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E.Construct USA, LLC is seeking entry level and experienced CAD technicians to work as structural designers in our building, bridge and precast divisions.
Candidates should have a strong work ethic, good technical aptitude and the desire to learn. Entry level candidates should have a high school diploma and have completed coursework in AutoCAD and/or Revit. Experienced candidates should have completed similar coursework or have equivalent experience. Training or experience in MicroStation is a plus.
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- Fair and competitive salaries.
- Opportunities for advancement and professional development through in-house training and tuition reimbursement programs.
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- Enjoyable working conditions developed to attract and keep the most capable people in our profession.
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E.Construct.Florida, PLLC is an engineering consultant of architectural and structural precast concrete and pre-stressed hollow core slabs installed in large commercial and residential construction projects. We are seeking Structural Engineers to perform structural engineering design and analysis for the architectural and structural precast concrete members (both conventionally reinforced, pre-stressed and sandwich panels). Individuals will apply theoretical knowledge of structural and civil engineering concepts and principles, as well as experience working in the construction field, to perform the duties of the position.
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• Prepare design calculations, reports and spreadsheets in accordance to applicable contract documents
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• Conduct Finite Element Analysis on precast concrete wall panels
• Design and analyze connections and anchoring both for handling and erecting precast wall panels
• Work with a multidiscipline team to ensure a coordinated design package
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• Provide engineering support to quality control and erection processes
• Perform structural modeling using software
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Qualified applicants must also have demonstrable proficiency, knowledge and experience with the following:
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No matter how hard a person works to eliminate debt and remain debt-free, life has a way of throwing financial curveballs. If people end up with large amounts of debt as a result of emergency purchases or medical bills, they can easily become discouraged and eager to seek debt relief. Personal bankruptcy may be a helpful solution for doing away with these types of debts in Pennsylvania.
In addition to causing stress, debt can affect how high or low a person's credit score is. It's worth noting that some types of debt are more harmful to one's credit score than other types are. For instance, debt on credit cards carries much more weight than loan debt does. People who wish to lower their credit scores thus may benefit from paying down their credit card debts first by putting more than the minimum payments toward the monthly bills. Then, they can focus on their student loan debt afterward.
Those who have student loans can also keep their credit scores stronger by being on time with their payments each month. If loan repayment options are available, these may also be worth looking into in order to lower one's monthly payments. Lower payments may fit a person's budget better and thus help him or her to have a much more promising financial future.
While debt is a real issue for many consumers, legal debt relief is possible in Pennsylvania. Credit card obligations and other types of debt can quickly be removed via the personal bankruptcy process. Although college loans usually cannot be taken away through this process, getting rid of other debt makes it simpler for college graduates to pay off student loans in our state.
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The compass of the Yemeni question has turned to the Omani capital, Muscat, where stakeholders in the Yemeni crisis and international mediators are trying to hammer out a formula that could pave the way to a final agreement on a comprehensive solution that could be eventually signed in Kuwait. Kuwait had hosted negotiations between the Yemeni factions that lasted three months without making significant progress in putting Yemen back on the track towards peace and ending the civil war that erupted in the summer of 2015.
UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed has proposed a working plan that would start with efforts to generate a climate conducive to negotiations. The plan calls for a ceasefire along all fronts, including a cessation of all aerial assaults, between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi-Saleh militias and arrangements to allow urgent humanitarian relief to reach war torn areas. The UN secretary general's assistant for humanitarian affairs flew to Sanaa Sunday to promote this process.
An observer of the current diplomatic activity in Muscat told Al-Ahram Weekly by phone that the proposed 24-hour truce would require that Houthi militias halt cross-border missile fire into Saudi Arabia and that the Saudis halt their aerial bombardments of areas controlled by the forces of the Houthi militias and Yemeni military forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. On the framework of the negotiations, the source said that there is a basic consensus over what the agreement should contain, but there remain differences over scheduling and how to prioritise the political versus security tracks. If the parties' positions on these questions can be bridged, it will be possible to draw up the articles of a final agreement that could be signed in Kuwait.
According to Mohamed Yahya Al-Saberi, a Yemeni political analyst, the dependable way out of the Yemeni crisis is to be found in the roadmap that was formulated in Kuwait. That roadmap suggests the possibility of implementing the security and political tracks simultaneously. Depending on the current conditions and climate, a committee of local military experts could be created to carry out the details under international supervision. "There is a neutral military sector that could undertake this role," he said.
Muscat is an important stage in the current negotiating process. The Houthi-Saleh alliance has wanted the Omani capital to sponsor negotiations since the beginning of the crisis. But even if Geneva and Kuwait prevailed, Muscat served as a major venue for indirect talks and communications. Nevertheless, observers and analysts do not appear very optimistic on this current stage. Yemeni political analyst Abdel-Aziz Al-Majidi described recent developments as "a new chapter in the same farce."
A source close to the Yemenigovernment in Riyadh told the Weekly that while the legitimate Yemeni government responded positively and the Saudi government volunteered to send a representative for this purpose, "it is still difficult to depend on a Houthi-Saleh commitment to any resolutions emerging from the Gulf capitals that wish to resolve the Yemeni crisis." He added: "I personally believe that there is no real groundwork for an agreement because of the developments that are taking place in Sanaa and the obstacles they are creating in order to obstruct the path to a comprehensive settlement. Accordingly, the field is where the real agreements are made."
Much water has passed beneath the bridge since negotiations stalled in Kuwait at the end of July and the Muscat track opened. As the negotiations in Kuwait floundered, the Houthi-Saleh alliance announced the creation of a joint political council which, in turn, led to the recent formation of a government headed by the former governor of Aden, Abdel-Aziz Ben Habtoor. In tandem with these political steps, the Houthis reinforced their siege on Taiz and simultaneously escalated their cross-border missile attacks against Saudi Arabia.
