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The want ads posted by the anonymous buyer on Armslist.com, a sprawling free classified ads Web site for guns, telegraphed urgency.
The intentions and background of the prospective buyer were hidden, as is customary on such sites. The person posting these ads, however, left a phone number, enabling The New York Times to trace them to their source: Omar Roman-Martinez, 29, of Colorado Springs, who has a pair of felony convictions for burglary and another for motor vehicle theft, as well as a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction — all of which bar him from having guns. Yet he was so determined he even offered to trade a tablet computer or a vintage Pepsi machine for firearms.
When questioned in a telephone interview, Mr. Roman-Martinez said he ultimately decided not to buy a weapon. He also insisted that a 9-millimeter handgun he posted for sale on the Web site last month belonged to someone else.
The mere fact that Mr. Roman-Martinez was seeking to buy and sell guns on Armslist underscores why extending background checks to the growing world of online sales has become a centerpiece of new gun legislation being taken up in the Senate this week. With no requirements for background checks on most private transactions, a Times examination found, Armslist and similar sites function as unregulated bazaars, where the essential anonymity of the Internet allows unlicensed sellers to advertise scores of weapons and people legally barred from gun ownership to buy them.
The bipartisan Senate compromise under consideration would require that background checks be conducted through federally licensed dealers on all Internet and gun show sales. Gun control advocates argue that such checks might have prevented shootings like that of Zina Haughton, 42, who was killed in October with two other women by her husband, Radcliffe, even though a restraining order barred him from having guns. Mr. Haughton simply contacted a private seller on Armslist and handed over $500 in a McDonald’s parking lot for a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol and three magazines.
Seeking a glimpse into the largely hidden online gun market, The Times assembled a database and analyzed several months of ads from Armslist, which has become the dominant player in the arena, and examined numerous smaller sites.
Over the past three months, The Times identified more than 170,000 gun ads on Armslist. Some were for the same guns, making it difficult to calculate just how many guns were actually for sale. Even so, with more than 20,000 ads posted every week, the number is probably in the tens of thousands.
Notably, 94 percent of the ads were posted by “private parties,” who, unlike licensed dealers, are not required to conduct background checks.
Jitka Vesel was killed by Dmitry Smirnov, who was stalking her and bought a gun online.
Besides Mr. Roman-Martinez, the Times investigation led to Gerard Toolin, 46, of Walterboro, S.C., who is a fugitive from the Rhode Island police and has two outstanding felony warrants as well as a misdemeanor warrant. His legal status bars him from owning guns, but he was recently seeking to buy an AK-47 assault rifle on Armslist and was also trying to trade a Marlin rifle. He posted photos to his Facebook account of an AK-47 he had already purchased, along with a variety of other guns.
There was also Martin Fee, who has a domestic battery conviction in Florida and other arrests and convictions in Florida and New Jersey, including for drug possession, burglary and larceny. He was selling a Chinese SKS rifle on the classified section of another Web site, BudsGunShop.com.
The examination of Armslist raised questions about whether many sellers are essentially functioning as unlicensed firearms dealers, in contravention of federal law. The law says that people who “engage in the business” of selling firearms need to obtain a license and conduct background checks on customers. While the definition of engaging in business is vague, The Times found that more than two dozen people had posted more than 20 different guns for sale in a several-month span.
Among them was Joshua Lovejoy, 32, who since November has advertised more than 100 guns on Armslist, mostly in Canton, Ohio, ranging from AR-15 assault rifles to Glock 19 semiautomatic pistols. He once listed more than 20 guns in a single ad. He insisted in a telephone interview, however, that he had sold only a few.
“You think I broke a law?” he asked.
Armslist was the brainchild of Jonathan Gibbon and Brian Mancini, friends who attended the United States Air Force Academy and then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Mancini, who designed the site, recently left the company. Mr. Gibbon remains the site’s owner, while also practicing law in Pennsylvania, according to his profile on LinkedIn. Armslist LLC, registered with the Oklahoma secretary of state, lists an office suite in Pittsburgh as its business address.
Gun shows have long been a source of concern for gun control advocates and law enforcement officials, because many allow unregulated sales without background checks. Web sites make such transactions far more widely available, with just a few clicks of a mouse.
A 2011 undercover investigation by the City of New York examined private party gun sellers on a range of Web sites, including Armslist, to see if they would sell guns to someone who said that they probably could not pass a background check. (Federal law bars sales to any person the seller has reason to believe is prohibited from purchasing firearms). Investigators found seventy-seven of 125 online sellers agreed to sell the weapons anyway.
What the site does do is make it simple for anyone seeking to buy a gun without a background check, enabling users to filter gun ads in their state by ones being sold by private parties.
Federal law places one significant restriction on transactions among private parties, barring people from directly selling guns to people in other states who are not licensed firearms dealers. Licensed dealers must act as intermediaries in transactions across state lines and perform background checks. But an examination of ads on the Web site shows that illegal interstate transactions can occur.
The loose online atmosphere was evident in the case of an Arizona gun dealer, Walter Young, who pleaded guilty last week to a federal gun charge stemming from an investigation into his sale of a .50-caliber rifle, dozens of gun kits and thousands of rounds of ammunition to an anonymous buyer who contacted him on Gunbroker.com.
Mr. Young — a Tea Party activist who posted a YouTube video in February suggesting he was being persecuted for criticizing the government — told federal agents he shipped everything to an address in Texas near the Mexican border, without even knowing the identity of the recipient, according to court records. After initially lying to investigators, he admitted looking the other way in his online dealings, records show.
“Young stated there was a general ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy in the gun world when it came to wanting to know why a person was purchasing a particular item, and for that reason he did not question people he sold items to,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing.
Other cases have had deadly consequences.
In 2011, Dmitry Smirnov, a Canadian resident, contacted Benedict Ladera, from Kent, Wash., via Armslist, expressing interest in a Smith & Wesson .40-caliber pistol that Mr. Ladera had posted for sale.
Mr. Ladera, who had sold about 20 guns on Armslist over the previous year, agreed to meet at a casino but increased the price of the handgun to $600, from $400, because he was from out of state, according to court records. After buying the gun, Mr. Smirnov drove to Chicago, where he stalked Jitka Vesel, a woman he had briefly dated a few years earlier, and on April 13, 2011, shot and killed her. Mr. Smirnov turned himself into authorities and was later sentenced to life in prison.
Federal authorities also arrested Mr. Ladera, who pleaded guilty to making an illegal transfer of a firearm to a nonstate resident and was sentenced to one year in prison. Last year, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Armslist on behalf of Ms. Vesel’s family.
In the case of Radcliffe Haughton, the Wisconsin man who killed his wife, the person who sold him the gun on Armslist told federal investigators that he had checked Mr. Haughton’s driver’s license to make sure he was a Wisconsin resident. He also said he asked Mr. Haughton if he was prohibited from having firearms, but he indicated he was not.
Despite these cases, it appears that prosecutions of people who illegally buy and sell guns on the Internet are relatively unusual. A review of nearly 100 court cases in which federal authorities seized guns over the last year found that in very few instances were Internet transactions the focus of the investigations.
Identifying the people who buy and sell guns on these online forums is impossible in most cases because the sites protect the anonymity of their users.
On Armslist, potential buyers can contact sellers directly through the Web site, without making their contact information public. In some cases where people included phone numbers in their ads, The Times tried to trace them — a task made more difficult because most were unlisted cellphones — and determine if the people had criminal records or other firearms prohibitions.
Many numbers led nowhere. Among the ones that were traceable, most people examined had clean records, or had only misdemeanor convictions that did not disqualify them from having weapons. In some cases that raised questions, it was impossible to conclusively verify identities. But several people emerged who clearly should not be buying or selling guns.
Omar Roman-Martinez spent a little more than a year in prison, getting out in 2010, after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary for breaking into a car with some friends, taking a key and an address, and then going to the person’s house, where they made off with jewelry, a safe and electronics. He had prior felony convictions for burglarizing an auto-parts store and for stealing a car from a car dealership, and a misdemeanor assault conviction for biting and repeatedly using a telephone receiver to hit the woman he was living with, according to court and police records.
When queried, Mr. Roman-Martinez initially acknowledged the ads but tried to sidestep, saying that he never acquired a gun and that the one he was trying to sell was not his. By the end of the conversation, however, he denied he had anything to do with the ads.
The conversation unfolded similarly with Gerard Toolin, the man with outstanding felony warrants from Rhode Island who is now living in South Carolina. The charges against Mr. Toolin, which date to 2002, relate to allegations he defrauded people through his heating and cooling business. He skipped out on court appearances and fled the state, records show.
He posted an ad on Armslist on April 9, in which he wrote, “I am looking to buy A ak-47.” Initially unaware of who was calling, Mr. Toolin eagerly explained to a reporter that he already had one and was looking to acquire a second.
Minutes after the conversation, he took his Facebook account offline.
Mr. Fee, 45, has an arrest record dating back decades, and it is difficult to verify which charges resulted in convictions. But a domestic battery conviction from 1999, resulting from a dispute between Mr. Fee and his then-wife that turned physical, appeared to disqualify him from possessing firearms.
“I never saw the weapon, I never touched the weapon,” he said, declining to identify the friend. He then ended the call. Shortly thereafter, his ad disappeared from the Web site.
When Is a ‘Seller’ a ‘Dealer’?
Under current law, the question of when a background check must occur depends on who is selling the gun. Federal regulations require licensed dealers to perform checks, but the legal definition of who must be licensed is blurry. Regulations define a dealer as a “person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit.” People engaged in only “occasional sales” for their personal collections, or for a hobby, are exempted.
But precisely how many guns it takes for the “occasional” seller to become a dealer is not specified.
The design of the Armslist site makes it difficult to tie together all of the ads of individual sellers in order to identify the most active. Again, a phone number makes the task easier. Using phone numbers, as well as computer analysis, The Times connected all the ads for some sellers, including Mr. Lovejoy, who has advertised scores of guns for sale on Armslist over the last few months. One ad in January listed more than 20 guns, including several AR-15 assault rifles and an array of AMD-65s, a Hungarian variant of the AK-47.
“A lot of times when I get rid of something that I have, I don’t make a penny on it,” he said.
Mr. Lovejoy said he always made sure to look at buyers’ driver’s licenses to check that they were Ohio residents and that he would occasionally record a bill of sale, with phone numbers, but no names and addresses. He said he supported proposals to require background checks on Internet sales.
“It would give me more peace of mind,” he said.
While Mr. Lovejoy was willing to discuss his ads with a reporter, other Armslist sellers reacted differently. Noel Lee Velarde, who has advertised more than 30 guns out of Flint, Mich., on Armslist dating back to late January, twice hung up on a reporter.
Bob Vivona, 69, who describes himself as an Army veteran and retired police detective sergeant, has advertised more than 20 guns on Armslist out of Missouri going back to February. Even though it is not required by law, he said, he takes it upon himself to look people’s names up in a statewide online court database. He said he was simply getting rid of guns he had bought but found he did not like, insisting there was nothing wrong with the number of guns he was selling.
Sarah Cohen contributed reporting. Jack Styczynski and Jack Begg contributed research. | 2019-04-22T22:26:52 | https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/seeking-gun-or-selling-one-web-is-a-land-of-few-rules.html?pagewanted=all |
What is the “Oral Board”?
The Oral Board is a structured interview given by three Border Patrol Agents. The interview consists of situational questions that do not require technical knowledge. The structured interview assesses a candidate’s judgment/decision making, emotional maturity, interpersonal skills, and cooperativeness/sensitivity to the needs of others. These qualities are the key to successful performance as a Border Patrol Agent. The oral board is a pass/fail interview. Candidates must receive a “pass” in all areas in order to continue in the hiring process. The Oral Board Interview usually takes place within six weeks after you receive a tentative selection letter. | 2019-04-25T12:23:04 | http://www.borderagent.us/what-is-the-oral-board/ |
The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America. Charlotte Iserbyt. Her story.
If Home School Students Do Better Academically – Why Criticize? | 2019-04-22T11:05:31 | https://inthelight.webnode.com/american-education/ |
It’s a Festival of Authors!
Texas authors Justin Cronin, Jake Silverstein, Robert Bryce, Debra Monroe, Antonya Nelson, and S.C. Gwynne — among many more!
And someone WLT members will recognize: Our very own Bethany Hegedus will be debuting her new middle-grade novel, Truth with a Capital T.
That’s just a few of the 226 authors! For the full lineup, click here. And be sure to tell us which authors YOU’RE most excited about!
The Writers’ League is sponsoring a few of the visiting authors and hosting a couple of special events — stay tuned for news on who and what!
Screenwriters won’t want to miss a free event in Austin on February 17: “Hollywood vs. New York: Three Writers’ Perspectives,” with Shauna Cross, Owen Egerton, and Stephen Harrigan.
The event is presented by the Future Forum and the Texas Book Festival. For details and information on reservations, here’s a link.
Signed books by authors will be available at the event.
The Writers’ League of Texas is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. All deductions are tax-deductible as allowable by law. Fair-market value of the brunch is $25 per person. | 2019-04-18T14:28:10 | https://writersleagueoftexas.wordpress.com/tag/texas-book-festival/ |
A Freedom of Information Act Request reveals that immigration agents were instructed to search DMV records to target immigrants.
A damning new post at USA Today reveals that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) administrators created a plan to boost deportations of undocumented immigrants convicted of minor crimes, like driving without a license.
The Obama administration—which has deported a record 1.5 million people in its first term—has enthusiastically promoted the deportation of criminals. It has also issued a memo advising immigration personnel to use prosecutorial discretion for low-priority cases. Still, many immigrants facing deportation point out that they were picked up after being racially profiled while driving.
Today’s report originates from an ACLU of North Carolina Freedom of Information Act request surrounding traffic checkpoints. The request yielded a cache of e-mails and documents that disclose that immigration agents were instructed to delve into Department of Motor Vehicle records to target immigrants for deportation.
Previously, documents considered acceptable for proof of residency in North Carolina were easily forged, or the information provided by applicants was not verified. However, in 2006, state lawmakers required a valid social security number or visa. The DMV stopped accepting Mexican ID cards in 2004. Therefore, cooperating with DMV to identify all denied license renewal applications (due to lacking proof of residency) would provide a significant foreign-born target base which could be vetted further to identify those with prior criminal convictions.
The emails and documents also illustrate that ICE would work with local police departments to target immigrants for deportation, but obscure its presence. “ICE would not be at the checkpoint itself so this would not appear to be an ICE organized checkpoint,” reads one section about assisted checkpoints, adding that ICE would not limit its questioning to the driver, but also interview vehicle passengers who might also be detained.
The documents confirm what undocumented immigrants have known for too long. In August of last year, Undocubus riders in North Carolina on their way to the DNC protested inside Jackson County Sheriff Jimmy Ashe’s office, accusing Ashe of staging checkpoints that racially profiled Latino drivers and passengers—and resulted in deportations that tore families apart.
Read Aura Bogado’s take on what Obama said—and didn’t say—about immigration in his State of the Union address.
TAKE ACTION: Halt the Deportation of Parents. | 2019-04-24T22:52:29 | https://www.thenation.com/article/ices-latest-stop-deportations-dmv/ |
The BBC recently found that employees at a U.K.-based Amazon warehouse are working under conditions that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness."
Billy Joel once sang that working too hard can give you a heart attack. And according to a BBC investigation into a U.K.-based Amazon warehouse, that just might be the case.
The news agency this week alleged that employees at the warehouse are working under conditions that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness."
Based on video footage collected by undercover reporter Adam Littler, working as a "picker" who collects orders from 800,000 square feet of storage, the BBC reported rough conditions at the Amazon fulfillment center. During one night shift, Littler was expected to walk about 11 miles in total and collect orders every 33 seconds. When he took too long, a handset he carried would beep.
"We are machines, we are robots, we plug our scanner in, we're holding it, but we might as well be plugging it into ourselves," Littler said in the BBC report. "We don't think for ourselves, maybe they don't trust us to think for ourselves as human beings, I don't know."
The BBC also consulted Prof. Michael Marmot of the University College London, who said that working conditions at the warehouse were "all the bad stuff at once." Marmot claimed based on the evidence Littler presented that the requirements of the picker job would lead to an increased risk of illness or physical injury.
"There are always going to be menial jobs, but we can make them better or worse. And it seems to me the demands of efficiency at the cost of individual's health and well-beingit's got to be balanced," Marmot said.
Amazon strongly refuted the charges made in the BBC report.
"The safety of our associates is our No. 1 priority, and we adhere to all regulations and employment law," the U.K. arm of the company said in a statement.
Amazon has reportedly added an average of 12 percent to annual base pay for its U.K. warehouse workers in the past five years, boosting a two-year associate's salary to £8.98 per hour for a day shift, or £10.78 per hour for working nights. Litter, who was new to the position, began at a daily rate of £6.50, and was bumped to £8.25 when he opted for the night shift.
Once, after the 10.5-hour shift during which he walked nearly 11 miles, Littler said he was "absolutely shattered" from physical exhaustion.
"Amazon has retained an independent expert who has visited our buildings and associates," the online retail giant continued in its defense. "In the independent expert's opinion, a picking role is similar to jobs in many other industries and does not increase the risk of mental and physical illness.
"We understand that our progress depends on good execution and good judgment from thousands of employees. Together, we're working hard to make sure that we are better tomorrow than we are today."
According to the BBC, Amazon has invested £1 billion in the U.K. and created 5,000 permanent jobs.
Amazon isn't the only company that's been scrutinized for its working conditions. Main Apple manufacturer Hon Hai (a.k.a. Foxconn) has made headlines for employee suicides and riots based on poor conditions a problem the company is reportedly slowly fixing. | 2019-04-18T16:16:02 | https://www.pcmag.com/news/318387/amazon-denies-claims-of-harsh-working-conditions-in-u-k-war |
Educational resources for North American Studies, first Nations Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Aboriginal Studies. The best source for bias-free resources.
18 lesson plans connecting art with aboriginal peoples listed by province and grade. Lessons are in pdf files with accompanying video clips explaining the lessons.
Three lessons, resources and worksheets to learn about the Bering Sea Eskimo people.
