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Rubik's Cube
I always give my interviewee a Rubik's Cube I keep on my desk, and ask him to attempt to solve it.
The Oracle
This sounds like a classic example of the "see how smart *I* am" interview question.
You can't just solve it by remembering the sequence of move, of couse I'm gonna ask you some kind of implementation. If he's able to solve it by heart and
This relates to programming, how? Tell him to explain hash tables, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, etc. Maybe make him take a weighted graph and build a shortest path algorithm in C.
TheOracle seems an arrogant prick. Exactly the boss no human needs.
Colin Dowell
TheOracle, is it a 2x2x2 Rubik's cube which you can solve in 40secs?
There's nothing wrong with asking people to try to come up with an idea for an algorithm to solve a rubik's cube right off the top of their head. Gets them thinking. The only people I know of who would seriously try to intimate that this has nothing to do with coding are what I'd term 'code monkeys'. People who don't have any real skill at solving logical problems, they really only know how to write code to implement someone elses existing solution to a problem. ie., they aren't the brains behind the operation.
Nothing wrong with having someone think about how to solve a Rubik cube, and describe their thinking aloud. However just throwing them the cube and asking them to solve it is not going to get you good programmers. The only thing that will tell you is whether they have spent a lot of time working with Rubik cubes before, and that doesn't correlate.
David Clayworth
Ha ha, good one.
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In an article published by Business Insider, Alex Heber put to rest the mis-quoted opinion that Facebook is dying and/or dead.
To recap:
- There are 13 million Australians active on Facebook each month
- Globally 1 out of every 3 minutes on a mobile is spent on a Facebook property
- It is estimated that people check the platform about 14 times a day
Read the full article here.
Facebook isn't dying. Nor is it close to dead. Remember that when you talk about Facebook, you are talking about a business… a business that owns Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The Facebook platform is inextricably linked to all of these social services and we haven't even gotten to it's implementation of video content!
As a business grows it must change and adapt to serve a market better than ever before. With this change and adaptation there comes – naturally – changes. (This knowledge is not as common as you might think!)
Those businesses that are able to learn and grow with these changes will prosper, while those who fight against changes, don't keep up and blame the digital world around them will unfortunately be left behind.
So what can be done? What can business do to stay-up to-date with the digital happenings?
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Another home invasion in Phoenix by…Cartel hitmen? Mexican military?
Allah didn't think much of this story, or at least of the accusations that the guys who shot up that house (and a suspected pot dealer) in Phoenix dressed as cops in tactical gear were connected with the Mexican military. ICE now says they weren't.
Okay, but I'll keep my eyes open; there's a strong tendency to downplay controversial incidents like this one. (Remember how long it took the Feds to admit that Hesham Hedayet, who shot up the El Al counter at LAX, was a terrorist?)
Whatever the story is, I'd like to get to the bottom of it, because something like it happened again Thursday. Four to ten guys in police uniforms and tactical gear busted into another house in Phoenix. And their choice of targets is interesting:
The residence might have been a drop house used for smuggling illegal immigrants, and it was furnished in such a way that made it difficult to escape from, Tranter said.
The men held two other men inside the house captive for several minutes, stealing money and personal belongings from the home, Tranter said. Police believe the two men held captive inside could have been involved with smuggling illegal immigrants. The men, ages 62 and 34, were not seriously injured, but one was pistol-whipped, he said. Both are suspected of being Mexican nationals here illegally.
More here, with video.
So to review: killers dressed as cops, hitting criminal targets, and ready to take down a few cops who get in their way.
I think I've seen that movie:
Not certain whether these crimes are related, but I'd sure like to find out more about what's going on in Phoenix.
Besides the obvious, I mean.
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The truth about Obama's "temporary" Ebola amnesty
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Jose Antonio Vargas: The face of the entitled illegal alien
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Amnesty gang to law-abiders: You're chumps!
January 30, 2013 12:47 AM by Michelle Malkin
How we know immigration enforcement is working–part II
August 1, 2008 09:45 AM by See-Dubya
California's Assembly: Don't Deport Illegal Alien DUI's.
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A Linkbuilding Method So Effective I Can't Believe It's Not BlackhatBlog Post: August 11, 2008
ive read that yeah if it is really obvious that google resets the domain value to zero. can't remember exactly where i read that but i think matt cutts mentioned it
"On expired domains, Matt said Google tries to reset pagerank/links for all expired domains to zero when they are registered by someone new. They don't try to penalize the expired domain, but they also don't want to give credit for the previous owner's links."
that refers to expired domains but I'm sure I read that they try and do it to domains that change hands (ie new whois info etc)
Trademark SEO Update: Jason Gambert Loses Two Motions and Must Ask Permission Before Filing Any More MotionsBlog Post: August 18, 2008
The Ultimate Guide to the Google Search ParametersBlog Post: July 10, 2008
Don't Create False Expectations, Especially When It Comes to Baked PotatoesBlog Post: June 17, 2008
Roundup Thursday for the Week of 6/29/08Blog Post: July 03, 2008
Sexism Runs Rampant on Reddit (and maybe the rest of the social web)Blog Post: June 12, 2008
all legit points. the main problem is that most people that read reddit/digg are geeks. and a lot of geeks dont really know how to interact with the fairer sex, bar fiddling with that uber doll they purchased.......how can you have an intelligent conversation with people that get their dialogue from pr0n?