Moreover, just last week, Houthi forces bombarded a UAE ship off the coast of Mocha in the Red Sea. Claiming that the ship — an HSV-2 Swift developed by the US navy — was carrying humanitarian relief, the Saudi-led coalition intensified its aerial assaults against the front in Nahem, the military academy in the Rodha region in northern Sanaa, and the coastal area which is expected to see an intensification of security measures now that the Houthis have begun to target maritime traffic.
On this subject, Al-Majidi said, "The coastal strip has been unsafe ever since the Houthis seized control and began to move against Mocha, Midi and Taiz. A rapid intervention is needed to change that situation in the field so as to regain control on land, sea and air."
The US State Department issued a statement cautioning the Houthi movement against targeting vessels in the Red Sea, which is an international commercial waterway. Other Yemeni sources fear that the Houthi threat could inspire other militias, whether those working with the insurgents or Al-Qaeda affiliated militias, to undertake similar actions threatening the security of the Red Sea.
Speaking to the Weekly, Al-Saberi said: "It is likely that this development regarding the firing of a missile occurred at the suggestion of a foreign power. The parties communicate with parties in the Gulf. For example, Ahmed Ali Saleh is in the UAE and a Saleh delegation was in Amman. Therefore, some parties want to transform the situation from one level to another one, closer to the Syrian situation, so as to promote greater international intervention and further complicate the conflict. What is needed, therefore, is a breakthrough that deals with the regional dilemma of the Yemeni conflict, which is connected with other regional conflicts."
Apart from such developments there are other factors that will affect the Muscat stage. One is the initiative that Secretary of State Kerry presented in Riyadh some weeks ago in a new and, in the opinion of some, unconvincing US intervention in the Yemeni question. Some observers have added that parts of the Kerry initiative are vague, such as the idea of having militia forces handover weapons to a third neutral party.
Another possibly complicating factor is the Russian involvement that has come to light recently and that is apparently geared to enhancing the Houthi-Saleh position. According to sources in Sanaa, former president Saleh met with the Russian chargéd'affairs in the Yemeni capital on the eve of the anticipated talks in Muscat. Such reports support the contention that the Russian-US rivalry fever has spread from Syria to Yemen, which also implies bilateral actions worked out in secret between Moscow and Washington.
Riyadh, for its part, insists that any forthcoming agreement must not allow the Houthi movement to remain as a militia, as stated by the Saudi-led coalition spokesman General Asiri. The Saudi stipulation may prove yet another challenge to the process.


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For those who do not have enough money to fly out to Bulgaria to catch Tuesday June 22nd's "Big Four" concert featuring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Antrax there is good news for you. Cineplex Theatres are going to be streaming the entire event live via satellite, as the action happens.
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"For one night only, metalheads around the world can experience history: On Tuesday, June 22, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax perform on one stage together, and through the wonders of satellite technology, you can be part of this historic concert event, broadcast exclusively to select movie theatres around the world. The Big Four: Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica will feature nearly 4 hours of live performances and behind-the-scenes from the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria."
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Leaders from more than a dozen advocacy groups have signed a letter urging legislators to support "open competition" in infrastructure projects.
In a May 17, letter, the groups called for Congress to allow open and competitive bids and to include requirements for open bids in all infrastructure projects. The groups are clear in their requests for legislation.
"Specifically," said the letter, "legislation should include language that clearly requires an open, competitive bidding process for materials that will be used in infrastructure projects."
According to the special interest groups, there is already bipartisan agreement within legislatures that the nation's infrastructure is badly in need of replacement or repair. The group also asserts that with an open bidding process project engineers will be able to make better fiscal decisions with taxpayer money and ultimately choose materials that lower project costs.
The message to lawmakers is clear: without open and competitive bidding, taxpayers will foot a higher than necessary bill for needed infrastructure projects. Although states spend some money on infrastructure, a large part of funding for major infrastructure projects comes from the federal government.
The plea from advocacy groups also includes details about a recent study conducted by the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), which concluded that replacing the aging infrastructure of the nations water systems would cost $1.32 trillion dollars.
"It is projected that allowing open competition for materials in just water infrastructure projects could save over $371 billion in taxpayer funds," said the letter, before noting "A separate study conducted by Massachusetts-based BCC Research found removing barriers to competition could save up to 39 percent per mile in pipe costs alone."
Without mincing words, the letter says open competition should not be limited solely to energy and water infrastructure but applied to all publicly funded infrastructure projects. The current system contains "protectionist and outdated restrictions" on materials the group says. The group also attributes the current restrictions on materials in infrastructure and construction projects to what it calls "special interests."
The plea was signed by 21 leaders from different conservative lobby groups including the Tea Party Nation, Americans for Tax Reform, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Works, and the National Taxpayers Union.


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2018-19 Chapman Men's Golf News
221 Panthers honored as SCIAC All-AcademicJuly 08, 2019Chapman University's student-athletes matched their record number with 221 SCIAC All-Academic selections in for the 2018-19 school year. The Panthers had the fourth-most selections of the nine schools in the SCIAC.
Keating, Tso earn All-SCIAC honorsApril 30, 2019Sophomore Avery Keating and senior Griffin Tso earned All-SCIAC Second Team Honors earlier this afternoon after helping the Panthers to a fifth place overall finish this season. Tso was also awarded the Jesse Clark Sportsmanship Award in his final season.
Men's golf takes fifth at SCIAC Championships, Tso in top-10April 20, 2019Senior Griffin Tso jumped up to eighth and the Chapman University men's golf team finished fifth at the SCIAC Championships. The Panthers missed out on fourth place on the team leaderboard by a stroke.
Tso in top-10 after second day of championshipsApril 19, 2019Senior Griffin Tso jumped up 14 spots on the second day of the SCIAC Championships to sit tied for ninth overall. The Panthers stayed in their fifth place spot after shooting a 308 (+20) this afternoon.
