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In Japan i-nigma is the de facto standard QR Code reader having been embedded in over 180 million handsets. Recently I had the opportunity to interview Mendy Mendelsohn, CEO of 3GVision the company responsible for this achievement. Here is the interview in full:
RS: Mendy thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. Let's start with something about 3GVision and how you got involved?
MM: Yossi Lev (our CTO) and I founded 3GVision in 2000. Our initial vision was to provide image recognition technologies for the then-nascent mobile cameraphones. We have developed several such technologies – e.g. document scanning, OCR, face recognition, motion tracking, and of course barcode decoding – all in-house, tailored to the camera quality, CPU and memory limitations of cameraphones. At the IT bubble burst, it was clear that Japan was the only market where 3G and cameraphones were actually about to happen, so we concentrated our efforts there. The first fully blown commercial launch of our barcode decoder was in 2002, and since then we have enjoyed an overwhelming leadership in the Japanese market together with our first and best partner, MEDIASEEK. Since 2006 we have been offering an end-to-end barcode management platform, better known as i-nigma.
RS: How does i-nigma fit into the mix?
MM: Our i-nigma offering includes several products. The i-nigma barcode management platform / dashboard, that allow customers to create, manage, track and provide extensive reporting of mobile barcode services. The i-nigma barcode reader application supported on more than 500 handset models, that our customers make freely available to their end users through the http://i-nigma.mobi download site. And the i-nigma SDK, available for all mobile platforms, allowing mobile developers to easily add the barcode scanning feature to their custom-made applications.
RS: When you say it is free for your customer's end users the i-nigma reader is actually free for everyone isn't it?
MM: i-nigma is free for the end users, but it is not free for commercial use. So while end users may download and use i-nigma freely, enterprises need to agree with us on terms that will allow them to refer their customers to i-nigma.
RS: Can you give us some idea of the i-nigma user base in Japan and throughout the world? Presumably you have seen a large increase in downloads throughout 2010 as QR Codes come to the West?
MM: In Japan, the vast majority of handsets hit the market with an embedded barcode reader. Out of those, some 80-85% are based on i-nigma technology. The total number of Japanese handsets that embedded our technology is well above 180 million. Outside Japan, more than 15 million handsets have either pre-installed or downloaded our readers. On the usage side, we are indeed seeing a huge increase. Comparing October to November, for example, we see a 25% increase in hits worldwide, 25% increase in the States, 60% increase in Germany, and 100% increase in France and in Canada. Comparing November to July, we see a 150% increase worldwide. The outlook is also bright, as we experience a similarly significant increase in business requests.
RS: You mentioned the i-nigma SDK, can you give us some examples of the kind of applications that have been developed?
MM: Sure. A fast-food chain in Spain uses an i-nigma based application to redeem coupons in their 120 restaurants. A large retailer uses another i-nigma based application to scan and track prices at competitors' shops. A third customer uses an i-nigma based application to credit sales personnel and simultaneously manage their perfume stock at a drugstore chain.
RS: As interest in QR Codes develops outside Asia a number of QR Code management systems seem to have appeared. What's the unique selling point for i-nigma dashboard?
MM: Field tested by top operators, publishers, brands and service providers. Intuitive user experience and detailed reporting, including by number of unique users. Longest track record in mobile barcode services. Stable management and staff committed to successful long-term relationships.
RS: It is interesting that you should say "including unique users". Does this mean you have to ID each individual i-nigma download and recover the ID when a scan is performed? How do you actually do that? Does every i-nigma download have an ID or only the ones for commercial use?
MM: Well, your readership did express particular interest in this point… Each i-nigma based reader has its own unique ID, which is reported to our servers on every scan. We never collect, let alone store, any personal data about the user, as does some of our competition. And we use these IDs in our reports only to distinguish them from each other, never on individual basis.
RS: Yes it is true, I get a lot of email on reader and privacy issues! So let's get this straight. No personal information is collected when a user downloads i-nigma. Each time a user scans a code it is reported to your servers. Just to be clear, does this mean that if for example a QR Code containing a URL is scanned with i-nigma that there are two http requests, one to the URL and one to your servers?
MM: This is pretty much equivalent to what we're doing, we just do this so the user doesn't suffer from extra wait or traffic charges.
RS: So what information is sent to your servers? As you said the i-nigma unique ID but what else? Details of the other http request?
MM: Exactly: UID, URL or barcode; date & time, IP number, phone model. Basically what is needed for comprehensive aggregate reporting without compromising the individual's privacy.
RS: OK one last question on the privacy issue. Let's say one of your commercial client's runs a campaign with a QR Code that resolves to a landing page on their website with a special offer. Let's also say that the special offer requires some form of registration like email address and name. Is your client able to associate this information with the i-nigma unique ID? If commercial clients can do this then presumably it would be possible for them, over a period of time, to determine a specific individual's scanning behavior pattern?
MM: I'm not sure I understand the problem here. In your example, the end-user practically logs in to the client's site, so the client can easily determine the individual's behavior in the site – regardless of whether the end-user scanned a mobile barcode to get there. In any event, just to clarify – 3GVision's commitment is to never provide a client with the end-user's private data – scanning behavior included.
RS: Thank you that is very interesting. Before I ask you about the future of the technology I have an observation on which I would like to hear your comments. I know that your company is active in attending conferences and trade shows but it appears to me that you are conspicuously inactive on the social networks. You have all that great data about world wide activity levels and your commercial client experiences will have given you insight into all the best practices. It's a good story so why aren't you leveraging the social networks to build the 3GVision brand?
MM: It would be difficult to dispute your observation – and thank you for offering your stage to improve on this point… I dare say 3GVision and especially i-nigma have come a long way since being "the industry's best kept secret", as a dear friend of ours fondly put it. Still, the blanket is never wide enough and we must constantly manage our priorities. Where the options are quality service VS extra online boasting, we prefer the former. I believe this is the most important thing in the long run.
RS: This is where I ask you to make a few predictions based on your experience! How do you see 2d barcode technology and its use developing in the West in the near and long term and what evolving technology might replace them?
MM: Needless to say that the market seems as bullish as it ever was. With smartphones becoming ubiquitous and the huge growth in mobile data usage, all the stars are aligned for rapid acceptance of barcode based services. As to potentially disruptive technologies such as RFID and image recognition, I see them mostly as complementary rather than competitive to barcodes.
RS: Thank you Mendy for the interview, it was very interesting and I am sure 2d-code readers will find it interesting too.
MM: Thank you for your great blog, Roger. You managed to create a first class source of objective reporting and discussion, which is a joy to follow. I'd like to wish you and your readership a fabulous 2011 from all of us at 3GVision.


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I learned about the WISEWOMAN program and 10,000-Steps-A-Day in 2004. This program really saved my life. This is my story.
All my life I have had problems – weight problems, pain problems, sleep problems, memory problems, and problems keeping a job. I was always overweight, until I had my first child at age 23. I was sick the whole 9 months, gained 13 pounds, and lost 37 pounds after he was born. I have never been into exercising. I'd rather read. I like to walk, but never thought of it as exercise. To keep my mind off my pain, I took my books for my walks.
As I got older, the problems got worse. I went to doctors who all said the same thing, "nothing wrong that losing some weight won't fix," although they prescribed all kinds of things to alleviate whatever symptom was the worst at the time. Over the years I tried diet pills, Weight Watchers, other diet plans, and generally yo-yoed my way to a career high of 165 pounds. Since I am only a little over 5 feet tall, it was pretty ugly. I had trouble coping with stress, couldn't focus, and was in a lot of pain. I stopped sleeping more than 2 hours at a stretch.
At the end of 2003 I took a temporary job in Ketchikan. I didn't have a car, but my job came with a bus pass, so it wasn't too bad. I found an apartment close to work, and did a lot of walking. While I was in Ketchikan, my husband moved to Haines. I found a job there – well really the job found me – and I followed a month later. The job was really high stress and I found that I was having difficulty coping. At this point, the WISEWOMAN program entered my life.
They gave me a pedometer and talked to me about 10,000 Steps-A-Day. During 2004, I was pretty lax about wearing the pedometer and about walking. I quit my job at the end of the 2004 tourist season, and started doing more walking, but then the snows came. I found that I couldn't walk in the snow because my altered gait made the pain in my hips and knees unbearable. I began to get depressed again, and praying for a release from life became a predominate theme in my daily routine. I knew that I would have to make a major change again if I were going to survive.
