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The Globelics Secretariat has developed two journal special issues with selected important Globelics themes and papers.
Special Issue: Innovation in natural resource-based industries: a pathway to development?
Despite growing academic attention to the relationship between economic development and natural resources in social sciences, the issue has received rather limited attention in the field of Innovation Studies. This is problematic given the centrality of innovation and technological change for growth and development. Against this background, this introductory article aims to make four contributions. First, to assess the extent to which Innovation Studies has analysed the link between natural resources and development. Second, based on recent studies of innovation in natural resource-based industries (NRBIs), we elaborate on and articulate an innovation and industry perspective on the relationship between natural resources and development. In this, we foreground the particularities of innovation in NRBIs. Third, we explore policy implications of the specificities of innovation in NRBIs. It matters greatly for design and choice of policy instruments in support of innovation and development whether and how innovation in NRBIs differ from innovation in other industries. Lastly, we introduce the papers constituting this special issue and propose avenues for further research.
Journal Innovation and Development
Volume 8, 2018 – Issue 1: Learning and Innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries
Allan Dahl Andersen, Anabel Marìn & Erlend O. Simensen
Special Issue: Innovation Research and Economic Development in Africa
In many African countries the demand for skills is weak especially in the private sector, and the weak demand reflects in low rates of innovation (Diyamett and Musambya 2014). This situation requires governments' intervention in terms of policies, which in turn requires a better understanding of how the capacity to innovate can be stimulated. This special issue brings together a number of articles that seek ultimately to contribute to this understanding.
Special issue of the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Volume 6, Issue 5, 2014. Special Issue: Innovation Research and Economic Development in Africa.
Rasmus Lema has compiled the special issue. Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Rasmus Lema from the Globelics secretariat have contributed to the issue with the following articles:
Adebowale, B., Diyamett, B., Lema, R., & Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, B. (2014). Innovation research and economic development in Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 6(5), v-xi.
Lundvall, B-Å., & Lema, R. (2014). Growth and structural change in Africa: development strategies for the learning economy. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development,6(5), 455-466.
Special Issue: Low Carbon Innovation and Development
It is increasingly accepted that mitigation in developing countries needs to be combined with economic and social development. Many developing countries have a wealth of renewable energy sources such as sun, wind, geothermal, and hydropower that present new horizons of opportunity for social and economic development while being used to forster energy. The 'innovation and development' research community has been influential in this debate about synergies between climate change and broader policy goals.
Special issue of Routledges Innovation and Development, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2015. Special Issue: Low Carbon Innovation and Development.
Available, with open access here
Rasmus Lema has lead the process of compiling the special issue. Edited by Rasmus Lema in colaboration with Michiko Iizuka (UNU-Merit) and Rainer Walz (Fraunhofer). Rasmus Lema, Allan Dahl Andersen and Björn Johnson from the Globelics Secretariat have contributed to the issue with the following articles:
Lema, R., Iizuka, M. & Walz, R. (2015). Introduction to low-carbon innovation and development: insights and future challenges for research. Routledges Innovation and Development, Volume 5, Issue 2, 173-187.
Andersen, A.D. & Johnson, B. (2015). Low-carbon development and inclusive innovation systems. Routledges Innovation and Development, Volume 5, Issue 2, 279-296.


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For those who don't know, a triathlon means the athletes complete a 1,500-meter swim(in the Hudson River), a 40-kilometer bicycle ride and a 10-kilometer run, ending in Central Park, all executed as quickly as possible, moving from one event to the next in a seamless, organized way.
The photo at the left is Justin running in the New York City triathlon exactly one year ago when it was 97 degrees at 11 am! Yesterday was barely different. So from someone who knows and has trained extensively and intensively are some words of advice on hydration. This advice holds especially for endurance athletes but any tennis, football, soccer or field hockey player who is training now (or later in August when this weather is even more common) should listen up:
- there IS such a thing as drinking too much water-hyponatremia (or a low concentration of sodium in the blood can be potentially lethal).
- hydrating properly does not only mean 'drinking water' - it also means replacing salt lost through sweat (sodium and potassium). One way to tell if you sweat a lot of salt is simply to compare the taste of your sweat to the taste of tears. Hmmm (hard to do).
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- hydrate to prevent dehydration - which is self explanatory, but by the time you feel thirsty, you're already in trouble
- you sweat more than you think - you can lose up to 1 liter of sweat per hour during exercise.
Any coach, trainer, player or parent who thinks it's ok to overdress (eg in football gear) and decrease the ability to cool by sweating should be advised of his or her error. When sweating profusely an electrolyte drink such as Gatorade is the way to go.
The human body can adapt to incredibly harsh conditions. But there is no substitute for training, nutrition, focus and willpower. And then those shoes from JackRabbit in New York!
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On what is essentially the eve of the start of the trial of Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, his attorneys are taking one last shot at both delaying the trial and moving it out of Boston.
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As part of my new plans for the site I want to start incorporating some statistics and data into some of my posts. Nothing to heavy, but hopefully enough to provide everyone with a little bit of extra info and interest ahead of some of the big weekends! Statpack (my name for the new category) is still very much a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions or comments and want to let me know please do feel free, I'm open to all suggestions! I'll leave a contact form at the bottom of this post. Oh, and I'm also open to suggestions regarding the new layout!
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It's no surprise that Holden and Ford lead the way on manufacturer wins at Sandown. Last year's victory for Frosty and Owen saw Ford climb to 14 wins at the 500, just five behind Holden who sit on 19 race victories at the circuit. Nissan, sit on four race wins, whilst Alfa Romeo trail in last place on two. Almost 50% of the races have been won in a Holden, and based on Triple Eight's current form that figure could well creep over the magic 50 this year.