Rogers aces a hole, Hoefert in fifth on first day of SCIAC ChampionshipsApril 18, 2019The Chapman University men's golf team sits in fifth place after the first day of the SCIAC Championships held at Brookside Golf Club. The Panthers shot a team score of 293 (+13) and sit just two strokes behind fourth-place Redlands.
Men's golf enters SCIAC Championships tied for fifthApril 17, 2019The Chapman University men's golf team heads to the Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena, Calif. this weekend to compete in the SCIAC Championships. The three-day tournament begins on Thursday, April 18 and runs until Saturday, April 20.
Men's golf takes sixth at second SCIAC meetApril 06, 2019The Chapman University men's golf team took sixth place this past weekend at the second SCIAC dual meet, shooting a 621 (+53) as a team over the course of two rounds. Sophomore Avery Keating led the squad, tying for eighth place overall after shooting a 152 (+10) on the par-72 course.
Men's golf takes 11th at West CupMarch 26, 2019Sophomore Avery Keating finished the last round at par to lead the Chapman University men's golf team to an 11th-place finish at the West Cup. After a rough opening round the Panthers rebounded to climb four spots on the team leaderboard.
Tso ties for top spot in Tri-MatchMarch 13, 2019Senior Griffin Tso tied for the low round in the Chapman University men's golf team's tri-match against Cal Lutheran and Vanguard. The Panthers finished first, fourth, seventh, ninth and 12th in the 15-player event.
Men's golf takes fifth in first SCIAC matchFebruary 24, 2019The Chapman University Men's golf team finished fifth place in their first SCIAC match of the season, shooting 603 (+27) overall. On day one, the Panthers scored 309 (+21) and then followed with a score of 294 (+6) on day two, shaving off 15 strokes.
Men's golf takes second place in Poet ClassicFebruary 15, 2019The Chapman Men's golf team placed second last Friday in the Poet Classic, shooting 313 (+29) as a team and finishing just one stroke back from La Verne. The Panthers competed against La Verne, Pomona-Pitzer, Whittier College, and Vanguard University.
Men's golf opens spring season with strong round against Cal LutehranFebruary 12, 2019The Chapman University men's golf team opened the spring season with a dual round against Cal Lutheran on Tuesday. Senior Zach Gellens tied for second to lead the Panthers in the spring-opener.
Men's golf finishes fall schedule at MCU Fall InviteOctober 23, 2018The Chapman University men's golf team rounded out its fall schedule as it competed in the Marymount Fall Invitational in Palm Springs from Sunday, Oct. 21 – Tuesday, Oct. 23. The Panthers placed seventh with a team score of 877 (+13) while sophomore Avery Keating led the pack, tying for sixth place overall.
Hval's low round highlights first fall tournamentSeptember 18, 2018Sophomore Brody Hval equaled the lowest round and lowest two-round score in school history to lead the Chapman University men's golf team to a third-place finish at the CA State Intercollegiate. The Panthers turned in two solid rounds in a row to place third among the 12 teams at the tournament.


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It's 23 days into the New Year already, can you believe that? Ready to make 2017 count? Perhaps, you're already losing focus on your goals and probably wondering how you'll stay motivated long enough to actually accomplish them.
On those tough days, you have a choice: You can either keep your chin up or move forward, or you can quit. Unfortunately, the tendency for most people is the latter option. You have to owe it to yourself that you wouldn't get sidetracked with conquering your to-do-list. Your number one goal is to challenge yourself. You're not a quitter so do not quit.
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Staying motivated―and achieving what you set out to do each passing day―is surprisingly possible. Ever wondered how highly successful people maintain their motivation and continue to chase their toughest goals through an entire year?
Just follow these 5 steps, and watch yourself actualise your biggest ambitions.
#1 Keep a success board
A success board could be a white board, a card board paper, a chalk board or even a piece of paper somewhere visible – where you can capture your achievements, add your victories, special moments or perhaps hitting a milestone of some sort as the year goes by. Seeing your accomplishments in one spot gives you great self-confidence, motivation, and a sense of progress. It reminds you of the successes you've achieved so far. You will be surprised at how motivating seeing your own successes can be.
"It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop." — Confucius
#2 Eliminate Procrastination
I once read that procrastination is the mother of all evil and like every other nonchalant human I ignored it until I started realising the setbacks I faced due to procrastination. It is more than a bad habit – It will grow in you like a virus and eat you alive like cancer. It can completely destroy your spirit, dull your senses, and mute your dreams by putting off for tomorrow what should be done today. This is the number one ailment to sap our motivation. If you want to stay motivated and achieve your dreams, you have to eliminate procrastination from your life. It's not easy. But it's necessary.
#3 Cut out distractions
Just as the bible says, if your right hand will cause you to stumble, cut it off – the same is applicable to achieving your goals. Are you spending hours on the internet, television, your cell phone, playing games or socializing? Is it in anyway going to help you achieve your goals? If your answer is NO then cut them off.
If you're serious about your goals, then you have to get serious about proper time management. Have it in the back of your mind that time waits for no man, time is precious, time is money – you should learn to discipline yourself and set a balance to everything. To put it simple, limit some of your social time, or any other thing that can interrupt you and just focus. I mean, social media, games, movies and what not ain't running away. Have you ever thought that people are actually making a fortune from you wasting your time on this distractions??? Well, that's the sad truth. Create a balance!
#4 Find Inspiration
Personally, I get motivation from reading motivational books and listening to motivational talks. I am still trying to make it a habit of listening to a motivational message every morning. YouTube is a great resource amongst so many others out there – hearing another person's success story makes you realise that they have faced and conquered the same challenges that you're are probably facing right now. This is a great way to avoid losing motivation. If they can succeed, why can't we?
