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Start Living!
Somehow i don't want to premier the site on 9/11
At 6:15 am on the 12th of September, we will unveil the new site... I have already written the last post... and it's scheduled to appear here at this time... Why this time? Well... let's just say it's a very special time for me :)
Meanwhile here is a superb thingie i wrote...
Q: Do we all need someone in our life to make us feel happy? cant we be happy all by ourselves ? i mean its not necessary that everyone finds the right person so does it mean that he/she should wait for that person to come in our lives and make us feel happy or can we be happy in the absence of anybody?
A: As long as you have Guruji in your life, you don't really need anyone else :). However, if you have another person in your life, who shares the same love that you do for Guruji, for the Knowledge, for Seva, Sadhana and Satsang, then both of you can pull each other up and such a relationship can be an asset for you, and the other person.
People who need people for their happiness become like parasites to each other. Possessiveness, guilt, anger follow very quickly and annihilate whatever love that might have been there. You can't stay alone by yourself and be happy, you are bored... So you go out and bore some others... Don't feel too bad, even they are the same... Majority of the people are like that: disturbed, bored, not at peace and not comfortable with themselves. And they want to inflict their company on others who are more or less in the same boat... This sadness we term as society!
You need to be whole and complete by yourself. And the other person needs to be the same too... Actually, there's nothing to do except have the realization that you already are indeed whole and complete... Then you don't need each other to have a fulfilling life experience, but, if you are together, then you complement each other and true enchantment happens!
Instead of having the usual check list for your "perfect" person... Start making yourself eligible for that person! See what are the things you need to be, so that you can become a "perfect" match for someone else :)
And you will see that that person will magically appear for you! This "right" person may already be there for you in your life...
When the Guru steps into your life... Things change... Wisdom, Love, Peace and Happiness dawn. At last you are utterly comfortable being you! And like a brilliant light, you bring life and brightness wherever you go... Finally you stop asking the question What about me? What about me?
You become eligible for truly satisfying, wonderful relationships.
You start Living!
Jai Gurudeva!


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Who We Are?
Chrome Roses was created by UK Professional Pole champion Leah Rose. She is a dedicated instructor and performer and travels internationally to teach and promote the pole industry.
She created Chrome Roses so that she and her amazing team of instructors could encourage women and men of all shapes and sizes to enjoy being sexy and strong.
Why Choose Us
CR owner Leah is a respected instructor, performer and judge and travels globally promoting the pole industry. Her instructors are knowledgeable, passionate about what they do, and enjoy seeing their students succeed in class, whatever their goals are!
Pole dancing classes and flexibility classes are available for complete beginners through to elite polers.
We pride ourselves on safe and effective teaching and are the only Pole Safe Federation Approved Studio in South Wales. Our instructors are fully certified, insured, and trained to the highest professional standard.
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Not only is Leah an elite pole performer and winner of several competitions. She has a talent for teaching. She creates a fun, positive atmosphere, and breaks down hard tricks. In addition, she takes suggestions and feedback from her students, ensuring that you're getting the most out of your class and what you want to work on. I also appreciate that she is talented in several styles of pole from hard tricks to sexy slinky pole, so you're always learning something. Trust me, you'll get a work out, have fun, and reach your goals. Her passion is contagious, and will leave you wanting to come back for more classes. xxJulie Dumont
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In older people osteopathic treatment aims to maintain mobility, ease aches and pains and promote well being.
The body can be likened to a car, in that it needs regular servicing and maintenance as it gets older! Osteopaths treat the whole person not just conditions, and thus a very wide variety of different problems can be helped. Osteopathic treatment is aimed at releasing strains and stresses that have often accumulated in the body over many years, thus improving mobility and the circulation to all parts of the body. The result is often an improvement in many different aspects of health.
Sometimes only a few treatments are needed, other people may take benefit from regular treatment, or an occasional "service" every few months to keep the body moving well.
Common conditions that people see an osteopath with are:
This is the most common symptom of getting older. It can occur in many of the joints in the body, while some joints such as the hips and knees are more vulnerable than others.
Symptoms and signs: Enlargement and persistent swelling of a joint; aching, pain and stiffness, which is worse on initially moving a joint after resting; increased pain and swelling if the joint is overused. Arthritis can affect any joint in the body, but the back, hips and knees are some of the most debilitating.
Osteopathic treatment improves circulation around the joint and improves mobility. Treatment to ease old strains held within the body will enable the joints to move easily.
If replacement surgery is finally needed, we can offer rehabilitation after surgery.
We offer physiotherapy rehabilitation in addition to osteopathy at Lowbourne Osteopaths. Our physio can guide you through exercises after surgery and advise you, building your confidence.


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Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast FoodMay 10, 2009
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Eating junk food and fast food is a great all-American passion. American kids and grownups love their candy bars, Big Macs and supersized fries, Doritos, Twinkies, and Good Humor ice cream bars. The disastrous health effects from the enormous appetite for these processed fat- and sugar-loaded foods are well publicized now. This was particularly dramatically evidenced by Super Size Me (2004), filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's 30-day all-McDonald's diet in which his liver suffered the same poisoning as if he had been on an extended alcohol binge. Through increased globalization, American popular food culture is being increasingly emulated elsewhere in the world, such as China, with the potential for similar disastrous consequences. This A-to-Z reference is the first to focus on the junk food and fast food phenomena from a multitude of angles in addition to health and diet concerns. More than 250 essay entries objectively explore the scope of the topics to illuminate the American way through products, corporations and entrepreneurs, social history, popular culture, organizations, issues, politics, commercialism and consumerism, and much more.
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Found an empty dovetailed box at an antique store, was less of a box and more a pile of the sides . All dovetails had come loose. re glued and shaped the dovetails , added 5 dividers inside and covered with green felt to hold my fountain pens. Cut a simple lid out of birch plywood for some contrast.
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J Sainsbury: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
LONDON -- I'm always searching for shares that can help ordinary investors like you make money from the stock market.
Right now I am trawling through the FTSE 100 and giving my verdict on every member of the blue chip index.
I hope to pinpoint the very best buying opportunities in today's uncertain market, as well as highlight those shares I feel you should hold... and those I feel you should sell!
I'm assessing every share on five different measures. Here's what I'm looking for in each company:
- Financial strength: Low levels of debt and other liabilities
- Profitability: Consistent earnings and high profit margins
- Management: Competent executives creating shareholder value
- Long-term prospects: A solid competitive position and respectable growth prospects
- Valuation: An under-rated share price
A look at J Sainsbury
Today I'm evaluating J Sainsbury (ISE: SBRY.L) , a major food retailer that also engages in financial services and property investments, which currently trades at 333 pence. Here are my thoughts:
1. Financial strength: Free cash flow has been uneven during the past five years, ranging from 350 million pounds to 5 million pounds, while capital expenditure has been rising and eating up cash flow. Nevertheless, Sainsbury's balance sheet remains solid with low net gearing of 36% and sufficient interest cover of eight times. Also, the group has 739 million pounds in cash and cash equivalents, more than enough to cover debts maturing during the next five years.
2. Profitability: Sainsbury's performance has been largely unexciting for the past decade, with average annual sales growth of 3% and earnings growth of 7% per year. The average operating margin at 3% has been low compared to Tesco at 6% and William Morrison at 5%, while return on capital employed has been pedestrian at 8% per year.
