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Consider this post a love letter to those of you who felt more than a gentle pang of recognition while watching George Clooney in the movie, "Up in the Air." If you're a career road warrior like me, a trip around the world is a once in a lifetime opportunity to put all those airline miles and hotel points to extraordinary use. Status is everything in the business travel world and if you spend enough time on the road to have earned elite status with airlines and hotels, your trip can be all the more luxurious. And if you have enough points and miles, it could be nearly free.
My Delta miles have funded one First Class and 9 Business Class tickets around the world – each an approximate value of $40,000 had I paid for them. If that's not a perk of frequent business travel, I don't know what is.
Elite status with the major US hotel chains like Starwood, Hilton and Marriott has also afforded me some incredible upgrades on my RTW trips. From a luxury two-story villa at the Sheraton Phuket in Thailand to an overwater bungalow at the Hilton Moorea, elite status has its advantages. In addition to upgrades, most of these hotel chains offer free wifi and access to extravagant club lounges to their elite guests.
Redeeming Airline Miles for a RTW Ticket
As an Atlanta-based business traveler, my miles have always been with Delta Airlines and over the years I have become an expert in dealing with the RTW award desk to book my RTW tickets each year. Alas, Delta quietly ended the RTW award ticket in late 2014 and, yes, I'm still heartbroken. American ended their oneworld RTW award ticket earlier that year leaving United as the only major US airline allowing the use of miles for a RTW ticket (with their Star Alliance).
But all hope is not lost for those of us with miles to burn…
The one silver lining in Delta's 2015 Skymiles program (the one that eliminated the RTW award) was the introduction of one-way award tickets within the Skyteam Alliance. One of the most difficult aspects of booking the old RTW award ticket was the barrage of rules governing them – no backtracking, limited number of stops, etc. With one-way awards, you could theoretically plan a RTW trip with no rules and a number of stops limited only by the amount of miles you have. Yes, these individual award tickets are likely to cost more miles than their all-inclusive predecessor, but the extra miles could buy you an incredible amount of flexibility in return.
A few tips on booking award tickets to create your own RTW trip:
First, as with any award ticket, book as far in advance as possible. Award tickets are typically refundable (or re-depositable) so you don't have anything to lose by booking tickets that you may later need to cancel or change (of course, be sure to check your airline's rules).
I'd recommend booking at least six months before you plan to travel. The difference in booking award tickets versus paid tickets (which can fluctuate greatly in price in the months prior to departure) there's no question about the best time to book – with award tickets, the price (in miles) will only go up. The sooner you book, the fewer miles you'll spend.
In my experience, the toughest flights to get are the initial flight out of the U.S. and the last flight back in. You'll likely spend the majority of your miles on those two flights. Once you get overseas to partner carriers, the availability is often much better as well as the amount of miles you need for each ticket.
If you still want to book a single RTW ticket instead of individual flights, you do have a few options with overseas carriers:
Skyteam: AeroMexico, Korean Air
Star Alliance: Lufthansa, Singapore
And, of course, United Airlines is the only remaining US carrier allowing you to use miles for a RTW award, though their redemption cost has skyrocketed in the past two years. Currently, they are:
Economy: 200,000 miles
Business: 350,000 miles
First: 450,000
The bottom line? Though the ease of booking a single RTW award ticket has all but disappeared in the last 2 years, there are still a number of options to put your miles to use with the global airline alliances to create the round-the-world itinerary of your dreams.
Redeeming Hotel Points
My hotel program of choice is Starwood's Preferred Guest. What I like about Starwood is not just the quality of their properties (Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis, W and others) but the Cash & Points redemption option that they offer. It's what separates them from the competition. I also love their Crossover Rewards program with Delta Airlines which allows me to earn hotel points on my Delta flights and miles on my Starwood stays.
While I have similar status and accumulated points with both Hilton and Marriott, Starwood's Cash & Points redemption option allows me to stretch my points much further. Case in point: in a typical year of business travel, I earn approximately the same amount of points each between Starwood, Hilton and Marriott. When I'm ready to book my RTW trip each year, I dip into those accounts and start evaluating my options to redeem points for free nights.
On average, I am only able to book one or two free nights each with Hilton and Marriott, using all my accumulated points. However, with Starwood's system, I've been able to extend my point balance to cover as many as 10-12 nights if I add in cash of $35-$55 a night, depending on the category of hotel. In my book, that's a deal. Hilton also began offering a Cash & Points option in 2012 but in my experience the availability of this option has been rare compared to SPG.
I should also note that in my experience, the international properties of Starwood and Hilton are especially generous with upgrades. Even when I'm redeeming points, I'm often offered a suite without hesitation. This is especially true of Starwood's international properties. Also, many of the club lounges at these hotels are magnificent – those in Asia are some the best in the world – and offer a taste of local specialties and the all-important open bar.
2016 Update: Marriott recently purchased Starwood and now you can earn and redeem points across both brands. Even better, Platinum status on one means Platinum status on both so for the first time in my travel life, I am enjoying Marriott's elusive Platinum status and I look forward to seeing how the perks compare with those of my beloved SPG.
Earning Points and Miles on Your Trip
A trip around the world isn't just an opportunity to redeem points and miles, it can also be a great chance to earn them. You will undoubtedly have to book additional flights outside your alliance RTW ticket. I use this as a chance to earn miles with other airlines. Even if you think it's an airline you'll never fly again, what's the harm in signing up for their program? You never know.
Same goes for hotels that are outside your preferred chains. There are a number of international chains offering perks like free wifi or breakfast just for signing up for their programs. Again, as long as it's free, why not? Plus, you'll earn points with a new chain that you may be able to use in the future.