#5 The God Factor
God created us in his image and his likeness, he created you to share his potential. When He took you out of Himself, He automatically gave you the ability to be creative and imaginative. You share God's potential to plan, design, and bring dreams into reality. That's why God is constantly challenging you to ask Him for the impossible. The possible is no fun for God. He's already done that. It's the ideas, plans, and objectives the world hasn't seen yet that God wants you to do. I need you to believe that with God, you can and you will. He said you should ask and you shall receive – ask him to keep you motivated and he will because with God all things are possible. So, never for once doubt yourself or your abilities.
Bonus tips includes
• Find a mentor
• Make a daily to-do list
• Create a weekly plan
• Visualize your future
• Revisit your goals
• Try something new, exciting and challenging
• Relax your mind and body
• Reward yourself
• Have fun wisely – emphases on wisely. All works without play makes jack a dull boy
• Find a partner to be accountable to.
• Lastly, do not give up – Rome wasn't built in a day. You will get there slowly, but surely.
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As the second week of the new year comes to a close, I find myself reflecting. Not so much on the year 2015, but on the last two weeks – the beginning of 2016. It has been a crazy ride so far, with many wonderful things happening. It seems our customer base is growing every day, and I have had lots and lots of orders to fill.
Even though it has been a lot of hard work, I find myself happy and grateful. After all – this is what I have been striving for the past several years. I have always wanted to have a viable and successful business that was centered around creating. It appears that those aspirations have come true, and both Keith and I couldn't be happier.
What I hadn't anticipated was the wonderful sense of satisfaction that came with whatever successes we have had. Because of the nature of what we do, we tend to bring something positive to the lives of others. By providing patterns, kits and instructions for those who wish to create, we are giving them the tools to do something that makes them happy and helps boost their self-esteem. To me, that is truly one of the most important aspects of what I do. It honestly gives me the most satisfaction and because of it, I feel that I am making a difference in the world. It may be a small one, but I feel that these small things are baby steps to doing something that has a positive effect overall, and no matter how small that effect may be, I'll take it.
It is not only the amount of sales that we are having that I have noticed, but also the amount of calls, letters and emails from people who are so happy with our patterns and kits. I love to hear the stories of why they are making our designs, or for who they are giving them to or which cause. There is always joy and excitement as they tell of their plans, and that to me is worth more than anything. As we grow, it seems to happen more and more.
We don't design for nameless, faceless customers. We design for people with families and full lives and stories. Each pattern or piece of wood from a kit we are making willl go to a 'person'. Someone who chose our designs from the thousands of those available on the market. To me, that is a privileged.
They say that positive reinforcement breeds additional positive responses. I clearly see how that works. As I get busier, I also try to do an even better job than I had done in the past. It wasn't as if I was careless before, but the work that I do takes on a bit more meaning. As I am drawing up my designs or writing instructions or cutting wood, my mind drifts to those who will be using these tools for their own creativity. And I want things as perfect as possible to make their job easier. I think that this success has not only brought our work to a higher level, but also our pride in our products. It is a cycle that builds upon itself and hopefully will continue to perpetuate. I am truly grateful.
As you can tell, I think a lot when I am cutting orders. The repetition of cutting the same pieces over and over becomes somewhat automatic after a while and it allows my mind to wander. Not only about the awesome music that I choose to listen to in my headphones, and the memories that accompany that, but also of the customers I am cutting for and the new things that I will be creating in the future. It is all fun and all positive. Even though it can be physically tiring, it is the 'good' kind of tired. The tired that comes with accomplishment. I hope it continues. . .
In between the mad rush of orders these past two weeks, I was able to also draw up and create a couple of new patterns. Keith has been working on our new catalog, which is no small task, and he has some new patterns as well. We added these patterns to the site, and also changed the specials and sales, as well as offered a new free painting pattern as I showed yesterday. We have been busy. ;)
I still need to write the instructions today for the two new patterns that I created, but they are nothing out of the ordinary and that shouldn't take too long. They should be posted by this evening when our
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The first pattern is that of a pretty set of Damask heart ornaments that I showed earlier this week in progress. I finished them up and they came out really pretty. I call them Damask Heart Ornaments and I am pleased with them:
I cut mine from ash, which is one of my favorite woods to scroll. They are appropriate not only for the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday, but would actually be nice for any romantic occasion (wedding, anniversary, etc.) The link to the pattern is here: http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com/product/SLD521 and it will be active later on today when the pattern is posted. I cut another set of these in 1/8" Baltic birch and I plan to decorate them with some wonderful DecoArt products and some hot-fix rhinestones. But for now, I thought these looked beautiful 'naked' and unadorned. I hope you agree.
The other new pattern that I will be offering is for the SLD522 Heart and Soul Damask Candle Tray. (Again – the link will work when the pattern is posted)
This piece is also in the Damask style, and is fun to cut and came out beautiful. While it is probably not a great project for the beginner scroll sawyers, there is no reason it couldn't be done with a little patience by most. The Damask design is very forgiving and not really as delicate as it appears. I think the most fragile part of this tray is the edging, which I saved to cut until the end. I even left the cut pieces in the cavities on the edges for a bit more support while I finished. I used aspen wood for this try, which is tight grained but light and airy. Since it was 1/2" thick, it held up fine, but you may be better off using something more dense such as maple if you are leery of using a softer wood. I don't deny that the edges of this are delicate and this piece is to be handled with care. But as you can see – it is possible to create it.
I also haven't decided whether or not to embellish the tray. I do like it 'as is', but I am intrigued with the idea of adding some metallic wax to it for some different effects. I may take more photos and then give it a try. I will certainly keep you updated.
Those of you who receive our newsletter should get one by tonight. I have several things to mail out today and then write the newsletter and send it. I don't know how long that will take me.
Keith also has new designs that I showed earlier this week that are now posted. And as I said, there are new sales and specials, as well as some new surfaces that I added in. I plan to design on them very soon and will begin with them this weekend. I hope you want to check them out.
With that said, I will end here for today. Thank you again to all of our customers for your continued support for our little company. You each make a difference in our lives, and we hope we make a small difference in yours. You are very much appreciated.