However, Sainsbury's performance has significantly improved during the last few years, with sales growing at 6% and earnings at 9% per year, driven by the rapid growth of non-food sales, which have advanced three times faster than food sales.
3. Management: Since CEO Justin King took charge in 2004, sales have grown from 15 billion pounds in 2005 to 22 billion pounds in 2012, while margins have expanded from 2.2% in 2005 to 3.5% in 2012. In addition, operating profits have increased from 345 million pounds in 2005 to 827 million pounds in 2012, and dividends have compounded 11% annually from 8 pence per share in 2005 to 16 pence per share in 2012.
4. Long-term prospects: J Sainsbury is now the third-largest food retailer in the U.K. after Tesco and Wal-Mart's Asda, and its market share of more than 16% is the group's highest in nearly a decade. The general merchandise, online grocery, and convenience-store divisions have potential and could be areas for growth. However, without having any clear sustainable competitive edge and with the economy expected to contract during the next few years, improving margins and further returns on capital will be difficult.
5. Valuation: At a forward P/E of 11, I think Sainsbury is already trading around fair value and is a little bit more expensive than Tesco and Morrisons, both of which have a P/E of 10. However, Sainsbury looks cheaper, trading at only 1.1 times tangible book value and 0.3 times sales. Plus, according to the company, the market value of its properties could be more than 2 billion pounds greater than their accounting value, which means the share may actually trade at a discount to tangible book value.
My verdict on J Sainsbury
Sainsbury's performance during the last few years has been promising, but I am skeptical as to whether the firm can maintain this trend.
Margins and returns on capital have been improving but still remain low, and given that the business operates in a highly competitive industry, I would wait for a clearer indication of a sustainable competitive advantage -- that is, margins and returns on capital increasing further -- before buying in.
Besides, Sainsbury's share price has risen 17% during the last two months and is already trading near its 52-week high. While a 5% yield remains attractive, I believe the company is now reasonably priced and, without sufficient margin of safety in my valuation sums, I would not be comfortable owning it given the issues mentioned. However, I would consider buying if the share price fell below 300 pence.
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Egypt's media crackdown: targeting of journalists union and continued detention of reporters
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The head of an Egyptian journalists union and two board members have in recent weeks been given suspended two year jail sentences and fined for harbouring fugitives. The charges against Yehia Kalash, president of the Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate, Gamal Abdel Rahim and Khaled Elbalshy stem from a police raid on the union's building in May. Two journalists, wanted by police over protests against the transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, had taken refuge at the building. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said the charges against members of the Journalists' Syndicate was not an issue of freedom of speech. However, press freedom advocates such as the Committee to Protect Journalists have said the journalists union is being punished for working to protect journalists from harassment, threats and arrests. Meanwhile, a number of journalists continue to be held behind bars in Egypt often without charge. One such case is photographer Mahmoud Abu Zeid 'Shawkan' who has spent more than 1,000 days in jail following his arrest during the Rabaa protests in 2013. This week's African Media speaks to an expert on Egyptian media to discuss the significance of the charges against members of the journalists union and a lawyer who is representing Shawkan in Geneva, petitioning to have his case recognised by the UN.
Fatima el-Issawi, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics, on targeting of Egyptian Journalists' Syndicate
Q&A: Fatima el-Issawi
"This is unprecedented in the history of Egyptian media, but it's part of a wider crackdown on civil liberties, civil society groups, lawyers and human rights groups. Definitely the crackdown on journalists is stronger than on other groups, it's unprecedented. What we used to see under [former President Hosni] Mubarak was form of co-optation, intimidation, but we had a much higher margin of manoeuvre for expressing dissent in media. Since the military coup most of the media are singing the song of the military regime with only very few media and very few journalists who are trying to send a critical message about what's going on now in Egypt. They have to face retaliation - some of them are forbidden from traveling, some of them have seen assets in banks frozen - so it's really a very fierce attack on journalists."
Toby Cadman, international human rights lawyer, on case of detained photojournalist Shawkan
Q&A: Toby Cadman
"He has been brought before a judge, on the last occasion he was actually allowed to address the judge for the first time. My role has been working in highlight his situation with the United Nations. The UN in Geneva has a number of special rapporteurs and working groups that deal with particular instances of human rights violations. We filed a communication earlier this year with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Egypt declined to respond and the UN working group recently, in the last couple of weeks, issued a ruling upholding our complaint saying that he should be released, he should be offered compensation. The matter has also been referred to the Special Rapporteur on torture because of his deteriorating health situation and the refusal to provide him with adequate medical care or to release him from custody constitutes inhuman, degrading treatment and may constitute torture."


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Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Hijab Stylist: Ayse Kuafor
17 comments:
- Ahxuan said...
love the designs. but look different to wear. mashallah.
- 24/3/09 10:30
- Maryam Hajar said...
Thank you Jana for showing these gorgeous hijabs!!...Masha Allah, I really love the bottom 2 especially the one on the bottom left. Anyone have a link to instructions on how to wrap this one? Also, this will be my first summmer wearing hijab. it's very humid warm wear i live in the summer and am wondering how other Muslimahs deal with 'hot head' syndrome...:-)
Thank you and salamulaykum
- 24/3/09 11:08
- Jaz said...
Wow they are gorgeous! When I go into wearing hijab "full time" I'm definitely going to go for full on things like this, bright colours etc. I love your blog, it's much nicer than these "wear only black" blogs I see. Thank you for posting!
- 24/3/09 12:39
- MuslimahonaDiet said...
me too Jana, i love the yellow and purple with the flower on the side (last pic). I would probably wear them with a very simple yet elegant dress to compliment the hijab!
- 24/3/09 13:07
- Candice said...
Very pretty! Actually styles I'd like to wear, unlike so many of the unique styles out there. The first one is a bit too poofy and much for me, and the wedding one seems a bit conish, but the others are nice and I like the last one most.
- 24/3/09 14:08
- Anonymous said...
I LOVE the 2nd to the last one!!
- 24/3/09 14:34
- Leia said...
Oh my goodness, fabulous photos!
- 24/3/09 16:39
- Anonymous said...
Salaam, WOW! these designs are beautiful, I just wish there were instructions to go with them to say how to wrap what bit where!!
- 24/3/09 22:17
- Inspired Muslimah said...
SOOO pretty!
- 24/3/09 23:23
- MARiiAM said...
her website is'nt in english :(
but still there very beauitful and creative last ones and the yellow ones
LOVE ur blog !!!
- 25/3/09 07:36
- Sara said...
Salam Alaikum....just love the yellow hijab style....wish i knew how to wrap it...if anyone knows where i and others can find some instructions on how to put which bit where......then it'll be great....Jazakallah khair for the post.....salam alaikum....
- 25/3/09 16:26
- lala said...
all turkish hijab styles seem bit conish...do like some of these designs tho, n its good to encourage this than to hv brides go without hijab on their wedding day!
in the summer i generally have thinner scarves, n thin cotton undercap...but when its REALLY hot, i tend to usea mixture of water n oil on my hair to cool my head...somtimes i do diff hijab styles dependin on heat, cos my usual one is wrapped round a few times:)
- 25/3/09 17:59
- hippie_cyndi said...
dude, that looks like it takes so much effort.
- 29/3/09 03:54
- Gosu said...
greetings from Turkey :)
- 22/4/09 19:23
- Ioana said...
