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857. Making Clothes During the Nine Days
122:10 During the Nine Days, we may not make new clothes or new shoes, nor may we knit socks; we may likewise not have these things made for us, not even by a non-Jew. If there is a compelling need, such as for a wedding immediately after Tisha b'Av, it is permitted to have them made by a non-Jew but not by a Jew. (Mishnah Brurah 551:46 permits a man without a wife and children to have new clothes made during the Nine Days for his wedding.) Before Rosh Chodesh, it is permitted to place an order for any of these things even with a Jewish craftsman, who can then make them even during the Nine Days.
122:11 Women have the custom not to arrange the threads on a loom during the Nine Days. This is because the warp of a loom is a "shesi" in Hebrew, the same root as the "even shesiya" (foundation stone), which was in the Temple. The women themselves are strict on this matter and we are not permitted to try to get them to act leniently.


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Here are a few ideas for funding a Make-A-Book Project or any goal your school may have, like a new garden or playground equipment. In the past, we have raised anywhere from $300 to over $2500 plus expenses.
Simple fundraiser: If your school or organization doesn't want to create a book, perhaps you would like to organize a simple fundraiser with Scott's five children's books. The books make great gifts for friends and family. We'll even donate a set to the school library. And, Scott could visit as a guest author to sign the books. Meeting Scott in person inspires students to dream, and help instill the faith that big dreams, like cycling around the world, are really possible.
The logistics: We can donate 40-55% of the cover price of all books sales, compared to Scholastic's book drive, which pays as low as 25% for $2500 in sales. Of course, this event would take some organization with the parent-teacher committee, but I have personally seen the success. Assuming the event is well-organized and sells about 300 books (less than 1 book per family), we would earn enough money to fund a SMART Board for the classroom. The fundraiser could also include cupcakes (baked and donated by parents), raffle prizes and more. The best way to coordinate a fundraiser is with an existing event.
Supporting a book project at your school. If you DO want to organize and fund a book project, in addition to a book and bake sale, perhaps we could try social media fundraising. It's fun and a great way to reach friends and friends of friends. Fundly.com and Kickstarter.com and donorschoose.org are a few examples. Social fundraising also supports a reward system; for example, donors could:
- Support naming a character; for example, at a $100 donation level
- Contributing a theme
- Purchase a book signed by all the student illustrators
- Or whatever fun reward we can create.
This isn't just fundraising—your community can help co-create the book; in other words: it's interactive!
Example Fundraiser
Above The Cupcake Boy fundraiser, at Amy Belle Elementary during their Spring Fling. It was a big success! It makes me feel fulfilled to see all the proud young student illustrators. Special thanks to the custodian, Rochelle, who turns out to be Amy Belle's own Cupcake Lady. She spent a week baking monster cupcakes, Despicable Me Minion cupcakes, Cinderella cupcakes and much more. And many more parents donated hundreds of cupcakes to the school bake sale. And thanks to Arma for helping to organize everything in her cupcake pajamas. The bake sale was so successful it helped fund the book and a lot more activities and supplies for the students.
Below Scott signs books at the Ruby the Red Worm ice cream social and book signing. This event drew over 1000 people. Thanks to the Waukesha STEM Academy for going way beyond the call of duty to organize this event, which is no easy job. They also included free ice cream for all the kids.

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text: To celebrate mobile gaming out in the warm weather now through the end of May you can get Guitar Fretter for half price - only $1 (USD)!!! Get it for your mobile phone or tablet at one of these three app stores: iOS Devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) iTunes App Store Android Devices (2.2 and above - phones and tablets) Android Market Amazon Appstore Please note - the sale price isn't showing on Amazon yet... stay tuned! I'll extend the sale on Amazon if I need to - don't want the Amazon Android community to miss out! Guitar Fretter - Half Price Through End of May! Posted on May 27, 2011 by Rob Stenzinger


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These cookies.
Ever since I first made these cookies, they have been by far the MOST POPULAR sweet of mine. My friends and family adore them – they're a perfect, unexpected blend of a soft chocolate chip cookie with an entire campfire s'more – graham cracker and all! Added bonus: they don't require any chilling, so they're done in just under a half an hour!
The most fun part of baking up these babies is the graham cracker. After whipping up the cookie dough, you toss a tablespoon or so on a bit of graham cracker and pop 'em in the oven. When you take them out 12 minutes later, the cookie will have spread to cover the cracker, creating a marshmallow-y, gooey, chocolate-y treat! Just make sure you don't put too much cookie dough on the graham cracker, or the marshmallow will overflow and stick to your cookie sheet.
If you're looking for something to bring to a party (especially last minute), these cookies are always a crowd-pleaser. In fact, so many people have asked me for the recipe, that I finally decided to make a batch and blog them today! Also, these cookies are truly dangerous – you can't have just one!
If it's a little too hot out to crank up the fire pit, (as it has been recently in CT, where I live) these cookies are the best alternative to a classic s'more. They're the perfect summertime cookie to bake with friends, because who doesn't love a s'more?! So, turn off the fire pit, turn on the oven, and whip up a batch of these Gooey Campfire S'more Cookies – it may be the best decision of your summer!
Gooey Campfire S'more Cookies
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Yield: 30 cookies
- 1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks, salted or unsalted)
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup chocolate chips/broken up chocolate bar
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 30 graham cracker halves (break them down the center line)
To bake:
- Preheat the oven to 350*F and place 30 graham cracker halves on two cookie sheets, each about 2 inches apart.
- Cream together the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer, until light and fluffy.
- With the mixer on low, add in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla, beating until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- With the mixer still on low speed, slowly add in the flour, salt, and baking soda, mixing until completely incorporated, and there are no streaks of white in the batter. Make sure to scrape down the sides as you're going along.
- Add the chocolate chips by pouring them in the bowl and setting the mixer on medium speed for about 5 seconds. Do the same with the mini marshmallows, or until incorporated, but try not to break up the marshmallows too much.
- Place about 1 not rounded tablespoon of dough on each graham cracker, and bake for 12 minutes. The cookies may not appear completely done, but they are – they'll further solidify once they're out of the oven.
- Wait for them to cool a bit for about 10 minutes on the cookie sheet, and enjoy!


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Rove makes house ware products for the Americas Casual Lifestyle meaning part invention and part lifestyle. I got a few products in the mail to review that I am excited about as I am also looking for new things to expand my cabinets.
I got a 14oz Hot & Cold Insulated Travel Mug which is eco-responsible 14 ounce hot & cold hydration travel mug by rove is loaded with high quality materials and advanced features that make sipping your favorite beverages a refreshing pleasure. The one-touch push open lid offers 360 degrees of sipping area all around the rim. And when you finish sipping, one touch provides a leak-proof seal. Drinks stay hot or cold longer in this stylish travel mug, thanks to double wall insulation, which reduces exterior condensation and eliminates puddles.