I wish you all a wonderful weekend. Whether you are in the sun on a beach or shoveling snow here up north, I hope you enjoy what the day brings. Happy Friday to you all!
-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"


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Did you know that killer whales have brains so large that they shut half their brain off when they need to take a nap but keep swimming using the other half?
Did you know there was a specially trained retriever whose job it is to sniff out killer whale poop in the water for scientists to collect and analyze?
These are some of the facts and stories you'll learn at Adopt A Stream Foundation's program, "Killer Whale Tales."
The program is presented by whale researcher Jeff Hogan, who is also a trained actor, so he really knows how to deliver these tales. He presents the program with kids in mind.
Hogan is a professional photographer who will come armed with a great deal of photos and video footage of the San Juan Islands killer whale population, or orcas, one of the icons of the Pacific Northwest.
A research webcam that was temporarily attached to a male killer whale's dorsal fin — the big fin on its back that sticks out of the water — took lots of footage so Hogan will be able to show what it is like to swim with the San Juan pod.
He will provide the most up-to-date information on the baby orca that was born earlier this year, and he'll bring along a killer whale skull for visitors to examine, according to a press release.
You will become a bit of an expert on killer whales when you leave this show. When you see one the wild, you will able to recognize if that whale is swimming to get to another location, hunting for salmon, or just playing. You will be able to tell if the whale is sleeping.
Workbooks to help identify each whale by its dorsal fin will be given out. You will learn the calls made by orcas from the different pods in the San Juan Islands.
"Killer Whale Tales" will be presented at 11 a.m. Saturday at the NW Stream Center at McCollum Park, 600 128th St., SE Everett.
Call 425-316-8592 now to register as space is limited. Cost is $5 for Adopt A Stream Foundation members, $7 for nonmembers.
This event is being conducted by the Adopt A Stream Foundation in partnership with Snohomish County Parks and Recreation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
For more details about "Killer Whale Tales" go to www.streamkeeper.org.
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Anse Marron is a stunning beach on the south west coast, but it is only for the intrepid. Whether you aim to come from Anse Source D'Argent on the west coast or Grand Anse in the south, the route is unmarked and treacherous, involving clambering over boulders, squeezing through narrow gaps between rocks and wading through water - it would be foolish to attempt it without a guide.
For those who come with sensible footwear, a local guide and plenty of energy, it is a very rewarding beach - but if you lack any of those three, you're best off sticking to somewhere more accessible!


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Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Do your ears hang low; Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie 'em in a knot; Can you tie 'em in a bow? Can you throw 'em over your shoulder, Like a continental soldier? Do you ears hang low? Do your ears hang high; Do they point up to the sky? Do they wrinkle when they're wet, Do they straighten when they dry? Can you signal to your neighbor With the minimum of labor, Do your ears hang high?
Start with placing your hands on the side of your head (with your thumbs touching your ears) like a dog with floppy ears. Act out rolling and tying a bow and then salute like a soldier. For the second verse again start with your thumbs to your ears but this time point your fingers up. When your wrinkle them up curl your fingers and then move them in a waving motion.
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Here's a teeny-tiny urban domicile that makes the 150-square-foot Hong Kong apartment that I featured last week look palatial in comparison: Architect/dancer Luke Clark Tyler's 78-square-foot home/workspace in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. The monthly rent? Eight hundred dollars — that's $123.07 per square foot/year in case you're wondering.
Profiled over at Kirsten Dirksen's always intriguing faircompanies (the same website that brought us the small-space-loving Jordan family) this Midtown shoebox is a downgrade for 27-year-old Tyler, who was previously residing in a 96-square-foot apartment in the same spendy (but not-too-long-ago-somewhat-affordable) westside neighborhood.
Tyler resides in such cramped quarters — he calls it his "Midtown Mansion" — not necessarily due to financial constraints, but because he wants to be in the thick of it all, and not in Queens, Brooklyn, or, gasp, New Jersey. He tells MSNBC that "if I had to choose spending time in a train or living in a small space, I'd choose a small space." Choosing not to live in a normal-sized Hell's Kitchen studio where monthly rents hover around $1,600 allows Tyler to take full advantage of life in New York City.
As you can see in the video below, Tyler makes the best of the limited living space with ingenious custom-built storage areas and furniture. And in case you're wondering, yes, he shares a bathroom with three other tenants in the building who live in similarly sized spaces. As for the lack of kitchen, Tyler says that his vegetarian diet makes not being able to cook easier. And get this: Tyler also even puts up family when they're visiting from out of town. (I'm sorry, but if I lived in a 78-square-foot apartment and my parents insisted on staying with me when visiting, I'd probably never speak to them again.)
It's already a given that many urbanites, not just New Yorkers, make do by sacrificing square footage to be "close to it all," but Tyler takes this to a whole new level. Personally, I've made it work by renting in a slightly off-the-beaten-track (no easy subway access) but perfectly lovely area of Brooklyn that allows me to live in a comfortable two-bedroom apartment that's a touch cheaper than other rentals in my ZIP code. To cut costs, I've brought on a roommate. Still, I pay more than Tyler.
What are your thoughts on living super-small smack dab in the middle of a big city? Could you do it?
Also on MNN:
- 8 eye-catching shipping container homes
- 10 of the smallest homes in the world
- 10 incredible (but not necessarily small) green houses
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Every inch counts: Manhattan architect downsizes to 78-square-foot apartment
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We know that people connect with a story. The best stories connect with people around the world.
How does that happen? Why are some stories universal?
We know that people connect with a story. The best stories connect with people around the world.
How does that happen? Why are some stories universal?
Your tagline summarizes everything about your business or brand, by telling your audience why you best meet their needs.
Your tagline doesn't have to be verbose, explanatory, or even direct. Indirect taglines can be powerful—like the classic "Just Do It," which essentially says "Our products will motivate you." However, direct taglines are exactly what some businesses need. The most important thing is your message.