No, Unfortunately Digg Doesn't Know Who You AreBlog Post: May 28, 2008
Building Bricks: Keyword Discovery Process for Small BusinessesBlog Post: June 10, 2008
Divide and Conquer: Creating and Managing Your Link CampaignBlog Post: November 26, 2007
Looking To Bag An Elephant? Try "Mozbait"Blog Post: November 13, 2007
Get Creative With Your 404 Error PagesBlog Post: September 13, 2007
nice post :) i have always added a custom 404 page for my client's websites. It's so easy and there are still so many people that have crappy default 404's....
exhibit a: optus (big aussie telco provider)
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Good gracious. Here it is two weeks into 2013 and, I swear, we were all in a snit about Y2K just yesterday. How time flies when we're all so busy trying to make a living, get dinner on the table, and find something decent to watch on TV!
My old year ended badly when a precious friend unexpectedly died. I'll feel her loss for a long time to come, but she would want me to move past my sadness and celebrate all that's good in life, so I'm going to try and focus on that.
There's a lot to celebrate! First off, I finally finished the rewrite of a novel I've been working on for two solid years. Secondly, after a long, exhausting stretch of self-representation, I've signed with Hartline literary agent Diana Flegal, the warmest, bubbliest person I've encountered in a long time. We met this summer, clicked immediately, and I'm looking forward to her guidance as we take my career into the fiction arena. What a transition to go from poetry to prose! Index cards have become my new essential writing tool as I try to keep track of hair color, eye color, middle names, favorite games, and repetitive words—ten chapters out!
Speaking of games, that's my third—and biggest—piece of news. En route to fiction, I took time out for a nonfiction project that sort of fell into my lap: my newest book, THE ART OF STONE SKIPPING AND OTHER FUN OLD-TIME GAMES comes out February 1st from Imagine Publishing, an imprint of Charlesbridge Publishing. The first review is a good one, so I'm crossing my fingers and holding my breath. Of course, if it never sells a single copy, writing it was a great experience; I had an editorial dream team (thank you, Charlie Nurnberg and Kate Ritchey!), the graphic artists totally captured the spirit of the text (thank you, Todd Dakins and Melissa Gerber!), the research was fascinating (who knew there's a World Egg Throwing Federation?!), and my sales reps are awesome.
We Girls Raised in the South (better known as GRITS) are taught from our earliest days that it's bad manners to draw attention to oneself, but in today's publishing world, there's about a 6-week window that determines if a new book will flop or fly, so I'm asking—in my most ladylike way, of course—for your help in making the most of that window. STONE SKIPPING is a collection of instructions and variations on every kind of game you can think of—from scavenger hunts and shadow puppets to jacks and Johnny on the Pony—plus all sorts of fun history and trivia in between. It's a wonderful resource for schools, libraries, youth groups, Scout groups, teachers, activity directors, and families. Check it out at http://www.imaginebks.com/children/ArtofStoneSkipping.html, at your favorite local bookstore, or at any of many online booksellers. If you think it sounds worthwhile, would you please spread the word to anyone you think might enjoy owning it or selling it? THE ART OF STONE SKIPPING AND OTHER FUN OLD-TIME GAMES is available in paperback ($14.95) and as an e-book ($9.99). Watch for it February 1st, pre-order it now, and if you're interested in doing a review, let me know and I'll get a copy in your hands.
I hope your year is off to a good start, too. Stay tuned; I have a feeling more great things are just around the pike!
P.S. If there's a great bookstore, toy store, or gift shop in your town, ask them to contact me about a signing event!


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While I'm at it, is "bipartisanship" even a word?
Well, I guess it is, because my spell checker didn't tag it. But that fact doesn't seem to translate well to "real life".
We're only three weeks into the Obama administration, and already it appears that all the dream of both parties working together to fix the financial crisis is fading.
Yesterday's debate in the Senate was driven largely by the minority party's wish to pare down the stimulus package to remove "wasteful" spending, such as for insignificant little issues like education, child nutrition, infrastructure, etc. Things that create jobs and put value back into our economy.
Why would we want to waste money on stuff like that, when we can better spend it on CEOs of failing corporations to take ridiculously expensive spa treatments and high-end retreats? What's wrong with Democrats that they can't seem to comprehend the importance of a relaxed and pampered ruling class?
But the Republicans are successfully pressing the only advantage they have, the threat of a filibuster, to bully and control the Democrats into giving in nearly across the board. Why are they so successful, while the Democrats were so lousy at it when they were in the minority? I'd guess it has something to do with the Democratic leadership, but that's a whole 'nother discussion.
The result will be a severely weakened and semi-effective package that will probably fail to jump start the economy, giving the GOP something to blame the Democrats for. Which is likely what they had in mind in the first place.
This brilliantly funny quote from John Cole (via DailyKos) effectively sums up the problem that exists between our two parties:
I really don't understand how bipartisanship is ever going to work when one of the parties is insane. Imagine trying to negotiate an agreement on dinner plans with your date, and you suggest Italian and she states her preference would be a meal of tire rims and anthrax. If you can figure out a way to split the difference there and find a meal you will both enjoy, you can probably figure out how bipartisanship is going to work the next few years.Until the GOP learns how to enjoy Italian food; or indeed, any Mediterranean-style cuisine (we're willing to compromise that far, at least), it's going to be difficult to find a restaurant that will make us both happy.


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With millions of servers inside their data centers, hyperscale cloud service providers need a security solution they can trust, that is affordable, and which can scale. The answer for Google is to instrument thousands of servers with their own security chips delivering line-speed packet inspection, that cannot be hacked even with root access to the server OS, and which allow network engineers to define application-specific firewall policies down to a single server.
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Firewall appliances are great for "outside" the data center
Typically, the primary focus of data center security is managing north–south traffic in and out of the environment. Protecting traffic running east-west between servers is often done by hair-pinning the data back through fire walls. Backhauling is inefficient because it adds congestion, hops, and latency to the network.