20oz. Flavor Infuser Insulated Tumbler which is BPA Free, a dual access lid lets you sip through the mouthpiece or with the curved straw, which has a flared end to keep it in the tumbler. The twist-on lid's silicone seal ring eliminates big spills. A protective sleeve keeps your hands dry while providing a comfortable, sure grip. This user-friendly 20 ounce beverage infuser is also eco-friendly. Just add your favorite beverage to the tumbler, then fill the removable Flavor Pod with either fresh fruit, frozen fruit, veggies such as cucumbers, flavored ice or fresh herbs to infuse your drink naturally. The Flavor Pod has a large capacity to hold multiple flavorings, and is top loading for easy refilling.
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My Opinion: I really like how the lunch box keeps all things separate including dressing without having to worry about spilling or mixing and getting soggy. I can just throw it in my lunch bag and take to work. The tumbler lets me put my fresh fruit inside to have something that taste great without all the sugar. The insulted mug does work well with hot and cold drinks.
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|Bowers & Wilkins 802D Loudpeakers
|Friday, 01 July 2005
Page 1 of 3Introduction
B&W's nearly 40-year pursuit of speaker perfection has made it one of the world's most recognizable names in high-performance loudspeakers. Long ago, with what started as a love for classical music and live concerts, John Bowers set out to create the perfect speaker, one that neither added to nor subtracted anything from the recorded music. Four decades later, true to Bowers' vision, B&W is still on the cutting edge of technology with their latest offering, the 800 Series loudspeakers.
The B&W 802D loudspeaker is a three-way, floor-standing vented speaker system that is available in a variety of real wood veneers, retailing for $12,000 per pair. It measures 45 inches in height, 14.5 inches wide, 22.2 inches in depth. Each speaker weighs a backbreaking 176 pounds. The 802D is comprised of two eight-inch Rohacell bass drivers, one six-inch woven FST Kevlar driver for the midrange and B&W's coveted diamond dome tweeter.
Residing third in the 800 Series lineup, the 802D takes its place beside the top offering in the 800D and 801D loudspeakers yet shares much of the technology with its higher priced counterparts. The B&W 802D is a venerable museum of speaker advancements and patents.
B&W has created a dedicated research and development facility located in the village of Steyning in West Sussex, England. Dubbed the "University of Sound," this research center houses more than 20 full-time graduate engineers and a support staff whose sole focus is speaker advancement. Today, you will find the 800 Series loudspeakers in some of the more influential studios in the world, including the famous Abbey Road Studios, George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and more, utilized by sound engineers who require the most accurate speakers possible to produce the music and movies you love.
Visually, the 802D is an absolute work of art. Its black teardrop-shaped upper enclosure flows with complete elegance, resembling a piece of modern art atop its display stand. The lower sections curve-continuous wood shell had me walking around the speaker, wondering how this was done. Its seamless surround enclosure looks both modern and futuristic. I think this is one of the best-looking speakers ever produced and a welcome addition to any sophisticated home interior. The 802D has a considerably smaller footprint than its larger sibling, the 801D, yet it maintains most of the 801D's performance. Its size to performance ratio makes it extremely appealing.
This review was done with a stand-alone stereo pair, utilizing my Revel Voice center channel speaker and Revel C30 surround speakers. In a full 5.1 package, I would recommend either the B&W HTM1D center channel speaker at $8,000 or the smaller HTM2D at $4,000. For surround speakers, I would recommend the B&W DS8S at $3,000 for the pair and the B&W ASW875 powered subwoofer at $4,000. This package best takes advantage of the 802D's performance level. The Technology
At the heart of the 802D loudspeaker is its diamond tweeter, representing the "D" in the model name. Producing pure uncolored and distortion-free tweeters has long been one of the biggest challenges in speaker design. Tweeter designs and materials vary from one speaker manufacturer to another, yet one principle desire remains the same: the quest for the most rigid and transparent material possible. One of the more common dome materials is aluminum, long revered for its rigidity, absorption and dampening characteristics. Yet this material is not perfect, which has led engineers towards more exotic materials, such as titanium. With what started as a research project aimed at a better understanding of tweeter behavior, the B&W Diamond tweeter was born. Tweeters are clearly the toughest driver to manufacture, as they are small and their tolerances fractional compared to other drivers.
When looking for an infinitely rigid substrate, diamond made perfect sense. It's light and incredibly rigid, it's completely transparent to ultraviolet and infrared light and is a great heat conductor and absorber. The only problem is, how the heck do you make a tweeter from diamond? With semiconductor advancements over the last decade, the ability to grow and deposit diamond has become possible. Using modern vapor deposition technology, B&W has developed a method to thinly deposit pure diamond into intricate forms. Coupled with state-of-the-art adhesive technology, this technique has allowed the diamond tweeter to be assembled into a production drive unit.
As impressive as this technology is, perhaps it's the tweeter enclosure that best defines B&W's high-frequency performance. This tube-like horn enclosure was a development that first saw light in B&W's revolutionary Nautilus Speaker. The theory behind this enclosure was to create a mathematical cavity that soaked up sound energy from the rear of the speaker driver. This assures colorless high-frequency performance in the 800 Series speakers.
The midrange driver for the 800 Series, although adorning a similar look to previous B&W Nautilus Series drivers, comes with new advancements as well. B&W has refined its FST Kevlar compound for better rigidity and absorption characteristics. It now shares the 800's aluminum phase plug and neodymium magnet system, as well as a refined chassis design, all housed in B&W's teardrop head unit. This top enclosure is manufactured using Marlan synthetic mineral-filled resin. Once set, this enclosure is spayed with seven coats of lacquer and polished by hand. At this point, the enclosure is hard as a rock and smooth as glass.
The design of the bass drivers is no less impressive. The drivers use a sandwich-construction of carbon fiber and a core of Rohacell, a very rigid foam used in the space program, known for being extremely lightweight, which adds to the speaker's control and accuracy.
The cabinets for the 802D are a manufacturing masterpiece. The interior uses B&W's matrix of interlocking braces, creating exceptionally strong cross sections while remaining light and durable and reducing colorizing resonances. Perhaps the most impressive part of this speaker's exterior is it solid-wood curved cabinet. This cabinet is drawn using many sheets of thin wood, all molded using a male/female forming press and die. Beyond the spectacular appearance, this enclosure is audibly dead and serves to reduce internal standing waves. All 800 Series cabinets are produced in B&W's cabinet factory, located in Denmark. The 802Ds are ported at the bottom of the enclosure with B&W's patented Flowport design. This highly analyzed port is dimpled much like a golf ball to reduce turbulence and ease flow. The 802D is available in Cherrywood, Rosenut and Black Ash real-wood veneers.
The 802Ds have a rated frequency response of 34Hz to 28kHz at 0dB or will drop down to 27Hz at a common –6dB. They are moderately efficient to run at 90dB, which should allow for lower-watt electronics, perhaps as low as 50 watts, depending on the quality of the power.