In January, 2005, armed with information from the WISEWOMAN program, I returned to one of my former jobs in Ketchikan for a few months. I left the car and took my pedometer. My daughter gave me a calendar to record my steps and a journal to record my thoughts. A friend gave me a place to live. I was determined to make the necessary changes in my life. From the moment I stepped off the plane I knew I was going to be all right. I began to mark off distances in steps instead of in miles: from the condo where I lived to work - 870 steps one way; from the condo to the post office 5000 steps round trip; downtown – 5000 steps round trip. I lived my life according to the pedometer. I knew exactly how to get everything done in 10,000 steps a day. I walked to the grocery store - 500 steps away. I walked up and down every aisle whether I needed to or not. It didn't matter if the weather was too bad for walking outside, I did it anyway. People got used to seeing me out in all kinds of weather. I turned down most offers of rides. I started paying close attention to what I ate. I eliminated meat from my diet. I ate a lot of fruits and vegetables and I discovered yogurt smoothies and tofu. I quit eating the cookies and ice cream that had been a daily feature in my diet. The weight I had accumulated started coming off right away. I lost 10 pounds in the first 2 days, and didn't stop losing until 40 pounds were gone. I went from a size 14-16 to a size 6-8. I was reluctant to buy new clothes because my budget was pretty tight, so my sister sent me outfits from her closet. Another benefit was that my pain became manageable, my mental acuity returned, and I learned to manage my other fibromyalgia symptoms. As my job got more stressful, I discovered that I could walk away from the stress by, well, walking. If things got too intense, I grabbed my book and went to lunch, or walked around the block. I explained to my employer and they were very understanding with my need to be flexible. As long as I got my work done, they didn't really care when I was in the building. I worked smarter, and felt better than I had in years. I discovered that I really liked life. I also discovered that walking is exercise, and when done regularly, provides great benefits. I became known, as the person who walks while reading.
In 2006, my mother was diagnosed with Stage III Multiple Myeloma – a cancer of the blood plasma cells, and we moved to Kansas so that I could care for her. I learned to measure my steps in a whole new place, and I became known around the hospitals and different towns as the person who walks while reading. In December 2006, I walked the Honolulu Marathon 10K Race Day Walk.
Though my journey is not over yet, I know my life has been saved thanks, in great part, to the WISEWOMAN program, and 10,000 Steps A Day.


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As always, my boys and I were at our local Walmart to grab some groceries. These two may be small but they have quite an appetite. We are always buying more afterschool snacks. When we walked in we found a large display for MARVEL's The Avengers: Age of Ultron movie which will be in theaters on May 1, 2015. Fans of the movies will have plenty of choices for merchandise: walmart.com/avengers
There is a new app only at Walmart and is available on GooglePlay or the AppStore. Super Heroes Assemble lets you keep up to date with the latest teasers and content from the upcoming movie. Once downloaded, open the app and click on DISCOVER. Choose a character and then search for that signage in store. Once you scan it the secret content will be unlocked! Each scan unlocks different content so make sure to find all the Avengers displays and items at your local Walmart store.
You can even scan specially marked The Avengers food products like Dr. Pepper, Doritos, Kellogg's Fruit Snacks and Cheez-It baked snack crackers.
I am lucky because my boys like to shop. Well, they like to shop for themselves. They were excited to find new shirts. At under $8, I was happy to spoil them. We also always have to check out the toy department before we leave. I must have been in a very good mood because they also got some new toys on this trip.
We didn't get home until late that night and I was too tired to handle any Lego building. However Sam woke up the next morning determined to build his new set without any help. I love how he can focus and follow directions. Look how proud he is!
We are obviously excited for the new movie. Are you planning to see it when it is released? My boys change their mind frequently but right now, Jay loves Iron Man and Sam thinks Captain America is pretty cool. Which Avenger is your favorite?


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You may have heard that Sling TV has increased the price of its Orange service by $5 per month. We are committed to transparency, and before I dive into what this means for you, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past three and a half years.
How We Got Here
Sling TV has truly evolved since we launched in 2015. As the first live streaming service, we changed how millions of people watch TV today. When we began this journey, we set out to make the TV experience better and to give you the programming you love at the best value without the pain of traditional pay-TV.
When we launched Sling Orange, we had less than 15 channels. Today, we offer more than 30 channels including popular channels like AMC, Comedy Central, and the History Channel, in addition to our original lineup, which includes ESPN, CNN and HGTV.
Since that first launch, we've also introduced a second base service, Sling Blue, launched a first-of-its-kind Spanish-language package starting at just $10 per month and bolstered our library to offer more than 400 channels in 22 different languages. Our on-demand library has increased to include more than 65,000 titles, and we've provided more than 50 ways to watch Sling TV at home and on-the-go, by expanding our device support to more than 15 platforms.
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Our team works hard to negotiate fair programming deals, with the goal of keeping your price as low as possible. Programming fees, however, only go one direction, and that's up!
Starting today, new Sling Orange customers can sign up for a 7-day free trial and then enjoy over 30 channels, including ESPN, for $25 per month. Existing Sling Orange customers will see the new monthly price of $25 reflected in their August bill.
New and existing customers who subscribe to both Sling Orange and Sling Blue services will see no change and will still receive both services for only $40 per month. Additionally, our 4 Extras Deal will remain $10 per month and all other Sling Extras and à la carte channels will continue to be the same price.
I want to take a moment to thank our many subscribers who have been with us since the beginning. We sincerely appreciate you being a Sling TV customer and look forward to continually improving our service to bring you the movies, TV shows and events you love, plus the flexibility and control you've come to expect from Sling TV.
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In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.
The Gospel accounts are not exactly the same in their recording of the events of the Passion of our Lord. This is expected. They are eye-witnesses, each with a different vantage point and recollection. That they do not agree precisely lends to the veracity of their accounts; there is no evidence of collusion.
For instance, St Mark is the only gospel writer to include the incident of the young man running away naked. Some have thought that perhaps this is an autobiographical reference, meaning that it was Mark himself who followed Jesus and His disciples and then ran away when they fled. We like to put names to the characters, to personalize them, perhaps try to empathize with them or justify their actions and choices. Really it is an attempt to justify ourselves.
The truth is all men are cowards. We attempt to rely on our own strength and courage in the face of temptation and Satanic attack. Like Peter we talk big in front of our friends, pledging ourselves to Christ, even to death; but we tremble at the voice of a servant girl and compromise our confession to save our own necks.
Maybe it was St Mark; maybe not. Either way he was a coward who abandoned our Lord and no amount of empathy will change that. But this is not the first time there was a naked guy in a garden. This detail reminds us that what is happening in the Garden of Gethsemane started back in the Garden of Eden.
Man threw away God's Word. He was a coward who failed to defend the veracity of the Word of the Lord. He remained silent in the face of Satan's lies and trickery and fell into sin, nakedness and shame. He was eventually run out of the Garden.
But here is Jesus, God-with-us, in the Garden, this time holding fast to the Father's Word. Not a coward, but steadfast and firm, obedient to the Father's will. And He is not driven away from the Garden, but led away captive. He will be tried and sent before the governor to be condemned. He will be ruthlessly mocked, horribly beaten and scourged, and finally stripped and nailed to the Cross. His clothing will be taken by sinners while He hangs naked upon the Tree.
He answers. not a word. But His silence is not cowardice. He does not justify Himself. He does all this to justify you, so that you are declared "Not guilty." His actions and choice are all selfless, made with you in mind.
All this is to cover the naked man running away. And to cover His disciples. And to cover you. Not from physical nakedness, but to cover your sin. To wrapped you up in His righteousness so that the Father may not see your shame and guilt; so that you will escape the devil who tries to snatch you away. So that you may flee into the arms of Jesus where you will be safe.
In Holy Baptism you were clothed with Christ. You are covered in His righteousness. In Him there is no shame or guilt. The cherubim with their flaming swords have been removed. On the Last Day you will enter the Garden of God and eat from the Tree of Life.
In the meantime we enter the Garden of Christ's Church and feast on the fruit of the Cross: the body and blood and forgiveness which flowed there. Such gifts cover us naked sinners. Now we stand before God pure and holy in Christ Jesus. No more running away; no more hiding. He comes to us and He brings us to Himself.
In the Name of the Father and + of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


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Jacquelyn Clark of Lark & Linen is a very busy woman. As the writer of her own blog, style-maker, and Toronto interior designer, her days are hectic and long. So when designing her small condo, she focused on creating a sanctuary; a pretty place to relax and unwind. Like most of us, she was also working within a tight budget and had to be creative in her design decisions. She refurbished family hand-me-downs and refinished vintage finds to fashion a home filled with unique elements and brimming with her personality.