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Lists celebrities of movies, TV, and music. Bios, pictures and personal web page links are provided.
Alphabetical listing of Canadian musicians with bios, photos, and web links. Hint: search by performers last name.
Online news of Indigenous People of Canada. Interesting article of war hero's medals come home.
Words First: An Evolving Terminology Relating to Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. A must read when beginning this unit of study.
A brief overlook of many First Nations, including many lesser known ones.
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An article which shows some history behind the discovery and dating of the land bridge.
An online game where you build a longhouse.
Explore the settlement and the longhouse of the Iroquoian.
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A Virtual Museum of Canada exhibit, commemorates a historic event of enormous importance to Alberta’s northern First Nations.
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Many links of Aboriginal issues. Including treaties, tribal links, issues. Note: some pages are not supported by Aboriginal leaders and groups.
Extensive links to a variety of issues. | 2019-04-22T20:16:36 | http://edselect.com/aboriginal-people |
The story follows Rachel Klein, a young Jewish woman who hides during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during WW2 and also works for the Dutch resistance. This is a tale of bravery and spirit, with great passages that illustrate the impact of the Nazi invasion on everyday life as well as the practicalities of an existence in hiding. Those parts of the book are particularly impressive.
Rachel, who is also in love with a Gentile boy, brings a certain naïve and innocent perspective to the plot, which is contrasted against her later bravery and against the perspectives of her parents and other resistance workers.
The changing viewpoints and jumps in the timeline create additional suspense but at times detract from its natural flow. Historically the book is well researched and full of interesting details. As a mainland European, I was already familiar with the subject, but I still learned a few further facts and gained new perspectives.
The characters are mostly engaging, the pace and suspense are well managed, and although the story wasn’t as innovative as I had hoped, I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. I would recommend it to people who want to learn about this particular part of the Holocaust. | 2019-04-20T04:46:18 | https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/an-address-in-amsterdam/ |
Hope things go well with you, and that you are hanging in there in the face of lots of obstruction and blocking. Please persevere; even if it gets awfully discouraging at times.
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which is the basis for a true unified field theory and a directly engineerable one.
And reflect a moment on what it can do in the field of energy. This will go all the way back to Tesla’s 1931 Pierce-Arrow car demonstration. You can simply do away with dependence on oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel rods, big windmill farms, big hydroelectric plants, biofuels, etc. Simply take the energy (spacetime dynamics, precursor field and its dynamics) directly from the “active medium”, as Tesla was planning to do before he was so ruthlessly suppressed by J. P. Morgan.
In the health field, it also means developing the ability to easily and quickly and cheaply cure any and all diseases. Or take a very warped and tragic birth (say, without arms and legs) and correct it directly by directly growing the arms and legs, including on an amputee.
It means practical antigravity and space propulsion.
It means lots more: every model in all of physics that has any kind of experimental basis at all is automatically available for direct engineering. Worm holes, the virtual particle flux of the vacuum, quantum potentials, entanglement, multiply-connected spacetime, the works. This will eventually make Star Gate and Star Trek look like pale shadows. The future can be ushered in almost as quickly as we like, if we but turn our minds to it, get our scientific community’s head out of the sand in its ostrich position, etc.
It leads also to direct engineering of the mind itself, since mind dynamics are totally time-like and in the time domain, and since even quantum field theory has a photon over in the time domain which, if properly utilized, allows engineering any and all mind functions, including complete minds as we pointed out in Oblivion: America at the Brink, in 2005. Used for good purposes, it will allow such practical things as curing mental retardation, directly implanting complete educations in minds (a totally new kind of “schooling”!), etc.
But since our own learned folks and very strong special interests have ruthlessly and successfully blocked the Fogal chip and its demonstrated precursor engineering for nearly 20 years, it looks like the next vast breakthrough is now already being born in Germany, etc. with immediate strong interest and work sprung up in Russia, of course, where the KGB/FSB energetics (precursor engineering) has been the basis for their superweapons since the 1950s and early 1960s.
As usual, our autocratic and disdainful scientific community is “against” it – because, if they have not already thought about it and done it, it cannot possibly be genuine. They simply don’t have a clue! But it works, and it’s here. And it’s open, whereas all our own standard intelligence community can think of is to just classify anything new and bury it, hoping it will just “go away”, but meanwhile holding it for the evil entourages well-entrenched in the intelligence community to entrench their own “power and knowledge”.
So the only remaining thing is whether our guys wake up now and get with the already-being-born precursor engineering program, with its vast leap of 500 years forward into the future of science, or whether they just sit on their hands as usual and let the Russians and others run with it.
Some very rough initial material on a needed national program focused on the solution to the energy crisis is also attached. | 2019-04-26T02:13:13 | http://cheniere.org/correspondence/090807.htm |
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Some thought went into creating NVR Miss Litterbox. The box has rounded edges and completely smooth. It makes for an easy cleanup. The shape and the door placement was also thought out. The design encourages cats to enter and align themselves up the long way, which keeps the nasties all to the left and to the right of the door. Less kitty litter is contaminated this way and will save you some money.
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The announcement that Saif al-Islam is planning to run for president has prompted mixed reactions within Libya.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi plans to run in Libya's presidential elections expected for later this year, according to a spokesman for the son of ex-Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The announcement by Ayman Boras was made on Monday during a press conference in Tunisia, where the spokesman outlined Saif al-Islam's vision of "restoring the Libyan state, making it for everyone".
Since his release from prison in June 2017, the whereabouts of Saif al-Islam has been unknown. Boras, however, claimed that he is in Libya and is ready to become part of the political process - an announcement that stirred mixed reactions within Libya.
Mohammad al-Darrat, a member of the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives (HoR), told Al Jazeera that Saif al-Islam's intention to run does not deserve any attention, asserting that the Gaddafis' regime is gone for good.
"If Saif al-Islam wants to return to power, what was the point of the revolution?" said al-Darrat.
He added that international and regional powers are not interested in supporting his return since the former regime is gone and the world "believes in interests rather than individuals".
Political analyst Kamel al-Merash thinks otherwise. He believes that not all Libyans can be put in one basket, arguing that while some oppose Saif al-Islam's plan to run, others support it.
Al-Merash said no regional forces back Saif al-Islam directly but added that some would not object to a potential candidacy due to his popularity within Libya.
Saleh Afihima, a member of the HoR and a supporter of "Operation Dignity" led by renegade General Khalifa Haftar, agrees with al-Merash.
He believes that no one can deny Saif al-Islam's constitutional right as a Libyan citizen, so long as there are no judicial restrictions to prevent him from running.
In 2013, a law was passed banning Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The law was later revoked in 2015.
Aguila Saleh, president of the HoR, said that as a Libyan citizen, Saif al-Islam has the right to run, since the lifting of the ban three years ago.
He added that unless prevented by judicial restrictions, the choice of his election is in the hands of Libyans.
Afihima told Al Jazeera that Libyans need to recognise supporters of the former regime as part of the Libyan fabric, warning that intolerance towards any Libyan would have catastrophic consequences on the national reconciliation process.
He also said that all parties must adhere to democracy, without excluding opposing views, "if we [Libyans] want to reach a real state".
The Gaddafi regime still enjoys the support and loyalty of some tribes, especially in the south and the Warshefana region in Tripoli, as well as a number of tribes in Sirte, the birthplace of the late president.
Gaddafi was killed in October 2011 after being captured by rebels during Libya's war. He had ruled the North African country for four decades.
Libya has since descended into chaos and is now split between three governments: two in Tripoli and one in Tobruk.
In July 2015, a court in Tripoli sentenced Saif al-Islam to death for war crimes, including the killing of protesters during the February Revolution and other crimes related to financial and administrative corruption.
He was later exempted and released following a general pardoning.
Mohamed Barra, professor of criminal law at the University of Tripoli, told Al Jazeera that Saif al-Islam must appear before the courts and defend himself against the charges put against him.
He said that in order for him to be able to legally run in the elections, the court should decide whether the general pardon also applies to him.
Alternatively, the HoR must issue a special order specifically pardoning him of all charges, added Barra. | 2019-04-22T00:29:45 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/saif-al-islam-gaddafi-run-libyan-elections-180322134813539.html |
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You can seek an amendment to a document, if the document contains information about your own personal affairs that in your opinion is incomplete, incorrect, out of date or misleading.
All requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 1991.
Your request must be clear and unambiguous about what you are seeking. We will make a decision on your request as soon as practicable or within 30 (calendar) days after it is received.
Your request must be accompanied by an application fee unless evidence is provided that you qualify to have the fee waived due to hardship. For example, a copy of health care card will suffice as evidence of hardship. There is no cost payable in relation to a request for amendment.
If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your request, you can contact us to discuss your concerns. You can request for an internal review of our decision and if this does not resolve your concerns you can contact Ombudsman SA for an external review. | 2019-04-23T18:12:51 | https://lsc.sa.gov.au/cb_pages/freedom_of_information.php |
As investor wealth increases, a greater preference for customization often follows – which may call for a more sophisticated approach.
Managed accounts are constructed for and owned by individual investors.
We start with a diversified manager lineup that helps to lower your client's risk profile and can mitigate volatility. An integration manager with a bird's-eye view of your account helps to monitor all activity across the other managers in an effort to maintain tax efficiency and increase flexibility.
Differentiated mandates, including managed volatility, income, preferred stocks and a variety of taxable and tax exempt bonds.
Greater diversification, with access to specialist money managers and tax management within a single account.
Hypothetical example of a portfolio using a strategic manager allocation. Oversight by our tax coordinator helps to maintain tax efficiency, while potentially enhancing long-term, after-tax returns.
Use a wide variety of specialist money managers within four account families: Select Managers, Tax-Managed Select Managers, Tax-Optimized and Income Strategies.
Use a select group of money managers, each skilled in a specific investment discipline, to create a customized managed account that helps support an investor’s goals, time horizon and risk tolerance.
Provide diversification across a variety of asset classes with a complement of well researched ETFs.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Diversification may not protect against market risk.
For those portfolios of individually managed securities, SEI Investments Management Corporation (SIMC) makes recommendations as to which manager will manage each asset class. SIMC may recommend the termination or replacement of a money manager and the investor has the option to move the account assets to another custodian or to change the manager as recommended. SIMC is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company. | 2019-04-26T08:00:52 | https://seic.com/solutions/flexible-outsourced-business-solutions-independent-advisors/investment-strategies-independent-advisors/managed-account-solutions |
On Thursday February 7, 2019 our wonderful son, brother, uncle and friend returned to the loving arms of his heavenly father peacefully at his home in Layton, Utah surrounded by family.
Brian loved riding his Harley Davidson, working on cars, teaching mechanics, spending time with his loved ones, golfing, camping, hunting and anything else having to do with the outdoors.
Brian is survived by his dad Ralph of Layton, Brothers; Dale (Trudy) of Layton, Corey (Christee) of Ogden, Ryan of Layton, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Proceeded in death by his mom Lenora A. Pierce, grandparents Kenneth C. and Lucy A. Perry, and grandparents Willard L. and Rosie M. Pierce.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to all the wonderful staff at the University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Inspiration Home Health and Hospice and Aspire Home Health and Hospice for all their wonderful care and compassion for Brian over the last few years.
Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road, Layton, Utah. Friends may visit with family on Friday, February 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 No. Fairfield Road, Layton, Utah. | 2019-04-25T09:51:11 | https://www.lindquistmortuaries.com/notices/Brian-Pierce |
How Can a Healthcare MSP Future Proof Your Workforce?
The State of Healthcare Contingent Work is Changing- Is Your Health System Changing with It?
Is Your Health System Blind to SOW Risk? | 2019-04-21T13:23:31 | https://www.rightsourcingusa.com/2016/10/ |
Life Time Kids provides your kids with a variety of healthy activities while you work out and throughout the year. The Child Center offers a selection of healthy games and classes for children ages 3 months to 11 years, while swimming, tennis, martial arts and other sports programs help children develop positive behaviors at an early age.
Life Time Kids also offers birthday parties with healthy games, camps with action-packed offerings, Parents’ Night Out and more. Kids grow up fast. We’re here to inspire them to live a long life of healthy choices.
Building Character Through the Pursuit of Excellence in Competitive Swimming.
The best part of your day! | 2019-04-24T06:12:24 | https://sacramento4kids.com/item/life-time-athletic-roseville |
The hotel has 12 rooms, 8 with balcony. All rooms have private facilities, mini bar, LCD television, hairdryer, WI-FI, toiletries (more information in the services section).
The hotel has a room with special bathroom for the disabled. | 2019-04-23T15:01:20 | http://www.hotelroby.net/tuscany/hotel_bedrooms.en.6.htm |
At J S Dobbs & Co Ltd, we have been looking after the needs of healthcare professionals, patients and their families and/or carers for nearly half a century. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to give every customer, large and small, an excellent purchase experience.
Our support services are second to none. Even before a customer makes a purchase we will work closely with them to make sure that we have the best products possible to satisfy their needs. We carry a massive stock across a wide range of care areas. And, even if we don’t have the product you want in stock, we will order it in immediately minimising the wait time and any associated discomfort or pain which might be suffered by the patient. The purchase of a product from J S Dobbs & Co Ltd is the only the beginning of a long-term relationship between our support team and the customer. Our commitment is to supply the best in quality healthcare products with an excellent level of after-sales service and support.
All our staff are fully trained and competent to deal with any product related queries you might have. Our fleet of fitted out vehicles is on hand at all times for regular and emergency deliveries and whatever call outs required. Our technical team are manufacturer trained to the highest standard and are competent to deal with all technical aspects of the equipment and we provide whatever repairs may be required on site. In the event that a product or device has to be returned to our workshop, every effort possible will be made to minimise “down-time”. And if your product is not immediately repairable we will give a substitute product in lieu to ensure you are looked after.
As well as products for purchase we supply a wide range of rental products too – these include fleet beds, mattresses, showering/toileting hoists, etc. For more information plese contact us.
For very technical or sophisticated products, training is a really important component and one which J S Dobbs & Co Ltd takes very seriously. We ensure that the user is fully trained to use the product appropriately and get the maximum results possible from its associated use. Product training is provided by fully qualified and experienced members of our team. For any query you have regarding clinical support, please do not hesitate to contact us. | 2019-04-21T04:24:59 | http://www.jsdobbs.ie/service/ |
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I have some problems with BBLeanSkin, cuz' i using Windows 7 x64, but i have BBLeanSkin only x32. ==> 64-bit programs not skinned.
Where i can get 64-bit version?
The plugin, named blackbox skin in some builds, is bundled in mojmir's BBZero build. You can find it in our downloads section and, if you are using an older BB version and don't want to update, you can find bbleanskin for 64-bit systems in Dowloads/Plugins. | 2019-04-22T10:40:47 | http://blackbox4windows.com/index.php?/topic/546-where-i-can-get-bbleanskin-64-bit/ |
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The idea is killer, the business plan is on point, you spent hours putting together the best deck the world has ever seen... but now you have to stand up and present the damn thing.
Rarely do folks spend the time to focus on how the words they've prepared actually come out of their mouths during presentations. In this smaller-sized interactive workshop, Justin and Lindsay will share tips and tricks from the world of stage acting and improv comedy to give you some easily applied presentation tools to help turn that stutter into stellar. | 2019-04-23T03:59:13 | https://boulderstartupweek2017.sched.com/event/Afky/pitch-please-tools-to-slay-your-next-presentation |
Two schools in Fairford, Gloucestershire have shut today because of a burst water pipe in the area.
Both Fairford C of E Primary School and Farmor's School, which is the secondary school, have closed as they had no water supply.
Thames Water said it had identified a burst pipe in Netherton. It was fixed and water restored to the area by 4pm.
A Thames Water spokesman said: “We’re very sorry for anyone affected by today’s burst to an eight-inch diameter pipe.
Our engineers have now fixed the leak so supply should be returning to all properties impacted. | 2019-04-24T18:34:48 | https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/burst-water-pipe-closes-two-2405550 |
Longley Insurance Agency understands the value of your commercial vehicles and the employees who drive them. From trips across the country to local deliveries and promotions, your mobile business fleet takes on the open road to keep operations running smoothly – but accidents do happen.
Since Commercial Auto Insurance coverage varies, it’s important to discuss your business’s options with a specialist at Longley Insurance Agency who can help you determine the proper amount of coverage for all your commercial needs.
Auto Insurance is an essential financial decision that will keep your business covered. The next time your fleet takes the road, make sure it’s protected with Commercial Auto policy from Longley Insurance Agency. | 2019-04-22T07:03:02 | https://www.longleyinsurance.com/featured-programs/commercial-auto-insurance |
Welcome to the multi award winning Puddleducks children’s day nursery, the area’s newest and only purpose built child care setting.
Our key aim is to create a secure, warm and welcoming environment where you are 100% happy to leave your children in our care. We pride ourselves on our ‘family feel’ where babies and children are cared for as valued members of our ever expanding extended family. With 120 families currently on roll, we’re getting something right. So often parents feedback that within minutes of visiting our nursery they just had a ‘feeling’. They just knew this was where they wanted their children to be.
Please read the testimonials on here. These all come from the hearts of parents just like you and prove our high standards of care. We are here to support you and your family and make sure that looking for and starting a nursery is a pleasure. We are here to answer any questions, to guide and support and to listen when you have suggestions or worries.
I’ve been there; 9 years ago I set out to find a local nursery to care for my first precious baby boy because I was making the dreaded return to work. I was a primary teacher at that time, at a York school.
It was while visiting nurseries, (and I visited lots!) I realised what a huge position of trust it is to place your baby in the care of a team of people you have just met. In a nursery I wanted clean, homely facilities and caring, warm people to look after my baby. Yes, the standards of early education mattered to me, I was a teacher after all, but first and foremost I wanted to know my baby would be loved and happy. I wanted to know he would get cuddled when he was sad; that he would get help when he needed it; and that he would play and be happy.
I embarked on a two year long journey of planning, meetings, research and many sleepless nights and on June 25th 2012 Puddleducks opened its doors. It has been the most amazing journey and I feel truly blessed to have met and worked with so many amazing babies, children and their families.