When using my Starwood, Hilton and Marriott points, I always check the rates first. Some of the rates on Asian and South American properties are so inexpensive that I'm better off saving the points for a more extravagant destination and getting credit for the stay. Evaluate each destination and make the best choices to maximize your rewards.
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Art Therapy and Water Colors
I've always been an artist when it comes to the poetry and musical realm of art, and I've enjoyed it immensely. I love that I can write out the things that are going on in my head and then sing them to a tune. That ability has been very helpful to me since I was a child, as it's been one of the ways I work through and process the things that happen to me and the things going on around me.
But sometimes, I don't have any words. Sometimes, I am thinking and feeling things that I can't write out, because I haven't quite identified what those thoughts and feelings are yet. Do you know what I mean? It's those times when you know you've got a lot in there but you don't know what to say about it so you feel stuck; those times prove especially difficult for me, as I'm used to defaulting to words.
My whole life, I've been surrounded by friends who paint and draw, and I deeply admire their craft and what they make. However, I've always been quite intimidated by this realm of art for myself. I'm very much like Abe (or really, he's very much like me) when it comes to giving up easily on skills that don't come as naturally as others. There've been a handful of times when I've sat down to draw or paint something, and it actually came out half decent and I'd feel really good. But 99% of the time, I put way too much pressure on myself to be really good at something I have no technical skill or ability to do, and it ends up looking like crap…. as it should, because I don't know what I'm doing.
Several months back, I caught a glimpse of some abstract water coloring either on Instagram or Pinterest, probably both. I happened to be really overwhelmed that day, so I decided to pull out my water color palette and paper and paint how I felt. Abe sat down with me and did his own thing, which was wild and free; I love when kids paint. But, I told myself as I started that this wasn't for anyone or anything, really. It was just to try and get out what I was feeling through a different medium than I was used to, in hopes that I'd be able to come to terms with what I was feeling. The painting above is what happened. The feeling that I had when I was finished was almost euphoric; I felt calm, relieved and emptied. I wanted to keep going, but Abe's attention for painting isn't very long and he was over it. I showed Daniel when he got home from work, and was able to talk about why I was overwhelmed earlier that day.
Since then, I've been painting with water colors as an art therapy for myself. In conjunction with writing and prayer, it's quite useful and satisfying.
This was a piece I did one late night, when Daniel was gone for an event. I felt really upset and dark, but I couldn't identify why, so I painted this. While I was painting, I talked to myself about being scared of someone breaking into our house and Daniel getting hurt on the job. After I was done, I felt so relieved and was able to sleep.
There's this image I get in my head when I think about the human experience as it relates to depravity and the light of the gospel. It's really hard for me to describe, so I decided to paint it. The red shape is the soul, and it's got death roots sprouting out of it, as I believe that's where we all start out. But then the green light is birthed and sprouts out from the bottom and begins to overtake all of the death until eventually it's blotted out and we are free.
These are two of my favorites, as they feel bright and comforting to me. The second one I call "The Dance."
I wanted to paint pieces for Abe and Emery, and I started with Emery's. I didn't know what I was going to do when I started it, but it just kinda came out. We had a little scare at 24 weeks, when I thought I was in super pre-term labor with him. At that point, we weren't 100% sure what we were going to name him. Right before we went to the hospital, my friend Rachel prayed for me and asked me for his name, so I just said Emery. When she was done, I looked up the meaning of the name, and of course was overwhelmed with emotion when I saw that Emery means "brave".
Abram is a biblical name, and was Abraham's first name before God changed it. God promised Abraham that his lineage would be as many as the stars. Although we didn't name Abram his name because we want him to have a GIGANTIC family, our hope is that the love in his heart for God and others will grow as big as the universe.
So the above proves that I'm way better at abstract paintings than I am objects, haha. But that's ok- I don't have to expect myself to be good at something I've never done. This art medium has become something I really enjoy, and I want to get better, even if that means I have to work harder at it.


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Applications are welcomed for 40 UNESCO/POLAND Co
Sponsored Research Fellowships for candidates from Africa Asia and the Pacific Europe Latin America and Caribbean. Associations will be given to attempt an individual research program in the field of Science Technology and Engineering.
The associations are offered with a view to advancing human asset limits in the creating nations and to upgrading worldwide comprehension and fellowship among countries and the general population of Poland.
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UNESCO/POLAND Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme, 2017
Since its creation UNESCO's main goal has been to add to the working of peace neediness destruction enduring improvement and intercultural exchange with instruction as one of its important exercises to accomplish this point.
Course Level: These cooperations will be given the chance to embrace an individual research program.
Concentrate Subject: Fellowships are granted in the field of Science Technology and Engineering.
Rundown of Subjects: Drilling Engineering Geophysics or Physics Decision Engineering Automation in Mining Devices Mining gadgets Transport Engineering Manufacturing Transport Engineering Sensor Engineering Economic Sociology and Economics Foundry Engineering Foundry Engineering Geology Computer Vision Materials Science Nanotechnology Composite Materials Computer Vision Geology and Mining Gas Engineering and Geoturism
Number of Awards: Forty (40) associations of six (6) months span each in Poland.
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Month to month remittance of 1600 PLN (1 USD = roughly 40 PLN) relating to the compensation of a neighborhood junior research individual. Accordingly all everyday costs and convenience in Poland are to be borne by the kindred with this remittance; and; (iii) A one-time uncommon stipend of 1600 PLN to be paid upon landing in Poland this aggregate will cover diverse exercises identified with your stay in Krakow for example an
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Hold the Bachelor's or M.Sc. degrees;
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Nationality: Students from Africa Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe Latin America and Caribbean can apply for these UNESCO partnerships.