Talk about creativity, and finding a niche product.
'Hijab-hairdresser'...or is it 'Hijabdresser'?
- 1/5/09 00:40
- AyseGizem said...
I saw these designs in my Sister-in-law's wedding. The women told me that the kuafor made tiny stitches in place to create the floral effects. They were literally hurricane-proof lolz.
And I'm sure there aren't any instructions; trade secrets, you know?
- 4/9/09 08:09
- Aisha said...
Aisha is living in Istanbul, Turkey and her saloon make this hijabs...and if you want to buy hijab accessories she make her self and sell on www.aishasbridal.com
A.S. Sisters...
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'The Great Peshtigo Fire' is a good match for young historians
Don't play with matches!
Even before you entered first grade, that was a lesson you learned from your parents, grandparents, teachers and neighbors. Matches were cool, but they burned hot, and not only could they destroy things with the fire they make, they could also hurt you very, very badly.
You know all about the things that fire can do – but did you know that it can cause a tornado? Read about that and one of the biggest disasters in history, in "The Great Peshtigo Fire" by Scott Knickelbine.
In 1871, America was still a young country, but it was growing very fast. People were coming from all over the world to live here, and they all needed homes and furniture. Because much of our country was covered with huge forests, wood was plentiful and cheap and was often used to make those things.
In Northern Wisconsin, logging was a big industry: thousands of people worked to cut down tens of thousands of trees every year to meet the immigrants' demands. When loggers cut down the trees, they left behind dead branches and shrubs, which they called "slash." Dried slash was dangerous because it caught fire easily especially when mixed with the piles of sawdust that came from making wooden boards.
Trains, of course, were needed to bring the lumber out of the logging camps. The locomotives were run by steam, and the fire from the engines threw off sparks. It wasn't unusual for one of those sparks to meet dry slash and cause a disaster.
On Sunday, Oct. 8, 1871, a disaster is exactly what happened.
It had been dry that summer, and people were already used to a lot of fires and smoke-filled air. At about 10 that night, everyone heard a soft roar that grew and grew.
"Suddenly, big sheets of flame blew out of the forest," says Knickelbine. Everyone ran toward the safety of the Peshtigo River, but the fire was faster.
When it was over, the town was little more than ash. Nobody knows exactly how many people died in the flames; Knickelbine says, " even today, we don't know all their names."
So why isn't this conflagration the first topic when it comes to firefighting? Your child will learn the reason in this well-written, well-illustrated book.
Those illustrations, in fact, are a big part of "The Great Peshtigo Fire." Yes, Knickelbine gives kids a thorough overview of life in the Upper Midwest, post-Civil War, and he explains how this disaster came to be, personalizing it a bit by including a young boy as part of the story. But Knickelbine also includes vast amounts of artwork, real photographs, and weather maps to fully explain the significance – and the horror – of the deadliest firestorm in American history.
Meant for kids 7 to 10, I also think an older child would get a lot out of this book. For young historians, future firefighters or kids with wide and varied interests, "The Great Peshtigo Fire" is a good match.


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As we assume responsibility for shaping the future of Dexia, we would like to take this opportunity to write to each of you.
The €6.4 billion capital increase implemented last week has enabled us to increase our room for manoeuvre to face this unprecedented financial crisis. The mobilisation of Dexia's principal shareholders is an exceptional indicator of confidence for the bank's clients, be they individuals, local authorities, companies or institutionals.
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This past weekend, I was able to attend the Midwest UX conference held in Columbus, Ohio. I had a phenomenal time and was able to meet some really great, smart, and passionate people. I was able to immerse myself into an entire weekend surrounded by uber-UX-geeks of all ages and backgrounds who spoke a common language. Or several common languages with common keywords. I was able to speak without having to explain terms I was using. In short, it was a beautiful thing that I hadn't experienced in a long, long time.
I live for my family first and foremost, and as such, it's been a long time since I went to anything resembling a conference, really. Now that the kids are a "little bit" older, I figured it was time. It was definitely the right decision and I regret now that I didn't make it sooner.
Nearly a decade ago, when I started stepping back from developing or designing sites and thought it made a lot more sense to truly document the approach before building, it was unclear to me how prolific the industry I would take as my first professional love would become. As years went by, there were hints and signs here and there. At first, I could find a couple of examples of sitemaps on the web. Then I discovered Garrett's Visual Vocabulary. Later, I could google "information architecture stencils" and augment Nick Finck's stencil set for Visio 2003 with several others. Today, searches on any combination of the words in this post yield an overwhelming amount of results; an onslaught of information.
Going to Midwest UX reinforced for me that I had made the right decision "falling" into this field so many years ago. Listening to the speakers, and speaking to other UX pros, I felt like every principle I believe in, professionally and personally, was evident in every expressed word.
Everything that was said resonated with me in ways that were very real. Some of the presentations echoed musings of my own, while others presented approaches that were new to me, and all were done sensibly and masterfully. I tweeted many of the ideas that rang loudly to me. Overall, a single theme kept presenting itself to me; something that I hadn't put together into a coherent, single thought before this weekend.
The User Experience profession is about helping people. It's about empathy and being "more human," and creating that culture in every organization you touch.
This weekend, I was surrounded by a wave of people who are trying to make products & services better, and it left me with a deep and profound sense of pride in what I do.
I've always felt that User Experience design was a holistic approach to building websites that combined all of the best practices & elements in Communication, Cognitive Psychology, Marketing (yes, Marketing), Visual Design, Spatial Relationship, Computer Science, User Interface, Ergonomics, and (of course) Library Science. Attending Midwest UX and meeting and listening to so many passionate speakers and practitioners taught me that User Experience design also combines all these professional fields with Being Human, Empathy, Respect for Fellow Man, Equity, and Good Culture. We are a group of people making the world a better place. One interface at a time.
Thank you to all the people who organized this event, the brilliant speakers, and all the wonderful UX professionals who were in attendance.
One thing I didn't do the first day was properly attribute some of the themes and statements to the presentations I heard. So, my one-sentence takeaways for day one, by speaker:
- Informivores hunt by scent. – Jared Spool (@jmspool)
- Nta kibazo! (No Worries) Great reassertion of a basic tenet. – Veronica Erb (@verbistheword)
- Culture = (an abstraction of) patterns + stories – Erik Dahl (@eadahl)
- In-home interviews: Engage your host/participant as a human first, be an interviewer second, but keep the balance – Brad Nunnally (@bnunnally)
- UX designers are well-positioned to enrich kids' lives through volunteer teaching – Larissa Itomlenskis
- "You are in the problem-solving business & you don't solve problems with design documentation" – Jeff Gothelf (@jboogie)
- Interaction design isn't just about screens; it's about conversations & creating a space for them to keep going – Marc Rettig (@mrettig)
- Approaching users as sheep gives you a temporary success but has no meaningful, long-term effect – Dan Willis (@uxcrank)


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Very useful, thanks for the link. I'm just waiting to see which books I get from my 'letter to Santa'. Its always useful to find short concise reviews of history books that give a feel for them. There are so many available (expecially for WWII) that I often feel like I need someone else to mack a decision on what to buy for me.
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Mondial, is a bi-annual magazine from lifestyle cycle brand Rapha, containing long-form writing, photography and in-depth reportage, all connected to cycling. The company is known for their refined and classic aesthetic, and have extended their sophisticated style to the magazine's design.