Our staff team has grown from 3 to 26, and I have to give recognition to the truly wonderful people I have working with me, who really do make Puddleducks the place it is. They support my values and ethos, and work tirelessly to provide the very best care. We’re a close knit team; we laugh lots; many of us are parents ourselves and therefore share the trials and tribulations of parenting, but most importantly we all share the same view that babies and children deserve the very best care and early education that we can possibly provide, and we will always strive to achieve that.
I chose Sheriff Hutton firstly because no nursery that I looked at in the area offered the things I wanted as a parent, and secondly because I grew up in the village myself and attended the lovely primary school. My own mother took my brother James and I to the village baby & toddler group, which still thrives today and is somewhere I now love to take my own baby. (This runs every Thursday morning in the village hall, and is excellent!) If you want coffee, a biscuit and lots of friendly faces you should try it.
The ‘baby’ who inspired me to open Puddleducks is now 9 years old and nearly as tall as me! Since then, he has gained a brother in 2013, and sister in 2018. All 3 of my children have had a wonderful start at Puddleducks, and I will continue to use them and my values as a parent to set the standards within what is most definitely my fourth baby, ‘Puddleducks’.
link to read our full inspection report.
Puddleducks Children's Nursery, Sheriff Hutton, York updated their cover photo.
🥳We had a very important visitor to the nursery a couple of weeks ago. Lynne from Ofsted told us we are absolutely OUTSTANDING. We could not be any more proud of our nursery. 🥳🎉🥂🍾🥳🎉🥂. | 2019-04-18T14:22:24 | https://sheriffhuttonnursery.co.uk/ |
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In Awakening Through Love: Unveiling Your Deepest Goodness, John Makransky adapts Tibetan meditation practices using plain, practical instructions that help us to unleash a deeply wise, enduring power of love and compassion for every part of our lives: relationships, work, service, and social action.
John Makransky is a professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College and a Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher. John has practiced meditations of compassion and wisdom from Tibetan traditions for over thirty years and has developed new ways of bringing them into the worlds of social service and social justice by making them newly accessible to people of all backgrounds and faiths. He has also helped Western Buddhists deepen their contemplative experience of awareness and loving compassion. | 2019-04-22T02:32:40 | http://www.johnmakransky.org/ |
[6/11] wineesd.drv: Let the EsounD server adjust the volume.
Previous message: [5/11] wineesd.drv: Build a unique name so we can identify our stream.
Next message: [7/11] wineesd.drv: Simplify wodPlayer_WriteMaxFrags() and wodPlayer_FeedDSP().
This simplifies our code and avoids data copying.
Also, now wodGetVolume() returns the real EsounD volume, even if it has been modified by an external mixer (e.g. esdctl).
Uses the unique name added in the previous patch.
+ * be non-zero if set. | 2019-04-24T08:01:02 | https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-patches/2009-March/071232.html |
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Ricky Baizas remembers the one and only cooking show that he really watched. “Wok With Yan”, which showed in Channel 9 here in the Philippines. HELLOOOOOOO!!!! | 2019-04-19T14:28:04 | https://rickyremembers.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/cooking-shows/ |
Sensex and Nifty remained under pressure for the fourth consecutive week this month, losing 1.67% and 1.91% respectively, amid a weak rupee, higher crude prices and persistent outflow of foreign funds.
Sensex and Nifty remained under pressure for the fourth consecutive week this month.
Sensex and Nifty remained under pressure for the fourth consecutive week this month, losing 1.67% and 1.91% respectively, amid a weak rupee, higher crude prices and persistent outflow of foreign funds. The benchmark stock market indices had their worst month in over two and a half years, with the BSE Sensex shedding over 6% and the NSE Nifty falling nearly 7% in the month of September alone.
“Both the Sensex and the Nifty have fallen the most in any month since February 2016. The Bank Nifty has fallen 10.48% this month — the highest monthly fall since 2013,” VK Sharma, Head Private Client Group & Capital Market Strategy at HDFC Securities, told FE Online. Yes Bank remained the top loser month-to-month on both the BSE and the NSE, plunging 52% on the Sensex and 50% on the Nifty 50 index.
Among the other major events that infused volatility in the equity markets were the US Fed rate hike, government’s imposition of customs duty on a range of items, and sell-off in auto and housing finance stocks amid weak rupee and widening current account. “The default (at IL&FS Financial Services) and subsequent downgrade in its credit rating led to panic sell-off in banking and NBFC space. This sell-off was extended to other sectors as well,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services.
“Markets were concerned about the near-term headwinds like quality and increased cost of funds along with tighter liquidity situations. The worse hit was auto, which declined by 8%, followed by metals by 5% and PSU banks by 5%. Mid and small caps lost 5% and 8.5% respectively,” Nair added.
Going ahead, the Sensex and Nifty are expected to take cues from the RBI’s monetary policy scheduled for next week. The Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2018-19 will be issued on October 5, 2018.
“RBI’s Interest rate decision will be crucially watched given the rise in trade war has escalated and rupee continues to fall. The GDP projection and comments will be watched as there may be some intervention by RBI that may come to give some support,” said Mustafa Nadeem, CEO Epic Research. “Crude oil has been positive and trading above $80 mark which is another whammy for investors sentiment. A higher crude oil price has a direct impact on the Indian economy and its CAD,” he added.
According to Vinod Nair, with RBI policy meet next week as the key event, the market is pricing a 25 bps rate hike. “Investors are yet to gain confidence to start bottom fishing due to lack of liquidity, margin funding and short selling in the market. Weak sentiment is likely to extend till the financial market stabilizes and confidence reverts with accommodative valuation,” Nair added.
Weekly losses: The Sensex plunged 614.46 points or 1.67% this week to close at 36,227.14 points on Friday, the last trading day of September. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange tanked 212.65 points or 1.91% to end at 10,930.45 points week-on-week.
Top weekly Sensex losers: Yes Bank (-19.20%), Tata Motors DVR (-11.64%), Tata Motors (-10.69%), Mahindra & Mahindra (-10.08%) and Adani Ports (-9.27%).
Top weekly Sensex gainers: TCS (3.84%), Reliance Industries (3.40%), Infosys (3.05%), Axis Bank (2.16%) and HDFC Bank (1.87%).
FII/DII activity: Provisional data from the stock exchanges showed that foreign institutional investors sold stocks worth Rs 3,713.09 crore during the week ended September 28. Domestic institutional investors, on the other hand, purchased stocks worth Rs 8,707.02 crore. | 2019-04-23T10:35:43 | https://www.financialexpress.com/market/weekly-stock-market-roundup-sensex-nifty-remain-under-pressure-yes-bank-top-drag-key-cues-for-next-week/1331118/ |
Home » Uncategorized » What Do the Grinch, Scrooge, Moses and Joseph Have in Common?
What Do the Grinch, Scrooge, Moses and Joseph Have in Common?
As a Christmas lover, I rushed to the local movie theatre to watch the NEW Christmas movie. This year it was The Grinch. A full length movie about how the Grinch became a Christmas-destroying menace. Guess what happened in his childhood that lead to his self-perception and his behavior? Yep, you guessed it. Like Scrooge, Moses and Joseph … he was abandoned.
The experience of abandonment, like abuse, and neglect can be a prescription for self-destruction and violence towards others. In the case of Scrooge, his form of self-destruction was withholding generosity from himself and others perpetuating a miserly experience for all involved. His financial and love withholding had a direct impact on himself, his family, and his community. He was painfully alone and loathed by those who knew him. His nephew Tiny Tim who wore a leg brace and could die from his family’s inability to pay his health care premiums for this pre-existing condition. And, Scrooge determined the salary for Tiny Tim’s dad as Scrooge was his employer. A dream awakens Scrooge to the pain of being left in an orphanage as a child over Christmas and his deep longing for connection. The contrast between who he has been and who he could become is stark enough in his dream to pull him toward risking hurt, once again, and opening his heart and wallet.
“turn him mean” as a form of self protection and inevitably shrinking his heart. As an adult bully, he stole Christmas from the residence of Whoville by becoming a reverse Santa. He would sneak into homes and take their gifts, instead of give to them. He would come to find out that stealing things is not the same thing as stealing spirit; and in reality, spirit could not be stolen. This realization and some love was enough to grow his heart three sizes larger and change how he showed up in the world.
Being abandoned can also be the perfect training to become a good, strong, and capable leader. In the case of Moses, to save his life from the killing of male babies, his mother placed him as an infant in a basket to float down the river where he was found by the Pharoah’s daughter and raised in the Kingdom. Being abandoned was a necessary part of preparing Moses to lead the Isrealites out of Egypt. Likewise, Joseph’s brothers not only abandoned him, but sold Jacob to a caravan of Midianite traders. Joseph’s life experiences, independent of his family, trained him to become a wise and steady leader that would save his country, and ultimately his own family, from famine.
Twenty seven Disney movies, including Frozen, have the mother or both parents of the main characters die in the early part of the movie; abandoning the character. Making it in the world “alone” is one way of learning who you are and what you are while developing a strong drive to prove you worthy to yourself.
One of the many gifts of spiritual living is the ability to realize that EVERYTHING works together for your good. Whether your mother packs you up and places you in a river, you are sent to an orphanage, or sold to a group of traders; life experience becomes a grist to either self flagellate, fight the world or develop Qualities of Spirit for the benefit of all humanity. Spiritual living provides a way of seeing that circumstances and people aren’t bad; they exist in order to sharpen our own internal commitment to distributing more of The Light. And, the larger the wound, the brighter the Light.
This Holiday Season, my invitation to each of us is to embrace the Light that we are. In meditation ask to be shown any part of your own being that has felt abandoned, left out, estranged, rejected, and allow the Light to do Its healing. Allow yourself to feel and witness it all as you reclaim parts of yourself that you may have left in the past. Bless anything you judge and celebrate your Life NOW!
Reverend Bonnie will hold three meditation sessions in her home this holiday season. Thursday November 29, December 6 and December 13 6:30 to 8 pm. Each night is a stand alone meditation; you are invited to attend one, two or all of them. Suggested donation is $25-$35 per evening. Email for logistics at [email protected]. | 2019-04-22T00:05:49 | https://bonniebarnard.com/uncategorized/what-do-the-grinch-scrooge-moses-and-joseph-have-in-common/ |
Andree Verleger and Oliver Schrott stage a unique and elegant show around a car that turns science-fiction into reality.
In cooperation with Oliver Schrott Kommunikation, media artists Andree Verleger developed and produced a gigantic musical and visual show for a press conference that marked one of the highlights of the 65th IAA: the revelation of the new Concept S-Class Coupé. The car that can drive itself was sure to get the attention of the automobile community; approximately 2000 international guests attended the Mercedes-Benz booth in the Frankfurt Festhalle on Tuesday, September 10th, 2013.
To transport the fascination of Mercedes, Andree Verleger created a "Symphony of Elegance, Power & Soul in 5 acts" to launch the Concept S-Class Coupé. Music, vocalists and artists blended in an intense, virtuous and authentic composition higlighting its uniqueness and elegance. As part of the symphony created by Verleger, a virtual piano stretched over the impressive stage. It was played by dancers interacting with the multi-level LED screens. Vocalists embodied the different features of the car, famous aerealists joined the dancers in a performance to underline the elegance of this vehicle. For the grand final, an impressive choir appeared on the screens to accompany the arrival of the actual Concept S-Class Coupé on stage. | 2019-04-23T08:48:59 | http://abc-eventproduction.de/15-0-IAA-Mercedes-Benz-Press-Conference.html |
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SMT/Fire Emblem Crossover Gets New Name, Release Date Periodically we hear something about a crossover game between Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, about as often as we hear about Bigfoot sightings. This time, however, it can’t get more concrete than this: we have a finalized English name and a release date for the summer. It is definitely on the way!
Natsume Hits Pay Dirt With Unopened Harvest Moon From Their Shelves Earlier this year, we reported that Natsume was in the process of selling off the excess inventory they had stockpiled over the past twenty years of business — everything from obscure DS games about cheerleading to valuable SNES titles. Last week, the moment everyone had been waiting for finally happened: a shrinkwrapped copy of the original SNES Harvest Moon went up for auction. The winning bid was $3,783,33.
This Is The Final Day To Get The Fallout 4 Season Pass For $30 When the Fallout 4 Season Pass was first announced, the cost was $30. Bethesda has since expanded what they plan to put in their DLC, and hence, the price of their Season Pass will be expanding as well. Those who bought it at the original $30 price, however, will be grandfathered in and still get everything for what they paid.
Fire Emblem Just Had Its Best-Selling Opening Week Ever With Fates You can consider Fire Emblem Fates a success! The series just had its biggest U.S. launch in the series’ history, with over 300,000 copies moved in just three days. It’s worth pointing out, though, that Nintendo kinda forced fans to buy the game twice. That figure is the combined total of both Birthright and Conquest.
Fallout 4 Creation Kit Gets A Release Window One of the major additions Bethesda is planning for Fallout 4 is the Creation Kit, a set of modding tools based on the same utilities the dev team used to make the game. Though people have already unsurprisingly found ways to mod Fallout 4 on PC, this will be Bethesda’s officially supported method (though they don’t seem to mind any other type of mod).
A New Fallout 4 Patch Is Coming Fallout 4 will be updated to version 1.4 shortly. Though this version has the usual amount of bug repairs and performance tweaks, its true purpose is to set the coding groundwork for the game’s upcoming DLC content, which has been expanded since it was originally announced. In fact, the season pass now costs $49.99 — but don’t panic if you bought it already; all customers who purchased a Season Pass at its original price will be grandfathered into the new plan at no extra cost.
Two Ace JRPG Studios Unite For New Game Here’s some cool news: Mistwalker Studio, the game developer headed by ex-Final Fantasy director Hironobu Sakaguchi, is now collaborating with Silicon Studio (the guys behind Bravely Default) on a new game.
DICE Awards: Fallout 4, Witcher 3 Take Home Trophies The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences held its 19th annual DICE Awards last night. Both Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt walked home with big hauls, with Fallout 4 taking home the coveted Game of the Year.
Fallout 4 also won for Role-Playing / Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction. The Witcher 3 was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Story, Outstanding Technical Achievement, and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design.
Now You Can Play Zero Escape For Real, If You Dare Los Angeles residents will be able to experience the horror and thrills of the Zero Escape virtual novels this spring when the attraction Real Zero Escape: Trust On Trial opens in the city’s Little Tokyo area. It’s expected to work much like the rooms in the game do: you enter a room, the door locks behind you, and you have a limited amount of time to solve a series of puzzles hidden throughout the room that will let you escape. | 2019-04-19T12:50:53 | http://skyrimforums.org/gaming-news/rpg-news/?lcp_page0=40 |
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National Counties Building Society is proud to have received Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation.
We place your security at the very heart of our business. Our core business philosophy is to ensure that we look after our customers – be that your savings or mortgage, or indeed, both. The security of your data and the protection of funds from fraud is of paramount importance to us.
In view of the recent cyber security issues reported in the mainstream press, we thought it worth setting out what measures the Society takes to ensure the security of your data as well as highlighting what you can do to ensure that your personal data always remains secure.
• We monitor for abnormal transactional activity and will contact you if we have any suspicion of unusual behaviour.
Please note. As a further level of protection, you will be reimbursed for an unauthorised withdrawal. This protection is subject to our ‘General conditions for our savings accounts’ and you can find these by clicking here. Users of our online service are also protected from unauthorised transactions. You can view the ‘Online Service Agreement’ by clicking here.
We feel it’s imperative that everyone protects themselves from being vulnerable to such attacks.
There are a number of things that you can do to help protect yourself.
Carefully check the website address you are using to make sure they are genuine - looking for subtle differences, especially if you clicked through to it from a potentially suspicious email.
You should never give out your account details or other personal details unless you are certain of who you are dealing with.
In order to benefit from the latest security features that Google and Microsoft introduce as a matter of course, it is important that your web browser is up to date. We’ve created a page on our website that provides full instructions on how to check and upgrade your browser which you can view here.
Be wary of emails that don’t include your proper name or contain spelling mistakes and poor grammar. If you’re unsure about the validity of an email, please contact the company from where it’s supposed to have originated. Don’t use the contact details or click on any links on an email you suspect is suspicious. If you receive an email from the Society that you are suspicious about forward the email to [email protected].
If you’re unsure about a call you receive from any financial organisation, call them back but from another phone line such as a mobile or landline. We would recommend waiting about five minutes before doing so as sometimes the fraudster on the other end doesn’t hang up so when you make another call, they’re still on the line.
If you have been contacted and are suspicious or feel vulnerable, don’t be afraid to terminate the call and decline all requests for your information.
You should also be wary of text messages to your mobile phone that may be from scammers pretending to be from financial services organisations asking for your account details or other personal details.
It’s worth regularly checking your bank account and any credit card statements to ensure all transactions are authorised by you.
Please bear in mind that authorised firms that you have no relationship with are highly unlikely to contact you.
For more information from the Financial Conduct Authority on banking and online scams, please click here.
Finally I would like to assure you that we take all issues relating to our data extremely seriously and aim to ensure the highest possible levels of security are adhered to while maintaining the highest possible levels of customer service. | 2019-04-25T22:54:28 | https://www.ncbs.co.uk/Aboutus/Cyber_security.aspx |
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Online slot games might come with different features because different software providers create different games. With that said, the main aspects of playing the game remain largely the same. In order to prepare for the real money game, gamblers can practice using the free play version. This is great because the player can get a feel for the game and decide whether it is for them or not.
Different slot games come with different number of reels, with the most common being 3 reel slots, 5 reel slots and 9 reel slots. This means that when the player chooses the game they prefer, they also choose the number of reels. Once the player has chosen their preferred game, they can also choose how many paylines they would like to activate. Once this is done, all the player needs to do is place their bet and spin the reels.
The player can then either wait for the reels to stop automatically, or they can hit the stop button before. The gambler will then receive payouts depending on their bet and how many winning combinations are aligned on paylines. If no winning combinations land on paylines, the player loses.