Her condo is also her laboratory, a place where she experiments with new ideas. Says Jacquelyn, "Our living room has been a work in progress since the moment we moved in. Right now I'm pretty majorly into a blush and navy combination, which I've used sparingly throughout our space."
The overall feel of the condo is restful but it is also punctuated with several bold punches of color that add interest and a hint of glamour.
Jacquelyn's living room does double-duty as a serene retreat and hard-working office space. Effectively blending these two disparate functions required a detailed eye, thoughtful space planning and a focus on beauty in all of her design decisions. The white cube bookcase creates a separation between the spaces, while also providing storage and the perfect place to show-off two delicate lamps.
"Though it would have been a dream to wallpaper the little bump-out in the wall with something fabulous, our budget dictated that simple, painted, bold stripes were in order. In addition to creating some interest in a more or less typical condo, it allowed us to define the office area, which is really just a little corner in our open floor plan."
The bookshelf was inspired by a find on Etsy. Jacquelyn's boyfriend took on the task of building it himself with pipes and pipe fittings. "It is, by far, the most talked about piece in our place. And I love that it gives our fairly girly condo a bit of a rough edge."
"When designing on a budget, it's important to keep the large (more expensive) pieces neutral, and infuse colour through toss cushions, vases, tchotchkes and the like."
"My favourite piece in this room is, hands down, our vintage cart-turned-coffee-table. We found it, unfinished and missing a few boards, tucked in the back of a vintage shop. It adds much-needed character, warmth and interest to an otherwise fairly crisp space."
Throughout her home, Jacquelyn emphasizes creature comforts. "Oversized floor cushions pull double duty when we have extra guests over, you'll find candles pretty much everywhere, and a basket filled with blankets is never more than an arms length away."
Jacquelyn's use of eclectic finishing touches add character and whimsy.
This large mirror is a balancing focal point to the office wall finish and brings a sense of expansive space to the small condo.
"In addition to being able to switch out small details (that seriously make our space feel brand new when I have design ADD), it was really important for me to ensure our space is totally usable, and beyond comfortable."
A sisal rug and large pendant light help define the dining space."The massive chest in the corner was actually my grandmother's way back when, and holds everything from our linens and towels to our liquor to our collection of vases and bottles and then some!"
Artwork of varying styles and different mediums are unified by color and framing.
Jacquelyn's bedroom has been through several design updates and she loves the current feel, "It's calm, serene, and makes for the most wonderful night's sleep."
I find it funny that one's bedroom is often the very last place to receive some love. Whereas, if you ask me, it should be the first. Your sanctuary. Your respite from the rest of the world. So that was the goal here, and I do believe said mission was accomplished. Jacquelyn Clark
Rather than using typical curtain rods, Jacquelyn's boyfriend used the same pipes that created the bookshelves. It's an unexpected touch and helps create a cohesive feel throughout the condo.
I think you'll agree that Jacquelyn's boundless innovation and ingenuity create a beautiful and functional home that generates plenty of great decorating ideas.


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A St Michael woman charged with wounding her sister has been remanded into custody at HMP Dodds.
Shenika Melinda St Pierre, 32, of Garden Land, Country Road is accused of unlawfully wounding Princess St Pierre on October 30, with intent to maim, disfigure or disable her or do her serious bodily harm.
The unemployed woman was not required to plead to the indictable charge when she appeared before Magistrate Kristie Cuffy-Sargeant in the No. 2 District 'A' Criminal Court Tuesday morning.
She was remanded to jail after the police prosecutor made strong objections to releasing her on bail.
The prosecutor argued that the accused was already out on bail and had failed to make court appearances dating back to March this year.
An objection was also made on the grounds that St Pierre had several antecedents and there was a need to protect members of her household.
The prosecutor said the Crown also feared that if St Pierre was granted bail she would reoffend.
When asked by Cuffy-Sargeant whether she wanted to make a bail application, St Pierre said "no", adding that she had been unable to contact her lawyer.
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15 Cute Ways to Adorn Your Hair
If you have already run out of creative hairstyle ideas and are still looking for some innovation, go for cute hair accessories and give a new modern spin to your look! Versatility is the advantage of such accessories, as you can adorn practically any hairstyle with some cute hair pieces. There are certain hair accessories ideal for everyday wear, while some more embellished and exquisite pieces are meant exclusively for special events. So you'll never lack creative ideas when it comes to hair accessories for various occasions and purposes. If you have liked the idea of experimenting with such hair embellishments, check out 15 cute ways to adorn your hair with stylish hair accessories taken straight from runway!
1. The Princess Headband
The most classical and elegant hair accessory you can opt for is a bejeweled thin headband, which is capable of transforming any simple hairstyle into a chic and special look. This lovely option spotted at Dolce & Gabbana can adorn both your loose locks and updo hairstyle, looking utterly cute and just princess-appropriate!
2. The Greek Goddess Style
We all love going back to the ancient pages of history and finding precious style and beauty trends worth trying in the modern era. The Greek goddess style is perhaps one of the much-wanted looks, which refers not only to flowing gowns and imaginative braided hairstyles, but also cute hair accessory options that will instantly add the Greek goddess vibe to your look. This Dolce & Gabbana big coins resembling golden headband is the exact option you need for experimenting with this style!
3. Minimalistic Wide Fabric Headband
For the fans of the minimalistic and effortlessly chic style there is the classic wide fabric headband, which can be a great rectifier to all your bad hair days. This is one of the most comfortable and simplistic hair accessories, used to smoothly backcomb the hair and add a sleek touch to your loose locks or low ponytail. The black option spotted at Vera Wang can be a great source of inspiration for you.
4. The Modern Chic Metallic Pin
As Elie Saab proved it, adding an oversized metallic pin to your backcombed loose tresses can lead you to uber-modern and elegant special occasion looks. This is the exact case of the famous fashion rule "less is more'. Best of all, such a hair accessory can go from day to night.
5. Tiny Floral Adornments For the Big Impact
Sometimes tiny hair embellishments can lead to a more impressive outcome than big and eye-catching ones. This is the case of Honor's show, where we noticed small purple lilac flowers decorating the loose low ponytail of the model. You need to pick a contrasting color of such flowers for your hair tone, so that they pop out and don't merge in with the hair.
6. The Classic Side Pin
To take your hair off your face and to make it look cuter, simply go for a classic side pin backcombing all the hair to one side. This is what Maria Grachvogel did for one of her fashion shows. Agree that the result is something utterly feminine with retro and romantic touches.
7. The Perfect Ponytail Accessory
The versatile and cute ponytail, which seems to be a timeless hairstyle trend, offers a variety of options of playing with hair accessories. The minimalistic metallic scrunchie we saw at Jason Wu is the best hair piece you can go for to add a big dose of sophistication to your sleek wet-effect ponytail.
8. Vibrant and Ethnic Hair Accessories
On the other hand, you can instantly brighten up your ponytail or braids by opting for colorful scrunchies in the ethnic style. This is what Mara Hoffman did for adorning the impressive mermaids of the models.
9. Romantic Floral Crowns for The Boho Feel
Timeless romantic floral crowns are the next cute hair accessories you can opt for, especially if you want to create an admirable boho-chic goddess look. This is what Lily Aldridge picked for enhancing the romantic feel of her see-through lace gown.
10. Flowers In the Hair
This utterly breathtaking and romantic look we spotted at Zac Posen features tiny white flower petals attached to the hair randomly. This flower-embellished romantic updo is especially ideal for the brides-to-be, who want to radiate innocence and pure elegance on their big day.
11. The Leather Band For Modern Glam
Could you ever imagine how amazing a simple leather band can look on your undone ponytail? At Helmut Lang we saw sleek undone ponytails embellished with wide leather bands, which gave a strong personality and a modern glamour to the models' looks.
12. When Creativity Has No Limit, When It Comes To Hair Bands
The Missoni show proved that creativity is limitless, when it comes to interesting and chic hair bands and accessories. This fab hair piece comes with an artificial ponytail attached to it, which is in a contrasting shade of the model's hair tone. It does manage to add lots of edge and glamour to a simple ponytail.
13. Forest Fairy Headband
To look like a forest fairy on any special occasion, pick a simplistic headband with feathers attached to it and adorn your sleek loose tresses with it. Some casually smudged eye makeup can only contribute to the natural feel and chic of this look.