Unpacking the 802Ds is no child's play. Although the packaging is smart and virtually disassembles around the speaker, these are very heavy speakers that do not offer any real way to carry them easily. However, the 802Ds have roller balls on their bottoms, one of the more intelligent innovations in speaker placement, which allow you to push them into position. Once the speakers are positioned, you can install the feet or spikes provided for best sonic grounding to your flooring. The connection in my system was a bit awkward, due to the plastic shrouds that surround the terminal connectors. This is undoubtedly due to CE-related safety requirements for international sales, yet it made the insertion of larger spade lugs a bit of a challenge. I placed the speakers in the same position that my reference Revel Salons would otherwise occupy and gave them about 200 hours of break-in to assure that they were performing at the very best. The grilles on the 802Ds are easily removable and I preferred the look of their absence. Since the midrange grille fastens to the driver center cone, B&W provided replacement screw-in voice coil plugs to provide better flow and look. With a slight amount of tweaking, the 802Ds were ready for some detailed evaluation.


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Active: 1936-1956
Teams: Indians
You've got to be a badass to finish your career more than 100 games above .500, with a 3.25 ERA to boot, and a 100 mph fastball that required a machine from the Army Ordnance Department to measure. But those aren't even Feller's most badass statistics. Try the five campaign ribbons and eight battle stars he picked up in active combat duty during his four-year stint in the Army during World War II.
4. Bob Feller
Active: 1936-1956


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I like to joke that SEO stands for "somebody else's obligation" because it's easy to point a finger when something goes wrong. Engineers know this pain. Lots of fingers get pointed at them, sometimes by "SEO people." But, the reality is this: There is no such thing as search engine optimization unless your technical ducks are in a row.
Engineers have a responsibility to understand their role in SEO, and likewise, those who work with engineers have a responsibility to partner with them -- not blame them when something goes wrong. That kind of relationship requires information to be shared openly and honestly.
I hope this article highlights important-yet-seldom-discussed topics that are worthy of discussion within engineering circles, but also among those who rely on engineering teams.
The "503 Service Unavailable" HTTP response code is the best way to handle planned or unexpected downtime. It has a minimal impact on search rankings compared to other 5XX responses.
500, 502 and 504 HTTP response codes cause Google to suppress a webpage or de-index it altogether. Each time a person or search crawler receives one of these response codes, expect to lose 5-10 organic visits over time.
Communicate quickly and send updates to stakeholders when something goes wrong. Otherwise, you'll be pestered by lots of people looking for answers (and this gets in the way of your team looking for solutions).
Create a custom skin and tracking event for each harmful response code (e.g. 4XX and 5XX errors). Problems are easier to diagnose when a layperson can provide some details.
Be careful when calculating error rates. A complex web page might call the server 150 times as it loads to completion. That means that log files will understate the frequency of harmful response codes that happen up front. E.g. Imagine that a web page is loaded twice. First it responds with a "200-OK" status and loads everything else on the page. On the second attempt, it responds with a "502-Bad Gateway" status and the rest of the page can't load. The server was called 151 times total and only one of those calls was a 502 status, however, the error rate for a user is 50%, not 0.6%!
Resist the temptation to dismiss anecdotal evidence. Many bugs that are dismissed as "can't reproduce" are symptomatic of a bigger issue.
Caching is no substitute for fundamental site optimization. Think of a cached page as having a great photo on a dating website. It's the first thing that people see, but when you start a relationship, a person gets to know the "real you." Same goes for users and search engines.
Similarly, AMP-enabled pages are no substitute for a slow mobile site.
Be aware of page size restrictions. For example, Akamai has a hard 1MB file size limit that results in a 500 response code when it is exceeded.
Merge your internal logs with your CDN's logs, otherwise, more than 90% of a problem may go undetected.
Consider using the "304-Not Modified" response code on large websites with lots of pages that don't change very often.
Look for queries that don't need to be dynamic (e.g. logic that populates listing pages that rarely change). You can avoid unnecessary strain on the server by caching queries and scheduling refreshes.
When you change URLs, make sure that redirections are verified at launch. This will carry-over the maximum amount of the old pages' trust and equity. Letting URLs break and then fixing them later can be suicide: Google decays the value of a broken page over time.
Check to see if a rewrite flag or rule is causing a redirect chain. This can easily happen when a site began its life as HTTP and was migrated to HTTPs. Some URLs ping-pong between secure and non-secure versions until reaching a final destination. These extra hops decay the equity that the original URL had.
If you undo or reverse a redirection, clear your CDN's cache to avoid a redirect loop.
Err on the side of innocent until proven guilty. A website's power users are the ones whom are most likely to resemble bots because of "unnatural" browsing speeds or browser-installed plug-ins that may trip a honeypot. It may sound like a fringe case, but a single power user on a community website like Quora can attract 10,000 to 12,000 monthly visits.
A bot in Russia isn't automatically bad and a bot in the United States isn't automatically good. Plenty of bad actors deploy bots from within Amazon's U.S.-based AWS servers.
Pick a measurement tool quickly (like Rigor, Lighthouse or PageSpeed Insights) and stick with it. Trends are more important than exact numbers and it's easy to waste time quibbling over a tool.
Mobile page speed matters, even if you're running an AMP version of the site. Google judges websites by their native mobile experiences (including speed, UX and other factors).
Demand that someone take ownership of each tracking pixel and tag that's added to a page, then, make these stakeholders justify their tags every six months. If you don't, people will ask you to add junk to the page until your team gets blamed for a slow site.
Server response time is especially important for sites with millions of pages. Google won't stick around for long if your servers are slow to respond.
If you're running NGINX on a large website, make sure that on-the-fly Gzip compression isn't doing more harm than good (i.e. causing a bottleneck that slows the server response time).
Clear out anything that blocks the rendering of a page. This will improve a bunch of metrics all at once. (Even a plain-text website can get bottlenecked when loading JS, CSS and fonts.)
Focus on what happens during the first 200ms and 2s of page load. Some pages never load in "full" because of dynamic elements (like advertisements).
Time-to-first-byte is an important metric, but just as important is what is contained inside that first byte. The browser should be able to construct above-the-fold content before opening a new connection with the server.
Define the size of page elements to avoid jumping and dancing pages. Users get frustrated when pages move around and it makes the entire page feel slow, even if it is loading quickly.
Read what Ilya Grigorik publishes on this subject. Even veteran developers may learn something.
Client-side rendering can mean SEO death. (Look what happened to Hulu.) Google recommends that you provide their search crawler with a server-side rendered page, even if users will see a client-side rendered page. (Note: Google doesn't consider this cloaking, even though it seems like it is.)
Provide Googlebot with simple pagination in cases where users see "infinite scroll."
Avoid using "block-level" links, even though it simplifies the code. All of that extra stuff that's packed into that single <a> tag makes it harder for Googlebot to pass contextual value to the destination page.
Use the robots.txt file to disallow search engines from crawling staging and QA sites.
