-19T18:22:52Z | https://lunarlegend.wordpress.com/2009/05/ | Porn | Arts | 0.725695 |
wordpress | Is there more to ‘new Artificial Intelligence’ than the renewed hype around AI? Ramon Reichert and Mathias Fuchs are looking for answers – and invite contributions to the DigiCultS journal issue on “Rethinking AI“.
Hern, Alex. 2016/09/28. In: The Guardian, online:“Partnership on AI’ formed by Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft | Technology”. | 2019-04-22T11:59:46Z | https://digitaltechnologyresearch.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/call-for-papers-rethinking-ai/ | Porn | News | 0.568664 |
wordpress | Chinatown Summer Nights is an event I attended years ago and would normally pass on now because of the large crowds, rip off parking, food trucks, endless lines, and white people in straw rice hats. I figured this year would be different. I just assumed they would have figured it out and got things more organized, but unfortunately it’s more of the same.
down to $5. Sounds like a hellish time, but the atmosphere alone made up for all the negatives. The live music, neon lights, constant confetti, and free Orange chicken from Panda Express made it worth the trip. Don’t come expecting a religious food experience, but definitely light one up and enjoy the lights and music. | 2019-04-22T16:49:01Z | https://dankfoods.wordpress.com/tag/festival/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.910893 |
livejournal | I try to post the Project 52 page as soon as I can on Wednesday morning, but that is not going to happen this week. We didn't get home from the long Labor Day weekend until 8 pm tonight and I haven't even seen my own photos yet. I have, however, unpacked, washed and dried a load of laundry, did my two hours of biking, reassured the cats we're home and still love them. Not to mention had dinner, took a shower, and washed my hair. I forgot to bring shampoo with me so while we were gone I was washing it with Dr. Bronner's hand soap. Smells great but my hair was not very happy with me.
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typepad | Jaybird's Jottings: A Return to Two All-Star Games?
A Return to Two All-Star Games?
From 1959 to 1962, Major League Baseball held two All-Star Games each summer. If Ben Bias, a Las-Vegas based promoter has his way, that short-lived tradition will start up again.
Bias conducted surveys and discovered fans living in Western states are highly supportive of a second game that would be held at a major league ballpark located on the West Coast. | 2019-04-21T15:19:18Z | https://jay.typepad.com/william_jay/2008/05/a-return-to-two-all-star-games.html | Porn | Sports | 0.743683 |
wordpress | From The Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) July 7, 1876, an excerpt of the Centennial Address given by the Hon. Charles K. Field.
The final sentence of the paragraph above, following the previous observations, demonstrates the willful, almost ludicrous, elision of Native presence by descendants of the colonizers. The very same paragraph affirms the evidence of long-term indigenous occupation and specific resource-management practices.
The strangest statements may be found in the local newspapers, reflecting the absolute conviction of the times – in the face of self-stated evidence – that there was, and is, no notable indigenous presence.
From The Vermont Phoenix, Brattleboro, VT July 7, 1876. | 2019-04-23T04:43:43Z | https://sokokisojourn.wordpress.com/tag/newspaper/ | Porn | News | 0.919655 |
wikipedia | Potton Island is a sparsely populated island west of Foulness in Essex, England. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge with a traffic light system, and the road leads to Great Wakering .
Unlike some of the other nearby islands which were formerly marshland, Potton Island has been inhabited at least since the Neolithic era. It was home to several arable farms until it flooded in 1884, leading to its temporary abandonment and longer term use as pasture. The island was reclaimed in the 1940s but some time after being acquired by the Ministry of Defence in 1955 it reverted to pasture. It has recently been disclosed (June 2005) that Potton Island was considered by John Major's Conservative government in the 1980s or 1990s as a potential long term storage site for high level nuclear waste. Local government (Southend-on-Sea Borough Council) subsequently expressed their surprise and concern that they had not been party to any consultation on the matter.
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salon | CLEVELAND (AP) — The defense for a man whose conviction in nine arson deaths was overturned over unreliable jailhouse informants has its own newly found cellblock informant for a possible second trial, creating a competing informant scenario for jurors often skeptical of such testimony.
The government has challenged the decision giving Antun Lewis, 28, a new trial in the 2005 fire deaths in Cleveland and has appealed to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
If last week's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Solomon Oliver is upheld, Lewis would face a second trial in the deaths of a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover.
Taken together, the jailhouse testimony "only served to highlight suspect connections" between the men, the judge said.
"These witnesses all presented a very similar and general account, and some of them acknowledged having learned of the fire" from media coverage, Oliver said.
The defense said its own jailhouse informant who came forward last year, Michael D. Miller, 43, will testify that he heard a government witness say that he had helped frame Lewis.
"I have not been promised anything by any of Antun Lewis' attorneys, no threats have been made to me by anyone," Miller said in a signed statement last June 9.
The defense at Lewis' trial portrayed jailhouse informants who testified against him as determined to say whatever it takes to gain lenient treatment, including shortened sentences.
With Miller, "This is not a snitch, but a jailhouse person that came forward to us," said Jeffrey Lazarus, a member of the Lewis defense team. "We didn't look for him. He completely volunteered information."
With his testimony at a second trial, Lazarus said, "This new witness is only going to get us further" toward clearing Lewis.
Competing jailhouse informants may raise eyebrows among jurors on who can be believed, according to Robert Rotatori, a Cleveland defense attorney unconnected to the Lewis case.
"You've got one snitch testifying one way and one snitch testifying the other way," he said.
"Jurors are apt to say, 'Wait a minute, which snitch do we believe or do we believe none of them?' And I think they vote for believing none of them, and that helps the defense."
Federal prosecutors won't discuss their strategy for a second trial or whether the same informants will testify, according to Mike Tobin, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.
Lorain County Prosecutor Dennis Will, president of the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, said any jailhouse informant must be carefully checked and, if possible, corroborated before putting him on the witness stand.
Some informants will look for a sentence reduction but some won't seek any incentive in return for their testimony, said Will, who is not connected to the Lewis case.
With jailhouse informants, many with criminal histories, "You're going to look at them a little bit closer and try to determine whether or not there is some other motivation," Will said.
Like any witness, he said, "You have an obligation to see that it's verifiable, that it's accurate and you utilize it to prosecute your case if it's appropriate."
The prosecutor's authority to offer an informant an incentive may cause jurors to be skeptical, according to Ian Friedman, a Cleveland defense attorney unconnected to the Lewis case.
"The government's snitch gets a reduction in time, the defense snitch gets absolutely nothing," he said.
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wordpress | …gave me goosebumps by just being launched up into the place just above earth’s atmosphere and coming back down to splash into the ocean! I felt the same thrill upon watching the video of America’s newest foray into the “space race”, the lift-off of this massive and futuristic rocket-ship, “Orion” on the morn of December 4th 2014!
I recall school classes being delayed in order for us to watch the launches of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo! President Kennedy prioritized it. Then Nasa got a little careless during the Challenger era and had to take a “chill-pill” for a while. Their budget was cut by Presidents and Congress.
A space launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida was stop-the-presses or even a time-out during our school classes back in the 1960s and 70s! Now, with so much nonsense race-baiting going on here in “the future” I hardly knew one was going on until I went to check my AOL mail account.
A welcome distraction from the recent oft race-related human nonsense here on the ground, don’t you think? Please tell me your astronautical impressions in the comments section! BraVO, NASA!
Have you noticed? This egg we call Earth is a-cracking more and more recently. A 3.8 in Chicago; Haiti, Japan, Turkey, and the 8.8 in Chile! This egg is cracking..where next? People are using terms like “apocolypse'” and “end of the world” during these events…what if?
pickhit: The aftermath of both quakes show a commonality of people who are perceived to be outwardly “different” – in disaster, the language is the same: desperation. | 2019-04-19T08:32:29Z | https://achilliad.wordpress.com/tag/earth/ | Porn | Reference | 0.12064 |
femalefirst | DUNST DENIES BLOOM FLING: Hollywood beauty KIRSTEN DUNST has furiously denied she had a fling with movie heart-throb ORLANDO BLOOM on the set of forthcoming movie ELIZABETHTOWN. The 23-year-old actress admits growing closer to the LORD OF THE RINGS star while filming CAMERON CROWE's comedy-drama last year (04), but insists their friendship never blossomed into romance. When asked about off-screen relationships at the Venice Film Festival in Italy at the weekend (03/04SEP05) she said, "If you're alluding to whether Orlando and I got together then that's a no. No." But Dunst understands why actors are tempted to romance their co-stars. She adds, "There are a lot of charismatic people in this industry... and I can understand why people on location get together."
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tripod | The Guilty Parties are a Ska band from Riverside, Ca. Founded by current members James Baylor, Josh Franklin and John Martinez, they played their first real Ska show in a KFC parking Lot Feb 14th 2003 and since then they have grown substantially. With lineup changes occurring in the first half of the year the guilty parties seemed to have a revolving door of members, but in Augst 2003, after original Bassist, Peitro Martinez left for UC Berkley and Trumpet palyed Tyler Ward left, 3 members were added including bassist Anthony Rondina, Tromboner (go ahead, laugh) Adam Elmore, and additional Guitarist and former Dolores mastermind Matt Holbach. Since that August shakeup the guilty parties have remeained the same 9 guys minus recently departed Adam (college): Josh, James, John, Jeff, Bobby, Matt(Holby), David, Matt and Anthony.
The Guilty Parties feature a great Ska-Punk sound with songs ranging from poppy skank-a-longs, to Ska-core moshfests to smooth reggae beats. The Guilty Parties are playing up a storm anywhere from Incahoots and rollerrinks in Riverside, Cafes, pubs and Clubs in Orange County to The Knitting Factory and Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles. The Guilty Parties have played with bands many bands, including: The Debonaires, La Banda Skalavera, The Forces of Evil, Starpool, The Toast, The Skeletones, The Aggrolites, SeeSpot, Treephort, The Independents and Fishbone. | 2019-04-18T20:42:27Z | http://theguiltyparties.tripod.com/bios.htm | Porn | Arts | 0.780629 |
msu | The Cash Advance Form (CAF) and an Internal Billing e-doc, will make up the advance request.
Please note that Pre-trip authorization is required for anyone traveling on behalf of Michigan State University regardless of reimbursement source or lack thereof.
The advance recipient prepares a Cash Advance Form (CAF) detailing the amount and purpose of the advance.
A department e-doc initiator (the advance recipient, the account Fiscal Officer (FO),etc.) will complete an Internal Billing (IB) e-doc to charge the $15 advance fee expense to a department account string (object code 6489) and record income to account number XT022906, object code 4050.
In the ‘Description’ field of the IB, the initiator is required to enter “Advance - LastName”.
In the ‘Explanation’ field of the IB, the initiator is to include a brief reason for the advance request.
The initiator is required to attach the completed CAF to the IB.
The IB will automatically route for approval to the FO on the account charged (except if the FO is also the initiator). The FO’s approval of the IB approves both: 1) the $15 advance fee; and 2) the cash advance amount noted on the CAF. (Please Note: If the FO is the advance recipient, the IB must be approved by the FO delegate. Additionally, if the travel advance will be for $25,000 or more it must be ad hoc routed to the AVP/Dean/Associate or Assistant Dean/College Budget Officer for approval.
Once the IB has been fully approved, Accounting will issue the promissory note and attach it to the original IB document. If the advance is for a non-MSU employee, a wire transfer form will also be attached. The initiator of the IB will be notified via e-mail that that the promissory note is ready.
Active MSU employees, including student employees will receive their advance in the same manner that they receive their payroll payments – via direct deposit, pay card, or check.
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wikipedia | The American University in Cairo (abbreviated to AUC; Arabic: الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة Al-Jame'a Al-Amerikeya Bel-Qāhira) is an independent, English language, private, research university located in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels, along with a continuing education program.
The AUC student body represents over 50 countries. AUC's faculty members, adjunct teaching staff and visiting lecturers are internationally diverse and include academics, business professionals, diplomats, journalists, writers and others from the United States, Egypt and other countries.
AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) and from Egypt's National Authority for Quality Assurance and Assessment of Education (NAQAAE).
The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 by American Mission in Egypt, a Protestant mission sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church of North America, as an English-language university and preparatory school. University founder Charles A. Watson wanted to establish a western institution for higher education.
AUC was intended as both a preparatory school and a university. The preparatory school opened to 142 students on October 5, 1920 in Khairy Pasha palace, which was built in the 1860s. The first diplomas issued were junior college-level certificates given to 20 students in 1923.
There were disputes between Watson, who was interested in building the university's academic reputation, and United Presbyterian leaders in the United States who sought to return the university to its Christian roots. Four years later, Watson decided that the university could not afford to maintain its original religious ties and that its best hope was the promotion of good moral and ethical behavior.
Originally limited to male students, the university enrolled its first female student in 1928. That same year, the University graduated its first class, with two Bachelor of Arts and one Bachelor of Sciences degrees awarded.
In 1950, AUC added its first graduate programs to its ongoing bachelor of arts, bachelor of sciences, graduate diploma, and continuing education programs, and in 1951, phased out the preparatory school program. During the Six-Day War, AUC avoided being nationalized, although most American faculty were forced to leave the country. By the mid-1970s, the university offered a broad range of liberal arts and sciences programs. In the following years, the university added bachelors, masters, and diploma programs in engineering, management, computer science, journalism and mass communication and sciences programs, as well as establishing a number of research centers in strategic areas, including business, the social sciences, philanthropy and civic engagement, and science and technology. In the 1950s, the university also changed its name from The American University at Cairo, replacing "at" with "in."
The American University in Cairo Press was established in 1960. By 2016, it was publishing up to 80 books annually.
In 1978, the university established the Desert Development Center to promote sustainable development in Egypt's reclaimed desert areas. The Desert Development Center's legacy is being carried forward by the Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment.
Faculty voted "no confidence" in university president Francis J. Ricciardone in February 2019. In a letter to the president, the faculty cited "low morale, complaints about his management style, grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination" with tensions further increasing when Ricciardone invited U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to give a speech at the university.
AUC was originally established in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo. The 7.8-acre Tahrir Square campus was developed around the Khairy Pasha Palace. Built in the neo-Mamluk style,[further explanation needed] the palace inspired an architectural style that has been replicated throughout Cairo. Ewart Hall was established in 1928, named for William Dana Ewart, the father of an American visitor to the campus, who made a gift of $100,000 towards the cost of construction on the condition that she remain anonymous. The structure was designed by A. St. John Diament, abutting the south side of the Palace. The central portion of the building houses an auditorium large enough to seat 1,200, as well as classrooms, offices and exhibition galleries. The school's continued growth required additional space, and in 1932, a new building was dedicated to house the School of Oriental Studies. East of Ewart Hall, the building featured Oriental Hall, an auditorium and reception room built and decorated in an adaptation of traditional styles, yet responsive to the architectural style of its own time.
Over time AUC added more buildings to what has become known as THE GrEEK CAMPUS, for a total of five buildings and 250,000 square feet in downtown Cairo. Sadat Metro was developed with access to the campus, and its main lines intersect near there. Also nearby is the Ramses Railway Station. The campus wall on Mohamed Mahmoud Street still has revolutionary graffiti put up. The American University in Cairo made an initiative and tried to preserve the wall graffiti.[] Many admirers published and even documented these graffiti by collecting images/photos of the mural taken by visitors, who were present during this historic period.
In the fall of 2008, AUC left the Greek Campus and officially inaugurated AUC New Cairo, a new 260-acre suburban campus in New Cairo, a satellite city about 20 miles (and 45 minutes) from the downtown campus. New Cairo is a governmental development comprising 46,000 acres of land with a projected population of 2.5 million people. AUC New Cairo provides advanced facilities for research and learning, as well as all the modern resources needed to support campus life. In its master plan for the new campus, the university mandated that the campus express the university's values as a liberal arts institution, in what is essentially a non-Western context with deep traditional roots and high aspirations. The new campus is intended to serve as a case study for how architectural harmony and diversity can coexist creatively and how tradition and modernity can appeal to the senses. Campus spaces serve as virtual laboratories for the study of desert development, biological sciences, and the symbiotic relationship between environment and community. The two campuses together host 36 undergraduate programs and 46 graduate programs. The New Cairo campus offers six schools and ten research centers.
The Research Centers Building houses the AUC Forum, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies, the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, and the Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center.
The Dr. Hamza AlKholi Information Center houses AUC's offices for enrollment, admissions, student financial affairs and student services. The Howard Theatre is located at The Hatem and Janet Mostafa Core Academic Center, along with the Mansour Group Lecture Hall, the Academic Advising Center and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
The AUC Center for the Arts includes two theaters: the Malak Gabr Arts and the Gerhart, as well as the Sharjah Art Gallery and offices for the Department of Performing and Visual Arts.
The university's Campus Center provides students with a communal area to eat, congregate, organize trips, and attend campus-wide events. Inside the building are a bookstore, gift shop, bank, travel office and the main dining room. There is also a daycare center, a faculty lounge and the Office of Student Services, the Travel Office and the AUC Press Campus shop.
Near the Campus Center is the student-housing complex. Across from the student residences is the three-story AUC Sports Center, including a 2,000-seat multipurpose court, a jogging track, six squash courts, martial arts and exercise studios, a free weight studio, and training courts. Outdoor facilities include a 2,000-seat track and field stadium, swimming pool, soccer field, jogging and cycling track, and courts for tennis, basketball, handball and volleyball.
Housing one of the largest English-language collections in the region, AUC's five-story library includes space for 600,000 volumes in the main library and 100,000 volumes in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library; locked carrels; computer workstations; video and audio production and editing labs; and comprehensive resources for digitizing, microfilming and preserving documents. In addition, on the plaza level of the library, the Learning Commons emphasizes group and collaborative learning. This unique area integrates independent study, interactive learning, multimedia and technology rooms, and copy and writing centers.
A 1.6-kilometer service tunnel that runs beneath the central avenue along the spine of AUC's campus is a key element to making its overall pedestrian nature possible. Services accessible via the tunnel include all deliveries and pickups from campus buildings, fiber optic and technology-related wiring, major electrical conduits and plumbing for hot water, domestic water and chilled water for air conditioning. All other pipes for sewage, natural gas, irrigation and fire fighting are buried on the campus, outside the tunnel, around buildings as needed for their purposes.
Ambassador Scobey also delivered a message of congratulations to AUC from US President Barack Obama.
In 2013 AUC signed a 10-year lease agreement with Tahrir Alley Technology Park (TATP), a Cairo-based company that intends to keep the Greek Campus name, to operate the Greek Campus. AUC will retain full ownership. It turned over five buildings to TATP. This campus is to be developed as a technology park, encouraging start-ups and development of small businesses. TATP has said it will provide space on campus for approved artists.
The Urban Land Institute based in the United States recognized AUC's new campus design and construction with a special award recognizing its energy efficiency, its architecture, its capacity for community development.
The American University in Cairo is an independent educational institution governed by a Board of Trustees. In addition, a panel of trustees emeriti functions as an advisory board. The Board has its own by-laws and elects a chairperson for an annual term. There are no students on the Board.
AUC offers 37 bachelor's degrees, 44 master's degrees, and 2 doctoral degrees in applied sciences and engineering in addition to a wide range of graduate diplomas in five schools: Business, Global Affairs and Public Policy, Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering, and the Graduate School of Education. The university's English-language liberal arts environment is designed to promote critical thinking, language and cultural skills as well as to foster in students an appreciation of their own culture and heritage and their responsibilities toward society.
AUC holds institutional accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States. AUC's engineering programs are accredited by ABET (formerly Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and the business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance College Schools of Business (AACSB.) In Egypt, AUC operates within the framework of the 1975 protocol with the Egyptian government, which is based on the 1962 Cultural Relations Agreement between the U.S. and Egyptian governments. In the United States, AUC is licensed to grant degrees and is incorporated by the State of Delaware. In addition, many of AUC's academic programs have received specialized accreditation.
Enrollment in academic programs includes over 5,474 undergraduates with an additional 979 graduate students (2017 - 2018). Simultaneously, adult education has also expanded and now serves more than 22,000 students each year in non-credit courses and contracted training programs offered through the School of Continuing Education. 94% of AUC students are Egyptian, with the remaining 6% from around the world.
AUC has 70 student organizations. Most of the student activities at AUC are organized by students in areas of community service, student government, culture and special interests, academics, and student conferences.
Delta Phi Epsilon (professional), professional foreign service fraternity (Independent Chapter).
Dormitories and student housing are located on AUC's New Cairo campus. Housing is organized by the AUC's Office of Residential Life, helping students transition to living independently and adjusting to university life as well as organizing social events. The residence is composed of 12 units, divided into five male and seven female cottages.
Anne Aly, Australian political scholar, academic and counter-terrorism expert.
Hassan Abdalla, CEO and Vice Chairman of Arab African International Bank.
Through the donations of wealthy benefactors, the American University in Cairo has in recent years established several endowed chairs for those professors whom the University recognizes as world renowned scholars.
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blogs | There I was walking this very eve in the West End of Nashville, (aka 'WhiteyTown'), when I heard my Southern Lady Friend, whose hand I was gripping at the time, shout out: "Pumpkins!"
And in truth there were pumpkins. In the back of some guy's car. He sped off and we continued on.
A few minutes later a car pulled over, (no it wasn't an Italian guy trying to sell a Black Man leather coats: ((strange aside: every black guy I know in the U.K. has had at least once, if not many times, a car stop them while they were walking, and the driver, usually an Italian, tries to sell them leather jackets...why, why? No one knows))), anyway a few minutes later a call pulls over and it's none other than the young man pictured above.
Turns out he knows a guy who knows a guy - long story short the young man, Daniel Pierce, spent today harvesting the very pumpkins that filled both his back seat and boot. Hearing my Southern Lady Friend's expression of delight over the famed Halloween Treat he had turned his car around and was now offering us a pumpkin for only Five US dollars.
What's that you say. Five US dollars? That can't be. For a quality pumpkin?
Yes, only five dollars. He picks them himself you see, so he's passing the savings on to you!
OK, right, now off to carve the sucker.
Will he deliver to Atlanta?
Only one way to find out Mr. Phil - give 'im a call!
On the pumpkin note ... caught a story on Good Morning Ulster this morning. Given the massive rainfall and flooding in the UK this summer, pumpkins are smaller than usual and still green.
Some farmers are even moving their immature pumpkin crop into warm sheds to get them to turn orange in time for Halloween.
From Orange to Green! That'll give them something to talk about up at Stormont!
Ahhh...Stormont...Belfast seems so far away now...a distant memory. May be time to head back to get a reality check.
God bless you Jenny - thanks for the offer - direct reporting from Belfast, (in addition to Wayne of course), will help keep me grounded. | 2019-04-24T00:10:11Z | https://lettertoamerica.blogs.com/letter_to_america/2007/10/its-october-my-.html | Porn | News | 0.939904 |
wordpress | Free & Family Friendly with local music!
“Every child deserves a fair shot at life.” These should be the words of every parent, but sadly, that’s not the case. On Saturday, June 1, 2013 the 1st Annual Swannanoa Invitational Benefit will take place at Native Kitchen and Social Pub in Swannanoa, NC starting at 2 P.M. The event will benefit Child Abuse Prevention Services, Inc. (CAPS).
Combining awareness, education and fun, the free event will feature activities for the whole family including a single-elimination, 1930’s style croquet tournament, local music and more. The tournament will start play at 4 P.M., culminating with a sunset championship match. The winners will walk away with the Prestigious Golden Mallet. An award will also be given for Best Dressed. Registration for the event begins May 9 online and at Native Kitchen and Social Pub.
“In recent years, funding for CAPS has been cut dramatically, over 20%,” said McGuire, “While a variety of funds from the United Way, private foundations, public donations and grants provide funding for our programs, it’s vitally important that we continue to bring in funds during this time.” In an effort to aid the non-profit, a portion of the proceeds from registration fees and beverages, provided by Pisgah Brewing Company, will go directly to CAPS.
Also appearing at the event will be Smart Start of Buncombe County. The local non-profit will be on-site creating activities for younger children and talking with adults about the importance of sending their early-aged children to school healthy and ready to succeed. Other local non-profits will also take part in the event.
Originally founded in 1990 by local pediatrician Andrea Gravatt, CAPS started with child abuse medical evaluations,which are now done at Mission Children’s Center. Quickly growing with support of the community, CAPS serves as the cornerstone in awareness and prevention of child abuse in the area. Prevention/Personal Safety Education which started on a limited basis is now provided to all Asheville and Buncombe County schools K thru 5, using the “Talking About Touching” curriculum, an interactive program that empowers children with the abilities to be more open about uneasy situations and avoid or get out of abusive situations. As CAPS evolves, it now offers the following training for adults; ”Recognizing and Responding to Abuse,” ”Stewards of Children,” child sexual abuse prevention training, and Parenting Ed (“Becoming A Love and Logic Parent”). The organization also offers Crisis Intervention/Counseling for children and families who have experienced abuse.
Native was started by two NC couples who recognized the need for sustainable food practices, and a responsibility that we all share when it comes to our soil, water and air. Native strongly believes in supporting farming techniques, which are sustainable, organic and regenerative. These local farms restore the fabric of rural communities, decrease water and air pollution, preserve and build topsoil and produce wonderful crops. The foods they deliver to our tables are high in nutritive value and are without chemical residue. Their support to these dedicated farmers yields healthier ingredients that strengthens our sense of local community, builds our local economy and, most importantly, it is a vital step toward protecting these resources for future generations. It’s important to Native that they not only provide local food, but that they strive to support our local breweries, artists, musicians and community.
For more information about registration, CAPS and Native, go to www.nativesocialpub.com. | 2019-04-22T06:56:05Z | https://dreamspider.wordpress.com/tag/benefit/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.379653 |
livejournal | In about half an hour, I leave for my first day at a new job. It's only part time, fill in work (rural mail delivery) but it will be my first time as a wage earnin' regularly employed type person since 1988. Kinda cool.
Being a self employed small business owner did have it's perks - why, I could work any hours I wanted! (as long as it was all of them) And instead of having one or two people above you who tell you what to do, you have complete freedom to try to figure out how to juggle all the tasks needed to meet the needs of several hundred people!
No, I don't miss any of those parts at all.
I do miss the daily interaction with people, making new friends and getting to know old ones better. Just another reason why I', looking forward to today!
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wordpress | ← Maple Sugar Season is almost here!
This has been a strange winter! March has brought temps that we usually have in January! We generally tap our trees in early March but just tapped them this past weekend. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that temps rise above freezing during the day and below freezing at night but not so warm during the day that the trees start to bud. It’s quite the complicated process this maple sugaring. At least we’ve tapped the trees. It’s a waiting game now. | 2019-04-25T12:49:28Z | https://innkeeperladymwbb.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/is-it-maple-sugar-season-yet/ | Porn | News | 0.662979 |
wordpress | This entry was posted on luglio 22, 2010 a 12:46 and is filed under [link] - cinema. Contrassegnato da tag: Cinema, film, Internet, link, web. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, oppure trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-21T08:31:35Z | https://adrianotrento.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/film-it/ | Porn | Arts | 0.976692 |
wordpress | An important component of my project is the involvement of stakeholders in creating the scenarios for 2050. Hopefully my connections with the Welland Rivers Trust and Welland Valley Partnership will enable me to interact with a diverse range of stakeholders; but why bother?
With the rapidly expanding capability to model ecosystem services comes a set of ‘caveats’ or ‘responsibilities’ that the modeller must keep in mind in order for the assessments to be meaningful (Daily et al. 2009). Chief amongst these is the necessity to include the ‘human’ factor (Turner et al. 2016).
Deterministic and process based models such as InVEST and LUCI are incredibly powerful tools for creating spatially explicit output on the condition and value of ecosystem services (Bagstad et al. 2013, Sharps et al. 2017). But, despite much valuable work having been completed using these models Turner et al. (2016) still identify a significant knowledge gap in terms of assessing the social context along with the human demand for services. The challenge for researchers is to move away from the top left corner of figure 1 and move towards to centre / bottom right.
Figure 1 – Taken from Turner et al. (2016): The socio-ecological system and ecosystem service modelling.
This is no easy task, but one way of making progress in this area, specific to studies that model alternative futures, is to involve stakeholders in the creation of scenarios (Turner et al. 2016). This is the exact approach I will be taking in my project. It is always validating (and encouraging) when you find support for your methods in the literature! The final word from Turner et al. (2016).
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google | BigQuery supports the following approximate aggregate functions using the HyperLogLog++ algorithm. For an explanation of how approximate aggregate functions work, see Approximate Aggregation.
A scalar function that takes one or more input values and aggregates them into a HyperLogLog++ sketch. Each sketch is represented using the BYTES data type. You can then merge sketches using HLL_COUNT.MERGE or HLL_COUNT.MERGE_PARTIAL. If no merging is needed, you can extract the final count of distinct values from the sketch using HLL_COUNT.EXTRACT.
If the input is NULL, this function returns NULL.
For more information, see HyperLogLog in Practice: Algorithmic Engineering of a State of The Art Cardinality Estimation Algorithm.
An aggregate function that returns the cardinality of several HyperLogLog++ set sketches by computing their union.
Each sketch must have the same precision and be initialized on the same type. Attempts to merge sketches with different precisions or for different types results in an error. For example, you cannot merge a sketch initialized from INT64 data with one initialized from STRING data.
This function ignores NULL values when merging sketches. If the merge happens over zero rows or only over NULL values, the function returns 0.
An aggregate function that takes one or more HyperLogLog++ sketch inputs and merges them into a new sketch.
This function returns NULL if there is no input or all inputs are NULL.
A scalar function that extracts an cardinality estimate of a single HyperLogLog++ sketch.
If sketch is NULL, this function returns a cardinality estimate of 0. | 2019-04-25T06:53:12Z | https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/hll_functions?hl=es-419 | Porn | Reference | 0.226045 |
wordpress | My book, WordPress-MU Beginner’s Guide – coming soon!
My publisher, Packt Publishing, has added my book (a WordPress-MU Beginner’s Guide) to their list of ‘coming soon’ titles. I’ve been working on the title for several months now, but seeing it up on their site has finally made it seem real. I have to admit, I like the look of the cover!
You can read more about the WordPress-MU Beginner’s Guide on the book’s page.
I’ll be posting more about the book over the next few months. I’m currently working on polishing the SlayerCafe site (the example site used throughout the book), ready to put it back online – WordPress-MU and BuddyPress have both released new versions in the past few months, so there are quite a few things that need tested to make sure the content of the book is current. | 2019-04-22T01:01:05Z | https://lesleyharrison.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/my-book-wordpress-mu-beginners-guide-coming-soon/ | Porn | Reference | 0.180637 |
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tripod | Prosthodontist at Seef Dental clinic in Bahrain.
General certificate of school education (Baccalaureat option C).
Also in KSA from 2008….
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wordpress | As I promised here is the cabbage soup diet recipe. You can find the recipe anywhere on the internet but I do substitute different things for my own taste buds and comfort! Some of the cabbage soup recipes online are really bland so feel free to play around with it and tailor it to your liking. But remember to stay away from anything high in calories or in fat as you don’t want to jeopordize your diet with a poor choice of ingredient.
Slice green onions or garlic (as much as you feel necessary), put in a pot on medium heat and start to sauté with cooking spray, I use pam (extra virgin olive oil). Do this until the onions are whiter/clearer in color (about 4-6 minutes) and if your choosing garlic wait until they start to sizzle and turn darker.
Cut green pepper stem end off, then cut pepper in half to take out the seeds and membrane. Cut the green pepper into bite size pieces and add to pot or red pepper your choice.
Take the outer leafs layers off the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot.
Clean carrots, mushrooms, and celery, cut into bite size pieces and toss them in. Add tomatoes now, too.
If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry or cayenne pepper now.