14. Laurel Wreath For The Greek Style
A laurel wreath is yet another creative hair accessory, which will help you embrace the Greek style. This particular look spotted at Vivienne Westwood is meant to bring out the forest fairy in you, and it looks a bit festival ready, rather than meant for daily wear. A bit more simplistic leaf crown can be ideal to wear when hanging around in nature.
15. The Feminine Bow Tie Hair Scarf
In case you don't have any of the above-mentioned hair accessories at hand, fetch a simple colorful scarf and tie it around your head for a modern pin-up feel. This look spotted at Alexis Mabille can serve as a great source of inspiration for you.
So these were all the 15 cute ways you can adorn your hair for creating different styles and styling different looks meant for various occasions. Don't underestimate the style versatility of simple hair accessories and get some for injecting a playful vibe to your hairstyles instantly!
Photos courtesy of Stylebistro
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The size of the storage devices has been rapidly shrinking in the recent past. MicroSD cards are being offered in larger capacity without any change in size and the same holds good for any other storage peripheral. SanDisk has however upped the ante with what it claims to be the "World's Smallest 1TB flash drive." Yes, Sandisk has managed to squeeze in a TB of memory in a tiny flash drive and has showcased the 1TB USB-C flash drive at the ongoing CES 2018 event.
One might argue that Kingston already has a 2TB thumb drive and question the exclusivity of the SanDisk 1TB thumb drive. A closer look at the picture above will tell you how small the new SanDisk 1TB thumb drive is. Plus the SanDisk is a USB-C device which directly translates to faster speeds and direct compatibility with smartphones that come with USB Type-C port. I personally opine that the SanDisk 1TB is a better alternative to the bulkier and bigger 2TB by Kingston.
That being said, this is just a working prototype and thus SanDisk has not detailed the specification in its press release. The company is yet to announce the launch timeline and the pricing details as well. Just to draw an inference, the Kingston 2TB stick is currently priced at $1400 on Amazon and this includes the $240 discount on the sticker price. In the meanwhile, the 1TB flash drive by Kingston is priced at $900 on Amazon. In all likelihood, SanDisk is expected to price the new flash drive in between $800-$1200.
Let's hope that the thumb drive evolves from prototype into the final product without any delays. As of now, my only concern is that the new SanDisk flash drive will fit into the "small things you could lose" category, but again that's reasonable considering the compact size.
Source:The Verge


text: Quenton Decosey led all scorers with 22 points, and Hall In bolted to a double-digit halftime lead and defeated Jack Attack, 88-77. Decosey, who made 10 of his 14 field-goal attempts, also pulled down 13 rebounds in the victory for Hall In. Jeremy Hazell reached double digits in both points (18) and rebounds (11) for the victors, who posted a 21-10 second-quarter scoring advantage to key the win. D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera's 24 points paced the scoring in the losing effort for the Jack Attack.


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Now that everything is coming to an end, this last few days we use to put all the pieces together, the challenge, solution, and of course the final deliverable assignment of this course, the video. Yap we have to make a five minutes long video contains of:
- Introduction of our NGO
- Our NGO challenge
- The solution based on research with our own argument
- And our learning reflection (minor or side content)
This video will be watched together by the student, the teacher, and the NGO on the final presentation day (which is next Wednesday).
Basically I'm not the whose in charge for the video making process, its Stefan and Claire jobs as the tech-stewards but we as a whole team also help them with it. We start to making the video this week by brainstorming the style of the video, is it going be animation, stop motion, over voice video or something else. After arguing for a couple hour we agree to use animation as the general style, but then we decide that this should be one serious, formal animated video rather than a goofy one due to the personality of our client (Carl Peter is a bit serious working type person). The next meeting is the hardest one, we try to brainstorm again, this time to make (rough)story board but we completely stuck. Everyone seems tired because of the piling up assignment with a tight deadline and limited time available. Then Ezter play her role as a good tea manager, she told Stefan and Claire to talks about some technical stuff and the rest of us get a paper and put our ideas on it and later on we combine it together. This method proof to be working because after that we get our main line of the story board.
In the last class thanks to Laura and Mathias we can improved our story board that sums up everything in general. This is or story board
We know that this is still so general but we believes it is enough for the group because for the complete line (frame by frame) Stefan and Claire already have something in their mind, besides if we have to decide it as a group it will take so much time, and time is something we don't have right now. So while the tech-steward busy with their stuff the rest of the group help them by providing all the content they asked for. We really looking forward for the finalization of the video!


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Ireland is in the front line of countries that will be worst hit if the UK votes for a so-called Brexit. Recovery in the export sector could take years.
That's according to Jean Michel Six, S&P Global Rating's chief economist for Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
However, a vote for the so-called remain side on June 23 would provide an immediate boost to Irish exports because sterling would immediately strengthen, he said.
A vote by Britain to exit the European Union won't lead "mechanically" to a ratings downgrade for Ireland, but would be a blow to the economy here, he told the Irish Independent.
Sterling could be expected to weaken significantly if Britain votes to leave, making it tougher to export from the Eurozone just as domestic demand in the UK market would also weaken following the vote, he said.
"Exports to the UK would be likely to weaken for years, at least," he said.
That would make it harder for the UK government to finance its huge spending deficit. The after-effects of a leave vote would hurt the demand from international property investors that underpins London and UK house prices, he said, creating a "shock to consumer confidence".
Demand in Britain has already showed signs of slowing already this year, not just because of the Brexit vote, he said.
However, sterling would find a floor, because the Bank of England has the "fire power" to prevent a currency crisis, even if there is a Brexit vote, he said.
The risk of a Brexit vote is being taken "extremely seriously" by the European Commission, he said. It would come at an especially difficult time, as the EU continues to struggle with the refugee crisis, he said.
Among the key challenges would be the impact on the banking and finance sector, which in many areas is dominated by London, he said.
With Britain in the EU but not the Eurozone, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank have been able to work in partnership on issues, but anything to change that could have serious repercussions, he said.
"I'm confident the ECB and BoE are talking about a Plan B, and how to avoid a meltdown," Mr Six said.
The ECB has asked all banks, including in Ireland, to carry out stress tests measuring their ability to cope if Britain's exits from the EU. That is needed, "given the level of risk," Mr Six said.
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Welcome to Icknield Quilters Website
December 9th 2019
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Icknield Quilters are a group of Patchworkers and Quilters who meet on the second Monday evening of each month in Baldock, North Hertfordshire. Our meetings are held in Baldock Community Centre, just off the High Street and opposite the Public Library at 7.30pm. We have a variety of activities at our meetings, including members' sewing evenings, speakers, and demonstrations. We also arrange Saturday workshops with visiting tutors, and occasional trips to shows and places of interest. We limit our membership to 50, but we welcome visitors to all of our meetings (for a small charge) and also to our workshops if there are spare places. Please enjoy looking around our website.
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* Group Sewing - For group sewing evenings, Please bring your basic sewing kit. Patterns and fabric scraps will be available. If you want to work on your own project, that's fine, and you can bring your sewing machine too.


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Natural material like stone always brings in elegance. But, in a long period of time if the stone was used for flooring and there was heavy trafficking to the floor. The stone surface can dis-colour.
If you keep the stone floor cleaned and maintained, durability and the visual appearance of the stone will last for years.
Here are some tip you can do cheaply and effectively yourself:
- Day to day basis cleaning use a soft mop.
- Check the sealing on your flooring after its been mounted and thereafter because some floors need re-sealing after a couple of years,
- Mop the floor every week using a detergent which is suitable for the floor.
- Spill do happens, when they do clean it up straight away
- Please do not wear your outside shoes
- Never used acidic cleaning products
Why you need professional for cleaning stone floor and cleaning marble floor ?
While you can handle routine cleaning yourself, using a professional for your stone floor cleaning or marble floor polishing will make a huge difference to its longevity and appearance. A professional will have the equipment and skills to remove dirt from the stone's pores so that this natural material stays looking its best.
At Stone Proshine, we offer stone floor cleaning and marble restoration in varied settings across London and the surrounding area to an extremely high standard, using tried and tested techniques and cleaning and sealing products depending on the type of flooring we are working on.
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In the presentation that John Raquet, founder and CEO of gasworld, gave at the IG China 2015 Forum last year in Chengdu, China, he estimated that the cylinder gas business accounts for 32% of the total China industrial gas market, comparatively smaller than in other developed gas markets.
Even so, the cylinder business still plays a major role in the China market.