Lowndes, Whincup and Winterbottom are the three most successful current drivers at Sandown raceway and have taken 10 victories between them. Victory for Lowndes this year will see him draw level with Allan Moffat on six wins.
The Three Year Form Guide
Now this is where it gets interesting.
The chart above shows the average finishing position at Sandown for the top eleven drivers in this year's championship table since 2013. The chart above focuses purely on the results of the main game driver, and as such doesn't include co drivers but it shows us that in fact over the last three years, James Courtney has been the most successful driver at Sandown with an average finish of 2.3. This is skewed slightly by the fact that JC missed last year due to injury, and following Courtney in an equal second place are Whincup and Winterbottom, who have finished an average of 5.67 over the course of the last three years.
Davison's average is affected by his switch to the less competitive Erebus package for 2014 as he registered a 3rd place finish in 2013, before coming home 21st and 23rd in the following two years.
Top Eleven Year By Year
The final chart for today ( I promised I'd keep it light!) shows the finishing position of each driver in our 2016 top 11 by year since 2013. Whincup's two race victories in 2013 and 2014 can be seen clearly at the bottom of graph before he and Paul Dumbrell finished last year's Sandown 500 in 15th place. In the opposite fashion, it's been a gradual improvement in fortunes for Tim Slade, who has gone from 21st, to 12th to 6th and Chaz Mostert has also improved from 14th to 7th to 2nd as a result of his switch to PRA and the form of the Pepsi Max Crew at Sandown last year.
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It's no surprise that the most successful drivers at Sandown over the last few years have largely come from Triple Eight and PRA, but it's worth noting that HRT have also been relatively strong in the past and last year's Enduro Cup champions Tander and Luff, along with Courtney and Perkins could well grab a surprise result if luck falls their way on race day. Both cars showed significant improvements in pace last time out at Sydney Motorsport Park, as did the Volvo pair which included Scott McLaughlin, who has finished an average of 10th over the last three years.
I hope you've enjoyed this Statpack! I've been looking forward to incorporating something like this into the blog for some time now so if you do have any comments or suggestions for improvements please do let me know in the comment box below, it goes straight to my email inbox.


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Friday, January 21, 2011
More on ethnicity and voting among whites
Logistic regression coefficients
English .39*
Scottish .16
Scots Irish .17
Dutch 1.18*
German .57*
Swedish .35
Income .09*
Town size -.01
Mid-Atlantic .27
East North Central .61*
West North Central .35
South Atlantic .95*
East South Central .84*
West South Central .1.28*
Mountain .75*
Pacific .28
*statistically significant
Even after adjusting for region (and income and population size), Americans of English/Welsh, Dutch, and German descent are significantly more likely to vote Republican, compared to other whites. Implicit ethnicity at work?
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Ehh, you gotta wonder if it's genetic.ReplyDelete
Here's a theory I haven't heard, let's hear your take on it. A lot of whites are 'ethnic mutts': a quarter German, a quarter Scotch-Irish, a quarter English, etc. People more conservative might be more inclined to identify with their German or Dutch roots given those countries' associations with thrift, order, etc. Interesting the Dutch-Americans were the most conservative, given what their relatives are doing in Amsterdam!
What's interesting to me is the low scores for Scots-Irish, given what David Hackett Fisher tells us about their role in shaping the American South. Maybe there are lots of blue-collar Scots-Irish who just think of themselves as 'American' and don't know where their heritage comes from?
I can isolate white "American only." They voted about the same as whites in general--a little less Republican than self-identified Scots-Irish.ReplyDelete
Nice work.ReplyDelete
There probably is something about either German/Dutch genetics or people who identify with German/Dutch culture that's conservative.
How'd the Dutch get so liberal in Holland? It's sort of ironic that a lot of these places are the most liberal in Europe. (Sweden?) My theory is that people from groups with a high level of prosociality (trust, honesty, etc.) tend toward socialism in an isolated state because they're risk-averse and wish to hedge against life risks through a welfare state; in a country with less honest groups, the reverse occurs.
Any way to test this?
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First off, I forgot I had a WordPress. I haven't written a blog on here in about a year. Wild.
Anyway. I guess I came back here because I can't write this on my tumblr. Not because it's another blog site but because I use that for personal things. Right now, right here, on this blog site, this is needed.
It's been a long week. I'm actually writing this on the bus because I was gonna write this at work but my laptop crashed yet again. That's besides the point.
I apologize ahead of time for the language.
I'm tired. If you're an American, you should be tired. I just happen to be a black American and it's double the tired. It's the same shit different week. I'm tired of black men being a hashtag, and then tired of how the media makes black men guilty by dying at routine traffic stops. If you call yourself an American, you should be tired of this too.
I'm tired of people telling me how to feel about this shit. Don't tell me how to feel about people dying. Don't tell me to be silent because you want to ignore and be oblivious to it.
I'm tired of people saying all lives matter because they don't want to say black people who aren't entertainers, athletes etc., to matter. That's not how this works anymore. We get it. Shit, when I get it. Yes, all lives matter. But that can't happen unless you simply look at the damn picture and see that black lives aren't being valued at the same rate as everyone else. You'd think with the amount of people who sit and claim that all lives matter, they'd actually stop being hypocrites.
I'm tired of how law enforcement officials take offense to people being afraid of them. It goes back to the silence. If you know something is wrong, speak up. We have voices for a reason.