For seasonings, you can use a spice soup packet of your choice (no noodles!). You can add any spices you like instead (make sure not to add much salt, if any at all).
Use about 12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the 48 oz of Low Sodium V8 juice), cover and put heat on low. Let soup simmer for a long time – about 2 hours or until vegetables are tender.
My next post will be on how the diet works and it’s seven day plan to loosing weight!
Ready to train like an Angel?
Check out this video to see how these angels get their runway bodies ready, it’s all about cardio…I actually do this myself! | 2019-04-18T15:05:53Z | https://dianabozinovic.wordpress.com/tag/fitness/ | Porn | Health | 0.800229 |
wordpress | We love learning fascinating things about our authors! How does the theft of valuable paintings mirror Eric Brown’s own daydreams, and how did his interest in art theft inspire the plot for his engrossing and twisty new mystery featuring the utterly charming private investigator, Donald Langham? Eric explains below.
I’ve always been interested in art theft. I like reading about the many and ingenious means by which thieves attempt to steal valuable paintings. I’ve written short stories on the subject, and I often daydream about how I might go about stealing paintings myself. (Purely for reasons of research, I assure you). When I began planning this novel, Murder Served Cold, it was initially about the theft of a painting from a Suffolk manor house, and the murder was going to be incidental. Then, as the story and characters took off, things changed. Private detectives Ryland and Langham are called in to find out what has happened to Lord Elsmere’s family heirloom, a valuable Gainsborough, which has vanished from the library. They find where the picture was stashed, much to his lordship’s delight, and have a good idea who the culprit might be – when a body is discovered buried under leaves in nearby woods. What as been a successful art theft case turns into a murder investigation, which uncovers a nest of vipers at Neston Manor and an array of suspects, any one of whom had reason for wanting the murder victim out of the way. Murder Served Cold is set in 1956, in the heart of a freezing winter, and is the sixth novel in the Langham and Dupré series about a thriller writer and part-time detective, Donald Langham, his French wife Maria, and Ralph Ryland, his partner at the detective agency.
MURDER SERVED COLD is out now in the UK and from 1 April in the US. Find out more here. | 2019-04-24T06:33:32Z | https://severnhouse.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/art-murder-the-inspiration-behind-murder-served-cold-by-eric-brown/?shared=email&msg=fail | Porn | Arts | 0.558098 |
wordpress | Apparently in Kenya at the moment it is unpatriotic to demand that the government pays attention to a discussion that has been going on for more than two years. Even if they (govt) were part of the conversations.
As the academic and support staff of Kenyan public universities opt for industrial action as a final yell for attention, some one at the ministry for higher education is busy suggesting that their strike is ‘ill-timed and unpatriotic’.. Well not exactly in those words. But when the minister in charge sites the current economic ditch and the military operations in Somalia as being the priority for treasury, she is simply playing an underhand tactic in the negotiations.
You can’t in one minute acknowledge that concerns raised are legitimate and in the next dismiss their timing as being unpatriotic. The minister should own up to the fact that her ministry has not been seriously considering the plights of the unionist for all this time. Turning the public against the group is a cowardly way of intimidating the university staff. Is unfortunate that some of the students and parents are also publicly denouncing the strike, saying that they have paid school fees and have to be taught. Of course they have a right to get the services they have paid for but wouldn’t it be best if they demanded for a solution without criminalising the striking workers.
Media houses have not made the situation any better, with one putting up a question for vote, “do you think the lecturers strike is unpatriotic?”. What they failed to cover is that the current strike, even though it involves both lecturers and support staff, is mainly a push by the latter. What has been highlighted is the demands by senior staff whose demanded salary increment would put them in the same salary scale as high court judges. What they fail to see, is that the people parading placards, are the “wanjiku workers” who are in constant contact with the student body on a day to day basis. These include security officers, kitchen staff, librarians, lab assistants, office clerks and administrators, front desk attendants and office secretaries… The list is endless.
These persons are equally feeling the psychological pinch of the war (which by the way no one has bothered to tell us how much it is costing us and how we are funding it) and the ailing economy. Being that they are workers at higher learning institutions, they are probably the most versed in matters of “utaratibu” and protocol. So for them to take to the streets as they so often urge their students not to, it means they have heard enough empty promises and deadlock negotiations. Their “sticking up to the man” especially in time of war is a sign of open and liberal thought which is perhaps the difference between true patriotism and jingoism. | 2019-04-21T01:21:29Z | https://revv22.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/hungry-patriots/ | Porn | Society | 0.444534 |
wordpress | This post is going to be the Bedtime Tag! I thought it looked like quite a fun tag to do. I got the idea to do this tag by Fleur De Force who is a great YouTuber so check her out!
What are your favourite pjs? My favourite pjs are actually just from Primark and they are super cosy and warm and have penguins all over them and penguins are my favourite animal! They are actually in the wash so I couldn’t take a photo of them.
Current Bedtime Reading? The book that I am currently reading at bedtime is called ‘The Ask And The Answer’ by Patrick Ness. I have read the first book and It was really good so I decided I would buy the second one.
What is on your bedside table? My bedside just has random things on it like a drink of water, a book, a box of tissues and that’s all really.
Favourite Sleepy Scent? I don’t actually think that I have a sleep scent but I do find that candles make me very sleepy and also the smell of my own pillow makes me really sleepy as well haha!
What is your usual bedtime and wake up time? On a school night I wake up at around 7:00 am and I go to bed at around 10:30 pm.
Top 3 bedtime products? I would say that my top 3 bedtime products include some Vaseline Original, Good Things Face The Day Moisturiser and some M&S Strawberry hand cream. I normally put these on just before bed so I stay hydrated while I sleep.
Your most common sleeping position? My common sleeping position is sleeping on the right on my side facing the wall. I have always slept like this as I don’t like facing my door incase anyone comes in haha!
Any strange bedtime routines? I wouldn’t say that I have any strange bedtime routines but I do normally sleep with one leg outside my duvet!
Are you a big spoon or little spoon? Well I don’t tend to spoon so I would probably be the little spoon?
How was your day today? This morning I finally finished the book Love, Tanya by Tanya Burr so I thought I would share my opinions of it with you! I was really excited to pick up this book as I have watched Tanya’s videos for a while and I have also been to one of her meet and greets before.
The book starts off with a chapter about how Tanya grew up and her early life. I found this chapter very interesting and I loved knowing more about how Tanya’s childhood was. The next couple of chapters were about skincare and make up which gave me some useful tips and advice. I love that throughout the book there are pages to fill out yourself like ‘List your favourite school memories’. In the fashion section she tells you how to dress for your body type which is also very useful.
I love the baking section as well and I will be trying as many of the recipes I can! Some of the recipes include healthier chocolate brownies, triple chocolate cookies and Smarties flapjacks.I found the chapter Confidence and Happiness very inspiring and it really made me think.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone as I enjoyed it so much and I have taken away so many tips and lots of advice.
If you have read Love, Tanya then tell me your thoughts and comments on it!
Now onto my goody bag items! This is only half of what I got!
Floating Flower Bath Bomb – This bath bomb smells quite oriental. However it is not my favourite smell but I love trying new products. (I can’t find this product on the Lush website).
I hope you have enjoyed this post and has made you want to go to Lush!!!
This post is about my favourite perfumes. I only like three so here it goes!
Katy Perry ‘Purr’ – This perfume was actually the first perfume I bought and I only bought it because I liked Katy Perry! I love the smell so much but unfortunately it has actually been discontinued and you can’t seem to get it anywhere now. Luckily I have two 100ml bottles left!
Zoella ‘Blissful Mistful’ – This is more of a body mist than a perfume but I am going to use it as a perfume. It smells really nice and fresh and is also very cheap, I will definitely buy again!
Marc Jacobs ‘Daisy Dream’ – This perfume is quite expensive but I love it as it smells really fresh. I don’t like any of the other Marc Jacobs perfume but this one is so lovely.
Let me know if you like any of my favourites perfumes and what your favourites are!
As you all know it was Pancake day on Tuesday so what pancakes did you have and how many?! I had about 3 and two of them were lemon and sugar and then the other one was melted chocolate, so nice!!
So after Pancake day comes Lent. I try to give myself goals to try and stop eating certain foods and to just generally be more healthy so I can pig out when Easter comes. This year I have given up some food and set some goals.
No fizzy drinks – This one should be easier as I hardly ever drink fizzy drinks anyway haha!
No sweets/candy – This is going to be quite hard, but I do prefer chocolate anyway.
No chocolate biscuits. Can only eat plain digestives and rich teas – Now this is a challenge!
Be healthier – I am going to try and substitute unhealthy snacks for something healthier and I am going to try and exercise more.
Have you given up anything for Lent? If not, I hope this post has inspired you to set a goal for yourself between now and Easter.
I will be posting blogs about fashion, beauty, lifestyle and baking so if you are interested in any of these topics then look out for some posts! | 2019-04-22T12:51:22Z | https://everythingaliceee.wordpress.com/2015/02/ | Porn | Reference | 0.226738 |
faqs | Inter Maritime Forwarding Co., Inc.
In your letter dated October 20, 1995, on behalf of B M T Commodity Corp., 750 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022, you requested a tariff classification ruling.
The submitted sample depicts the furniture item as a liner for an eighteen bushel hamper. The hamper is used by the post office to sort mail. It is constructed of 100 percent cotton woven and lined with terry cloth. The hamper is designed to stand on the floor.
The submitted sample will be returned to you under separate cover. The applicable subheading for the liner for the eighteen bushel hamper will be 9403.90.8080, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated, HTSUSA, which provides for: Other furniture and parts thereof: Parts: Other, other, other. The rate of duty will be 3.2 percent ad valorem. Articles classifiable under subheading 9403.90.8080, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated, HTSUSA, which are products of India, are entitled to duty free treatment under the General System of Preferences (GSP) upon compliance with all applicable regulations, if the G.S.P. is renewed. This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R.177). A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Lawrence Mushinske at 212-466-5739. | 2019-04-20T20:24:25Z | http://www.faqs.org/rulings/rulings1997NY816341.html | Porn | Business | 0.943459 |
cnn | America, higher rates are here.
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by 0.25% Wednesday. It was the first rate hike in nearly a decade.
Millions of Americans will be affected as U.S. rates start rising. If you have a credit card or savings account, invest in a 401(k) or in the markets, or want to buy a home or car, now's the time to pay attention.
The Fed slashed interest rates to zero in December 2008 to stimulate the economy and boost the housing market during the depths of the Great Recession.
The central bank now believes the U.S. economy is strong now and no longer needs crutches.
Still, it won't be a game changer overnight. Rates are expected to go up at a slow, gradual pace.
Here's what you need to know about how the Fed's action will affect you.
If you're in the market for a home or a car, you don't need to rush and get it done tomorrow. But it's a good time to pay attention and start preparing to take the big decisions.
Interest rates are still low but are slowly expected to start climbing next year.
The Fed determines the target rate for very short-term debt. But it also influences interest rates on credit cards, car loans and even long-term debt like mortgages.
None of the impact will happen overnight, experts say.
"Rates are pretty low and they're not going to change much," in the short term, says Dean Croushore, a University of Richmond professor and former Fed economist.
The average interest rate on a typical 30-year fixed rate mortgage is 3.9% right now and is expected to gradually increase.
Ten years ago mortgage rates were near 6.3% and 20 years ago 7.2%, according to the St. Louis Fed. So yes, rates will likely be higher in a year but still low when compared to historical averages.
Savers may not get to rejoice right away. America's largest banks wasted little time Wednesday announcing that they will start charging more interest for loans. But they also made it clear that they would be pocketing the money themselves and that savers won't get higher interest on their deposits immediately.
But there's hope for the future.
If you put money in your savings account or have certificates of deposit, you earned almost zero interest in the last seven years. That will begin to change over the next couple years, even if it's slow.
The Fed's first rate hike will be a step in the right direction. It means there will likely be more increases in the near future (the next 1-2 years), and that eventually will mean higher interest income on your deposits. Bottom line for savers: it's good news, but you need to be patient.
If you invest at all in stocks and bonds -- even if you just have a 401(k) -- a Fed rate hike will be important to you and your portfolio.
It could trigger volatility in stock and bond markets, which are already on a roller coaster ride. Just last week, U.S. stocks had their worst week in months.
And there's plenty of other factors that are already concerning investors: falling oil prices, China's continued economic slowdown and actions from other central banks around the world.
Most other banks, like the European Central Bank, are moving in the opposite direction and cutting interest rates. China's central bank cut rates in October too.
The divergence between interest rates in America versus other countries is expected to cause the U.S. dollar to become stronger.
That's great news for world travelers, but it would hurt all types of U.S. companies that sell products abroad.
Also some investors are pulling their money out of global investments parking it in the U.S. -- higher rates make assets priced in dollars more attractive.
Others are getting out of emerging markets like Turkey and Brazil. Those countries sometimes borrow loans that have to be paid in U.S. dollars.
Once the dollar's value rises, those loans get more expensive and difficult to pay back. It creates financial stress and can lead to default and ultimately hurt the broader economy.
It's already been a bad year for many developing nations. The MSCI Emerging Market Index, which captures stock market performance, is down nearly 20% so far this year.
So just be ready for a bumpy ride in the global markets.
5. Can the global economy get back on track?
The Fed's actions have huge implications for the global economy.
The Unites States is linked more than ever before to major players around the world. China's slowdown has hurt other emerging markets. Japan is barely growing. Europe is struggling with low economic growth too. It's been a rough year for emerging markets across the board.
To varying degrees, all that weighs on the U.S. economy and the Fed.
The U.S. manufacturing sector has already shrunk as a result of the weak global economy and strong U.S. dollar.
The U.S. economy has made lots of progress since the recession, but it's still not at the finish line, some say.
"We've come a long way from the depths of the recession, but we're still not quite back to where we'd like to be," says Croushore, the former Fed economist. | 2019-04-19T16:28:30Z | https://money.cnn.com/2015/12/14/news/economy/what-a-fed-rate-hike-means-for-you/index.html | Porn | Business | 0.37286 |
wordpress | I am trying to be in awareness more & more – big problem- if I am silent, awareness is still. The moment I open my mouth, it’s gone along with the awareness. Even if someone else comes, I feel I lose the awareness even when I think.
I basically feel – I can hold on to the awareness a little longer with eyes closed & when I am alone but not when I am around anyone else.
Yes, initially it is like an Elephant on a bicycle but slowly with practice, you will get the knack of it. It is an indescribable skill to get established in awareness. You will gain the skill soon if you don’t give up. Remember, not giving up at any cost is the key.
It is just like typing, at first you look at the keyboard and type… soon a time comes when you don’t need to look at the keyboard anymore. But if you stop the typing practice, you will not be able to get to the point where you can do it blindfolded. It’s exactly the same with Awareness.
Every time you find yourself indulging in an object [people/events/things or thoughts/emotions of them] you are not established in awareness.
When you are in awareness, there is NO OBJECT, there is merely the SUBJECT there.
Keep practising to stay in awareness and a time will come when staying in awareness becomes automatic. It’s even incorrect to say – ‘practice awareness’, one can only BE aware 🙂 To put it even more clearly, practice unhooking from objects and just BE the subject!
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columbia | Although Lehman Library is the default place of study for the majority of SIPA students, there are plenty of libraries on campus that are worth exploring. Butler Library, is of course, the quintessential image featured on every other postcard sold at the bookstore but there are other, equally picturesque places to study on campus and your Columbia Student ID card is a veritable passport to each and everyone of these locations. See below for a list of my personal favorites.
Avery Library at the School of Architecture: Avery Library is by far one of my favorite places to study on campus. As soon as you walk in you are greeted with large windows and plenty of sunlight. Although finals and midterms season makes this a popular location, there are generally plenty of seats available throughout the semester. Unfortunately, you are only able to print with Paw Print, which means you are limited to a $2.00 quota per day, but this is usually the case for printing anywhere outside of SIPA. Plus, Avery is located above Brownies Cafe, so you can easily grab lunch.
Science and Engineering Library: The Science and Engineering Library is another great location to study. The upstairs area is located right next to large windows overlooking the Engineering School, with views of the Business school as well. There are always plenty of seats and computers available. Plus, it is conveniently located next to one of the best cafe’s on campus – Joe’s Coffee.
Mathematics Library: located in the Mathematics building, this library is small and generally isolated. Although the library itself may be a little quieter and smaller than the other items on this list, it has some really great views of Broadway and Barnard College. The views alone make it worth the trip from SIPA.
Gabe M. Weiner Music and Arts Library: this library is located above Dodge Hall and also has some great views of Columbia University. Additionally, due to its location, you will generally find it emptier than other libraries on campus. Although a little further out of the way than other items on this list, it is one of the quieter places to study, it also doesn’t get as packed during finals and midterms like other libraries generally do.
Note from Admissions: If you have the chance to visit Columbia University in person, you should also look into visiting SIPA and sitting in on a class. | 2019-04-19T23:20:16Z | http://admissionsblog.sipa.columbia.edu/2018/11/26/a-definitive-list-of-the-best-libraries-on-campus/ | Porn | Science | 0.497856 |
wordpress | Photograph from the Too Much Future ostpunk archive.
Aimar Ventsel is a senior researcher in the Department of Ethnology at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and visiting academic of the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. His article, This is not my country, my country is the GDR: East German Punk and Socioeconomic Processes after German Reunification, was published in an issue of Punk and Post-Punk that focused primarily on Russia and Eastern Europe. A concept developed by one-time Crass drummer Penny Rimbaud has a strong presence in this issue, being cited in articles more than once. His idea, simply, is that punk isn’t.
I imagine we are talking about […] [s]omething we call ‘punk’. Well, I’ve got the answer to [the question] what is punk. And it is very simple. It isn’t. Period. It’s whatever […] one makes of it where they make it. It has strong traditions since the beginning of the last century with bohemianism, dadaism and running through to the beatniks. It’s all one and the same thing, a quest for an authentic voice… I think, the overview of authenticity is a difficult problem to deal with as well, because by the very nature of authenticity […] [i]t is beyond definition. The moment it is defined then it ceases to be. That has been the case of all great cultural movements. Define them and they are dead.
Ventsel’s research for this article consists primarily of fieldwork undertaken in Halle, Germany. Between 2006 and 2010, he acted as what he terms a ‘participating observer’, taking part “in all possible gatherings and activities, from football matches to private birthday parties.” He also kept a diary, conducted numerous interviews and took hundreds of photos.
Halle dates from the 800s and is now the largest city in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is an ideal place to explore these issues insofar as it has had a strong punk scene, historically, around which extreme post-unification changes have taken place. Under socialism, according to Vestel, Halle had a proud working class culture. This was dramatically undermined by economic turbulence resulting from the process of privatisation. In recent years Halle has experienced intense gentrification, largely attributed to the expansion of its universities. There is now a marked social division between local working class youth and the increasing numbers of students arriving from elsewhere in Germany and beyond. Ventsel’s representation of this split is based on the selective use of particular venues. Local ‘football hooligans’ keep to ‘their’ bars, while local sub-culture groups, including punks, generally outright refuse to go anywhere near what they perceive as the ‘student clubs’.
…in addition to the privatization of enterprises, former GDR universities were reformed in a process called Abwicklung/implementation, East Germany was flooded with West German products whereas East German ones disappeared from the shops, and in many top official and management positions, people were appointed from Western Germany ‘who always knew everything better’ (referred to by East Germans colloquially as Besserwessi [bettter + western])… H. DeSoto (2000) concludes that the use of the term Besserwessi symbolizes the power imbalance between East and West Germany.
From Ventsel’s perspective, the reason for this must be the relationship between these two related-but-divided subcultures, and their respective, socioeconomically defined parent cultures.
The lack of job prospects, stories of the past when the industry of the GDR was a well-functioning branch of the economy, and the popular view that West Germans are to be blamed for this devastation shape the nature of the Ostpunk world-view… East German punk subculture does not exist outside of society. There is contact through their parents, relatives, jobs and vocational training. As people from a vanishing group of industrial workers in towns that used to be centres of socialist heavy industry, punks are confronted with a complex socio-economic situation. Their anti-state stance becomes the ‘articulation’ of the wider national agenda, a protest against the threat of unemployment and lack of prospects that East German punks as people from a working-class background cannot in many respects avoid.
Ost-Punk – Too much future Carsten Fiebeler, Michael Boehlke from Reflecta Festival on Vimeo.
The original article is available on IngentaConnect.
Aimar Ventsel is a senior researcher in the Department of Ethnology at the University of Tartu, Estonia, and visiting academic of the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He was a founding member of the Siberia Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle. He received his Ph.D. in 2005 from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. His academic interests lie in identity and property relations in the east Siberian music business, nomadism, and subcultures in Siberia and Germany. His publications include Reindeer, Rodina and Reciprocity: Kinship and Property Relations in a Siberian Village (Lit, 2005); ‘Punx and skins united:One law for us, one law for them’ (2008, Journal of Legal Studies, 57: 45–100); ‘Consumption and popular culture among youth in Siberia’ (with J. O. Habeck, 2009, Zeitschrift für Ethnologie, 134, 1–22); and ‘Generation P in the Tundra: Youth in Siberia’ (2009, Special Issue of Electronic Journal of Folklore, 41). | 2019-04-25T08:58:15Z | https://intellectquarterly.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/this-is-not-my-country-my-country-is-the-gdr/ | Porn | Society | 0.297625 |
wordpress | Brenda spotted the crowd. Anxiously, she made her way toward them, skirting around the two pink flamingos. “Excuse me,” she called and pushed her way to where her mother stood, looking bewildered. Brenda put her arm around her. She was trembling.
Her mother looked at her. “Who’re you?” she asked.
“How come she doesn’t know you?” a little boy asked and his mother shushed him.
“She’s having trouble remembering people and things,” she explained to him. Then, she gently led her mother away from the curious and sympathetic gazes.
“How did I get here?” her mother asked as they walked slowly along the beach.
The above quote is from a true classic, A Streetcar Named Desire.
This was written in response to the Sunday Photo Fiction Challenge, hosted by Susan and the photo is courtesy of Susan Spaulding. For more details visit here and if you are interested in reading other stories based on this week’s prompt, visit here. | 2019-04-26T11:57:33Z | https://notestowomen.wordpress.com/category/mental-health/ | Porn | Arts | 0.654757 |
wordpress | This week on the Influence: Sharon Olds!
Just read through Olds’ latest book, Stag’s Leap, a powerful collection of poems – for which she recently was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize – centering on the story of her divorce.
I chose the poem below because it embodies much of what I admire in her skill as a poet. There is the opening up of a moment, the digging into the details in words that put the subject – in this case, handling the newspaper – right in your hands, words like mineral-odored and greyish speckle. She does it all with a straightforward energy that takes you along for the ride, evoking every nuance of the emotion felt.
There is a great awe in her work – a sense of awe of the world, of being a part of it, and being able to put it into words. Few can go to this place of awe like she does.
As an American poet, I feel indebted to Sharon Olds for how she manages to stay grounded while still taking flight. I see her in line with Whitman as well as Elizabeth Bishop – all poets of finding and feeling exuberance where you don’t expect it.
gradually becoming bedsheets around us.
count me as a reader of the earth’s gossip.
Just a quick post to announce the Spring Issue of The Dandelion Farm Review.
There are two poems of mine on there as well as fine work by Cristina del Canto, Dawnell Harrison, and Brendan Sullivan.
Special thanks to editor Patrick Loafman.
with the pearl of his life under the pillow.
rose a little above the white sheet.
does the body grow heavier or lighter?
He felt himself growing heavier.
He felt himself growing lighter.
This week on the Influence: Mary Oliver!
I picked this poem up at work while shelving Mary Oliver’s latest book, A Thousand Mornings.
The words stopped me as I shelved. There is simplicity in this poem that is akin to still life painting – but a poet’s take on it. A moment – a dying moment – as still life.
She conjures much with little. From pearl to space to her choices in colors – all of it culminates into the hanging presence of Blake’s hearing angels singing.
There’s not much to do once you get into this kind of moment in a poem but acknowledge it.
Blake’s relationship with the angels takes me back to being 18, sitting in Dana Levin’s Form and Theory class, her introducing a Blake poem, prefacing it by saying This guy saw angels in the trees!
Being, again, 18, I was like – yes, of course, totally – eager to understand and see them too.
Seeing the angels in this poem is another lesson. Oliver’s repetition in the last two couplets – their very emphasis on Blake’s words – drives home to me how all a poet can do is tell what they see, how they see it. And all that’s needed to honor this seeing is to listen.
It begins again, the nocturnal pulse.
It courses through the cables laid for it.
It mounts to the chandeliers and beats there, hotly.
We are too close. Too late, we would move back.
We are involved with the surge.
Now it bursts. Now it has been announced.
Now it is being soaked up by newspapers.
Now it is running through the streets.
And the man in the straw hat stand with it in their shoes.
Here is the red marquee it sheltered under.
By a single gesture. My arms open.
It enters. Look, we are dancing.
This week on the Influence: Donald Justice.
Picked up the poem above from reading through John Drury’s Poetry Dictionary. The assassination in the poem is that of Robert Kennedy’s in 1968.
Drury places the poem in the chance poetry category. In writing this poem, Justice wrote words on cards and picked them out at random as he wrote.
I sense some of the risk-taking of this practice in the “charged” words of the first stanza, and in the phrase “soaked up by newspapers” in the second. It’s only a guess, but on my third reading of the poem, the phrase struck me as masterfully plucked from its context of what to do about a spill and given a new life in this poem.
I am moved by the menace and epic feel achieved in the indirect take on the subject. Here you have a poem about a political misfortune that delves into the human aspect of it – how news travel into our lives. I noted on each rereading of the poem how the word “it’ becomes sinister and carries the emotion of the poem to the end. The end itself drives home a sense of mortality, of interrupted life.
On a lighter note: the carnations are brought to you courtesy of last week’s birthday celebration.
Bought them on the fly before dinner.
Also: I have two poems in Turn, an anthology of poems about seasons put out last month by Uttered Chaos Press. Copies can be purchased on the Uttered Chaos website here OR on Amazon here. Special thanks to UC editor Laura LeHew.
This week on the Influence: BIRTHDAY!
My girlfriend’s, Ani, in particular.
She is from the Pacific Northwest and is accustomed to cloudy, gray birthdays – a lovely scene at times made lovelier by the blooming of the local cherry blossoms.
This year she’s a bit bummed because they have yet to blossom – so I’m bringing them to her.
I am dedicating this post to her and posting a poem I wrote for her back in 2011 which features the aforementioned tardy blossoms.
With these words, may there always be flowers somewhere near you, my dear.
Just a quick note to promote the latest issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection!
I served as Guest Editor for this issue and had the honor of reading through submissions. Lots of good stuff.
Below is an example of some of the fine work to be found in this issue.
the crack beneath your skin.
Special shout-out to Erin Elizabeth Smith for this opportunity!
This week on the Influence: W. H. Auden.
Auden’s one of those guys I come back to in my thoughts, and whose words I butcher in conversation.
Like there’s the essay where he talks about how if you have a poet who writes because he believes strongly that he has something to say, let that poet become a politician, a journalist, or anything else because he doesn’t have a chance of becoming a poet. But if you have a poet who is genuinely interested in putting one word next to another and seeing how they might affect each other, bleed into one another, then maybe – just maybe – that person might turn out to be a poet.
Usually the “some words” posts are made up of longer quotes, but I feel I have quoted, paraphrased, or said things shaped by the man enough throughout the Influence’s existence that I can do right by him best by simply admitting it.
There are good books which are only for adults.
Amen. That might be my mantra for the next few years.
The following poem exhibits much of the same bite and vulnerable spirit that rings through in the quotes above. Enjoy.
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A close call between two planes over Houston is just the latest in a recent string of near misses at America's airports. The FAA is investigating. But why are we hearing about so many troubling cases now? Rene Marsh reports.
CNN safety analyst David Soucie spoke to Wolf about the challenges air traffic controllers are facing as more flights are being scheduled. | 2019-04-23T22:32:20Z | http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/23/whats-behind-a-string-of-near-misses-at-u-s-airports/ | Porn | News | 0.851138 |
wordpress | As I write this, I note that Dr Rebecca Allen’s Caroline Benn memorial speech on teacher workload has received 60 Retweets and 107 Likes on Twitter. If you haven’t read it, do. Even if you are overburdened with your own workload.
Citing DiMaggio and Powell, Allen explains the isomorphic pressures which have resulted in schools becoming more alike, and how this has contributed to increased expectations on teachers. She points two fingers: one at reforms of Ofsted; the other at increased school funding under Labour. These are classic cases of unintended consequences, for I recall the little cheers we uttered when we heard the inspectors would come in smaller teams, and when we realized for once that we had a government that believed in investing in public services.
Smaller teams and shorter notice meant that headteachers became a sort of chief inspector-in-residence. Schools engaged in continuous self-evaluation, so that they would be in a permanent state of Ofsted readiness. Heads looked across their boroughs at other schools to see how they had survived inspection, and concluded that they must do the same. They already had data on summative outcomes for pupils, and they already had a box full of policies, but – when asked to describe the quality of teaching and learning – how could they do that? They did what we often do when stuck for an answer for quality: they reached for quantity. They increased the frequency of data drops, the amount of marking, the numbers of boxes to be ticked on a lesson plan. They did this (I stress), not because they were bad people, but because they were good people being asked to do something they could not do. How many outstanding teachers do you have? What is the proportion of outstanding lessons taught in your school? These are Alice in Wonderland questions, particularly when we agree that we have not agreed on what outstanding actually is.
If ‘small Ofsted / big SEF’ was the cause of the change, a rapid increase in schools’ spending was the means, says Allen. Leadership teams mushroomed, and rather than let their hands be idle they were put to work on gathering, sifting and analysing all this data, inventing interventions and trackers to shift the data, and creating performance management systems to hold staff to account for the data they had themselves fed in. This part of Allen’s speech makes for uncomfortable reading for some of us: this is the part that Ofsted did not force on us, the part we (i.e. those of us who were SLT) inflicted on ourselves (i.e. those of us teaching the lessons). How often did I demand information from colleagues in a certain format, by a strict deadline, for a purpose clear only to myself? How often did I conduct learning walks from which I learned little, and after which I shared even less? How many weights did I add to the wrong side of the work/life scales?
I don’t think Allen mentioned it, but I would point a finger at a third culprit here: analytics technology. We can now know how many homeworks the music teacher set last term, and at what point in the week year 11 students are more likely to access it online. We can now identify eight different types of disruptive behavior, and say which ones are favoured by the white boys, or the Greek girls, or the summer-born. We can now measure the rate of progress of every child, in every year, in every subject at any point in time. We can because, as with the Six Million Dollar Man, ‘we have the technology’. And, because we can, we must. And, because we do, we also have to do something with all the data we collect. We have to address the underperformance of the music teacher not setting the right amount of homework, and of all of those teachers (that is all of them) who have students not making the progress the flight path demands. We have to – we tell ourselves – because, if we have this knowledge and do nothing about it, we are letting down the students, the school and the profession.
We can rebuild it. Allen makes her own important suggestions about slowing the rate of curriculum change and rethinking teacher contracts. I make my own. With Amanda Spielman in charge, Ofsted have made many encouraging noises about investigating the consequences of their existence – the messages they communicate to schools about the sorts of things they ought to prioritise, for example. Justine Greening at the DfE has published excellent guidance on increasing flexible working. These follow reports and the poster on reducing teacher workload. I cannot fault this messaging, and I note also that the Department is tendering for bids through the Teaching and Leadership Innovation Fund to address workload. They recognise the problem, but I am not sure they yet recognise the causes of the problem. These are undoubtedly the twin devils of external and internal accountability. We can address the inadvertent pressures school leaders apply to their staffs, and we can congratulate those who are ‘brave’ enough to run their schools as if Ofsted were not there. But, so long as Ofsted is there, there is a limit to how far that courage can take us. I doubt we will ever arrive at the day when the top line of an inspection report reads: ‘This is a great school because it ignores everything we say.’ School leaders do load too much on the backs of teachers, but they do so because of the load which is on them. Ofsted, were it to follow its own logic, would not just stop grading individual lessons: they would stop grading schools. Then, perhaps, schools could get back to the business for which they were built.