In order to investigate the recent development and the related issues of the cylinder gas business, gasworld Greater China has talked to various different parties in this business, including Jinhong Gas, Beijing Tianhai Industry Corporation (BTIC), and Feng, an independent and experienced person in this area.
Back in the 1990s, when the merchant industrial gas business was still in the starting stage in China, like other gas markets in the early stage, cylinders were the main ways to deliver gases to customers and points of use. In China, due to the history of the market and the operational practice, most of the cylinders were owned by the customers. However, what the customers mostly cared about was the availability of gas for their applications and only the 'number' of cylinders they owned as recorded in the books – and were not so mindful about the detailed management of the cylinders.
On the other hand, cylinder filling stations did not have the proper management of cylinders that were not their own property, leading to a free circulation of cylinders. That meant all the cylinders were 'shared' among all customers, on a national level. The cylinders used by one company today may be used by another company miles away after refilled, or had even gone a national trip in months. New cylinders invested by one company might soon appear in other companies. This inevitably had become one of the root causes of a complicated ownership issue, and frequent cylinder accidents.
The author has personally worked on and been to many cylinder filling operations and would describe many of the sites visited as 'way below acceptable standards' and even horrifying. When the majors started to enter the China market in the 1990s, usually they did not want to get themselves into the cylinder filling business and the operation of general industrial gases unless their joint venture partner already had, or demanded such operations; they would rather have filling operations of specialty gases that allow them to have a better control of the cylinders and the contents.
With a view to alleviating the potential hazards associated with the cylinder gas business, the country reinforced the Cylinder Safety and Supervision Regulations in 2000 and a latest version was promulgated in 2015. The regulations require cylinder filling stations to fill only cylinders that they own and they are not allowed to fill cylinders that they do not possess the respective technical files for. This is set up in the hope to solve the ownership issue so that the filling stations or gas companies will take good care of the cylinders which are their own property, including carrying out regular inspection, maintenance and statutory periodic hydraulic tests.
With the reinforcement of the regulations that suppressed the free circulation in general, the majors have started to look into this business again and penetrate the market with their expertise. Moreover, implementation of the regulations implies that the cylinders that used to be owned by the end-users had to be transferred to the filling stations or simply written off.
However, since most of the cylinders were not really physically kept in the hands of the owners because of the free circulation, the real asset value of the cylinders to be settled between the owners and the filling stations is always a big argument. Further, the filling stations might not have enough capital to acquire so many cylinders from their customers. According to the independent expert Feng, this problem has not been completely solved to date after so many years and many cylinders are still owned by end-users. In addition, the latest version of the regulations only states that 'Cylinder manufacturers are encouraged to sell the cylinders directly to cylinder filling companies that have the permit to fill cylinders'.
There are some end-users who still have the thinking that they want to have their control and flexibility of gas supply and so, possessing their own cylinders would give them an upper hand. Li Ping, Deputy Secretary of GDIGOA, admits that filling stations are still filling cylinders that they do not possess; he says that it is the responsibility of the filling stations to strictly follow the regulations and register the cylinders in their books. Also, according to Feng, when the economy of China was booming in the last few years, because of the high demand of gas cylinders many new cylinder manufacturers emerged but their product quality was questionable. He has personally visited these new manufacturers and has
found out that they mainly use old production lines and outdated process technology, and spotted many shortcomings in the manufacturing and quality control process.
As explained by Li, there are some clauses in the regulations that are not really helpful or reasonable. For example, the regulations require cylinders to be discarded after a definitive number of service years with no consideration of the frequency of use and not based on the hydraulic test results. This surely is not a scientific approach to determine the operability of the cylinders, especially for expensive specialty gas cylinders. Li further points out that hydraulic testing at present is the only method for requalification of cylinders, but for specialty gas cylinders this would be inconvenient as a lot of treatment will be required to restore the conditions suitable for containment of these products. He suggests the authorities put forward and allow more standards for testing of cylinders, such as ultrasonic inspection.
Moving from regulatory issues to operational and management problems, JIN Shanghua, the Managing Director of Suzhou Jinhong Gas, says the main problem with the development of the cylinder gas business that he sees is the difference in the level of management.
"China is such a big country that the level of management varies from region to region. Often there is a big gap between their practice and the national standard. This will lead to some hidden safety issues. Also the industry is so fragmented, there are thousands of filling stations, including some stations without permits or license."
JIN reckons that since the economic growth in China has slowed, the revenues of the cylinder gas business has slipped and people in the business are struggling and do not want to invest in improving or standardising the management, not to mention safety measures. The gas companies are cutting costs – or even cutting corners – to keep their businesses running, he says. He believes that this situation is bringing hidden dangers to the gas industry and sees no positive trend in the development at the moment; he thinks this could only last for a few years.
JIN further told gasworld Greater China that the authorities have been raising the safety standards and environmental requirements to try to improve the situation, which is good for the industry on one hand. However, on the other hand, this has made it very difficult now to apply for new and high end projects as the authorities will not necessarily approve them to avoid risks.
Raquet also remarked in his presentation at IG China that the package gas business in China is fragmented and a restructuring is key to the profitability in China. JIN shares this opinion and points out that in order for the package gas industry to move forward in the right direction, it would require a company – or companies – to acquire the filling stations, consolidate them, and raise the overall technical and safety standards afterwards.
"Medical gases could be a sector that will see more development. For example, integrated valves for medical oxygen cylinders that have already been widely accepted in other developed gas markets are seeking their way into the China market…"
Future development
With these issues of the cylinder business and the slowdown of China's economic development in the last few years, and perhaps in the coming years too, will the country's cylinder gas business continue to develop?
We have noticed that the operating pressures of the gas cylinders in other developed gas markets have been increased to improve the efficiency of delivery, and as the operating costs in China are also increasing, gas companies also would like to see the operational pressure of their cylinders increase from the current 150 bar to, say, 200 bar. Li Ping of GDIGOA also shares this idea.
BTIC, the largest gas cylinder manufacturer in China, echoes that there is a general request to upgrade the cylinder pressure and, in fact, has also made proposals to the authorities to this effect. However, the authorities still have many safety concerns, from manufacturing to operational safety, and even economic considerations. In the opinion of the author, the Chinese cylinder gas business could make use of an upgrade to revolutionise the entire market operation and improve the overall safety.
With dewars and microbulk replacing more and more of the cylinder supply in the industrial gas market, the efficiency and of the entire cylinder gas operation have to be improved to stay competitive. There are many issues – technical, commercial and regulatory – to solve to remarkably improve the operation and to lift the packaged gases business to a new level. So what about the development of other aspects of the packaged gases business? What developments could we see in the near future?
Medical gases could be a sector that will see more development. For example, integrated valves for medical oxygen cylinders that have already been widely accepted in other developed gas markets are seeking their way into the China market. Several valve manufacturers are already promoting their version of the integrated valves and getting satisfactory results. And the homecare business using cylinders has literally not started in China; if this takes off in the near future, this would present a great opportunity to the medical gases business.
Electronic cylinder management systems could be another area that will contribute to the development of the packaged gases business. As the author understands, not all of the gas companies with filling stations have bar code or RFID type electronic cylinder management systems. Only major gas companies will use such systems to help with their management of their asset and operation. Many systems have already been developed in China, but none has become a dominant one. Therefore, there are still plenty of business opportunities in this area. Li of GDIGOA comments that harmonization and interconnection of these different systems would be necessary in the future – he suggests government issues guidelines in this area.
Liu Weiwei, Managing Director of Excellent Gas Network, believes electronic cylinder management systems will be just one part of the application of the internet in the entire gases business, following the 'Internet+' concept that is quickly spreading out to all industries in China.


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Our Board of Directors is the governing body for our organization. The Board of Directors provides guidance on our programs, policies, and finances.
Executive Members
Anders Reynolds (2015) – Chair
Anders Reynolds is a Policy Officer engaged on U.S. Public Lands at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington, D.C. While spending much of his time on Capitol Hill developing relationships with conservation champions, he also travels extensively across the country in support of Pew's programmatic work on local, partner-driven conservation opportunities. He previously worked as a Federal Policy Analyst at the Delta Regional Authority and served as Legislative Director for Congressman Marion Berry (AR-01), where he managed the Member's responsibilities for several Appropriations subcommittees as well as a broad portfolio of legislative issues. He has extensive state and federal campaign experience, having most recently directed a 2010 effort for Congress in Arkansas. He has a B.A. from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN, and is completing his M.A. at Johns Hopkins University.