I'm tired of the unnecessary violence this week. It sickens me that those officers lost their lives just like I was sick when two black people are dead this week. These people have families. Kids. It's disgusting.
I'm tired of how people want to pick sides over it. Black life matters. We do need law enforcement. That being said, we need to hold these people accountable. Killing someone for sport is barbaric. Not being charged for public execution and being put on paid leave is outrageous. Heads up, it's totally okay to say black lives matter and that we need law enforcement. If only law enforcement members wouldn't be afraid of black people to where pulling your gun out to intimidate us while we're complying. Which makes me even more tired that these cowards call themselves officers.
I used to have hope that things would change in America. I used to think that people would look at me as a black man, a person who is just as ambitious, motivated, and eager to take on the world just like everyone else. Turns out, a certain section of America sees me as a threat. A threat to their "perfect" world. That's the tiring thing of all.
So what is this generation gonna do? We gonna accept this as the norm and not give a shit until something happens to people who aren't PoC? Are we gonna accept that we need to value every life like the all lives matter crowd keeps speaking about in their hypocrisy? Are we gonna actually have the conversation about or is this one of those things where some of y'all won't give damn about any of this next month?
Whatever we do, it'll impact the next generation. And the generation after that. If you want our children and our children's children to live in a world where we spew how everyone is equal, then let's do something. Until then, I'm tired. Be better. Stop being ignorant.


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This week I've had a slightly difference experience to the ones I usually blog about for HC Link. A close family member of mine has had surgery and is in the ICU. While I certainly have lots on my mind at this time, I also can't help looking around me and noticing the ways that hospitals promote the health of their patients and their families.
My first experience of this hospital was when my family member and I met with the surgeon several weeks ago. A hospital fundraiser was underway. Understandable that fundraisers are necessary, but selling Krispy Kreme Donuts?
Yesterday in the ICU waiting room, I noticed a series of wall displays of patient information. Good idea, as many people in that waiting room are there for hours at a time (as most of the time you can only visit your loved one for 10 minutes at a time). However this one gave me pause:
Social isolation is one of the factors that influences health -- social inclusion is one of the social determinants of health recognized in Canada -- and I can only imagine how feeling isolated and alone makes patients feel and affects their healing. The impacts of social isolation and the benefits of social inclusion aren't always recognized. I think this empty display speaks to the lack of resources available not just in this display, but overall.
Now to the good news.The hospital does address isolation by allowing visiting at any time.
This hospital -- like many -- has a program to allow vulnerable-feeling pedestrians to walk to parking lots, bus stops and residences safely. A quick call to hospital security gets you a burly escort to your destination of choice.
And here's one from a BC hospital that HC Link's Robyn Kalda took: humour and hand washing!
I could go on, but I need to get back to the hospital. Healthy healing everyone!


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Sage Mysore is conducting a film screening and panel discussion on GMOs and their impacts on various issues including food sovereignty, farmers' health, agrarian distress, consumer choice, consumer health and other related topics on May 2nd 2010.
Venue – Vivekananda Auditorium, Mahajana PU College.
Timings – 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM.
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The Medical Minute: Health care plays role in domestic abuse screening
Domestic violence is a health care problem of epidemic proportions in Pennsylvania and across the country. Nationally, nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a current or former husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. The rates of abuse among adolescents and within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities also are staggering.
Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year. The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that in Pennsylvania during 2009, 179 deaths were directly attributable to domestic violence. Between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, the Dauphin County Civil Court processed 826 Protection from Abuse Orders, of which 626 temporary orders were granted and 381 final orders granted. The YWCA of Greater Harrisburg, which serves domestic violence victims in Dauphin County, helped more than 2,300 adult victims and 270 children. More than 1,700 crisis hot line calls were handled, and 217 women and 144 children were provided shelter.
These numbers are startling. Just as startling are the wasted opportunities to help victims of domestic violence in the health care setting. The health effects of domestic violence are staggering. Half of all female victims of intimate violence report an injury of some type, and about 20 percent of them seek medical assistance. In addition to the immediate trauma and injuries caused by abuse, domestic violence contributes to a number of chronic health problems (such as migraines, ulcers, IBS, back pain, pelvic pain, STI's and depression) and interferes with the management of other illnesses. But too often the source of these injuries and illnesses go undetected.
Screening for abuse and properly responding to domestic violence is central to an integrated health practice. We recognize that the health setting is often the only place for battered victims to seek help, and if doctors and nurses know how to detect abuse and provide referrals and support, we have the opportunity to help the many hidden victims of domestic violence in our community.
Far too many victims are facing abuse in Pennsylvania and across the country every day. The good news is that domestic violence is a problem we can solve -- and Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is screening patients and playing an essential role in that critical effort.
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(i) Documented history in successful stem cell research advocacy.
(ii) Experience with state and federal legislative processes that must include some experience with medical legislative approvals of standards and/or funding.
(iii) Qualified for appointment pursuant to paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of subdivision (a)(which stipulate that the chair come from 'representatives' of 'disease advocacy' groups.) .
(iv) Cannot be concurrently employed by or on leave from any prospective grant or loan recipient institutions in California.
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(iv) Direct knowledge and experience in bond financing."
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Prop. 71 Requirements for Chair of the California Stem Cell Agency
Here is the text of what Prop. 71 stipulates are the legal criteria for the CIRM chair.
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This month's Toddler Time theme - F is for Frog!
The River Museum's Toddler Time program is open to children ages 2-4 and a caregiver each month from September to April. Programs include a variety of hands-on and active activities, including a craft and a game. Advanced registration is encouraged, as space is limited.