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Mandy Ginsberg is the CEO of The Princeton Review and Tutor.com, two leading education companies which help millions of students get into their dream college or grad school. Both companies are part of IAC, a leading internet and media company. An executive with deep consumer, internet and brand experience, Ginsberg is leading the companies through a period of exciting change and growth to better serve the millions of families who are facing rigorous high school courses, a competitive college admissions landscape, not to mention the new SAT. Ginsberg is the former CEO of Match.com the original online dating site. She took over Match.com in 2008 after 19 months of decline. She re-energized the business and was responsible for the strongest growth Match.com has seen in its history. She drove several breakthrough TV campaigns including “Real First Dates.” Ginsberg oversaw Match.com’s U.S. business from marketing and branding to developing innovative product features. This expertise will be applied to The Princeton Review which was acquired by Tutor.com in 2014 to create an expanded education brand for college-bound students. Ginsberg earned a B.A. from the University of California, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. | 2019-04-25T15:59:41 | https://www.txconferenceforwomen.org/speakers/mandy-ginsberg/ |
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# It's those post-Christmas kill me now, now, now! days. Yesterday was especially bad, warm, cloudless blue sky, the sun shining outside, while I was cooped up in the store, feeling trapped and hating very single minute of it. It's even worse when business is slow and all you do is think about how you really need to find another job, except that you don't even know what kind of job because it's not as if you're exactly qualified for anything, and you already panic at the thought of the whole interview process.
# In TW rewatching news, watched Combat yesterday, and it's really kind of fascinating. Owen's pain bleeds all over the episode. Gwen does her fair share of bleeding, too. And then you have Jack, for whom OOT was at least as devastating as it was for Owen, and Ianto, who lost a girlfriend he loved under far more traumatising circumstances, and they're having a moment of empathy over the Weevil's possible capacity to feel pain. No wonder it took them until CoE to actually start talking about the things that matter.
# Watched the first episode of Outcasts, because I can't only ever post about TW all the time and need at least a Zweitserie, so to speak (although that reminds me that I still have left-over notes from the last three Merlin episodes buried somewhere back in skip=100something...), but I can't really say much about it except that I was sufficiently intrigued to watch the next episode.
# I had a nostalgic moment recently browsing through YouTube and looking up all the stuff I listened to ten years ago, and how embarrassing is it that I apparently still have a bit of a of a soft spot for Marilyn Manson from the ACS and MA era? I'm seriously too old for that. But there's a kind of mixture between earnestness and theatrical pathos to the earlier stuff that still has a certain power and is oddly appealing. ACS especially holds up quite well.
Owen's pain bleeds all over the episode.
Which reminds me (since I just rec'd it to promethia) did you ever read Team Building - Reverse The Polarity Remix? It's probably the best Jack-finds-his-team (or rather they find him) fic I've ever read.
and they're having a moment of empathy over the Weevil's possible capacity to feel pain. No wonder it took them until CoE to actually start talking about the things that matter.
Which reminds me (since I just rec'd it to promethia) did you ever read Team Building - Reverse The Polarity Remix?
I hadn't, thanks for the rec! I especially love the first part, Jack's story; that's really powerful.
On a completely unrelated note, I've just rewatched CJH, and now I'm thinking about the similarities to WoM, and how differently Jack and Ten react to a rather similar situation. Of course Jack's first impulse upon finding out is also to get the hell out of there, but somehow I never really realised before how much strength staying took. What Ten does in WoM is as much about him as it's about the people he's trying to save. Jack might come across a bit self-centred sometimes, but his actions in this episode are completely selfless.
I'd not really thought of it like that, but you're right. Also, of course, Jack has a job, a mission, someone to look after (Tosh), and people to go back to. Which contrasts rather sharply with 'The Doctor, Doctor, fun'. | 2019-04-24T04:14:00 | https://solitary-summer.livejournal.com/552503.html |
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We celebrated Mitch's 35th birthday this last weekend with a trip to SLO with some good friends. We dropped the kid's off with Pommy & Papa (THANK YOU Pam & Dell!!!!) and headed off to start Mitch-a-pallooza-- yes we even had shirts made :) The weekend was filled with wine tasting & relaxing on the central coast. We rented a fabulous little casita in the hills of Edna Valley over looking the vinyards-- it was beautiful and we had a great time. HAPPY 35th Mitchell!!!
I didn't do a great job as photographer over the weekend-- sorry! Luckily Julia had her camera and took lots of great pictures-- once I get some more from her I will post them. | 2019-04-23T08:58:34 | http://savannahanddylan.blogspot.com/2010/09/ |
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The information for our Spring Trips is below. Please be sure to click the links for the correct class.
Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band Students. Click Here to download the information for the Solo Contest.
The past Friday, Schimelpfenig hosted 450 students from 5 middle schools at the Central Cluster Ensemble Contest. 28 Ensembles from the Schimelpfenig Band earned the top rating of Superior. In addition, the following students were members of the 10 ensembles who earned exemplary honor awards.
A few events, including the Beginning Band Spring Festival performance, have been updated on our calendar for the Spring semester. Click Here to visit the calendar page.
This past Saturday and again on Monday evening, our SMS Band students competed with approximately 2200 other band students from Plano, Frisco, Prosper, and Little Elm for a spot in one of five Region 24 Honor Bands. We are proud to announce that 28 Schimelpfenig band students placed into an honor group this year!
These students will now rehearse and perform a complete concert this Friday and Saturday with the best students from throughout our region.
Schimelpfenig will be well represented at the Region 24 Band Clinic and Concert this weekend! | 2019-04-25T16:57:42 | https://www.smsband.org/ |
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Taking Tuesday's tough defeat to heart can make Democrats tougher to beat the next time.
Taking Tuesday’s tough defeat to heart can make Democrats tougher to beat the next time.
Senator-elect Scott Brown and his wife, Gail.
The morning after Martha Coakley won a four-way Democratic primary in early December, her opponents gathered in a Boston ballroom to present a united front. I stopped by to cheer on my friend Alan Khazei, who had won the Globe endorsement but tried in vain to convince primary voters to nominate an outsider. The most striking aspect of an otherwise unremarkable event was the backdrop behind Coakley, which said simply, “The Massachusetts DEMOCRATIC Party.” A local operative joked that nowhere else in America would a campaign make the Democratic Party its general election message.
So much for that idea. It turns out that even in Massachusetts, a successful candidate has to be able to reach beyond party label. Among independent voters, Scott Brown beat Coakley by more than 2-to-1. Her generic campaign even turned off some moderate Democrats: Brown appears to have picked up Democratic crossovers at three times the rate Coakley carried Republicans.
Democrats across the country woke up this morning wondering how to reverse the curse that left us a nominee who could go on Boston radio and think Red Sox icon Curt Schilling rooted for the Yankees. Ironically, in the annals of epic defeat, the only one that rivals Coakley’s is the Yankee collapse that made Schilling a legend. After such a disastrous campaign, Democrats’ temptation will be a familiar reflex: to ignore the voters and blame all our problems on a lousy candidate.
First, the big problems that Obama inherited test the limits of what many Americans are prepared to trust government to solve. The economic crisis saddled Obama with a host of nasty and persistent challenges, from bailing out the banks and saving the auto industry to creating jobs and paying all the bills the crisis left behind. With so many people hurting, some Democrats assumed that the Great Recession would lead to a sea change in Americans’ tolerance for government help. If anything, the reverse is true: Americans desperately anxious about their own finances have become more anxious about the country’s.
That’s no surprise to the administration. Throughout the health reform debate, the president has been outspoken about the fiscal importance of lowering long-term health costs, insisting that Congress offset new costs with new savings and that the final price tag stay well below what House Democrats wanted.
But in practical terms, the results from Massachusetts serve as a yellow caution flag warning drivers to proceed with care because of hazards on the track. As Sen. Claire McKaskill said Wednesday, “People out there believe that we are going too far, too fast.” A party that believes that government has a role to play in solving national problems needs people’s trust that government can actually do it. To succeed, Democrats still have to do what for decades has been—fairly or unfairly—our special burden: to reassure citizens every step of the way that our mission is to make government better, not bigger.
Even before the results were known on Tuesday, the White House and congressional leaders agreed on an important first step to do just that—a bipartisan deficit reduction commission that will propose a plan to put the nation’s fiscal house in order over the next decade. That initiative helps on two fronts, by tackling voters’ greatest long-term worry in a responsible way—and by giving any Republicans willing to be constructive a place to park their truck.
Second, the most results-oriented, cost-conscious, change-driven voters are independents, who loom more important than ever to Democrats’ governing majority. Every cycle, Democrats have a tastes-great-less-filling debate about whether the way to win elections is to excite the base or persuade swing voters. The truth is, in easy races either course will do, but in tough districts, tough states, and tough years, we have to excel at both. For all the frustrations that come with managing a broad majority, a big-tent party won’t do better by making the tent smaller.
In Massachusetts, Democrats turned out in impressive numbers for a special election. Unfortunately, too many Democrats on the fence defected to Brown, and independents turned out in droves to support him. Independents cost us any chance at the governorships in Virginia and New Jersey as well.
Obama did well with swing voters in 2008 and can do so again. The key is to keep reminding his supporters that he was elected to fix Washington, not put up with it. By definition, independent voters don’t care about party labels and disdain partisan gamesmanship. They want Obama to keep pressing both parties to work together—no easy trick these days—and they want their president to be a spur to congressional action and a check on congressional excesses.
Third, health care retains its title as the Middle East of domestic policy. Democrats should find a way to get some form of health reform done, because, as Bill Clinton has reminded them, we know what happens to Congress when it fails to act. But on no issue is the gulf so great and so persistent between the need for national action and people’s trust in government and the political system to get the job done right. Scott Brown is living proof of health care’s exasperating contradictions—a man elected to the Senate for opposing for the country what he voted for in Massachusetts.
Finally, Democrats should remember that a party willing to take voters’ lessons to heart has the chance to build a strong, more enduring bond with the electorate because of it. In 1994, Bill Clinton took the voters’ message as a directive to govern the way he campaigned and be the president he was elected to be, not the president Congress wanted him to be.
The country didn’t change teams on Tuesday. Americans still want Obama to succeed and still trust him to run the country far more than the other guys. As Curt Schilling might say, the Massachusetts race was more of a brushback pitch—a warning to those in power without regard to party that an electorate in a foul mood is always a force to be reckoned with.
The best advice for Democrats might come from Kevin Millar, another member with Schilling of the famed squad that went on to reverse the Red Sox curse. Millar made the team motto “Cowboy Up”—which means get back up, dust yourself off, and make sure it doesn’t happen again. In politics, like baseball, what matters in the end is not what happened last game, but who’s standing tall in November. | 2019-04-24T18:15:57 | https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2010/01/taking-tuesday-s-tough-defeat-to-heart-can-make-democrats-tougher-to-beat-the-next-time.html |
A lot’s a lot pollution as you think of – Pollution is caused by progression and development that’s currently happening on a regular basis. With the increase of technology more and more development is happening to be able to enhance the quality of life. This giving a high degree of comfort and a lifestyle that is wealthy but is diminishing the worth of human health; the requirement to have a healthy and good environment is ignored.
Water Pollution – Any sort of contaminants or components entering the water bodies such as of cause water contamination, oceans, lakes, ponds, and river. Like washing cleaning and dumping waste, human activities contribute to water contamination. The soaps and detergents used nowadays are made from materials that produce contaminants and chemicals free. Dumping waste like bottles, cans, and plastic materials pose threat. It destroys life but is hazardous to life.
Air Pollution – Air pollution is caused by the release of harmful substances from the air. One of the factors that are contributing that are major is pollution is the number of vehicles on street is increasing. Aside from that, industries indulged in petrochemicals, cement, steel, mines, power plant, and steel generate. This sort of pollution has caused harm. The ozone layer protects the earth from sun’s ultraviolet radiation has been damaged due to human abusive activity.
Soil Pollution – Soil pollution is defined as the contamination of soil. Nowadays pesticides and artificial materials are used for agriculture. Substances release contaminants which also prevent the development of the plants cultivated on land and create an imbalance in the soil. Key factors are toxic waste, sewage tablets agriculture practice, use of pesticides, deforestation, strip mining, and certain actions like littering and dumping.
These all pollution has an effect to all of us ( humans, plants, animals and other micro-organisms ) because we live on the same planet, we lived in the same ecosystem, we humans should must initiate in fixing these issue, since we are the one who’s responsible for destroying our planet. | 2019-04-24T22:32:53 | http://www.ecocityworldsummit.org/program.htm |
Working from a cosy studio in the centre of the ancient stannary town of Chagford, Miriam makes silver jewellery using designs inspired by the moors and wildlife that surrounds her.
"For me the most fascinating thing about creating jewellery in different metals is the fact that its such an old craft, dating back thousands of years," says Miriam.
"Every culture anywhere in the world has adorned themselves with jewellery, first bones and feathers, later beads and metals. It is part of human culture, and creating jewellery on this ancient Dartmoor feels like a continuing of this craft and a real privilege to me.
"My jewellery is timeless, rustic, organic and I often play with different finishes, patinas and textures. Wherever I can I use traditional tools, hammers and hand-drills."
Miriam is one of the few people in the UK to offer lovebirds the chance to design and make their own wedding rings.
Design your own silver ring during this introductory session into silversmithing. You'll learn how to cut, file, solder, sand and polish your own ring, and finish it with different textures and patinas. Two hours, £60 per person, maximum four people. | 2019-04-24T02:27:02 | http://www.dartmoor-artisan-trail.co.uk/miriam-boy |
Get ready to burn some rubber on the wintry streets of Port Huron with the BWYP!
The Blue Water Young Professionals return as the host of the 2017 Chilly Fest Bed Races. What's Bed Races you ask? Only the goofiest race around.
Don't miss the fun of this crowd favorite on Saturday, Jan. 28 in downtown Port Huron. For more infomration on Bed Races or to register a team click here.
Be sure to check out the other great Chilly Fest events as well. Peruse the ice sculptures, eat some chilli or run PoHo Hot Cocoa. | 2019-04-26T02:48:25 | http://www.bwyp.org/news/2016/12/7/bed-races-returns-jan-28 |
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Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall Owlet.
Drag Owlet icon into the Trash.
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Sierra the Barefoot Girl: I'm always here for y'all.
I'm always here for y'all.
This is a break from my traditional posts of fun and photos. I want to bring up a serious issue that I have personal experience with: self injury. By self injury, I mean any form of intentional infliction of pain on one self, without intention of loss of life. And when I say I have personal experience with it, I mean I struggle with this issue myself.
I started self-injuring when I was 13. The guy that I loved overdosed on heroin and I blamed myself. I couldn't handle the pain so I started pressing thumb tacks into my upper arms and rubbing my hands raw with rubber erasers. I would pull out my hair and scratch my scalp until it bled. Sometimes I would push on my wrists with a rusty steak knife my dad kept outside for working on various projects. That escalated to scratching until I would bleed.
In grade 9, my mom was diagnosed with cancer, my brother was diagnosed with autism, my dad started a home business, I started at a college prep high school, and the entire responsibility of the world was on my shoulders. My scratching became more intense and more noticeable. If anyone asked me about the marks, I would say my dog scratched me or that I fell.
Right before I turned 16 and started grade 11, we moved from Florida to Tennessee, leaving behind all of my friends and going to a completely new school full of rednecks. I started scratching myself with keys, sharp rocks, backs of earrings, anything sort of blunt that I could cause a little pain with. As I became more depressed, I started using scissors and broken glass. By the end of that school year, I had started using razor blades. I would cut mostly on my wrists and ankles. I would cover the cuts with knee high socks and arm warmers, even in the summer. I told my mom about it, hoping she would get me some help, but she just laughed at me and told me that if I wanted attention there were better ways to get it.
Over the summer, the guy I was dating sexually assaulted me, and my cutting became the worst it had ever been. Any time I wasn't at work, I was sitting on my bedroom floor with a razor blade turning my thighs into hamburger. A few months in to grade 12, I got a new boyfriend who tried to help me stop. He would come over and listen to angry music with me and hold me for as long as I wanted, but he couldn't always be over at my house to protect me. Fights with my mom always made me cut and the anniversary of my friend's overdose always tripped me up. I finally started seeing my school counsellor a few months before graduation. She referred me to a free therapy clinic to go to once I graduated. With help, I got to the point where I stopped cutting.
My last cut since I quit was April 7, 2009. I dragged a safety pin across my upper arm just hard enough to draw a drop of blood. I've slipped up twice since then, both due to stress of relationships. The first time, I cut myself in the shower with my razor because I was unable to trust the guy I was dating and I was punishing myself for it. The second time, I was engaged to a guy and he called off the wedding and I was so upset that I cut myself with some barbed wire. I've come to learn my triggers and how to step away from the situations that were causing me to self harm. I haven't cut in more than a year and a half and I intend to never cut again. I still scratch my scalp until it bleeds, but that's more out of habit than self harm. I'm working on stopping that behavior as well, as it has become troubling to my husband.
The one thing I've learned from my experience with cutting is that it doesn't ever really solve your problems. The feeling of euphoria and then the numbness from pain is only temporary. You wake up the next morning with the cuts on you and still have the same problems to deal with. But eventually, those problems do go away. You just have to hold on and have faith. Whatever you have to do to make it through with your sanity is your decision. But if you're thinking about self injury, please don't start. If you self injure now, please seek help to deal with what is causing you so much emotional pain. You can get through this. Someday, you'll see how good life can really be. And when that day comes, it will be a glorious day for you, free from sharp things and away from pain. Life is never going to be perfect, but there is still lots to enjoy. And remember, you are never alone.
I'm always here for you. For all of you. If there's anything in your life that you're going through that you think talking to a friend might help with, I'm all ears. You can email me or message me on facebook, or even comment on this post. We're all together in this life and I'm here to hold the light for anyone still struggling. If there's anything you're struggling with, I'm here to share that burden with you and help you the best I know how. All you have to do is let me know.
As an ex self inflicter myself, I wanted to extend my gratitude for your generosity and kind heart for posting this. It's good to know there are still some caring individuals out there.
After knowing the pain I went through, I can't let anyone else go through it alone.
Give your autistic brother my best regards.
I greatly appreciate your honesty about this struggle in your life. I've had friends who dealt with this same issue. Are you familiar with the film "Secretary?" I'm curious to know your feelings about the depiction of self injury in that film. If you'd like, you'll probably catch me most easily by e-mail: [email protected] Thanks! | 2019-04-21T06:09:17 | http://sierrathebarefootgirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/im-always-here-for-yall.html |
Lucky Scooters staff member, Cole Gregg made this custom complete Lucky scooter overview for your enjoyment. Cole breaks down all the components of a complete scooter, so check it out and enjoy.