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UNESCO cooperations application frames including restorative declaration ALL four (4) pages properly finished in English utilizing capital letter (indecipherable archives will be wiped out from the system penmanship shape must incorporate capital letter as it were);
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This article originally appeared in my catalog, addressed to the Baha'i Community, but the points it makes can be applied to any group trying to make a decision.
There are many things that an individual can do to make sure that his or her opinions and desires prevail over the combined good sense of the other eight people in a consultation. Don't think that I am aiding and abetting the manipulative by explaining them here – those who use them are quite aware of their effectiveness, even if they are used subconsciously. It is those who cave in under their tactics that need to be forewarned and forearmed. These tactics include:
- The one who talks the loudest wins
- The one who is the most restrictive wins
- The one who claims the moral high ground by being the most narrow-minded, puritanical or judgmental wins
- The one who is most fearful and can imagine the most dire consequences for the alternate path wins
- The one who is the most emotional wins
These techniques are often played like cards, with restrictive trumping loud, emotional trumping restrictive, and, of course, a loud, emotional, fearful expression of the dire consequences of not following the most narrow-minded puritanical path being the highest trump of them all.
Since any action offers more potential problems than no action at all, a person who wants to maintain control of a community can easily use these techniques to guarantee that many hours of consultation result in absolutely no movement in any direction.
It is too much for anyone to expect these petty tyrants to change their ways. It is up to the rest of the believers to simply learn to recognize these techniques for what they are, and simply walk around them. If a person is loud, simply thank them for their contribution and then make sure that all other voices are heard – even, perhaps, asking other people to speak up when they share.
If a person is being narrow-minded and restrictive, thank them for their perspective and remind them that the Faith includes a wide range of cultures and perspectives, and that we may have to travel a middle path in order to let everyone feel comfortable. Not everyone is ready or able to walk the path of perfection just yet.
How many times have I heard the phrase "the Cause deserves the very best" as a way of making sure that the Cause got nothing – whether it was a Bahá'í Center or fun activities for the youth.
If they are fearful, ask if the community wants to make decisions based on fear rather than trust in God.
One community had to completely reorganize a race unity event because one person tearfully expressed the fear that if the entertainment took place before the potluck, then someone might bring some food with eggs in it, and it might get hot, and that extra 20 minutes might be just enough to poison everyone there. We might as well start holding our meetings over the phone, because someone might get hit by a car on their way to the meeting.
Emotional blackmail is one of the most difficult things for a community to overcome. We are so uncomfortable with emotional expression, that we are willing to cave in to any request just to get it to stop. The first thing we can begin to do is to become more intimate with each other. When we are intimate, we share emotions. When we become comfortable with people sharing a wide range of emotions, then we will not panic when it happens during consultation. The second thing we can do is simply say "Thank you for that piece of sharing. Emotions are important tools of perception to tell us about the virtues and principles involved in a situation. But they are only one of several mutually supportive and mutually fallible tools. Would anyone like to address the rational and writings-based evidences that would be pertinent to this question?" Emotions then become one tool in the process rather than the trump card that blasts away the seemingly cold, hard intellectual perspectives.
The one-step cure for Community disunity:
I have outlined several of the techniques that people use to hijack consultation, and the responses you may use for each of them. But ultimately, you cannot control the response, behavior or votes of other members of your Community or Assembly. What you can do is simply make sure that your own vote always follows the path of love, rather than the path of least resistance. When an issue is raised, and two or more "camps" immediately take positions, simply ask yourself which position, if either, is motivated by love rather than fear; love rather than control; love rather than perfectionism; love rather than tyranny. Then support love – even if the specific proposal is does not impress you as being the "best." If neither "camp" is motivated by love, then choose neither.
Love is always the best, even when it is less logical, theological or perfect. In always choosing love, you slowly drain the power away from all other motivations, and the community will then be guided entirely by love.
This same perspective can be used during annual elections. Instead of looking for the most knowledgeable, most charismatic, hardest working, most visible people, vote for those whose actions, not their words, always seem to be motivated by, and expressions of, love. Instead of electing people who are good at telling other people what to do, we can fill our administrative order with people who are good at doing what we have been called to do – loving each other.


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Argentina 19-21 Scotland
Weir stays cool as Scotland again leave it late
ESPN Staff
June 20, 2014
Rob Harley is tackled by Argentina's fly-half Nicolas Sanchez and Tomas de la Vega
Scotland snatched a 21-19 victory over Argentina in their Test match in Cordoba, but it was another far-from-convincing performance by an inexperienced Scotland side.
As had been the case against Canada last weekend, Scotland traded points with Argentina, neither side ever being able to open up a significant lead. It took a penalty two minutes from time from Duncan Weir to secured victory for Vern Cotter's young team.
Scotland started nervily but scored in the sixth minute when Nick De Luca's sent Tommy Seymour on a break, and he fed Stuart Hogg who went over in the corner, with Weir converting. Soon after Seymour went close when a bad bounce thwarted him after he chased down his own kick through.
But on 13 minutes Argentina scored themselves, Javier Ortega Desio capping a period of excellent forward play. Although Nicolas Sanchez missed the conversion, he slotted a drop-goal in the 27th minute to put the home side 8-7 up.
He extended the lead to 11-7 two minutes after half-time with a penalty, Weir replying with one of his own after 55 minutes.
Scotland continued to press without creating real scoring chances and a Sanchez penalty on 57 minutes was followed almost immediately by Argentina's second try, substitute Joaquin Tuculet scoring within a minute of coming on.
Scotland, 19-10 down, once more pushed on but Argentina looked firm in defence , Weir's second penalty from a long way out cutting the deficit to six points with ten minutes left.