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Hefty New Fines for Data Breaches
Paul Roberts wrote a fascinating article for 'The Digital Guardian' about the massive 2015 Hilton data breach.
To refresh your memory; in 2015, the Hilton hotel company suffered criminal-intent data breaches that exposed hundreds of thousands of customer credit card records. Last week the New York Attorney General gave Hilton a US$700k fine for the breach.Read More


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Does the Consumer Welfare Standard Still Work?
The most interesting and contentious four hours of discussion at the FTC Antitrust Hearings last week were cancelled. The planned sessions were set up as a "battle royal" between antitrust hipsters, conservatives, and progressives over whether the current approach is up to the challenge of preventing competitive abuses in the age of big tech and […]Read More


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Growing up in Nigeria, Omonefe "Nefe" Omofuma studied pharmacy as an undergraduate at Olabisi Onabanjo University. It was during her internship at a federal teaching hospital that she observed the complexities and peculiarities that influenced survival outcomes for patients battling
Andrew Kaczynski (HPEB) and Susan Steck (EPID/BIOS) among inaugural recipients of Distinguished Research Service Award
Associate professors Andrew Kaczynski (health promotion, education, and behavior) and Susan Steck (epidemiology and biostatistics) have been selected by the USC Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) to receive a brand new award. The Distinguished Research Service Award
Susan Steck (EPID/BIOS) receives Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award
Susan Steck, associate professor epidemiology and biostatistics, has received the Outstanding Dietitian of the Year Award from the South Carolina Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Columbia-Midlands Dietetic Association. She was honored at the Academy's 48th annual meeting in
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Associate professors Susan Steck (epidemiology and biostatistics) and Angela Murphy (School of Medicine) have been awarded a $405,000 grant from Susan G. Komen. The award is one of 98 new research grants to receive $30.7 million collectively from the breast cancer organization in 2017, and it is one of nine awards focusing on disparities in breast cancer outcomes (see press release for additional information).


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Tamiya revises the TRF801XT into a total performance package
The Tamiya TRF801XT is, by all accounts, a fine model automobile. Apparently Tamiya wasn't happy enough with it though. So they went back to the drawing board and then to the track, then back to the drawing board, then the track again, and so on and so forth until they had a truck that performed better than their previous attempt. Now all of us get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. The TRF801XT Performance Package Version is a complete kit featuring revised suspension with shorter A-arms making for narrower truck that improves handling and responsiveness. The width of the truggy has been reduced from 428mm down to a slim 422mm. The revised kit also includes shorter universal drive shafts and the aftermarket HD Upper Shock Mounts which allow for quicker and easier shock angle adjustments.
If you already own an old school TRF801XT don't feel bad, the parts included in the Performance Package Version are available separately. Just bolt them on and you'll be as cool as the other kids on the track.
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Optimized version of RTL-SDR.com, with R820T2 tuner for reception from 24 to 1766 MHz.
The characteristics of the dongle RTL-SDR.com v3:
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Compilation of the Beastie's earlier punk rock EP's which have been out of
print for years. The raw garage sound on this recording is either atrocious
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punk music. Tracks like 'Egg Raid On Mojo' , 'Jimi' and 'Cocky Puss' are
definitely entertaining, but ultimately this is something that only Beastie
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Every three years, InterVarsity convenes a conference to excite Christian college students about missions. At the most recent conference, Urbana 18, students learned to denounce capitalism, apologize for Christianity, set aside the doctrine of justification, and exchange God's holiness for pantheism.
Activist Danielle Strickland riffed on the seraphim's song in Revelation 4, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!" Few places in Scripture can yield more profitable meditation, but Strickland's irreverent and syncretistic interpretations leave me wondering whether we have the same God.
Throughout her presentation, Strickland pronounced the word "holy" as people often do when uttering it profanely—with a long first syllable and an emphasized second syllable. She adopted this manner from a 5-day-old Christian recently transformed from a life of drugs and crime because it "makes so much more sense" than anything she learned in Bible college. In contrast, when Isaiah witnesses the same refrain ("holy, holy, holy"), he pronounces judgement on himself because of his "unclean lips." It takes the searing of a burning coal from the altar of heaven to atone for Isaiah's guilty, sinful mouth.
I sympathize with Strickland's apparent difficulty in defining "holiness;" words are utterly inadequate. However, even though she used words like "otherness" and "sacredness" as partial synonyms, from all her examples it seems like "holiness" meant to her simply "beauty." This sublime, mysterious attribute of God, she said, "is everywhere, if we could see it, in everyone." This notion is not far removed from pantheism, which "regards the universe as a manifestation of God."
Strickland shared an example in which, she said, she personally experienced the holiness of God. She was privileged to see the face of a 16-year-old Muslim evangelist under a burqa, which, according to Strickland, was "beautiful, "gorgeous," "sacred," "holy." The girl's face was "filled with, like, heaven's heartbeat—just this eternal, divine, sacred presence of God pounding to get out even in the deadest of the world. Holy." Strickland said that's when she realized: "God's asking us all the time… 'would you like to see my face?'"
Hold on a second. According to God, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live." If sinful man really saw the face of the one, true, holy God, we would die.
There is beauty manifest throughout the universe—especially in the image of God—and it does point us to God. But that beauty is marred by sin and, therefore, no longer holy. The very fact that beauty is so common throughout the universe should signal that it doesn't have the type of "otherness" as holiness. Strickland confuses beauty for holiness and so falsely assumes that God's holiness is manifest anywhere there is beauty (everywhere). While not quite pantheism, this notion represents an unholy mixing of beliefs, or syncretism.