If you haven't already, be sure to check out Lucky's new dirt scooters! | 2019-04-19T04:50:18 | http://blog.luckyscooters.com/lucky-scooters-custom-scooter-overview |
Throughout the written analysis and developmental editing stages of your book project, we will retain the formatting that you used in your manuscript file.
When we begin copyediting, we will also format your manuscript to prepare it for the interior design.
Combining copyediting and formatting services helps us understand and interpret the logic of your book (e.g., heading levels, bulleted and numbered lists, and other design elements) as we read it.
Once your manuscript has been tagged with paragraph styles, the interior design will be consistent, and changes can be easily made.
If you plan to submit your manuscript to a traditional publisher, we can also format it according to their specifications.
To keep your costs down, we are happy to train you to format your manuscript before we start working on it. | 2019-04-21T12:59:04 | http://www.backspaceink.com/services/formatting |
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Web data has long existed in a virtual world, accessed by a virtual portal. Users log on, type into Google, and sift through the results that arise. Or, at least, that’s how the majority of web searches used to happen. Today, with the increase in voice assistants, like Apple’s Siri, and voice-first devices, like the Amazon Echo, search is spinning off in a brand new direction.
If you’ve ever asked your phone how to get to the closest gas station or when your favorite musician is hosting a concert in your area, you’re already familiar with the growing popularity of voice assistants. While not necessarily a new concept – Apple’s Siri debuted in beta on the iPhone 4S in October 2011 and has been included in every version of the phone since then – the presence of voice assistants in the technology industry is only on the upswing. Today, the market has spread far beyond smartphones, with stand-alone search devices existing as part of a smart home setup. With Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home, and other such options, voice search is now becoming a part of daily life.
As the role of voice assistants becomes more normalized in modern culture, the number of individuals who search the web solely or in large part by voice is growing, too. Somewhere around 20% of all searches are now made using voice assistants, with that number expected to rise to closer to 50% by 2020. One study even estimates that voice search will grow to a $600+ million industry by 2019.
The bottom line? Sooner rather than later, voice will dominate the search world – and the way content must be created.
Search is changing, and that means content marketing needs to change, too. Historically, content has been created with traditional screen-based keywords in mind but now, as more and more web users are speaking rather than typing, SEO is in rapid need of an upgrade.
In a voice search, human speech patterns start to matter. Over the last few decades, searching online has been dominated by chains of related words – “Target store near me,” for example – but this isn’t how most people talk. Instead of spitting keywords into a microphone, people ask real, normal questions: “where is the closest Target store to me?” Instead of ranking for keyword strings, content needs to start targeting speech, diction, and regional colloquialisms that may be said but not typed.
Furthermore, organic search will soon play an even larger role than it already does. Unlike a traditional search engine results page in which web users can browse hundreds of results in search of the right answer, AI voice responses are limited to top-ranking data with no real option to scroll through other hits. Thus, the best, most relevant results are what Alexa or Home or Siri will read – not the articles on page 5.
The SEO landscape is ever-changing, but the rise in voice searches may be one of the biggest yet. Without a strategy that keeps voice assistants in mind, it’s going to be easy to fall behind. A few tweaks now, however, can put you at the forefront, ensuring you stay relevant as voice search continues to evolve. | 2019-04-24T16:07:21 | https://perihelionwebdesign.com/rise-voice-assistants/ |
Do you like to dress casually for the office? Looking smart and well-groomed is still important. Although startup culture is influential, you don’t want to look like a student. Here are some ideas on putting together a successful business wardrobe with a relaxed style.
You can be flexible with trousers in a relaxed office, but for your basics, stick to khakis or chinos. For more texture, corduroy or wool trousers come in a wide variety of colours and styles. The colour of your trousers should be entirely different from the hue of your blazer.
If you don’t wear a tie, you probably rely on a buttoned-up shirt. Pair this with a sport coat or wear it underneath a cashmere or merino jumper. For an extra masculine look, unbutton the top buttons while keeping the shirt tucked in. You could play with patterned and printed shirts for a dash of individual style.
Smart Farah shirts are perfect for business casual wear. They are available from retailers including https://www.ejmenswear.com/men/farah/.
You can get away with T-shirts in a casual office setting provided you keep them straightforward: plain shirts with a simple pattern and a slim fit win out. If hoodies are the order of the day, try to stand out.
A belt can add the magic touch that brings your outfit together. Match the colour of your belt to the colour of your shoes for casual settings, and make sure your shoes are well-polished if you are wearing a glossy belt.
In less formal settings, denim is often a staple. You can look professional with dark-wash, fitted jeans with a tapered or straight leg. These go perfectly with jumpers, button-up shirts and relaxed footwear. Ripped jeans are off the agenda, however.
Business Insider recently looked at what business casual really means.
Looks in the casual office are flexible. You can stand out with an Oxford, Derby or loafer. Smart polished leather boots are versatile and work for both an important meeting and a date. Desert boots with rubber soles are also acceptable.
Any trainers worn to the office should be clean and stylish. Opt for a simple slip-on or old-fashioned style, such as Vans. Stay away from flip flops and sweatpants; bare toes in the office are a no-no. | 2019-04-26T07:46:22 | http://www.airmaxshoesnike.net/2019/01 |
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The Culprit" from Germany, Directed by Michael Rittmannsberger.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Feature Film "Stubborn Boy" from Germany, Directed by Moritz Krämer.
marriage and his finances are on the rocks. As Hanna becomes more involved in Uwe’s troubles, it seems she may be his only hope. But that’s not why she came here. In the neighboring town, she spies on a small family — and then Uwe finds her out.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "SRY BSY" from Germany, Directed by Verena Westphal.
"SRY BSY" this digital 2D animation is about obsessions, compulsions and the pressure of keeping up with the challenges of modern working life. By combining a dark sense of humor with absurd elements, sry bsy is amusing and disturbing at the same time.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The Cabinet Decision" from Israel, Directed by Mayan Engelman.
"The Cabinet Decision" is the depiction between Israel and Palestine, two entities competing over their one beating heart. Will they both survive?
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "SPARROWS AND SNORKELS" from Switzerland, Directed by Elena Brotschi.
"SPARROWS AND SNORKELS" is the depiction of characters meeting Ivan meets Paolo, little Jonas meets Ida, another Jonas meets Sandra and Annina meets Jonas – in july, at a campsite by the river.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The Book Artist" from Germany, Directed by Christine Nippoldt.
"The Book Artist" is the story the aspiring artist Robert Nippoldt has a vision: He wants to make a book. It shall be bright and bold – and bring him wealth and glory. Quickly, the publisher is won over and the artist is able to begin his work. Has he bitten off more than he can chew? The true story about the creation of an award-winning book.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Sisters" from Germany, Directed by Oliver Haug.
"Sisters" is the story about two sisters. Maria's thoughts are obsessed with revenge. Her caring sister Karin is the only person, she can turn to in her despair. Together the two women forge out a daring plan, in hopes of finally finding their peace.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "THE LOVE TO END ALL LOVE" from Germany, Directed by Konstantin Ferstl.
"THE LOVE TO END ALL LOVE" is the story of Love and Loss.What to do when love ends? From a train ride through Siberia and North Korea, director Konstantin Ferstl returned home with a frozen left hand and this film poem on love and loss, heart tones of the Old World: The Love To End All Love.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Feature Film "SMAJL" from Kosovo, Directed by Philipp Majer.
meantime, he has bought many tape recorders, started a family and, as a political activist, fought passionately for the independence of Kosovo far from his actual home.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The Beach Boy" from Singapore, Directed by Hannes Rall.
"The Beach Boy" is the story about two star-crossed lovers in ancient Vietnam. Baeed on a traditional folk tale and adapted for animation in a style inspired by local Asian art styles.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "YOU DREAMT YOU WERE HAPPY" from Germany, Directed by Ivana Skrabalo.
"YOU DREAMT YOU WERE HAPPY" is the story of Blanka, who has money problems, so she flees from her apartment and goes about her routine – she goes to a humiliating casting, kisses a boy she doesn’t love and visits her estranged parents. She meets an older man who takes her to his luxurious home. Looking around, she notices a gun on a window sill.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Winter" from Germany, Directed by Lina Roessler.
"Winter" is the story of Ten year old Farzin and his little sister Gita try to make sense of their mother’s passing and their new home in Canada shortly after the Iranian Revolution in the early 1980’s. For the children, the revolution itself, how and why their mother passed away, and their families religious beliefs or lack thereof are never fully brought to light. These issues belong to the “real world” of grownups, and exist as a subtle backdrop to the inner life of the children- one they must struggle to comprehend and make sense of, all on their own. Upon discovering snow for the fist time, Farzin and Gita use their imagination to create what unfortunately, cannot be true. In doing so, they uncover the harsh reality between truth and imagination and with this loss of innocence, begin their journey out of childhood. Winter is the second in a series of short films titled “Little Whispers”, examining the unique ability children have to use imagination in bearing harsh realities.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "THIRST FOR LIFE" from Germany,Directed by Michael Siebert.
"THIRST FOR LIFE" is the story of Yaya, a pregnant white woman, has been attacked by two men. Her black friend Emeka had to witness everything without being able to help. A third man pushed him to the ground and degraded him. Yaya loses the unborn. She falls into a pit of self destruction and doubt. Will Emeka be able to catch her and lead her to a loving life? Or will he lose her, too?
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "WOLVES" from Germany, Directed by Juliana Neuhuber.
"WOLVES" is the story A family displaced by war is travelling through the countryside when they are ambushed by highwaymen. The bloody encounter takes an unexpected turn when one of the robbers recognizes the father as an old brother in arms, and forces his daughter into a life and death decision.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Baeutifull" from India, Directed by Surendra Waskar.
"Baeutifull" is the story that advocates hopefulness signified by an ink pen & a piece of paper potrays Being human, one can make mistakes. And that’s inevitable.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Tanga" from India, Directed by Arpita Das.
"Tanga" is the story of a young tanga puller from the 'city of joy', who faces a strange problem. He could not do a simple thing that the world around him does so easily. They try to make him understand the hard truths of life. But, does he understand? Does he learn to celebrate life, instead of complaining about it?
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "DISSOCIATE" from Italy, Directed by Theja Rio.
"DISSOCIATE" is the story of a mentally unstable person 'Roy'. Roy is standing in front of a shattered glass door, looking out. A man walks past the glass door outside and from a distance the two share a glance.The doctor comes inside the house and Roy and the Dr. meet. A few exchanged glances and the Doctor hands Roy a knife stating 'This will cure you'. Roy exits the room and cry of anguish could be heard from the other room. Roy appears to be stabbing someone and leaves the body of the victim on the floor, but Dr. Scheiffer is nowhere in sight.Dr Scheiffer's bag and hat remains on the table. Roy re-enters the room, but has now appeared to have stabbed himself. Roy is heavily injured and is barely walking and later starts crawling. The body that Roy seemed to have stabbed awhile ago is no where in sight as a struggling Roy crawls away in anguish and pain.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Feature Film "TREPPE AUFWAERTS" from Germany, Directed by Mia Maariel Meyer.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Underpressure" from Germany, Directed by Lilli Schwabe.
"Underpressure" is the story about Clara, an aspiring gynecologist, is enthusiastically supporting her patients, no matter if they are bringing a child into the world or are making the decision to have an abortion. At the same time, she is attempting to be a good wife and loving mother to her two little children. However, with the increasing pressures of daily life, her self imposed belief systems are beginning to falter, her duties in the clinic suddenly seem insurmountable and her family life is slipping away.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The society" from Germany, Directed by Osama Rasheed.
"The society" is the story of Muhamad and Ahmed, two gay People, trying to live both Lives, in a society that does not accept homosexuality. Honest reactions and statements on a religious, traditional and barbaric society.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "ZU KLEIN FÜR DIESE WELT-TOO SMALL FOR THIS WORLD" from Germany, Directed by Keno Bültena.
"ZU KLEIN FÜR DIESE WELT-TOO SMALL FOR THIS WORLD" is the story of Anne and a strange boy. To enjoy the day, Anne simply wants to hang out in the park with her little sister. Lying on the grass, Anne realizes she is being watched by a slender boy, who has been following and drawing sketches of her. In addition, her ex-boyfriend would not stop bothering her about getting back together. Once the boy comes home, his alcoholic father starts bullying and debasing him while the boy remains silent. When his father is done, the boy hangs up his drawings of Anne on the walls of his room. The next day Anne is found in the park yet again. When the boy starts drawing her, she decides that it is time to confront him about his impertinence. But again, he remains silent and runs away until an empty park bench strikes him. Memories of a conversation with his older brother come up, who tries to explain why he cannot accommodate his little brother. Using sign language, the boy gives vent to his frustration. His brother shows him a photograph of his new girlfriend, Anne. He asks him to make a drawing of her. The boy takes the photograph in his own hands and darts off, laughing, with his brother on his heels. In the middle of the fun chase, his brother gets hit by a car. A movement catches the boy’s eye and takes him back to the presence. Not far away, Anne is molested by her ex. The boy calls attention to him and gets into a fight with the ex-boyfriend. After he slams his pencil into his rival’s leg and brings him to fall, he runs away in fear, leaving Anne alone. Several days later, he leaves a note with all his drawings of Anne at her doorstep and asks for shelter. Anne agrees and lets him in.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T..." from Germany,Directed by David M. Lorenz .
"WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T..." is a highly political and humorous story. One wintry Sunday evening. A German apartment. On television, the usual news about refugee disasters on the coast of Italy, in the kitchen Sushi is being stacked on a plate. An upper middle class couple is just getting cozy on the sofa, when the doorbell rings...A biting- and comedic chamber play.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Work For One Day" from Germany, Directed by Rita Bakacs.
"Work For One Day" observes the daily routine at an official day labourers’ office in Berlin Neukölln.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Tindog Tacloban - Rice Tacloban" from Phillipines, Directed by Archie Omega.
"Tacloban - Rice Tacloban" is a story that captures the spirit of survival and resilience of young citizen of Tacloban city in Philippines. Tacloban city was devastated by a powerful Typhoon Yolanda in November 2013. The survivors of this powerful Typhoon fought the tragedy with their sheer power of resilience to spring back to normal life. Their resilience is rooted in their collective action, optimism, faith in god and their love for life. This documentary narrates the story of a young man from Tacloban who lost all his family and everything he owned in Tacloban. He is cared and brought back to life by his friends by reigniting his love for Dance!
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "The Broken Window" from India, Directed by Shubham Sewaiwar.
"The Broken Window" is the story about an acquired obsession by a deaf, old protagonist, longing to meet his deepest desires.
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Feature Film "T" from Argentina,Directed by Juan Tauil.
"T" is a photo album treasured moments of artistic and territorial militancy transvestites activists struggling to be integrated into a state which by action or omission relegated to physical and discursive margins of society. This militancy, which flourished in the Argentina time when human rights acquired a fundamental importance, working in various trenches to restore economic and social peace to a group whose average life span was about 35 at the time of the shooting"
3rd Navi Mumbai International Film Festival NMIFF-2016 welcomes the submission of a Short Film "Not A CCTV" from India,Directed by Ujjwal Basu.
"Not A CCTV" is a story of a frail old woman who is paralyzed from several stroke attacks, bedridden, even cannot speak. Only she can capture incidents by her eyes and store them like CCTV. Her near and dear ones commit their daily mischievous activities, like her son's weakness for the maid, her grandson cheats his father's signature in the Report Card, and her daughter-in-law's illicit relationship, in front of her by ignoring her. And there comes the climax of the story which vehemently announces that she is "NOT A CCTV." | 2019-04-19T15:03:24 | https://banjaracinema.blogspot.com/2016/02/ |
It would seem that God has had me on lesson plan on prayer this week. So this morning I felt Him leading me towards this topic. What would be some ways to pray about and for your vehicle and driving needs. So as you might imagine I have been praying about these prayers and here are a few prayer starters.
Lord, I want to pray that your heart is blessed for providing me with my transportation needs.
As a father gets excited to give his children gifts and feel their Gratitude and Joy, I know my heavenly Father deserves that and so much more for meeting my needs in this area. So in a way I want to enter into my car with Thanksgiving, being grateful and joyful for His provision.
Lord, I want to pray that this vehicle blesses You in the way I use it. Let Your Kingdom come and Your will be done through this area of my life.
Lord I want to pray that You lead me to a good support group for my vehicle, and shepherd me through being a good steward here with, a good and gas station, a good mechanic, a good insurance agent, a good body shop, a good tire store and part store.
Lord I want to pray that You travel with me and through me in my driving both in spirit and in action.
Lord I want to pray that you forgive me for my driving distraction both away from You and my driving.
Lord help me to forgive others for their distraction as You have forgiven me and lead me to pray for them as well.
Lord don’t let me be lead into temptation or distraction.
Lord please deliver me from evil when it comes to my transportation.
Lord help me to see your Kingdom and power and glory through all this forever, Amen. | 2019-04-25T09:47:20 | http://christiancarguy.com/car-prayers/?share=google-plus-1 |
Hong Kong's new chief executive shakes the hand of China's president.
Hong Kong's new leader, Leung Chun-ying, was sworn into office Sunday morning in a ceremony presided over by Chinese President Hu Jintao, as protesters burned pictures of Leung outside the venue.
Hu was making a rare three-day visit to the city to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty and inaugurate the third chief executive, replacing the recently scandal-plagued Donald Tsang.
Hu's speech in front of some 2,300 of the party faithful had the usual platitudes about Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong with a high degree of autonomy.
"We must stay committed to keeping a balance between adhering to the 'one country' principle and respecting the differences of the 'two systems', between upholding the authority of the central government and ensuring a high degree of autonomy of the Hong Kong S.A.R. (Special Administrative Region), between safeguarding the overall national interests and protecting the interests of various social sectors of Hong Kong, and between supporting Hong Kong in actively conducting exchanges with the outside world and opposing interference by external forces in Hong Kong affairs," he said.