Register staging and QA sites in Google Search Console. It sounds counterintuitive (because you don't want search engines to find these domains), but if the test domain gets indexed accidentally, you can deindex the entire domain in Search Console.
Get someone (preferably on the SEO team, but if there isn't one, a product manager) to define everything that must be built into a page, including the obvious things like <title> tags and other metadata. It's tedious and they will hate you for asking, but they will hate you more if you build a page that doesn't make allowances for these critical tags.
Links are the lifeblood of a website and the web overall. Anything important should never be more than five clicks away from the homepage, so have lots of questions for the "great simplifiers" who want to eliminate landing pages, navigation links, etc.
Never, ever, let marketers send newsletters and promotional e-mails from the same IPs that the websites are hosted on. A rogue employee who violates the CAN-SPAM act may result in the entire website being blacklisted.
Make sure someone takes the time to fill out the annual "is your contact information up-to-date" survey that registrars require. If you don't, you'll make it easier for some bad actor to steal the domain away from you on a technicality.
A page that starts to render, then becomes plain white, is often breaking because of an open write() tag.
Google will try to follow relative paths inside of Javascript, even when they don't exist. This can result in polluted crawl error reports.
Act fast because Google is a fickle lover. It takes months to build a house and minutes to burn it down, so snuff that match quickly and take the time to teach everyone about fire safety!


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As Margaret Atwood has famously said, "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
Check. And it's only midday.
The weather has been cool and rainy here lately. So, when I noticed the sun was shining, I took a walk through my yard with my macro lens and, coincidentally, I now smell of dirt. I love springtime (and dirt!)!!
How about you? How's your weather? What's blooming in your yard? Thanks for stopping by!!
P.s. Happy birthday in heaven to my Great Aunt Helen!! I'm certain she's keeping the angels in line. <3 Love you, Aunt Helen!! You're a shining star!


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So impressed with your accomplishment, I'm certain you will be a positive addition to any school teachers team you are a part of. Your family must be so proud of you. Good job!!!!
TRC award recipient plans to teach inner-city youth
Posted on: 03/12/15 | Author: Communications | Categories: All Posts, People | 1 Comments »
Christine M'Lot says she always knew she wanted to be a teacher, and spent countless hours practicing in front of a full sized chalkboard her father gave her as a child.
"I always used to be the teacher for my younger sister, who was four years younger than me," M'Lot remembers, "I taught her how to add and subtract before she even got to grade one. It's just something that I've always wanted to do."
In her final year of her integrated education degree program, M'Lot says she was both surprised and honoured to have been awarded the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada Scholarship. She says she immediately told her mother, and then called her grandmother, who had attended an Indian Residential School, and later testified about her experience to the TRC.
M'Lot says the scholarship couldn't have come at a better time. She enrolled in university immediately after high school. Growing up in Winnipeg, and knowing university was in her destiny, she said she always put great effort into her studies, even when many of her friends weren't. The positive impact her effort has had on her own life has inspired M'Lot to make working in the inner-city one of her goals, to teach children who face challenges.
"I think I relate to those kids. I know a lot of teachers don't really relate to the 'bad' kids, who are labeled as that, but I relate to it because in high school I hung out with all the 'bad' kids, and I was lucky enough to also stay kind of a nerd," she says. "So I always had my education, even when I was into bad things, I got great grades in high school, and I always knew that I was going to go to university."
"I just want to instill that sense of, a love for learning, that I had, on to my students. And hopefully help them to be less at-risk, and realize their potential," she says.
She also brings the perfect skill set. For the past 6 years, M'Lot has worked for the Manitoba Government. Initially brought on to work in the step-student program in an office administering Employment and Income Assistance, after several years M'Lot moved into Child and Family Services, where she works as a Family Support Worker. She also works as a support worker for children with disabilities, and has experience volunteering for a summer program for immigrant and refugee youth, and an after school program for at-risk youth in inner-city Winnipeg.
"Social work and teaching are very related," she explains of the unique skill set she will bring to her future employers when she graduates as a teacher this spring.
This scholarship was established in recognition of the important work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and to honour students who are descendants of survivors of residential schools or who themselves are residential school survivors. Two awards are made annually.
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Racer Productions, producers of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series, announce the schedule for the 13-round 2011 GNCC racing tour. While the dates for the events were announced previously, the series locations are now available, including the announcement of several new facilities.
The Indy 100 GNCC in Gosport, Indiana joins the tour for the first time on May 14-15, and the Rock Run GNCC in Altoona, Pennsylvania debuts on May 28-29. The location for one other GNCC round, on September 24-25, will be announced shortly. GNCC officials are currently exploring venues in the Northern Pennsylvania or Western New York region.
"We're excited to head to these new locations, as well as our existing tracks," says GNCC Trail Boss Jeff Russell. "Indiana and Pennsylvania have a long history in this series and we expect plenty of fans to come and cheer the racers, and plenty of racers to enjoy these new tracks."
The Antoona, Pennsylvania, race will effectively replace the Somerset, Pennsylvania round that ran in 2010, as the two locations are within about 20 miles of each other. The Gosport, Indiana, race, hopes to capitalize on the popularity of the Ironman GNCC in Crawfordsville, Indiana, which is usually one of the biggest events of the year.
The series once again opens with the River Ranch GNCC in River Ranch, Florida. As part of the annual Daytona Bike Week schedule, ATVs will practice on Saturday March 5 and race on Sunday, March 6. Bikes will practice on Monday, March 7 and race on Tuesday March 8.
2011 Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series Schedule
Round 1: Westgate River Ranch GNCC
March 5-8
River Ranch, FL
Round 2: The General GNCC
March 12-13
Washington, GA
Round 3: Steele Creek GNCC
March 26-27
Morganton, NC
Round 4: Big Buck GNCC
April 9-10
Union, SC
Round 5: Loretta Lynn's GNCC
April 30-May 1
Hurricane Mills, TN
Round 6: Indy 100 GNCC
May 14-15
Gosport, IN
Round 7: Rock Run GNCC
Altoona, PA
May 28-29
Round 8: Snowshoe GNCC
June 25-26
Snowshoe, WV
Round 9: The John Penton GNCC
July 9-10
Millfield, OH
Round 10: Unadilla, GNCC
Sept 10-11
New Berlin, NY
Round 11: TBA
Sept 24-25
Round 12: Power Line Park GNCC
Oct 8-9
St. Clairsville, OH
Round 13: The Ironman GNCC
Oct 22-23
Crawfordsville, OH
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Teotonio R. de Souza is an authority on Indo-Portuguese history. The doctoral dissertation he had submitted to the University of Poona was published in 1979 as Medieval Goa: A Socio-Economic History. Thirty years later, a second edition of the book was published thereby displaying its usefulness and academic merit. This text was widely distributed and read. It sought to "…get closer to the common man's reality [and]…replace the myth of a 'Golden Goa'". There was such a need because, "During colonial times, Portuguese studies were concentrated largely on the history of navigation and expansion of Christianity by the Portuguese in the East. They do merit attention and their long-term consequences can hardly be ignored. However, following the end of colonial era, it was necessary to maintain the historiographic balance and to question the exaggerated myths about the 'Discoveries' and 'Civilizing Mission' of Portugal, and the playing down of, or ignoring, the harmful consequences that accompanied and followed those feats and mentality."