Three minutes later the Argentine defence cracked, once again De Luca and Seymour creating the chance which Henry Pyrgos finished. Weir missed the conversion and Scotland remained a point behind.
But another infringement at a lineout allowed Weir, against a backdrop of booing by the crowd, to kick his third penalty and in so doing continue Scotland's winning run.
Sanchez had one last-gasp effort at a drop-goal which sailed wide.
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Jordan King climbed eight places in two laps to match his best road course result of the season, finishing the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in 12th place to collect more championship points.
After a 12th and 11th in the past two rounds of the series, King's recent run of good form extended to the 13th round of the season at the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Drawn into group two for the first round of qualifying, the Harbury driver only managed to record one timed lap before the red flag was brought out when Sebastien Bourdais ran off the course at turn two.
He was then left with less than four minutes to build a healthy gap and set a flying lap on a set of quicker sticker red tyres.
He continued his upward trend as he recorded a 1:05.7699 lap time to finish eight in the group, missing out on progressing through to round two by only two-tenths.
This translated to a 16th-placed start for Sunday's race and when action got under way at Mid-Ohio, he got off to a blistering start, passing five cars in the opening three corners to move up to 11th place.
The 24-year-old continued to showcase his overtaking prowess by gaining two more positions on the next lap and when Max Chilton had to serve a drive-through penalty, King slotted into eighth place.
He then made his first stop of the race on lap 15, sticking with quicker red tyres but a slight miscue with one of the tyres had the No 20 back up on the air jack a second time.
His slow stop meant he lost out on two positions and returned to the race in tenth.
Despite being on the quicker of the two tyres, King struggled with grip during his second stint but managed to pick up a position when Rene Binder made a pit stop.
A second stop on lap 40 saw him re-emerge on the slower black tyres and he was unable to hold off Zach Veach and Marco Andretti, dropping down to 12th.
King's third and final stop came on Lap 64 when he opted for a set of sticker reds.
He continued to close the gap to the cars in front but was unable to improve on his position, eventually crossing the finish line in 12th.
"I sent it on the first couple of corners," said an upbeat King.
"That was really good fun, a bit of wheel-banging and running side-by-side with a few people.
"We got up to ninth in those first two laps.
"Our pace was pretty good during the race, I don't think we were a million miles off at all.
"We had a bit of a slow first pit stop and lost a few places there, then we just seemed to struggle a bit on out laps.
"Those are the two areas where we lost the time; otherwise, I think we would have been a bit higher up.
"We still have a bit of work that we need to do but overall it was a good race."


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A lot of people have the wrong idea about Mackerel. Even me. I had only ever eaten it pickled or smoked and it wasn't my favourite, to put it mildly. I really don't like pickled or smoked fish. Even smoked salmon, but that is another story. Anyway, I have recently discovered that served fresh, mackerel is absolutely delicious.
Mackerel is a strongly flavoured fish, but that is a good thing. It means it can stand up well to other flavours and shine in lots of different dishes. Another reason to eat it? Mackerel is extremely good for you, containing one of the highest levels of heart healthy Omega 3 of any fish.
I learned a delicious new way to serve mackerel at the Ecover Eat Clean, Feel Good Masterclass with Rachel Allen. Rachel prepared a parsley, mint and anchovy sauce that set the fish off beautifully. Accompanied by Pomegranate, Lime and Pistachio Couscous this is a meal that makes healthy taste great.
Rachel Allen has partnered with Ecover to encourage people to think carefully about the ingredients they use in both their cooking and clean up. Some washing up liquids can leave nasty petrochemical residues on your dishes, but Good Housekeeping Approved Ecover Washing Up Liquid is made using only natural plant based ingredients. You can find out more here on the Ecover website.
It is said "The sun should never set on a mackerel once it is caught". While this extreme may not be possible if you don't live near the ocean, you really want to eat this fish as fresh as you possibly can. If you have any doubts, frozen mackerel fillets are widely available and may be the safest choice. Be sure to thaw completely before cooking unless directed otherwise on the packaging. As always, be sure any fish you eat is caught sustainably. And don't be alarmed by the anchovies in the sauce. The thing with anchovies is that contrary to popular belief, they don't taste fishy. In reality, they simply melt into sauces leaving a lovely salty flavour.
Speaking of sauce, this recipe makes extra sauce that will keep well in the fridge. It's great with lamb or chicken as well as mackerel.
Serve with Pomegranate, Lime and Pistachio Couscous.
- For the sauce
- Large handful of parsley leaves
- Handful of mint leaves
- 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 6 anchovies
- 200ml (7 liquid ounces) extra virgin olive oil plus extra if you are storing the sauce
- For the butterflied mackerel
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 large mackerel fillets, gutted
- salt and pepper
- To make the sauce, place the parsley, mint, capers and mustard in a food processor and whiz for 3 to 4 minutes until the herbs are finely chopped.
- Add the olive oil.
- Scrape the sauce out of the food processor into a bowl or jar.
- Set aside until needed or place in the fridge. (If you plan to store the sauce for more than a few hours cover it with a good layer (about half a centimetre or a quarter inch) of olive oil. It will keep in the fridge for about a month.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over high heat.
- Season the skin side of the mackerel with salt and pepper and place on the pan skin side down. Season the other side and cook for 2 to 4 minutes until the skin is golden and crisp, turn over and cook for a further 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove to plates and serve immediately, drizzled with the parsley, mint and anchovy sauce.
If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy Rachel Allen's Soda Focaccia. Watch out for more delicious recipes here on The 21st Century Housewife from Rachel Allen and the Eat Clean, Feel Good initiative.