Security guards overwhelm a lone protestor, in blue shirt, during Hu Jintao's address.
slogans calling for an end to one-party rule on the mainland and for people to remember June 4th (date of Tiananmen massacre in 1989). About ten security guards wrestled him out of the venue after snatching his placard. Tsang told RTHK afterward the guards had placed their hands in his mouth to stifle his shouting.
In Leung's speech, he said his "goal is to develop the economy, improve people's livelihood, promote democracy and build a more prosperous, progressive and righteous society."
Leung had won a bitterly contested election campaign that allows only 1,200 voters to take part from a population of seven million. Recently, the former property surveyor has been embroiled in a scandal for allegedly having numerous illegal structures on his luxury home on The Peak.
In spite of the government's carefully scripted plan, heavy-handed tactics by Hong Kong's police force in dealing with both the media and protesters have been attracting the most attention.
Yesterday, a reporter from Apple Daily newspaper was detained by police for about 15 minutes after asking Hu about June 4th. The incident, shown on local television, was sparked when Hon Yiu-ting called out to ask if Hu had heard Hong Kong people's hope to reverse the verdict of June 4th. Hu did not respond. When confronted by other journalists at the scene, a plain-clothes police sergeant reluctantly said Hon was detained for causing a disturbance, although other reporters had been shouting questions to Hu in the same manner earlier. The difference between Hon's question and the others was that it touched upon one of the so-called "sensitive" issues.
On the same day, the police used pepper spray on another group of pro-democracy protesters trying to break through police barricades to get closer to an event Hu was attending. Organizers of the demonstration had been complaining that "protest zones" set up by police were too far away for their voices to be heard. They were calling for an investigation into the suspicious death of mainland dissident Li Wangyang and to overturn Beijing's condemnation of the June 4th protests in Tiananmen.
Although Hong Kong had been promised the right to select their leader before 1997, 15 years after the handover, they still haven’t been given that right. Many fear that with Beijing’s interference future elections will almost certainly be rigged. | 2019-04-24T16:21:46 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2012/07/01/protests-police-and-pepper-spray-mar-chinese-presidents-visit-to-hong-kong/ |
Thank you to the colleague/customer/product owner, who found the bug I missed. That oversight, was (at least in part) my mistake. I've been thinking about what happened and what that means to me and my team.
1) Opened my eyes to a situation I'd never have thought to investigate.
2) Gave me another item for my checklist of things to check in future.
3) Made me remember, that we are never done testing.
4) Are never sure if the application 'works' well enough.
5) Reminded me to explore more and build less.
6) To request that we may wish to assign more time to finding these issues.
7) Let me experience the hindsight bias, so that the edge-case now seems obvious! | 2019-04-18T18:20:32 | http://www.investigatingsoftware.co.uk/2017/02/ |
Relations between Local 1374 of the Amalgamated Transit Union and Brewster Transport Company Ltd. of Calgary ran into deep trouble last year. In the face of tough economic circumstances, the company had demanded wage concessions and the union agreed to roll back wages from $11.75 to $10.20 per hour. But on June 1, 1985, the union accused the company of bargaining in bad faith and making unreasonable demands, and went on strike. The strike soon turned ugly as picket-line violence erupted and two company buses were burned.
On June 27, 1985, the company wrote to the union demanding further concessions in overtime rates and representation rights, payment for damages, and the right to retain employees hired during the strike in preference to striking employees. The CLRB found these demands to be illegal, and ordered the company to reoffer its previous proposals and pay striking workers for lost wages. The company appealed this decision, and on June 6, 1986, the second CLRB panel upheld the original decision. The company and the union have subsequently reached an agreement.
This precedent-setting decision of the CLRB sent a stinging rebuke to the company and a reminder that companies cannot escape their legal obligations under the Canada Labour Code. It also confirms that the Alberta employees covered by this Code have greater protection than those covered by provincial labour legislation.
Naturally, Mr. R.L. Saarinen, president of Local 1374, was delighted. "I hope this sends a message to all employers," he said. David Morrison, president and chief executive officer of Brewster Transport, said that the ruling has significant meaning "in terms of what happens in the Board's jurisdiction. It has taught us to be careful before you call anybody's bluff" (Cecil Foster, Globe and Mail, June 18, 1986). | 2019-04-21T13:13:40 | http://heedingthetimes.net/carus-folder/canada_labour_relations_board---.html |
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As health professionals, we know that Benbrook dentists diagnose and treat conditions of the teeth and gums, but we sometimes overlook the importance of the tongue.
When Justin Cook performs oral exams, the tongue is always checked for signs of oral cancer and other serious diseases.
If you have persistent canker sores, you may want to try eliminating products that contain sodium lauryl (or laurel) sulfate (SLS). SLS is a cheap foaming agent that is found in many personal care products. It can be difficult to find SLS-free dental products in Benbrook. The following brands have previously offered SLS-free versions but check labels carefully every time you buy a new tube. I have noticed that SLS has re-appeared in some brands.
If you can’t find an SLS-free toothpaste at your local Benbrook grocery store, I would suggest trying health food stores, specialty drug stores, or trusted online sites.
Many of my Benbrook patients have asked me about tongue-scraping. I recommend thorough dental hygiene including cleaning the tongue. To schedule a consultation to discuss any dental health issues including tongue scraping, please contact my office at 817-769-2763. | 2019-04-26T09:49:48 | https://www.theparkwaydentist.com/blog/stick-tongue-benbrook/ |
Every year, the Somali diaspora sends home approximately $1.3bn. Remittances account for 25–45 percent of Somalia’s economy and exceed the amount it receives in humanitarian aid, development aid and foreign direct investment combined. As Somali money transfer operators lose their bank accounts, Somali families are losing their only formal or transparent channel through which to send money.
Somalia needs long-term support to build sustainable financial institutions, and urgent help to maintain its current remittance flows. This briefing reviews international efforts to facilitate remittances to Somalia and focuses on the US and the UK, where the threat to the Somali remittance system is most acute. It also looks at the uncertain future viability of the Somali remittance industry in Australia.
This event was launch the new briefing note Hanging by a Thread: The Ongoing Threat to Somalia’s Remittance Lifeline, a joint publication by Adeso, the Global Center on Cooperative Security and Oxfam, that evaluates efforts made by the international community to protect the indispensable role played by remittances in the Somali economy. The speakers discuss strategies that should be put in place to strengthen the remittance system and build sustainable financial institutions in Somalia. | 2019-04-23T12:40:29 | http://wargane.com/2015/02/22/hanging-by-a-thread-the-ongoing-threat-to-somalias-remittance-lifeline.html |
As the owner of a lawn care business, you do everything you can to make sure your business runs seamlessly. One way you can do this is by taking proactive steps to obtain lawn care insurance and to take the time to properly maintain your equipment.
With spring well underway and summer fast approaching, it is crucial that you ensure your equipment is in proper working order before you head out to take care of your client's lawn care needs and to make sure you have an active lawn care insurance policy.
Here are a few simple things you can do to kick the season off right.
One of the most disruptive things for a lawn care business is having equipment that breaks down. Don't make the mistake of thinking that the lawn mower, lawn edger, or weed eater you put away last fall is ready to go this spring.
Without fuel your machine won't run; however, old fuel can become "varnished," even if has only been there since the fall. Varnished fuel can be dangerous, harm your engine, or just cause your mower, edger, or other machine to fail to start.
Be sure that if your fuel wasn't treated to make it through the winter, that you drain it into the proper fuel container and dispose of it at a facility equipped to handle old fuel.
Many gallons of gasoline go bad and cause headaches for lawn maintenance providers each year because they have sat over the winter and varnished; however, this doesn't need to be the case.
To protect your equipment, either drain the fuel from the machine, or use a fuel stabilizing additive that is approved by the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). Generally speaking, you may also treat your other fuel stores with such a product.
Oil that is beginning to, or already, turn black in color.
It's a good idea to change the oil in each of your machines at the start of the season. You should completely drain the oil, replace the oil filter (if equipped), and refill the crankcase with the correct oil as specified by the machines manufacturer.
Have you ever tried to breathe when there was a lot of dust in the air? It's not very fun or easy, is it? The same goes for an engine with an old air filter.
Be sure that you have taken time to clean and inspect the air filter on each machine that you own. If you need to, don't hesitate to replace it because if you don't, dust and other harmful particles could wreak havoc on the engine.
You might be thinking, "what could possibly need inspecting on the pull cord?" While a pull cord might not cause harm to your engine, it can be painful when it breaks and cost you valuable time.
To inspect a pull cord, simply pull the cord out slowly and inspect the knots that hold it in place as well as the full length of the cord for any frays, cuts, or breaks. If it has any, you will want to replace it right away.
Since your equipment for your lawn care business has likely been sitting dormant during the winter season, you'll also want to give the hardware a good going over. Much like having a good lawn care insurance policy, this check will protect your business in the long run.
Not only will you want to ensure that the lawn mower and edger blades are sharp and the weed eater spool is full of string, but you'll also want to check that all bolts and fasteners are tight and blades are mounted securely.
Of course, each piece of equipment has its own set of requirements and needs. You should also follow the pre-use checklist found in most user manuals. In addition to checking the oil, air filter, and hardware, the user manual should list other items that need regular maintenance.
A single check-up does not ensure that everything will be okay for the rest of the season. You should check your equipment each time you use it. Sure, taking the time to check the machine before you use it can be inconvenient, but it makes sense. These precautions could help you prevent major damage to your equipment and consequently help you avoid the expensive cost of repairs or new equipment, and they could also protect yourself and others from potential harm or property damage.
Failure to properly maintain your equipment can cost you and your business hundreds if not thousands of dollars in repairs and new machines. If your equipment is not functioning properly and the guards are not in place, you could very well damage your client's' property or even someone who is nearby.
In addition, your bottom line could be at risk. Machines that don't function well don't do the job right. If your client's think the job you did was sloppy and poor, it could cost you in terms of clients and recommendations.
For these and other reasons, you need to have a layer of protection for you and your business. Lawn care insurance from Insurance Canopy can offer you protection and a layer of defense against liability claims. Get your policy today by clicking here. | 2019-04-19T02:26:02 | https://www.insurancecanopy.com/blog/the-importance-of-maintaining-lawn-care-equipment |
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Tulsa's Affair of the Heart is November 16 - 18, 2018, in the Expo Center of the Tulsa State Fairground!! Jennifer (and Brandy!) will be there - with a new booth number!! They'll be in booth 836, which is on the east wall, smack dab in the middle (just up the aisle from our spot last year). Please go see her!!!
We're hoping we can get the Goodies Unlimited Facebook page resurrected quickly, so start to look for updates there. I know Jenn has some fun new stuff for you guys - including essential oils and new soaps!!
We are thankful for each and every one of you, over all these years! | 2019-04-25T23:41:21 | http://www.goodiesunlimited.com/ |
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At Ampro Builders LLC no job involving our Lifetime Sun Rooms Installer is too big or too small. We promise to make your Lifetime Sun Rooms as important as any of our jobs no matter how complicated or extensive OR how simple or inexpensive it is. By referral and direct experience, our Kirkland WA customers have come to know that we will honor our commitments to your Lifetime Sun Rooms installation and deliver results on your new Lifetime Sun Rooms project and or other jobs that we may do for you. | 2019-04-21T07:10:15 | https://sunroomsforliving.com/component/mpv/lifetime+sun+rooms-kirkland+wa-installer.html |
We live in Iona but I married a cute boy from Rigby, so I have some pretty close ties to this great community. I have been in the dental field for 30 years, first as an assistant and now as an office manager. I love helping people achieve great smiles. I have been with West Wind Dental since Dr. Ellis opened it in 2001. Troy and I have 4 beautiful girls and 5 of the cutest grandkids ever. I love to hang out with my family, garden and read when I'm not at work. | 2019-04-24T12:34:01 | http://mywestwinddental.com/team-members/marci-andersen |
Why Must I Do This? When you use “change user /install” before installing an application, you actually create .ini files for the application in the system directory. These files are used as master copies for user-specific .ini files. After installing the application, when you type “change user /execute” you are reverting to standard .ini file mapping. The first time you run the application, it searches the home directory for its .ini files. If the .ini files are not found in the home directory, but are found in the system directory, Terminal Services copies the .ini files to the home directory, ensuring that each user has a unique copy of the application .ini files. Each user should have a unique copy of the .ini files for an application. This prevents instances where different users might have incompatible application configurations. | 2019-04-24T13:55:23 | https://support.pensionpro.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005702943-Installing-Applications-on-a-Remote-Desktop-Server |
Zurich's recently-opened women-only coworking space Birdhaus is the brainchild of Michelle Gasparovic, a California native who moved to Zurich 18 months ago from New York after her husband found work in the Swiss city.
“When I first arrived in Switzerland I made a lot of Swiss friends and a lot of expat friends but I noticed there wasn’t a lot of crossover.” Gasparovic told The Local recently of her decision to open the coworking space.
“The social side came first: this is a place where all my female friends can gather,” explained Gasparovic, a one-time travelling musician who worked in luxury retail before attending culinary school.
Gasparovic spent months asking women if they would be interested in working in a space like Birdhaus before going ahead with the project.
The decision to make it women-only was key: “We can all relate to each other on the same level and it’s important to have a place where you can go and find strong women to talk to and draw inspiration from,” she said.
To date, the overall response to the idea of a women-only coworking space has been all positive, although Gasparovic anticipates this may change with future growth.
“Men have told me the space is beautiful. They say ‘I wish I could work here,’” she told The Local.
Birdhaus is located in Zurich’s Hürlimann-Areal district and has space for 45 people, with membership capped at 65. The payment plan allows for full-time and part-time places while there is also a day pass option.
To date, most of the members are Swiss, with people working in fields as diverse as yoga, marketing and migration services. But Gasparovic said expats had also shown a strong interest.
“There are a lot of smart, interesting, educated, creative expat women who have followed their husbands or partners to Zurich but maybe don’t have Swiss work permits themselves and then finding themselves asking ‘Now what?’” she said.
“Already, some of them have approached me and expressed an interest in starting a business or a new project through Birdhaus,” she added. | 2019-04-19T03:25:15 | https://www.thelocal.ch/20180604/there-are-lots-of-smart-creative-female-expats-in-zurich/amp |
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The effect of qigong exercise on immunity and infections: a systematic review of controlled trials.
American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 2012;40(6):1143-56. By Wang CW, et al. from Centre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China.
To summarize and critically evaluate the clinical evidence of the effect of qigong exercise on immunity and its efficacy in the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases, 13 databases were searched through January 2011, and all controlled clinical trials of qigong exercise on immunity and infections were included. Quality and validity of the included studies were evaluated using standard scales. Seven studies including two randomized controlled trials (RCTs), two controlled clinical trials (CCTs) and three retrospective observational studies (ROSs) met the inclusion criteria. One study focused on functional measures of immunity (antigen-induced immunity) and six studies on enumerative parameters of immunity. No study on clinical symptoms relevant to infectious diseases could be identified. Overall, the included studies suggested favorable effects of qigong exercise on immunity, but the quality of research for most of the studies examined in this review was poor. Further rigorously designed studies are required, which should adhere to accepted standards of methodology for clinical trials.
Tai-chi for residential patients with schizophrenia on movement coordination, negative symptoms, and functioning: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Evidence Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 2012;2012:923925. Epub 2012 Nov 24. By Ho RT et al. Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong .
Objective: Patients with schizophrenia residing at institutions often suffer from negative symptoms, motor, and functional impairments more severe than their non-institutionalized counterparts. Tai-chi emphasizes body relaxation, alertness, and movement coordination with benefits to balance, focus, and stress relief. This pilot study explored the efficacy of Tai-chi on movement coordination, negative symptoms, and functioning disabilities towards schizophrenia. Methods: A randomized waitlist control design was adopted, where participants were randomized to receive either the 6-week Tai-chi program and standard care or only the latter. 30 Chinese patients with schizophrenia were recruited from a rehabilitation residency. All were assessed on movement coordination, negative symptoms, and functional disabilities at baseline, following intervention and 6 weeks after intervention. Results: Tai-chi buffered from deteriorations in movement coordination and interpersonal functioning, the latter with sustained effectiveness 6 weeks after the class was ended. Controls showed marked deteriorations in those areas. The Tai-chi group also experienced fewer disruptions to life activities at the 6-week maintenance. There was no significant improvement in negative symptoms after Tai-chi. Conclusions: This study demonstrated encouraging benefits of Tai-chi in preventing deteriorations in movement coordination and interpersonal functioning for residential patients with schizophrenia. The ease of implementation facilitates promotion at institutional psychiatric services.
Indian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology. 2012 Jan-Mar;56(1):80-7.
By Tharion E et al. from Dept of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu , India.
Studies show that yogic type of breathing exercises reduces the spontaneous respiratory rate. However, there are no conclusive studies on the effects of breathing exercise on heart rate variability. We investigated the effects of non-yogic breathing exercise on respiratory rate and heart rate variability. Healthy subjects (21-33 years, both genders) were randomized into the intervention group (n=18), which performed daily deep breathin gexercise at 6 breaths/min (0.1 Hz) for one month, and a control group (n=18) which did not perform any breathing exercise. Baseline respiratory rate and short-term heart rate variability indices were assessed in both groups. Reassessment was done after one month and the change in the parameters from baseline was computed for each group. Comparison of the absolute changes [median (inter-quartile ranges)] of the parameters between the intervention and control group showed a significant difference in the spontaneous respiratory rate [intervention group -2.50, control group 0.00, cycles/min, P<0.001], mean arterial pressure [ -0.67, vs. 0.67, mmHg, P<0.05], high frequency power [278.50 vs. -1.00, ms2 P<0.05] and sum of low and high frequency powers [512.00, vs 51.00, ms2, P<0.05]. Neither the mean of the RR intervals nor the parameters reflecting sympatho-vagal balance were significantly different across the groups. In conclusion, the changes produced by simple deep slow breathing exercise in the respiratory rate and cardiac autonomic modulation of the intervention group were significant, when compared to the changes in the control group. Thus practice of deep slow breathing exercise improves heart rate variability in healthy subjects, without altering their cardiac autonomic balance. These findings have implications in the use of deep breathing exercises to improve cardiac autonomic control in subjects known to have reduced heart rate variability.