The Challenge
To underpin and enhance their brand, Rapha publishes a cycling magazine for its loyalty customers with the name 'Rapha Mondial'. For the sixth issue, Park's brief was to contribute to the creativity and tactility, and deliver an eye-catching, high quality magazine that reflected their brand, a perfect blend of luxury, performance and aesthetics and which screamed out 'pick me up and read me'.
In this issue Rapha wanted to "up their game" in terms of the aesthetics of the magazine. They were already using our XD screening technology (allowing both conventional and stochastic screens to be used on the same plate) and the design style was already set, so Park suggested that they continue to do so, but for this issues change the materials used.
Our Solution
To increase the interest of the reading experience, we proposed using a mixture of materials within the text: matt, gloss, uncoated, together with a tactile uncoated stock for the cover.
We prepared a number of white paper dummies, each with a different combination of papers so that Rapha could choose the mix that best reflected the brand.
We applied our unique Park XD Screening technology. For the coated (gloss) stock, this used a 240# Sublima (hybrid) screen to the images, and a 21 micron stochastic screen to the four colour tints. For the uncoated stock, a 200# conventional screen was used.
Within ParkXD Screening, the use of two screens within a single page, produces the best reproduction of imagery (maximum detail, vibrancy and lift) while ensuring that tints and vignettes remain smooth and even (of particular importance to Rapha).
At our suggestion, the solid black article headings were converted to print as 4 colour process in order to obtain a more dense black. In addition, we neutralised the monochrome imagery to ensure the images maintained a consistent colour when printed.
Plate profiles, developed to achieve the best results on each material, were applied.
Epson proofs were supplied on each of uncoated and coated paper to ensure an accurate colour match on press.
Special hard drying inks were used to print the uncoated materials.
The sheets were printed to ISO 12647-2 (2013) colour standard, with the customer on-site to pass the cover and first few text sections.
All print production, folding and binding were carried out in-house, while a member of the production team supervised the foiling on the cover at the outworker.
The Results
- An eye-catching, tactile result that calls the customer to 'pick me up and read me'
- A differentiated text based cover
- Photography that is accurately and powerfully conveyed
- Excellent lift/detail achieved throughout, including on the uncoated text sections
- Smooth tints and pages of solid colour
- Dense black and very good colour consistency on the monochrome imagery
- Excellent cross-spine match-ups: colour and positioning
- Accurate folding and PUR binding
This magazine has been shorlisted in the Print, Design and Marketing Awards 2018.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Mauskopf, Philip
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- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
The universe since its formation 13.7 billion years ago has undergone many changes. It began with expanding and cooling down to a temperature low enough for formation of atoms of neutral Hydrogen and Helium gas. Stronger gravitational pull in certain regions caused some regions to be denser and hotter than others. These regions kept getting denser and hotter until they had centers hot enough to burn the hydrogen and form the first stars, which ended the Dark Ages. These stars did not live long and underwent violent explosions. These explosions and the photons from the stars caused the hydrogen gas …
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Monday's Sun coverage of the Canada-Chile FIFA Under 20 World Cup game Sunday was extensive, but one of the first web sites we ran across had a negative mention about the Toronto Sun.
"A lameass reporter for the Toronto Sun bitches & moans about how tough it is covering the event. Shut up!" says the Du Nord blog.
The comment is below numerous links to media sites reporting on international soccer games, which on their own earn a mention for soccer fans in search of wider coverage.
The Du Nord blog links to Stephen Brunt's mostly positive Olympic Stadium coverage for the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star's special report on the Under 20 World Cup.
Should we count that as one yellow card for Bill?
Speaking of soccer, a TSF reader wonders why the 50,000-seat stadium formerly known as SkyDome wasn't chosen for the World Cup games. Probably would have sold out there as they have at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.


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Checking in on a (younger) defense in a major transition
Just 17 games into their season, the Reign and it's younger and transitioning defensive core hasn't had time to ease into things. Gone are the Derek Forborts and the Kevin Gravels. While Forbort started the season with the Kings, Gravel was recalled and has shown promise to stay in LA. Jeff Schul... Read More


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Known as the mother of Chinese medicine, Qigong (pronounced chee-gong or chee-kung) is an ancient mind-body discipline that integrates postures, breathing, and focused intention. Qi Gong is the ancient Chinese art of relaxing, rejuvenating, and healing the body and mind. It consists of exercises that boost the flow of qi (pronounced chee), the universal life force (energy) within the body.
After spending two days a week for ten years with a well respected colleague, Dr. Huimin Wang, my acupuncturist and my friend for life, I began to truly understand what I once thought to be weird, "out there" medicine. The proof for me was in the results I experienced after his treatments. I've learned so much from the good doctor and often call him for patient/client consults when either massage or western medicine do not provide a total remedy for those who seek our help.
Dr. Wang has taught me that qi flows through the body along channels called meridians. As long as this flow is smooth, the body remains healthy. But any blockage or imbalance of qi can quickly result in illness.
It is unknown how qi gong actually works, but many suspect that the mechanism is hormonal in nature. I've talked with three clients who practice qi gong and they have related to me that after several years of practice, they seldom, if ever, get a cold.
Dr. Simon Wang, MD, PhD and co-author of QiGong for Health & Longevity states that qigong has also been shown to be effective in many clinical studies.
In a controlled study at the Shanghai Hypertension Research Institute, subjects showed improved cerebral blood flow after 12 months of qi gong training. Headaches, high blood pressure and several other ailments are associated with reduced blood flow in the brain. The same study showed reduced levels of blood lactate, suggesting a beneficial reduction in metabolic rate.
Studies show that QiGong experiences a marked rise in alpha brain waves, and the waves study conducted at the Traditional Medical College in Bejing showed the clear association with a calm, alert state of mind.
How to Practice QiGong
There are many types of qigong and all involve the flow of qi via meditation, breathing exercises and self-massage. You can practice while standing, sitting or lying down and, of course, anywhere you can find peace and quiet.
Outdoors is the optimal place to practice because the flow of qi is stimulated by fresh air and close proximity to plants.
All relaxation techniques are more beneficial when performed everyday on a life-long basis. Strive to devote 20 minutes each morning to learning qigong, and within two months you should feel calmer and more refreshed.
Relaxing Your Mind
Lie in bed or sit cross-legged on the bed or floor. Relax. Concentrate on breathing naturally for one to two minutes. Next, concentrate on "guiding" qi to an area that you visualize deep within your brain, just behind your forehead. Think of this area as a glowing red or yellow light or think of it as a green meadow or ocean waves, for example. After concentrating on your image for about five minutes, a sense of calm should wash over you.
Rubbing Your Hands
Shift your focus from your head to your palms. Gently rub your palms together for a minute or two. Then use one palm to rub the back of the other hand for a minute or two. Reverse hands and repeat, breathing naturally throughout the exercise.
Bathing Your Face
Close your eyes. Gently press the tip of your tongue against the back of your upper front teeth. Cover your face with your palms, fingers pointing upward. Using both hands, rub your face from forehead to chin. Then rub your face again from chin to forehead. Repeat 20 times until your hands and face feel warm.
Rubbing Dan Tian
The Dan Tian point, located in your lower abdomen, is one of the most important of all qi cavities.