I had read this book a few months ago and had always hesitated to write a review because I feared that I might not be able to evaluate the book properly. But as a student of history I have tried to read whatever Dr. de Souza has written. This review is written mustering much courage and much effort to marshal my thoughts in the right direction.
Medieval Goa focuses mainly on the ordinary people of the urban areas and the country side, which included native as well as Portuguese commoners who had suffered and were victimized by the policies and excesses of colonialism. Dr. de Souza's work marks the first formal and best known effort in Goa to write histories that are not dynastic in nature and by including the race and caste relations of the rulers and the natives Dr. de Souza has moved away from the Nationalist paradigm of giving us conflict-free and sanitized accounts of the past. Just as the noted historian of Ancient Indian history, Romila Thapar has credited the writings of the Marxist historian D. D. Kosambi as a watershed moment in Indian history writing, Dr. de Souza's work can also be termed as a watershed moment in the history writing of Goa.
The influence of Marxism on the work of Dr. de Souza can also be observed in the pages of this book. Shifting the focus from the (suspected) greatness of the rulers of the past to the socio-economic conditions is a major Marxist contribution to Indian historiography. Besides, Dr. de Souza also uses words like 'Praxis' which brings to mind the Italian philosopher Antonio Gramsci who reinterpreted Marx and his ideas and who was jailed during the fascist regime of Mussolini referring to Marxism in his prison notebooks as 'philosophy of praxis' to escape the prison censors. Praxis means a set of examples for practice.
A major contribution of this book is the recognition that native elements had actively collaborated in the empire-building activity of the Portuguese. I shall reproduce a few excerpts below:
…when the Portuguese captured Goa, the success of the Portuguese was made possible by the native Hindu population which fought side by side with the Portuguese to defeat their former Muslim overlords (p. 6).
After 1656, when the Bijapuris had to grapple with both the Mughals and the Marathas, they had no energy to spare for further conflict with the Portuguese. However, the latter was not free from embroilment in the politics of these powers since many of these provincial officials, the desais, had revolted against their masters and sought frequent refuge in the Portuguese territory. The Portuguese secretly favoured the guerilla movements of these desais to keep the powers concerned distracted with campaigns to bring the rebels to book (p. 12).
The Hindus in Goa were not just shopkeepers and tax-farmers. They were in every kind of trade and profession, and were much appreciated not only by their common clients but every religious and State official (p. 84)."
Caste and racial prejudices seeping into the Christian realm in medieval Goa can be observed by the following excerpt, for many of us are generally of the naïve opinion that caste does not exist in Christianity: "Where social integration was concerned the Christian preaching of brotherhood and equality of all men did not prevent the missionaries from establishing religious confraternities (confrarias) based on castes: and, just as their doctrinal wealth failed to promote greater social cohesion, their vast income and unlimited political influence did not achieve proportionate results in raising the standard of living of their native converts. Even in admissions in their own ranks, religious orders, particularly the Jesuits, maintained strict racial qualifications during the period covered by this study."
The work of Dr. de Souza by his own admission "left many loose ends than it has succeeded in tying up." It threw up a lot of new questions for future students to dwell upon. How far these questions have been taken up as topics of research is in itself an important question to ask. Scouring the internet for scholarly material published in journals and other publications on Goa written by Goan academics returns minimal results. Because there are many loose ends, it gives us an opportunity to think about the past in many different ways and also to hear the many voices of history. Dr. de Souza's work potentially can break an elitist narrative of the past that prevails amidst us and makes us see who benefits and why from a particular type of rendering of history. Dr. de Souza acknowledges his intellectual debt to D. D. Kosambi, who stopped us from treating the history of India and Goa "as an episode of colonial historiography" and that our history has a much more distant past and a promising future. This hope of a "promising future" is yet to materialize.
I would like to end by a cautionary quote from Dr. de Souza's valuable work, "Willingness on the part of the native subjects to collaborate was not lacking, but this factor is being misinterpreted in the wake of Goa's liberation from colonialism, threatening thereby to continue the evils of colonialism and the exploitation of one section of population by another."
Medieval Goa: A Socio-Economic History, 2nd edn by Teotonio R de Souza (Saligão, Goa: Broadway Book Centre & Goa 1556), 2009; pp. xviii+265, Rs. 395/- [ISBN: 978-81-905682-6-5]
Web: goa1556.goa-india.org, www.flipkart.com
(A version of this article appeared on Gomantak Times, dt: November 30, 2011)
(A version of this article appeared on Gomantak Times, dt: November 30, 2011)


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Happy Friday Friends.
Today we are celebrating a friendship of Crafters brought together by Fiskars.
This hop runs from Friday 3/27/15 to 3/29/15 11pm PDT.
All of the blogs on today's hop are former Fiskateers.
Even though the community is no longer, our friendship of 140+ has continued.
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My project for today's hop is in progress.
I spend a lot of time hanging out on Pinterest
and found idea for hanging jewelry or other items using old drawer pulls.
I found some antique looking pulls at Hobby Lobby on clearance some time ago a
and just stuck them in my stash.
I know you've been there. That idea in progress forever. LOL
Last weekend I was poking around Michaels and found these neat little wood pieces.
Then it was all about deciding which design I like.
Me, not being able to make a decision, bought one of each.
They were only a $1 each.
They were only a $1 each.
I sanded each of them and then decided I would group them in a collage.
I took photo to remember what I came up with.
Since I've been dabbling in Mixed media.
I wanted to go with that idea/theme.
I wanted to go with that idea/theme.
Also, I had to consider the background wall color which is a deep purple.
You might notice that I changed the direction of the rectangular pieces.
That was sort of an accident.
After I created the white butterfly piece, I discovered my directional error.
The one in the top left is not done.
I think I will be dry brushing it with a purple color and then use a background stamp on it.
I also feel the purple oval needs a little something.
The drawer pulls will then be mounted in the center of the oval and square ones.
The rectangle ones will have the pull mounted towards the top.
I still need to cut the screws on the pulls as they are too long.
And of course make a decision of which pull to put on each piece.
Oh.... and to find two more drawer pulls.
I will be sure to share when I am done.
Maybe by the end of the weekend.
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Bilal was recently featured on the tracks "These Walls" and "Institutionalized" from the Kendrick Lamar masterpiece 'To Pimp A Butterfly', so when it came time for K.Dot to drop some bars in return for the upcoming album, In Another Life, their connection was effortless and natural. The soulful talent known as Bilal only has a few weeks left before the project's scheduled June 30th release date. So, what better way to get us excited than a snippet of the long awaited collaboration in "Money Over Love"?