Efficacy of supervised Tai Chi exercises versus conventional physical therapy exercises in fall prevention for frail older adults: a randomized controlled trial.
Disability & Rehabilitation. 2012 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] by Tousignant M, et al. from Research Centre on Aging, University Institute of Geriatrics of Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Québec , Canada.
Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of supervised Tai Chi exercises versus the conventional physical therapy exercises in a personalized rehabilitation program in terms of the incidence and severity of falls in a frail older population. Method: The participants were frail older adults living in the community, admitted to the day hospital program in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (n = 152). They were randomized to receive a 15-week intervention, either by supervised Tai Chi exercises (n = 76) or conventional physical therapy (n = 76). Fall incidence and severity were assessed using both the calendar technique and phone interviews once a month during 12 months following the end of the intervention. Other variables were collected at baseline to compare the two groups: age, comorbidity, balance, sensory interaction on balance, and self-rated health. Results: Both interventions demonstrated a protective effect on falls but Tai Chi showed a greater one (RR = 0.74; 95% CI = 0.56-0.98) as compared to conventional physical therapy exercises. Conclusions: Supervised Tai Chi exercises as part of a rehabilitation program seem to be a more effective alternative to the conventional physical therapy exercises for this specific population.
A randomized controlled trial of the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on anxiety symptoms and systolic blood pressure in Chinese nursing students.
Nurse Education Today. 2012 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] by Chen Y, et al. from School of Nursing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Background: Previous studies suggested that mindfulness meditation effectively reduced stress-related anxiety and depression symptoms, but no research has evaluated the efficacy of mindfulness meditation in nurses and nursing students in China. This study tried to evaluate the effects of brief mindfulness meditation on the anxiety and depression symptoms and autonomic nervous system activity in Chinese nursing students. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was run in a medical university in Guangzhou, 105 nursing students were randomly approached by email and seventy-two responded. Sixty recruited students were randomized into meditation and control group (n=30 each) after screening and exclusion due to factors known to influence mood ratings and autonomic nervous system measures. The meditation group performed mindfulness meditation 30min daily for 7 consecutive days. The control group received no intervention except pre-post treatment measurements. The Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and Self-Rating Depression Scale were administered to participants, and heart rate and blood pressure were measured. Pre- and post-treatment data were analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance. Results: Differences between pre- and post-treatment Self-Rating Anxiety Scale scores were significantly larger in the meditation group than in the control group, but no similar effect was observed for Self-Rating Depression Scale scores. Systolic blood pressure was reduced more after the intervention in the meditation group than in the control group, with an average reduction of 2.2mmHg. A moderate level of anxiety was associated with the maximum meditation effect. Conclusions: Brief mindfulness meditation was beneficial for Chinese nursing students in reducing anxiety symptoms and lowering systolic blood pressure. Individuals with moderate anxiety are most likely to benefit from a short-term mindfulness meditation program.
Effectiveness of yoga for menopausal symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Evidence Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 2012;2012:863905. Epub 2012 Nov 7. By Cramer H, et al. from Chair of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Yoga meditation practitioners exhibit greater gray matter volume and fewer reported cognitive failures: results of a preliminary voxel-based morphometric analysis.
Evidence Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 2012;2012:821307. By Froeliger B, et al. from Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Hatha yoga techniques, including physical postures (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), and meditation, involve the practice of mindfulness. In turn, yoga meditation practices may induce the state of mindfulness, which, when evoked recurrently through repeated practice, may accrue into trait or dispositional mindfulness. Putatively, these changes may be mediated by experience-dependent neuroplastic changes. Though prior studies have identified differences in gray matter volume (GMV) between long-term mindfulness practitioners and controls, no studies to date have reported on whether yoga meditation is associated with GMV differences. The present study investigated GMV differences between yoga meditation practitioners (YMP) and a matched control group (CG). The YMP group exhibited greater GM volume in frontal, limbic, temporal, occipital, and cerebellar regions; whereas the CG had no greater regional greater GMV. In addition, the YMP group reported significantly fewer cognitive failures on the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ), the magnitude of which was positively correlated with GMV in numerous regions identified in the primary analysis. Lastly, GMV was positively correlated with the duration of yoga practice. Results from this preliminary study suggest that hatha yoga practice may be associated with the promotion of neuroplastic changes in executive brain systems, which may confer therapeutic benefits that accrue with repeated practice.
Effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on sleep quality: Results of a randomized trial among Danish breast cancer patients.
Acta Oncol. 2013 Jan 3. [Epub ahead of print] By Andersen SR, et al. From Danish Cancer Society Research Center , Survivorship, Copenhagen , Denmark.
The prevalence of sleep disturbance is high among cancer patients, and the sleep problems tend to last for years after the end of treatment. As part of a large RCT (MICA trial, NCT00990977) of the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on psychological and somatic symptoms among breast cancer patients, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of MBSR on the secondary outcome, ‘sleep quality’. Material and methods. A total of 336 women operated on for breast cancer stage I-III 3-18 months previously were randomized to MBSR (n = 168) or treatment as usual (n = 168); both groups received standard clinical care. The intervention consisted of an eight-week MBSR program (psycho-education, meditation and gentle yoga). Sleep quality was assessed on the Medical Outcome Study sleep scale at baseline, after the intervention and at six- and 12-months’ follow-up. Results. The mean sleep problem scores were significantly lower in the MBSR group than in controls immediately after the intervention. Quantile regression analyses showed that the effect was statistically significant only for the participants represented by the lower percentile of change between baseline and post-intervention, i.e. those who had more sleep problems; the MBSR group had a significantly smaller increase in sleep problems than the control group. After the 12-month follow-up, there was no significant between-group effect of MBSR on sleep quality in intention-to-treat analyses. Conclusion. MBSR had a statistically significant effect on sleep quality just after the intervention but no long-term effect among breast cancer patients. Future trials in which participation is restricted to patients with significant sleep problems are recommended for evaluating the effect of MBSR on sleep quality.
Immediate and long-term effects of meditation on acute stress reactivity, cognitive functions, and intelligence.
Alternative Therapies Health Medicine. 2012 Nov-Dec;18(6):46-53. By Singh Y, Sharma R, Talwar A. from Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Context: With the current globalization of the world’s economy and demands for enhanced performance, stress is present universally. Life’s stressful events and daily stresses cause both deleterious and cumulative effects on the human body. The practice of meditation might offer a way to relieve that stress. The research team intended to study the effects of meditation on stress-induced changes in physiological parameters, cognitive functions, intelligence, and emotional quotients. Methods: The study was done in two phases, with a month between them. Each participant served as his own control. In phase 1, the researcher studied the effects of a stressor (10 minutes playing a computer game) on participants’ stress levels. In phase 2, the research team examined the effects of meditation on stress levels. The research was done in a lab setting at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The participants were 34 healthy male students. To study the effects of long-term meditation on stress levels, intelligence, emotional quotients, and cognitive functions participants meditated daily for 1 month, between phases 1 and 2. To study the immediate effects of meditation on stress levels, participants meditated for 15 minutes after playing a computer game to induce stress. The measures included galvanic skin response (GSR), heart rate (HR), and salivary cortisol and administered tests for the intelligence and emotional quotients (IQ and EQ), acute and perceived stress (AS and PS), and cognitive functions (ie, the Sternberg memory test [short-term memory] and the Stroop test [cognitive flexibility]). Using a pre-post study design, the team performed this testing (1) prior to the start of the study (baseline); (2) in phase 1, after induced stress; (3) in part 1 of phase 2, after 1 month of daily meditation, and (4) in part 2 of phase 2, after induced stress, both before and after 15 minutes of meditation.
Results: Induced stress from the computer game resulted in a significant increase in physiological markers of stress such as GSR and HR. In the short term, meditation was associated with a physiological relaxation response (significant decrease in GSR) and an improvement in scores on the Stroop test of reaction times. In the long-term, meditation brought significant improvements in IQ and scores for cognitive functions, whereas participants’ stress levels (GSR and AS) decreased. EQ, salivary cortisol, and HR showed no significant changes. Conclusions: The practice of meditation reduced psychological stress responses and improved cognitive functions, and the effects were pronounced with practice of meditation for a longer duration (1 month).
Role of Tai Chi in the treatment of rheumatologic diseases.
Rheumatologic diseases (e.g., fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis) consist of a complex interplay between biologic and psychological aspects, resulting in therapeutically challenging chronic conditions to control. Encouraging evidence suggests that Tai Chi, a multi-component Chinese mind-body exercise, has multiple benefits for patients with a variety of chronic disorders, particularly those with musculoskeletal conditions. Thus, Tai Chi may modulate complex factors and improve health outcomes in patients with chronic rheumatologic conditions. As a form of physical exercise, Tai Chi enhances cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, balance, and physical function. It also appears to be associated with reduced stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as improved quality of life. Thus, Tai Chi can be safely recommended to patients with fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis as a complementary and alternative medical approach to improve patient well-being. This review highlights the current body of knowledge about the role of this ancient Chinese mind-body medicine as an effective treatment of rheumatologic diseases to better inform clinical decision-making for our patients.
Yoga for Functional Ability, Pain and Psychosocial Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Musculoskeletal Care. 2013 Jan 9. by Ward L, et al. from Centre for Physiotherapy Research, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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REQ BOOL R_EDGE Input A rising edge starts the Refresh tag command.
TAGNAME STRING Input The name of the tag to send the Refresh tag command to.
BUSY BOOL Output Set to TRUE while the Refresh tag command is in progress.
DONE BOOL Output Set to TRUE for 1 execution after the Refresh tag command has completed.
ERROR BOOL Output Set to TRUE if the Refresh tag command failed.
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The Center for Teaching and Learning offers a selection of courses to support graduate students’ work in the classroom and along their career path, including courses in pedagogy for teaching assistants and future faculty and communication courses for international students. Although the courses are open to students from any discipline, most CETL courses use permits to ensure the course is an appropriate fit for the graduate student prior to registration.
To see current course schedules, visit Georgia Tech's schedule of classes. Also, read about CTL course policies and permit requests.
CTL partners with interested schools to offer courses to support the development of teaching assistants. These courses are jointly designed by the schools and CTL and are taught by faculty or advanced graduate students in the academic unit.
CETL 8000 Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation Sections: AP, BIO, CHM, EAS, ECE, MAT, COC, and PHYS This course is an introduction to the procedural information and practical skills needed to be an effective graduate teaching assistant. Offered fall and spring as needed by departments. This course is restricted to graduate TAs hired by the department offering the course. A corresponding course (CETL 2000) is offered for undergraduate TAs.
CETL 8801/8802 Communication Skills for International Teaching Assistants This course helps international students who will be TAs develop the skills and strategies to carry out teaching responsibilities for their departments and communicate more effectively with undergraduate students in their classes. The course focuses on language use for instructional purposes and provides an orientation to American classroom culture and basic pedagogy. Language goals for the participants include clearer pronunciation, appropriateness in presentation of information, interaction and rapport with students, and improved listening comprehension. See the Sample syllabus.
The Tech to Teaching certificate prepares graduate students and postdocs to teach in higher education. These courses are one way participants can satisfy the program’s learning outcomes.
Preference for these courses is given to members of Tech to Teaching. Additional students may enroll as space is available. Participants interested in joining Tech to Teaching should begin by completing the interest form.
CETL 8713 Fundamentals of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education In this highly interactive and practical course, graduate students explore and apply principles of learner-centered teaching that are based on the research about how people learn. Through readings, lectures, activities, practice, and peer review, students will explore the principles of good teaching. This is usually the first course in the Tech to Teaching foundations level and can be taken for a letter grade or pass/fail. Registration requires a permit request. See the sample syllabus.
CETL 8717 Course Design for Higher Education In a well-designed course, instructors start with the end in mind as they make decisions about what and how to teach to support student learning. In this course, students learn the skills of backward design as they build their own course. Students’ portfolios will include a syllabus, assessment plan, sample lessons and assignments, and additional exposure to learner-centered teaching techniques that demonstrate their ability to design future curriculum. This is usually the second course in the Tech to Teaching foundations level and can be taken for a letter grade or pass/fail. Registration requires a permit request. See the sample syllabus.
Fundamentals in Teaching and Learning for Postdocs Each spring the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers two six-week series exclusively for Georgia Tech postdoctoral scholars, focused on preparing you to teach in higher education. These non-credit courses give you the opportunity to discuss and explore principles of effective teaching that are grounded in research about how people learn and who our students are. You will have the opportunity to explore how learning works, develop course materials in line with principles of good teaching practices, and engage with research on teaching and learning in a way that will inform your future work as an educator. By the end of the series you should be able to synthesize your experiences and views into a statement of teaching philosophy, that can be used for future professional activities (e.g., on the academic job market), and engage in teaching from an informed and educated perspective.The series is not for credit and open to postdoctoral scholars only. Completing both series and submitting the associated learning outcome assignments will satisfy all 10 of the foundation level learning outcomes in Tech to Teaching. Offered in spring semester only, register for this course through the CTL website.
The Tech to Teaching Capstone is a mentored teaching experience for participants who have completed the foundation level learning outcomes. Working with a faculty mentor, participants will gain insight into the realities of teaching a college course by serving as a co-instructor or instructor-of-record. In addition to teaching, participants will engage with peers in a weekly seminar to gather feedback, reflect on their teaching, learn about academic life at different types of institutions, and finalize their teaching philosophy statement.
The capstone is open only to Tech to Teaching members who have completed the foundation level learning outcomes. Participants should make arrangements with their school to teach or co-teach a course and then complete the Tech to Teaching capstone application form. Students may elect to take the capstone seminar for credit or not-for-credit.
CETL 8719 Teaching Immersion in Higher Education Participants should register for CETL 8719 if they will serve as a co-instructor or an instructor-of-record. Prerequisite: completion of the foundation level of Teach to Teaching or approval by the Center for Teaching and Learning. Registration requires the capstone application. See the sample syllabus.
CETL 8802 Special Topics: Teaching-as-Research at Georgia Tech (TARGT) TAR is "the deliberate, systematic, and reflective use of research methods by instructors to develop and implement teaching practices that advance the learning experiences and outcomes of both students and teachers." TAR projects encourage educators to identify opportunities to improve teaching and learning through intentional problem identification, intervention, and assessment. In this course, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars get a manageable introduction to education research and design their own investigation into student learning for a class they are teaching or planning to teach. Registration requires the TAR application. Participants can earn academic credit by completing a permit request, or participants may enroll not-for-credit. See the sample syllabus.
In partnership with the Language Institute, these CETL courses are available to international graduate students seeking support for oral and written communication in English. No permits are required to register for these courses.
CETL 8723 Academic Writing for International Graduate Students This course helps international graduate students enhance their academic writing skills in English through analysis and production of academic writing samples.
CETL 8797 Oral Communication for International Graduate Students In this class, students will work on fluency, accuracy, and appropriateness in spoken communication to prepare them to participate more effectively and confidently in their academic communities.
CETL 8796 Presentation Skills for International Graduate Students This is an advanced oral skills class designed to help graduate students improve their verbal ability in English for effective communication in academic/professional situations.
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I am having this love affair with arrows lately and I finally talked my hubby into helping me make some for us.
These are definitely not going to be the only ones in our home.
I am thinking some for our little boys room, maybe one painted a yellow and the other left the natural distressed wood. I don’t know we will see.
Then we cut 2 boards 24 inches long.
Now the pink arrows point is 9 inches wide cut at a 45 degree angle and 7 inched long the first tip is 4 inches long, just to give you an idea.
Each tail on the pink arrow is 6 inches long cut at a 45 degree angle.
Each of the white arrows tail pieces are 2 and 1/4 inches wide cut at 45 degree angle.
And I sketched the tip of the arrow to what I thought looked good and cut it out with a jig saw.
The rest of the wood was cut with a chop saw.
I painted the pink one with some pink craft paint I had on hand and the white one I used some Modge Podge and glued some vintage wallpaper on to it. (Here is some I found that would be so cute!) I really loved the way the natural wood looked too, but I had this idea in my mind and I went with that first. The next one I do I will just leave alone.
Then I attached some sawtooth brackets on the back to hang them on the wall.
Um, love that floral arrow. Brilliant upcycle, ladies.
Found you through That DIY Party. I LOVE these… You did a great job!
Love this! Such a cute idea for wall or shelf decor!
Where can I find the names of the wall colors in your home? I love them all! Am currently painting my front room revere pewter by benjamin moore and it looks very different than what I’ve found online.
Thank you Megan your so sweet! I actually painted my house all one color and I love it cause in different lights it looks different shades. Its “Jogging Path” from Sherwin Williams.
Thank you so much! It’s such a pretty color!
seriously, too too cute. i’m totally incorporating these into my gallery wall somehow!
Thanks Carissa! They are so fun!
i love arrows, this is awesome.
I absolutely love this! Great job! and thank you so much for sharing it:) had to pin for future DIYing.
Thank you Krista! Thanks for commenting!
Thank you so much Canadce!!! Tobacco sticks would be awesome!! Thanks for stopping by!
Love the arrows! Would like to know how you are liking the wall color. Trying to decided if that is the color for us. It looks lighter than the chip. Is that the lighting in your home? I was hoping the color would pull green. Does it for you?
The wall in the picture does face an outside door so it photographs a lot lighter. I don’t feel like any of my walls are as dark as the chip looks like. ( I was surprised to see how different it looked too!) It does pull more green out then gray and I love it!!
I LOVE these!!! Good job!!
Oh I love them, They are absolutely beautiful! Thanks for sharing how you made them.
They’re adorable! Thank you for the detailed instructions…I’m getting right to work!
These are just too cute! Love it! Pinned it!
Just used this as a template for arrows for my gallery wall. It was missing a bit of something, so I think these will be perfect! Just in the process of painting/staining/wrecking them to beautiful! Can’t wait to get them on my wall!! Thanks!!
This is such a pretty idea! My husband collects pallets but I have yet to create wall art with them! Weird right? It seems like the most obvious idea!