Samuel Owl (2017) – Vice Chair
Samuel is a Certified Public Accountant with over 14 years of experience and has worked for organizations in CFO and consultancy roles. He is currently a manager in the Outsourcing group at CliftonLarsonAllen, where he provides ongoing CFO, COO and strategically-focused consulting services to a portfolio of clients. Prior to joining CLA, Owl spent 8 years as the CFO of a national non-profit organization. Earlier in his career, he worked in assurance and transaction services groups in the Big 4 professional service firms Deloitte and PwC; assessing performance, evaluating the competitive environment, reviewing reporting, and analyzing financial statements for a number of companies across a multitude of industries.
Owl is member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and a native of North Carolina. Visiting the Qualla Boundary on a regular basis allows him to maintain a close relationship with his family and tribe. He spent his childhood hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and intends to instill the outdoor spirit in his children as well. The mission of SAWS and the constant threat to public lands in the current environment was one of the driving forces in his decision to join SAWS. The protection of the remaining public lands within tribe's traditional homeland, which spans the Appalachians in what is now North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama, brings a cultural relevance to the mission of SAWS.
Camilla Simon (2015) – Treasurer
Camilla is the Director of Hispanics Enjoying Camping, Hunting, and the Outdoors (HECHO), an advocacy group for Latinos connected to the outdoors through recreation, tradition, and culture and who are committed to the conservation of our shared natural resources. She is passionate about elevating Latino voices in local, state, and national conservation efforts, especially when it comes to accessing public lands. As part of her commitment to increase the visibility and strength of Latino organizations aligned to conserve public lands, she also co-founded the Latino Conservation Alliance.
Prior to joining HECHO, Camilla managed the distribution of over $20 million annually in conservation funds at a major foundation, aimed at increasing the capacity of local, regional, and national nonprofits. She also started the foundation's first composting program to dramatically reduce landfill waste. She has also worked on a number of programs to connect children with nature.
Camilla has a B.A. in creative writing and literature from Pacific University in Oregon and graduated summa cum laude with a master's in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School.
William H. Meadows (2014)
William Meadows has been active in conservation for 40 years. He served as President of The Wilderness Society from December, 1996 to May, 2012. During his tenure at The Wilderness Society, more than five million acres of Wilderness were added to the National Wilderness Preservation System. In retirement, he has continued his is commitment to building partnerships and bringing new constituencies into the Wilderness movement. He currently serves as an honorary member of the Governing Council and as Counselor, a senior program advisor for The Wilderness Society.
Meadows holds two degrees from Vanderbilt University, a BA and a Masters in Higher Education Administration. He worked for Vanderbilt for twenty years, including sixteen years as Executive Director of the Alumni Association. Meadows was also active in the Nashville community where he served on the mayor's committee for community excellence, the boards of the Tennessee Environmental Council and the League of Women Voters. He was a local, state and national volunteer leader for the Sierra Club and a founder and board member of the Environmental Action Fund, the predecessor to the Tennessee League of Conservation Voters.
He is a past Chairman of the Green Group, the Campaign for America's Wilderness, and the Partnership Project. He is currently on the boards of the League of Conservation Voters, Island Press, the Conservation Lands Foundation, the Environmental Law Institute, the Urban Libraries Council, and the Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards (SAWS).
Anna Wlodarczyk (2014)
Anna Wlodarczyk is the Human Resources & Operations Director at Ruthi Postow Staffing. She has been involved in conservation issues for several years and received her B.A. in Human Ecology at College of the Atlantic, one of the greenest colleges in the United States. Introduced to wilderness through her 6-year tenure at The Wilderness Society, she has been a passionate wilderness champion ever since.
Aaron Sanford (2014)
Aaron was a Crew Leader during SAWS inaugural field season in 2011 and went on to work as the Field Supervisor during the following two years. Aaron's passion for Wilderness was fueled by the challenge of living and working for extended periods in the backcountries of the West and the Southern Appalachians, which in turn inspired his love for wilderness ideals and ethics. As a Soil Conservation Technician for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Nebraska, Aaron works with agricultural producers to ensure what is best for the producer is best for their land. Aaron graduated with a degree in Natural Resource Management from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Will Skelton (2014)
Will is a retired Knoxville, Tennessee, attorney with Bass, Berry & Sims (previously Baker, Worthington, Crossley, Stansberry & Woolf), and previously served as a Captain in the US Marine Corps 1966-1969. Will was an organizer and General Coordinator of the coalition that obtained Congressional designation of the Cherokee National Forest's eleven wilderness areas and subsequently was editor of "Wilderness Trails of Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest" published by UT Press in 1992 and a revised edition, "Cherokee National Forest Hiking Guide," published in 2005. Will was also an organizer and Chairman of the Knox Greenways Coalition and subsequently Chairman of the Knoxville Greenways Commission. Will served as Vice Chairman of Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander's Commission on Tennessee Outdoors (1986), whose recommendations included both wilderness and greenways.
Will has received numerous awards from various groups, including Forest Conservationist of the Year from the Tennessee Conservation League, Volunteer Service Award from the Tennessee Recreation & Parks Association, Distinguished Service Award from the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, Sarah Hines Award from the Sierra Club's Tennessee Chapter, was included in "The Best Lawyers in America," and is a member of the Knoxville Track Club's Hall of Fame. He is a past Chairman and organizer of Knoxville's Harvey Broome Group and the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club, and a founding board member of Tennessee Parks & Greenways Foundation and Legacy Parks Foundation. He was also the Vice Chairman of the SAWS board from 2014 to 2016.
Jodie Goldberg (2015)
Jodie lives in Washington, DC and currently works at American Rivers as the Director of Development Foundations, where she is helping to develop grants and raise funds to protect and restore our nation's rivers. Prior to that, Jodie served as Officer for the Pew Charitable Trusts' Philanthropic Partnership Group where she helped to raise nearly $20 million to support Pew's Environmental Initiatives. Jodie also served as the Manager of Foundation Strategy at The American Red Cross, where she developed and implemented foundation fundraising strategies to meet the organization's annual fundraising goal. Before that, Jodie was a member of the Foundation Relations department at The Wilderness Society for eight years, during which time she developed her passion for wilderness conservation and first learned about Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards. Jodie quickly became enamored with SAWS' approach to protecting and stewarding wildlands in one of her favorite regions in the country. Jodie has also worked with the marketing departments of Dickstein Shapiro Morin and Oshinsky, LLP and The Nature Conservancy. In her spare time, Jodie likes to visit her hometown, Roanoke, Virginia, spend time outdoors with her two kids and dedicate time to their school, Mundo Verde, and support her husband's business, Mess Hall. Jodie is also an Advanced PADI scuba diver and has a passion for travel.
Carl Rountree (2016)
Carl comes to the Board with more than 35 years of public land management experience in Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Washington, DC Office and several Western states. Before his retirement in 2014, he served as the Assistant Director of BLM's National Landscape Conservation System. In this role, he led efforts to better protect and raise awareness of BLM's 32-million acres of wilderness and other nationally designated conservation areas, and to promote greater conservation in BLM's public land management. Throughout his career, he has championed collaborative approaches to resolving natural resource issues. He led efforts to create the California Biodiversity Council as the California BLM Deputy State Director for Resources. As the Arizona BLM Associate State Director, he helped organize federal, state, and local agencies to deal more effectively to reduce migrant deaths and resource damage along the Arizona-Mexico border. Since his retirement, he has continued to advocate for the designation and protection of conservation areas and to build greater, more effective partnerships for managing public lands.
Tye Tavaras (2017)
Tye Tavaras joined The Carter Center in August 2015 and currently works on the Democracy Program's Democratic Election Standards project. A native of Atlanta, Tavaras holds a bachelor's in international studies from Emory University, a master's in international human rights law from The American University in Cairo, and a Juris Master focused on international law from Emory Law School. She approaches environmental protection and conservation from a human rights perspective. Prior to joining the Center, she served as a contributing writer for Mic and Ramel Media, a study-abroad advisor for Emory University. She is published in the University of Pennsylvania's Journal of Law and Social Change as a co-author of the article "Indiscriminate Power: Racial Profiling and Surveillance Since 9/11." In addition, she has also worked on issue on diversity and inclusion and has managed projects focused on community engagement.