This is not a sponsored post. I was invited to attend the Eat Clean, Feel Good Master Class by Ecover and I received a gift bag to take home from the event.


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Sometimes, you've got to love 4chan. Sometimes, such as when they turn a site for epilepsy sufferers into a flashing strobe gif, not so much (but the idea's still pretty funny).
"the /b/ board on 4chan is renowned for having a soft spot for cats. It hates and derides everything else, but it will pursue cat abusers to the ends of the earth."
More info on 4chan/Anonymous.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Ray J Says 'I Hit It First' Is Not A Diss To Kim & Kanye
In this interview with Karen Civil, Ray J talks about his "I Hit It First" controversial song saying it's not a Kim Kardashian and Kanye West diss.,
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High precision optical encoder head and interpolation IC for customer's encoder equipment
The SMD-01 is a miniature, reflective optical encoder head that incorporates a LED and high-precision analog amplifier. It generates low-noise high-precision analog signals, due to the unique semiconductor process used to fabricate the CMOS amplifier, and achieves better-than-submicron high resolution, in combination with an interpolation circuit.
It reduces signal degradation caused by errors in mounting position to a minimum, greatly reducing the assembly process workload required for a high-precision encoder, and simultaneously supports the miniaturization and high accuracy requirements of customer's products.
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IFH 225: How to Shoot a Feature Film in 24 Hours with Ivan Malekin
How to Shoot a Feature Film in 24 Hours with Ivan Malekin
Imagine shooting an entire feature film in 24 hours. How could you do something like that and not make it a bad stage play? Today's guest was not only able to do that but made a damn good film in the process. Ivan Malekin and his partner Sarah Jayne directed the feature film Friends, Foes & Fireworks in just one night (24 hours). Here's some info on the film.
An intimate New Year's Eve reunion of five female friends in the independent acting scene becomes a test of relationships when old tensions spark, truths are told, and rivalries are reignited. Will the group make it through the night together or will their friendship fizzle out like an overzealous fireworks display?
Filmed in a single night, the craziest and most chaotic night of the year – NYE – and relying entirely on improvisation, Friends, Foes & Fireworks is an ambitious Australian drama exploring relationships, love, friendship and the truths we try and fail to keep to ourselves.
Ivan, Sarah and I develop a course on how they wrote, shot, edited and sold Friends, Foes, and Fireworks. The online course is called How to Shoot & Direct an Improvised Feature Film in 24 Hours. Since you are part of the IFH Tribe we are offering a HUGE Discount for you guys. It's regularly $174.99 but you get it for $17.99! This is a LIMITED TIME OFFER. Check out the trailer below:
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I am back!!!
I am thoroughly ashamed of the disappearing act I pulled on you. Lots of stressful and exciting things going on in my world but you'll hear all about them in the coming days and weeks. That's right, this isn't a one off appearance, I am here to stay. And so shall it be.
The last few days I've been cracking my skull trying to think of the perfect way to get back into blogging and today my blogger friend SingleNigerian provided me with the solution to my dilemma by tagging me in the 11 Things what-cha-ma-call-it. Single Nigerian, diva that he is, decided the standard questions weren't good enough for him and decided to create his own version. Waila, saint that she is, has decided to answer both the original and customized version. I suspect it's her way of upping the word count of this post.
Here goes!
- Last book I read…Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- If I could listen to any song for the rest of my life, right now it would be… Cry of the Broken by Hillsong
- Countries visited aside from my awesome country Nigeria… all the countries in the UK, Ireland, USA, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Gambia, Morocco…not nearly enough for my liking!
- If I could have any job in the world with all the resources I need… I would be a singing songwriting guitar and piano playing multi platinum album scoring author of best selling fiction novels.
- Why do I blog… I do it to develop the habit of writing regularly…and I'm currently failing…badly
- How old am I… I am 27 years and 11 months old. Start buying my birthday presents!
- My favourite part of the opposite sex…would be the heart. Nothing's more attractive than a man capable of loving and expressing love.
- When was the last time I had relations?… Aproko, mind your business!
- My least favourite food… Moin-Moin (Nigerian). Yuck.
- Do I have any pets...Nope
- One thing I have been dying to tell you…I start a new job on Monday *dancing*
The Diva's customized version…
- Who started this thing biko?…How am I supposed to know. No be you tag me?!
- What drives/motivates/pushes you in life…God. Dude pushes me like nothing and no one else can.
- If you could pick one place on earth to be at the moment you answer this question, who/where will it be…Bora Bora!!! (I hope my gentleman friend is reading this)
- What is your favourite blog, top blog online (Don't lie, God is watching you)… WailaCaan.com! *carries face*
- If God were to close his eyes for 10 hours and grant you a hall pass, what would you do with it?… I would find a girl I hated in high school and beat her to a pulp *angel face*
- What makes you happy? (If you tell me God, I will swear for you. I said what, not who)… Indomie noodles with scotch bonnets!
- Do you have a daughter? If yes, how old… Not yet
- Would you let your daughter marry my son… If he will be handsome and rich, yes.
- What is the one thing you wish for more than anything else… That I fulfill my potential in every area of my life.
- At a scale of Hulk to worker ant, what do you do when you are angry… I go eerily quiet. My anger very quickly dissipates so I've learnt to ride it out in silence. It's safer for everyone.
- What is your favourite animal…I hate all animals equally and with all my heart.
That's me done!
Hold up. Almost forgot to apologise for the premature death of the Trust Series. I've lost my mojo on that one. There'll be better things to come so don't give up on me just yet.