Some may shrug at this distinction. Consider, however, Strickland's two (correct) main points: the way we understand God 1) affects the way we see everyone around us, and 2) affects the way we ought to live as Christians.
Based on her God-in-all interpretation, Strickland said we can "behold the face of God" if we unmask it from negative externals. The list of bad things to remove included prejudice, sexism, racism, nationalism, and pain. However, it also included religion, rules, and expectations, and "other barriers." It should come as no surprise that after diluting (or, more precisely, reinterpreting) the holiness of God, Strickland casually rejected all restrictions on Christian behavior. After all, holiness is just as much about moral purity as about being separate.
Sprinkled throughout the presentation, Strickland's flippant attitude toward sin went beyond merely rejecting legalism. She approved of the bumper sticker, "Jesus is coming! Quick, look busy." Another time, she quipped gleefully, "I'm extroverted, so when I'm tired, I don't get sleepy; I get in trouble." The impressionable young audience joined her in a chuckle. Of course, this "trouble" is simply and inexcusably "sin," and it afflicts all fallen humans, not just tired extroverts. Later, she admitted that she would never be holy because she is "not gifted in the good." Why so many euphemisms?
I don't mean to criticize Strickland for sinning; every Christian sins. Nor for talking about it; I wish we in the church would repent of sin more. What shocked me was how little her sin bothered her. Strickland made no mention of the command, "You shall be holy, for I am holy" (1 Peter 1:16). Nor did she recite—since she likes the Gospels—"unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:20).
Strickland did mention Hebrews 12:14 ("strive… for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord," but only to upend it. Previously, she explained, "I thought it was like, at the end of time, God would be like, 'well, are you holy? Because if you're not holy, you're not getting in.'" However, Strickland liberated herself from this interpretation with the opinion of an 18-year-old student. This plucky freshman asserted the verse meant, that people will only see what God looks like if they see God in you." If we can't actually be holy, this interpretation only makes our predicament worse, not better. It only looks like a solution with the help of some clever, logical hand-waving. There's a good reason why Paul appointed doctrinal guardians for church and stipulated they should not be recent converts.
Ever since Genesis 3, the Bible asks the question, how can sinful humans dwell with a holy God? The Bible concludes, they can't… except through the blood of Jesus Christ. That is why the Gospel is Good News. Hebrews 10:14 summarizes, "by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy." Even if our lives aren't perfectly holy yet, God considers us so, and our task is to grow in holiness as a labor of love—to be more like God.
Strickland concluded by comparing God's throne room in Revelation 4 with "one of the most notoriously terrible drug alleys of Vancouver's East Side." She once officiated a wedding in front of a dumpster there. They pressure-washed the alley to make it smell "a little bit less like urine." The flower girl sprinkled petals on "this gross, nasty, infected, diseased area." Remarked Strickland, "it was beautiful." A bum woke up in the dumpster and interrupted the vows by crudely exclaiming, "Holy _____!" According to Strickland, "I've never heard a holier sound." After all, she said, that word is "the sound of Revelation" (remember her profane pronunciation). Strickland asserted, "Revelation 4 is like Jesus throwing a wedding in every alley."
God's holiness has nothing to do with a foul-mouthed addict in a dumpster. Where is the throne in the alley wedding? The thunder and lightning coming out of it? An emerald-like rainbow? A sea of glass like crystal? God's throne room, full of worship, does not smell like urine and is not a "gross, nasty, infected, diseased area." God's holiness is so pure that it knocks clean over any sinful human that encounters it. It is so far beyond us that it causes us to tremble with terror.
That's not to say that Christians shouldn't go into alleys and witness to addicts. Jesus did, when he walked on earth during his humiliation. But now he has been exalted, and we cannot (and must not) treat him as lowly anymore (Philippians 2:8-11). The king of the feast has commanded us to go out and bring in those we find in the byways, but the feast is not there; it is in the king's banquet hall. And if someone doesn't prepare himself by washing and dressing in wedding clothes, he will be locked out (Matthew 22:1-14).
As Strickland said before, how we think about God determines how we view others, and how we live our lives. Let's make sure that the God we worship is not one we created, but is truly holy, completely set apart and morally perfect, unmixed with ideas from pantheism or any other false religious system.


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Dash Hands out Power Splitters
Dash seems ready this time to ship the infamous Dash Express on March 27th– Just a few days from today. Customers who pre-ordered one of the devices recently got small package from Dash including a letter and a DC power splitter for the car. You can never have too many of those. 🙂
"Enclosed is a multi-socket car adapter as a little thank you for hanging in there with us for a few more weeks as we finished up final development work. We hope that it comes in handy for your car."
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Scholarship Letters
The cost of education in the top institutes all over the world has been steadily increasing in recent times. But scholarships awarded by colleges, universities or private organisations make sure that quality education does not stay out of the reach of the common man. Scholarship letters are written by students to a college, seeking a… Read More »


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Jacuzzi Hot Tubs germs
With warmer spring days and cooler nights upon us, plus summer vacations (hopefully) in the not-too-distant future, it's officially hot tub season. (Not to mention The Bachelorette starts back up again on Monday, meaning a summer full of steamy hot tub moments awaits on reality TV if not in actual real life.)
But while a soak in the hot tub may sound relaxing, is it hygienic? Does shaking in a few chemicals actually do the trick? We turned to a couple of experts - Michele Hlavsa, RN, MPH, an epidemiologist and chief of healthy swimming for the Centers for Disease Control of Prevention and Charles Gerba, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology and environmental studies at The University of Arizona - to find out.