Terence Morrison (2017)
Terence Morrison was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised between Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC; he is a 2002 graduate from North Mecklenburg High School. After graduating from North Carolina A&T State University with a degree in architectural engineering–with a concentration in power–Morrison joined Clark Richardson & Biskup Consulting Engineers as a junior electrical engineer. Just eight years later, Morrison became a lead electrical engineer project manager for CRB's pharmaceutical team. In 2015, Terence started his own engineering and consulting firm, Acropolis Engineers, whose focus is system integration and data management solutions. He is an avid outdoor enthusiast and prescribed National Park geek. Terence and his wife enjoy introducing others to the outdoors through groups such as Outdoor Afro. He also enjoys serving as a mentor, whether it's for the Triangle Forge Initiative Robotics group, where he is a coach, or elsewhere in the community. "You can't teach everybody everything. But if you can teach them how to learn, and nurture their interests, they can springboard into the next steps." Terence has also been a permanent member of the Wake County Board of Adjustments since 2007.


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Despite the fact it is still little more than a muddy building site, Abbey Court at Pity Me in County Durham is rapidly becoming one of the most popular Miller Homes developments in the North.
The builder has seen such a rush of interest there that the first block of eight apartments sold out within hours of going on sale, prompting a second release well ahead of schedule.
On the northern outskirts of Durham city, the development promises a select enclave of 44 one and two-bedroom apartments built around a courtyard.
Among the current release are five two-bedroom apartments priced from £102,000. Each has a roomy living/dining area and kitchen complete with oven, hob, extractor fan and washer/dryer as standard.
Sales negotiator Maureen Trotter, who is also taking early-bird reservations on other apartments in the development, said: "Abbey Court offers buyers modern city-style living in a semi-rural location just a few minutes' drive from the Durham centre.
"This, combined with excellent communication links and affordable prices, all adds up to make Abbey Court one of the most desirable places to be."
While awaiting the arrival of their sales cabin Maureen and her colleague Jane Watson are working out of the offices of J W Wood in Durham City. Tel: (0191) 386 9921.


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Discussion in 'Bugless' started by droid master, Jul 23, 2010.
Love the new Update, But I am having weak signals? Is anyone else having any problems lilke this?
I've been using it for about a week now and I haven't noticed any change in signal strength. But maybe that's just me. I haven't messed around with much of anything. I've been considering the baseband update but I haven't done it yet.
But yea, no signal strength changes for me.
dial *22899 and give it like 15-20 minutes. if no change after a day, upgrade your baseband (and repeat *22899).
i'll save you the trouble of looking for it.. http://www.droidforums.net/forum/bugless/50198-baseband-c_01-43-01p-no-prerequisite-required.html


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Present: Garth Dales (Chair), David Armitage and Martin Mathieu (Belfast), Peter Giblin and Hugh Morton (Liverpool), Zinaida Lykova and Nicholas Young (Newcastle), John Greenlees and Caroline Series (LMS), Graham Jameson and Edmund Robertson (EdMS), Sandra Pott (elected at AGM).
Apologies: Helen Robinson (LMS).
Matters arising: It was noted under item 1 that Martin Mathieu would remain on the committee for the meeting in September 2004.
A meeting with representatives of the BAMC is planned for the previous afternoon, Wednesday 29 September, also in De Morgan House. It was agreed to ask Peter Giblin, Hugh Morton, Caroline Series and Garth Dales to represent the BMC Scientific Committee at this meeting.
Garth Dales reported serious problems in finding a venue for the 2007 meeting. One potential host (Leicester) had been approached and had responded enthusiastically, but had then withdrawn following a lack of enthusiasm within the department.
QMW had also responded very enthusiastically, and there are still possibilities that this may be feasible. However it appears that their proposed accommodation arrangements will not work, because of the University's contracts with the students for a 40-week letting. This is emerging in other places too as a potential difficulty in arranging meetings over the Easter period. Subsequent discussion considered this problem, particularly with the desirability of having meetings in SE England in mind. Proposals to have a 'Scientific Host' at some distance from the actual physical venue were considered; there was a general view that this would be OK in principle, but would not be attractive to the physical host in terms of the amount of unappreciated work involved. The idea of using private conference facilities was ruled out on grounds of cost, and the target of £50 as a maximum B & B charge was agreed. Garth Dales will continue to explore possibilities, initially with the hope that QMW can solve the accommodation problem, and failing this he will approach Surrey, Kent and Swansea. We need to have a definite proposal in time for the September 2004 Scientific Committee.
Garth Dales reported that the BAMC are quite likely to want a meeting in Manchester in 2008, on their 50th anniversary. If there is to be a joint meeting with them in 2008 it would almost certainly have to be there.
There is also a possibility of a joint meeting in 2009 or 2010 in Oxford, although costs could well be high. This would be particularly attractive if there were a new building at Oxford at that time, which is a realistic possibility. It was agreed to wait for BAMC developments, at their Norwich meeting on 24 April.
The preliminary budget shows a deficit of some £1000; the generous policy on registration fees, which were waived for graduates and retired people, and last minute changes by participants, appear to be the main factors.
Liverpool were advised to be aware of this when deciding their policies.
Because of the larger number of these talks there is time for 12 BMC morning speakers rather than the more recent 16.
Lists of potential speakers were discussed, and additions suggested. Peter Giblin is to decide on the order of invitations, which will be issued after the meeting.
It is proposed to have an evening session centred around education topics, which is expected to be of interest to all participants.
Liverpool were encouraged to advertise the programme of the meeting through the European Mathematical Society and other national European societies.
Note: The committee at a previous meeting had commended the pattern of 5 plenary talks adopted by Birmingham.
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This coming Saturday (2nd November) sees Pixels 2013, our premier event of the year, take place at Talbot Green Community Centre. It is the 9th running of an event which evolved out of the Gwynfa Contemporary Competition.
Doors open 1.45pm to guests but please would attending Gwynfa members come along from 1pm to help with the set up.
On the menu this year will be four photos from 36 clubs to be judged by our very special guests Phil & Gwen Charnock. There will also be a full buffet at around 3.45pm (so don't eat too much lunch)!
The proposed timetable is as follows:
1.45 pm Doors Open
2.30 pm Welcome / Introductions / Explanations
2.40 pm First & second rounds
3.50 pm Intermission and buffet
4.20 pm Third and fourth rounds
5.30 pm Awards / Thanks
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Looking at last year's figures, Trivago the hotel comparision website, have tried to work out if anything marks the British, Irish, German, Italian, Spanish and French apart.
When we book
All nationalities book their summer holidays late. Very late. The British and Irish searched earliest (last week of July), while the French and Italians searched latest (second week of August).
And all nationalities prefer to search on Monday evening with the only difference being in time – the UK searches earliest (8-9pm), with the Spanish and Italians searching latest (10-11pm).
What we are prepared to pay
UK users are willing to spend the most on their hotel room, with an average clicked price of £150 per night. Spanish users proved to be the most frugal, spending an average of just £96 per night for their summer holiday. I wonder if those figures will be the same this summer – it's a year of uncertainity.
Favourite accommodation
Irish, UK and German users prefer hotels, while Spanish opt for aparthotels, Italians for B&Bs and French for holiday homes.
Favourite hotel type
This is a toss-up between the city and the beach break, with UK, Irish, French and German users preferring city-centre hotels and Spanish and Italians choosing beach hotels.
Top destination
In general, this is the capital city of the country in question, with the exception of Spain where Benidorm is their top destination (still?) and Italy (Rimini is their top destination).
Most important amenity
Irish, UK and French users want WiFi more than anything else, Italians go for an onsite spa and the Spanish were opting for a Jacuzzi in 2015.
So, what does that say about UK holidaymakers? That we don't want to be far from a computer screen or a decent latte and would rather not rough it…Does that sound like me? Yes, it probably does but I took Trivago's quiz and apparently I travel like the French. C'est la vie!
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Lancaster Homebrew will be hosting a beer social Tuesday, March 16th from 7-9pm. Bring along a few samples of your own homebrew to share with others. Swap recipes and get new ideas for your next batch of homebrew. If you are new to brewing and haven't made anything yet, bring a good microbrew and come see what it's all about.
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To cry for u, and miss you?
To think and write petite lines
Wid just one start & end, that's you..
Why I work and think about you
Don't recall wat's so special about you
Love has all colors of joy
So why not this rainbow without you..
And now I'm so tired with these empty questions
And feeling like to rest on you..
Don't know again, why simply you
Why only you, who really are you??
Need your hands and utmost care..
Waiting to be watched by your eyes
Why you and you for my paradise..
You for the spring, you for the eyes
You for the day, you for the sunshine
And now I don't wanna say it on & on
Why, why and why??