Whether as enthusiastic natives or reluctant luddites, we all inhabit a digital world. A teacher will be woken by her phone. Over breakfast a smartphone app will remind her that she is to collect homework today, to be uploaded to cloud storage. She has exchanged lesson ideas with colleagues online and jazzed up lesson four with video clips downloaded from the internet. Every afternoon she places her lessons on the school’s VLE, so her students can access them from home. Before she goes home she updates her students’ progress on the data tracking system; it informs her that her summer-born students are falling behind. That evening she joins a discussion on that topic on Twitter and finds a link to an academic paper. Before she goes to sleep she thinks to add the link for the benefit of others in her online research community. One hopes she has remembered to switch all her devices to flight mode as she turns off her light.
She knows her students will not have done. The media look under the bed covers and find teenagers messaging other teenagers, sharing files and photos, trading insults and not sleeping. Before breakfast (if he eats breakfast) on of them will already have played a computer game with his online friends and earned credits for the next level. The homework app on his phone pings. That’s fine because the thirty minute bus ride is long enough for him to find, cut and paste a nearly relevant article and submit it to his class’s secure storage area. He will sit at the back of his classroom, shielding his eyes from the sun, unable to make out the content on the interactive whiteboard. He prefers his art teacher, who lets him listen to the music he has streamed to his phone.
The above picture will not be recognized by everyone. Technology, and how teachers and students interact with it, is subject to much variability. It is a matter of space and time. There are countries, then there are jurisdictions within countries, then schools within those, and classrooms within schools, all using technology to varying extents and evolving all the while.
Different school leaders have made different decisions. Often with dedicated external funding, some schools have invested heavily in hardware, software and staff training. In 2010 the UK’s Home Access Grant made 270,000 grants to low income families in England to buy laptops with internet access. In 2014, ‘The Year of Code’, the UK government supported the training of teachers in coding with £500,000 of match funding, to coincide with its introduction to the national curriculum (apparently the first G20 country to do so). There are online solutions for everything from recording classroom observations to awarding student incentives, from teachers’ annual appraisal to staff recruitment. There is plenty available. What is in shorter supply is evidence that any of it makes much difference.
Nesta, the innovation charity, reported that UK schools had spent more than £1 billion in the five years to 2012 on digital technology. ‘The education sector has invested heavily in digital technology; but this investment has not yet resulted in the radical improvements to learning experiences or educational attainment.’ (Luckin et al. 2012, p.8). Higgins et al (2012) conducted their meta-analysis of forty years of research evidence for the impact of technology in the UK and internationally, saying it ‘consistently identifies positive benefits.’ (Higgins et al. 2012, p.3) However, studies linking ‘the provision and use of technology with attainment tend to find consistent but small positive associations with educational outcomes.’ (Higgins et al. 2012, p.3). And the studies do not find a causal link.
It is all down to the teaching. This is a more measured response to the claims made by Bennett and colleagues that ‘a sense of impending crisis pervades the debate.’ (Bennett et al. 2008, p.1) They refer to the ‘digital natives’ and ‘digital immigrants’ first encountered by Marc Prensky.
They note that the debate – about how students may learn differently in the twenty-first century – is poorly-informed by research or theory, and amounts to a ‘moral panic’.
Kirschner blames the text-type; the OECD thinks it lies in the teaching. Their 2015 report found that countries’ PISA rankings for reading, mathematics and science were impervious to heavy spending on technology for education. The digital divide will be better crossed when every child reaches a basic proficiency in reading and maths; access to high-tech equipment is not the issue. More is not better.
Myth 1: New technologies are being developed all of the time; the past history of the impact of technology is irrelevant to what we have now or will be available tomorrow.
Myth 2: Today’s children are digital natives and the ‘net’ generation – they learn differently from older people.
Myth 3: Learning has changed now we have access to knowledge through the internet. Today’s children don’t need to know stuff, they just need to know where to find it.
Myth 4: Students are motivated by technology so they must learn better when they use it.
Myth 5: The Everest Fallacy: we must use technology because it is there!
His list is perhaps the product of a mind unencumbered by the need to market what he writes about.
Alongside Higgins’ six myths might sit Luckin et al’s ‘two key errors’. These frequently occur when trying to make gains in education from technology.
Digital technology is all around us. It is convenient, ever-present and often designed in formats which are engaging to the point of addiction. It pervades our schools, from its security systems to its timetables. It connects every member to the school community, and it connects the school to the wider educational community beyond. It is expensive but it is making a difference, at least a little; or at least where technology is being used in moderation there are moderate gains. There may be losses too, as young people, trying to cope with the interruptions in digital texts (and the interruptions from their other devices), fail to learn deeply or even to commit things to memory at all. So, teachers still matter. With some concerted professional development in ways to align the technology to genuine learning goals, teachers could make an even greater difference.
A version of this blogpost originally appeared in Earley, P. and T. Greany (2017) ‘School Leadership and Education System Reform’, Bloomsbury.
Bennett, S., K. Maton, L. Kervin (2008), ‘The “digital natives” debate: A critical review of the evidence’, British Journal of Educational Technology, 39 (5).
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cnn | Chuck Colson, 80, underwent surgery this month to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain.
Washington (CNN) - Chuck Colson, the convicted Watergate figure turned evangelist, is near death after suffering a brain hemorrhage earlier this month, his media representatives said Wednesday.
“It is with a heavy, but hopeful heart that I share with you that it appears our friend, brother and founder will soon be home with the Lord,” Jim Liske, CEO of Prison Fellowship Ministries, which Colson founded, said in a statement.
“Chuck's condition took a decided turn yesterday, and the doctors advised Patty and the family to gather by his bedside,” Liske said, referring to Colson’s wife.
Colson, 80, underwent surgery this month to remove a pool of clotted blood on the surface of his brain.
Colson was special counsel to President Richard Nixon and the first member of the Nixon administration to serve prison time for charges stemming from the 1972 Watergate scandal.
“He admits he was guilty of political ‘dirty tricks’’ and willing to do almost anything for the cause of his president and his party,” according to Colson’s official biography.
In 1974, Colson served seven months of a one- to three-year sentence. Not long after his release, he founded Prison Fellowship, which calls itself “the world's largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families,” with a presence in 113 countries.
Colson also hosts a daily radio commentary called BreakPoint that airs on stations nationwide.
"I believe in God I just dont believe he interacts in this world at all. When I die and go to judgment it will be based on my deeds and no last minute appeal will work anyway. I stand ready to be judged on my merits = no fear."
and where it the world did you get that crock of cr ap ?
God always seems to get to to take a bad situation and make something wonderful out of it. I hope he enjoy he new home.
at this point, I am pretty sure he is getting farther away from death.
Weather you want to admit it,Prayer works!!!! we may not always get the answer we want but that does not change the fact that it works!!!... All you folks who choose to still keep hating on Chuck Colson because of his past mistakes need to just let it go!!! He nor anyone else involved cannot change the past but instead of living in his past mistakes, he turned his life around and positively helped so many people and if you are willing to hang on to his past, just remember,LET HIM WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE!!!.. We all screw up, some worst than others but forgveness is the key to healthy living so let it go and move on,he has!!!
Yes, I just mowed down this toddler in the crosswalk while I was drunkenly and recklessly speeding in my Caddy.
But hey, That was so ten seconds ago. It is time to forgive and forget and get on with our lives. Well, except for pancake boy here, obviously.
Atheism is not healthy for children and other living things .
TV news reports "swarm" of earthquakes in Pacific Northwest (4/19).
All predicted by Jesus in the Gospels as a sign of the end!
What he did as a member of the Nixon administration was dead wrong. What he's done for prison ministry in America, he's a saint. I was sceptic when he went to prison and found Jesus, but as Jesus said, "We shall know them by the fruits they bear." Bless you, Mr. Colson.
The statistical studies from the nineteenth century and the three CCU studies on prayer are quite consistent with the fact that humanity is wasting a huge amount of time on a procedure that simply doesn’t work. Nonetheless, faith in prayer is so pervasive and deeply rooted, you can be sure believers will continue to devise future studies in a desperate effort to confirm their beliefs!.!.
This just in: Chuck Colson Still Not Dead.
Perhaps god will take him up in a chariot of fire.
The statistical studies from the nineteenth century and the three CCU studies on prayer are quite consistent with the fact that humanity is wasting a huge amount of time on a procedure that simply doesn’t work. Nonetheless, faith in prayer is so pervasive and deeply rooted, you can be sure believers will continue to devise future studies in a desperate effort to confirm their beliefs!.*!~.
Would all of you detractors say the same negative things about the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. He was not only a Christian, but he preached the message of Jesus.
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fc2 | Even in worship today, there was a time of special praise.
In the same team, suddenly, I sang another song in Kansai joint Charismatic meetings.
And to worship in a small team, and to praise God in crowds also, great! ! | 2019-04-25T08:13:54Z | http://mountzionphoto.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-1510.html | Porn | Reference | 0.29183 |
wordpress | I finally got to see the movie, and it had me metaphorically glued to the screen the entire time.
I don’t know how much artistic licence was taken. Given the gagging clauses in the settlements of the real case, I’ll probably never know. Yet, what was presented on the screen gave considerable food for thought. It wasn’t all roses. I think the thorns were more prominent than the roses.
Third level college is about personal development as much as it is about intellectual development. The first few years as an official adult away from the protective eye of parents are hugely significant. We make mistakes, we do silly things, we hurt others, we get hurt. No-one ever forgets the first time they have their heart smashed by a member of the opposite (or same, depending on your preferences) gender. You hurt and then you move on wiser and having learned from the experience.
In the internet age, it’s not so easy. The social tools of the internet allow permanent records to be kept and to be kept in public form. The Mark Zuckerberg character was devastated by the Erica rejection and blogs publicly and rather nastily about it. He moves on …. to create a widely-subscribed social website to hit out at the female of the species. In contrast, most people would likely have commiserated face-to-face with a small number of friends.
Scale comes across very strongly in the movie. Everything is bigger than big. The numbers subscribing to facebook (and its various predecessors) are huge, the money put into it is huge, its valuation is huge, the Harvard social life portrayed is over-the-top, the fall-outs and exploitations among friends are extensive – so much so that one wonders how they can ever be repaired. Thankfully, most of us have less dramatic student lives.
On a more positive note, I’m intrigued by how someone without a wide circle of close friends and at such a young age put his finger on the pulse of what makes Facebook so popular. The exclusivity factor, you decide who is in your in-group and who isn’t, is crucial. If you want to be choosy or friend every person you ever meet is completely your choice. The relationship-status is critical for the age group Facebook is aimed at. And it is never over, it’s a perpetual beta, friendships grow and evolve and sometimes die and new ones take their place. And how this is documented is totally in the hands of those who chose to Facebook. Some use it more wisely than do others.
There were other aspects of the movie that caught my attention. Examples are the social snobbery coming across on the Harvard campus (the elite kids of rich families and not-so-elite kids), the pride that is taken in being a hacker, the intangible and undefinable nature of friendship, the social role of the internet, the role of the social web in doing one’s homework (the art history assignment that was completed through invited comments on a social website – collaboration or sneakily getting others to do the work for you?), the comment from Sean Parker – “it might not be good business but it pissed a lot of people off”, and the copyright comment – if you make a chair do you then have to share your profits with everyone who ever made a chair?
Yes, it wasn’t a positive feel-good movie but it kept my attention the entire time. It was a movie that I wanted to come away and have a conversation about, a movie to think about.
There is a new World Economic Forum report on gender imbalances. Yes, this looks like another of these regular reports to tell us what we’ve observed in our day-to-day anyhow. These reports will continue to make regular appearances as long as the gender gap persists. Unfortunately, I don’t expect a shortages of them for quite some time yet.
There is some interesting content from the WEF report but it requires careful reading to see the full picture. The results are presented as relative rankings. So, we might be close to gender equality on a category but yet achieve a low ranking because other countries are even closer.
Actually, we in Ireland are not doing too badly at all. We lie in 6th position (out of 130+ countries) for gender equality, behind Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand. Nonetheless, it is all relative. The differential statistic is 77.7% suggesting there is still a 22;3% gap.
It’s likely that the Marys are pushing up our rankings. Having a current female President and a recent female President of the country helps. The (albeit few) high-ranking female TDs also helps, . Indeed, the ranking scores for political empowerment tally with the overall scores. We lie in 7th position with many of the same countries ahead of us. Yet, we fall woefully short of equality with 14 female to 86 male members of parliament.
In terms of educational achievement, we are doing so well here in Ireland that we have a (equal with several other countries) top ranking. The analyses that fill the newspapers when the junior and leaving cert results come out tally with this. However, we are only ranked 25th when it comes to economic participation, and we have a scary 89 ranking on health. Having said that it’s worth noting that the health category is measured on female/male birth ratios and on mortality age. Neither are problematic in Ireland.
The only place where women seem to outdo men in the various categories and sub-categories is enrollment in tertiary education. Yet, I can’t help but wonder what this means when all these wonderful females complete their education. They / we don’t seem to be making to the higher echelons. Women dominate the lower levels of government and business while men dominate the upper levels. How come? What skills are men bringing to the table that enables them to climb that ladder and seemingly seep through glass ceilings by osmosis while women have to take hammers to it and only make a dent? Is there something missing in education and training that facilitates this? Or is it simply down to practicalities like childcare (after all, guys simply cannot to the 9 months thing and all that goes with it) or is it more subtle in terms of social pressures?
The pay gap is arguably the gap that has closed most in recent years with women catching up with their male counterparts in terms of being paid for an equal days work. Yet, the very thought that any 2 people are paid differently for equal work is bizarre. It’s a safe guess that this a problem within genders as well as between genders. How many men out there work as hard and as well as the person in the next desk/office to them and yet get paid less?
The stats here go from 2006 to 2010 inc.I can’t help but wonder what the next set will throw up. Will we ever close that gap completely?
“Discover Digital Life” has published the output of what they claim to be the largest survey of online trends on a global scale. They make for interesting reading.
First of all, the classification – which are you?
The problem with these categories is that no-one ever completely fits any one of them. For example, I doubt if I am a prolific enough mobile user to be considered an Influencer. I don’t consider myself new to the Internet (Aspirers) and I’m a Functionalist either. I have some characteristics of Communicators, Knowledge-seekers, and Networkers even if I don’t meet all their criteria.
Interestingly, males dominate the knowledge-seeking and females dominate the networking category. How does that fit with the stereotypes of males / female behaviour?
As to what people get up to online, the activities seem to make sense.
How highly might you rate yourself on these? I do some of all. The internet seems to be my first port-of-call these days for many things. On the occasional instances where it isn’t….. e.g. turning up at the cinema to see The Social Network to find it booked out….. I wonder why I didn’t book it online beforehand.
Respondents spent an average of 4.6 hours every week being sociable. This is surprisingly low. Even with full time jobs, I reckon that there are plenty folk who spend this amount of time per day. It’s likely that there are many semi-dormant social networking accounts. Internet marketers can take heart from the fact that noticeably more people seem to be “actively looking for brands” when online than those who are actively avoiding brands. Yet, marketers need to be careful about how they put their brand across. Online consumers can and will click away if they feel they are being preached to by branders.
What’s really interesting about the study is the cross country comparisons. They are not all intuitively guessable. For example, the countries having the highest % of people engaging on the net are Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and the lowest are Denmark and Indonesia. I didn’t expect the Danes to be in that category. Turkey, Thailand and Malaysia score highly on the social networking & connecting category. Turkey is also tops for knowledge & education as well as for online gaming. Vietnam, Hong Kong and South Korea are scoring highly in several categories. Asia seems to be surpassing Europe and America in many of these categories of activity. We clearly need to get our act together in Europe.
It seems that we in Europe don’t see online activities as all that important. For example, 50% of South Africans consider social networking as important while only 24% of Uk respondents feel the same way. The Americans and Europe practically disappear off the world map in terms of the importance of online multimedia / entertainment. Only 1% of UK residents rate multimedia / entertainment as important while 10% of Vietnamese do. The average Malysian has 233 online friends while the average German has 75. While there may be local / cultural differences as to what a friend is, the trend is clear.
We in Europe simply are not as serious about the internet as our Eastern friends. This has serious implications for online business and social life, as well as innovations and developments in these areas. If these trends continue we are likely to slip even further behind – certainly not a good thing.
That was a question I received from a first year student during the week. It didn’t inspire me with confidence and made me wonder about the concept of learning this 18-year old has built up in his 18 years.
A conversation ensued emphasising the need to understand the meaning of the material, questioning it in a constructive way, forming opinions and acquiring evidence to prove or disprove these opinions. The student’s response: “so, we don’t have to, like, learn it then?”. I left the conversation more perplexed then the student. What is learning? Students have enough new concepts, ideas, policies and procedures to grapple with as they begin third level education. Having to revise what they understand by the very term learning shouldn’t have to be added to the list.
A movement from rote learning to concept understanding is not easy. What other changes might new students expect?
US News have 5 suggestions and “parents tips on how they can set their child on the path to success at college”. Oh dear. Starting college is a big step into adulthood. It’s the perfect time for parents to let go the apron strings and see their offspring as adults. Continuing to treat them as children at this crucial stage in their young lives is not helpful at all.
1. Cutting classes: don’t do it. Good advice. It’s rare for students to do well if they don’t attend classes.
Do what’s prescribed and no more: Good advice. Taking 6 subjects when 5 is the recommended number is stretching resources (particularly time) too far. The study / life balance takes a hit. The very important personal development from the college experience will not be optimised.
Take social media in moderation: Good advice. If a half-hour Facebook hit before heading to college settles the mind for the day, then it’s a good idea. If that half-hour turns into 5 hours…..
Why put off till tomorrow what can be done today: Good advice. You never know what’s going to happen tomorrow. You never know how long a task will take.
If you need help ask for it: there is nothing more frustrating for a lecturer than to hear “I didn’t understand the assignment”…. after the event when the grade has been given.
To use Project Management speak, ‘creep’ happens slowly. Slipping behind gradually is something to watch out for because it’s not always easy to spot. A missed class today can easily become a missed assignment deadline a short few weeks later, leading to a failed subject. Quite often, the slippage start/ acceleration can be offset by a quick email or a short meeting with the lecturer.
Simply put: talk to us. We actually do want to help. We might not always be able to help but if we don’t know help is needed then the chances are you won’t receive any. | 2019-04-21T05:00:44Z | https://pennybridged.wordpress.com/2010/10/ | Porn | Reference | 0.392095 |
wordpress | Season’s greeting and best wishes for a happy, proseperous and successful new year to you a and your family.
I am really sorry that I couldn’t share my thoughts on that post yet.
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wordpress | The 100mm f/2.8 Macro is perhaps the most fun per dollar lens from Canon. Click here to see posts which contain a majority of images using this lens.
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wikipedia | Tendring is a borough in the north-east of Essex in the East of England. It was created on 1 April 1974. Its population is about 140,000, a high proportion of whom are elderly. The largest settlement is Clacton-on-Sea, which has over a third of the borough's people.
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wordpress | Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights Sarah Sewall will travel to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, March 12-20, 2015.
During her travel, Under Secretary Sewall will meet government officials, representatives of civil society, religious leaders, and young people to underscore U.S. support for their efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism (CVE), as well as to address a range of security, counterterrorism, human rights, and refugee-related concerns.
While in Kenya, Under Secretary Sewall will meet with the Kenyan delegation to the recent White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism to discuss Summit follow up, including an upcoming regional event that Kenya will host. Under Secretary Sewall will travel to Mombasa to meet with political, security, civil society, and religious leaders.
In Tanzania, Under Secretary Sewall will visit State Department grantees working to counter violent extremism in their communities. They will include a youth center that facilitates discussion between Tanzanian youth and local police in order to build better community-security force relations and a job training and community integration program for former gang members vulnerable to the appeal of radical groups. She will also meet with government officials and local human rights groups.
In Uganda, Under Secretary Sewall will lead the U.S. delegation to the Global Counterterrorism Forum’s (GCTF) Horn of Africa working group plenary meeting, which will focus on countering violent extremism and capacity building. She will meet with Ugandan government officials and local leaders and youth, and visit a secondary school. She will also meet with civil society leaders working to defend human rights, including of LGBT and other vulnerable people. | 2019-04-21T21:15:19Z | https://appablog.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/under-secretary-for-civilian-security-democracy-and-human-rights-sarah-sewall-travel-to-kenya-tanzania-and-uganda/ | Porn | Society | 0.666244 |
wordpress | There’s nothing like a festival to refill the well. And there’s nothing like Willy Lit Fest. This local lit fest is now in its fourteenth year and going strong. A small team of mostly volunteers put together a program that has something for everyone from young children to the most literary of readers. From the Markus Zusak/Andy Griffith conversation to folk music and Afgan dust, it was a treat.
This year, I was co-presenting a workshopping session with my friend and colleague Sue Lawson, author of many wonderful books and stories. We were ‘in conversation’, offering Insider Tips for Children’s Writers.
Totally unintentionally, we dressed in coordinating colours, carried red handbags and red black and white tote bags. We even brought some of the same books to share with the audience as examples of good writing!
Our session was sold out!
We talked about picture books for different ages, lengths of longer fiction, organisations that can help hone skills and create networks. There was so much to share, so little time. We wanted this to be a Q&A session and it was. Hopefully we were able to share useful tips for all participants. We certainly had fun. But then, as we said at the beginning of our session: we could happily talk for hours … underwater … yano.
We were looked after brilliantly, from the Green Room, to the volunteers to the ‘introducer’ to the personalised coffee!
When I was small, I really loved Sylvester, despite him always been bested by a grinning yellow canary. I particularly loved his ‘Suffering Succotash!’ cry.
I thought it was a made up word, but I liked how it tasted. On this weekend just gone, I discovered that it’s real! It’s a combo of corn and beans widespread in part of the US. There are recipes for making it at home, or you can buy it in tins. Who knew?
This discovery was just one of very many made during the biannual Reading Matters conference, held at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The conference mixes panel discussions with keynotes from local and international writers and image makers. This year also featured Dougal, illustrator of Introducing Teddy. His work, interpretations of presenters, were posted on Instagram. Take a look. His handle is 15mindrawings.
I could list the speakers, but I’d leave some out and feel bad. Besides I’m sure you can find the information on the CYL (Centre for Youth Literature) website. Suffice to say, by close on Saturday I was stuffed full of inspiration and admiration. So much to think about, so many authors to explore, so many new books to read. Well done RM team.
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wordpress | Already I’m nervous. Can we imagine what I’ll be like by May?!
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sfgate | Aside from the cable cars, and that oh-so-rare bus that shows up on time with plenty of empty seats, riding the F-Market line's historic streetcars seems to be everybody's favorite Muni experience. That may explain the strong reaction to a Municipal Transportation Agency proposal to triple the cost of riding the restored streetcars to $6.
Commuters, visitors, merchants and tourism officials have hopped on board the streetcar of opposition being piloted by the Market Street Railway, a volunteer group that helps Muni preserve the historic F-Market line cars. Last week, Supervisors David Chiu and Scott Wiener joined the effort.
"We think this is a terrible idea," said Rick Laubscher, president of the Market Street Railway. "Opposition to this goes so deep."
Bumping the cost of riding the streetcars, which travel between Castro and Market streets and Fisherman's Wharf, is just one of several revenue-raising proposals the MTA is considering in its budget for the next two years as it tries to come up with enough money to boost service overall by 10 percent.
But none of the other suggestions, such as charging extra to ride express buses or adding $2 to the price of the Fast Pass that gets you on BART as well as Muni, has drawn nearly the attention that the F-Market line proposal has produced.
The rationale behind the $6 fare proposal is that the historic streetcars are, well, historic, and mostly ridden by tourists, like the cable cars. Taking a bouncy, rumbling ride on the F-Market line is not your average trip on a bus or light-rail train, the argument goes.
So the MTA has suggested treating them like the cable cars and charging $6 fares for adults taking single rides. Fast Pass users and visitors with Muni passports could still ride the old streetcars at no added cost. A second proposal, which has gotten less attention, suggests a $1 premium be added to the standard Muni fare for rides on the F-Market line.
The $6 proposal, according to MTA documents, would raise an estimated $4.9 million annually in the next two budget years, which run from July through June. The $1 premium would cost $250,000 to implement in the first year and then raise $1.3 million a year.
In a series of town hall meetings discussing the budget, MTA officials acknowledged that charging more to ride the F-Market line has been extremely unpopular. They say it's not a done deal and even bristle at it being labeled a proposal.
"These are just ideas put on the table as something to consider," said Paul Rose, an MTA spokesman. "We wanted to put the idea before the public."
The public, almost universally, does not approve.
When a reporter climbed aboard car 1062, painted in the colors of Louisville, Ky., streetcars of yore, and asked one person for comments on the $6 fare, he was quickly surrounded by people eager to offer their opinions.
"You're kidding," said Justin Lai, 21, who lives in Richmond, attends college on the Peninsula and spends most of his free time in San Francisco. "I guess they figure the tourists will be willing to pay more."
That's unfair, he said, because while many tourists take the F-Market line between downtown and Fisherman's Wharf, people living in the Castro or Upper Market ride downtown to go shopping, and many commuters take it to work.
Wiener and Chiu, whose districts include the F-Market line route, agreed in a letter they sent to the MTA Board of Directors.
"Raising the fare for the F line above the regular Muni fare - and particularly raising it to $6 - disregards the critical role the F plays in San Francisco's transit system for everyday Muni riders," they wrote.
Treating the F-Market line "as a novelty tourist line," the supervisors said, ignores that it is the only surface transit line between the Castro and downtown and serves a long stretch of upper Market between the Church and Van Ness stations. It also serves locals traveling along the Embarcadero.
Tourism officials, as well as merchants at Fisherman's Wharf, also object, saying the $6 fare could create a perception that San Francisco is too expensive and unwelcoming to visitors, and that the high costs would encourage tourists to take taxis and ride services or drive around the city.
"It is easy to see how this would create an incentive for travelers from distant locations to choose taxi service over what would become a more costly transit option," Jon Ballesteros, San Francisco Travel's vice president for public policy, wrote in a letter to MTA directors. "The unforeseen consequences would be additional cars, more congestion, increased air emissions and frustration for visitors and residents alike."
The F-Market line proposals, and the rest of the MTA budget, will be the main topic at a special Board of Directors meeting Friday. The budget needs to be adopted by April 30 and submitted to the mayor and Board of Supervisors the following day. They can accept or reject, but not tinker with, the MTA's spending plan. | 2019-04-21T02:08:24Z | https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Plan-would-triple-cost-of-riding-S-F-s-historic-5305166.php | Porn | Business | 0.284834 |
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google | 2001-06-07 Assigned to INCEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reassignment INCEP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: ANDRES, JOSE B. SAN, BRODER, JAMES M., DERIAN, EDWARD J., DIBENE II., JOSEPH T., HARTKE, DAVID H., HOGE, CARL E., RIEL, JOSEPH S.
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A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing power from a first circuit board having a first circuit board first conductive surface and a first circuit board second conductive surface to a second circuit board having a second circuit board first conductive surface and a second circuit board second conductive surface is described. The apparatus comprises a first conductive member, including a first end having a first conductive member surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board first conductive surface and a second end distal from the first end having a first conductive member second surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board first surface. The apparatus also comprises a second conductive member, having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board second conductive surface.
Application Ser. No. 60/266,941, entitled “MECHANICAl INTERCONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES USING FLEX CABLE INTERCONNECT FOR POWER DELIVERY IN ‘INCEP’ INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE” by David Hartke, James M. Broder, and Joseph T. DiBene II, filed Feb. 6, 2001.
Application Ser. No. 09/798,541, entitled “THERMAL/MECHANICAL SPRINGBEAM MECHANISM FOR HEAT TRANSFER FROM HEAT SOURCE TO HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE,” by Joseph T. DiBene II, David H. Hartke, Wendell C. Johnson, and Edward J. Derian, filed Mar. 2, 2001.
This patent application is also related to application Ser. No. 09/802,329, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL AND MECHANICAL MANAGEMENT OF A POWER REGULATOR MODULE AND MICROPROCESSOR IN CONTACT WITH THERMALLY CONDUCTING PLATE,” by Joseph T. DiBene II and David H. Hartke, filed on Mar. 8, 2001, which application is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
This invention relates in general to a system for providing electrical continuity between a plurality of circuit boards, and in particular to a method and apparatus for improving the packaging and distribution of power to high performance electronic circuit assemblies.
As electronic circuitry becomes more complex, packaging of the circuitry has become more difficult. The common method for packaging integrated circuits (ICs) and other electronic components is to mount them on printed circuit boards (PCBs) or other substrates such as ceramics having alternating conductive and non-conductive layers or planes sandwiched or bonded together to form a dense X-Y signal interconnect. For a number of years, the operating voltage of ICs was approximately 5 volts and the power consumption was generally less than 1 watt. This relatively high supply voltage and low power level allowed the packaging of a large number of ICs on a single PCB with power distribution incorporated into one or more of the PCB planes.
More recently advances in silicon fabrication techniques have permitted the manufacture of high performance IC packages with operating voltages at or below 1 volt and power levels in excess of 100 watts. As described in co-pending and commonly assigned patent application Ser. No. 09/785,892, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POWER TO A MICROPROCESSOR WITH INTEGRATED THERMAL AND EMI MANAGEMENT, by Joseph T. DiBene II, David H. Hartke, James J. Hjerpe Kaskade, and Carl E. Hoge, filed Feb. 16, 2001, which application is hereby incorporated by reference, the transient current to some of these packages can exceed hundreds of amps per microsecond. To assure optimum performance under these conditions, it is important that the electrical path from the power supply to the IC be designed to accommodate high current flow and low series inductance, two goals which are difficult to achieve at the same time. The present invention achieves both of these goals, while also allowing for a compact, integrated stack-up system design that permits thermal dissipation and control of electromagnetic interference (EMI).
To address the requirements described above, the present invention discloses a method, apparatus, article of manufacture, for providing power from a first circuit board having a first circuit board first conductive surface and a first circuit board second conductive surface to a second circuit board having a second circuit board first conductive surface and a second circuit board second conductive surface. The apparatus comprises a first conductive member, including a first end having a first conductive member surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board first conductive surface and a second end distal from the first end having a first conductive member second surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board first surface. The apparatus also comprises a second conductive member, having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board second conductive surface. In one embodiment of the invention, the second conductive member is hollow, and is disposed within the second conductive member in a coaxial arrangement. If desired, a dielectric can be placed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member. The dielectric, or the dimensions of the first conductive member and the second conductive member can be defined so that the apparatus exhibits an impedance that can be used cooperatively with circuit elements on either the first circuit board or the second circuit board. One of the advantages of the present invention is the integration of function in which the apparatus operates both as a rigid standoff to separate the first circuit board from the second circuit board, and a conduit for delivering power and a ground return (or other signals) between the circuit boards as well. While the apparatus will be discussed in terms of providing a power signal from a first circuit board to a second circuit board, it can also be used to provide power to a plurality of circuit boards in a stacked up configuration, all with minimal impedance.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating how the power standoff assembly can be used as a circuit element between the circuit boards.