What's the right approach for finding your own tagline? The Web is full of advice about how to do this, but most of it assumes that you're ready to get started … Continue reading
If you have ready my other blog posts, you are probably:
Why do I incorporate a casual voice for my blog posts? More importantly, how can you know what "voice" you should use? How do you know whether you should even consider using a "voice?"
A friend asked me "How can I improve my writing?"
Following is my response to him:
You are a busy guy who doesn't have time for a writing seminar, or even a textbook. Don't worry, because you are a smart guy. You can speak your thoughts clearly when you want to. So now, you just need to write them clearly. That will take time and practice, but here is some advice to get you started: Continue reading
In the past 3 posts, I said a lot about your audience, and what you need to do before you communicate with them. Specifically:
I've already waxed philosophical with tips about how to identify your audience, and identify with your audience. Now that you have a little Audience Avatar in your head, scrutinizing everything you write, it's time to figure out how to make your audience happy.
To "connect with"you audience, you need to go a step past identifying with them. To put this in context, here are the steps I think you need to take before you can communicate with your audience:
Casting your mind back, my last post discussed how to identify your audience. Now, we're adding the word "with."
"Identifying with" your audience is one of the steps I think you need to take before you can communicate with them:
First and foremost, the role of a content creator is to communicate with the audience.
But before you wander off and start the communicating, you have to do some work up front. Communication comes at the end of this process:


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Google's AutoML is a new up-and-coming (alpha stage) cloud software suite of Machine Learning tools. It's based on Google's state-of-the-art research in image recognition called Neural Architecture Search (NAS). NAS is basically an algorithm that, given your specific dataset, searches for the most optimal neural network to perform a certain task on that dataset. AutoML is then a suite of machine learning tools that will allow one to easily train high-performance deep networks, without requiring the user to have any knowledge of deep learning or AI; all you need is labelled data! Google will use NAS to then find the best network for your specific dataset and task. They've already shown how their methods can achieve performance that is far better than that of hand-designed networks.
AutoML totally changes the whole machine learning game because for many applications, specialised skills and knowledge won't be required. Many companies only need deep networks to do simpler tasks, such as image classification. At that point they don't need to hire 5 machine learning PhDs; they just need someone who can handle moving around and organising their data.
There's no doubt that this shift in how "AI" can be used by businesses will create change. But what kind of change are we looking at? Whom will this change benefit? And what will happen to all of the people jumping into the machine learning field? In this post, we're going to breakdown what Google's AutoML, and in general the shift towards Software 2.0, means for both businesses and developers in the machine learning field.
A lot of businesses in the AI space, especially start-ups, are doing relatively simple things in the context of deep learning. Most of their value is coming from their final put-together product. For example, most computer vision start-ups are using some kind of image classification network, which will actually be AutoML's first tool in the suite. In fact, Google's NASNet, which achieves the current state-of-the-art in image classification is already publicly available in TensorFlow! Businesses can now skip over this complex experimental-research part of the product pipeline and just use transfer learning for their task. Because there is less experimental-research, more business resources can be spent on product design, development, and the all important data.
Speaking of which…
Connecting from the first point, since more time is being spent on product design and development, companies will have faster product iteration. The main value of the company will become less about how great and cutting edge their research is and more about how well their product/technology is engineered. Is it well designed? Easy to use? Is their data pipeline set up in such a way that they can quickly and easily improve their models? These will be the new key questions for optimising their products and being able to iterate faster than their competition. Cutting edge research will also become less of a main driver of increasing the technology's performance.
Now it's more like…
Now that research is a less significant part of the equation, how can companies stand out? How do you get ahead of the competition? Of course sales, marketing, and as we just discussed, product design are all very important. But the huge driver of the performance of these deep learning technologies is your data and resources. The more clean and diverse yet task-targeted data you have (i.e both quality and quantity), the more you can improve your models using software tools like AutoML. That means lots of resources for the acquisition and handling of data. All of this partially signifies us moving away from the nitty-gritty of writing tons of code.
It becomes more of…
All you have to do to use Google's AutoML is upload your labelled data and boom, you're all set! For people who aren't super deep (ha ha, pun) into the field, and just want to leverage the power of the technology, this is big. The application of deep learning becomes more accessible. There's less coding, more using the tool suite. In fact, for most people, deep learning because just another tool in their toolbox. Andrej Karpathy wrote a great article on Software 2.0 and how we're shifting from writing lots of code to more design and using tools, then letting AI do the rest.
But, considering all of this…
Even though we have these easy-to-use tools, the journey doesn't just end! When cars were invented, we didn't just stop making them better even though now they're quite easy to use. And there's still many improvements that can be made to improve current AI technologies. AI still isn't very creative, nor can it reason, or handle complex tasks. It has the crutch of needing a ton of labelled data, which is both expensive and time consuming to acquire. Training still takes a long time to achieve top accuracy. The performance of deep learning models is good for some simple tasks, like classification, but does only fairly well, sometimes even poorly (depending on task complexity), on things like localisation. We don't yet even fully understand deep networks internally.
All of these things present opportunities for science and research, and in particular for advancing the current AI technologies. On the business side of things, some companies, especially the tech giants (like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Amazon) will need to innovate past current tools through science and research in order to compete. All of them can get lots of data and resources, design awesome products, do lots of sales and marketing etc. They could really use something more to set them apart, and that can come from cutting edge innovation.
That leaves us with a final question…
Overall, I think this shift in how we create our AI technologies is a good thing. Most businesses will leverage existing machine learning tools, rather than create new ones since they don't have a need for it. Near-cutting-edge AI becomes accessible to many people, and that means better technologies for all. AI is also quite an "open" field, with major figures like Andrew Ng creating very popular courses to teach people about this important new technology. Making things more accessible helps people transition with the fast-paced tech field.