Close your eyes. Using your right palm, rub your abdomen just below the navel, in a tight, circular pattern. Repeat 20 times.
Rubbing Yong Quan
Yong Quan is a key cavity in the center of the sole of each foot.
Place the fingers of your left hand against the bottom of your right foot, at the point where the arch meets the ball of the foot. Rub rapidly in a circular motion 20 times, concentrating on the Yong Quan point. Switch to your right hand and left foot and repeat.
Hopefully, with practice, you will find these simple techniques to be a helpful stepping stone to living a happy, peaceful, healthy life.
Nancy Shores
LMT, Facial Specialist
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"Worry is helpful only when it spurs us to take action and solve a problem."


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Here's a tip on how you can keep your reader interested in what you have to say.
Now that you've written an article that relates to solving a problem and you've explained all the benefits of following your advice, then it's the right moment to get your readers to empathize with you by letting them understand what it's like to be in your shoes.
Make it clear what has happened to other people who didn't follow advice that you have provided for them and thus can happen to them too.
If you're able to have them recognize and understand exactly how it will feel if they don't choose to follow your advice, your article will have a big impact on them.
If you have accomplished that, it's time to get their eyeballs to your resource box.
Your bio or resource box is how you introduce yourself to your readers.
Just giving them a list of links to your websites won't do the trick.
Instead, you have to let them know who you are and what you can do for them. At least try to give them the idea of what to expect from you and your sites.
Include one link to your most important web page or product that's most expected to be useful to your readers and include some text as a call to click and see what you have to offer.
Personally I like to include the sign up page for my newsletter, because I honestly believe I can help them best this way and because from there I can reach my readers over and over again.
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In American politics, one narrative — one question — eclipses all others: Who will become the 45th president?
But there are dramas within that drama. There's also suspense aplenty beyond center stage, and much of it does not involve Donald Trump, a third-party candidacy or the specter of a brokered Republican convention. This column, in the spirit of the holidays, will be a Trump-free zone.
Some of the following subplots could greatly influence the outcome of the presidential contest, while others have big implications for the sway and the health of the Republican and Democratic parties.
They're just a glimmer of what 2016 has in store.
Barack Obama Unbound. He's zipping down the road with Jerry Seinfeld. He's unzipping his lip with Steve Inskeep of National Public Radio. He's intensifying his fight against climate change.
As President Obama pivots into the final phase of his presidency, he seems to be heading in a new direction, toward greater candor, fewer inhibitions, no apologies. He has felt muzzled and misunderstood for much of his time in the White House. I sense a catharsis coming.
And it could complicate the inevitably strained etiquette between him and the Democratic presidential nominee, meaning Hillary Clinton. She'll have to defend many aspects of his legacy and disparage others as she does and doesn't campaign for a third Obama term. He'll react to this as someone who's losing his limited patience with political gamesmanship, who's tired of playing the punching bag and whose aides and associates are sometimes aghast at the Clintons.
Side note: Watch for Joe Biden, by design or accident, to blurt out something harmful to her at some point.
Bill Clinton on the Loose. Until recent weeks, it was almost possible to forget him as presidential-race factor. Then Hillary Clinton, in the last Democratic debate, tagged him as a key economic adviser in any second Clinton administration. Her campaign confirmed that he'd be popping up more often on the campaign trail. And references to his Oval Office misdeeds and the Clintons' marital psychodrama started to creep back into the news.
All of that was a fresh reminder that his proper role in, and impact on, his wife's candidacy is unsettled and unclear. He remains both wildly charismatic and maddeningly undisciplined. He connotes both prosperous times and cynical scheming.
There's no legitimate worry that his presence might eclipse and diminish hers, but the two of them together root her candidacy as much in the past as in the future. So how to deploy and integrate him? Is it controllable?
All Eyes on New Hampshire. I don't mean the state's Republican and Democratic primaries in February. I mean the United States Senate election in November. The balance of power in the chamber could hinge on the battle between the Republican incumbent, Kelly Ayotte, and her Democratic challenger, Maggie Hassan, the state's governor.
It won't look like many other Senate contests. New Hampshire's peculiar political realities mean that neither candidate is likely to be especially nasty or ideologically strident; each may well emphasize consensus-building and look for opportunities to flex independence from the party that's paradoxically pumping enormous resources into her race.
And their matchup will underscore New Hampshire's encouraging record of electing women to prominent public offices, where they're still frustratingly underrepresented nationwide.
A Tale of Two Mayors. The Democratic mayors of two of the nation's three most populous cities are under enormous strain, their approval ratings low, their approaches to governing under attack. I speak of Bill de Blasio in New York and Rahm Emanuel in Chicago, each of whom has acknowledged the need for redemption in 2016.
But while de Blasio's greatest problems are with white voters, Emanuel has lost the trust in particular of minorities, who are justly outraged by the deadly actions of his city's police officers.
The methods and success with which these remarkably different men chart their comebacks warrant scrutiny, harboring lessons about the Democratic Party's ability to bridge diverse constituencies and about the most effective style of leadership for fractious, tense times.
Religion on the Run. Same-sex marriage became the law in 50 states despite the opposition of many prominent church figures. The percentage of Americans who don't subscribe to any organized religion steadily grows.
And that means that whoever winds up with the Republican nomination has to figure out how to play down the primary's degree of God talk and moralizing without alienating voters on the so-called religious right, who could cause a distracting scene, impede the party's outreach to moderate and younger voters, and decide to sit out the election.
Can the party soften its image, adapt to the times and expand its appeal while satisfying evangelicals? Its success in presidential contests could hinge on that.


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DMCA Does Not Apply to U.S. Government
According to a recent court ruling, we are all subject to the provisions of the DMCA, but the government is not:
The Court of Federal Claims that first heard the case threw it out, and the new Appellate ruling upholds that decision. The reasoning behind the decisions focuses on the US government's sovereign immunity, which the court describes thusly: "The United States, as [a] sovereign, 'is immune from suit save as it consents to be sued . . . and the terms of its consent to be sued in any court define that court's jurisdiction to entertain the suit.'"
In the case of copyright law, the US has given up much of its immunity, but the government retains a few noteworthy exceptions. The one most relevant to this case says that when a government employee is in a position to induce the use of the copyrighted material, "[the provision] does not provide a Government employee a right of action 'where he was in a position to order, influence, or induce use of the copyrighted work by the Government.'" Given that Davenport used his position as part of the relevant Air Force office to get his peers to use his software, the case fails this test.
But the court also addressed the DMCA claims made by Blueport, and its decision here is quite striking. "The DMCA itself contains no express waiver of sovereign immunity," the judge wrote, "Indeed, the substantive prohibitions of the DMCA refer to individual persons, not the Government." Thus, because sovereign immunity is not explicitly eliminated, and the phrasing of the statute does not mention organizations, the DMCA cannot be applied to the US government, even in cases where the more general immunity to copyright claims does not apply.
It appears that Congress took a "do as we say, not as we need to do" approach to strengthening digital copyrights.
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Three years on from their eponymously titled second album, I Am Kloot's third 'Gods And Monsters' adopts a stripped down and simple approach, and will, perhaps inevitably, draw comparison to Badly Drawn Boy.