The present invention discloses an apparatus for providing power from a first circuit board to a second circuit board. In one embodiment, the apparatus (hereinafter alternatively referred to as a POWERDIRECT or a standoff) comprises an inner cylindrical cylinder, an intermediate coaxially located insulator or dielectric material and an outer coaxially located cylindrical cylinder. The standoff is disposed between a first planar structure or printed circuit board and a second planar structure or printed circuit board to provide a path for the transfer of electrical power and a ground return between the two planar structures in an efficient manner. This creates a very low impedance interconnect between power and groundplanes on the first planar structure and power and ground planes on the second planar structure.
The present invention discloses a variety of methods in which the coaxial cylinders of the power standoff assembly may be joined to the upper and lower planar structures and their internal power planes. It also discloses efficient methods of connecting the internal power planes of the planar structures to external land features of the planar structures in such a manner as to further enhance the efficacy of the interconnect between power planes on the first planar structure and power planes on the second planar structure.
The present invention further describes a specific application where the power standoff assembly may be especially beneficial to delivering power to high performance microprocessor packages in such a manner as to negate the need to integrate power regulation circuitry directly onto the microprocessor package (On-Package-Voltage-Regulation, OPVR) so as to improve the producibility, yield and cost of modern high performance microprocessors.
Typically, a modem high performance microprocessor die is flip-chip attached to an organic or ceramic substrate utilizing a Controlled-Collapse-Chip-Connection (C4). The substrate has one or more power planes which are used to distribute power to the chip connections. Often the power requirements of the microprocessor exceed 100 watts at operating voltages of approximately 1 volt and transient current requirements in excess of 100 amps per microsecond. Typically power conditioning may be provided by a voltage regulation module (VRM). The stringent power demands require that the VRM be very closely coupled to the microprocessor or directly mounted on to the microprocessor substrate. OPVR architectures combine VRM technology with high performance silicon technology all on a common substrate. The OVPR often very expensive because of the very large number of layers required to manage both the power and signal interconnect to the microprocessor die. The resulting assembly also has reduced yield and higher costs than what might be achieved if the microprocessor function could be separated from the VRM function.
FIG. 1A is a diagram illustrating a stack up assembly 100 illustrating the use of a power standoff assembly 105 to deliver power to a microprocessor substrate 101 and its associated lid 108 from a remotely located VRM assembly 102. In the illustrated embodiment, the VRM assembly 102 surrounds the microprocessor lid 108, thus saving space in the z (vertical) axis.
The microprocessor lid 108 is thermally coupled to a heatsink structure 106 through a thermal coupling mesa 107 and appropriate thermal interface material (TIM) such as thermal grease (not shown) which can be integral to the base of 107 or a separate structure that is coupled (i.e. bonded, or metallically fused) to the base of the heatsink structure 106. Furthermore, heat generated from components in the VRM assembly 102 can be thermally attached directly to the base of heatsink assembly 106, thus sharing the heat dissipation benefits of the heatsink assembly 106. Signals from the microprocessor can be connected through pins (not shown) to socket 104 which is mounted to main board 103.
Power from the VRM assembly 102 is efficiently coupled to the microprocessor substrate 101 by utilizing one or more power standoff assemblies 105. In one embodiment, four power standoff assemblies 105 are used, and each is located proximate a comer of the microprocessor substrate 101.
FIG. 1B is a diagram showing the location of the four power standoff assemblies 105 proximate the comers of the microprocessor substrate 105. The power standoff assemblies 105 may be located in other locations on the substrate 101 such as at the center of each side. Further, the number of power standoff assemblies 105 used can be varied to meet the power needs of target microprocessor or other high performance Integrated Circuit assembly.
FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams illustrating transfer of energy from a source (such as a VRM assembly 102) on a first circuit board 201 to a second circuit board 202 through one or more power standoff assemblies 105.
A power signal 211 supplying current flows from the VRM on the first circuit board 201 (hereinafter alternatively referred to as first PCB) through a conductive plane 204 in or on the first circuit board 201 to one or more power standoff assembly connections 105D. The power signal 211 then passes through the first conductive member 105A to similar connections on the second circuit board 202 and then onto a conductive plane 207 in or on the second circuit board 202, and thence to the load (e.g. the IC, microprocessor or other power dissipating device). A ground return signal 212 passes from a ground plane 206 in or on the second circuit board 202 through a conductive surface 213 to a second conductive member 105B, through the second conductive member 105B, to a conductive plane 205 on or in the first circuit board 201. This acts as a ground return for the VRM power signal 211. The space between the first conductive member 105A and the second conductive member 105B may include a dielectric or electric insulator 105C, if desired.
where μ0 is the permeability of space, h is the length of the power standoff 105 body, DO is the inner diameter of the outer conductor, and DI is the diameter of the inner conductor. As the diameters get closer to each other the natural log function approaches zero. This is the theoretical limit the inductance may achieve with such a construction. Practical issues limit achieving this limit however with such a construction the actual inductance achieved may be very low.
As described further with respect to FIGS. 9A-9E, the power plane 204, 206 and the ground plane 205, 207 of the first circuit board 201 and the second circuit board 202 may be on inner layers, instead of on an external surface of the circuit boards 201, 202. In this case, through holes can be used on the first circuit board 201 and second circuit board 202. These thru-hole patterns can also be coaxially arranged proximate to where first and second conductive members 105A, 105B are connected to the first and the second circuit boards 201, 202. Also, plane inductance (inductance from the plane pairs 204/205 and 206/207) can be reduced by the bringing the plane pairs 204/205 and 206/207 closer together.
Where Istep is the step current the IC creates when switching transistors internally, RAC is the AC resistance of the interconnect, LTOT is the total inductance of the interconnect, and dI/dt is the rate of change or AC current slew-rate which occurs due to the switching transistors. Often the inductance is the dominant element in the path and thus contributes to the largest portion of the drop across the interconnect.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a power feed standoff assembly 300. The power feed standoff assembly 300 is used to route power and/or signals from a first circuit board 306 to a second circuit board 309.
The power feed standoff assembly 300 comprises a first conductive member 303 and a second conductive member 301. In the illustrated embodiment, the second conductive member 301 is hollow, and the first conductive member 303 is disposed within the second conductive member 301. Also, the first conductive member 303 and second conductive member 301 are coaxial (e.g. the longitudinal axes of symmetry of each are substantially colinear). Hence, the first conductive member 303 is disposed within and coaxially with the second conductive member 301.
The first conductive member 303 includes a first end 314. The first end 314 includes a shoulder portion 316 having a first conductive member first surface 313 that is electrically coupleable to a first conductive surface 307 on the first circuit board 306, such as a pad. The first conductive member 303 also includes a second end 315 distal from the first end 314 having a first conductive member second surface 317 electrically coupleable with a first conductive surface 310 or pad of the second circuit board 309. In the illustrated embodiment, the first conductive member second surface 317 does not directly contact the first surface 310A of the second circuit board 309. Instead, electrical coupling between the first conductive member second surface 317 and the first surface 310 of the second circuit board 309 is accomplished by a screw 305 that is electrically coupled to both the first conductive member 303 and the first surface 310 of the second circuit board. As can be seen from FIG. 3, direct contact between the second end 315 of the first conductive member and the first surface 310 of the second circuit board 309, (e.g. between first conductive member second surface 317 and surface 31 OA) is possible as well.
The second conductive member 301 includes a first end 318 having a second conductive member first surface 319. The second conductive member first surface 319 is electrically coupled to a first circuit board 306 second conductive surface 308. In the illustrated embodiment, the second conductive member first surface 319 is directly coupled to the first circuit board 306 second conductive surface 308, but this need not be the case.
The second conductive member 301 includes a second end 320 having a second conductive member second surface 321. The second conductive member second surface 321 is electrically coupled to the second circuit board second surface 311. In the illustrated embodiment, the second conductive member second surface 321 is directly coupled to the second circuit board second surface 311, but this need not be the case.
In the illustrated embodiment, both the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301 are cylindrical in shape (e.g. generally circular in cross section), but this need not be the case. Although the circular cross section depicted is preferred, the first and second conductive members 303, 301 may be of an ovoid, rectangular, or trapezoidal cross section. Or, the conductive members 303, 301 may simply be a pair of adjacent linear conductive members having an insulator or insulating space therebetween. In each case, the longitudinal axes of symmetry for the first and second conductive members 303, 301 can be made substantially co-linear.
The first conductive member 303 is also disposed through a plated through hole (PTH) in the first circuit board 306. The first conductive member 303 can be affixed to the first circuit board 306 by a swage 312. The swage 312 works cooperatively with the shoulder portion 316 to affix the first conductive member 303 to the first circuit board 306.
The first conductive member 303 can be further attached to the first circuit board 306 by a soldering. However, soldering alone is not the preferred method of affixing the first conductive member 303 to the first circuit board 306.
The plated through hole 322 and the surrounding first circuit board first surface 307 together with the first conductive member 303 define an inner coaxial power circuit. In one embodiment, the inner coaxial power circuit is completed by a conductive fastening device 305 such as a screw, which makes electrical contact with the first conductive member 303 and the second circuit board first surface 310, thus forming an electrically conductive path from the first circuit board 306 to the second circuit board 309. In one embodiment, the first conductive member 303 includes hollow portion having a threaded inner surface configured to accept and hold. Also, the height of the first conductive member 303 is typically slightly less than the height of the second conductive member 301 for the reasons described below.
The second conductive member 301 forms the outer coaxial circuit engaging the first circuit board second surface 308 (which may include a power pad pattern) and the second circuit board second surface 311. In one embodiment, dielectric 302 does not grip the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301 so tightly that their relative position can not be adjusted slightly with a force imparted by fastener 305 such that the upper surface 313 of first conductor 303 can come into intimate contact with the first circuit board second surface 308, thus completing the upper half of the outer coaxial power circuit.
Because the first conductor 303 is slightly shorter than second conductor 301 both circuit feeds have identical and predictable joining forces between PCB 306 and PCB 309. Such would not be the case if the two conductors 303, 301 were of approximately equal length where slight variations in length may cause an unpredictable shift in forces between the two conductors as they press against the surfaces of PCB 306 and 309. Further, the fact that the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301 are coaxially arranged to reduce the unwanted electromagnetic fields that might be created from electric disturbances induced into the assembly 300.
The power feed standoff assembly 300 may be produced by separately fabricating items 301, 302 and 303 and pressing them together forming an inseparable assembly. The power feed standoff assembly 300 may also be produced by separately fashioning the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301, supporting the members 301, 303 in a fixture, and inserting a dielectric 302 into the gap separating 301 and 303 (e.g. under heat and pressure) and curing the dielectric material 302. It should be noted that second conductor 301, dielectric 302 and first conductor 303 can be separate parts that are assembled in a different sequence than is described above without detracting from the benefits of this invention.
FIG. 4 is a two-dimensional sectional view of another embodiment of the power feed standoff assembly 300. This embodiment is similar to that which is depicted in FIG. 3, however, a compressible conductive member such as a crushable washer 401 is disposed between the second circuit board 309 first surface 310 and the first conductive member second surface 317. This provides a direct path by which current in the first conductive member 303 passes directly to the first conductive surface 310 on the second circuit board 309. Crushable washer 401 significantly reduces the inductance of the electrical interconnect because current does not have to proceed through the screw body to the second circuit board 309 first conductive surface 310 but rather can proceed directly from the base of first conductive member 303 to the second circuit board 309 first conductive surface 310. The crushable washer 401 still provides the benefits of providing predictable forces to both the first and second conductive members 303 and 301 respectively. It is also noted that the compressible range of crushable washer 401 need not be excessive, since acceptable tolerances are limited principally to the height variations between first conductive member 303 and second conductive member 301 which is typically less than 2 mils.
FIG. 5 is a two-dimensional section view of another embodiment of the power feed standoff assembly 300, illustrating still another structure for eliminating the passage of current through the screw 305. Unlike the embodiment FIG. 4 where the compliant member was the crushable washer 401 located so as to be in electrical contact with the first conductive member 303, in this embodiment, the second conductive member 303 is fabricated with a compressibly compliant section 501 which acts as a spring. In this arrangement, first conductive member conductor 303 is the “fixed” height member and second conductive member 301 is the slightly longer member with a compressibly compliant end section 501 that takes up variations in height between first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301, providing a direct path for both the first and second conductor members 303 and 301 to the second circuit board first conductive surface 310 and the second circuit board second conductive surface 311, respectively.
FIG. 6 is a diagram of another embodiment of the power feed standoff assembly 300. In this embodiment, the integral compressibly compliant end section formed by the body of the second conductive member 301 is replaced with a separate compressibly compliant member 601 which is inserted into an inner surface of the second conductive member 301.
FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the power feed standoff assembly 300. In this embodiment, a spring contact assembly 702 is used to electrically connect lower half (i.e. the second ends) of the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301 to the second circuit board 309. In the illustrated embodiment, the spring contact assembly 702 includes a plurality of cantilever beam spring elements 703 and 704.
In this embodiment, the upper portion (i.e. the first end) of the power feed standoff assembly 300 may be solder attached to the first circuit board 306 and the respective first circuit boad conductive surfaces 307 and 308. This is because this embodiment does not result in a continuous vertical force on the power feed standoff assembly 300 causing solder creepage. A center locating feature 701 in or on the first circuit board 306 may be employed to locate the power feed standoff assembly 300 to the first circuit board 306 prior to soldering.
The spring contact assembly 702 comprises a first contact 703 that is electrically coupled to the second circuit board second conductive surface 311. The first contact 703 slidably and releaseably contacts the outer surface of the second conductive member 301. The spring contact assembly 702 further comprises a second contact 704 that is electrically coupled to the second circuit board first conductive surface 310, and slidably and releasably contacts an inner surface of the first conductive member 303. An insulating member 705 is disposed between a portion of the first contact 703 adjacent to second conductive member second surface 710. The insulating member 705, which can be made from plastic, is used to hold together spring contacts 703 and 704 prior to permanent installation onto second circuit board conductive surfaces 310 and 311, and to insulate the spring contact 703 from the second conductive surface 311. The spring contact assembly 702 is used to electrically contact the first and second conductive members 303, 301 of the power feed standoff assembly 300 in a low inductance manner to conductive surfaces 310 and 311 on the second circuit board 309. A center locating feature 706 in or on the second circuit board 309 may be useful in locating the spring contact assembly 702 to the second circuit board 309 prior to soldering. The contacts 703, 704 of the spring assembly can be ring-shaped when viewed from above, or may comprises a plurality of piecewise linear springs disposed radially to contact the first and second conductive members 303, 301. This embodiment is further illustrated in FIG. 7B, which presents a plan section view looking downward into the spring assembly 702.
FIG. 8A is an illustration of a further embodiment of the present invention in which the ends of the power feed standoff assembly 300 include a receptive spring assembly 805.
The receptive spring feature 805 includes a blade portion 801 and a spring portion 804 for slidably engaging the blade portion 801, thus making electrical contact between the blade portion 801 and the spring portion 804. In the illustrated embodiment, the spring portion 804 includes opposing spring portions 804A, 804B, which grasp the mating blade portion 801 (which, when viewed from below, have the appearance of concentric blades) therebetween. The male portion 801A of the blades 801 are mounted to the respective circuit boards by an attachment portion 801B which has a surface suitable for mounting on the conductive surfaces of the respective circuit boards (e.g. the first conductive member 303 electrically coupled to a first conductive surface 307 and the second conductive member 301 electrically coupled to the second conductive surface 308).
FIG. 8B is a plan view of the power feed standoff assembly 300 illustrated in FIG. 8A looking into the concentric blade assemblies 801 and 802. In order to ease the assembly of blade assemblies 801 and 802 to first and/or the second circuit boards 306, 309, blade assemblies 801 and 802 can be joined together with an insulative plastic resin 803, thus forming the integraded blade assembly 806. Although not shown, this assembly may have vertical protrusion features that are a part of 801, 802 or 803 which engage into mating holes in PCBs 306 and 309 to facilitate alignment and assembly.
In order to improve the flexibility of female portion 804 of the receptive spring assembly, the female portion 804 can be segmented in a plurality of segments arranged in concentric rings.
FIG. 8C is a plan view looking into the top or bottom of the first and second conductive members 303 and 301 illustrating how the female portion 804 can be segmented.
In usage, power feed standoff assembly 300 is simply plugged into assembly 806 without the need for a fastener. It will be recognized that power feed standoff assembly 300 need only have spring arrangement 804 and blade assembly 801, 802 on one side, and that the other side of the assembly 300 can be permanently secured to either PCB 306 or 309 using methods previously described in this invention disclosure. Further although in the illustrated embodiment, the receptive spring assembly 804 is included on both the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301, this assembly can be utilized on only one of the conductive members, or a single-sided spring (e.g. excluding 804B) can also be used if desired. Further, the receptive spring assembly 805 can be an integral part of the first and or second conductive members 303, 301, or can be separately fashioned, and affixed to the ends of the first and second conductive members 303, 301.
In order to improve the benefit of the power feed standoff assembly 300, it is beneficial to efficiently couple the electrical energy from the conductive surfaces of the first and second circuit boards 306, 309 to the first and second conductive members 303, 301.
The preceding discussion described the circuit board conductive surfaces (pad) features as simply a power pad which connect to either the first or second conductive members 303, 301. In many cases, the power and ground planes of the first and second circuit boards 306, 309 are not disposed on an outer surface of the circuit board, but rather, are disposed in inner layers, separated by one or more insulative layers. Such low impedance power planes within the PCBs 306, 309 can be coupled to the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301 as described below.
FIG. 9A is a drawing presenting a section view of an exemplary circuit board 900 (or PCB) that could be in place of the first circuit board 306 and or the second circuit board 309.
Generally, PCB 900 will have at least one pair of conductive planes dedicated to power distribution. FIG. 9A, for example, illustrates a first conductive plane 902 and a second conductive plane 903. Conductive plane 902 can be considered the voltage power plane and plane 903 can be considered the ground power plane, which together represent a power plane pair. These planes are usually separated from each other by a thin dielectric or insulative layer 950 to keep the electrical impedance of the power plane pair low.
To electrically connect the conductive planes to the first and second conductive members 303, 301 of the power feed standoff assembly 300, it is desirable to bring the electrical energy from the power plane 902 and the ground plane 903 to external surface features of the PCB 900. This can be accomplished by a first plurality of plated through holes 906 to provide an electrical path from the power plane 902 to one or more conductive surfaces 910, 911 on the external surface of the circuit board 900, and a second plurality of plated through holes 905 to provide an electrical path from the ground plane 903 to one or more other conductive surfaces 912, 956 of the circuit board 900. The PTHs 906 and 905 are arranged so as to coincide with the location of the first conductive member 303 and the second conductive member 301, respectively, when the power feed standoff assembly is disposed adjacent to the circuit board 900. When the circuit board 900 includes an aperture for a screw or other fastener, the PTHs 906 can be arranged in concentric circles (an inner concentric circle and an outer concentric circle) around the aperture as shown.
In FIG. 9A concentric PTHs 906 connect to voltage power plane 902 and surface plane pads 910 and 911 shown in FIGS. 9B and 9E. Additionally, main screw hole 907 electrically connects to voltage power plane 902 and conductive surface plane pads 910 and 911.
Collectively, the preceding creates one half of the low impedance connection from the power plane 902 to the surface pad 910. As described in the previous embodiments, the further connection to the power plane of the second circuit board can be accomplished as described in any of the foregoing embodiments. For example, through the first conductive member 303, the fastener 305, and the washer 304, and hence, to a power plane in the second circuit board as shown in FIG. 3.
Similarly, concentric ring of PTHs 905 connect to ground power plane 903 and to surface plane pads 912 and 956. Thus, when second conducive member 301 shown in FIG. 3 connects to surface pad 912, the second half of the low impedance connection from the power ground plane 903 to the second conductive member 301 is created.
FIGS. 9C and 9D illustrate the conductive patterns for power planes 902 and 903 respectively. It will be understood that although they are shown as terminating, exterior conductive feature 951 in FIG. 9C and feature 953 in FIG. 9D extend out and represents a continuum of each of the power planes in PCB 309.
Note that the arrangement of external conductive surfaces 307, 308, 310, and 311 depicted in FIG. 3 is essentially duplicated in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9A. That is, with respect to the second circuit board 309, surfaces 910 and 911 are analogous to surfaces 307, and surface 912 is analogous to surface 311. And, with respect to the first circuit board 306, surfaces 910 and 911 are analogous to surface 307 and surface 956 is analogous to surface 308.
The foregoing describes exemplary embodiments of how internal power planes may be efficiently coupled to a screw terminal of FIG. 3. The techniques presented herein can be extended to a general case which a concentric ring of PTHs from the power planes join to surface features of the target PCB in order to efficiently couple the electrical energy of the planes into the concentric coaxial cylinders of the power standoff assembly.
FIG. 10 illustrates an arrangement where the power standoff assembly 300 is mounted on PCB 306 and is surrounded with surface mount bypass capacitors 1001. In practice when a power plane structure consisting of a voltage and ground plane, for example, is connected to a power standoff assembly 300 the concentration of the electromagnetic fields as they approach the power standoff assembly 300 tend to create an increasing impedance at the power standoff assembly 300 connection due to the fact that the current paths are utilizing an ever decreasing portion of the planar structure in which the power is passing. This effect can be reduced by adding bypass capacitors 1001 which are connected to power planes within PCB 306 in a concentric pattern as shown in FIG. 10 so as to reduce the impedance of the planes at a point very near to the power standoff assembly 300 connections to the plane. This arrangement is superior to placing bypass capacitors 1001 at a remote point from the power standoff assembly 300 where the impedance of the planes at the power standoff assembly 300 connection are not corrected.
FIGS. 11A and 11B illustrate such an electromagnetic interference (EMI) frame 1101 incorporating power coupling devices therein. The EMI frame 1101 is used to contain undesirable electromagnetic fields from radiating to an external environment. Here the power standoff assembly 300 can either be a separate assembly that is passed into the frame 1101 or the frame 1101 may become a part of the power standoff assembly's second conductor 301 with the first conductor cylinder 303 and the dielectric 302 similar to what has been described in the referenced related patent disclosures. In one embodiment, the second conductor 301 protrudes slightly higher than the base of the frame 1101 so as to insure that electrical contact is made at the outer cylinder 301 and not at some general feature of the frame. In this way the integrity of the coaxial current paths are maintained. Note also that in the interest of clarity, FIG. 11A does not show EMI gasketing materials between the frame and PCB 306 and PCB 309.
FIG. 12 illustrates how the power standoff assembly 300 may be used as a circuit element between PCB 306 and PCB 309. The power standoff assembly 300 can be represented electrically as a series RLC circuit as shown. One or more of the circuit elements may be used to enhance the electrical performance of the signals transferred between the two PCBs 306 and 309 by using the power standoff assembly 300 as a filter or as a storage element in the circuit path. The power standoff assembly 300 may be an additional component that is added to either PCB 306 or PCB 309 or it may replace a component on either PCB or both. The benefits may be less complexity overall on either or both PCB's.
Additionally, the capacitive portion of the power standoff assembly 300 may be enhanced by decreasing the dielectric 302 spacing between the inner and outer electrodes and or by choosing a material whose dielectric constant increases the overall capacitance. Thus, the power standoff assembly may also act as an inductive or capacitive storage element.
This concludes the description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. In summary, the present invention describes a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing power from a first circuit board having a first circuit board first conductive surface and a first circuit board second conductive surface to a second circuit board having a second circuit board first conductive surface and a second circuit board second conductive surface. The apparatus comprises a first conductive member, including a first end having a first conductive member surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board first conductive surface and a second end distal from the first end having a first conductive member second surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board first surface. The apparatus also comprises a second conductive member, having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupleable to the second circuit board second conductive surface.
a second conductive member, disposed within the first conductive member and mechanically coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board such that the two circuit boards are separated by a rigid portion of the second conductive member, the second conductive member having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the second circuit board second conductive surface.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first conductive member is a different length than the second conductive member.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first conductive member and the second conductive member are coaxial.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a dielectric disposed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
the second conductive member is rigid mechanical standoff member mechanically coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and is disposable between the first circuit board first conductive surface and the second circuit board first conductive surface such that the first circuit board and the second circuit board are separated by a standoff distance.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the compressible section is a crushable washer.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the compressible section is a spring portion.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the spring portion is disposed at the first end and compressibly contacts the first circuit board first conductive surface.
10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the spring portion is disposed at the second end and compressibly contacts the second circuit board first conductive surface.
a second conductive member, disposed within the first conductive member and mechanically coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board such that the two circuit boards are separated by a standoff distance, the second conductive member having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the second circuit board second conductive surface.
a hollow second conductive member, with the first conductive member disposed within and mechanically coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board such that the two circuit boards are separated by a standoff distance, the second conductive member having a second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the first circuit board second surface and a second conductive member second surface distal from the second conductive member first surface electrically coupled to the second circuit board second conductive surface.
a rigid standoff section extending in the longitudinal direction from the mechanical connector portion and having a shelf portion which exceeds a diameter of the through hole and a contact surface distal from the shelf portion with the contact surface not extending beyond the electrical contact surface of the second end of the first conductive member.
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wordpress | Recently my friend Sammy at The Skeptical Mother opened her Wall to baby loss photos from grieving parents. The topic began when she noticed a controversial post done by Dr. Amy which only showed pictures of babies who had passed away, and their parents grieving over them. For those who know Amy, I do not have to tell you that this was not done in memorial, it was done as a propaganda piece meant to convey “Homebirth Kills Babies”.
Sammy asked the question to her fans– how do you feel about this manner of sharing? The answers were mixed but the majority was very uncomfortable with being shown– without warning– photos of babies that had died, and nothing else (no accompanying backstory, etc.). If I recall correctly, Sammy did not even expose the fact that it was a post by Dr. Amy she was referencing. It seemed a hypothetical, and still received this fairly negative response. Then she decided to delete the thread because it had turned sour for so many. She found a happy medium– she invited fans to post their baby loss photos and stories on the Wall, and gave readers the choice of whether they wanted to view and offer their support.
I want you to know something about The Skeptical Mother. She did this knowing that loss mothers felt left out. She did this under much criticism by Dr. Amy trolls. They told her she would never do something like this, having not the slightest clue what was in her heart (and their common claim, against any natural birth pages, whom they are mad only post “positive” stuff). Her concern was to strike a balance that is sensitive to everyone but without becoming a puppet for anyone else’s sick agenda. Sammy’s choice was carefully considered in an effort to be fair to everyone… from the mother who just miscarried whose heart could not bear to see images which reminded her, to the grieving mother who wanted the world to look at and remember her stillborn baby. She thought of women who had never lost but were terrified of the prospect and felt unready to view these images, as well as new mothers who openly said they would be more than ready to share in the memories while loss moms provided pictures. TSM’s motives are pure in an internet climate full of politics and ulterior motives.
The Wall is a place where users can submit anything they want, and the only way to view it is to go to the Wall yourself and see. This is different from Sammy directly sharing on the page herself, which becomes visible to all 40,000+ of her followers in their newsfeeds (many of whom were very sensitive and planning upcoming births, some of whom let her know they would have to unlike the page if her positive content started shifting to the shocking or the devastating). So, by opening her Wall to this, Sammy was able to accommodate a very real need for loss parents to not feel neglected, have their children acknowledged, while at the same time honoring the wants and needs of the majority who do not come to her page for such emotionally taxing photos.
Even a word such as “shocking”, used above, some would take offense to, but please remember that any image of death (regardless of who it is of and who that person was to you) is troubling to most people. “Those are not shocking, it is our sweet little baby, our only memory of her,” they might say, offended. Yes, but it is also true the picture of your baby has a sadness and heaviness that most baby pictures do not. You still deserve to celebrate, and we know that. We still have to recognize how different it will be for those who don’t share your intense emotions. And how could they? You’ve gone through one of the worst things ever, and maybe they have not. Or, maybe they have, but they deal with their pain in a totally different way than you. Therefore, we need to take extra special care with your pictures.
Maybe. But, people who feel that way probably didn’t “like” The Skeptical Mother. People “like” her page because they like her content, not because it causes them great anguish and they want her desperately to change her ways.
People can be especially averse to seeing babies in such a way, since they are our most precious and treasured ones. It is the ultimate human tragedy. People don’t turn away as a disrespect to your babies… they turn away because their empathy is actually much too great to bear it. I would be more concerned for the folks who weren’t stirred in the slightest at loss photos than the people who are moved too much to even look.
Babies dying is a sad topic (be it miscarriage, stillbirth, or something else entirely). It’s a reality that happens, true, and there is no woman alive who doesn’t realize this. Putting her in a position where she is forced to view one of the saddest events a human being could experience will not change this, and asking a stranger to look at a photo they feel would cause them any emotional disturbance is an ill-fitting memorial to any of our loved ones. You will not get the desired reaction, you can’t force the desired reaction, and that is nobody’s fault.
I don’t think most loss mothers would expect this, but there were many disturbed Dr. Amy fans who felt strongly that this was not anyone’s problem but the person averse to looking. I say, everything in it’s right time and place. Appropriateness is paramount. Just as you would not walk into a Lamaze class and start shoving photos in the faces of people without a word, there is a manner in which we as humans interact and share that is healthy and fair for everyone. “Appropriate” may sound like a cold word to someone feeling intense grief, but their reality is not everyone’s reality, so “normal” to them versus the outside world can change significantly. If Amy fans expect everyone to change with that to the point that the Lamaze scenario above would be the new normal, I don’t think that’s a realistic or even sane goal. No, “appropriate” is in this case just another word for being considerate to everyone at the same time. It can be done. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. It’s about respecting the needs of everyone and trying to find how to fill those without being a knife in the heart of the other party. I feel Sammy succeeded with that.
Many demanded all people be made to look, regardless of their sensitivities or feelings, because they contended to not was a disrespect to all baby loss victims everywhere. Some said to feel uneasy about it was the same as spitting in the baby’s face. Some openly said that their feelings were the only ones that counted, and they mocked the delicate feelings of mothers-to-be. “Think of how the loss mothers feel” got repeated a lot by Amy trolls and just other women in general, but I don’t think our sorrow for anyone can negate the human emotion of wanting to avoid subjects that are painful on purpose. Nor, a human being’s right to tell you what their tolerance level is (personally) for tragedy. Our readiness towards anything is a personal matter and depends on where we are in life. If we can’t respect that, it’s the same as saying everyone else is just a player in the story of your life. If it were that easy, you could write the script yourself and give everyone the correct emotions to feel. It’s not that simple. Humans are complex and have their own stories, and we can’t force ours on others.
I want you to know that even after she decided to open her Facebook page’s Wall to this, she was accused of not really meaning it, not being genuine, not doing enough (by the Amy trolls). That’s right– first they said she would never do this at all, but when that was obviously not the case, they found something new to complain about. They make it a mission to be offended unless you not only jump when they say, but ask “how high” first. I told her this would happen but she did it anyway because her heart meant it. She was accused of doing it just for extra likes (even though she did it knowing she could actually LOSE fans). In light of this, I have watched shady loss organizations (associated with/ran by Dr. Amy fans) disregard her intentions and vilify her. I was made privy how another major birth page made posts and statements about how *they* always have a place for loss mothers, as they attempt to constantly one-up her on her every post since TSM’s popularity spiked. Loss should NOT be a platform for competition.
This outrage is a violation far worse than taking into consideration the feelings of people averse to death scenarios. It doesn’t take the topic seriously, it only seeks to gain from it.
There are tons of places for loss and remembrance, and the good thing about those places (so long as they are healthy and not run by hate groups) is that they are already aware of the subject matter and prepared to respect and grieve with you. There are tons of natural birth pages and similar topics which occasionally share your losses in a tasteful and non-exploitative way. I assure you that just because your average birth or parenting site isn’t daily sharing photos of babies who have passed away, it is not due to not caring. It is simply not the usual subject matter of the page and not the voice they are projecting. That is all. For a parent to lose a child is a very specific facet of life and birth, and not every page is going to address it on a nonstop basis. Not every page is qualified to regularly address this with the sincerity the topic warrants. When people describe being “swept under the rug” (something we hear the Amy fans say a lot), I hope it is not for this reason anyone describes it as such.