Such a shift has happened many times before. Programming computers started with assembly level coding! We later moved on to things like C. Many people today consider C too complicated so they use C++. Much of the time, we don't even need something as complex as C++, so we just use the super high level languages of Python or R! We use the tool that is most appropriate at hand. If you don't need something super low-level, then you don't have to use it (e.g C code optimisation, R&D of deep networks from scratch), and can simply use something more high-level and built-in (e.g Python, transfer learning, AI tools).
At the same time, continued efforts in the science and research of AI technologies is critical. We can definitely add tremendous value to the world by engineering new AI-based products. But there comes a point where new science is needed to move forward. Human creativity will always be valuable.
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this post and learned something new and useful about the current trend in AI technology! This is a partially opinionated piece, so I'd love to hear any responses you may have below!


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YES BANK is one of the most popular private banks of the country. The bank was established in the year 2004 and has been excelling continuously with its customer-centric attitude and high quality, service-driven approach. YES BANK is the only bank to have been awarded the Greenfield Bank License by the Reserve Bank of India. The bank is a full service commercial bank which has built up strong presence in areas of SME banking, corporate banking, investment banking, retail banking as well as private banking and asset management.
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Joe Anokye Confirmed Director-General of NCA
The Public Services Commission has confirmed Mr Joe Anokye as the substantive Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA).
His confirmation comes barely a year after President Akufo-Addo appointed him as the acting Director General of the communications regulator.
The confirmation was done in accordance with the advice of the Governing Board of the NCA and given in consultation with the Public Services Commission.
Background of Joe Anokye
Mr Anokye is a Telecommunication Executive well vested in a wide range of Telecommunication Management, Telecommunication Networks and Cyber Security platforms in both public and private sector. He has over twenty-two (22) years hands-on technical and management experience across Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America.
From January 1997 to February 2016, Mr. Anokye worked on several contracts at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland – USA as a Senior Telecommunications Consultant, including supervising NASA's Global Mission Telecommunication Wide Area Network (WAN) technical team.
During his time at NASA, Mr. Anokye worked collaboratively with Telecom and Network engineers from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, German Space Operations Centre, Canadian Space Agency, Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and many other national Space Programs like the Jet Propulsion Lab in California.
In recognition of his efforts, he received the 2007 Employee of the Year Award from the NASA Information Technology Services contract at Marshal Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville – Alabama, for outstanding technical services to the NASA Mission Telecommunications Network.
Mr. Anokye was a premier Cisco Technical Instructor from 1999 through 2016 in Washington D.C, USA Metropolitan Area teaching and mentoring many Telecommunications, Network, and Systems engineers who work with governmental and private institutions within the security, financial and regulatory areas amongst others. From 1999-2001, Mr. Anokye did consulting work for Sprint Nextel (Managed Network Services) and was the Network Technical Engineer responsible for major accounts like KMART, Charles Schwab, UNICOR and Federal Prisons Industries to name a few.
As the principal network architect, he developed the Telecommunications Master Plan from which a design was made to install the network infrastructure to support the ICT systems used for the Year 2011 Population Census of Bangladesh, a country with a population of over 140 Million. In addition to the plan, Mr. Anokye provided local and continuous technical support for the implementation in Bangladesh. He was the Chief Technology Officer of JMAT Systems, LLC, an Information Services company established in 2007 and headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA offering Information Technology and Security Services to commercial, state, and Federal Government customers.
Within Africa, Mr. Anokye has also worked on various Telecommunications Networks projects in Africa, primarily in Ghana and Liberia. In Ghana, he has consulted for the Merchant Bank and in addition, trained on behalf of CISCO, staff of Ghana Telecom, Merchant Bank Ghana Ltd and the telecommunication wing of National Security of the Bureau of National Communication.
Mr. Anokye obtained his first degree in Geodetic Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and his MBA from the University of Maryland University College, USA.
A talented and accomplished Technology Executive, Mr. Anokye has a proven record in leading technology transformation, improvement initiatives and aligning technology services with business objectives.
He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Ghana's communication industry and will be instrumental in efforts to expand Ghana's communication network to support our developmental objectives or local and international organisations, including the Volta River Authority, Ashanti Goldfields, VOIP International Gateway for NITEL ‐ Nigeria, Sun Solaris installation & configuration for Ghana Telecom, GCB and Ministry of Finance and VOIP gateway for Westel (now Airtel). He has also been instrumental in the initiation and development of Internet Services in Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Gambia.
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Happy Monday, friends. We find ourselves here again, on this awful day, right after the weekend. Why does this always happen to us? The sole purpose of a Monday is to remind us that we have a long work week ahead of us. It's torturous, really. I believe that the only way to survive these next couple of days is with a batch of these Strawberries and Cream Cinnamon rolls. I'm very spoiled because living in Los Angeles, we get strawberries pretty much all year round, but right about now is when they're really amazing. These cinnamon rolls don't actually have cinnamon sugar in the middle, but rather they've received a summer makeover. They are summer body ready. These rolls are spread with strawberry preserves (instead of butter) and then sprinkled with fresh strawberries (instead of cinnamon sugar). Then they're rolled up, sliced and baked like traditional cinnamon rolls. Then because that just isn't enough, they're doused with a thick cream cheese glaze, giving them a strawberries and cream flavor. If you ask me, it's the perfect makeover on a classic dish.
Speaking of makeovers…in other exciting news, if you're reading this on an actual computer you'll have noticed that I gave my site a much needed new look. It was feeling a little old and tired to me. I've been doing this blog for about 5 and 1/2 years now and a new look is just what the site needed to make it feel new and exciting; not just for me but for you as well. I spent all weekend getting it ready and transforming it from it's old doughnut-filled fun look (which was great don't get me wrong) to this new more serious and professional look. I think it showcases my images a lot better, and that's what I value the most from my site so it's great. Among it's new features, my favorite part is that there is a fancy new "jump to recipe" feature at the top of each post now. That's for people who just want to get to the recipe right away and not deal with my rambling and lots of photos. I think this is very helpful. I'm excited for you all to experience the new site and I hope you love it as much as I do! There are some awesome things coming up for the site, so please stay tuned! As always, thank you for reading and following along. You guys humble me.