It turns out, you can pick up some unappetizing and even dangerous bugs from a hot tub dip, both from the water itself and also from the steamy atmosphere around it. Unlike a pool, the warmer temperature of a hot tub makes it more difficult to maintain the proper disinfectant levels that kill certain germs, Hlavsa explains. One common germ is Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can result in an infection called Pseudomonas folliculitis, or the aptly-chosen nickname, "hot tub rash."
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is commonly found in water and soil, and multiplies in the water when disinfectant levels dip. When those disinfectant levels shoot back up again, it doesn't necessarily disappear. "At that point it stays in the water and waits for the level to come down again to multiply, " Hlavsa says. "People tend to sit in hot tubs for a while, so their skin is exposed to contaminated water for a while."
The rash often follows the shape of a person's bathing suit, and is characterized by itchy spots that develop into a bumpy rash, as well as pus-filled blisters around hair follicles, according to the CDC - symptoms usually crop up within a few days of exposure.
While hot tub rash typically clears up on its own without treatment, another more serious condition to be aware of is the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease, a type of pneumonia caused by a germ called Legionella, which is found in water (especially warm water) and can be breathed in from the steam or mist surrounding a contaminated hot tub - people older than age 50, smokers and those with weakened immune systems are particularly susceptible. Legionella, which protects itself in the water similarly to the way Pseudomonas aeruginosa does, Hlavsa says, can also cause a milder, flu-like illness called Pontiac fever.More:
- According to the CDC's most recent outbreak report, released earlier this year, 16 outbreaks related to hot tubs and spas were reported to the CDC in 2009-2010 - 43.8 percent of them were suspected or confirmed to be caused by Pseudomonas, and 25 percent were confirmed to be caused by Legionella.
- Read this free 2 person inflatable hot tub guide before purchasing your next plug n play hot tub.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Following the announcement of European referendum in the United Kingdom, we would like to reassure our passengers that our 2016 trips are all operating as scheduled.
Travel and border conditions remain the same at present. If you have any concerns about your ability to travel, please contact your embassy or consulate. All of our guests will be kept well informed and further updates will be provided as necessary.We are sure that you will enjoy your travels with us and are looking forward to welcoming you
All transportation around Ireland (including ferries), your fan-feck-tastic Guide, some of the top attractions and your accommodation whilst on tour including a light breakfast.
Choice is at the heart of all we do which means you are free to upgrade your accommodation at the time of booking and organise your own food. It's your money so you should have the option to spend it how you like!
Full payment is always taken before the day of departure.
Tours costing 200 GBP, 400 AUD, 360 CAD, 240 EUR, 500 NZD, 340 USD, 2,000 ZAR or less must be paid in full at time of booking. Tours costing more than 200 GBP, 400 AUD, 360 CAD, 240 EUR, 500 NZD, 340 USD, 2,000 ZAR: a non-refundable deposit of 50 GBP, 75 EUR, 100 AUD, 100 NZD, 100 USD, 100 CAD, 1000 SAR, per person per trip is required. The outstanding balance of the trip price must be paid by no later than 45 days prior the departure. If the booking is made within 45 days of the nominated departure date, the full amount payable must be made at the time of booking.
On some of our trips we have chucked in a few freebies that we feel you absolutely must see and to save you any hassle. We keep extra costs to a minimum – there may be a couple of other entry fees into various attractions, but these are usually €5 - €12 and are optional.
We don't own the hostels we stay in so are free to select the very best ones. We choose places packed full of character and only use quality independent hostels and budget hotels. We guarantee multi-share dorm bed accommodation on all our tours.
Hostels we use have private (double/twin) rooms but these depend on availability. All upgrades should be selected at time of booking as Private Rooms are very limited. If you do select a Private Room, occasionally this may be provided in a B&B in a separate building and a short walk away from the coach drop off point and the main group.
It's entirely up to you! And we don't just eat potatoes in case you are wondering, although the Irish stew is the best in the world. Most hostels have self-catering kitchens. There's also plenty of opportunity to eat at local pubs, cafes and restaurants.
A good guess would be €15 - €30 per day. And you can't come to Ireland without visiting the pub for a proper pint at the end of a hard day's exploring. A pint of Guinness (mother's milk) costs around €5.50, an Irish whiskey would be about €6.00.
A sleeping bag is not required. All hostels provide linen but it is a good idea to bring a towel although some hostels do rent them.
Check-in for all our tours is at 8.15am at the Shamrocker Adventures office. Tours will usually return to the office around 5.30pm but please remember we can't predict what the traffic might be like so make sure you have plenty of time to get to any connecting flights and so on…
As a budget focused, backpacker tour operator, the majority of our passengers are between 18 to 35 age bracket and our style of travel reflects this. The minimum age on all tours is 18. There is no maximum age. As long as you are reasonably fit and up for a bit of craic we are sure you will have a fantastic time!
Loads! We want you to get out and about, stretch your legs, breathe I the sweet Irish air and actually experience the country you're in. We'll take you for walks, explore old ruins and ancient sites, recount local myths, a few tall tales and tell you about our often turbulent history.
Yes. Whilst we regularly get couples and friends travelling together, every tour has plenty of people travelling solo and down to our style of travel, you'll get to know everyone soon enough! Many of our travellers become friends for life and more! (But that's another story for down the pub...)
Occasionally we do have more than one departure each day so it is not guaranteed that you will be on the same bus if bookings are made separately. Just get in touch prior to your departure date with everyone's name, booking references and the tour they are on – we'll do the rest.