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SolarSecure is a portfolio of security services which are shipped with every XtremeScale™ 8000 Series Solarflare NIC. Using the SolarSecure Manager, security policies can be micro segmented, packet surveillance can be initiated, and firewalls can be configured for each local TCP/IP address including learn and enforce modes, white listing or black listing; alerts, and cloaking a server by dropping packets.
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An Important New Best Practice —Driven by hyperscale CSPs, the deployment of server firewalls is a new best practice for securing traffic inside the data center.
Secure Every Server—Because SolarSecure resides on a NIC that's in every server, it's time to think in terms of firewalling every server in the data center with its own monitoring, alerting and locking policy.
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Our classes are affordable, you don't have to pay in advance and we have a massive range of styles in different levels. It's never been easier to learn how to Dance, so why not give it a try and keep fit the fun way.
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Whilst we run classes over both venues, the bulk of our timetable is based in the West end studio and our City Centre is used by a wide variety of dance groups and organisations for practice and rehearsal space. We are aiming to add some more classes at our City Centre studio and build up a strong timetable there.
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Join us Sunday October 25 at 1:00 in the clubhouse and carve your own pumpkin for Halloween. We will have pumpkins and tools for everyone to share. Costumes are optional. This event is free to our residents of ALL AGES!!!
See you there.
September 2015 Tree Trimming
On September 14 – 18, 2015 Battle Born Tree Service will be working in the Park. We ask that you allow them to work uninterrupted. On September 21, 2015 if you believe that we overlooked a need in regard to tree trimming, please let our offices know and any pressing will be addressed.
September Lucky Lane Community Clean-up
Thank you to all those whom volunteered for our first community clean-up of Boynton Lane. With your generosity and hard work Lucky Lane is now a full-fledged member of the Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) organization.
On September 26, 2015 KTMB is holding a community-wide river clean-up. To help with these efforts, we will be holding a community clean-up of the drainage ditch along Boynton Lane which feeds the Truckee River. We hope you will join us.
Lucky Lane joins KTMB
As part of our ongoing efforts to provide a safe, clean and affordable housing option for Reno residents the Lucky Lane Community has joined forces with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) and we have adopted Boynton Lane.
On June 25th, 2015 we held our first community clean-up of Boynton Lane. We had 18 enthusiastic volunteers from our community and with their combined efforts we managed to remove 18 bags of trash. You can read more about it in the KTMB newsletter.
4th annual Community Yard Sale - Saturday May 2
Starting in 2011 our community began an annual yard sale. We were met with great success that year and the popularity and word of mouth grew from there. This year will be even better.
Please join us for our 4th annual Community Yard Sale
SATURDAY MAY 2, 2015 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
@ 3650 Boynton Lane, Reno, NV 89502.
You will find lots of bargains if you are a buyer and you will make some $ if you are a seller. You may even meet a new friend, or catch up with an old one. Come hungry and eat a free hot dog at the clubhouse. See you there!
Coming soon...Picnic anyone?
As part of our ongoing efforts to bring you more improvements and amenities, we have begun work on a new picnic area. When completed the area will feature new seating and a gazebo for shade along with fresh landscaping. We anticipate the area to be ready for use by summer. Be sure to include this new area with your summer events.
2014 Pumpkin Carving and Kids Bingo
Come to the 2014 Family Celebration
Lucky Lane Community Weekend May 10-12, 2014
We are pleased to announce the date of our 3rd annual community yard sale. It will be held Saturday May 10th from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. As we have in the past Lucky Lane will handle advertising in the Reno Gazette Journal, the Sparks Tribune, the Big Nickel and their websites as well as an ad on Craigslist.org. We will also place signs around the adjacent neighborhoods the day of the event to direct traffic to our great community. Those that have participated in the past have been met with great success in getting rid of unwanted items and putting a few dollars in their pockets at the same time.
If you wish to participate simply put your items for sale in front of your house, man your table and get ready to haggle. We will come around the Park before 9:00 AM and place a balloon at your house letting buyers know you have something to sell.
This is also a great chance for you to do some shopping, meet your neighbors, and stop by the clubhouse for a free hot dog cooked by the Lucky Lane staff.
We are also pleased to host a Sunday brunch the day after the yard sale on May 11th. We will provide the food and clean up the mess. All you have to do is bring your appetite and your stories of how much you sold the previous day. The brunch will be from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Lastly, we have traditionally placed dumpsters throughout the Park the Monday after the yard sale to help our residents clear out the winter clutter and welcome spring. This year will be no different. The dumpsters will arrive Monday May 12th and will stay until they are full.
The First Ever Lucky Lane Jumping Jubilee
Join us for BBQ and jumping at our first ever Lucky Lane Jumping Jubilee. We will have good food and refreshments, a bounce house, a waterslide and of course...jumping frogs. Competitions will be held for fastest frog and farthest jumper. Come have some fun and mingle with your neighbors Sunday July 28th from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. See you there!


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Hey you. The awesome one. Yes, YOU!
How you doin 😀
Yes, I know it's been some time since I posted an interesting review of an interesting advertisement. As you may already experience this yourself, there is a LOT of trash out there, when it comes to advertisements.
Finding simple, impactful, straight-forward Ads, that create meaning is a rare find. That is why after searching for a long time, I present to you, our first Ad post of the year. WOOHOO!
Or do I say AHA!( You know like the big idea moment) 😉
This was a newspaper print Ad. It was published in Khaleej Times newspaper, in the Nation's section on the top left hand corner.
While skimming through I didn't quite understand, what it meant. Then as everything else in the world, a closer look and I got the answers. Picture is totally worth a gazillion words in this matter.
Single most persuasive idea: Get yourself to McCafe, we got WiFi and freshly brewed coffee.
Now,who doesn't love the sound of that?
Key messages could be: 'good quality coffee now being served by your favourite family brand'. 'Swipe on your day to a quick and delicious start.' 'Being an adult is hard, but we got you covered.' or even 'Mmmmornings with McCafe, I'm lovin it.'