'Gods And Monsters' isn't a bad album, merely average which is a real shame. There are saving graces: the title track, with its Wurlitzer organ and nagging piano riff is un-nerving stuff. Recent single 'Over My Shoulder' feels as comfortably familiar as a well worn jumper. The lovelorn 'The Stars Look Familiar' is the aural equivalent of coming down from an almighty hangover.
Perhaps the most consistent thing about 'Gods And Monsters' is singer Johnny Bramwell's songwriting suss. On the title track he can be found bemoaning the virtual reality of television: 'There's children singing / and church bells ringing / and people skipping merrily to work / I am dreaming'. Closing track 'I Believe', rallies against consumer culture singing 'I believe in the hallelujah chorus of the shopping malls / I know we shouldn't / I know we musn't / but of course we will' perhaps before putting down a deposit on a high interest rate sofa.
So is it worth investing in 'Gods And Monsters'? Perhaps but don't expect to love it, like it yes but love it? Maybe, maybe not.
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Daimer Unveils Carpet Cleaners with Truck Mount Power
U.S.A – October 12, 2012 – Daimer Industries, Inc.®, supplying the most comprehensive selection of cleaning machines in the industry with over 600 models, has released its USA made XTreme Power® XPH-9600 carpet steam cleaners. The systems offer Daimer®'s low-flow technology, temperatures up to 210ºF within three to five minutes, and heavy-duty, completely variable-pressure 500 psi pump systems. The pressure flow rivals the outflow force typically emitted by top of the line truck mount carpet cleaners. Operators can dial the desired pressure level, depending upon the specific type and condition of the carpet fibers, and also when using an optional upholstery tool.
"Commercial cleaning professionals and those performing carpet cleaning maintenance within business and non-business sectors can now achieve outstanding cleaning power results," says Daimer Industries® spokesman, Matthew Baratta. "The XTreme Power® carpet cleaning machines make cleaning carpeting significantly faster and more effective."
The XTreme Power® XPH-9600 commercial carpet cleaners use 110 volt power, and are optimized for both low-pile commercial and higher-pile residential carpeting. The system features three powerful 2-stage motors and 250 inch water column lift for maximum suction and minimal drying time. The carpet cleaners come bundled with 100 feet of hoses in 25 foot sections, so users can daisy-chain to reach the length most appropriate for the job, without needing to use any unnecessary lengths whenever possible.
Importantly, operators can maximize productivity as they can clean up to a 31,000 radius without moving the machine. Self-regulating, user-selectable auto-fill and auto-dump functionality allows the machine to manage the inflow of clean water and outflow of recovered water to a drain or commode, for the most efficient process.
Higher pressure is an essential factor when cleaning carpet for professional results. The XPH-9600's 500 psi helps to quickly remove dirt and grime from within the deepest carpets with less effort than when using lower-pressure models. Unlike truck mount carpet cleaners with drying times up to 24 hours, the 9600 offers low drying times up to within only two hours. The carpet cleaning machines are especially ideal for commercial cleaning contractors, hotels, businesses, and restaurants, property managers, and other seeking outstanding cleaning results and the fastest drying times.
The carpet steam cleaners come equipped Daimer®'s patented wand technology, which offers 60% greater suction than any other wand in the industry. The power is equivalent to a vacuum motor, resulting to even shorter drying times.
Daimer® is offering free with each of the commercial carpet cleaners two gallons of its completely plant-based, soap-free, Eco-Green® Carpet Care & Upholstery Cleaner. The concentrated liquid can make enough RTU (Ready-To-Use) solution to clean up to 64,000 square feet of carpet.
For More Information:
Visit http://www.daimer.com/carpet-cleaner/ or call Matthew Baratta directly at (888) 507-2220 for additional product information on this or any of Daimer®'s products. The equipment, also configurable in 220-240 volt, 60 Hz and 50 Hz power, is available for exportation to over 200 countries worldwide.
About Daimer Industries, Inc.®:
Daimer Industries® at www.daimer.com, is the world's leading supplier of cleaning equipment, such as carpet cleaners, pressure cleaning equipment, gum removers, and tile and floor cleaning machines. Daimer Industries® also offers other technologies and patented technologies for most cleaning applications.
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Matthew Baratta, Daimer Industries, Inc.®
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If your child has a dental emergency, please do not hesitate to call us immediately. If it is outside of normal office hours, we're always available to registered patients via the emergency number left on our answering machine. Call 610-566-0291 as soon as possible.
If your child has broken their tooth, have them rinse with warm water to make sure any tooth bits are cleaned from their mouth. Place a cold compress on the tooth. Please try to save the broken part of the tooth if possible. Give us a call right away.
If your child has knocked out a tooth that was not previously mobile, try to touch only the crown part of the tooth (the part previously visible when smiling). Rinse the tooth with water, NO soap! If you can place the tooth back in the socket, do so and hold it in place with a clean towel. If you cannot get the tooth back in the socket, place it in milk. Please call the Media dental office of Dr. Hillyard and Dr. Monroe immediately. If you act quickly, it may be possible to re-implant and save a permanent adult tooth.
If your child complains of tooth pain, inspect the area to make sure nothing is caught in-between the teeth. If the pain continues, apply a cold compress to the area. Do not apply heat or aspirin. You may administer oral Children's Advil or Ibuprofen for the pain. Contact us right away at 610-566-0291.


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FUN, Stonington
FUN has always been, well, fun. And if FUN isn't ringing a bell, you may have visited one of its former incarnations: SHE'S BACK or NEXT. The latest location is on Cutler Street. You'll find racks of cheerful, white Mexican tunics with colorful embroidery in loads of styles, plus deeply discounted, small-label designer collections, colorful printed beach cover-ups for ladies and tots, linen tees, kimono style robes and summery shoes. Stock up on gift items, picnic supplies and European soaps. The latest gems are in the back two rooms. Discover the massive linen outlet peppered with shams, duvets, blankets and sheets by designers like John Robshaw and Vera Wang at prices you won't believe. So FUN.
Fan's of She's Back in Stonington will be thrilled by Fun on Route One, a 3000 square foot bargain hunters bazaar in the old Porch & Patio. Get ready for an ever changing and kooky mix of deeply discounted goods: Nantucket baskets, gardening hats, cook's tools, wooden bowls, french soaps, men's suits and a huge selection of fancy bedding, all at least 50% off retail prices. Currently open Friday to Monday at 829 Olde Stonington Road. No website, phone: 860.535.8490
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Born in the very beginning of 13th century, Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. His coronation took place in 1253. The exact date of the important event hasn't been traced but, according to a hypothesis by a Kaunas-born historian Edvardas Gudavičius, we all agree it could happen on July 6th. Therefore, since 1991, July 6th is celebrated as the Statehood Day in Lithuania!
Even though it's reminding us about events that happened almost 800 years ago, the Statehood Day is one of the "youngest" official holidays, and we don't have so many traditions of spending it. But there's one, and it's the most beautiful – Every July 6th at 9 pm Lithuanian time everyone in the country and Lithuanians around the world sing our National anthem.
In Kaunas, the biggest crowd will gather to sing the anthem near the castle. This is where a sculpture (almost 7 m high) of a warrior of freedom, also called Vytis by most people (Vytis is the knight depicted on our coat of arms and historic flag, as well as Euro coins made in Lithuania) was opened on July 5th, 2018. The singing of the anthem will be followed by a Lithuanian opera called "Radvila Perkūnas" shown right there at Kaunas castle field. The premiere of the opera by one of the most popular Interwar composers Jurgis Karnavičius took place at the Kaunas State Theatre 80 years ago, in 1937, with the libretto written by none other than Balys Sruoga. The piece tells a love story within the context of the events that were disastrous for Lithuania in the 16th and 17th century. The free opera night is part of the "Operetta at the Kaunas Castle" festival.