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It is getting necessary to limit my livestock activities and gardening. The front garden has now been rationalised to the point where it is mostly lawn [if one can call it that when Silver has continued to wreak havoc in spite of my underlay of carpark netting!] and the only flower beds are around the edge. I'm trying to stock them with plants that can defeat weeds and don't need too much attention.
I had thought my are was recovering from the shoulder operation gradually but then it started getting worse instead of better. This was a bit alarning until the surgeon pointed out on the latest xray that I had broken my collar bone. So I am slightly mollified on the grounds that one could expect that to limit progress.
The photo is Felix RIP in front, followed by Luki [left] and Badger [right].
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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I owe it to my mother, who crossed over 2,000 miles to find sanctuary in Los Angeles.
I owe it to my community, which includes everyone reading this note, but also many who won't read it, who have all helped me along the way.
I owe it to myself, because connecting with the people and resources around me is in my veins, and each morning I get up driven by a sense of urgency to do more of it.
There is a new world to build, and we have to build it right through the one we see now.
If we've had the fortune to cross paths, I'm thankful to reconnect with you through these words. The world is spinning, but of course it has always been spinning in ways we're still just learning to understand. Through the span of its incredible course, I've had the fortune to find myself in ways that I'm happy to share with others.
For many in this note, it's been some time since we last spoke or saw one another. It's my pleasure to update you, albeit briefly. For those who already know what I've been "up to", you can skip on ahead; there's only so much time for crying out loud!
Catching Up
Since graduating from UC Davis in 2014, I felt an enormous need to return to the city of Los Angeles for all the general reasons: to see my mother, my old friends and teachers, and to enjoy the sunshine that only Southern California could offer. It was every bit as enriching as it looked in my mind, and among it all, I felt large; at one point it was only a dream for my family to see me walk with that most invaluable piece of insurance that is a degree from an American university, and yet there it all was; we were truly stronger after my graduation for a better future together.
Then one evening I found myself walking through the old neighborhood when a vision took hold of me. Crossing shoulders with my fellow pedestrians, I was taken aback by all the families that could be my own. They looked and walked as we did, and put up their storefronts down the street no differently from us. Their faces were filled with dignity, and as I heard them chatting and laughing charismatically with one another I could feel the resilience and generosity of their character.
Then I looked at the whole boulevard, and its warm and brilliant lights under the vast sky filled me with life. I fell hard. I saw myself in the city, and I haven't been able to shake the idea ever since. Two and a half years later, I see JIMBO TIMES more than ever in the endless shades of brown bodies that streamline through Los Angeles.
From there, with the humbling support of the community I developed "J.T.". It was a magnificent ride, but apart from my time with the site as a recreational experience, I had to make ends meet at home! I found work where I could, ending up at Vons and then Starbucks for a time before landing an editing position with a local nonprofit working in juvenile justice. I also found a role with the Plus Me project, which was another nonprofit that saw me visit different middle and high schools to lead storytelling workshops with L.A.'s students!
Each experience taught me a great deal about myself in the city I call home, but more than anything, they taught me how to manage my time, one second at a time JIMBO TIMES style. The result was that my website shifted from a focus on storytelling in the traditional article or blogging fashion to a focus on photography; the latter was simply a faster way to get a point across, and also a hell of a lot of fun. Wouldn't you say?
In 2016, although JIMBO TIMES did some commenting on the primaries leading up to November, I decided it was ultimately better to veer away from the race; there was only so much speculating to be done about the turnout, but it's also true that my other jobs around that time picked up significantly; I was spread thin.
Still, on election night like many of us across the country and around the world I watched in shock as the results of the election came in. It was an unforgettable moment, as grim as they come when it comes to watching helplessly. Even so, I told myself that I would be as resilient as always and that the people around me would do the same. I was right, but I didn't know just how right.
I saw people mobilizing swiftly, and although I initially thought their efforts would make a faint impact, I realized I was giving into my skepticism. Plus, I told myself, if J.T. was in fact going to be in touch with the city, how could I not pay attention and march with its people as they rallied to engage their fellow citizens?
POC Today was born in that moment. There was no more watching helplessly, as I realized that it was time to culminate from dedicating my work to the city of L.A. towards dedicating it to people of color everywhere fighting to be heard; standing amid the rows of bodies in downtown L.A. calling out for justice together, the two were one and the same.
Of course, there are many publications and media outlets across the vast channels of the web that are doing this, that is, focusing on the stories of people of color; however, POC Today will pick up where they leave off.
Why? What will separate POCT from the rest? You should already know. A vision by J.T.
I have created an outline/definitions sheet for POC Today that I'm proud to share. In it readers will see how while the project begins with coverage of the general political landscape; it will take a step beyond the general topics by working to mobilize others towards civic engagement and political participation. To be more specific for those who don't have time to look at the sheet, POC TODAY will work towards getting more young people to vote.
With this in mind, I am excited to reach out to the community once again. If everyone included in this note donated just $5 to POC Today via J.T., I would have enough to develop a website, to purchase a couple of hard drives, and to promote the project both online and on the ground.
The truth is, there's a great opportunity at hand with the tides of protest that are swarming through so much of the country. Many of the people who comprise the marches are people who want to participate in the process, but we need to do more than march; we need to learn how to vote, and how to teach others to vote. Our votes are our voices, and if we're not utilizing our voices to truly take hold of policy-making, then our marching is truly just symbolic. It will thus be the responsibility of POCT to develop and refine formulas in order to help others increase their involvement with the political landscape.
To do this wouldn't be anything completely new from what many media outlets out there are doing, but the way in which POC Today will relay this information is what will be new; our coverage will be done with respect to people of all colors and age ranges and other identities because that's what the people included in this note are, and because that's who our audience will continue to be as the platform grows.