I get the objective could be to create more awareness about the coffee that McCafe serves. I love how simplistic and to the point it is.
The green swipe suggesting an app being switched on, on the smart phone.
The color green really stands out. The color stands for growth, life, energy, nature etc. In context to this Ad, it could mean, replenishing your energy with freshly brewed coffee. Awakening growth in you.
Green also subconsciously persuades you, that you are making the correct decision, in comparison to a red suggesting danger or stop. The placement of the coffee cup also emphasizes those persuasive ideas.
The brand logo at the bottom corner, tells you everything that you need to know in order for you to make the next purchase. McCafe is by Mcdonalds. An established and well-loved brand by families for generations, that makes it easy for the audience to believe in this Ad and this new product.
So guys, this is what I think about this Ad. Share your ideas would love to know if you agree with me or even disagree ( Yes, I am open to disagreements too-they lead to newer perspectives)
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Police are actively looking for the driver of a vehicle who reportedly fled the scene of an accident on the Gardiner Expressway that injured five people. Ontario authorities, who have already seen several car accidents since the beginning of the year, have reason to believe that vehicle could have played a role in the crash. For the moment, none of the other drivers involved in the three-car pileup have been charged.
According to the investigation, a 76-year-old man headed eastbound on the Gardiner struck another eastbound vehicle driven by a 25-year-old man around 12:10 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 3. One passenger in the struck car, a 24-year-old male, suffered critical injuries described as life threatening and was rushed to a local trauma center. Two others, a man in his 20s and a woman believed to be 18, both suffered serious injuries as well.
Two other individuals were taken in for moderate injuries. Police now believe a third vehicle may have been involved, but that the driver fled the scene. They have asked for the support of any witnesses in locating this vehicle, which is said to have front-end damage.
The driver who left will likely face charges of fleeing the scene, which is common in car accidents of this type. However, that does not necessarily mean they will be found responsible for causing the crash. Even if no one is criminally charged for causing the accident, Ontario law still allows for the injured parties to file personal injury suits against one or more drivers, depending on how much evidence is gathered to support such a claim.
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Iconic barrier-breaking Detroit physician, Dr. Natalia Tanner Cain, dies at 96
DETROIT – Dr. Natalia Tanner Cain, a second-generation black physician, in an era when that was unheard of, died peacefully on Saturday, July 14, in Southfield, at the age of 96.
There will be a public viewing for friends and family from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday at Swanson Funeral Home West, located at 14751 W. McNichols Rd. in Detroit.
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will perform an Omega Omega ceremony for Cain from 6 to 7 p.m. at Plymouth United Church of Christ located at 600 East Warren Ave.
On Saturday, there will be a family hour from 10 to 11 a.m. followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. the Plymouth United Church of Christ.
In lieu of flowers, the family will be establishing a scholarship memorial fund in honor of Cain.
Cain was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and moved to Chicago where her father, Dr. Joseph Rush Tanner, was an internist. Her mother, Doris Murphy Tanner, was a trailblazer in her own right as a chemist at Union Carbide and a pilot with the Tuskegee Air Corps.
Cain graduated from Englewood High School in 1939 and spent the first two years of her undergraduate education at Fisk University in Nashville. She was initiated into the Alpha Beta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She then transferred to the University of Chicago's premedical program where she earned her bachelor's degree. She then attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, graduating in 1946, becoming an intern at Harlem Hospital.
In 1968, Cain became a professor at Wayne State University's School of Medicine while continuing to practice medicine. She was appointed a full professor in 1992.
In 1983, she became the first woman and first African-American to be named the president of the Michigan chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She would later become the first African-American physician on staff at a still-segregated Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Cain practiced medicine for more than 40 years in Detroit, winning many awards and honors.
Cain and her husband, Dr. Waldo L. Cain, were individually honored with Wayne State University's School of Medicine Pathfinders Award.
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Shortly before that, of course, we had a bit of an "Off Roading" experience. Which is to say that, I dropped the left 2 wheels of the GT3 off the road into a drainage ditch next to a mountain. So, it wasn't really off roading as much as it was scraping the entire underbody of the car along a concrete ridge for about 50'.
Nope, I did not stop driving. We just kept going. We slowed down a little bit, but oil pressure remained constant, no temperature issues, no warning lights and most importantly no loss of driving feel.
Those 2 episodes forced some slowing down... we still finished 3rd in the class and 18th overall.
Here's the clip of the "off roading". I cannot find the donkey video right now (I hope I got it on tape!):
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The arrival in Tehuacan was UNREAL. We rolled in to this beautiful little town called Tehuacan right into the town square. It's like something right out of Barcelona. Just amazing. The place was FILLED with people. Like, completely, totally, and utterly packed to the gills with people. We were interviewed for the local TV news. Interviewed live on the air on 2 radio stations. Had our car's picture in the paper.
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Been liking the looks of the diesel locomotive for a while so it's time to build one.
I have no where to put it lol but just want to build it and won't be happy till I do.
So here's the diesel locomotive plans I found and using for the build.
I blow this up on the printer till the wheels were 1" then I knew the train would be on scale with my other cars.
An after the build note.
The train turned out a little small next to the cars I have built so the engine must use bigger trucks[or wheels] so check this out before building so every thing is to scale.
This is ok for my build, the train is 18" now really didn't want it any bigger, so for me it worked out but just something to keep an eye on.
I would swear I took 10 or more pictures but 5 was all I found when I got ready to blog.
I took a 2×4 and made it the core of the engine and covered it with oak.
I need to just glue up the oak it takes less time and a lot less work, I don't know why I keep doing this.
Could it be cause I'm running out of wood???