Each passenger can bring one standard piece of baggage up to a maximum weight of 15kg. This weight should cover a standard 60 litre backpack or a medium holdall or suitcase. Unfortunately if your baggage is in excess of this allowance you may be asked to leave it behind in secure storage. In addition, a standard daypack may be carried on the coach provided it can fit in the luggage rack or under your seat.
No - sorry! We do not have luggage storage facilities but these may be available at your hostel.
Tipping is not compulsory. If you'd like to recognise great service then please feel free to do so. 100% of tips are retained by our team - not the company. We are often asked 'How much?' but feel free to tip as little, as much or not at all, as you feel appropriate.
Great savings can be made if you hold an ISIC, ISE or ITIC card. Make sure you let us know at the time of booking and the discount will be applied. You will need to show this card when you check-in. If you do not produce this you will be charged the difference between the normal brochure price and the discounted price in addition to an administration fee.


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Use of Copyright on Copyright pages.
A recent posting in Promotions includes a PDF version of a book that seems to be constructed to write in. One would assume that the buyer would wish to print it out so they can write in it. But the entire Copyright from the printed versions of the book are also in the PDF. It's the normal Copyright > "... not be reproduced by any means ... without contacting ... for written permission. " I would have thought that something that needs to be printed out for use, would not have the same Copyright?
I Am Not A Lawyer. This Is Not Advice.
In that sort of a case, "Fair Use" comes into play. If the purpose (i.e. utility) of an item involves its printing, then to print it for a single user's one-time use is a fair use.
What would be prohibited would be the reproduction of the work for resale or for distribution of any kind, including not-for-profit. Also, it is anticipated that the printed version is not to be retained beyond the single user's one-time use.
As a general principle, a seller implicitly offers a warranty of fitness (usefulness) on items sold, so to sell an item that is only useful if printed, and then to prohibit printing, would violate that implied warranty of fitness. https//www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-315
On the one hand, the author may have carelessly copied boiler-plate restrictions without thinking them through, or the author may have anticipated a single-use printing, and no others. It would certainly behoove the author to clarify his intent, because legal ambiguities are usually determined in the manner least advantageous to the person who wrote them, e.g. Grove v. Charbonneau Buick-Pontiac, Inc., 240 N.W.2d 853 (N.D. 1976)
" 4. If the language of a contract (including a prize-winning contest) is ambiguous such that it leaves an uncertainty as to its meaning, the language should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist. Section 9-07-19, NDCC."(https://www.ndcourts.gov/court/opinions/9180.htm )
Hope that helps.
Of course, you are making the assumption (*ahem*) that the book must be printed out in order to be read. Some people instead read eBooks on electronic devices made for that purpose.
As I said, it's more of a book to make notes in, not just to be read. Many of the pages are blank, with headings. That the PDF book no doubt needs to be printed out to make full use of it, then the Copyright should say that that is permissible, but with clauses. This is what the UK laws say >> https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright
Then fair use and the principle of warranty of fitness should apply. Fear not, the copyright police will not knock down your door.
Printing out an entire book is far from being Fair Use. As I have said, the Copyright in it also says that the reproducing of it at all is prohibited, unless they ask the creator for permission. With a book that needs to be printed out by those who buy it, so they can actually use it, the Copyright should say it's permissible to print out one copy. The Copyright in the PDF version is the unaltered one from the Printed book.
But anyway, I wont keep repeating myself. I wont be buying it.
If the book must be printed to be useful, then the warranty of suitability makes it a fair use, with restrictions. As above. I am still not a lawyer.
Ron Miller ProfessorSkoob_ym said:If the book must be printed to be useful, then the warranty of suitability makes it a fair use, with restrictions. As above. I am still not a lawyer.
A good model is the Dover Pictorial Archive series. Permissible usage of the images is spelled out explicitly on the copyright page of each book.__________________________________________
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A lot of paid for copyable content is made available for use by the educational establishments, and the Copyrights makes it very plain what they can be used for, and how. E-books are a funny animal because often the Copyrights state, Not to be stored in any manner digitally.
Ron Miller said:Skoob_ym said:If the book must be printed to be useful, then the warranty of suitability makes it a fair use, with restrictions. As above. I am still not a lawyer.
A good model is the Dover Pictorial Archive series. Permissible usage of the images is spelled out explicitly on the copyright page of each book.
Given that clarity was not provided: I do not know that there is black letter law on suitability regarding copyright per se, but I believe -- and I am only a lawyer in my own armchair -- that a judge would permit a defendant in a suit to rely upon the UCC; or would at least recognize the inherent ambiguity, and as with Charbonneau Buick, the ambiguity would be read in favor of the party who did not draft it.
I could be wrong, of course.


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Sweet Potato and Turkey HashFrom gemmee 11 years ago
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 small sweet potatoe, peeled and finely chopped shopping list
- 1 small red bell pepper, finely chopped shopping list
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- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- freshly ground pepper to taste shopping list
- 1/8 tsp dried thyme shopping list
- 1/2 pound cooked skinless roast turkey breast cut into 1/4 inch cubes shopping list
- 2 Tbsp reduced fat sour cream shopping list
How to make it
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat.
- Add sweet potato and cook, stirring occasionally until lightly browned and beginning to soften (about 5 mins).
- Add bell pepper, scallions, water, salt, pepper and thyme.
- Cook until heated through, about 2 mins. Remove from heat and stir in sour cream. Serve warm
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Editor's note: we invite you to Kim Chandler McDonald's weekly interactive forum — to read and collect your comments on "An Innovator has an Obligation to…" We hope you'll join the conversation!