Let's start by blooming the yeast. This just means we have to wake up that active dry yeast from the packet. We do this by sprinkling the yeast into warm water with a tiny bit of sugar. Let it sit until the yeast has dissolved and foams up.
**Note: Yeast needs a little bit of "food" to wake up, just like you and I. The tiny bit of sugar helps this out. If your yeast mixture doesn't bloom up, toss it and start over. This step is crucial for the dough to turn out right.**
In a large bowl, mix together 3 1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt, milk, butter, egg, and yeast mixture. Stir until it all comes together. Then add in as much of the remaining flour as needed to create a soft somewhat sticky dough that pulls away from the sides. Knead on high for about 7 minutes.
Shape the soft dough into a ball and then transfer to a greased bowl, turning over to coat both sides. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and a damp kitchen towel. Let rest in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
**Tip: I like let the dough rise on top of the fridge, on top of the stove or in an oven that you've turned on for like 5 minutes and then turned off. It creates a warm environment for the dough to rise.**
Meanwhile, let's macerate some strawberries. This means we're going to slice strawberries and then toss together with sugar and a bit of salt. What this does is A) soften the berries a bit, the sugar and salt break them down slightly, and it B) makes them slightly sweeter if your berries are more tart than sweet. Let sit at room temperature until needed.
Once the dough has risen, punch it dough to release the air and then transfer to a well-floured work surface. Roll out into a large rectangle about 1/4-inch thick. Spread the top evenly with a very thin layer of strawberry preserves or jam.
**Note: You don't want to add too much moisture to the inside of the dough because it'll be hard to roll and the dough will get soggy when you go to bake it. So spread the jam in a very thin layer, as thin as possible.**
Drain those macerated strawberries, discarding their juice, and then sprinkle the slices evenly over the top of the jam. Keep in mind that we have to roll this up like cinnamon rolls so the berries need to be sprinkled evenly over the top so that you'll have an even log.
Roll, lengthwise, into a tight log and trim off the ends. Then cut into 9 equal rolls, placing them into a greased rectangular baking dish.
**Note: The dough is very soft and because of the jam and berries it'll be a little difficult to roll up and cut, and when you feel frustrated and feel like giving up, I need to you to keep going because I promise in the end the rolls will turn out great.**
Cover the dish loosely with plastic wrap and a damp kitchen towel and let rest in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Once they've doubled, you'll notice that some juice will pool at the bottom of the dish, that's okay. The rolls will soak it up when they bake. Speaking of baking, bake until golden brown and cooked all the way through, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow them to cool down until for about 20 minutes.
To make the "cream" icing, beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Stir in the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and a bit of milk. Spread over the warm buns, allowing the glaze to slightly melt into the rolls themselves.
At this point you can just dive in and devour the rolls. If you have any leftovers, you're doing it all wrong, but you can cover them with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.
You can try this out with other fresh berries if you'd like! Use raspberries, blueberries or even blackberries! All you have to do is swap out the jam flavor with whatever fresh berry you decide to use! These are a great summer dessert or even breakfast, if you wish to be so decadent first thing in the morning.
Give these rolls a try this week, or whenever strawberries are in season wherever you are, and let me know what you think about them! To me, they scream summer and are the only way to get through a long work week, let me tell you. I hope you love them and I hope you love the new site look. Cheers my friends!
- 1 (1/4-ounce) packet active dry yeast
- ½ cup warm water
- ½ cup warm milk (warmed to 110 degrees F)
- ¼ granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 3½ to 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pound fresh strawberries, sliced
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- pinch of salt
- ⅓ cup strawberry preserves or jam
- 3 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
- pinch of salt
- To make the dough, sprinkle the yeast into the warm water with a little bit of the sugar. Let sit for about 10 minutes, until the yeast has dissolved and blooms.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the milk, sugar, melted butter, salt, egg, yeast mixture and 3½ cups flour. Mix with the dough hook until the mixture comes together. Continue to mix, adding in as much of the remaining flour as needed to create a soft, somewhat sticky dough, that pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Knead on high for about 7 minutes.
- Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead by hand for a minute or two, and shape into a ball. Transfer to a bowl greased with vegetable oil, turning over to coat both sides. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and a damp kitchen towel. Let rest in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1½ hours.
- Meanwhile, toss the sliced strawberries with the sugar and pinch of salt until evenly combined. Let rest at room temperature to soften.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a rectangular baking dish with cooking spray, or softened butter.
- Once dough has rest, punch down and transfer to a well floured work surface. Roll out into a large rectangle, about ¼ inch thick. Spread the dough with the strawberry preserves, into a very thin layer. Drain the strawberries and sprinkle evenly over the top. Carefully roll up the dough (as best you can with the berries) lengthwise, into a long log. Trim the ends and discard. Cut the long rope into 9 equal rolls. Place the rolls into the prepared baking dish, spacing them evenly. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and a damp kitchen towel. Let rest in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Bake until golden brown and fully cooked through, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool for about 20 minutes.
- To make the topping, cream the cream cheese and butter, until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Stir in the powdered sugar, vanilla, pinch of salt and enough of the milk until desired consistency is reached. You want it to be spreadable. Spread over the warm buns and serve. Leftovers can be wrapped in plastic and kept at room temperature for up to 2 days. Enjoy!


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When choosing a washing machine or tumble dryer for your kitchen, it's important to decide if you want them to be integrated or freestanding. Integrated washing machines & tumble dryers sit in your kitchen cabinet (kitchen carcass) and are hidden with a kitchen door that matches the rest of your kitchen. Freestanding washing machines/tumble dryers sit below your kitchen worktop surface and are visible.
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