It's lovely to say you, you, just you
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Clare Stiles graduated in Three dimensional design in metals from the Surrey Institute of Art and Design (now UCCA) in 1997. During her degree Clare started to combine studies in blacksmithing with her explorations of using colour in design to develop a unique fusion, forged aluminium jewellery, anodised and dyed to create a flamboyant mix of colour and form.
Inspiration was drawn from tropical fish, birds and plant forms. Forever in awe of a nature that creates such beauty Clare decided to acknowledge this through her work, resulting in extravagant final pieces of a very theatrical nature. Since leaving college her work has evolved into more simplistic, wearable pieces, designed to be of minimal form so as not to detract from the strong emphasis on the use of colour.
Working in her studios in the Farnham Maltings Clare's studies continue, constantly aware of exploring new colour combinations and designs. Recent work using silkscreen and digital print is also looking at two dimensional images that were the original home of the colour source now seen in a different context. Inspiration is now drawn upon form a much wider, vast source, interior design, vintage textiles, graphics, even every day objects, but all having one thing in common; beautiful colour.
Clare has been teaching jewellery classes at the Maltings for the last 16 years.
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
The highly anticipated (understatement of the year) return of French electronic duo Daft Punk is available for streaming on iTunes, so give it a listen.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Secondhand Rapture - MS MR
Here's a stream of MSMR's upcoming debut album, Secondhand Rapture. No real surprise in the sound of the album, most of it is in the same dark, poppy vein as their Candy Bar Creep Show EP. It's definitely not bad though. This is the sort of music I would do housework to I think. I'm listening to it now and I'm packing. Give it a listen, it's not too shabby. If you're only going to check out one song on here, excluding the previously released material, I have to say I'm most partial to "Head Is Not My Home."
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
"You & I" - Crystal Fighters
A wonderfully bouncy tune. Summoning summer and spring from where ever they had been hiding.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
"Closure" - Owl Eyes (Giraffage Remix)
Oh my. The sonic goodness. Giraffage. From the beats, to the samples, to the snares, just so near perfection (absolutes are a no-no in my book). Ranging from wonderfully downtempo, to perfectly glitchy 'chorus' sections. Just a joy to listen to. One of those tracks that just transports you.
Monday, April 22, 2013
"Rolling Stone" - The Weeknd (Truth Remix)
Heard this for the first time just today, and I'm hooked. Wonderfully mesmerizing. The rising and sinking sensations... Makes me feel like I'm floating just beneath the surface of an perfectly calm, perfectly clear lake.
"Sleeping Ute" - Grizzly Bear (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
After a hiatus, Nicolas Jaar is back. Check out this amazing track. It's an experience.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
"Trying To Be Cool" - Phoenix
Just take a step back and listen.. Phoenix are really masters of the pop craft. Mars' voice is just so perfect for the symphony of synths and sounds that Phoenix just love to use.
"Farther" - Vacationer
Vacationer, perfect for relaxation. Check out their new video. It's really just majestically beautiful.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Bankrupt! - Phoenix
Phoenix' next album, BANKRUPT!, which I have been waiting for for longer than I should have is out officially in 1 week. It's expected out on the 23rd according to iTunes. Mark your calendars.
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How to create elegant small garden designs? Well, it is easy task even great challenging for you! Designing small space for your garden will not need more consideration such as time or more furniture, even plants. It means you will not worry to spend your much money to prepare it well. However, you should make a small space looks larger and elegant, although in limited space. The first of all you should concern for the main point!
If you have small garden space, make sure that you create an elegant look without complicated plants and you might use enough furniture. Well, you can make a great combination of plants that you choose, such as colorful flowers, burst, or others. If you choose the plants, you should make it completes each other, so it will bring amazing look in your garden. In addition, you can concern into your furniture, choose Unique Furniture which gives amazing accent. Focusing small garden designs is actually easy task.
Yes right! It's an easy task for designing your small garden designs. You only concern for the main points such as plants' selection, furniture, and other sides that needed to be improved like fences. Let the space in the center of your small garden, it aims to make your garden looks larger and giving space for anyone who plays in the garden. Well, this best tip might help you to create your elegant small garden in the right way.
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Sakya Droton Ling
Sanctuary for Wish-fulfillment
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The presence of the ordained Sangha is for ensuring the continuity of Dharma.
in Tibetan means Benefactor. The name "
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was given by His Holiness in 2005. Sakya Droton Ling is at present only a virtual site but aspiring to be in New Zealand in a future time-frame. Till then, Drotons shall continue to webcast Sakya programs, in general, and Sakya Nunnery in particular.
May Auspiciousness prevail. Tashi Delek!
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Believers Church Diocese of Niranam organized a health awareness and a free mosquito net distribution program in one place on 13th February 2016.
Mrs. Usha Kumari (Panchayat President), Mrs. Sheeja Mathai (Municipal Counselor) and Dr. Leela Paniker (Doctor) were the chief guests. The doctor took class on health and hygiene. She taught them the importance of practicing hygienic habits in maintaining a good health. Later, the Panchayat President along with the Municipal Counselor distributed the mosquito nets to each beneficiary.
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Ibrahim Shekarau Dumps PDP For APC
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau has announced his resignation from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Shekarau made the announcement after a closed-door meeting with the national chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole.
The closed-door meeting was held on Friday at Shekarau's residence in Kano State.


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North American manga publisher Yen Press announced plans to adapt social-gaming website Gaia Online's Monster Galaxy game franchise into a series of graphic novels in a press release Friday. Yen Press plans to bring well-known characters from the game along with new monsters and worlds to readers of the manga.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Battle for Middle Earth 2 - Evil Campaign - Mission 4 - Fornost
Battle for Middle Earth II - Evil Campaign Mission 4 - Fornost
This is a hint/walkthrough post for Battle for Middle Earth II. You can find an index of all our Battle for Middle Earth II posts here.
You need the Untamed Allegiance power to complete the bonus objective of controlling both Spiderling lairs. Before you use the power, you may wish to kill the Spiderlings first as once controlled they come under your control and will use up your Command Points. They cannot be decommissioned in a Fortress.
This is a very easy mission if you watch the behavior of the AI and notice what they do and where they go. They are typically very strict about this. For example, a battalion of Dunedain Rangers will literally stand near a mine and do nothing, or run past your troops and not stop to fight, because they have a specific guard position or target.
The Earth Hammer hits everything all the way out to a short distance outside the outer wall, so you basically have just a few minutes to penetrate the inner city and destroy it before it strikes again. To make life easier, you can build a series of Fortresses to protect your rear lines in case you lose too many units.
The Earth Hammer countdown starts when you have destroyed all the buildings in the outer city, or if you penetrate the inner city -- which you can do if you clear one side of the outer city and smash your way through the walls with giants. This is the easier way of handling the Earth Hammer as the inner city won't have fully awakened yet and the eastern wing will largely be deserted of units.
I recommend taking the eastern side, clearing the Archery Ranges there to stop the Dunedain Ranger sorties. Then take the middle and start clearing the inner walls of catapults. Break into the inner city and take out the Earth Hammer, then finish up the map.
The western side of the outer city and inner city have bonus capture-the-building objectives. After capturing a building, you can abandon it and the enemy will not try to take it.
The Dwarves do not have cavalry or anti-cavalry, so you should gradually replace your initial goblins with just Spider Riders and a few Giants. In any case, they have the easiest time in taking out the plentiful Dunedain Rangers in this mission.
The archer-manned barricades outside the inner wall are easily cleared if you rush in with cavalry or come in close to the wall from the sides -- the catapults are scripted to bombard the area in front of the barricades, and won't deviate from this even if you are behind the barricades, probably because they might hit their own troops.
Giants should get targeting by their Bombard power instead of being directed to attack. The walls and different heights on this map can confuse them and cause them to unexpectedly walk around when they don't have to.
Also, unlike trolls, Giants can hurl rocks over walls to hit units and buildings. Trolls also have a much shorter range.
The Goblin King can be brought up to level 9.
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Whoopi: Do We Start Profiling All the White People Because of Domestic Terrorism?
Tuesday on ABC's "The View," co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's calls for law enforcement to profile in the wake of the recent New York and New Jersey bomb incidents would include "profiling all the white people," because of "all the domestic terrorism."
Goldberg said, "So let me ask you a dumb question. So that takes care of the Syrian fear. What about the other folks? Do we start profiling all the white people because of—wait, wait—all the domestic terrorism? Who are we talking about? This is the problem. You know, for me—look, there are people who live here, who we're never going to find until they peek out and you can't protect against that."
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