I know I speak for most when I say “we still love you, even if your issue isn’t the one discussed the most”. I don’t talk about lots of (birth and parenting) things every day, such as adoption, or c-sections, or maternal/paternal death, but I still love all families for whom these are the big issues, as well. Every page has a unique voice and they are speaking from their own life experiences, so please don’t feel left out if the type of content doesn’t constantly address the issue dearest to your heart. And if a page isn’t speaking to your heart and needs, find other pages which do. Not everyone can be everything to everyone, but there is someone out there who understands you, and no one is ever truly alone. There is a place for all of us, it just isn’t always the same place.
Due to the outpouring of support and participation her Wall inspired that day, Sammy has decided that every 8th of every month will be The Skeptical Mother Loss Remembrance Day. Please feel free to participate if this is a subject you would like to take part in. Because it shouldn’t be about homebirth, or trolls, or popularity, or moneymaking… it should be about your babies. | 2019-04-18T22:45:44Z | https://theperfectbirth.wordpress.com/2013/02/ | Porn | Reference | 0.547903 |
wordpress | Written and illustrated by Jo Epson , Rabbityness is a visual treat, and will make children go all “rabbity”……..
It celebrates individuality, encourages the creativity in everyone, and positively introduces children to deal with loss of any kind.
This is a story of a very special rabbity rabbit, who also liked doing some unrabbity things like Pinting, making music etc, and he did them all the time because it made him happy.
But one day he goes missing, and this makes his friends desolate. But he left behind lots of gifts for his friends….
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cnn | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In another day of sharp swings, U.S. stocks closed significantly higher, despite clocking large losses through much of the day. By Tuesday's end investors ignored the S&P 500's early slide into bear territory and furiously bought back into stocks.
The S&P 500 (SPX) closed up 25 points, or 2.3%. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) ended up 153 points, or 1.4%. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP) edged 69 points higher, or 3% by the close. The tech-heavy index ended the day higher, despite Apple's 0.5% slip. Apple disappointed investors and consumers when it didn't announce the hotly anticipated iPhone 5 at its annual meeting.
Both the Dow and Nasdaq still remain just a few percentage points shy of falling into bear territory. Investors continue to fret about Europe's worsening debt situation and a possible slide into a global recession.
"We're expecting continued heightened volatility until we get resolution on Europe," said Thomas Higgins, global macro strategist at Bank of New York's asset management division.
Adding to the fears surrounding Europe, Moody's downgraded Italy's sovereign debt shortly after the U.S. markets closed.
Despite the late-afternoon rally, certain trading themes are also causing concern for investors. Among them: stocks moving closely in connection with one another, and stocks, bonds and commodities selling off in unison over the past few weeks.
"When things get highly correlated, historically, that precedes big down moves," said Sal Catrini, equity product manager at Cantor Fitzgerald.
Not only did the S&P 500 fall into what's considered a bear market Tuesday -- tumbling 20% from its recent April 29 high of 1,363.61 -- but the index also dropped just below a technically and psychologically significant barrier of 1,100 Monday.
"Once 1,100 was broken, people started to see significant downside," said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG. In the summer of 2010, the S&P 500 traded around 1,025 and 1,050. Greenhaus says that those levels could be the next likely floor.
"S&P in all likelihood is launching another leg down," said Clark Yingst, chief market analyst and equity strategist at Joseph Gunnar.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke offered a grim assessment of the U.S. and global economy. His pledge to take further action if necessary to promote a recovery did little to sway investors. Stocks staged the late-day rally long after Bernanke's comments.
"An easier Fed is better than a tightening Fed," said Greenhaus. "Market participants have probably convinced themselves there's little the Fed can do now."
Casting a shadow over all of Bernanke's comments and any economic reports in the U.S. is an ambient apprehension over whether Greece can meet its debt obligations, and what a possible default might mean the global banking system.
Investors bought up bank stocks before the close. In conjunction with the broader market, Morgan Stanley (MS, Fortune 500), Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500), and Citigroup (C, Fortune 500) staged a late-day rally, ending sharply up. Each of the banks had hovered near 52-week lows for much of the trading day.
Is Morgan Stanley the next Lehman?
Bank stocks in Europe traded down on reports that Franco-Belgian bank Dexia Group might be the first victim of the sovereign debt crisis. Rumors continue to swirl that Belgium and France might be forced to intervene to bail out the bank soon.
The European financial sector had one key outlier throughout the day: UBS (UBS). Its shares rose after the Swiss bank said it expects to post a "modest" profit for the third quarter despite a rogue trading incident that cost the bank $2.3 billion.
Energy and commodity stocks which weighed on indexes throughout the day ended up, with Exxon (XOM, Fortune 500) and Chevron (CVX, Fortune 500) among the biggest drags on the Dow. Copper closed the day down, but oil prices moved up at the market close just into positive territory.
The second day of the new quarter so far looks much more auspicious than the first. On Monday, stocks kicked off the fourth quarter with a huge sell-off, as worries about Greece's solvency remained in the spotlight.
Greece has slashed spending, reduced wages and raised taxes in an attempt to bring its debt under control. But the debt-ridden nation will miss key deficit targets for this year and next, according to the draft budget announced by the Greek cabinet.
Companies: Shares of American Airlines parent company AMR (AMR, Fortune 500) bounced back after plunging 32% Monday on numerous reports that the company was facing a threat of bankruptcy. AMR is one of the few major U.S. airlines that did not go through bankruptcy in the last decade, but it is forecast to report its fourth straight year of losses in 2011.
Shares of Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) edged higher Tuesday, as rumors swirl about a possible sale. The struggling online media company reportedly engaged Goldman Sachs and Allen & Co. to help it find a buyer. Yesterday Yahoo also announced that it would partner with ABC News to share content, reporting resources and original videos.
Shares of YUM! (YUM, Fortune 500) Brands, the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, were up in post-market trading, after the company reported positive earnings.
Asian markets ended lower. The Hang Seng (HSI) in Hong Kong sank 3.4% and Japan's Nikkei (N225) shaved 1.1%. The Shanghai (SHCOMP) stock market is closed this week for a holiday.
Currencies and commodities: The dollar was little changed against the euro and Japanese yen, but gained slightly against the British pound.
Oil for November delivery moved up 2 cents to $77.63 a barrel.
Gold futures for December delivery shaved $41.70 to $1,616.00 an ounce.
Bonds: The price on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury was up slightly, pushing the yield down to 1.814%. | 2019-04-22T16:55:03Z | https://money.cnn.com/2011/10/04/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm | Porn | Business | 0.450425 |
wordpress | Last month I spoke for a second year at the MidSchoolMath Conference in Santa Fe. The intent of the conference is to help teachers avoid the drop in scores in math that typically occur once students enter middle school. It’s an admirable effort, which is why I’ve spoken there the last two years. I’m huge supporters of the folks behind these efforts and hope you will too. For more information about the work of the organizers visit the Imagine Education site.
I made a different presentation this year than I did last time, so it required some more preparation, particularly in light of some new research that came into my hands on just how much of our students’ time that might be wasted in the classroom. I’ll write more about that research at a later date.
I had a smaller session than last year, probably because there were more concurrent sessions during my time slot this year, and bad weather stopped a lot of people from attending the conference. As a result, I only had 17 people in my session this time (compared with almost 50 last year). Still, they were an attentive audience, backing up my assertions and answering questions I couldn’t (I don’t teach mid-school math, after all).
A few people filled out the feedback forms and entered comments along the lines of “Keep up the good fight” and some signed up to be on the distribution list for my project’s email list. I really appreciate the feedback and support.
Hopefully, I’ll be invited back again next year. I’m always happy to present to any audience I can get to without costing me large sums of money.
Since I’m going on my own dime (and not on behalf of my employer), I’ll be in a position to promote the pro-metric work I’m engaged in, including the documentary. TED is no run-of-the-mill conference, and with the motto of “Ideas worth spreading,” I can’t think of a more open group of people with whom to share the vision of a fully metric America and all the advantages it confers.
I’ve already identified some of the folks I’m hoping to reach out to from organizations like Target, Google and Cisco, among others. My hope is that large, U.S. companies with a stake in our future workforce will be both keenly interested in what the metric system has to offer as well as receptive to learning how we’ve hampered ourselves through our lack of its adoption.
Speaking of TED, I applied to give a talk related to metric system adoption at the TEDxABQ Women’s salon in May. I should find out later this month if I’ve been selected. I also plan to apply for the big TEDxABQ event scheduled for this fall. If I’m selected for either of these, it would provide me with the opportunity to reach hundreds of people who are looking to change the way we look at the world.
Thanks to all of you who care about this important topic.
Awhile back I was invited to speak at Taos Middle School as a result of my presentation at the MidSchool Math Conference earlier this year. The teacher, James Spevacek, had been in my session and thought my story was one his students should hear.
I tried to think back to when my daughter was in middle school and her comprehension level to try to figure out what might be of interest to his students. I took two of my previous presentations, selected the parts I thought they might find interesting and added some additional slides just for them. Since I was there as part of Career Day, I also included a slide on jobs in metrology. I also reached out to my contact at the National Institute of Standards, Elizabeth Gentry, for some more metric-only rulers to make sure I had one for each pupil. I gave a lot of them to participants during my recent event at the Los Alamos Science Fest.
The day came and I took the beautiful drive from Los Alamos to Taos (about an hour and a half drive or 100 kilometers, and no, I won’t convert that) arriving there pretty much right on time. The instructor had wonderfully prepped the students so they already had some information on the metric units.
During the course of the day I gave my 45-minute presentation five times and ended each session with the hands-on demonstration with the scales and various materials in volumetric cups compared to the accuracy of the mass measures, much as I had done at the Science Fest.
Was it a good use of a vacation day?
Absolutely. While not my main demographic from a lobbying perspective, it was a chance to engage with an audience with which I’d had little interaction previously. I welcomed the opportunity to hear their comments and questions.
I had never had to give the same presentation over and over, and I learned I was a bit inconsistent with my timing: some of the sessions were a little short and one ran a little long and I had to cut it. There was also a class that adjourned for lunch and I had to figure where to break in the presentation so that it made sense so I could pick it back up again.
After a very nice lunch provided by the teachers, we headed back to the classroom for a couple more sessions to finish out the day. For me, the highlight of the experience was when I was introduced at the next afternoon session and one of the students said, “They were talking about this at lunch.” Was this a success or had they been complaining about the woman who had droned on and on about the metric system? I had to know for sure. “In a good way?” I asked. “Yes,” he said. Thank goodness. I didn’t ask about the specifics, I was just happy it was positive.
Mr. Spevacek, was a great help and offered some of his perspectives throughout the day as well as helped fill in as my voice started to strain later in the day.
In retrospect, I could have done better in connecting with the younger age groups and probably should have tailored the presentations to each age level. Still, all I can do is move forward and learn for the next time. Lifelong learning should hopefully be the goal of us all.
I thank Mr. Spevacek and his students for the opportunity to meet with them and for warm reception I received.
On another positive note, I’ve been selected to present at the MidSchool Math Conference again next year. More on that later.
Speaking at the MidSchool Math conference a couple of weeks ago got me thinking about how I first got involved with the metric system as an adult. It was two hobbies really: beading and working with essential oils. Both forced me to work with metric units: millimeters and milliliters, respectively.
Beading wasn’t too bad since most bead sizes were expressed solely in millimeters but I had my daughter buy me a caliper so I could start to envision the various sizes. The oils were more difficult because some books and websites used metric units while others used customary units and that made price comparisons difficult.
Of course, once I started mixing oils it became readily apparent that working with decimals was FAR easier for scaling up and down and I abandoned customary units for this work entirely. That left me primed for events that followed: I learned about our sorry history with the metric system and started to shoot video again at work. That intersection of events eventually led me to take on this documentary project.
I will say that while learning the metric system, you should avoid conversions as much as possible. The more you work in the metric system the easier it is. You most likely already have rulers and tape measures with metric units. Just get used to using them in place of those pesky customary units.
There are lots of resources on the metric system out on the web. (As well as “metric system,” another search term is “International System of Units” [or “SI” as it is referred to by most of the world] or “Le Système international d’unités” in French. The quotation marks tell the search engine to look for that exact term, BTW).
Don’t know this site (Math is Fun) very well but seems to have some good resources for teaching kids.
I came across this site while researching for this post. The “mystery canisters” further down on the page sounds like fun.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics position on teaching the metric system in schools.
A question that came up during the session was how to convert U.S. customary unit recipes into metric units. Since few people currently use scales in their kitchen now (mandatory with the metric system since grams are used—not volume) it’s not surprising that issue came up.
However, I found a site with easy-to-use conversion tables for converting your old recipes: “The Metric Kitchen.” I suggest this approach instead.
Need a new recipe? Just start out with it in metric units.
The Metric Maven also has a metric cookbook that I know he’d like to see get some more use.
I’ve had requests for the overheads from Math and the Metric System (pdf). I am willing to share them here but please understand that you’re missing the narration that goes along with them and I do reserve the rights to work that went into them. That said, I hope you find them informative.
I’ll have another post next week. I have several different subjects in mind but I can’t decide which one to write about next.
Of course, if you have a question, please send it to me (milbehind@gmail.com) and I’ll see what I can do about collecting them and providing answers in this blog.
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askmen | There was a time when we thought minimalist shoes were the way to go: "Oh, it’s au natural… that’s the way we were meant to move."
Well yeah, sure, but it’s not the way we were meant to move if we’ve never moved like that since we were six months old.
The truth is that almost no adult can handle the rigors of minimalist shoes. We spend most of our lives with our shoes on, which alters the way our body and bones develop. To start simulating barefoot right when you’re 27 could cause more problems than solutions.
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wikipedia | Kim So-eun (born September 6, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2009 with a supporting role in the popular television drama Boys Over Flowers, and at the same year she starred in drama He Who Can't Marry and Empress Cheonchu. She has since starred in Happiness in the Wind, A Thousand Kisses, Liar Game and Scholar Who Walks the Night. In 2015, she was paired with Song Jae-rim on season 4 of We Got Married. In 2016-2017, she reunited with Song in family drama Our Gap-soon.
Kim So-eun made her acting debut with a bit part in the 2004 film Two Guys, when she was in junior high school. She then appeared in minor roles on TV and film, including Sisters of the Sea and The Show Must Go On (where she played Song Kang-ho's daughter).
Kim rose to fame in 2009 with her supporting role as the heroine's best friend in the hit drama Boys Over Flowers. The same year, Kim gained praise for her versatility since for her portrayal of Chae Shi-ra's childhood counterpart Hwangbo Soo in the period epic Empress Cheonchu, for which she learned how to ride a horse and shoot with a bow and arrow. Kim then portrayed an older mid 20s woman in the romantic comedy series He Who Can't Marry, a remake of Japanese drama Kekkon Dekinai Otoko.
Kim landed her first leading role in the 2010 daily drama Happiness in the Wind (also known as Happiness in the Wind), which further raised her Korean Wave profile. She then starred in weekend drama A Thousand Kisses (2011-2012), which explored age differences in relationships.
In 2012, she starred in the ten-episode Chinese drama Secret Angel (Chinese: 秘密天使), which aired on the portal website Sohu.com. She returned to Korean television in the cable drama Happy Ending. That same year, she also appeared in Music and Lyrics, a reality show in which an actress and a male musician are paired together to collaborate, as lyricist and composer respectively, in creating a song. Kim and Lee Junho (from boyband 2PM) composed the song "Love is Sad," which Lee also recorded; it was released as a single and featured on the soundtrack of Feast of the Gods.
After playing Princess Sukhwi in the period epic Horse Doctor (also known as The King's Doctor, 2012-2013), Kim starred in After School: Lucky or Not (in the Korean title, bokbulbok refers to a game of chance, literally meaning "Luck, No Luck"), opposite the 5 members of actor-idol group 5urprise, which was distributed via SK Telecom's online and mobile portals.
In 2014, Kim starred in the horror film Mourning Grave, playing a ghost girl who forms a friendship with a ghost-seeing high school boy Kang Ha-neul. This was followed by a leading role in Liar Game, a Korean drama adaptation of the titular Japanese manga by Shinobu Kaitani. Kim also joined the fourth season of reality show We Got Married, where she was paired with Song Jae-rim in a "virtual" marriage; it boosted their popularity as a couple and as individual celebrities.
In 2015, Kim starred in the webtoon adaptation Scholar Who Walks the Night, playing dual roles as a nobleman's daughter and a vampire's past love. She was set to launch her activities in China through the romance film Sky Lantern (also known as Lover of Days Past), a Korean-Chinese co-production film in which she stars opposite Taiwanese singer-actor Aaron Yan. The same year, she starred in the web drama Falling for Challenge alongside Xiumin.
In 2016, Kim signed with new management agency Will Entertainment. From 2016 to 2017, she starred in the family drama Our Gap-soon as the title character.
In 2017, Kim starred in the KBS Drama Special You're Closer than I Think together with actor Lee Sang-yeob. The same year, Kim confirmed her return to the silver screen with romance fantasy film Are you in love? opposite Sung Hoon.
In 2018, Kim starred in the romance comedy series That Man Oh Soo with CNBLUE's Lee Jong-hyun.
As a child, Kim trained professionally as a national athletic skier. Her training was put on indefinite hold after being scouted as a professional model in a 2003 junior advanced skiing and snowboarding competition in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do. She retained her interest in the sport, appearing in 2012 instructional videos for Hongcheon's Vivaldi ski resort.
Kim has endorsed various products, and has appeared in magazines. such as Allure Korea, High Cut, Vogue Korea, InStyle Korea, Elle Girl Korea, Harper's Bazaar, CeCi, L'Officiel, Esquire Korea, and Nylon Korea.
A regular advocate of art films, youth activism, and eco-living, she served as the goodwill ambassador for the 2009 Korea International Youth Film Festival, the 2009 University Fashion Week, the 2011 Jeonju International Film Festival, the Golden Cinema Festival in 2013 and 2014, and the 2014 Green Film Festival.
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^ "Lee Jong-hyun and Kim So-eun in OCN "That Man Oh Soo"". Hancinema. Tenasia. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
^ "Modern-day Cupid's heart to be pierced". Kpop Herald. 1 March 2018.
^ "Kim So Eun Shares Her Beauty Tips With Sure". KpopStarz. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
^ Hwang, Sun-young (23 January 2009). "'꽃남' 김소은, 예전 KTF광고로 미모 인정받아" [Boys Over Flowers Kim So-eun's beauty is recognized in KTF commercial]. NSP Communication (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-12-06.
^ Kim, Seung-young (11 March 2009). "김소은, CF에서 소녀시대 윤아와 상큼 매력 뽐내" [Kim So-eun and Yoona of Girls Generation show off refreshing charm in CF]. Mk.co.kr via Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 2015-01-06.
^ Lee, Mi-hye (24 March 2009). 김소은, 포카리스웨트 모델발탁 '장진영 한지민 손예진 계보 잇는다' [Kim So-eun is chosen as the new Pocari Sweat model, following in the footsteps of Jang Jin-young, Han Ji-min and Son Ye-jin]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-05-15.
^ Park, Shin-young (11 September 2009). "광고 이야기: "애인이 타주나..." 달콤한 고백" [Ad story: "Lovers for another week..." A sweet confession]. FNNews. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
^ "Stealing Beauty: 김소은, 시크한 금발 쇼트 헤어로 '반짝' 변신" [Stealing Beauty: Kim So-eun's sparkling transformation with chic, short blonde hair]. Elle Girl Korea (in Korean). 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
^ 시간을 달리는 소녀 '김소은' [The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Kim So-eun]. Singles (in Korean). 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
^ "I'm All Right As I Am: <결혼 못하는 남자> 김소은" [I'm All Right As I Am: Kim So-eun of He Who Can't Marry]. Nylon Korea (in Korean). July 2009. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
^ "Jung Il-woo, Kim So-eun to Promote Jeonju Film Fest". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
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Arrested, and jailed for about four days on felony and misdemeanor charges, per Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department records (2006).
Alleged wrong-doing involved driving without a license in a car that wasn't hers, the National Enquirer reported (2006).
Daughter of acclaimed author Bebe Moore Campbell, who died from brain cancer within weeks of the younger Campbell's arrest (2006).
Post-In the House credits include Sorority Sister Slaughter.
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blogs | We are establishing an InnovationWell Collaboration Pool of individuals and organisations who have an interest in collaborating together in areas of healthcare and life science innovation. For example, a selection of Pool members could participate in a collaborative life science, systems biology or predictive toxicology project, develop a funding proposal or response to a call opportunity together, or develop an innovation or best practice.
Collaborations will take a virtual organisation approach, i.e., partners can bring contributing knowledge, computational or experimental capabilities to a partnership for the duration of a project or other endeavour.
A) Drug Design project which will examine the application of a variety of leading modelling and design approaches to novel target kinases, to experimentally test predictions, and to initiate a best practices virtual screening resource.
B) Predictive Toxicology project to apply a combination of in silico and in vitro approaches to predict in vivo toxicity including exposure.
Both VOs will be supported by a variety of leading modelling and design software, informatics infrastructure, and collaborative content management and electronic lab notebook systems.
The VOs will be supported by knowledge-oriented collaboration services developed under the FP7 Synergy research project, including a reactive complex event driven engine, collaboration moderator, collaboration pattern services and partner knowledge base.
The OpenTox workshop on "Satisfying REACH Requirements in Predictive Toxicology" to be held at the ISS in Rome 10-11 September 2009.
Participants at the workshop will involve cross-industry users and regulatory experts in addition to solution developers and providers who will discuss the requirements and use cases of users in chemical toxicology evaluation and risk assessment, and including satisfaction of current and future requirements of the REACH legislation using alternative testing methods. The workshop format involves short presentations to provide user, regulatory and solution needs perspectives, followed by knowledge cafe discussions discussing use cases, challenges, issues, solutions, collaboration opportunities and ways forward in small groups.
I enclose here an abstract and copy of the presentation for the Plenary Lecture "Collaborative Development of Predictive Toxicology Applications" that I presented in Istanbul on 6 July 2009 at the Fifth International Symposium on Computational Methods in Toxicology and Pharmacology Integrating Internet Resources (CMTPI 2009).
This lecture will provide a perspective on the growing significance of community and collaboration approaches in predictive toxicology. In part these challenges are technical and involve progressing issues related to cross-organisational, enterprise and application interoperability. Additional challenges include the development and application of best practices related to knowledge management, culture, organizational and industry development.
The EC-funded FP7 project “OpenTox” (www.opentox.org) is developing an Open Source-based predictive toxicology framework that provides a unified access to toxicological data and (Quantitative) Structure-Activity Relationship i.e., (Q)SAR models. OpenTox provides tools for the integration of data, for the generation and validation of (Q)SAR models for toxic effects, libraries for the development and integration of (Q)SAR algorithms, and scientifically sound validation routines. OpenTox will support the development of applications for non-computational specialists in addition to interfaces for risk assessors, toxicological experts and model and algorithm developers.
OpenTox is relevant for the implementation of REACH as it allows risk assessors to access experimental data, (Q)SAR models and toxicological information from a unified interface that adheres to European and international regulatory requirements including OECD Guidelines for validation and reporting. The OpenTox framework is being populated initially with data and models for chronic, genotoxic and carcinogenic effects. These are the endpoints where computational methods promise the greatest potential reduction in animal testing required under REACH. Initial research has defined the essential components of the framework architecture, approach to data access, schema and management, use of controlled vocabularies and ontologies, web service and communications protocols, and selection and integration of algorithms for predictive modelling. The initial results of this research and next steps will be discussed.
OpenTox has been initiated as a collaborative project involving a combination of 11 different enterprise, university and government research groups to design and build the initial framework. Additionally numerous organizations with industry, regulatory or expert interests are being included from the start in providing guidance and direction. The goal is to expand OpenTox as a community project enabling additional expert and user participants to be involved in developments in as timely a manner as possible. To this end, our agreed upon intention is to carry out developments in an open and transparent manner from the early days of the project, and to open up discussions and development to the global community at large, who may either participate in developments or provide user perspectives. Cooperation on data standards, data integration, ontologies, integration of algorithm predictions from different methods, and testing and validation all have significant collaboration opportunities and benefits for the community. Additionally, practices for building effective collaborations from the OpenTox community approach will be discussed.
OpenTox - An Open Source Predictive Toxicology Framework, www.opentox.org, is funded under the EU Seventh Framework Program: HEALTH-2007-1.3-3 Promotion, development, validation, acceptance and implementation of QSARs (Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships) for toxicology, Project Reference Number Health-F5-2008-200787 (2008-2011).
Barry Hardy, Future Medicinal Chemistry, June 2009, Vol. 1, No. 3, Pages 435-449.
Sorry, but I don't have the budget just right now to take the Open Access option, but there is some other open material available at the above link.
1. Scientific research is becoming more complex and multi-disciplinary, requiring researchers to move more away from “working in the expert’s box”.
3. Business models in the chemistry and pharmaceutical industry that worked fine historically, e.g., manufacturing products based predominantly on patents related to chemistry, appear to be increasingly lacking.
4. The goals of translational and personalized medicine have stronger requirements for networked and collaborative approaches over discipline and time than the historically relatively linear drug discovery and development process. Integrated services offer greater future value creation than stand-alone products.
5. Patient Safety has become an issue of growing concern requiring new more integrative approaches to data, knowledge and disciplines.
6. Computational Science continues to grow in importance, fueling overlaps and interactions between scientific disciplines including that of computer science.
7. The maturing of the Internet-based World Wide Web including enhanced usability, services, social software and the semantic web, provide new community and collaboration resource opportunities.
8. Challenging problems we face as a race such as global warming, energy management, population growth, and sustainable development are often linked to healthcare issues and are demonstrating the need and benefit for greater cooperation and at larger scales.
9. Continuing education and learning throughout life has been growing in importance as knowledge workers go through greater numbers of career and job changes than in the industrial age.
10. Work can increasingly be done anywhere on the planet where the best combination of costs and skills are available. As Thomas Friedman discussed in his recent book, the “world is now flat” (1). A work objective can be broken into a workflow of numerous tasks, each of which may be done in different locations or by different organizations or individuals.
11. There is a growing importance of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) collaborating in knowledge-oriented activity and growth in the global economy.
13. Enabling international cooperation, collaboration and knowledge transfer in socio-economic areas such as healthcare, including building shared cultural meaning between different countries, races and cultures will significantly progress the security and prosperity of the world we leave to our children, whereas other current flawed political, military and unsustainable economic strategies will not.
(1) Friedman TL, “The World is Flat”, Picador, (2005).
The question I am asking here is "How can lessons from Trident Missiles improve future patient healthcare treatment?" or more prosaically "What is the business case for knowledge management in healthcare product and service development and delivery?"
A number of times in recent weeks the topic of the business case for knowledge management (KM) has arisen in my interactions, conversations and activities, and from which some initial reflections are convincing me of the need and importance for new work, approaches and applications in this area. Personally I would like to develop the case approaches in the life science/pharmaceutical/healthcare area but new approaches may apply across sectors and cross-industry comparisons may be insightful.
Before getting into the challenges let me mention one story I came across recently that really brings home the future benefits of KM applied to technology development over the long term. It is the one of how the knowledge required to refurbish Trident missiles has been literally lost: http://kerrieannesfridgemagnets.posterous.com/did-we-throw-out-that-fogbank-stuff-no-probs Ignoring the question of why the missiles are being refurbished and whether that should be done, you can simply focus on the issue of huge cost gain and loss of investment through inadequate KM. This case involves not only inadequate explicit knowledge management of data, procedures and processes, but also the loss of human and social capital knowledge associated with the technology due to worker loss and retirement unaccompanied by tacit knowledge sharing, transfer and alumni retainment measures. So there simply has been an almost complete organizational memory loss of a key competency; lack of KM is now costing tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars of squandered taxpayers’ money to reinvent the wheel.
In this time of cost-cutting responses to the finance industry triggered economic recession and mass follow-me psychological depression, it would be pertinent for long-term investment stakeholders to consider the above lesson in lack of KM. As executives are cutting costs and jobs to survive and human and social capital in the organization is being lost or destroyed, one should ask what is the impact of knowledge loss on the long term value and growth of the organization. What KM measures are being taken so that the organization is simply not forgetting what it can do?
Let’s return to focus on the challenges with formulating the business case for KM in the life science/pharmaceutical industry case. If the case is for a small tactical project and we concentrate on short term benefits and localised returns, then one can probably do a reasonable job with existing best practices. However this is of very limited value in assessing the impact on factors that are really strategically important – e.g., longer term overall financial performance, sustainable development, stakeholder value, innovation success etc.
Moreover the situation is even worse in terms of complexity. The current industry business models are in their old age years; the current approaches of pharma mergers and biotech acquisitions are intermediate strategies, and the models of the future e.g., service oriented approaches combining knowledge, diagnostics and interventions for population segmented personalised medicine are currently plans and pilots. Such factors will certainly distort many of our calculations for mid and long term returns.
“Foresight 2020: Economic, Industry and Corporate Trends”, The Economist, (2005).
http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=eiu_Cisco_Foresight_2020&rf=0) Although looking promising at first sight, my concern is what definition of KM was understood by respondents to this survey. If the understanding was similar to what I have often encountered, there will be a great spectrum of definitions included in the survey sample and unseparated in the results analysis. So we need to consider the question (and our business case ones) in the light of considering all KM impacts on value including structural, human and social capital values, and hence needing consideration of intellectual capital approaches. Of course the current impact of mergers and acquisitions and associated job cutting complicates significantly an intellectual capital analysis applied over time.
A further significant complication in pharma is the long development cycle and time gap between initial R&D and market returns. There will in general be a lag between gains in an intellectual capital index and a stock market financial metric, but the long lag time in drug development with complexities such as mentioned above make a clear return analysis very difficult. We know at least anecdotally that many pharmaceutical companies often face knowledge loss issues similar to that depicted above for the Trident with their drug products. The loss of personnel associated with mergers, acquisitions or recessions exasperates the already challenging issue of knowledge integration, sharing and translation across the life cycle.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has now been applied to pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare companies for a few years and provides some initial insight on the KM business case problem for this sector as it includes some KM-oriented components such as human capital and talent management valuations. However it appears that several extensions and elaborations to such indexes are necessary. The ideal would be a KM index component that predicted future stock market index gains for organization or sector which could guide both current strategy and investment decisions.
However as KM increasingly becomes integrated with operations and work processes, it will become more challenging to separate out components as suggested above and inter-dependency may favor smartly aggregated multidimensional metrics.
Finally, there is the issue of the prospect of the increasingly collaborative approach to work in life science R&D, translational medicine and healthcare service provision. If infrastructures increasingly involve virtual organization approaches sharing risk, practices and value creation across organizations, the KM evaluation and measurement situation has a further series of differences in these contexts. At this stage one might just think one should give up on a detailed approach to intangibles and a quantitative KM business case for the industry.
So for now I will conclude it looks like an interesting problem to work on. Please a) add relevant comments and links to this post and/or b) contact me at Barry.Hardy -(at)- douglasconnect.com if interested in joining a (probably initially small) practice group interested in discussing and developing approaches in this area.
I provide below a schedule for the upcoming InnovationWell and eCheminfo Community of Practice meetings at Bryn Mawr.