The National Anthem will also be sung on one of the hill forts in Kaunas – the Jiesia hill also called the Napoleon hill. A few local folk ensembles will perform as well, starting at 8 pm. – don't forget to take a camping chair or a blanket as you might want to spend some time on the hill.
If you happen to own a yacht, then sail right to the Kaunas reservoir bay between Pažaislis monastery and Yacht club. That's right – local sailors have agreed to start meeting at 8 pm and prepare to sing the Lithuanian anthem together with the rest of the world.
Another great thing to do on Statehood Day is watching a record number – 100! – of hot air balloons rise and land at the Nemunas island. The festival called "Wind of Freedom" gathered air balloon pilots from all around the world and expects to beat a few Lithuanian records. The festival will continue through July 8th.
If you're in town for a full day on July 6th, come to the Vytautas the Great War Museum (the essential source of information on Lithuanian history!) garden at noon to enjoy a carillon music concert from the bell tower. Carillonist Austėja Staniunaitytė has prepared a unique Statehood Day programme, including Lithuanian folk music and pieces by Juozas Naujalis, Česlovas Sasnauskas, Galina Savinienė and Balys Dvarionas.
The National M. K. Čiurlionis Museum of Art, as well as all of its departments (Kaunas Picture Gallery, Devils' Museum, M. Žilinskas Art Gallery etc.), will be open on the Statehood Day (11 am – 5 pm). Many fantastic exhibitions are now running all around town, so the bank holiday might be a great chance to visit a handful of them.
Kaunas City Museum and its departments will also be working on the royal Friday. Even more exciting exhibits to discover! We recommend you visit the Kaunas Town Hall, also the department of Kaunas City Museum, and see a great photography exhibition from the archives of Stanislovas Lukošius. The artist took a great deal of black and white photos in the 1950s!
Enjoy remembering Lithuania's only king – and don't forget public transport is free of charge in Kaunas on the Statehood Day.
All pictures by Andrius Aleksandravičius


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The design of the Rhodia writing, note or even drawing pad has classic, discreet and timeless notes in its design. The perceived "timeless" attribute is particularly apropos when you consider that the pad has hardly changed at all since 1934. It is made in France, a country that is known for its sense of style in many fields including that of writing pads, notebooks and the like. You only have to think of the company CLAIREFONTAINE to see our point – Rhodia, by the way, took over that company a few years ago!
Now about the paper: your writing, note-taking or drawing is gratefully accepted by a snow white, satin-finished, i.e. heavily sized, smooth vellum paper, the kind that many prolific writers and artists have grown to love. Lines, in so far as they are present at all, are a really pale violet – also a typically French touch!
The cover is made of solid cardboard – plain and simply beautiful. The pads are bound at the top and in a "sangrif" manner, which means that the staples do not appear on the back.
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"We use QuickConcept in two of the most important initial stages of a project: data evaluation and quoting," explains Mr. Koning. "When data arrive from a customer, we use QuickConcept to study it along the lines of product development to determine what is really going on with the part. Is the piece drafted correctly? Are there any noticeable slides and lifters? We examine it from a CAD point of view.
"Then, we use QuickConcept to look at the part from a cost estimating standpoint. We study the part along the lines of whether or not what we're looking at is actually what the customer is asking us to quote," says Mr. Koning. "We use the software to determine early on if there are problems with the CAD data. If there's something we're going to have to correct, we're able to factor that into our bid from the onset."
He says QuickConcept was instrumental in streamlining the tool development process because cost estimating specialists no longer had to rely on CAD engineers to gather information. Therefore, the teams didn't have to operate on the same schedules. Each team member was able to perform an individual function at any time, and the information was presented in a format that all members of the team could understand.
The software also recently enabled LS Mold to deliver significant time and cost reductions when bringing a customer's line to market. In a fraction of the time previously required, LS Mold performed meticulous data analysis, allowing it to identify flaws in the design data and recommend modifications early on to eliminate several time-intensive development stages and to develop accurate quotes that reflected the true cost of manufacture.
"When we have to deal with drawings, we invest 2, 3 or 4 hours in evaluating the data," says Mr. Koning. "Using Quick Concept, performing quick part analysis now takes only minutes, versus hours. And, our quoting specialists can call the parts up on their own, without an engineer's assistance, to determine the parameters of the project."
QuickConcept transforms complex part CAD designs into easy-to-understand 3D models that can be analyzed, viewed and marked-up by anyone in the tool development process, from shop owners to cost estimators to tool designers¾even those who have never before sat in front of a CAD system.
"We don't expect our cost estimating specialists to learn CAD material, because that's not what they do day in and day out. But, using Quick Concept, they are able to extract the information they need in an easy-to-use format," says Mr. Koning. "The program allows our quoting specialists to shade portions of the drawing and rotate the image to get a better feel for what they're quoting. And now they can print directly from the program to get an even better handle on what they're looking at.
"Having the ability to point out problems in very detailed design models more quickly and more accurately allows us to provide meaningful feedback in a timely manner to help spur a project's success," Mr. Koning concludes.
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1. What exactly do you do?
- What field is your job in?
- What is your job title?
Biological Science Tech
- Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for (size and general description of what type of organization it is)
united states department of agriculture
- How long have you been employed in this position?
10 years
- How many hours do you work a week on average?
- Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
- Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
agricultural research. help design research projects, collect data, statistical analysis
- What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
- What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
- Please list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation, sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
health insurance, retirement plan
- Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
under compensated
2. Work environment!
- Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
i have 2 underlings. while i enjoy there company and need there help, there was no additional pay for having to supervise them
- Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
- Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
- Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it
- Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
- 3 Income
- 1 Work Environment - co-workers
- 2 Work Environment - supervisors
- 7 Benefits
- 6 Hours
- 5 Level of responsibility
- 4 The actual "work" you do at your job
- 8 Job Title
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
- If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
go to usajobs.gov
- What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social skills, organization skills, technical skills)
degree in any scientific field.
- Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
- What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
learn to play the game, filing the right paperwork and kissing the right asses seems to be the only way to get ahead.
4. How did you get your J-O-B
- How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
started as a workstudy while still in college
- What was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper application, electronic application, all, etc.)
mine was paper, but now its all online
- Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
no, i did not interview for my job, i started as a work-study and bounced around from project to project as they need help (my skills were unimportant)
- If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
- Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
- If your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post college/personal plan)
workstudy, going project to project, then there was finally money to make some of us that had been there about 5yrs permenant.
5. Background: Are you qualified?
- Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
i have a bs in math/stats
- Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
no, they had no idea what i could do and basiclly made myself indespensible.
- Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
no and yes, i do the statistical annalysis
- If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION)
- If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is "fun" about your job?
some days i have to drive a 4x4 thru muddy paths
- What is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s) of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work, hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
most fulfilling is seeing my name in print. least fulfilling is all the administative (paperwork) you have to do.
- Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
yes/no, yes in that ive been there 10 yrs, no because id leave if something better came up.
- What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
i might go back to grad school.
- Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
the center generates an atomosphere of mediocracy, in that good work is not rewarded, so most of us do the minimum necessary to stay in good standing.
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They've seen the trailers, looked over the posters, sifted through the off screen controversies and examined the material in depth. Now after all the hype surrounding Marvel's latest installment with Doctor Strange, what is the consensus on the 2016 blockbuster? According to Variety, it is worth the price of admission.
The 100% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes is a red herring prior to making its general release to moviegoers. But with the U.S. screenings dropping midnight on Sunday for the critics, the film was universally praised for the stunning visuals and avoiding basic cliches from the genre.
Benedict Cumberbatch also appears to look the part as a genuine superhero, as the wordsmiths gave their opinions on social media.
Strange A Welcomed Member To Extended Marvel Family
Peter Debruge from Variety explained: "This new project shares the same look, feel, and fancy corporate sheen as the rest of Marvel's rapidly expanding Avengers portfolio, but it also boasts an underlying originality and freshness missing from the increasingly cookie-cutter comic-book realm of late. From this second-tier side character, the studio has created a thrilling existential dilemma in which its flawed hero's personal search for purpose dovetails beautifully with forays into the occult New Age realm of magic and sorcery where Doctor Strange ultimately finds his calling."
David Ehrlich from Indiewire was staggered to see how unique a film this was amongst a franchise that had familiarity about it.
"It's one thing to take a new world and make it feel familiar," explained Ehrlich, "and quite another to take a familiar word and show us new ways of looking at it. This is the first chapter of the MCU that accomplishes that second, more difficult, more thrilling task, and that bodes well for a better, stranger tomorrow for the MCU."
Swinton Praised And Nolan Toppled According To Critics
Jen Yamato from The Daily Beast gave glowing praise to the female lead whose performance was worth singling out.
"Swinton is effortlessly excellent in her role—one that was gender-flipped, in a progressive move for strong female representation in the genre, at least—and her arc, too, focuses instead on more simple universal binaries: Life vs. death, shadows vs. light, good vs. evil, the kind of yin and yang terrain that dials right into the major currents of Strange's origin tale. As a contained standalone this is the most inventive Marvel has allowed its movies to get so far, which is a positive indication for new freshness as Phase 3 rolls out."
And if Marvel weren't already getting ahead of themselves, Todd McCarthy from THR said the mind-altering landscape scenes got the better of Inception!
"Determined, among other things, to top Christopher Nolan at his own game when it comes to folding, bending and upending famous cityscapes to eye-popping effect, this action movie ostensibly rooted in the mind-expanding tenets of Eastern mysticism is different enough to establish a solid niche alongside the blockbuster combine's established money machines."
While high expectations can be dangerous, it looks like Doctor Strange is a sure thing.


text: Wedding: L & P at the Prospect Park Boathouse in Brooklyn, NY — This wedding was so much fun to photograph. What could be better than a wedding filled with Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, and Hip Hop? Everyone was dancing and having such a good time. It was a great night for these two.


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Heathens (SSATBaB - L4)
The edgy hit song from Twenty-One Pilots featured in the 2016 supervillains movie "Suicide Squad" is injected with von Kampen's savvy sense of reharmonization and texture changes. Very hip and surprisingly accessible due to good voice leading.
Notated bass part, drums, notated piano included with vocal part


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JUL — Christmas
Christmas is the biggest and longest holiday of the year. Schoolchildren are on holiday for a couple of weeks. The height of the celebration is Christmas Eve, the 24th of December, followed by the two holidays Christmas Day and Boxing Day.Christmas festivities involve numerous traditional activities and attributes, the most important of which are the Christmas tree, the Christmas meal, and the visit of the "tomte" or Christmas gnome.Introduced into Sweden from Germany, the Christmas tree has been a part of Christmas in Sweden since the 1700s. It was not until well into the last century that the custom became general, however. Nearly every Swedish household now brings in a tree one or two days before Christmas and decorates it with sparkling objects, gaily wrapped candies, glass bulbs and other small trinkets, many made of straw. The tree is also adorned with lights — usually electric these days, although some still use stearin candles. The tree is kept watered, and many households keep their trees until the very end of the holiday, which falls on the twentieth day after Christmas — Knut's day in the Swedish calendar. Lighted trees outdoors have become increasingly
common, and every town and village decorates a community tree.
Christmas Eve, then, is the height of the festivities. Traditionally it is a day when no work should be done other than seeing to one's livestock. This is the day of the Christmas feast, which comprises a smörgåsbord including a few traditional dishes such as ham, jellied pig's feet, "lutfisk" and rice porridge. "Lutfisk" (literally "lye-fish") is most likely a throwback to a period of fasting from pre-Reformation times. It is a dish prepared of ling that is dried and then boiled. The Christmas feast also includes a tradition called "dipping in the kettle", in which the assembled family and guests dip bits of bread in the broth left over after boiling the ham. Both "lutfisk" and "dipping in the kettle" are actually poor man's fare from olden days, but they live on thanks to their role in holiday festivities.After the meal, it is time for a visit from the "tomte" or Christmas gnome. He was believed to live under the floor-boards of the house or barn. The "tomte" was credited with looking after the family and their livestock. In the late 1800s a Swedish artist began producing greeting cards illustrated with gnomes. Her figures were a tremendous success, and soon the "tomte" had assumed a role comparable to that of the various Santa Claus figures in other countries. He is believed to come with presents. In many households nowadays someone disguised as a "tomte", a big sack of presents over his or her shoulder, appears on the doorstep sometime toward the evening of Christmas Eve. By tradition Swedes attend church in the small hours of Christmas morning. In olden days it was customary to race in sleds or horse-drawn wagons home from the services. The winner was believed to have the best harvest the coming year. Otherwise, the day is spent quietly within the family circle, with Christmas parties and get-togethers the following day and on through the holidays until Knut's day a week after Twelfth Night.
New Year' s EveNew Year's Eve in Sweden is not the carnival-like occasion it is in many countries. Swedes are apt to celebrate the New Year by inviting a few friends home, and many greet the coming year in front of their television sets. Since the turn of the century Stockholmers have gathered at Skansen (an open-air museum) at midnight to hear a reading of Tennyson's "Ring- out the old, ring- in the new". When radio arrived on the scene in the 1920s, this reading was broadcast through-out the country, a tradition now carried on by television. Perhaps this is part of the reason why Swedes tend to stay at home on New Year's Eve. Restaurants are, of course, fully booked, and some people let off fireworks, but very often New Year's Eve in Sweden is spent quietly at home. If you know the right tricks, you can predict the fortunes of the coming year. You might, for example, melt lead and cast the molten metal into a bowl of cold water. The shape of the resulting lead clump bears a clue about the coming year. This custom is widespread in Germany and most probably came to Sweden from that country. I t was also customary in olden days to go out into the frozen fields or roads in the dark of the long midwinter night and stand and listen. If you thought you heard, say, the sound of a scythe cutting grass, it meant a good harvest for the coming year, but if you heard, say, the clang of sword against sword, there might be rattling of arms and war afoot.
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Revamped BLS Homepage
In our never ending efforts to better serve the public, BLS will be revamping our web site (www.bls.gov) homepage in the coming weeks.
Highlights of the 2010 Redesign
- Extended List of Latest BLS National Economic Releases – Easy access to latest seven national economic releases.
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