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Aguero will still play a lot of games - Guardiola
Pep Guardiola insists Sergio Aguero will be a big part of his plans at Manchester City this season.
City manager Guardiola left Aguero out of his starting line-up at Bournemouth a fortnight ago, sparking yet another bout of speculation over the prolific Argentinian's future.
Guardiola, who repeatedly dismissed any prospect of selling Aguero last season, is adamant nothing should be read into this.
The former Barcelona manager said: "I've said many times, he's going to play a lot of games but sometimes he's not going to play.
"I know it's something special for a player who's never been rotated and has always played with the previous managers, but in my case he's going to play like last season - a lot of games. I think he played, when fit, maybe 90 per cent of the games, especially in the important games.
"Maybe one day we decide we'll only play with one striker and sometimes with Gabriel (Jesus), and sometimes with two. Sometimes we'll play with neither. Maybe Sergio and Gabriel won't play and we'll play a false nine. It depends on my 'silly' decisions."
City will be without captain Vincent Kompany for Saturday's Premier League clash with Liverpool after the defender suffered a calf injury during Belgium's 9-0 thrashing of Gibraltar last week.
Guardiola has no issue with his Belgium counterpart Roberto Martinez for not substituting the player.
He said: "You never know when it's going to happen. It could happen here in a training session. I'm not a guy to call national managers and tell them what to do."
After failing in deadline-day attempts to sign West Brom centre-back Jonny Evans, Kompany's injury brings the marginalised Eliaquim Mangala back into the reckoning.
Guardiola said: "He's a real central defender and we are going to help him a little bit with the weakness in the build-up, to help him improve. I told him he is part of the group and he has to win my confidence on the pitch."
City lost highly-rated 17-year-old English midfielder Jadon Sancho to Borussia Dortmund on deadline day and Guardiola admits that was a shame, although the youngster had apparently been refusing to train.
He said: "We arrived in an agreement with Sancho, we shook hands. We offered him a huge deal in terms of the salary, he would have been (among the most) well paid in all the Academy.
"After that, before we went to the States, he decided - or the managers (agents) decided - 'I am not going to sign the contract'. We said, 'Okay you are not going to travel to the States'. After that, the last two or three weeks, he didn't appear in the training sessions. He should (have) come but he didn't.
"Maybe he thought he would get more minutes at Dortmund and I can understand that. We are going to wish him the best but it is disappointing."
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Maryland Contraceptive Equity Act
Family planning has well established benefits for women, babies, families, and communities. In addition to health benefits for women and their children, family planning is associated with improved social and economic outcomes including: educational attainment; workforce participation; income; and family stability.
The law solidified Maryland's trailblazing role in women's health care. Maryland was the first state to mandate contraceptive coverage in 1998, and in 2016, Maryland became the first state to legislate the most comprehensive insurance coverage of birth control in the nation. The new law, that went into effect on January 1st of 2018, provides Maryland women and men expanded access to birth control, at little to no cost. It also ensures that cost will no longer be a barrier to women and men seeking birth control.
Key components of the Contraceptive Equity Act include:
- Eliminates most co-payments for birth control.
- Lifts pre-authorization requirements for Marylanders obtaining IUDs and implants.
- Makes Maryland the first state in the nation to provide equity in contraception access for men by broadening coverage of vasectomies without co-payments.
- Makes Maryland the first state in nation to provide insurance coverage for over-the-counter contraceptive medications, like emergency contraception such as Plan B.
- Allows an individual to receive six months of birth control at one time so that she no longer has to return to her doctor or to the pharmacy each month to pick up her birth control.
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Washington Post - Hogan signs bill to make birth control cheaper
Think Progress - Maryland Passes The Most Sweeping Birth Control Access Law In The Country
Rewire - Maryland Moves to the Forefront in Birth Control Access
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The Baltimore Sun - New law puts Maryland at 'forefront' of birth control access
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Shredding Witney
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Box-it Central is the Midlands based regional office of the nationwide Box-it group of document management businesses. Our branch opened in 1997 and over the years has evolved to be one of the leading document management businesses in Warwickshire and Oxfordshire.
We provide a wide range of document management services to Witney based businesses, spanning both physical and digital records management solutions. Our services are secure, reliable and operate throughout Witney, Oxfordshire in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004.
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Shredding WitneyBusinesses looking for reliable, secure document shredding services in Witney should certainly consider Box-it Central. We provide secure document shredding to businesses in and around Witney, Woodstock, Eynsham, Curbridge and Burford and Oxfordshire's A40 in general. We have a proven track record within the document shredding industry and shredding is in accordance with the secure destruction standard BS EN 15713:2009.
We provide two types of document shredding services:
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Join us for a 2 hour retreat away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. We will spend 2 hours unwinding, slowing down, going inwards and spiraling out any tensions, and worries. Finishing with a deep and rejuvenating relaxation nidra, and a warm cup of chai and delicious organic snacks from Willa's kitchen.SHIN YOGA was born out of the need for a different type of Yoga. One that respects the body as profound wisdom, one that encourages embodiment, breath as spirit and living as being!
Shin Yoga is "sensing your body, breath and movement. It is a practice of bringing consciousness to each moment of moving" through yog
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Shin Yoga is DOING LESS TO FEEL MORE
Shin Yoga is UNION WITH THE SELF
Yoga connects us to our centre, helping us find softness and fluidity in the places we are rigid. As we gain flexibility on our mats, we are also reminded to create space for more fluidity—and less rigidity—in our daily lives.
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Help manage stress, learn to wind down and create a space to just BE in your body. This is a transformative practice.
Suitable for those new to yoga, or for long-time yogis needing a more embodied gentle practice. Fabulous for those recovering from illness or injury, those in the later stages of the life cycle, pregnancy or post-natal mums or those in relax mode. Shin Yoga moves gently through the postures with a focus on healing, restoration and revitalisation.
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Photography Classes in New Concord OH
Interested in taking photography classes in New Concord OH? No matter if you are a professional, beginner, or hobbyist, the most effective way to improve your photography skills is through hands-on classes with professional instructors.
Ohio offers many accredited and recognized photography schools. Photography classes teach techniques like portrait capture, exposure and composition, lighting, posing and unposing, and other photography fundamentals. Growing into an expert photographer can result in a successful professional career or lifelong hobby.
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Christian wife, mama, writer, editor & crocheter blogging from Baton Rouge
25 December 2016
Messy Bun Hat
My sister talked about a coworker who knits these, and I said I could make her one. I just started the hat around a hair rubber band and added a flower. There are endless possibilities -- including the vertical stripe hat that starts as a tube and is finished with single crochet at the top. This was just the quickest way to get it done since she was just visiting for a couple days. Now she'll have warm ears when she's doing carpool duty at school.
Merry Christmas.
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21 December 2016
Church Service without Worship
Our church had a "Lessons & Carols" service this past Sunday, and something about it has irked me ever since. It took me a couple days to realize what bothered me.