So, what do you say? Are you ready to pitch in $5 or $10 for another dream, or are you still not yet convinced?
Besides giving you my money, what else can be done?
Sign up for the monthly newsletter with a simple "yes" in a reply to this note, and then get a friend to sign up so I can make it count for two. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, and again, tell a friend! The only way anything gets done is by passing it around like a hot potato, and this latest venture is no exception.
And if you can't just simply donate or like or follow because there is more that you want to do, then let me know! Indeed it's not easy work to put all this stuff together and work between schedules and all, but it's been done, and with POC Today it's being done again.
With this, thank you thank you thank you for your support throughout this time, and have no fear! Our world is brimming each day with new ways to save the day, and it's true we're cutting it close, but somehow I suspect that's precisely what keeps it so damn interesting.
From marvelous Los Angeles,


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The studio is a mess... this pic does not do it justice!
I blame Max... all he does is sleep all day - in My chair!
(Have you ever seen such a fat cat? But he is a growing boy!)
I have some fine art reproductions completed... 8 x 8", on stretched canvas... I like these as the thick sides mean they free stand....
As the original of Dream has sold, I am really happy to be able to offer this as a print, or as a finished art like these - she's so cute!
She reminds me of sun-filled days, with flowers and dreams
The original of Happy is still available...or as above, or as a print... she is slightly wistful, but I also imagine she is simply at peace, with the slightest of Mona Lisa smiles...
|email me if you are interested in any of my art as prints, or as fine art reproductions
I'll link in with Sunday Sketches & Paint party Friday ( If I'm Not too late?)
(Not sure How much Blogging I'll be doing leading up to Christmas - we have this 'n that all the usual pre-christmas stuff Plus 2 days away on a mini-break - yay! If I get any sketching done I may just do mobile posting - it's quick and easy at least - or this may end up being a bit of blogging holiday... we'll just have to see!)
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
I'm getting bigger down under (Oo-er!)
11 comments:
- Stuart Peel said...
Fab. I have friends down there, I shall instruct them to buy your book immediately.
- October 07, 2008 8:40 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Cheers Stu!
- October 07, 2008 9:07 pm
- Jon M said...
Brilliant article! And now down below too! Cartoon sparkles too!
- October 07, 2008 9:42 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Thanks Jon!
- October 07, 2008 11:04 pm
- Janet said...
Congratulations on the press coverage in Oz (what's with Sarah's tongue in that photo, though?), and I really like the latest cartoon. Hey, your cartoon features an interesting tongue as well. THERE'S a connection for ya!
- October 08, 2008 1:04 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Thanks Janet. A lot of the Palin coverage seems focussed on her looks - as sad and shallow as that is - and the press seem to always print photos that make her look slightly suggestive. It's already given her the nickname of President MILF (don't look it up ... it'll lead you to some awfully dodgy websites - suffice to say it means 'Moms I'd like to F***) and, I'm reliably informed, a porn film has been rushed into production using a lookalike.
It's called 'Nailin' Paylin'. Note the clever alternative spelling to avoid litigation.
Whatever happened to political agendas? When were they hijacked by fashion commentary and porn-alikes?
- October 08, 2008 1:45 pm
- Janet said...
Well, I guess I'm a bit more naive than I realized. I'm not fond of the woman, but shame on people for coming up with this crap.
It's enough to make a person completely anti-political. But I believe you have to keep trying to fight the b*stards!
PS I love this slogan, that I just heard yesterday: Vote for Obama/Biden. Alaska needs its governor back.
- October 08, 2008 2:02 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Janet - Yup. Drives me mad. But great slogan!
- October 08, 2008 2:53 pm
- Michele said...
Loved the article, Stevyn! Glad it's making its way around the globe.
Just ordered your book from Amazon UK. Can't wait to read it! :-)
- October 08, 2008 4:17 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Michele - Bless you! I hope you enjoy it! And next time you're over here I'll sign it!
- October 08, 2008 5:02 pm
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Police have accused a woman and a man of being responsible for theft in two robberies in Woodbridge, Virginia. The man is a resident of the town, while the woman lives in nearby Burke. In one such robbery, a 37-year-old male resident claimed that he was robbed while he was going to supposedly meet a woman for the first time. When he arrived at the designated rendezvous point, an unknown male accompanying the woman allegedly brandished a knife and took his cell phone and a quantity of money before stealing his car and fleeing in it.
Legislator to admit intoxicated boating charge
A member of the Maryland House of Delegates, Donald H. Dwyer Jr., has indicated that he will enter a plea of guilty to criminal charges of boating while intoxicated. The decision was made as part of a plea deal that will prevent the legislator from being incarcerated.
Drug conspiracy accusation against limo service owner
The owner of a local area limo service faces felony drug charges in connection with the death of a Loudoun County 19-year-old man from an overdose of oxycodone. The businessman has been accused by prosecutors of conspiring to distribute the drug.
17-year-old accused by police of multiple thefts
Juvenile theft crime charges have been filed against a 17-year-old boy from Gainesville, Virginia. Police claimed that he was involved in a burglary and a number of thefts.
Report: Larceny up in Manassas
The city of Manassas, Virginia, recently released its annual crime report, and it showed that the way police are targeting certain offenders is certainly putting more citizens accused of specific crimes behind bars.