While I was doing this I was also cutting out the base, then on to the motor cover.
I never had paid any attention to how trains have 5 thousand doors to get at the engine.
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A caravanserai or khan (Persian: كاروانسرا kārvānsarā) was a (usually Persian-inspired or built) roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa, and South-Eastern Europe.
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Most typically a caravanserai was a building with a square or rectangular walled exterior, with a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts such as camels to enter. The courtyard was almost always open to the sky, and the inside walls of the enclosure were outfitted with a number of identical stalls, bays, niches, or chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, animals, and merchandise.[1]
Caravanserais provided water for human and animal consumption, washing, and ritual ablutions. Sometimes they even had elaborate baths. They also kept fodder for animals and had shops for travellers where they could acquire new supplies. In addition, there could be shops where merchants could dispose of some of their goods.[2]
The word is also rendered as caravansarai or caravansary. The Persian word kārvānsarā is a compound word combining ''kārvān (caravan) with sara (palace, building with enclosed courts), to which the Persian suffix -yi is added. Here "caravan" means a group of traders, pilgrims, or other travelers, engaged in long distance travel.
The caravanserai was also known as a khan (Persian خان,) han in Turkish, funduq in Arabic, and fundaco in Venice.
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Kitaro has a song called "Caravansary" (Listen: [3])on his album Silk Road IV: Tenjiku/India (1983)[4]. It also appears on the albums Daylight, Moonlight: Live in Yakushiji (2002)[5] and Best of Silk Road (2003)[6]. The term also appears in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pirates of Penzance.[7]
Santana produced an album by this name on the Columbia label.
Interior of the Caravanserai of Sa'd al-Saltaneh in Qazvin.
Caravanserai of Shah Abbas, now a hotel, in Isfahan. View is from courtyard (sahn).
Caravanserai Sangi in Zanjan.
Caravanserai in Shaki, Azerbaijan
Abandoned caravanserai in Neyestānak, Iran
Khan al-Umdan in Acre, Israel
CARAVANSERAI, a public building, for the shelter of a caravan and of wayfarers generally in Asiatic Turkey. It is commonly constructed in the neighbourhood, but not within the walls, of a town or village. It is quadrangular in form, with a dead wall outside; this wall has small windows high up, but in the lower parts merely a few narrow air-holes. Inside a cloister-like arcade, surrounded by cellular store-rooms, forms the ground floor, and a somewhat lighter arcade, giving access to little dwelling-rooms, runs round it above. Broad open flights of stone steps connect the storeys. The central court is open to the sky, and generally has in its centre a well with a fountain-basin beside it. A spacious gateway, high and wide enough to admit the passage of a loaded camel, forms the sole entrance, which is furnished with heavy doors, and is further guarded within by massive iron chains, drawn across at night. The entry is paved with flagstones, and there are stone seats on each side. The court itself is generally paved, and large enough to admit of three or four hundred crouching camels or tethered mules; the bales of merchandise are piled away under the lower arcade, or stored up in the cellars behind it. The upstairs apartments are for human lodging; cooking is usually carried on in one or more corners of the quadrangle below. Should the caravanserai be a small one, the merchants and their goods alone find place within, the beasts of burden being left outside. A porter, appointed by the municipal authority of the place, is always present, lodged just within the gate, and sometimes one or more assistants. These form a guard of the building and of the goods and persons in it, and have the right to maintain order and, within certain limits, decorum; but they have no further control over the temporary occupants of the place, which is always kept open for all arrivals from prayer-time at early dawn till late in the evening. A small gratuity is expected by the porter, but he has no legal claim for payment, his maintenance being provided for out of the funds of the institution. Neither food nor provender is supplied.
Many caravanserais in Syria, Mesopotamia and Anatolia have considerable architectural merit; their style of construction is in general that known as Saracenic; their massive walls are of hewn stone; their proportions apt and grand. The portals especially are often decorated with intricate carving; so also is the prayerniche within. These buildings, with their belongings, are works of charity, and are supported, repaired and so forth out of funds derived from pious legacies, most often of land or rentals. Sometimes a municipality takes on itself to construct and maintain a caravanserai; but in any case the institution is tax-free, and its revenues are inalienable. When, as sometimes happens, those revenues have been dissipated by peculation, neglect or change of times, the caravanserai passes through downward stages of dilapidation to total ruin (of which only too many examples may be seen) unless some new charity intervene to repair and renew it.
Khans, i.e. places analogous to inns and hotels, where not lodging only, but often food and other necessaries or comforts may be had for payment, are sometimes by inaccurate writers confounded with caravanserais. They are generally to be found within the town or village precincts, and are of much smaller dimensions than caravanserais. The khan of Asad Pasha at Damascus is a model of constructive skill and architectural beauty.
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"Do you think this is rigged? :-)"
Of course not...just a sign of the conspiracy of PETA taking over the world.
Someone cooking corn dogs outside got their attention.
Simple ain't it?
I'll just get my hat and coat now...
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No... they use double sided tape to secure the animals to a coat, the heat from the models body (and stage lights) melts the tape and the animals scamper off. Anybody can see that! Simple.