It was a well-attended service. There were extra chairs added to our gym-turned-sanctuary (while construction is under way in the actual sanctuary), and with only one service instead of two it was definitely packed even with regulars. There were also lots of guests.
The music and readings were beautiful and meaningful.
But my complaint (?) was that there was no congregational response. There was one line of response after the lighting of the Advent wreath candles, but we didn't even sing "Emmanuel" as response as we have all of this Advent (and Advents past, if memory serves).
The congregation sang no carols. We did no responsive reading. There was no communion. (I go to 8:30 service and we have communion every week.) There wasn't even a formal prayer. (I do understand music can be a form of prayer though.)
Basically it was a performance in the strictest sense of the word. We didn't even stand up the entire service.
So I've felt a little off this week. I didn't have a communal worship experience. And I guess it shows me that I've come to rely on that grounding, especially in times like these. I haven't said anything to the people who plan worship, but hopefully someone else will and they'll realize that next year's service like this needs more participation. Last year's "Lessons & Carols" did include congregational responses, prayers, etc.
I'll be glad to get back to regularly scheduled programming in the new year.
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14 December 2016
Living in a post-truth world... Silly Mari edition.
On Saturday I burned the roof of my mouth. REALLY badly -- like blisters badly. On some caramel I made for candy for church coffee time. Among the stupidest things I've ever done ... and that is saying something.
So, I happened to have a dentist appointment this week and my mouth is still all messed up. Healing but painful. I explained to the hygienist that I'd burned my mouth before she got to work. She asked "did you burn it on pizza?" And I said YES! Like, what is wrong with me?!?!
AND THEN when the dentist came in later I had to tell him, and I had to SAY the word pizza. And he asked me if it was homemade (and I said YES, because the caramel was???). Gah!
So, fake news from me. Totally not the same as pizza gate (although OMG pizza is a connecting factor!), but good grief.
This served NO purpose other than me being completely awkward. Is caramel somehow more embarrassing than pizza? I am the dumbest.
I ordered way too few Christmas cards, as I was so mad and still am. But I decided to send out more than the 40 cards I bought. So ... conundrum. It's too late to order more photo cards. So I just bought some Hallmark cards at Walgreen's and some wallet size pictures of the girls to slip in. Ca-CHING. That's $15, so at least as much as it would have cost to buy 40 more cards (in the first place/during the Cyber Monday sales). Maybe next year I'll be back to myself?
I have addressed all the envelopes but need to sign the cards and stuff them, then stamp them. Oh, and I don't have enough stamps so I'll have to go to the post office AGAIN and buy even more. Meh.
After getting well from the flu during my birthday I promptly got a stomach bug and was throwing up (and more) the following weekend. It took several days to feel back to normal after that. And then less than a week later Jane got a cold, then Livia got sick (she'd just gotten over a double ear infection) and her eye was all messed up. She had conjunctivitis, but drops have helped that go away. Jane is still fighting her virus or whatever. And wouldn't you know it, I am getting sick too. Shawn has a sore throat too. I don't think it's going to be as bad, but we'll see. That's THREE illnesses in about three weeks (since Thanksgiving). My poor body.
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11 December 2016
Three Little Monkeys in Crochet
It's just like riding a bike. I can pick up crocheting these silly hats pretty easily. But the weaving in ends, changing colors and sewing, sewing, sewing weren't as fun as they used to be. I had a hard time making three graduated hats -- they ended up being pretty good for each of the kids they were intended for (three siblings in a family we're friends with) and had a bit of room to grow.
Jane liked them so much that she said she'd like a monkey hat too. She also looked at my book and said she'd like a snow man one. I should look through my completed hats and see if I have one of those done already!
Livia's been rocking Jane's pumpkin hat, but I should make her something more seasonal. We only "need" hats around here occasionally. Yesterday was one of those days. We'll be traveling in December/January to Shawn's family's town and it will be colder there so she'll definitely need something warm.
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Our Mission:
AVP empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and supports survivors through counseling and advocacy.
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AVP envisions a world in which all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and HIV-affected people are safe, respected, and live free from violence.
The Beginning
More recently, we took on the role of coordinating the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, a national coalition of local member programs and affiliate organizations that work to create systemic and social change through data analysis, policy advocacy, education and technical assistance.
We launched a community-based direct service and outreach program to provide on-site counseling and advocacy in all five boroughs of New York City so that we can better reach survivors where they live and work.
We began offering free legal services in response to the number of community members for whom surviving violence also carried unresolved legal issues, and started an Economic Empowerment Program for survivors of violence to begin to rebuild resources in the wake of violence.
Today, AVP is the largest anti-LGBTQ violence organization in the country. We are deeply trusted within the LGBTQ communities and by survivors of violence, and we have earned that trust by showing up for our community day in and day out for over almost 40 years.
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Jennifer Smith's expertise bridges the gap between design, and development. She works extensively with user experience design and user interface design, and has experience creating print, web, and interactive content. She is skilled at interpreting technical information and presenting it in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. The author of more than 18 books on technology and design, as well as over 100 publications, including Photoshop Digital Classroom, Adobe Creative Suite for Dummies, Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book, and over 100 tutorials on using Expression Blend and SketchFlow. Jennifer is an experienced Expression Blend designer and Windows Phone designer, having worked on embedded applications, mobile applications, and websites. She has served as the Microsoft Artist-in-Residence overseeing the delivery of the design techniques and philosophy to Microsoft employees and partners for Windows Phone. She frequently works with designers and developers who need to bridge the gap between UI design and .NET or C# development. You can find her many tutorials online at Microsoft.com.