Current advances in computer-based predictive toxicology offer the potential to create more advanced environments for the screening and prediction of safety issues due to chemical and drug adverse side effects, drug-drug and chemical-system interactions, and chemical and drug toxicologies in the environment and the human body. Advances in this growing field also offer the potential to replace or reduce the need for animal testing and to reduce later stage clinical trial failures or new product development rejection. Acceleration of progress in practical applications requires the creation of interoperable environments, knowledge sharing, data integration, algorithm development, and extensive validation and testing.
Numerous opportunities exist in this field for scientific advances, but also for innovation, service and product development, and value creation. Additionally, significant collaboration approaches are a scientific, industry and society imperative to advance this field and the safety of new products and all society members. Collaborative approaches need to support the multidisciplinary networking and collaboration between computer scientists, biologists, chemists, toxicologists, product development and clinical and environmental researchers, and to network groups, centers, initiatives, projects and data into interoperable semantic frameworks, systems, knowledge bases and virtual organisations.
At our Predictive Toxicology session chaired by Artem Cherkasov (University of British Columbia) running 17 October 2008 at Bryn Mawr recent developments in the field of predictive toxicology will be presented and discussed.
The session will be preceded the evening of October 16 by a Knowledge Café to discuss Collaboration Opportunities in Predictive ADME & Predictive Toxicology.
On the 17-19 October 2007 we will host a joint eCheminfo and InnovationWell Community of Practice Workshop and Forum at Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia to discuss and advance best practices in predictive ADME and Toxicology, to develop best practices for comparison studies and validation, to review latest developments in method development and applications related to drug discovery and development, and to discuss the potential for collaborations between initiatives and international cooperation.
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wordpress | Will u be interested in my trip to Melbourne last year? Did not manage to write any of that due to time constraint. Pretty free lately. | 2019-04-22T08:13:43Z | https://travelwithkx.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/need-you-opinion/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.274112 |
wikipedia | The argali or mountain sheep (Ovis ammon) is a wild sheep. It lives in the highlands of Central Asia (Himalaya, Tibet, Altay).
It is the biggest wild sheep. It stands as high as 120 cm. It weights as much as 140 kg. The Pamir argali (also called Marco Polo sheep, for they were first described by that traveller) may be more than 6 feet in length. It is globally endangered.
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wordpress | It seems an age since I last put any teapots on my blog. It’s getting more and more difficult to find unusual ones that I like. However, I have lately come across ceramicsist artist Kathy Waggoner and I find her work intriguing. Her works explores identity, in myth, form and stereotypes. Why do I like these – probably because they ARE stereotypical – but they have an indefinable edge to them.
It’s been quite a while since I featured some teapots on my blog, so here’s a few more unusual ones I have come across. The first unusual one is made of fur. I have already done a post about Merritt Oppenheimer and her iconic fur cup and saucer (here). I have absolutely no information about this teapot apart from the obvious fact that it is made of what looks like black fur which does look real (and most likely is). I like the tactile qualities of the piece very much.
Yet another teapot with no information to go on apart from the obvious reference to knitting. I really like the design and glazes to this pot, which has been well planned and thought out. A very unusual piece of ceramic indeed.
I was torn between 3 very different pieces to include (one being a bird’s nest teapot), but decided to go with this other birds nest one because I really like everything about it. The colours and the glaze are sympathetic to the subject matter and there is something so countrified and pleasing about it. I like the speckled eggs in the nest drawing – and I probably would like whatever is on the finial – but I can’t make out what it is!
I don’t know whats going on, but I have had a few underwater themes on my blog recently. From underwater photography to underwater sculpture. Now I have found teapots that have a kind of underwater organic surface. I love these teapots from Susan Collett. They look like they have just evolved, grown under the sea into these coral shapes. So unusual and beautiful – really organic and calcified.
The teapots from GJM Ceramics are unusual, quirky and have a great play on words. Teapots like ‘Relativitea’ and ‘Calamitea’ are great fun and very aptly titled, but it is the teapot called just ‘Fossil teapot that I really like because of its patina and simplicity of patterns. I like the way the ceramicist has made the surface and the colour he has glazed it. Unfortunately I could only find a very small image of this teapot, the larger version is available onsite. The above mentioned are all from the ‘Novelteas’ collection from GJM Ceramics.
I found this last teapot on a site called ‘Everything Octopus’ which is indeed a collection of everything Octopus based! The actual teapot is from a favorite of mine Miel-Margarita Paredes. who makes very unusual toys, oddities, helmets and curiosities – and much more. I featured her work some time back. This octopus teapot is a real work of art – the sort of thing that could be passed on from generation, becoming an heirloom – yet always looking contemporary.
I thought that it was time for a little summing up of what’s been happening on here. This is my 427th post now. So far (fingers crossed) I have managed to blog very nearly every day last year. My goal for this year is not to miss one day out. What am I finding to blog about? ooh all sorts of interesting and some not so interesting things…….
I thought it was about time I put a little of my art on here, plus an explaination of what ‘echostains’ actually is. Weird and wacky design is carrying on and so are the teapot posts. Just when you think you have seen it all – someone comes up with yet another innovative design.
January also saw the launching of my other blog ‘Bookstains’ just press the magic button on the right and get there instantly! That blog is dedicated to reading challenges, authors I have read and a mapping of my Gormenghast journey as I re read Titus Groan and Gormenghast and write my findings and any new insights I find. I shall be having a spring clean on here – if Spring ever comes and a bit of a sprucing up. I may even have to change my theme as the formatting is erratic at times – sometimes the text comes out massive when I save a post.
Just a quick little post tonight. I came across this stairway made of teapots! Well, it’s not just teapots it’s made of, there are many chards of pottery and ceramics in the mix.
Also by the same person, this colourful ‘Woodland couple’. I love the simplicity and the country inspired glazes of this sort of work. The ceramics are both rustic, yet contemporary.
This strange , organic teapot really captured my imagination . This Raku ceramic, called ‘Wild Goat teapot – Homage to Paul Soldner’ is by Nina de Creeft Ward from The Beatrice Wood Centre for the Arts. I don’t know who Paul Soldner is, I just hope he was pleased with the wild goat reference! This teapot reminded me of a painting by Spanish artist and Printmaker Francisco de Goya'(1746 -1828). The painting goes under several names; ‘The Great He Goat’ or ‘The Coven,’ or ‘Witches Sabbath’ in 1820 -23. The painting shows a number of grotesque witches at their sabbath with Satan as the guest of honour. Some of the faces of the witches are truely terrifying. ‘The Witches Sabbath’ is one of a series of what is known as Goya’s Black Paintings. These paintings were done in later life (1819 – 1823) by a very depressed Goya, after he had survived two near fatal illnesses. They are dark and full of fear and show the artist’s anxiety.
The artist who the Arts Centre is named after (where the teapot came from) is Beatrice Wood and she was a very interesting character. This American artist and studio potter was born 1893 and died in 1998. In later life she became known as the ‘Mama of Dada’ a movement 1916 – 1922. I shall be writing about (eventually). An interesting fact about her is that the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 film Titanic was partially based on her. | 2019-04-23T16:53:52Z | https://echostains.wordpress.com/tag/ceramics/ | Porn | Recreation | 0.104504 |
wordpress | That’s quite the hatchet job.
Of course it’s a hatchet job, considering Fragedakis is using her hatchet to chop up democracy. Oh’ by the way, didn’t the Greeks invent that term?
-The Greek Community was never going to sell the church, there is property next to the church they have been trying to sell. They made this very clear at the AGM. A few parishioners spoke out of turn at the AGM and one was yelling not sure who felt terrorized.
– The administration of the Greek Community has been working miracles the past 4 years to erase the over 10 million in debt incurred during the ten year presidency of conservative MP Costas Menegakis. Those allegations apply to this presidency not Artemakis.
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wordpress | This page is dedicated to local and global sharing of important intelligence information, contacts, resources and methods for maintaining peace and sharing human and natural resources in a holistic, sustainable way that is pono with the aina.
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This is for and in honor of the Polynesian Kingdom of Ato’oi, the Lawful Hawaiian Government, and the folks at the Attorney General’s Office. This is by, for and with all advocates of sovereignty and self-governing by Kanaka Maoli of the Hawaiian Islands.
This site and this page invite and welcome all who love Hawaii and live by the Spirit of Aloha to assist with the formal and practical re-instatement of the Kingdom of Hawaii. This includes any and all advocates of sovereignty among the islands.
Hawai’i stands as an example for the rest of the world in self-sufficiency and self-governing. This is the land of the Spirit of Aloha. A great injustice began here of American Colonialism that recently ended with the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The American people are slowly waking up to the realization that their country was taken over as well by the same insidious, little bastards whose mothers did not love them.
All must be forgiven lest we become what we condemn.
We all have the ability and therefore responsibility to care for this world and her inhabitants, the animals, plants, trees, people and eco-systems. We must let go of what is not working and focus instead on what we know does work.
Hawaii is a place further removed than any other on earth. It makes sense and it is a good idea for it to began or to surge forward from here, the new center of the world.
This site and page are for the uniting and solidarity of Kanaka Maoli, Mana Huna People, and those who call Hawai’i home… Nationals, Denizens, and visitors.
Hawaiian Nation O.S.I. (Open Source Intelligence) is a system and practice of openly sharing intelligence between nations and individuals for the sake of mutually beneficial coexistence and independent self-governing, locally and worldwide.
This document is intended to serve as a summary outline regarding all the ways that I feel I can personally serve the Kingdom of Hawaii. There are also a growing number of haoles and Kanaka Maoli alike that are coming forward wanting to be part of the Kingdom. These progress reports will present to you the best they have to offer as well.
The following elements are of the greatest priority. Most of these are direct inspirations from Ke Akua with specific instruction to share these with you. The goal is to educate all concerned regarding the most integral elements of self-governing a nation. Many of the of these elements were researched, developed, and applied over the last 19+ years as part of my no-profit work with the S.I.S.D. (Society for International Sustainable Development). This was a non-profit organization I founded to educate the American public about survival, holistic health, and sustainable living. I also learned and experienced vital aspects of self-governing from my work with Search and Rescue International.
Among the very best ways that I may serve this nation of Hawaii is as an experienced conduit for Ke Akua. It is Ke Akua that has sent me to you and is compelling me to write this letter.
Now that the formal structure and legal requirements of the Lawful Hawaiian Government are in place, it is logical now to begin filling out all the other necessary aspects of running a country. Some of these may already be in place. Others are important to initiate now.
Agriculture, Fire and Rescue, Forestry, Law Enforcement, and other aspects of modern society are part of the above outline, along with hundreds of other outline details. These outline elements and details eventually require department heads.
For now it is important simply to create and fill out the outline with descriptions of each element in order to more fully understand and implement these necessary aspects of government. I am requesting your assistance in making executive decisions regarding which of these government functions are priority.
The following details represent specific projects and programs that require immediate and long-term attention. Some of these, when successfully implemented shall be significant catalysts for Hawaii’s recognition as a nation world-wide.
One-person-one vote system of self-governing. Billions of dollars have been spent to create a global infrastructure of communication and commerce that may now be used to host and successfully wage nation-wide free elections. This means that with user-name and password, all eligible voters may cast their ballet on all issues and decisions authorized by L.H.G. This gives every citizen the opportunity to participate in the running of their government. They suddenly realize more than ever that their vote, and voice, matters.
This innovation as well as the others that follow may begin to take place now to awaken the populous of the presence of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the Lawful Hawaiian Government. They are also ways to unite and inspire those who are already active or on the verge of really making a conscious and significant contribution to this emerging nation.
That means to me that in addition to inspiring the masses to be aware of this government, the upcoming election and the necessary functions of self-governing are dependent upon the Spirit of Aloha and the funds necessary to finance this country.
The four areas that need to be funded in order to best manage the rest of government are Administration, Operations, and Marketing (in house and public outreach), and the Great Mystery. The Great Mystery is that aspect of our life, both individually and as a nation, that is dedicated to an ever-deepening connection and practical application of the relationship with Ke Akua and the forces of Nature. Huna Kapua, the ancient Hawaiian spirituality is the most simple, practical, and profound spiritual development process that i have experienced.
Na Koa militia training program for civil and national defense as well as humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
Multi-Media Production Training and Broadcast- providing instruction and hands-on experience for all interested members of LHG in the areas of writing, photography, video, graphic arts, webpage creation and management, music recording, and marketing of everyone’s art, craft, business idea, or cause along with any other contribution to the Kingdom.
Solar Aquatics Human Sewage Purification System- A greenhouse that transforms human sewage into purified water.
Hawaii Permanent Fund- a Community-Based Currency- modeled after the highly successful Alaska Permanent Fund, the biggest billion dollar money market fund in the world. Rather than being based upon finite natural resource exploitation, the Hawaii Permanent Fund, hereafter referred to as H.P.F., is based upon human ingenuity, productivity, creativity, and practical means of exchange of necessary information, products, natural resources and human services.
Nation-wide Offices of Communications, strategic offensive to educate the public, especially Kanaka Maoli of the opportunity to be part of the successful activation of the former and present lawful Hawaiian government.
I feel it is a basic responsibility of the Kingdom of Hawaii and LHG to prioritize the return of the Kanaka Maoli that are part of the of the 2000+ Hawaiians who were sent to mainland U.S. prisons. Bringing them home is a promise by Neil Abercrombie that LHG may use as a catalyst to reach many more people that are not necessarily in support of any Hawaiian sovereignty movement, or the Kingdom of Hawaii. It has been shown to me by Ke Akua that there are those among these 2000 Kanaka Maoli that are ideally suited to serve as the Na Koa, particularly the Palace Guard, an elite group loyal only to you and the Hawaiian Nation Constitution.
All of the above and more may be presented, funded broadcast, and implemented using the 21st century dynamic medium of video. This includes multi-chapter educational DVDs, television and cable broadcast, and uploads to the global internet such as Youtube and Facebook along with other web-based venues such as Twitter, WordPress.com, Lulu.com, and Kickstarter.com.
One goal of the KingdomHawaii.org website is to serve as a single place, even a single page, where all the above may be accessed. The goal is to provide a medium and the means to bridge the gap between government and the people.
Ke Akua says that it is priority to give the populous the opportunity to begin making “unofficial” nominations for all the seats of government that are going to be available to fill. Most of this can be coordinated and implemented electronically as preparation for the formal election. Initiating this process now rather than later gives us ample time to institute a revolutionary new system of voting and elections. (One-person, one-vote electronic ballot based on user-name and password).
There is much more to share with you. And I am dedicated to making these progress reports as short, simple, and to the point as possible. It is also top-priority to organize and prioritize these insights and directives as simple and successfully as possible. However it is prudent to get this out to you a.s.a.p.
Prime Minister, mahalos for the trust, clear communication, and opportunity of a lifetime to serve Akua, the Hawaiian Nation, and the people and ecosystems of our world. I share Uncle Sam’s passionate mission to “protect and preserve Paradise”.
P.S. Below are the various communication and social networking platforms that we are using to get the word out and to share inspiring presentations produced by supporters of the Lawful Hawaiian Government for the people and Aina of Hawaii.
Below is one way that the above web-based networks are utilized on behalf of LHG and its constituency.
Step Two: This is cut and pasted to WordPress.com (Blog, or “web-log”).
Step Five: Youtube videos are created of the highlights of the posted communication(s).
Step Six: Create and post Information, products, training, field experience and services that are then made available to the people via these various websites, especially Lulu.com which offers a free way to sell music, photos, video and other digital files, manuals, CDs, DVDs, etc.
Step Seven: Update KingdomHawaii.org website and post to Facebook and Twitter with private emails sent to key people.
Step Eight: Repeat process while expanding network to include at least one participant in every district on every island.
Step Nine: Review and Evaluate Entire Process.
Step Ten: Make improvements for doing it all over again.
Step Twelve: Organize and create presentation then launch another KickStarter.com campaign to fund specific projects while giving many others in our growing network the opportunity to participate.
Special Note: Only two of the above have the new password. I am in the process of changing the rest. Only you and I will have to username and password.
Aloha kakou, Anything that can be done to inform and educate Kanaka and Americans to the oppressive status Hawaiians live under is maika’i ke hana. So please continue to make these kind of efforts to bring about a just outcome for the Hawaiian Kingdom.
My networked Kanaka friends speak of recent gatherings where the soul of the Hawaiian culture is being practiced in potent cultural forms to bring the people home in settings that include their sentient intelligence and flow-based civilization. Those of us from poly-european stock are also people of the voyaging society mindset … we were called to our home Hawaii from older incarnations in Lemuria …we can smell the Pacific Islands in our bones …we are now happy to be home …and return to the voyaging society cultural dreams. we shall dig deep into the mystery that can raise an island from the Sea with our prayers. We are Oceania the largest territory on planet earth. | 2019-04-24T00:33:48Z | https://kingdomhawaii.wordpress.com/o-s-i/ | Porn | Home | 0.821143 |
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wordpress | It is late afternoon when the steam engine finally whistles to a stop at the station in Bath. The shadows are long and the air is chilling down. All up and down the platform, carriage doors swing open and passengers alight. The air is full of cries for porters, news vendors hawking their papers and the occasional wail of child separated briefly from its mother.
Gabriella descends regally from her First Class coach and has no trouble attracting the attention of a platform porter. Her clothing and ticket promise a better tip than the families and business men traveling third class. The uniformed flunky collects her luggage into a wheeled cart, somewhat like a large, flat bottomed wheel-barrow, and pushes it ahead of her towards the exit. She gives over her ticket stub at the gate at the end of the platform, and suddenly she is in the vast hall of the station proper with a sea of busily hurrying commuters. She looks around, a bit lost at the commotion.
“Bunny! Bunny!” she hears her name called and sees a swish of elegant skirts. The crowd parts to let through her old school friend. Jane is an attractive woman, though not as lovely as Gabriella. She is fair where Gabby is dark, and not quite as tall. But both young ladies were raised to be poised and well-dressed for every occasion. In Jane’s case, the combination has won her a catch for a husband. Sir Brian Leatherby is tall, dark and handsome. He is a dozen years older than his wife, but still a man in the prime of his life. His estates are wealthy and he has brought Jane much happiness over the years they have been married, though the couple has not yet been blessed with children.
He takes charge of the situation, as men are wont to do, and guides their small party with the porter and his cart in tow, towards the large gate that opens on to the street beyond.
She looks up at Gabby and her features crinkle for a moment in the smile she remembers so well from school days of pranks and secret pantry raids.
“I’m so glad you’ve come, Bunny. The house is full of men – Brian’s friends and colleagues. They’ve made a discovery of something and everyone’s so excited about it. But the place is so dull without my own friends to keep me company. I’ve been lonely and dreading spending Christmas on my own. Now you’re here, and Eloise arrived last night. She’s a new friend I met in London last summer. You’ll like here. And the three of us can have such fun over the holidays.
Sir Brian oversees the loading of her luggage into the motor car, a gigantic horseless carriage of polished wood and gleaming brass piloted by a chauffeur in tall boots and a peaked cap. He tips the porter, hands the ladies up into the cabin and clambers inside himself. With a shifting of levers, a grinding of gears and a sudden lurch, the vehicle shoots forward onto the street. Horses shy away from it and pedestrians shake their fists as they are forced to step aside from the lumbering four-wheeled monster.
I am so happy the train ride was over and I am finally here with Jane and Brian. The car ride is so much fun and only the second time Ive ridden in one. While Brian loads my luggage, I whisper to Jane how handsome her husband is and that she is so lucky to have him.
Once they are out of town, the driver shifts gears again and now the motor car moves forward as fast as a running horse, bouncing over the rutted roads and making Jane laugh as she clings on to her friend for support. Sir Brian smiles indulgently at his wife and makes small talk about the weather and how well the harvest has been this year.
We make small talk during the ride. I almost jump out of my skin when asked if I like to shoot. “Of course I like to shoot. Growing up as a girl, my father would take us duck hunting. It was an expensive sport, so it didnt happen often.” Sitting on the edge of my seat with excitment. “Id love to stay until New Years Eve for the hunt, but Im not sure I can. I have to get in contact with my publisher to make sure I can be afforded the time off. However, you both have me for Christmas.” I say with a smile. I lean over and hug Jane thanking her again for the invitation and how excited I was to change scenary.
Even as Gabriella responds to his question, she is astounded to see the Sir Brian leap to his feet inside the carriage and thrust his head through one of the open windows.
He is pointing at a group of swarthy looking ruffians leaning on a fence watching the motor car sail past. They are dressed in colorful motley and Gabriella realizes instantly that they must be Gypsies.
Sir Brian calls to his driver to stop the car, and the vehicle rocks to a halt as the athletic master leaps out of the door while they are still moving. Gabriella sees him pull a large pistol from his coat pocket – a Webley revolver she knows from her research into weapons of murder – and fire it over the heads of the Gypsies. They scatter and run in all directions as Sir Brian hurries up to the fence, firing all six rounds in a series of loud concussions. It does not seem to the novelists eye that he is aiming at the men, but it must be a terrifying sight to have this wild devil suddenly leap out of the car and try to kill them.
“We’d heard that there were Gypsies in the woods,” says Jane quietly. Her eyes are wide as saucers as she watches her husband firing his gun. “Brian says they are all thieves who steal our sheep, or whores who spread diseases among the village men. I rather like their clothes and those funny colorful wagons they live in.
Sir Brian has emptied his gun and returns slowly to the car now. Standing on the road, he speaks to the chauffeur and then to his wife.
He waves the car on, and they start up again, rolling down the hill towards the Hall. Behind them Gabriella sees Sir Brian loading another six rounds from his pocket into his revolver.
When we stop to confront the Gypsies, Im a little taken back. Im not sure how to react when I see Brian so angry and aggressive towards those people. When he gets out of the car and shoots into the air, I yell his name. Fearing someone might get hurt. I realize Im the only one who is worried. Then I watch him fire the remaining bullets into the air and the Gypsies run into the forest.
Sir Brian looked embarrassed at Gabriella’s obvious concern about the shooting, but he set his jaw and walked off reloading the gun anyway. It seemed to her that she heard him muttering something along the lines of “Meddlesome women! . . .” But she couldn’t be sure.
“I’m so sorry, Bunny, “said Jane.”He gets so angry about these Gypsies. Sometimes I think he’s almost afraid of them, but I do not think he will actually shoot one of them. He might rough them up a bit if he can find them, but he’s been looking for days now with no luck.
The car rolled on down the hill and turned in to the long driveway that lead up to Leatherby Hall. Just through the gate, behind a screen of ancient yew trees, Gabriella spotted an old chapel off to the right that looked disused. Jane noticed her glace and commented on the place.
Sweeping on up the curved driveway, the motor carriage came in sight of the ancient Hall. Built originally in the time of Queen Elizabeth, the old stone building had mellowed with age and become part of the landscape, elegant, homey and dignified all in one with the feeling that behind each leaded glass window would be a comfortable room with a warm place by a cheery fire to settle in. Gabrielle felt the charm of the place settle on her as they clattered up to the front door and the butler steeped forward smartly to greet them and open the door.
Jane beamed at him and he smiled a little in return.
Meadows bows slightly in acknowledgement of the compliment and snaps his fingers. A handsome young man, dressed in the smart livery of a footman steps forward quickly and unloads Gabriella’s bags from the trunk strapped on to the back of the car. He whisks them around the side of the house and Jane leads the way inside through the front door, pointing out details of the garden and the architecture.
“Thanks so much Jane.” Stepping out of the car. ” Your home is simply beautiful. Maybe tomorrow you can take me through the garden for a closer look.” Walking past it to the front door. I dip in a poor effort to curtsey when I meet Meadows. Trying to be funny in an over polite way. I do notice the handsome man that takes my bags. As he carries them ahead of us, I give Jane a wide eyed smile and gesture towards the handsome man from behind. “You will definitely have to introduce me to him.” I whisper in her ear.
We walk up the flight of stair to the St Ives room. Following the young man and Jane into the room, I hole my hand over my mouth. “It’s absolutely breath taking Jane. Maybe I’ll stay forever.” I add with a laugh. I walking to the bathroom and notice the detail on the marble.
After you both leave, I open my suitcase and find another change of clothes. I run the bath water and slide my shoes off. While waiting for the water to fill the tube, I slowly walk around the room inspecting my new surroundings. I take in the view from the windows and the details in the woodwork inside the room. When the bath is ready, I remove my clothes and put my hair up. I slide into the tube and relax. I close my eyes and and breath the steam in deeply. Within a few minutes, I find myself almost asleep. I quickly finish bathing, wrap a towel around me and move to the bed to lay down. Oh if I had the time to take a nap. I lay here for the remainder of the time, careful to fall asleep. I do want to ask Jane about the old church. How fun would that be to get a closer look. | 2019-04-21T02:47:07Z | https://silentknightrpg.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/arrival-in-bath/ | Porn | Society | 0.526109 |
wordpress | I’ve found a few shortcuts in Firefox that I love.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged annoyance, firefox, productivity, shortcut on February 22, 2009 by Peter.
I bought a new Presario C700US laptop recently. I purchased it from Newegg, the place I like most for these sorts of things. It came with Vista on board. I bought my fiancee a computer about 4 months ago and spent 2 months getting all of the bloatware off and another month trying to make Vista stop “taking walks” while I’m working. I disabled all of the annoying visual “features” that I could in an effort to free up processor cycles for things like music and movies and (god forbid) word and data processing. I didn’t want to do that again, so I installed Fedora Core 10. I have my student version of Mathematica, and experience tells me that it generally gets about twice the available memory in Fedora compared to XP. I don’t even want to guess at how little is available in Vista. It is amazing to me that free software is now more functional than software I can’t avoid paying for. This article will be pretty detailed (read: boring) so that anyone who wants to repeat what I did can get some help.
For people in the academic world who are considering Linux, I suspect the big hurdle is MS Office. Microsoft Word is the mainstay of the academic establishment, so that had to work. I actually bought Office 2003 a few years ago, and it turns out that it installs really well under WINE. So that’s great. Unfortunately EndnoteX, my reference manager, is not so amenable.
I found a much better solution. Zotero is the new hotness when it comes to reference managers. It manages a searchable database of references along with associated files like the PDF, captured fulltext HTML, notes, links to other references, abstract. It also builds a smart bibliography, formatted to whatever specification you want, it makes MS Word compatible citations and also integrates into OpenOffice Writer… basicaly it does everything but massage my feet.
I had about 2 days of frustration with Fedora. Compared to 90 days of frustration with windows. There are still some bugs. If I plug my USB headset in, Skype doesn’t automatically switch its input and output over to the new device. But I can do it manually, and Skype works fine. Alas, my Dino-Lite AM311S does not work at all.
Here are some things I managed to get fixed.
I had an issue with the power icon not updating sometimes, so I turned SELinux to permissive mode… since I don’t have any server services running, hopefully that will be OK.
I also managed to get my unlocked cell phone with AT&T’s GO Phone (pay as you go) service to dial like a modem and connect to PPP internet; that was not too hard following the settings in a buried protocol on AT&T’s website: “Create a Dial-Up Networking Connection…“. I also needed to update my unlocked Nokia 7610 phone to be able to talk to the data network. AT&T is calling their data product MEdiaNet… so all of my searching for GSM and GPRS turned out to be in vain. I just needed to google “nokia 7610 medianet” and I found what I was looking for. It was impossible to find with the ATnT support pages. I also called their 611 service number and bought 1 mb of MEdiaNet service. I was pleased that they didn’t charge me for the call. I don’t know if that helped or not… it seemed like the contract indicated that MEdiaNet was there by default, but who knows.
So, if you are struggling with any of those, I hope this was useful for you. Have a look at our archives! We aim to please.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged at&t, bloatware, bugs, fc10, fedora, fedora core 10, fixes, gophone, gprs, linux, medianet, nokia, nokia 7610, review, troubleshooting on February 15, 2009 by Peter.
Another article crossed my desk that was all about algae for biofuels. This one quoted a figure: Algae absorbed roughly 20% of all venture capital invested in biofuels last year. I think that’s pretty impressive. That’s about $180 million. Also impressive: an article over at Green Car Congress talks about a 91 octane gasoline derived from algal a biocrude.
This entry was posted in Leadership, Science and tagged energy, green, idealism, Science on February 13, 2009 by Peter.
Geoengineering – is it possible to really engineer our ecosystem?
Today is the start date for a program in which iron based fertilizer will be seeded into a swath of the southern ocean. That will cause a massive algae bloom, and (in principle) soak up carbon dioxide. The notion is that, I suppose, it will stay in the ocean end up as sediment.
The Science short news article is not heavy on the details, but I at least wonder about the possibility of harvesting that algae. But it’s a secondary interest. The bigger issue is: we can certainly inadvertently cause unintended effects on the climate; can we really hope to create intended consequences as well?
I saw a TED talk on that a while back, and thought it was great.
This entry was posted in Science and tagged climate, environment, TED, ted talk on February 4, 2009 by Peter. | 2019-04-24T02:55:00Z | https://drpballen.wordpress.com/2009/02/ | Porn | Computers | 0.559677 |
typepad | For the past six months, you've read about the tragic circumstances and mystery surrounding the death of Rashawn Brazell. In February, the 19-year old gay man was murdered and dismembered in Brooklyn. The brutal slaying remains unsolved, but a grassroots community effort has catapulted the case to center stage.
Normally, we don't advertise events on these pages—it becomes problematic, and everyone has a cause celebre—but there is something happening this weekend that is too important not to discuss. On Sunday August 28, the official launch party for the Rashawn Brazell Memorial Scholarship will be held downtown at Luke & Leroy. The requested donation is only ten dollars. One hundred percent of your donation will fund the college education of a New York City student committed to the fight against racism, sexism and homophobia.
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wordpress | From the “you can’t make this stuff up” department: China’s labor camp prisoners are forced to play video games to earn credit points and virtual goods that the prison guards later redeem for real money. Now, it may sound like fun to slay goblins and demons while serving your time, it is quite the opposite. You do your “gold farming” at night, and during the daytime you still have to dig tranches, break rocks, and whatever other things are to do in the coal mines. When the prisoners weren’t earning enough money, they were beaten for real, unlike the way a dragon destroys your virtual hero in a game.
So when a Western gamer buys a cool sword in the World of Warcraft, chances are high that she’s buying a result of a prison labor. That’s because there are 100,000 estimated full-time gold farmers in China, with most of them being prisoners. These 100,000 are about 80% of the total WoW gold farmers in the world.
I wonder if they already started making the prisoners play on-line poker or run Nigerian scam schemes?
… and declared optical disks dead.
Not that I have anything against optical disks. It’s just that I haven’t used any of the hundreds of DVDs that I have in home for like 2-3 last years. Even if I buy a gadget that comes with an installation CD, most of the time Windows 7 doesn’t need the disc to work with the device. It downloads drivers via internet.
It’s a real bummer that you can’t buy a decent notebook without an optical drive built-in. The only models without optical drive are netbooks and subnotebooks, all under 13.3″ screen. It’s time to start offering some good models without optical drives and see how customers react. That’s what Apple started doing at least a year ago with their Air series. | 2019-04-24T02:11:54Z | https://olegkokorin.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/ | Porn | Computers | 0.955645 |
typepad | According to Douglas Stokes, Math Interventionist in New Jersey, “It is important to take the time to actually show students the right way to complete assignments if they are to get the full benefits of this resource. At the beginning of the school year, I model the right way to complete a TenMarks Math assignment in a student demo account. I model when to use the hints and videos, and how to use the online scratch paper to work through the problems."
Michelle Rudolph, Grade 5 Teacher in Washington, explains, "I would do a couple of assignments as a group from the grade level below so that students can build up their confidence. By selecting the option to assign students the same questions in the same order, you can complete the assignment together with students following along while you are logged into a student demo account. I make a point to model how to use the hints and videos throughout the assignment. Then allow them to work on an assignment from the grade level below on their own. The first day after the assignment, I review the usage reports so that they see what the teachers see and understand the importance of taking their time and using hints and videos when they need support."