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text: How To iPhone & iPod 7 Travel Apps For Apple TV These apps are ready for take off Share Pin Email Print iPhone & iPod Basics Installing & Upgrading Guides & Tutorials Tips & Tricks Key Concepts Switching from Android to iPhone By Jonny Evans Writer Johnny Evans is a former Lifewire writer who specializes in iPhones, iOS, and Apple TV and blogs daily about it at other publications. our editorial process Jonny Evans Updated December 12, 2019 Are you planning a journey? This handpicked selection of apps should help you get a head start putting your trip together; from city guides to places to stay and flight information, you'll find a growing list of resources on your Apple TV as travel becomes a front room occupation the family can share. Don't forget to check the map of where you are going before you travel. 01 of 07 Choose Your Place with Airbnb Airbnb Built around enabling couples and families to share decisions about where they want to stay, Airbnb's app prioritizes images over text, so you end up with a highly visual way of exploring available places in destinations. You can share what you find through integration with other Apple devices, too. 02 of 07 Air France Flies Ahead of Rivals Ron Reiring / Flickr Air France stole a march on competitors when it introduced its app, which remains one of the few airline-specific apps on the Apple TV. The app gives you destination guides, exclusive Air France podcasts and music selections and access to your Air France account, though it doesn't (yet) let you purchase flights through your TV set. 03 of 07 Hostelworld Andras Polonyi / Getty Images Those planning to stay in hostels on their vacation should certainly check out HostelWorld. Perfect for researching your next adventure, the app provides information about 33,000 properties around the globe, from chic design hostels, to party hostels and everything in-between. You can search through the top recommendations, search by city and read reviews to help you make the right hostel decision. 04 of 07 Watch Your Flight Information Watch flight paths and check flight information using Apple TV. This app gives you up-to-the-minute information on flights from and to anywhere in the world, helping you avoid endless waits in departure lounges or expensive airport parking charges when you need to pick someone up. Planefinder lets you watch flight paths on a map view on your Apple TV, with information about the flight, flight speed, and departure and arrival times. 05 of 07 One Day You'll Buy Vacations Through Apple TV This app lets you travel without leaving home with its lavish illustration and rich video collections. One category you won't find in short supply on Apple TV, there a lot of travel guides available from multiple operators, including Louis Vuitton. One of the most visually exciting comes from UK travel operator, Thomson who offer richly illustrated guides to many of the most exotic and interesting destinations it serves, with a selection of beautifully filmed videos designed to give you a sense of the places you can explore. You can't purchase holidays through the app – yet – but that's clearly the direction of travel and you don't need to be a travel agent to figure that out. 06 of 07 TravelSavvy, Your Experienced Local Guide Jamie Grill / Getty Images This compelling combination of experienced travel guides, video, and local recommendations is a great app to dip into before you visit a new place, or just to whet your appetite for places you've not made it to yet. With titles like "The Conscious Consumer's Guide to NYC" there's a good deal of uniquely crafted information in TravelSavvy that should help you plan a stimulating excursion. You can skip through all these recommendations, one after another, with everything you've looked at listed at the bottom of the screen so you can quickly take notes. 07 of 07 Never Travel Without Trip Advisor Wherever you want to travel, TripAdvisor has the information, advice and recommendations you need. Andrei Troitskiy / Getty Images Most every traveler spends a little time with Trip Advisor, from figuring out good places to visit, stay and where to eat to the service has become a great resource no matter which destination you intend to visit. The Apple TV app offers photos, traveler reviews and in-depth help and advice for the world's top destinations. With 375 million monthly visitors this is a great place to crowdsource knowledge you need in order to enjoy your travels. The Direction of Travel There is plenty of room for development when it comes to travel-related apps on Apple TV. You see, travel apps represent about 5% of mobile apps, but don't yet account for anything like 5% of the apps available at the TV App Store. Will this change? It should, once the company deploys payment services through its platforms. This will enable travel apps developers to monetize their offering. I imagine big hotel brands will quickly introduce Apple TV apps once users can book rooms directly through their software – the AccorHotels app comes close, though booking requires you to also use an iPhone. Continue Reading


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Would you drop out of college if you knew deep down you didn't want to work for anyone else? I'm not sure if this is the best reason for calling it quits. There are majors that are conducive to being able to start your own business. For example, major in Accounting and you can probably end up as a CPA working from home. Let's see, what else? With a Business degree, you could have the necessary knowledge to start your own business and manage it well enough, I guess. An English degree could make you available for a bunch of freelance jobs as a writer or being an author. I can't think of any other major where you could avoid graduate school, and still have viable job skills that transfer directly into working for yourself. So maybe going to college is a pathway to the world of finding a boss. And therefore the decision that this young man made was a great one: 24-old-college-dropout-explains-how…
This story describes fairly well the choice one young man made several years ago, knowing in his heart his true calling was NOT following someone else's rules, policies, and direction. What I like about this story is that it isn't one of those typical success stories where only triumphs are shared but not the tribulations that came before. Mr. Henkel took advantage of his youth and acted with conviction, not underestimating what was in store for him for his business decisions. He realized the dangers of tapping into credit cards, cash advances, loans, i.e., OPM (Other People's Money), and acted with haste to rid himself of each obligation before they took the wind out of his sail. More importantly, and a great lesson for everyone, he had a strategy, dare I say, a plan! He went with what he knew, buying properties near his university, and renting them out to his friends. I'm sure that his inner friend circle served as word of mouth advertising for future tenanting. In other words, he tapped into his network, made good on servicing his network, improving each place he bought and making it more student friendly, and banked on this reputation on subsequent projects.
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I've been working on a new worship project for the past few months and it is almost finished :) The title is We Are Forever Yours and there are 6 brand new worship songs I can't wait to share with everyone. Check out the cover!
I haven't decided on an official release date yet and I am raising funds to help cover the costs of making the album. For those who donate to the GoFundMe campaign, they will receive a signed copy of the project before anyone else! I'm supposed to receive the CDs in the next week or two and as soon as I receive them I'll be sending them out. If you would like to get your copy of the new album before anyone else, click on the link below to visit my GoFundMe page. I'm asking for a minimum of $10 donation but feel free to give whatever you can. No amount is too small.
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Helooowww~ Anyone already watched PAN? A movie about the beginning of Peter Pan - yes, the famous annoying little boy in green suit. But in PAN 2015 movie, Peter is not annoying, he is brave, cool, mysterious, and handsome lol.