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Esko-Graphics demonstrates new 4-up CtP solutions at Graph Expo
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Press release from the issuing companyBooth 4017, Graph Expo 2004, Chicago, IL – October 10, 2004 – Esko-Graphics announces it will feature new and innovative 4-up Computer-to-Plate solutions for commercial printers during Graph Expo, October 10-13, at McCormick Place South, Chicago, IL. At booth 4017, the company will exhibit platesetters that image UV-sensitive, violet, and polyester plates. "At Graph Expo, Esko-Graphics is demonstrating a number of very viable alternatives for smaller commercial printers," remarks Mark Vanover, Esko-Graphics North America director of marketing. "The Espresso allows printers to image lower-priced conventional plates at high speed with a reliable, straightforward UV platesetter meeting outstanding printing standards. By installing the easy-to-use PlateDriver Compact manual system with internal drum architecture, printers can gain a cost-effective entry to high quality violet CtP technology. And, the market is adapting to industry needs quickly, rapidly expanding demand for 4-up polyester CtP. Many are ready for the larger, DPX 4 polyester platesetter." Espresso: 4-up Computer-to-UV-Plate (CtUP) system Demonstrated for the first time in North America is the Espresso, Esko-Graphics' revolutionary 4-up Computer-to-UV-Plate (CtUP) system capable of imaging conventional pre-sensitized plates with UV light. Espresso platesetters offer low cost-of-ownership along with the capability to image inexpensive UV-sensitive plates available from both global and local suppliers worldwide. The Espresso's quality and throughput allow printing plate production to meet the ever-increasing demands of today's print shop. Printers currently using a film-based workflow can easily and safely migrate to CtUP with a limited investment. They can continue to use the same plates and processing equipment, which facilitates a parallel CtF/CtUP operation. Because the Espresso images the same type of plates used for film-based workflows, printers are already familiar with the plate characteristics and their behavior on press. Esko-Graphics Espresso is capable of imaging a wide range of conventional pre-sensitized plates, covering sizes from 25" x 29.3" down to 12.8" x 19.1". At the fixed resolution of 2400 dpi - sufficient for screen rulings up to 200 lpi – the Espresso can image up to thirteen 4-up UV plates/hour in normal light conditions, depending on plate sensitivity. With high-sensitivity UV plates it is possible to image up to twenty 4-up plates/hour in proper safe-light conditions. PlateDriver Compact: 2-up and 4-up violet CtP Also exhibited for the first time in North America is Esko-Graphics' PlateDriver Compact, aimed at 2-up and 4-up printing companies that want to progress from film-based platemaking to CtP. The PlateDriver Compact has an internal drum design that guarantees the highest possible geometric and registration accuracy, and perfect dot quality. It uses a 40 mW violet laser, equally suited to expose silver and photopolymer plates. Esko-Graphics offers a 3-year warranty on the violet laser system. The PlateDriver Compact has a fixed optical resolution of 2540 dpi, allowing screen rulings up to 200 lpi. With a 36,000 rpm spinner, the PlateDriver Compact offers impressive productivity of twenty 4-up plates per hour, meeting the requirements of most small to medium printers running two or three presses. The system supports a maximum plate format of 24.2" x 29.3". The built-in 3-point plate registration system assures that plates are ready for post punching prior to mounting on press. DPX 4: Reliable DPX 4 polyester platesetter Esko-Graphics also announces the North American launch of the 4-up polyester DPX 4 platesetter, an extension of the popular DPX series. The DPX 4 is highly productive, fully daylight operated automatic Computer-to-Polyester Plate system, producing imaged, processed, punched, dried and cut-to-size press ready plates as large as 26.77" x 29.9". The DPX 4 high-precision internal drum system also features faster, highly accurate throughput, which reduces make-ready-time on the press. Esko-Graphics uses fiber optic cables to transmit the dot directly into the optics and high-speed spinner. It can output thirty-eight 23.8" x 29.3" plates per hour at 1200 dpi (27 plates per hour at 2540 dpi). The DPX 4 exposes at any resolution between 1200 and 3000 dpi, automatically and dynamically adjusting the spot size by varying laser intensity and focus, resulting in optimum optical quality and high quality prints. The DPX 4 has a very small footprint taking up very little space, and includes a built-in twin-bath processor. The processor is mounted on wheels and a guide, allowing it to be rolled out for easy maintenance or chemistry refill. Plate material is punched with a built-in Bacher 425mm punch system, exposed and cut to size. If desired, the DPX 4 can be field upgraded with a Bacher 220mm or Komori 550mm custom punch. This provides precise and even registration from plate to plate, ensuring minimum mounting time and easy plate registration on the press.
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text: Overnight trading strategies Print Connect Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ By Neil Dissanayake, Victor Huang | 07 February 2014 Since the beginning of 2009, Milliman's global Financial Risk Management practice has offered 24-hour trading coverage and execution to its global hedge outsourcing clients via trading desks in Sydney, London, and Chicago. However, as with typical industry practice for variable annuity (VA) and equity-indexed annuity (EIA) hedging programs, real-time trading generally takes place only during the cash market hours of the respective risks. For example, Sydney trades Asia-Pacific risk exposures, London trades European risk exposures, and Chicago trades U.S. risk exposures. The focus of this study is to determine the impact and potential benefits to these hedging programs of expanding futures-based real-time risk management to hours where the respective cash markets are closed but the futures markets remain open. Typically, the cash market opens for six to nine hours during a single trading day, while their respective futures contracts trade for a significantly longer period than this. Request copy of report Neil Dissanayake (London): email@example.com Victor Huang (Sydney): email@example.com Ram Kelkar (Chicago): email@example.com AuthorsNeil DissanayakeLondon, UKTel: +44 20 78471557View bioNeil Dissanayake, FIA , FRMPrincipal and Director of European TradingLondon, UKTel: +44 20 78471557Read more>>View bioE-Mail | VCardVictor HuangSydney, AUTel: +61 2 80909100View bioVictor HuangHead of Asia-Pacific TradingSydney, AUTel: +61 2 80909100Read more>>View bioE-Mail | VCard Risk Management and Financial Services Enterprise risk management See all topics HealthcareAffordable Care Act researchHealthcare costsHealthcare reform 2.0Healthcare reform reading list: From the ACA archivesLong-term care insurance MedicaidMedical professional liabilityMedicareMedicare ACOs and Alternative Payment ModelsProviderEmployee Benefits and InvestmentDefined benefit plansDefined contribution plansInvestmentInsuranceAnalytics and modelingCatastrophe risk and insurance-linked securitiesInsurtechLife insuranceLong-term care insuranceMedical professional liabilityProperty and casualty insuranceRisk managementSolvency IITelematicsRisk Management and Financial ServicesEnterprise risk management Your choices regarding cookies on this site This website uses cookies to provide you with an optimized experience. Refer to our privacy policy for more information regarding our use of data or click here to learn more about the cookies we use and how to disable them. Agree and Proceed Required Cookies These Cookies are necessary for you to access and navigate our Sites. Analytics & Performance These Cookies are used by us or third-party service providers to analyze how the Sites are used and how they are performing. We use the following service providers and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt-out of their cookies by clicking on these links: Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy#intro AI Media group: https://aimediagroup.com//user/themes/aimedia/docs/privacy.pdf Social We use 'social buttons' to enable our users to share or bookmark web pages. These are buttons for third party social media sites. We use the following service providers and you can learn more about their privacy policies and how to opt-out of their cookies by clicking on these links: Facebook.com: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/ Google Inc.: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en Linkedin.com: https://privacy.linkedin.com/ Twitter.com: https://twitter.com/en/privacy Agree and Proceed Cancel


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Well, ordinarily I would be posting my amazing and prescient, not to mention pithy reviews of my new comics here. Humbly.
But I cannot do that, because I had to rush home and meet the repairman, so that once again, we can have hotwater and heat. Fortunately, the little module thingie on the THREE YEAR OLD BOILER was the only thing that needed to be replaced, and things turned out well. You don't really appreciate things like a hot shower until you can't take one.
So...probably tomorrow. And it seems as though there are a LOT Of good books out this week!
Until then however...
You know whom I want to see in the new DC Rebirth? These guys! Well, except for Captain Shinypants maybe, but hell, even he would be okay with me, so long as we get some of our favorite B and C characters back. I don't really CARE all that much about the Big Three anyway.