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We can't begin to express how amazing the band ESSENCE was at our wedding. Our guests are still calling us to talk about it and it is 30 days after the wedding! We are so grateful to you for hooking us up with this band, they ROCKED the house all night long. NO ONE got off the dance floor, not once! Not anyone! NO ONE SAT DOWN! Not for one minute all night long. We couldn't have asked for a better night. We couldn't have asked for a better band. Iris, you and your crew did an amazing job following up with us and making us feel special and pampered. We will certainly recommend you to all our friends and hope to hook you up with our company holiday party as well. Thanks again for making this day more special than we could have ever asked for. You well exceeded all of our expectations and hopes for our celebrations. THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!
Thanks so much for arranging for ESSENCE to perform at our wedding. They were better than any band any of our friends ever heard at a wedding and all night long everyone kept coming up to me and asking me where we found the band and that ESSENCE was the best band they ever heard at a wedding ever! Jill was great to work with, Eddie was a doll and wow, their voices, all I can say is WOW! The other guys in the band sang really well too and I can't believe how many songs you guys can sing one after another like you were some kind of supersonic a juke-box or something! Well, thanks for playing all the songs I asked for, and taking all my requests and thank you so much Iris for calming my nerves over and over and over again over the six months before the wedding when I couldn't calm myself down. If only I had known ahead of time how great everything turned out from what you set up for us, I would have saved myself a LOT of aggravation! Again, I just don't have enough words to express how thankful I am for the great day you gave to me, my husband, my family, my friends, my relatives and all our work associates. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT JOB DONE AND A WONDERFUL DAY FOR US ALL!
Dear Iris, Jill, Eddie, Carmine and the rest of ESSENCE!
Thanks so much for the great party you made for us all! Everyone is still talking about how great you guys are, how original your sound is, how much fun we all had and what a great expanse of music you can play. We were really surprised and impressed! One minute a 40's ballad and the next minute the entire room is singing Journey along with Eddie. One minute a quite jazzy swing set and then the next a hard rock Janis Joplin tune. You are so versatile and just so talented, none of us have ever seen or heard musicians as versatile and musically versatile as you are. What a great dance party you gave us and the romantic moments were perfect too. Thanks for listening so well to all our endless demands and to following our requests to the "t". We really appreciate it and we know we made a lot of requests - thanks so much for being so responsive and helpful. At the end of the day, we couldn't be happier than we are and send you this letter of thanks for making our party really wonderful.
We could not get enough of Essence! We LOVED them, they were so Fantastic! I never expected to have musicians of that caliber band at our wedding! Who would have thought we would have superstar rock stars at OUR PARTY! WOW! Every time I watch the video I get excited all over again! All our guests were on the dance floor all night long! Everyone was rocking out and had such a wonderful time! Thank you so much Iris! Our wedding could not have been better! We truly appreciate everything you have done! We will be recommending you & Essence to everyone we know. (Hey hopefully we cam see them perform live again!?) Please put us on your emailer so we can get updates on any live performances that Essence has coming up. Again, thank you so much, everything was fantastic!
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I have one word for you guys: FABULOUS! Wow! Thank you so much for making my big day so amazing! Words simply cannot describe how perfect everything was. I appreciate how everyone at IGMC was so on top of everything, it made the planning of my wedding so much less stressful! I also appreciate how attentive Essence was. For sure, I thought that a band like Essence would be demanding & wouldn't agree to all of my long list of requests, but WOW, they were amazing! Thank you all so much for everything! With your help your performance at our wedding exceeded all of our expectations beyond anything we could have dreamed of! Your recommendation of The Essence Band was RIGHT ON!
Dear Iris & Jill & Carmine and the rest of the Essence Band!
You guys are so wonderful!
Beyond what we expected, and we knew you were great, but much better live!
What a great time we all had. Really great.
for any other wedding there EVER! NON-STOP we were on the dance floor. And.. JILL!?!?!? OMG!!!
She was so amazing I cannot find the words to express how incredibly spectacular she was. What a SUPERSTAR!
non-stop music for five hours.
It was just great! PLEASE THANK THE ENTIRE BAND for us, we love them all!
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! I was so concerned about what band I was going to use for my wedding because I wanted to make sure everyone had a good time. I am so happy I let you chose for me because WOW I could not have made a better choice! Everyone was dancing all night long! Everyone had a blast! I had so many people ask me where I found my band and I gladly let them know to give you a call :)! I cannot say it enough, THANK YOU IRIS! Please let Essence know how much I loved them (again) and Thank them (again) for us!!!
You are amazing! It is six weeks after our wedding and our guests are still calling us to ask where on earth we found a party explosion like you! What a ball of energy you are, and your smiles and your amazing vocal range are totally mind blowing. We are so happy that Iris recommended that we hire you for our wedding because not one of our friends had a band as good as ours! Our wedding was much better than every other wedding we have ever attended and all our friends and guests that attended our reception agree.
Thank you SO MUCH for everything. We will recommend you to everyone we know.
Our party was so special. You made everything perfect for us. There is so much talent in your group, we enjoyed every moment of your performance. Especially your versatility and level of your vocals were better than the original artists. Our wedding was really perfect from beginning to the end every vendor that we hired really came through and our favorite part of our entire wedding (besides our first kiss of-course) was you, our band.
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I am excited that the Foundation was able to support a local project I am passionate about. The South Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada foothills in California brings together motivated people who care for this watershed and its natural resources to protect them from the effects of civilization. The organization's volunteers take care of river cleanup and restoration and organize education programs. These beautiful miracles of nature have a hope of being preserved for future generations.
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So, I guess this is a thing. I'm a Batman fan. I'm a DC fan. I like Superman. But I am not looking forward to this new movie next year. I did not enjoy The Dark Knight Rises or The Man of Steel. What I like about comic books, and comic book movies, is that they're fun - at least they're supposed to be.
Now, I enjoyed the original Star Wars trilogy because it was both fun and thrilling. The prequel trilogy was not fun to watch. It was painful. My two boys, Ethan and Justin, actually enjoyed watching Anakin's frequent temper tantrums on his descent into villainy. They thought Jar Jar was silly. Justin tried to understand Anakin. They both enjoyed the new Star Trek films. I have to admit that the action was amped up 1,000 percent from the original film series. We watched Star Trek Into Darkness and the I popped in The Wrath of Khan. Talk about your room clearing fart! I expected my wife to leave the room, but the boys checked out with her. Something about it being late and they were tired and ready for bed. These guys would stay up all night if they could!
They love The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films, too.
Both boys love Superman: The Movie and Smallville. Smallville kinda jumps the shark from time to time over the course of ten seasons; but Superman: The Movie and Superman II hold up pretty well. For the purpose of this conversation, there have only been the first two Christopher Reeve Superman films. Supermans III and IV are like the Prequel Trilogy.
The boys and I love films that are fun and enjoyable. The Dark Knight Returns and The Man of Steel were not enjoyable, fun films. They were both dark and gritty. I liked Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, but neither film was aimed at kids. Those films, like all the Batman live action films before it were aimed at guys like me that had grown up with Batman and wanted to see The Batman. The kind of Batman that came along after the 1966 Batman television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward was cancelled. A dark, brooding, gothic Batman. A Batman for big kids.
Honestly? The best Batman and Superman films have not been live-action. Batman: The Animated Series is probably the finest interpretation of Batman yet. It has stuff for long-time, older fans like me, and it might have some appeal for newer, younger fans. The Batman, and later, Batman: The Brave and the Bold aim right at the newer, younger fans. I can say the same for Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League. They were fun shows.
Superman and Batman have been partners since the 1940's, featured in World's Finest Comics, and later Superman/Batman. The finest team-up between the two, outside of comics, has to be The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest. It combines Batman and Superman from their individual series; Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman, with Tim Daly, the voice of Superman. It also features Mark Hamill as The Joker and Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor. The Joker cons Luthor into paying him to eliminate Superman. Batman follows The Joker to Metropolis. The story unfolds from there. It's a brilliant, fun, thrilling story.
A few years later, Jeph Loeb - who worked on Smallville for a time - and Ed McGuinness re-launched The World's Finest team in the comic Superman/Batman. The first storyline, Public Enemies was turned into an animated feature. The comic book storyline is that there is a chunk of Kryptonite either the size of Brazil or Australia headed for Earth. President Luthor blames the meteor's approach on Superman and puts a bounty on his head. While The World's Finest duo try to figure out how to destroy the meteor, they are met with nearly every super-villain on the planet, along with a team of heroes including Captain Atom, Major Force, Black Lightning, Green Lantern John Stewart, Katanna, Power Girl and Starfire. At one point, the Justice Society dispatches Captain (Shazam!)Marvel and Hawkman. Both the Superman and Batman "families" of heroes join in to confront President Luthor in the Oval Office. Very 24.
It has it's weaknesses, but it is action packed.
Sholly Fisch has got to be one of the best all-ages writers. I'm sure there are others that are equally talented. Fisch has written some fun stories for DC's Johnny DC and all-ages line. One of my favorite stories is the first issue of The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold comic series. Batman and Black Canary are fighting The Joker and his army of robot soldiers. Superman comes along and disables The Joker. He takes The Joker out of action quickly because he needs Batman's help. They leave Black Canary to handle clean-up and head to Superman's Fortress of Solitude and the Bottle City of Kandor. Superman needs Batman's detective skills to solve a mysterious crime. It's all very Silver Age and a fun, light-hearted read.
Batman: The Brave and the Bold featured Diedrich Bader, Oswald on The Drew Carey Show as the voice of Batman. The narration from the cartoon is maintained in the comic book tie-in series.
I brought the Superman/Batman: Public Enemies trade paperback and The All New! Batman: The Brave and the Bold #1 with Batman and Superman on my trip to Kiev to bring my daughter home, because when you face an adventure, it's best to do it with a good partner. Batman and Superman make a great team. Families are a lot like teams. | 2019-04-22T11:00:07 | http://earthdave.blogspot.com/2014/04/creature-comforts-from-home-viii-batman.html |
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Entertainment and booth vendor applications are due by May 10, 2019. | 2019-04-26T14:28:13 | https://snohomishcountywa.gov/5409/Music-in-the-Park |
Ted Cruz has come in for some criticism- all of it deserved- for selecting Carly Fiorina as the individual who would run with him were he to gain the Republican nomination for President.
You know, I think Donald Trump clearly has a problem with women. Clearly. I mean, the week we had a terrorist attack in Brussels, he attacked Heidi Cruz. So I think Hillary Clinton sometimes says to people vote for me because I'm a woman. I would never say to somebody vote for me because I'm a woman. I would say vote for me, vote for Ted, because you think we're qualified and principled.
I'm offended, frankly, when Democrats talk about women's issues. Because we're the majority of the nation, and every issue that faces this nation is a woman's issue.
Well, you know, it would be different, Sean, if all of the candidates were asked that same question with the same regularity, but they're not. I'm the person who's asked that question over and over again. And so one can only conclude that I'm getting asked that question because I'm a woman. which is disappointing because I don't sense that with voters at all.
Perhaps Fiorina missed all the times that Scott Walker dropped Marco Rubio’s name as his possible running mate.
Or maybe she missed this MSNBC segment, titled: “Is Rubio really running for vice president?” (is this a case of anti-Cuban bigotry?). What about the time CNN asked Ben Carson if he would consider running on a ticket led by Donald Trump (obviously a racist question)? Or how about this HotAir.com headline, “Bobby Jindal to announce he’s running for (vice) president” (anti-Indian American?).
I could go on — but what’s the point? Fiorina’s statement that “No one talks about the men being in to be veep” is provably false.
In fairness, it is less dishonest than Fiorina's repeated claim to have seen a Planned Parenthood video which no one else has seen.
That may be both the Achilles heel- or at least one of them- and the beauty of Carly Fiorina the politician. She will lie and swear to it and not blink even once. She may be an awful executive, but as a liar she has few equals.
And have I mentioned how loathsome Carly Fiorina is? | 2019-04-20T09:11:56 | http://www.mainstreetliberal.com/2016/04/another-reason-to-prefer-trump.html |
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Many current PhD students or early career researchers find themselves at a crossroads, considering alternate career options. For years we’ve known that the number of doctoral degrees awarded are far greater than the number of jobs for academics available. With numbers like the ones we’ve been seeing, any PhD student close to graduation not considering alternate career options is not very realistic. The growing interest in learning more about career options outside of academia has fuelled books, inspired articles, and is a hot topic at conferences. In fact, tomorrow I am speaking at the 3rd Annual Beyond the Professoriate, an annual career conference for PhDs (students and graduates). Those currently looking for other career options struggle with a multitude of questions, but some of them feed back to a fear of the unknown. What would a job outside academia look like? Would an alternate career path still be intellectually satisfying?
I’ve left the academic career track for a job in the private sector over five years ago. I spent five years at Papers, where the first two it was very much a startup. I’ve recently moved to Mendeley. It’s been a very interesting five years during which I was lucky enough to see many different aspects of business. Both from a startup, as well as a large corporate, perspective.
In light of this, and in honour of spending 5 years at a tech startup, I am rounding up the five ways working for a startup is similar to a career in academia.
In a startup you can go from initial idea to full execution in a matter of hours. Turning around ideas and testing them can be done quickly, because only a few people may have to give the go-ahead on your experiment. It tends to be similar in academia. Pretty much everyone I’ve spoken to over the years has had some level of creative freedom in their research. Whether to run a new experiment, or to broaden their knowledge in an area that wasn’t entirely within the scope of their work. Corporates move far slower than this. There are some things you can get done quickly, and it is not like you need permission for every single thing you do. However, launching a new product, or taking a radically different direction with your marketing campaign requires a larger number of stake holders to be convinced and affects far more than your direct team. As a consequence, these types of things run much slower. Depending on the company you work for you may have some freedom to experiment even when it is a large corporate, but everyone’s definition of what that really means is different. The two that are most similar in this regard are really startups and academia. Whether you are working on a new product/service or your research, you are trying to mold something new out of nothing.
I’ve always thought of my PhD as a low paying job. While I received a stipend from the university, most of the funds were coming from my teaching assistant appointments. This means I was working for the money, quite literally. Beyond that, the research I was producing was skilled labour, which was compensated with a small additional stipend that together made up my full funding package. It would have been possible to live on this total amount, were it not that I had to pay about $8000 a year back to the university in tuition fees. You think undergraduate tuition is expensive? Think again. As a graduate student you may take 1-2 courses a year, and that’s a lot. My requirement was a total of 2 courses for my entire degree (5 years). So those are some of the most expensive courses you will ever take. Of course some of your tuition goes to university resources, library access, and your gym membership. Nevertheless, even your principal investigator or group leader may be paying for those same resources. He/she is likely paying for lab space, and other services provided by the university, so that is not where the graduate student’s tuition is going. By the end of it all, I was left with less than $13k a year. Let’s just say that I was earning substantially more than this once I started working. True startup life, if you start your own company, is not too different in the beginning from your graduate school days. You may have no salary for 1-3 years (much beyond that you need to rethink your business). This is compensated with the potential for a large payout down the road, if your company is successful. However, for every Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook story there are thousands that don’t make it. Every year. If you work for a startup, instead of having started one, you may draw some salary. Likely it will be quite low, and you may get some stock options to supplement this. In any case, startup salaries are not known to be generous. If the company is making money, most of it needs to be reinvested in the business to drive growth. Owners (and sometimes employees) have to gamble, and reap the rewards if things go well. Recently I was looking for a new job, and there were two startups that were interesting prospects. Both of them involved no salary for at least 6 months, pending a successful round of VC funding. In return, I would receive some equity in the company. I was tempted to go for it, but the reason I ultimately didn’t I’ll cover in another blog post.
Whether you are writing a grant proposal or pitching your product to a VC firm, you are constantly pan handling for money. Entire PhDs and careers can get stalled when the next round of funding does not come in, and thousands of startup companies go belly up every year when they can’t get the funding they need to get off the ground. I’ve discovered that while I may be good at writing grant proposals and I can pitch almond milk to a dairy farmer, it is not necessarily something I love to do when it directly affects me or my team. I am better at it when I can be at arm’s length, and more of an objective party.
An experiment can fail, or a grant doesn’t come in. Your product launch may be a disaster or you didn’t land that next round of funding. These are some of the ultimate lows we feel whether in academia or in startup life. They are always countered by the highs of a new discovery, some amazing (very statistically significant) data, and scoring your first X-thousand users for your product. The emotional rollercoaster you are on during a PhD and your early academic career are not very different from riding the startup rollercoaster.
None of these things we are taught during our PhD…but we are expected to acquire good management skills.
Think about that for a second. If there is any transferable skill you can communicate to a potential employer, this is one for sure (provided you did learn this of course). Chances are, you’ve had to write grant proposals, defend your research project (this is not unlike pitching a product/service/company/idea), and manage resources (other students, physical lab resources) and projects, and think critically about your work.
The good news is that while so many PhD students and academics who want to leave academia for the private sector are worried about being able to do so, we are in fact trained in a diverse set of skills that are highly desirable. That’s the good news… the trick then is how you communicate having these skills when making your career move.
While I am drawing from personal experience, I am also drawing inspiration from friends who work in a variety of startups. Not every single point above applies to everyone, and as a consequence not all of them have been applicable to me personally.
What’s the key to a successful career for you?
I can absolutely identify with the emotional highs and lows. Did you ever get into such a low that you wanted to quit, and if yes how did you handle it?
I think that everyone who has undertaken a PhD gets to a certain point where quitting runs through their head. It certainly did for me. However, it was never really an option I seriously considered. I just objectively looked at how far I had already come, how I could turn things around to still finish my PhD, and gave myself a good pep talk. Leaving a PhD may be the right choice for some people, but for me it wasn’t the right choice. It’s a complex issue but definitely a decision that has to be made carefully (with guidance if possible) and not based just on emotion. Hope that helps!
Sad to see the fundraising never comes to an end. It’s the part I dislike the most about academia.
That really depends… a startup can also grow well and be bootstrapped. If you work in industry (not a non-profit) then you are on a salary that doesn’t require any fundraising or grant applications. Even if you do work for a non-profit, you may not be doing any of the fundraising yourself, depending on your role. In contrast in academia there are precious few scenarios where you are not expected to raise grant money. | 2019-04-23T02:46:34 | http://www.bench2business.com/5-ways-start-up-life-is-similar-to-academia/ |
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