MAKEUP PLAY + TUTORIAL: Tiger Lily from Pan 2015 Movie
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Hi Sweet Cupcakes! I think every girl in the world knows Benefit, and guess what, Benefit is now AVAILABLE on the hottest online site ever - Luxola! *cheers*
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Monday, October 19, 2015
Hello Pumpkins! Back with mask review with me. I love having my me-time at night, pampering myself with some good stuff. Thanks to Dr. Jart+ Indonesia for giving this Lift Up Your Face Line Dermask I super curious about this high-selling mask!
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Sunday, October 04, 2015
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My mom left to go back to Illinois this morning. I usually get a little teary-eyed when I say good-bye to her, but today was a hard good-bye. Two other hard good-byes were when she left my dorm my first year of college, and when she left my apartment when I moved out to Yuma. I do think I cried the least with this one of the three, but probably because I am too exhausted to cry! :)
Later this morning Buddy had his first pediatrician appointment. My sister-in-law was kind enough to go with me to be an extra pair of hands, which was definitely necessary with his monitor, the rainy morning, and the lack of close parking spaces. I didn't know what to expect, but when I got there I was informed that it would be treated as his 2 month check-up. I know he had around the clock medical care for the first several weeks of his life, but I feel a little ripped off that the literature I received when I left the office was about my 2 month old child when developmentally he is still in negative weeks. The doctor also pointed out where Buddy is on the growth chart. Not on the chart, really. She said he says some catching up to do. Duh. The doctor was really nice and answered the questions I remembered to write down; I guess I just expected something a little different, a little more individualized since he isn't your typical baby. She also thinks he should be gaining more weight, so we have to go back in a week for a weight check. He is 5 lbs 9.5 oz today. He received his immunizations. I hated watching him cry with them, but he got over it pretty quickly. Then we were sent back to the hospital (grrrr) to get a state-required blood test where Buddy had his foot pricked and pinched for the millionth time in his life. The shots have made him very sleepy, not very hungry (great for the weight gain, right?), and a little fussy - sad, pitiful fussy not angry fussy. He is passed out here on his boppy looking so cute that I must log off and go over and kiss his sweet little head.


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I thought I'd share a script I've been using to export a bunch of .opf files at once to .csv files.
You can find it here: https://github.com/iamamutt/datavyu (datavyu2csv.rb in the general folder)
It hasn't been thoroughly tested since our lab probably uses the software for our own needs, but if you encounter any bugs or issues it would be helpful if you can describe them.
I need to make this general and stable enough so that other lab members can use it to get their data quickly.
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Winter has been a bit stop start so far this year but we're not complaining as it's not been as cold and wet as normal (although the dams are surprisingly full). Having said that the weather took a turn for the worse today and it's been raining quite a bit with a strong and cold northwesterly wind blowing.
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Negotiating With the Public in Mind Thesis
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The author of this brief report has been asked to select a chapter out of the Saner book that relates to negotiating. After selection of this chapter, the book snippet will be reviewed from a critical standpoint and then will be applied to real-world situations. Upon the completion of this part of the assignment, the thesis offered by the author of this report will be supported and the main points of the chapter will be driven home. All of this will be supported by scholarly sources other than Saner himself. While there are always interest parties when it comes to negotiations, the introduction, either directly or indirectly, of the public and their interests can greatly complicate negotiations between two or more parties and it can be used as a wedge by either side of the agreement.
Negotiations between two parties can be fairly simple. It can also be fairly to very complicated. Of course, it depends on the situation involved, the needs or requirements of both parties and what is generally at stake. However, who is involved from an impact, stakeholder or investment standpoint also matters greatly and when the public is one of those parties, things can get messy. Of course, negotiating over who will build a highway and at what cost can be fairly simple but one can back up the processed a bit to a more basic level and look at what the "public" really wants in the first place. Of course, that is a very fickle thing as the public is a bunch of people and what each person wants is obviously going to vary. This is why there are elections and the "will of the people" from the same are often the basis for the negotiations that follow. However, while the main focus of this analysis as it pertains to Saner centers on the tenth chapter, that being about interest groups and the public, there can also be a looping in of the sixth chapter (tactics), needs and motivation (the third chapter) and a few others. While some of the needs of the public and the associated negotiations could and should be fairly straightforward, the introduction of interest groups and the public makes it all the more complicated and in a few different ways (Saner, 2005).
For example, if there is a union associated with a public agency and their contract is up, it could be fairly straightforward to get a new collective bargaining agreement or it could be very dicey. It all depends on what the union thinks they should get and what the public officials are willing to offer. Those two positions may be close together or they may be far apart. Regardless, a variable that cannot be ignored in any scenario like this is that taxpayer money is funding some or all of the activities that will be regulated as part of the ensuing agreement and this is a major point of contention between the two groups. However, there are other interest groups that are more centered on what the workers are "entitled" to and what their "rights" are. This may or may not be palpable or acceptable to the budget constraints that exist, at least in the estimation of the public officials who are negotiating with the union (Fowles & Cowen, 2015).
A more basic example of publicly-oriented negotiations and the interest groups that buzz around the same would be the back and forth that goes on every day right now with the Republicans and Democrats. There is a huge back and forth regarding what the will of the people is, what is "American" and what is "un-American" and so forth. Just as one example, Democrats commonly tout government-ran healthcare for all while Republicans are often concerned about border security and gun rights. Regardless of what the public mood seems to be on a subject, the two negotiating sides (the two political parties) will tend to select data and points that suit their interests even if they are cherry-picking those items as they do so. Indeed, the member of a party can seize on one election result, one event, one poll or some other happening and use that as a basis for making a negotiating ploy even if the ice on which that point stands is razor-thin.