Providing students time to explore in groups allows them to become familiar with features before working individually on assignments.
Crystal Dozier, Grade 3 Teacher in Ohio, explains how she will set up her classroom to get her students started on TenMarks Math. "I'm going to set up centers around my room with demo accounts," says Crystal. "Each center will guide small group of students to explore one of the following: assignments, Jam Sessions, the TenMarket, and Amplifiers. Following center time, I will model each activity and encourage students to share things they learned about these activities while working during the center. I will also point out any features that they may have missed. This will culminate with students logging into their individual accounts and completing their first class assignment."
Call out embedded supports and unique features in TenMarks Math in a fun and engaging way!
"I am planning to implement a TenMarks Math scavenger hunt this year," says Katie Kayastha, Math Interventionist in Illinois. "Students will be asked to find the helpful resources in TenMarks Math assignments and on the student dashboard. Students will also be charged with figuring out the new features in the product, like Jam Session badges or accessorized monsters, without me telling them."
For Scott Newcomb, who teaches grade 4 students in Ohio, adding a bit of healthy competition into the mix gets students excited about using TenMarks Math. He explains, "I held contests with Jam Sessions. The students absolutely loved this! I set the timer and allowed the students to pick a math concept. The students then completed as many problems as they could within the allotted time. The students were rewarded based on how many questions they answered correctly within the allotted time."
By assigning partners, teachers can enable students to work together to figure out the new tools while also completing math practice.
"I use TenMarks Math during partnering activities," says Regina Carroll, Grade 5 Teacher in North Carolina. "Students have their own assignment pulled up on the screen, but they have to help their partner work out problems as well. I distribute paper and students fold the paper into sixths. The first square is where students write the assignment name. For problems 1 to 5, students jot down each question and answer in the next five squares. On the back of the paper, students list the question and answer for the last five problems. Students put their score in the last square. This way, students can review their partner's work and the teacher can see where students are making mistakes." | 2019-04-24T10:42:43Z | https://tenmarks.typepad.com/tenmarks/2016/08/6-tips-to-introduce-tenmarks-math-to-students.html | Porn | Kids | 0.134518 |
wordpress | Systems Editor – chose a computer system and page makeup software for the newsroom to replace a proprietary system, and trained all of the copy editors to use Macs.
Makeup Editor – shepherded priority pages through production on behalf of the newsroom.
Op-Ed Page Editor – chose commentary and opinion content; worked with reporters and columnists to generate local commentary and opinion pieces; designed and edited the op-ed page and edited editorials and columns.
Copy editor of lead pages in primary sections throughout the newspaper – Page 1, City, Business – after developing expertise as a general assignment copy editor. | 2019-04-25T18:09:27Z | https://melaniecollison.wordpress.com/where/ | Porn | News | 0.748232 |
utoronto | Histoire du livre, History of the Book, Textual Studies, Print Culture, Sociology of the Text—all these names have been used to describe a growing international academic movement. University of Toronto graduate departments in conjunction with Massey College sponsor an interdisciplinary program in Book History and Print Culture (BHPC) in which the rich physical and human resources of the University of Toronto are brought to bear on multiple aspects of the creation, transmission, and reception of the written word. Students register first for a master’s or doctoral degree in their home unit and then apply to the Collaborative Program. If they satisfy the requirements of both programs they receive their degree with a notation on the transcript “Collaborative Program in Book History and Print Culture”.
The Collaborative Master’s and Doctoral Program in Diaspora and Transnational Studies is designed to bring together social science and humanities perspectives at the graduate level. It is being set up in response to popular demand by advanced students of the current DTS undergraduate program as well as the many expressions of interest from students keen on thorough graduate training in the field from within Canada and well beyond. The Collaborative Program will be distinctive by being interdisciplinary as well as comparative. While it will raise questions about diasporic communities in Canada, this will not be the primary focus of the Collaborative Program. Rather, the Canadian example will be a means towards understanding the nature of diaspora and transnationalism elsewhere in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Global South. Students must apply to and be admitted to both the Collaborative Program and a graduate degree program of a collaborating unit. Students who complete the program at the Master’s level will not be eligible for the program at the Doctoral level.
The Centre for Jewish Studies offers collaborative graduate degrees at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels. These degrees seek to strike an effective balance between the need for disciplinary depth and the need for interdisciplinary breadth within a graduate training program in Jewish Studies. On the one hand, future scholars and teachers in the field of Jewish Studies must be grounded in a particular discipline and master its methods, theoretical frameworks, and body of knowledge. On the other hand, students of any particular aspect of Jewish Studies, e.g., modern Jewish philosophy or medieval Jewish history, would suffer both intellectually and professionally without exposure to the breadth of Jewish civilization. They would suffer intellectually because sophisticated understanding of any one of the major subfields of Jewish Studies – the study of texts (biblical, rabbinic, philosophical, theological, literary, etc.), the study of contexts (historical, social, political, etc.), and the study of concepts (creation, covenant, messianism, etc.) – requires some knowledge of the others. They would suffer professionally because academic positions in Jewish Studies programs throughout North America assume that job candidates are familiar with many aspects of Jewish civilization outside of their particular discipline and area of specialization.
The Collaborative Doctoral Program in South Asian Studies is offered by the Centre for South Asian Studies, in collaboration with the graduate departments of Anthropology, English, History, Geography, Political Science, the Centre for Comparative Literature, the Centre for the Study of Religion and the Faculty of Social Work. Students applying to one of these home graduate units listed above may be eligible to also enroll in the Collaborative Program in South Asian Studies. The Collaborative Program is designed for students who wish to acquire a nuanced understanding of this region as a secondary area of specialization in addition to pursuing graduate studies in their home graduate unit. Upon completion, students will receive a degree from their home unit and a notation on their transcript indicating that they have completed the Collaborative Program in South Asian Studies.
The focus of this program is necessarily broad in that it provides students with an understanding of ancient and modern history, social change, economic development, contemporary politics, religious traditions, literary culture, and a spectrum of related topics. In addition, both Master’s and Doctoral students will have the opportunity to interact with a number of specialists in the field and also participate in several academic seminars.
The Graduate Collaborative Program in Women and Gender Studies (CWGS) provides a formal educational context for the purpose of interdisciplinary research in women and gender studies and advanced feminist scholarship. The program, offered at the master’s and doctoral levels, provides a central coordinating structure to facilitate and disseminate women and gender studies research through graduate student research symposia, lectures, circulation and discussion of work in progress, conferences, and publications. CWGS contributes to the development of an integrated research community in women and gender studies at the University of Toronto. Applicants to the program are expected to meet the admission and degree requirements of both the home department and CWGS. | 2019-04-21T12:34:03Z | http://complit.utoronto.ca/about-us/collaborative/ | Porn | Arts | 0.315713 |
wikipedia | Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, writer and actor. He was born in Hammersmith in London. Cohen is Jewish.
Ali G - An English "wannabe" (someone who wants to be something they are not) rapper.
Bruno - A gay fashion reporter from Austria.
He also made a movie about the character Borat called Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. This movie made Cohen an international celebrity.
In 2009 he made a movie about Bruno called Brüno. The movie about Borat made about $26.4 million in its debut.
In 2012 Cohen played Thénardier in Les Misérables.
In 2012, Cohen made a movie called The Dictator in which he played Admiral General Aladeen.
Cohen became engaged to Isla Fisher in 2004. The couple married in 2010. They have two daughters and a son.
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wordpress | The Kihei Community Association hosted South Maui Sustainability for a slide presentation and breakout group discussion of community gardens, renewable energy, reef sustainability and recycling and conservation.
In the meantime set up neighborhood recycling groups where neighbors take turns transporting to the recycle/redemption centers.
Other organizations as a donation.
Advocate for the recycling of office paper.
Charge for plastic bags in the stores. This stick might be a more effective way to reduce use of plastic bags than the carrot of getting a small refund for using your own bags.
Find a way to get money for plastic bags (by weight) to motivate the pubic to pick up the bags, especially off the beaches.
Turn off dishwaser “drying cycle”.
Watch your wattage on all appliances with KillaWatt or other metering devices.
Lower thermostat on hot water heater. 100 degrees is enough.
Upgrade any appliances older than 10 years to Energy Star.
Clean off the radiator tubes of your refigerator.
Turn dishwashing and hand washing water off when not actually using it to wet or rinse.
Turn off electricity for hot water heater, then turn on 15 minutes before needed. A timer box by the heater is better than using the circuit breaker for this.
Plug appliances, sound and computer equipment into power strips and then turn off power strip when done.
Promote graywater usage and public policy.
Advocate for bike lanes, especially on the Norht/South Kihei collector road.
Use used coffee cans for storage.
Convert old cloths into bags or material to chrochet into rugs.
Take old towells to the Humane Society for use with the anmials.
Use the library instead of buying new books.
Take used magazines to your doctor and dentist’s offices.
Carbon dioxide deposition, nutrient rich waters going into ocean.
Start at worst problem and work back.
Put filters in run off areas, since wetlands are already built over.
Promote natural wetlands, have penalties to over fishing, rules and regulations.
Mooring. Rotationrest rotation – put into law?
Small steps s/b encouraged faucets, car washes, look at selfbehaviors.
Pick two/3 political issues, strength together State issues DNLR enforcement, 24 county offices to work with.
Use wastewater instead of dumping It., proactively protecting reefs now. Spending now to save reefs/water later.
What is being done by other groups?
Pump don’t Dump. Putting signs up to help protect reefs. Educating visitors PSA on Airlines, Ziggy Lovenut. “Eyes on reef” –How to recognize Coral Disease and algae Growth.
What can we do? And how will we do it?
Education. Create Hawaiian island alliances to gain political power.
Presentations –water quality, respecting our waters.
Church out reach, parents of children in schools, Rotary, SMS mailing list, Advertising in Maui Weekly etc. Flyers on Apt. doors.
Master Gardeners. Marin County model.
Do prototype, then “sell” idea.
Funding – Done by county or state – solar install paid on property tax bill and passes on to new owner w/tax credits over 50% it is a good return on investment 1017%. Also prop value goes up. $24,000.00 = 3KW system. Fed Gov will lend money for this. Standard measurement unit is peak power output of solar panels….?
MECO can invest in solar elect, themselves and will start doing installs.
New super efficient glass which gives 3% better absorption of solar light.
Panel warranties going up to 20 yrs.
Know what you need – Willy Bennett can do this for you.
This is an opportunity for the public to weigh in about the Maui Island Plan, which is available online.
July 7, 2009, 1:30 – 8 p.m., Kihei Community Center, Kihei, HI.
Testimony will be taken at beginning of meeting and after the dinner break (approx. 6 p.m.) To confirm timing, please call Luciene Denes at 214-0147.
Maui Weekly article reports on the SMS presentation at the June 16 Kihei Community Association meeting.
Plug In America is a web site deciated to promoting Plug-in Cars for a Better America.
Also on the site is a PLUG-IN VEHICLE TRACKER that keeps up-to-date information on all makes and models of all plug-in cars, trucks and bikes—their features, production status and photos.
I’m going to call this extremely misleading. The water is not fuel. It must be separated into hydrogen and oxygen and then the H burned in a combustion process or the H & O are recombined in a fuel cell. No matter what, there must be something other than water and that something costs money and energy to produce. And whatever that is, it must be replaced.
The company that makes this car is Genepax. They did not protect the name globally so there have been others grab the name and exploit it. Here is their website and they claim money and development problems. IF this worked, it would be a thousand trillion dollar idea and no lack of money to make it happen.
Every other claim to have invented a “water powered car” has turned out to be a hoax.
Have you ever seen someone or some organization digging up plants and throwing them away? Have you ever thought about how those same plants could be ‘recycled and bring joy and add a bit of color to someone’s yard, as well as continuing to help replenish the earth’s oxygen supply?
Next time you see it happening, call for help! Plant Rescue Maui is here for you.
Two Maui Weekly journalists attended the June 4th SMS Renewable Energy Committee meeting. One, Sophie Cocke, wrote an in-depth article covering problems of oil dependence and the current process of establishing Feed-in Tariff (FIT), an important part of establishing fossil fuel independence through clean, renewable energy. Other articles on Feed-in Tariff. | 2019-04-20T04:47:37Z | https://southmauisustainability.wordpress.com/2009/06/ | Porn | Society | 0.544096 |
wordpress | The far right christians in the US love to paint themselves as self-righteous and moral far above everyone else. They love to judge and condemn others from their “family values” platform.
People who sit on hollow rickety platforms should not cast judgements. Look at the map above – the US and Saudi Arabic are the only two nations worldwide that allow children as young as 9 to be married. 9!
If we look at US states below, the majority of US states have no age floor on marriage. In these states, you could legally marry a baby. And unsurprisingly most of these are in the bible belt, where “think of the children” is often heard. Doesn’t this put a creepy spin on the phrase.
Another pastor caught being a sexual pervert.
A pastor from Indiana installed secret cameras in the women’s public restroom which captured women and little girls in their private time while using the facilities. The pastor of Sunrise Christian Reformed Church captured footage that he later downloaded and watched. Robert Lyzenga got away with his secret for over two years.
The more religious leaders rail against sexual perverts, the more we realise that they are actually railing against themselves. For they are often the very perverts they so publicly condemn.
Catholic clergy touching your children, being near your children, guilting you to have more children — creepy much?
Why is anyone still paying attention to what these people say? Their credibility and morality should be dirt.
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He protects his son from himself. He makes his son wear a control collar, but his son just thinks of it as a birthday present. He doesn't know that it makes him obey his fathers every command. He is scared of Brolly, because if that control collar were to be broken, Brolly's wrath would be unleashed upon the Universe. | 2019-04-22T08:37:25Z | http://aneeqb.c.tripod.com/id20.html | Porn | Reference | 0.301647 |
wordpress | Nor a lack of faith..
Growing up I loved to read the Sunday funny papers in the newspaper with “Peanuts” and the character, Charlie Brown. I remember him always saying “Good Grief” when something didn’t work out for him. Back then I did not really get it. Today with a recent death in my family, I am learning first hand the FULL meaning of what Good Grief is.
Through out my lifetime, I have learned that other cultures other than our own in the USA honor their loved ones who have died with alters to that loved one. I like the fact that people from Mexico make altars to their loved ones on what we call Halloween. I also like the way Buddhists make altars to their loved ones who have died. I find this honoring of our parents and forefathers comforting and a beautiful ritual.
I have made a small altar for my mother which includes stones and a shell that she had found on the beach near where she lived the last 12 years of her life. Those small stones remind me how she could take something simple and make it artful and beautiful. Her photo hangs on a wall nearby in my small apartment. I am learning to embrace my grief whenever it grabs me and be grateful that I had a lovely mother, who I can miss and grieve, even as I write this blog. I am making her a presence in my life, and, yet, I know she is gone.
Since she died in late October, it is as if I am learning who my mother was more every day. I was with many family members clearing out the apartment where she had been living the last 12 years of her life, and got to know her better, by what she had around her. I am understanding her deep grounding in faith, that I was only sort of aware of. In her dying process, she fully revealed how much she loved her entire family. Her love helped to sustain all of us. She came from a generation that did not reveal so much about how they felt.
Since I stayed with my family for nearly 4 weeks before we were able to have a memorial service, during those weeks speaking with family members about how they felt and sharing stories, and then in the early morning hours when I was awoken by a flood of tears, I gained more clarity about my life, as well as my mother’s life. This is the GIFT of GRIEF, if you are willing to go there. I may be as tired as hell, but my life makes even more sense now.
I have found grief through my lifetime to be cleansing. However, when I was younger, I did not allow myself to feel the depth of my pain or loss. I am certain that because I did NOT fully process what I felt, that that kept me stuck in whatever loss I was experiencing at the time even longer. This time around, I am breathing through, crying through, feeling through all the pain that I am experiencing. I am not denying or avoiding it. What I am noticing is that I am becoming more and more grateful for the mother I had and the life I am living.
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wordpress | What started as a simple remodeling project at an area shelter for abused teens has grown into a $900,000, full-scale renovation, and two area home builders were honored recently for their work.
The Home Builders Foundation- HomeAid Program, Mike Arnett of Lifestyle Custom Homes and Jim Feild of Progressive Builders Northwest were presented the John P. Zuercher Champions for Children award by Janus Youth Programs for their work on the Cordero House at an annual supporters dinner.
The Champions for Children award honors individuals or corporations who have made significant contributions to improving the lives of children, youth and families.
The pair of home-building industry leaders are combining their efforts to complete a critical remodel of Cordero House. Regarded as one of the most successful community based treatment programs in the state, Cordero House serves as a safe haven for its teenage clients, where they live, receive clinical services and even attend school for an average of two years.
However, the facility presently has a year-long waiting list and turns away an average five potential new clients each week for lack of bed space.
The Home Builders Foundation selected Cordero House as one of two projects it is working on this year through its nationally affiliated HomeAid program.
Co-Captain Jim Feild said the slow housing economy around the nation has added some challenge to the project but that he’s been surprised by how generous many companies have been with the Cordero House effort.
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wikipedia | Hill-Holder is a name for the mechanism invented by Wagner Electric and manufactured by Bendix Brake Company in South Bend, Indiana. Studebaker and many other carmakers offered the device as either optional or standard equipment for many years. It is a device that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hills from a stop in manual transmission automobiles. It was first introduced in 1936 as an option for the Studebaker President. By 1937 the device, called "NoRoL" by Bendix, was available on Hudson, Nash and many other cars. In modern usage, the mechanism is also called hill hold control (HHC) or hill start assist.
As a trade name, it was introduced by Studebaker in the 1936 President. It was also promoted by Studebaker as an option in the 1939 model year. Later, the technology became available on a variety of modern automobiles, starting with the 2005-onwards Volkswagen Passat, 2011-onwards Volkswagen Jetta, and 2004-onwards Volkswagen Phaeton and Touareg. It is further available on the Subaru Forester, Subaru Impreza and Subaru Legacy. The 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT8 also comes equipped with hill-holder. Hill-holder works by holding the brake in position while the driver sets-up and activates the first gear to move the car forward from a complete stop, without fear of roll-back.
Similar systems are or were in use by Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Fiat (including the new Fiat 500), BMW, Skoda Superb 2009, Lancia, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Lamborghini Aventador, Saab, smart ("Hill Start Assist"), Subaru, Cadillac ("NoRol") and Stutz ("Noback").
The mechanism was available in American car parts stores so that car owners could add to their vehicle to improve it from the late 1930s through the 1950s. But it required that the car have hydraulic brakes, so it could not be added to Ford Motor Company products before 1939. In 1949 it became available on factory-built Fords.
In layman’s terms, the modern hill-holder function works by using two sensors, in concert with the brake system on the vehicle. The first sensor measures the forward-facing incline (nose higher than tail) of the vehicle, while the second is a disengaging mechanism. The 1930s-1950s NoRoL used a ball bearing as a check valve in the hydraulic brake line; when the car was on an uphill incline, the ball rolled back and blocked the brake line - when the car was level or facing downhill, the ball rolled away, leaving the line free. The clutch linkage slightly dislodged the ball when the clutch was released, enabling the car to move away from a stop.
When the driver stops the vehicle on an incline where the nose of the car is sufficiently higher than the rear of the car, the system is engaged when the driver's foot is depressing the brake pedal, and then the clutch pedal is fully depressed. Once set, the driver must keep the clutch pedal fully depressed but may remove the foot from the brake pedal. To disengage the system and move the car forward, the driver selects first gear, gently depresses the fuel pedal, and slowly releases the clutch pedal which at a point in its travel releases the braking system, allowing the car to proceed.
Hill-holder works best for those who are inexperienced with manual shift techniques, or in situations with heavy traffic in steep hilly conditions (as in San Francisco, or Duluth for example).
However the same technique can be accomplished by a driver through the use of the manual parking brake lever, coordinated with the brake, clutch, gear shift and accelerator. This is a standard technique in most countries where manual transmissions remain popular, for example the UK. Cars equipped with a parking brake pedal are not suited for this maneuver unless it is released by hand, for example in the Citroen XM.
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wordpress | Alberto is a cleaners branch activist in Unite sacked from Schroders Bank by Lancaster cleaning company after a successful campaign against redundancies and for the living wage. He was entrapped by the company and UK Borders Agency – an increasingly common tactic against migrant worker trade unionists. He is also the union rep for the sacked Mitie workers.
I went up yesterday to offer Albert Durango Bristol No Borders’ solidarity and support. I almost missed meeting people outside Canary Wharf Tube as there seemed to be a bomb scare/fire practice which has all the staff from all the surrounding office building also assembiling outside the tube station. Lehman Bros, Schroders they were all there – we could have done a multiple office occupation – if we had a thousand people for the picket, rather than 30.
The picket was very noisy, and of course the chants were in both Spainish and English. I found myself holding a UNITE banner(!) which seemed strange, but it seems UNITE had made it an official picket. Without going into all the detail UNITE’s support of many of the militant cleaners campaigns has been at best ambiguous See Alberto’s article for more details on this – link below). It’s not clear when he will here the result of his tribunal – the company now have to launch an “investigation” into his sacking – like they don’t know! Alberto was very bullish – both about his chances of reinstatement – and building a strong, grassroots union movement. He’s quite an inspiring figure.
There were cleaners at the pickets from many of the city institutions, as well as people from CAIC, Latin American Workers Association and UNISON, Workers Climate Action and Bristol No Borders (me).
grievance procedures. The five have since been sacked.
The two demos today make it 4 in 10 days. This follows two in bristol in october and november.
About 20 people from oxford, bristol and south wales no borders made a horrible noise with drums, olive oil tins, a symbol and two megaphones. the megaphones were particularly effective – especially the siren function, and we got some proper nasty feedback when we placed one next to the other.
Activists from no borders north east did a demo in solidarity with the sacked AMEY workers outside the AMEY offices in newcastle. Over 100 leaflets were given out to passers by and staff entering the building for work.
More than twenty protestors entered the offices of Amey Plc in High Holborn on Friday in protest at the sacking of five Colombian cleaners and the rejection of their appeal. The protesters entered the office building to give a petition letter to an Amey representative but were blocked by security in the lobby and were told Amey did not want to see them. After the occupation Julio, one of the sacked cleaners, stayed behind to give the letter but Amey still refused to see him.
The action was held after Amey rejected the appeal of the five cleaners. This is the latest in a series of measures taken against the cleaners since Amey, which is owned by Spanish multinational Ferrovia, took over the cleaning contract in May 2007 and found itself faced with a largely Latin American migrant workforce that had recently unionised and was taking steps to gain recognition – something afforded to all other NPL staff. The first came last year, when the company invited workers to a ‘training session’, only to bolt the doors behind them and leave them in the care of the Home Office, which promptly deported three of them, one to Colombia and two to Brazil, for not having official documents.
Amey, which posted a net annual profit of a tidy £75 million, is well versed in these tactics. It is a majority shareholder in Tubelines, which cleans parts of the Underground. Tube cleaners who went on strike for a living wage this summer were faced with a corporate response consisting of paper checks, immigration raids and deportations to Sierra Leone and the Congo.
The protest was called by the Latin American Workers Association, the Campaign Against Immigration Controls and the Schroeders Bank Cleaners, with activists from groups including the Colombia Solidarity Campaign, Hands Off Venezuela, London Coalition Against Poverty, and the Solidarity Federation.
There are further actions in the next week including a protest at Amey’s national HQ in Oxford, at 11am on Monday December 8th. Details to follow. Transport from Bristol (e-mail: bristolnoborders@riseup.net) and possibly elsewhere. | 2019-04-25T08:36:06Z | https://bristolnoborders.wordpress.com/tag/caic/ | Porn | Business | 0.30357 |
wordpress | A blog with helpfull advices about Health and Fitness problems.
Have you considered beginning this year in force and starting a new diet? Well, it’s not too late! Especially now that winter is on the go, it’s the perfect time to begin balancing your meals. Many people turn towards various diets for various purposes.
We might believe at first that everyone just wants to lose weight, but that’s not the case. Some want to try out a new diet in order to improve their overall health.
Therefore, I shall also break them down on a couple of categories, according to each one’s need.
Weight Loss Miracle Care – was rated as the best choice, scoring 4 out of 5 for short term weight loss. How does this work? Each food and beverage is assigned a certain number of points (based on their value) and every dieter is assigned a number of daily points.
Volumetrics Diet – got the second place in weight loss diets. Its main focus lies on foods with low energy density, foods that have fewer calories per gram, at the front of a diet.
Jenny Craig Diet – won the third place. It focuses on restricting the number of calories, the amount of fat and portions. At the same time, you will learn more about what a balanced meal should look like.
Vegan Diet – came out as number four and does not focus merely on weight loss but also heart control and diabetes prevention. Learn how to cook meat and dairy free menus in order to balance your day to day diet.
Mediterranean Diet – was ranked as the best diabetes diet and also ranked highly in the line of heart- healthy diets. The diet focuses mostly on cutting down the red meat, sugar and saturated fat.
DASH Diet – it prevents and lowers high blood pressure. It basically focuses on nutrients such as calcium, potassium and so on, by emphasizing the food types you are used to eating either way and reducing the foods that are high in saturated fat.
The Flexitarian Diet – as the name says, it combines two concept, flexible and vegetarian.
Mayo Clinic Diet – it relies on Mayo Clinic’s food pyramid and has as main purpose helping you replace the “bad” food with the good, green ones that are healthy. Once again, the foods usually have low energy density. This means that you can eat more of the chosen types of food, without adding many calories.
Diabetes Type 2 LifeGuard Plan – This diet analyzes the problem holistically, not just focused on improving the symptoms, has a lot of recipes for easy preparation of the specific foods that have curative properties.
Here the first two places are taken by the already above mentioned diets: DASH and Mediterranean.
Ornish Diet – it has at a base the concept that the more you change your diet the more benefits you get out of it. It organizes food in five categories, starting from the healthiest ones to the least healthy ones.
All in all, you can see that there are plenty of choices for all the needs. Regardless of the reason you might be looking for a diet at this moment, keep in mind that a change towards a healthier lifestyle is always welcome.
Let us know if you tried any other diets that worked for you or which of the above ones seems the most tempting to begin with! | 2019-04-18T22:40:02Z | https://healthfitnessadvices.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/best-diets-for-2018/ | Porn | Health | 0.985944 |
wordpress | BizTalk 2013 ships with a native adapter for the Windows Azure Service Bus – the SB-Messaging adapter.
The customer uses BizTalk to read a message from a Service Bus queue using the adapter. In the pipeline they ‘debatch’ the incoming message into multiple messages that get published to BizTalk’s message box.
The adapter "SB-Messaging" raised an error message. Details "System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object.
The adapter "SB-Messaging" raised an error message. Details "Microsoft.ServiceBus.Messaging.MessageLockLostException: The lock supplied is invalid. Either the lock expired, or the message has already been removed from the queue.
When reading from the Service Bus the client can employ one of two strategies – a desructive read whereby the message is remove from there queue as soon as it is being read or a ‘peek lock’ strategy where the read message is locked and effectively hidden on the queue for a duration, allowing the client to process the message and then come back and either confirm that it had successfully processed the message or abandon the message, effectively putting it back on the queue.
The peek-lock strategy is very useful to ensure no message loss and BizTalk’s SB-Messaging adapter makes a good use of it – until the received message is persisted in the message box it is not removed from the queue and hence zero-message loss can be guaranteed.
On the flip side, it means that a message may be delivered more than once and this has to be catered for.
In this customer’s case, the debatching they performed meant that, under load, it took BIzTalk too much time to complete the debatching and persisting all the messages to the message box. That meant that it did not go back to the queue in time to release the lock resulting with the error above. unfortunately this also caused a snow-ball effect as it meant that another BizTalk instance picked up the same message and the issue repeated itself, with the large number of messages being persisted to the message box increasing the load on the server and with it the duration of the receive pipeline processing….
Once identified they have found a quick workaround, at least in the first instance – remove the debatching from the service bus receive port and move it to a later stage in their BizTalk processing. This, I think, is a good appraoch, as it lets them ‘take ownership’ of the message in BizTalk, removing it from the Service Bus, before starting the heavy processing.
Another approach is to change the lock duration property on the queue/subscription in question. the default is 60 seconds. This could by time and with careful load-testing a reasonable value may be found, but – of course – it does not eliminate the risk, just pushes it out further.
Asking in the virtual corridors of Solidsoft it appears we have seen this issue with at least two other customers. I think that the SB-Messaging adapter should support both strategies and allow the customer the choice, and perhaps flagging the need to set the lock duration value on the queue/subscription as required. | 2019-04-22T05:14:15Z | https://yossidahan.wordpress.com/tag/sb-messaging/ | Porn | Business | 0.931621 |
livejournal | I was the RED Sniper, lazenich is the RED Engineer, ugerchucker is the BLU Spy on the end. I met up with an TF2 friend of mine, Wrath, who's the RED Spy next to me. And, oh god we just met so many cool people. The guy playing the Medic joined us in the queue for the Guiness World Record attempt (most video game cosplay - which we broke by 27 people!) and pretty much stuck with us the whole day, as did the BLU Sniper there, who already knew nickmurdoch, who went with us even though he wasn't in TF2 cosplay, lol.
Oh man it was seriously the best weekend I've had in a long long time, and probably the best convention I've been to. The Saturday night party sucked, so we won't bother going back to that (too much loud, not dancy, not singy, not fun music, too small an area, drinks were too expensive) - I think next time I'd much rather get drinks and munchies and have a hotel room party.
Anyway, Nick did a MUCH better post on the subject, so you can find that here, and Sarah's photos are here!
Anyway so you can see the rest of my photos on my NEW SHINY FLICKR ACCOUNT.
Oh yeah and I drew the Doctor on the tablecloth.
Good job at knowing who all the characters in your flickr photos are!
Can't wait for Oct an I agree we should have a hotel party instead.
I'm not sure if I'm going to Sheffield or not in Oct yet, haven't even looked up the date. (I did get your text but was at the airport and I needed the credit to call home to tell them I was back in England, so I didn't reply, gomen).
Btw we need to chat at some point since I MIGHT be coming to Bath in July. Maybe.
Yes, yeah I'll get on Pidgin more. Definitely have to meet up if you do get down here.
I'm so angry Ponycon's the same weekend as another big UK con! :( (it's like the 23rd of October or something). I'm going to try and wangle both, but idk. | 2019-04-22T04:11:35Z | https://reaperfox.livejournal.com/941137.html | Porn | Games | 0.8707 |
sfgate | In preparation for the Olympic Games that will begin in Beijing on Friday, China’s communist government has ordered residents of the Chinese capital to refrain from spitting and not to ask questions of foreign visitors. It has shut down factories and limited automobile traffic in an effort to reduce air pollution. It has made it clear that it will not tolerate – from anybody, including foreign visitors – any expressions of criticism of China’s policies toward Tibet, or of its weapons sales to Sudan’s government (which has been linked to the genocide in the western-Sudanese region of Darfur), or of its human-rights record.
So it was something of a shock yesterday when members of the U.S. cycling team who will be taking part in the Games arrived at Beijing’s international airport wearing black face masks – not to imitate the sartorial quirk of their countryman, pop singer Michael Jackson, but rather, apparently, to protect themselves from the city’s famously polluted air.
Switzerland’s Radio Suisse Romande reported yesterday that members of the Japanese delegation that is heading to Beijing might wear face masks; so noted a medical adviser to the group of athletes and their attendants. Some 500 face masks of the kind workers wear at construction sites will be furnished to the Japanese Olympic delegation. | 2019-04-19T09:40:53Z | https://blog.sfgate.com/worldviews/2008/08/06/in-beijing-let-the-choke-games-cough-cough-begin/ | Porn | Sports | 0.680495 |
wordpress | Turning the notion of conventional theatre upside down and blurring the boundary between audience and artist BE Festival opens its doors to 20 of Europe’s most daring, innovative and experimental theatre, dance and circus groups this June.