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SPEAKER: Professor Tajana Simunic Rosing, Department of CSE, UCSD
Title: Energy Efficient Computing
In this talk I give an overview of the algorithms we have developed at UCSD to significantly lower the energy consumption in computing systems. We derived optimal power management strategies for stationary workloads that have been implemented both in HW and SW. Run-time adaptation can be done via an online learning algorithm that selects among a set of policies. We generalize the algorithm to include thermal management since we found that minimizing the power consumption does not necessarily reduce the overall energy costs. To reduce the performance costs typically associated with state of the art thermal management techniques, we developed a new set of proactive management policies. The experimental results using real datacenter workloads on an actual multicore system show that our proactive technique is able to dramatically reduce the adverse effects of temperature by over 60%. Most recently we have shown that symbiotic scheduling of workloads in virtualized environments can lead to average 15% energy savings with 20% performance benefit in high utilization scenarios.
I will also present some of the recent work we had done to address the energy savings in battery powered and energy harvesting systems. We are designing a new kind of "citizen infrastructure", CitiSense, as an end-to-end health and environmental information system with near real-time data streams and feedback loops from the system to the sensing, processing, and actuation infrastructure. We have developed adaptive algorithms to tradeoff accuracy of computation versus the available energy for such systems, while taking into account the energy harvesting capabilities.
Tajana Simunic Rosing is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science Department at UCSD. Her research interests are energy efficient computing, embedded and wireless systems. Tajana's work on event driven dynamic power management laid the mathematical foundations for the engineering problem, devised a globally optimal solution and more importantly defined the framework for future researchers to approach these kinds of problems in embedded system design. Her recent results demonstrate the importance of joint power and thermal management in multicore server systems in order to minimize the overall energy cost. Furthermore, she developed a novel class of proactive thermal management policies that can lower the incidence of hot spots in multicore processors by up to 60% with no performance impact. Her current work is focused on developing energy efficient scheduling policies for virtualized server environments and on energy efficiency in population area healthcare networks.
From 1998 until 2005 she was a full time research scientist at HP Labs while also leading research efforts at Stanford University. She finished her PhD in EE in 2001 at Stanford, concurrently with finishing her Masters in Engineering Management. Her PhD topic was dynamic management of power consumption. Prior to pursuing the PhD, she worked as a senior design engineer at Altera Corporation. She obtained the MS in EE from University of Arizona. Her MS thesis topic was high-speed interconnect and driver-receiver circuit design. She has served at a number of Technical Paper Committees, and is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. In the past she has been an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems.


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OBERLIN, Ohio – The Hiram College women's lacrosse team dropped an 18-3 decision to the Oberlin Yeowomen on Wednesday night.
Oberlin held the lead in the entire game, outscoring Hiram 12-1 over the first thirty minutes. The lone Terrier goal in the half came from Sierah Ray at the 11:24 mark.
The Yeowomen continued to add to their score in the second half, taking a lead as high as 12. Although Alexis Hirsch and Alyse Gillentine managed to tack on two more goals for Hiram, Oberlin added six more goals and snagged the win.
Alexis Hirsch finished the match with a team-high four ground balls, while Katelyn Slomovitz followed with three. Rachel Metcalf and Kait Zemanski also added a pair.
The Terriers will have their final home match of the season on Saturday, April 29 when they host Wooster at 1 p.m. Five players competing in their final game, including Autumn Osgood, Erin Smith, Kayla Jenkins, Mercedes Jones and Zemanski, will be recognized as part of senior day festivities.


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A heartbroken dad has launched a fundraising campaign to take the Crown Prosecution Service to the High Court.
Nicholas Harry lost his 19-month-old son Samuel in April 2013, after the toddler sustained a substantial head trauma which caused a bleed to the brain.
At the time of the incident the toddler was in the care of his mother Deanna Buffham and her former partner Ryan Bate, who blame each other for the child's death.
Although an inquest heard that it is 'highly likely' the injuries were inflicted on Samuel, the CPS has never pressed charges against his mother or Ryan Bate.
Writing to Mr Harry in January 2015, CPS specialist prosecutor David Hurlstone concluded: "It would not be possible to prosecute the suspects on a joint enterprise basis simply because we know that one of them must be guilty of the offence."
Mr Harry, from Houghton Regis, now plans to have the CPS' decision not to prosecute overturned by a High Court judge via a judicial review.
To fund the enormous legal costs of the bid he has launched a campaign to ask for donations.
Mr Harry said: "If I can have the CPS decision overturned by a high court judge they would be forced into prosecuting Deanna Buffham and Ryan Bate for whatever part they may have played in Sam's death.
"It would set a precedent for the CPS and courts around the country to abide by.
"It would not only mean justice for Sam but justice for so many other innocent children whom continue to die in similar circumstances."
As the Gazette revealed last month, Mr Harry has considered launching a private prosecution against Deanna Buffham and Ryan Bate.
This may still be an option should the judicial review fail, Mr Harry has said.
> To donate to the campaign fund log on to www.gofundme.com/samharry


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Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission acquires, develops, operates and maintains a network of community parks and trails within the JDF electoral area. Read more >>
Juan de Fuca Parks and Recreation in collaboration with the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and JdF Local Area Planning, is proposing to enhance facilities at Kemp Lake off the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Milligan Road foreshore access. This area is a popular site for non-motorized boat launch, fishing and swimming. The proposed plan would provide a dock for boat launches, fishing and swimming as well as improve parking, picnic and washroom facilities.
A public participation report, presenting the activities undertaken relating to the public participation process for the Kemp Lake Infrastructure Improvement Proposal and comments received through that process, was presented to the Juan de Fuca Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission at its meeting of April 25, 2017.
Community parks and trails are yours to enjoy, and a legacy for future generations. While visiting, please respect the private property next to the parks, trails, viewpoints, and ocean accesses and leave no trace of your visit or the visit of your dog. Leave the treasures that you find, including wildflowers, for others to enjoy.
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