Interest groups make things even more chaotic as they will often have points and positions that are very entrenched and defined and those groups will push those interest irrespective of the ostensible interest or lack of interest that the public might have. Further, those interest groups will try to rally up support against a "mutual foe" or with someone that is ostensibly like-minded. The current hullabaloo about bathrooms and which bathrooms people of the transgender community should use is just one topic and it is an easy one that helps define the problem. People that are in favor of people using the bathroom of their gender identity will often (but not always) assail opponents of this policy as homophobic, bigoted and "backwards." The opposite side will come out firmly against firms and parties that are "for" the policy. Target, the retailer, has come out in favor of the former position named above and there has been a major petition and other vitriolic reactions to this from some corners of the public. Obviously, such public-oriented policy decisions can lead to some very nasty exchanges and even nastier accusations such as those of bigotry and general acts of animus or even hatred from either side. Perhaps it is perception on the part of the author of this report but things seem to be getting more and more advanced in terms of tone and the stakes involved and the candidates in the Presidential election and their associated histories and backstories just makes things even more complicated and chaos-ridden (Kmietowicz, 2010).
To come back to the thesis and to make a salient point about all of this, one has to define what "successful negotiation skills" happen to be. When it comes to public agencies, the public's will and status as stakeholders and what the best path forward is, it really is about ensuring that everyone wins as much as is possible and that any negative feelings are avoided as much as is possible. For example, one might suggest that single-use gender-neutral bathrooms are a good way to diffuse the bathroom dilemma since only one person can use one at a time and thus multiple people being in those bathrooms is removed as a source of friction. When it comes to other public matters such as the budget, a leader from one party can say that there are things that both sides and both sides of the political spectrum want. Therefore, it would be prudent to have a compromise where each side gets important things that they want but both sides table things they want that are of lesser importance so that a compromise can be reached (Ogborn, 1992).
If there are some main points that can be garnered from the above and from the general discussion about negotiating and doing so when the interest and attention of the public is involved, it would be as follows:
When the public's money is involved, that matters a great deal. Some people might want to push that aside as a point of contention or discussion but it cannot be ignored. While teachers, administrators and other public workers should obviously be paid a fair salary and set of benefits, it has to be remembered that pushing for anything above and beyond what that same person would get from the private sector is probably a bridge too far. This often gets lost in the rhetoric and back and forth of public-related negotiations but it actually cannot be forgotten.
The nastiness and vitriol that often surfaces, mostly from outside parties, needs to stop. The people involved in these negotiations are supposedly adults and it needs to show. This means no demagoguery, no character assassination and a bridge being built towards a plan and outcome that works as much as is possible for everyone involved. Anyone that results to negative tactics is not helping the process and really should not be involved because it just protracts the struggle and makes things worse for everyone.
Interest groups that their interests and to say that they should be precluded from the negotiating and jockeying process is not really fair. However, it also has to be remembered that these interest groups commonly represent very specific and sometimes out-of-the-norm positions. For example, there are groups in the public and lobbying sphere that are for "abortion on demand" while there are others that are against any form of abortion. Of course, public polls reveal that just about everyone has a position on the matter that is somewhere in between those extremes. Beyond that. Roe v. Wade has made it clear that abortion is legal and that shall remain the case unless or until it is overridden. That should… [END OF PREVIEW]
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Birthday parties are already a good time for the person they are celebrating. Providing a baseball fan with a baseball diamond-shaped cake is a great way to make the day just a little more special. Thankfully, this is a gift that isn't too hard to make. A baseball diamond, after all, has a regular shape that is easy to create with the baking equipment you probably have in your kitchen. Best of all, making your own themed cake means you get to decorate it (and eat some frosting while you work).
Decide what the flavor of your baseball-themed cake will be. There's always the standard chocolate and vanilla (and a swirl of the two), but you can also choose a delicious coconut cake, or a carrot cake if that's what the birthday boy or girl would like. As you've decided to make a baseball diamond cake, the design is somewhat set for you, so consider being creative with the inside of the cake.
Locate a cake recipe of the flavor that you would like. Sites such as Recipes 4 Cakes have a wide variety, but cake recipes can be found in countless cookbooks as well. You can also find low-fat options, no-bake recipes and more.
Bake the cake you're going to decorate in a square baking pan, even if the recipe doesn't specifically call for it to be done this way. This will get you the proper diamond shape. (If you can't find one, you could always bake the cake in a rectangular pan and simply cut the cake into a square.) Because you're baking the cake in a different pan than the one suggested, keep more of an eye on it to make sure it cooks thoroughly (and doesn't burn). The baker/blogger at Let Her Eat Cake features a recipe for a raisin-based cake that looks very, very good and would serve as a good foundation for your baseball diamond.
Cover the cooled cake with green frosting using a spreader. This will serve as the grass of the baseball diamond, of course. Keep the layer thin and make it very flat if you like the Astroturf look. For a more naturalistic appearance for your baseball diamond cake, allow irregularities in the surface to mimic real grass. If you don't have green frosting, try adding green food coloring to white (vanilla) frosting to get the same effect. If the frosting is too light, simply add more food coloring.
Set a 3-inch ring of brown (dirt-colored) frosting on your baseball diamond cake; this serves as the home plate area. Put 2-inch squares of brown frosting at the remaining three corners of the cake. These are where the bases will go. You can either paint them on the cake with white frosting or put square colored candy where each base should go. (Don't forget home plate!)
Finish up your design by planting the pitcher's mound right in the middle of the cake. Add the final touches, using white frosting to put the rubber on the pitcher's mound and to draw the basepaths between home plate and first and third. Baseball Almanac features drawings that will allow you to be very precise with your diamond if that's what you want. Otherwise, decorate for fun.