The week long festival take place across the Rep’s various stages and back-stage areas and offers a unique programme of European theatre, dance, comedy, circus, music, visual and performing arts. Running day and night there are a wide variety of activities and shows for everyone.
One of the festival’s many quirks include their now infamous interval dinner events (pictured); The REP’s main stage makes way for a pop-up restaurant and audience members, actors and staff are invited to enjoy a meal together under the spotlights during the interval.
Evening entertainment also includes international live music, DJs and a bar; the perfect place to relax on the loungers and sofas, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the shows. During the day there are visual arts installations, workshops and talks all exploring the theme of democracy and participation giving audiences the opportunity to chat with actors, artists and academics.
A free outdoor performance, Collage, by trampolining forces of nature, Bot Project (Spain), will take place on Centenary Square on 24 June at 6pm.
This entry was posted in Birmingham, Theatre and tagged BE Festival, Birmingham Rep, European THeatre, The Rep, Theatre. Bookmark the permalink. | 2019-04-24T10:54:33Z | https://areamagazine.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/be-festival-2015-23-27-june-at-the-rep-birmingham/ | Porn | Arts | 0.82487 |
wordpress | If I am not mistaken, the Yankees will play the Dodgers this year during interleague play. I HAVE to see that. As many of you know, Andre is my favorite non-Yankee player. It will be Heaven for me to watch Andre and his Dodgers play my Yanks….
If I can just see Melky a little this year, that would be great. Watching baseball and not seeing Melky is too painful. In 2010, I want to see my Leche, even if that means watching Braves games.
I know I will see a whole lot of Javy this season. But I want to see him be very successful. So successful, that they sign him to a nice, long contract so I don’t have to worry about losing him again. I thought Javier was good in ’04 for the Yanks, except for that whole meltdown thing…but let’s not go there! If CC, A.J., and Andy can do what they did last year again, and if you incorporate into that rotation a dominant Javier Vazquez, the rotation will be pretty darn beast.
#2) Matt Holliday as a Yankee!!!
Ow-ow! He is smokin’!!! In case you didn’t know, I am obsessed with Matt Holliday. He’s so gorgeous, and that’s a fact. And as of right now, this beautiful human being is still a free agent! The Yankees need a left fielder. I WANT HIM! Sure, he is expensive. BUT THE YANKEES CAN AFFORD HIM! Holliday would be a perfect fit for the Yankees. Imagine having him him the lineup. IMAGINE HIM IN A YANKEE UNIFORM!!! Oh my God. I’d pass out. But it’s worth it. God, Brian Cashman, whoever will listen to me, please bring me Matt Holliday. PLEASE.
Here’s to the new year, 2010. I hope gives us all joy, cherished memories, and a great season for the team we love.
GO YANKEES!!! I can’t wait to see you boys again! | 2019-04-21T04:10:07Z | https://mlblogssouthernbelle.wordpress.com/tag/andre-ethier/ | Porn | Sports | 0.785391 |
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msu | Sharing your work can help you expand your network of contacts who share your research interests. For undergraduate researchers who intend to complete a graduate degree, presenting can be an invaluable experience. We recommend discussing your interest in sharing your research with your faculty research mentor and academic advisor. They can help match your interests with the appropriate venue.
The annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) is Michigan State's premier showcase for undergraduate research, scholarship and creative activity. Through involvement in the Forum, students have the opportunity to present their work in the form of a poster or oral presentation, or to showcase their creations. All currently enrolled Michigan State undergraduate students who are engaged in original work are eligible to participate. Presentation at URAAF does not preclude students from presenting at other scholarly conferences.
Must be a current MSU student.
Submit a copy of your poster in PDF or PPT format with the appropriate poster size of 40x32. Posters outside of these dimensions will not be accepted due to the size of the wall casings in the neighborhoods.
Send a head shot style photo of yourself so we may add it to your profile.
Complete the poster profile narrative survey by clicking here. This information will be used to create the narrative that will accompany your poster.
The poster and head shot should be emailed to ugrsrch@msu.edu with the subject line, Neighborhood Poster Initiative. If you have a printed version of your poster in the 40X32 dimension you may drop the poster off to the Undergraduate Research Office located in the Hannah Administration Building, room 312. Once you have submitted all items, you will receive a confirmation from our office to let you know when your poster will be going up. A total of 30 posters are selected each semester for rotation in all five Neighborhood Engagement Centers..
Questions or comments regarding the Neighborhood Poster Initiative should be directed to the Undergraduate Research Office by phone: 517-884-4384 or email: ugrsrch@msu.edu. | 2019-04-25T10:54:08Z | https://www.urca.msu.edu/share | Porn | Arts | 0.936292 |
livejournal | "I thank you guys for being an inspiration in my life; for my life is not complete without you, without your music in my life. You color my world by songs you created straight from your heart..."
~ an excerpt from a poem for Backstreet Boys entitled, "Backstreet"
1:38 pm - Backstreet Boys in Moscow!!!
romanticbeliver Hi, everybody! I want to share with you photos from the Moscow concert of Backstreet Boys!!!
betsyfh If you haven't heard, Geocities is closing on October 26, 2009. Geocities has played an important role in the history of the Backstreet Boys fandom. On Fan History Wiki, we want to help chronicle the history of this fandom on Geocities before it is lost forever. We'd love to have you involved.
We've created some stub articles at Backstreet Boys fansites on Geocities. There isn't much there, especially when you think about the whole of Geocities and how important Geocities was to the Backstreet Boys fandom. We'd really want to see the few existing articles improved to give a better idea of what role they played early in the fandom's history and for the fandom's history off LiveJournal. Just click edit, write in relevant information and then click save. You can't screw it up. (It's a wiki. Things are incredibily easy to fix if you're worried.) If you're feeling really helpful, please use Template:fansitesgeocities to create new articles so that we can get the history of more Geocitie's Backstreet Boys fansites saved.
lesmisfreak87 Does anyone know where I can find Backstreet Boys Icons for AIM? I've been trying to find some recent ones, that are really cool. I've looked at sites like www.originalicons.com as well as www.iconator.com and they only have old ones.
1:29 pm - Bunch of stuff for sale!
i have a bunch of old school backstreet boys stuff for sale like stickers, calendars, books, notebooks, watches, keychains, poster books, a shirt..i have a lot of stuff. let me know if anyone is interested in any of it and i'll post photos.
12:14 pm - Atlantic City fans!!!
I know this is a bit last minute but..
if you are at all interested please lemme know!
it'll be way too much fun!
12:01 am - Huge lot of BSB stuff on Ebay!
Check it out! There has already been a lot of interest.
I have a lot of 28 old Backstreet Boys posters for sale varying in size, there are individual posters and group ones as well, all from old teen magazines. It is up on ebay right now if anyone is interested.
1:38 pm - New BSB Forum!
rambling_queen Hey Everyone, I just wanted to invite you all to a new forum I created a month ago for BSB. It's full of Backstreet goodness such as the latest news, photos, videos, and more.. You can feel free to post off topic subjects there because it has it's own area. Come play games, gossip about your favorite celebs, talk about your tv shows, movies, and other favorite bands. It's a lot of fun, come check it out!
If you would like to become a member, please come and join us over at Unmistakable Backstreet. If you are not a registered member of Yuku.com no worries, it's free and easy to do. Once you are registered you can join our forum and many others. Hope to see you there!
If you have questions about how to join the forum, feel free to ask me.
rambling_queen 12 icons of BSB.
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nhakblove Some icons I made forever ago, and haven't done anything with since.
Characters: Backstreet Boys (the whole band), and original characters.
Genre: Alternate Universe, Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance.
Warnings: mild sexual content, mild violence, cursing.
Disclaimer: I do not own or know the band Backstreet Boys. They are to be perceived in a fictional manor for the story. However I do own all the original characters.
Summary: Two Dark Worlds. One Born into a world of wealth, knowledge, strength, and Power. Another was once mortal, taken from the world of light to the world of darkness. Known for their Rebellion, feisty, trouble paths. A young beautiful mortal girl enters the Dark world without knowledge. Will she accept the world she once thought was just a myth? Better question, will they accept her in the Dark world? Or will death be her claim?
Genre: Alternate Universe, horror, Angst, Drama, Romance.
If you'd like to read them, you can catch up on all the chapters and keep updated on new chapters over at fcff. :) Hope to see you around. KTBSPA!
11:25 pm - where the ^*%&^*& is Kevin???
fragilentity Ok, so I have the new BSB album, and its amazing, like ok beyond amazing its blowing my socks off, but somethings missing! It's Kevin! Where the devil is Kevin? And will he tour with the guys?!
nhakblove Does anybody actually know what Kevin's been up to leaving BSB? | 2019-04-23T12:05:53Z | https://community.livejournal.com/-backstreetboys/ | Porn | Shopping | 0.878156 |
wordpress | I read parts of The Namesake again not because there is so much in the news about Mira Nair’s movie on the book. A personal incident reminded me of an instance in the book. A distant cousin lost her husband, he was on an official trip to Frankfurt. He had just spoken to my cousin who was in Singapore and the next she hears about him is that he has died of a massive heart attack. A gentle flick of destiny tossed her life upside down.
When I received this news I was reminded of the instance in The Namesake when Ashima gets the news of Ashoke’s death. Ashoke has taken a nine month project at a small university near Cleveland and lives alone in a flat at the university campus while Ashima stays back at Massachusetts. She had just spoken to him, he had called from the hospital and complained of a stomach upset, blamed the previous night’s dinner for his condition and had called off. Ashima calculates the time that the consultation with the doctor would take her husband and the time he would take for driving home. She calls him at his flat. The telephone rings itself hoarse through an empty house, that by itself is no indication of anything serious. She calls at the hospital and does not receive proper response first and then her call is received and a voice, like all faceless ones at the other end that seem to have the capacity to change your fate, announces to Ashima that Ashoke is dead. A normal day gone awry, very awry.
I wanted to read this bit again, I began here and read the novel through to its end. I had read the novel the first time soon after it was published in 2003. The book was published sometime in September 2003. I am generally poor at remembering and recalling dates and months, but I remember this very clearly because I bought the book at the Chennai airport when I had gone to see off my father who was leaving for Bombay with my brother soon after my mother’s death.
My impressions of the book at that time were different. Though the unassuming voice of the author was absorbing, there were large areas that I could not relate to. It is the story of immigrants, those who have made conscious decisions to leave home. I have not seen anyone I know who had immigrated experience a sense of guilt and pain at being away from their family in India the way Ashoke and Ashima do. Gogol is distanced culturally and experientially from those like me who live in India.
Ashoke wants to move on after a near fatal accident, he wants to go farthest away from the site of the accident. He leaves his large family of parents and five brothers and goes to the USA. He marries Ashima; his homesick wife misses her family in Calcutta, experiences pain at not being able to share the happiest moments of her life with her father, mother, brother and uncles. Gogol’s initial rejection of the world and value system of his parents seems unfair to all that Ashoke and Ashima struggled to create.
I searched for the likes of Ashoke and Ashima among the people I know who have immigrated to the United States of A – friends and relatives. Most had gone abroad to pursue higher studies and then settled there with a good job. The young men came back home in search of brides, marriages were arranged in a month and they went back with a wife whose parents packed pots and pans, appalams, sambar and rasam podis and Sumeet mixie for the young couple to build a home and start a family. The couple then sent tickets for the wife’s parents who crossed the seven seas to help their daughter in pregnancy and child birth. The duo then became trio, visiting home once in two years to carry out the prarthanis in various temples in South India. Grand parents visited them regularly, they returned after staying for four months when their visitor’s visa expired to bore relatives and neighbours with tales and photographs of their visits to the Niagara Falls, Smithsonian museum and the likes.
I did not hear the immigrants I know express acute homesickness or alienation, the perpetual sense of unease that Ashima suffers (quite like the sickness during pregnancy) in a foreign land. The never share what it is for their children to grow in US of A, these second generation kids who speak with a severe accent which their grand parents, uncles and aunts and cousins back in India find hard to follow.
I am like the Uma Maima in the novel, to my nephews who live in the U S. Alas, Uma Maima’s world is not represented in the novel! There are only two vignettes of Uma Maima. She oversees the servants in her sprawling house (His aunt, Uma Maima, presides in the kitchen all morning, harassing the servants …”), and when Gogol attempts cross country running on the streets of Calcutta Uma Maima who is drying clothes on the terrace sends a servant to run along with him so that he does not get lost.
I wonder why nobody writes about the Uma Maimas and Rana Mamas who stay back home to take care of old parents. Only immigrants seem to have a story to say, that too only writers seem to feel the need to negotiate their hyphenated identities as Indian-Americans !
She wanted to call him and ask him to push aside the lock of hair that had fallen on his forehead. She didn’t and this image of him stayed with her, her hands reached into the emptiness to brush aside the lock.
His embalmed body was flown to Chennai from Frankfurt and she had flown from Singapore to Chennai on receiving the news. She had packed her clothes into a suitcase hastily. His bathrobe lay on bed and the faint smell of aftershave that he dabbed just before leaving remained in his bathroom. She closed her flat that still had his presence and flew with friends to Chennai on receiving the news of his death.
She had looked at the world through his eyes. That was the first time she was travelling without him or her grown up daughter who was then studying in Chennai. Her husband had joked many times of having two children, one who has grown up and the other who will never grow up.
She gazed into the empty darkness through the window of her flight. She looked keenly into the space and wondered if this was the emptiness that everyone disappears into after they die. Was her husband somewhere here? It was hard for her to develop this thought.
She had seen him off at the elevator and had rushed to the balcony to see the car drive out of the apartment building. She lay on the bed that carried the warmth of his body, lazed around desultorily picking from the floor the things that he had strewn around as he hastily got dressed to take the early morning flight.
She did not clean the apartment and spent the day biting into the left- over of previous night’s dinner. She micro waved the dosa and soaked it into cold coconut chutney and ate it. She sprawled on the large sofa in her housecoat and drained down mugs and mugs of filter coffee. She looked at the Singapore evening sky spill red wine laced with mauve at the edges, behind the high-rises.
This was how she spent the time when her husband travelled. She did not call on friends, stayed up the whole day without cooking, boringly ran through magazines, surfed TV channels. She spoke to her daughter at 20.30 Singapore time. She did not bother to calculate the time zone of the cities her husband visited, he always called and spoke several times during his travels. She just waited, all activity called off when he was not near her.
He had called soon after a meeting and said that that he was boarding the flight in a couple of hours and that he would reach Singapore in the early hours of Wednesday. It was still early evening, she had enough time to have an unhurried bath. She soaked herself for half an hour in the bath and rubbed her wet hair gently after she draped herself in her husband’s bath robe. She took time to choose her dress for the evening. She wore a block printed Salwar Kameez that she picked up during one of her visits to Chennai; she sprayed perfume liberally and called her driver on the cell to get the car to the lobby. She drove to China Town which was a twenty minute drive from her flat. She went to the Indian store and bought a large bunch of Rajnigandha. The flowers weighed the stalks down and made it droop gently. Pollen settled on her fair skin with a few drops of water that the florist had sprinkled to stand the flowers fresh. She paid for the flowers and left the store. On reaching home she put the flowers in the ceramic jar, she then opened the fridge to take stock of the vegetables to cook for the next day. She retired to bed leaving the light on in the sitting room. She stayed awake for long as the sounds of the night diminished, she followed a trail of light left on the wall by the headlight of a car turning around the corner of the road. She plunged into deep sleep and was startled when the doorbell rang. She sat bolt upright and took a few seconds to orient herself. The time piece near her bed showed half past six. She cursed herself for oversleeping. It must be her husband, she went to open the door surprised at her husband for not calling her from the airport, which he normally did.
When she opened the door she found Anand and Ravi with their wives. So early in the morning, she wondered. No one generally called impromptu like this. Anand and Ravi were her husband’s colleagues. She invited them in and asked to be excused to rush in and brush her teeth. They did not reply, she went in thinking that their presence was odd at so early an hour. At the back of her mind she kept expecting a call from her husband.
She went to the kitchen to put milk on the stove to boil. She went to the sitting room. Anand’s wife came and sat next to her and held her hand. She found this strange. She sensed some misgiving, it filled the air around her, and she shivered a little at the oddness of the situation. She wanted to blot these people out of her existence and call her husband on the mobile. It was strange he did not call.
A hollow pain gripped her stomach, she looked searchingly at the four sitting around her. For a moment a strange thought ran though her brain. What had her husband to do with these four people who have barged into her house? She could not hold a single thought as she was getting restless. The thought that it was past her husband’s arrival time back home rattled her. She needed to be alone to figure out what delayed her husband. She needed to talk to him.
as she would to a story, this as yet had nothing to do with her husband, and she was expecting his call anytime now.
A whip of cold air lashed her face, she woke up to the grammatical subtext. The subtext acted as a spoiler to the story, it let the story run ahead. At the same moment, the import of Anand’s unsaid text hit her, the line dividing Anand’s words and her life merged. She gasped and she wanted to ask Anand to stop. Words didn’t flow out.
Prema made a rasping sound that was close to a laugh, the words that Anand said hung in the air, and it made no sense to her. She just stared for a few moments at these intruders who were messing her perfect morning. She felt the mess could be cleared, just make a few changes, go back a few minutes and have her husband call from the airport.
Prema cradled into herself, pulled her leg very close to her chest and sank her head on her knees. She experienced an agonising urge to have Srini hold her. A frightening darkness engulfed. Something snapped in her, a wave of terror tore through her. The muscles around her mouth contorted and the howl that rose from her stomach choked at the throat. She coughed it up loudly and ended up wailing as saliva spilled from the sides of her mouth.
Prema winced at the logistics of planning that men were capable of carrying out even when the gravest of catastrophe hits them.
Prema suggested the names of her cousins and gave their phone numbers that she knew by heart. She recollected suddenly that one of her cousin’s numbers has changed, racked her brain where she had noted it down and fetched the number for Anand.
Anand’s wife brought tea for everyone; the smell of boiled milk filled the house. The rays of the morning sun fell on the burgundy coloured Kashmiri carpet. Anand spoke to her cousins, she now got used to listening to “Srini is no more” that Anand repeated with every call he made. She sank her head on the sofa and closed her eyes.
Anand then got busy booking air tickets to Chennai. A few more friends joined, the driver had come and taken the key for the car, and a few neighbours came and sat near Prema. She heard the ring of puja bells — Mukerjee’s morning arthi, thought Prema. She saw the young couple who lived at the flat opposite to hers return back after their early morning dash to the grocers down the street. Broccoli and lettuce spilled out of the large brown paper bag that the young wife carried. They were as always so self absorbed that they did not notice the crowd gathered at Prema’s flat.
Prema noticed that nothing around her has changed; Mukerjees continue their puja uninterrupted; the gardener would have opened the sprinkler on the lawn. The routine that she noticed around her comforted her a little. She wished that people would not crowd around her, the crowd made her home appear like an alien space.
She went to the bedroom and lied down. She drew the Sholapur blanket over her.Her mind worked out what she did the previous day when her husband lay dying in the hospital. She recollected the call she received from Srini the previous evening and recreated the last minutes of her husband’s life from the events that Anand narrated. She always knew every move of her husband; now he seemed to have tricked her. She thought that her husband had excluded her from his final decision. By dying he had killed her as well, he had pulled her into deep darkness. She stared at the ceiling and stayed in a state of shock.
If only I could ….
I lay on my father’s cot yesterday and looked up at the roof. I remembered my father lying there many nights, especially the difficult nights when he could not sleep and when memories of a beautiful life that he lived with my mother haunted him. These painful memories he learnt to live with, but these metamorphosed into fear and insecurity during the long nights that he could not sleep. Not all nights were bad, I think. Probably they were and he did not tell me, there were the nights when he could not handle it. He woke up hoary eyed, a sadness hung over his eyes as he went about his morning routine of brushing his teeth, drinking tea, those days he skipped his morning walks. I would ask him to go for a walk, but he stubbornly refused. Thinking back now, I regret that I had not done my best to help him. For instance, I could have gone for a walk with him, stayed up a few nights with him and shared a hot mug of Horlicks; I could have done a million things to make him feel that he was not locked out alone from humanity. I do not want to think of all that I have done for him, but of all that I could have done for him. He might not have lived a day longer, but I certainly owe him thousand fold more than what I gave. | 2019-04-20T15:21:45Z | https://umagowrishankar.wordpress.com/2007/03/ | Porn | News | 0.328534 |
tripod | I am often asked, "what are white metal models, and why are they so expensive?". To answer this it isnecessary to explain the production of white metal models. Spa Croft Models and the other white metal model manufacturers, generally produce models which are not considered commercially viable by the diecast manufacturers such as Corgi as they often have a limited appeal. The metal used in the die casting process ia a hard metal, and can only be cast in steel dies. The tooling costs are, therefore, extremely high, and because of this, the manufacturer has to be sure that the investment will be recouped. Subjects, therefore have to have a wide appeal, and be capable of being produced in a variety of forms and liveries, with little, or no alteration. Plastic is used to produce many of the smaller items such as radiator grilles, bumpers etc., and interiors, because this is also cheaper. Generally the only none metal parts used in white metal models are rubber for the tyres, and acetate for the windows. Everything else is metal which conributes to the weight of the model and its overall impression of quality.
Whilst the production of white metal models is still not cheap, because the metal used has a low melting piont, rubber moulds can be used to cast the models, by means of centrifugal casting, and it is this process that is much cheaper than die casting, because tooling costs are much less. "Why is the end product so much more expensive?", I hear you ask. There are several reasons. Because of the limited appeal of many of the subjects of white metal models, for instance, they may only be known in the UK, and therefore have no interest world wide, the recovery of tooling costs is spread over a smaller number of units, very often no more than 600 pieces. Each model is also hand built, and hand finished, and in some cases, hand polished. This is a very labour intensive part of the production of white metal models, and because production is totally local, the white metal manufacturers cannot benefit from the much cheaper foreign labour available to our diecast colleagues.
"Why should I buy white metal models then", you may ask. Because you are getting a special model which no one else produces. None of the models produced by Spa Croft Models is currently available from any other manufacturer, die cast or white metal; white metal models are very often more accurate and have more detail than their die cast counterparts, although the die cast manufacturers are now recognising the demands of the discerning collector, and things are definitely improving; the finish of white metal models is of a greater quality because they are handbuilt; your collection will be more unique because there are fewer examples of each model arround, and I suppose, to be a little light hearted, you will not be filling you cabinets as quicky, because you will be buying less of the more expensive models, unless of course you are a lottery winner. Ultimately, the value of your collection may increase more, because of the desirabilty of these little gems, but that's a bonus. Collecting is about the fun of it, and the intrinsic value of your collection.
When you purchase the new SPA CROFT MODELS Morris Oxford Series III, you will have the opportunity to win a unique version of this model. Finished in Clarendon Grey, with the Number plate 132 OCK, thisversion will be one of only two models produced as such. Details of how to win are in each box. Because the second batch of models were late in being produced, it has been decided to extend the time for qualification for the draw, which will now be made at the end of the year. See below for an image of this special model.
Pete Kenna has now received the initial castings. Final detailing is now required, so the first batch of castings should be available for painting and assembly before the end of March. It is a highly detailed model so it won't be cheap, but I am still unable to advise on the price. | 2019-04-21T19:11:37Z | http://spacroftmodels.tripod.com/spacroft/download.htm | Porn | Business | 0.622744 |
wordpress | The first home to UNC Asheville – then Buncombe County Junior College – also has seen its share of changes over the past 90 years, undergoing renovations in 2012-2014.
Now called the Historic Biltmore School, the building houses a variety of businesses, foundations and professional medical services. Over the years, it has been home to Biltmore High School and Biltmore Elementary School, as well as the Buncombe County Sherriff’s Department and the 911 Call Center.
Biltmore Property Group along with its investor group bought the property and began an extensive renovation while maintaining the historic integrity of this 90-year-old property. The goal was to preserve the building’s character as it was adapted to newer technologies. After two years of construction and an expenditure of $12 million dollars, the project was completed in 2014.
The restoration, led by architects Alan McGuinn and Bryan Moffitt of ARCA Design along with local contractors Rick Grant, Allen Peele and Chris Smith of Beverly-Grant, earned a Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit from the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina, the Griffin Award from the Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County and was one of Biltmore Property Group’s projects that helped John Bell, its CEO, earn the Counselors of Real Estate – Creative Thinkers Award. Biltmore Property Group continues to manage the property. | 2019-04-26T08:14:43Z | https://biltmorepropertygroup.wordpress.com/2017/07/12/biltmore-school-part-of-unc-asheville-90-year-celebration-in-2017-18/ | Porn | Business | 0.9806 |
livejournal | It cannot be argued that the influence of the Ninja on world affairs has enormously decreased, as well as its reputation as a warrior. Once considered the pinnacle of superhuman skill, today ninjas are but cannon fodder to be deployed in mass and dispatched contemptuously, barely a step above the common henchperson. Where once the featureless black mask of the ninja stood as a symbol for mysterious abilities and certain death, today a botched assassination attempt and an ignominious escape, or at best a barely more honorable suicide, is all that can be expected from this once terrifying shadow. | 2019-04-20T20:28:05Z | https://users.livejournal.com/--marcelo/tag/ninjas | Porn | Reference | 0.410012 |
wordpress | My faith journey began 77 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida. I am one of those lucky people to have been born to loving parents who also loved the Lord. We attended a great mid-sized Methodist church that had an abundance of young people and wonderful pastors and teachers.
Sunday afternoons my Dad and I took long walks along the streams and through the beautiful wooded areas close to our home. I learned to enjoy the beauty of nature on those sunny afternoons. I think Dad gave me the gift of seeing the Lord’s hand at work everywhere in the natural world.
I had fun growing up! We lived in a neighborhood full of boys and I was the biggest tom-boy you could possibly imagine. I played baseball (got knocked flat by a ball flying off a bat-nothing broken except the bat!) I fell out of a tree-again, nothing broken except the branch that made me fall. I wore out dozens of roller skate wheels on our streets and sidewalks. Every day, rain or shine, the boys and I rode our bikes to school, about a two mile trip. Every Saturday I rode my bike to our church for children’s choir practice, about a five mile trip. You might wonder what mother would let her little girl do all that, but those were gentler times.
There were no TVs to keep us indoors and we all enjoyed each other. In thinking back, I don’t remember any of us ever getting into a fight or having a falling-out. I wish that could be said of today’s children!
Both Mom and Dad believed in the Golden Rule and taught my sister and me by example how to practice it. They also taught us to practice another Bible verse, “Be ye kind, one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another.” Those early teachings have been a very good foundation for me in living my life.
In my senior year of high school I fell in love and instead of going to college, I got married and subsequently had my two great children. I also began a 40-year career with the telephone company. The marriage didn’t last, but guess what? The Lord had blessed me with my children and great job.
Several years later a good-looking sailor stationed at our naval base stole my heart. We married and moved west. He was from Idaho and wanted to work in Salt Lake City. The fall of that year the city had a record early snow in September. Here we are, Florida Crackers who had never seen snow, trying to deal with two fee of it! The children and I had a ball. We had hats, gloves and coats but no boots. We built snowmen and threw snowballs and froze our feet!
Well, a wife and two children were way too much to handle for someone not used to a family. Once again things did not turn out as planned and I was single again. By this time, I had started my job at the telephone company in Salt Lake City. I loved the beautiful valley and mountains so I decided to remain here in Utah.
Then the Lord gave me another blessing. The Sunday I transferred my membership from Florida to FUMC, I met my husband to be, Donn Thurman. We celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary just before he passed away.
As many of you know, Donn lost his leg and almost his life in 1964 when he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. The Lord answered all our prayers and Donn pulled through. Our First Methodist family was wonderfully supportive. After his recovery, Donn was able to serve our church as the sound engineer for 38 years.
As our children grew older and Donn grew strong again, I was again able to get more involved in church activities, including the choir, United Methodist Women, and church Council. I was fortunate to serve as chairperson for the Mission Work Area for several years. That was a real Joy! Our church folks rallied around and supported three mission trips to the Navajo Reservation to help several small Methodist churches there with special projects. On our second trip, we got lost. We asked the local police for directions and wound up parked in a vacant field in a circle as if we were pioneers camped for the night. We all got a good laugh out of that one and finally reached our destination.
Over the years life has had its ups and downs, but the Lord has blessed me with his loving care in too many ways to count. One very special blessing for our family was the birth of our granddaughter, Jessica. Our daughter’s second child, Cheryl, was born brain damaged. Her mind was that of a newborn baby and her body was very small. She was 6 ½ years old when she passed away, but the Lord brought our Jessica into the world the day before he took little Cheryl home to be with him.
I believe there are a lot of folks who practice those words in our congregation. Thank you for listening to me and for being my wonderful church family. | 2019-04-18T12:41:01Z | https://firstmethodistslc.wordpress.com/about/faith-journeys/carolyn-thurman/ | Porn | News | 0.337763 |
iastate | Despite the slightly downturn in the footwear market due to weak economic performance in the US, the sales of running shoes gains steadily to $2.46 billion in 2011(Running USA, 2012) . However, increased intensity of competition in this section leads to more homogeneous products. Products targeting the same needs or competing on the same attributes decrease the profitability of the market as well as of each player (Porter, 1979). Therefore, branding strategies aiming at establishing a unique brand position in the market is crucial for all the brands in the running shoes market. | 2019-04-24T09:56:28Z | https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings/2013/presentations/136/ | Porn | Business | 0.350719 |
wordpress | Wolman, Gil. Et des Hommes. Berlin: Editions AcquAviva, 29 September 2015. n.p. [32 p.]; ill.; 20 x 28 cm.; ill. Wrappers with comic strips.
First edition of Wolman’s work of comics collages on a piano, released on the occasion of the exhibition “Woman = Lettrism+Detournement” at “La Plaque Tournante” in Berlin While the original work dates from ca. 1973, it is made available to the general public for the first time, courtesy of Lettrisme scholar, sound artist, and experimental composer Frederic Acquaviva (who also edits this volume) as well as the Gil J. Wolman estate.
This limited edition of 100 is priced competitively (20 Euro) and available directly from the publisher (info@laplaquetournante.org) or avant-garde book dealer LecointreDrouet (www.lecointredrouet.com) in Paris.
Vienet, Rene. L’Aubergine est Farcie. n.p. [Paris]: Imp. BRICOUT, 1975. 60 x 80 cm.; ill. offset-printed.
Original film poster for Vienet’s detourned film. Originally released in Japan as “Zeroka no onna : Akai wappa” in 1974, the film was directed by Yukio Noda and featured Miki Sugimoto and Eiji Go. It was “adapted” by Vienet the following year.
The film was never officially released – it was only screened privately to a handful of journalists. As such, that a film poster survives is indeed something of a miracle.
Rare. We find no copies on OCLC or in the trade. | 2019-04-21T19:08:36Z | https://situationnisteblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/ | Porn | Arts | 0.373407 |
wordpress | You need a magnifying glass to see Nick but he was still cool. I’ll bet he was having the time of his life. Way to go, Tar Heels. Love you.
You know she’s a BIG Gators fan. The way I understand it, Monica gave them a hard time, but they just let her have at it. I think they thought it was pretty funny.
Wow, how cool is that! I’m glad I wasn’t there, because I would have become a blathering idiot in the presence of these big ‘ol heels. Garrett Reynolds looks like a tall version of Michael Pittman! And look at big Marv’s 1000 kilowatt smile! I’m so glad they came to see you.
What did Monica think when she saw REAL football players? Haha! | 2019-04-23T04:50:33Z | https://nicksmom.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/early-treats-for-halloween/ | Porn | Sports | 0.972891 |
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