Week 06 theme: "Fail"
If, as George Carlin said, "An artist has an obligation to be en route", please complete this sentence: An innovator has an obligation to…
– An innovator has an obligation to fail. – Alina Erimia, Fashion Designer
– Yes, an innovator has an obligation to fail, and to start again and again. – Valentino Baraldo, Freelance Software Developer and Student at Unipd
– Remain optimistic. Each failure moves you one step closer to success. Every journey to success is traveled on a bumpy road. – Kelly Balthrop, Software Architecht
– To experiment, embrace failure and test alternatives. – Chuck DeVita, Senior SaaS Sales and Marketing Executive, Enterprise Cloud Thought Leader
– Fail often to succeed sooner. It is so important that we look at the art of innovation as a study in non-permanence. All this will change – what – we thought Kodak would be around forever didn't we? Innovation looks for the breath of inspiration, environment, and required response and puts that to a voice. – Ben Munkres, Experience Animator, Media Developer and Entrepreneur
"Innovation comes in as many as eight flavours including two major types which are often referred to as incremental or disruptive innovation. That being said, innovation is distinctly different from invention and historically most successful innovations happen around great teams. For innovation to flourish, one needs to recognise that it is important to fail. Failure is what drives innovation and is the necessary part of the "Innovation Process". Learning, iteration, adaptation and developing models are all manifestations of failure and innovation is the ability to learn and build upon these failures." – William Saito, Author, Technologies Entrepreneur and Founder/CEO at Intercur, KK from Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World
"Certain nations are – I believe to their detriment in the innovation stakes – renowned for the risk aversion of their populations. Though it is, admittedly, difficult to legislate, governments that encourage their citizens to take calculated risks are more likely to have innovations to hand upon which economies can flourish. Innovators constantly face the likelihood of failure. The fact that they move forward in the face of this Sisyphean situation, which sees them repeatedly guiding their innovations up the steep hill of potential while aware that they could just as easily roll back and crush them, is what separates them from the 'would haves' and 'could haves'. The last thing they need is a government that ignores their achievements, let alone lies in wait to punish them for any failures they may meet along the way with such things as credit blacklisting, perennial personal liability and equating failure with fraud." – Excerpt from the author's essay, The State of the Nation Addressed: Taking stock of how things stack up, from Innovation: How Innovators Think, Act and Change Our World
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This month we land in Myanmar, more typically known by its pre-military dictatorship name 'Burma', where decades of government-stoked prejudice against a Muslim minority have flared into violence, then humanitarian crisis, as some observers chillingly predict genocide.
Junta-ruled since its army seized power fifty years ago, Myanmar stands out as one of south-east Asia's most profoundly troubled countries. Awareness of Burma's repressive military leadership is unusually high in the West, largely thanks to high-profile political prisoner turned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Less publicised is its often abject poverty, widespread use of both child workers and child soldiers, popularity among human traffickers and, topically, institutionalised racism.
Last year, violent riots broke out in the country's Arakan region. Buddhist and Muslim Burmese clashed after it was alleged that a group of the latter gang-raped one of the former. In retaliation, ten Muslims were murdered by incensed Buddhists. Thereafter violence quickly escalated and the Burmese army was sent in to keep the peace. It wasn't long before soldiers were accused of leading rather than preventing attacks on Muslims.
The majority of Myanmar's population are Buddhists. It does, however, have a substantial Muslim minority, descended from Indian, Bangladeshi, Chinese and Arab settlers. While many are relatively recent migrants, evidence suggests that some Muslims have been present in the region for hundreds of years, particularly the Arakan-based Rohingya ethnic group.
But despite this Islamic pedigree, the Burmese government treats the Muslim population with unguarded disdain. The state refuses to recognise Rohingyas as Burmese citizens, or even acknowledge their long-standing presence at all. Instead, spurning the historical facts, Burma's rulers refer to them as 'undocumented immigrants'. A government website nonchalantly explains that 'the illegal border-crossing Rohingyas … are not an ethnic group in Burma'.
The Rohingyas are subjected to blatant oppression. They are not allowed to leave Arakan state, to marry without a permit – near-impossible to acquire without bribing corrupt officials – or, most sinisterly of all, to have more than two children. None of Burma's many other ethnic groupings face the same kind of restrictions.
Thus anti-Rohingya sentiment has been culturally and politically ingrained over decades. This kind of racism has become a social default that even the bravest politicians don't touch – Aung San Suu Kyi's international halo has slipped since her 2010 release given her failure to speak out against this state-sanctioned discrimination.
In Arakan, the riots threw a match onto decades of cultural firewood. They started in May. By June a state of emergency had been declared as the riots turned far nastier. Buddhist and Muslim mobs attacked each other's communities, burning down thousands of homes, destroying livelihoods and killing 88 people.
The death toll might have been relatively small, but, by the end of June, it was clear that the psychological effect had been immense – nearly 90,000 had fled their homes and were left wandering without food, water, shelter or protection. Aid agencies attempted to assist, but Burma's rulers were wilfully obstructive. Ten UN workers were arrested, accused of 'stimulating' the riots.
The state's thinly-veiled disdain was excellently conveyed by Burma's President Thein Sein – its first head of state since a flimsy constitutional amendment appeared to hand power back to civilian leaders, but in reality just saw a cabal of generals hastily retire their army roles and continue ruling – who declared that all Rohingyas should be moved to UN refugee camps outside the country.
In October violence flared again, seeing more deaths, more homes destroyed and 22,000 more people displaced. Now, though, it was a less a spontaneous outburst of anger and much more a coordinated, concerted attempt at forcing all Muslims, not just Rohingyas, out of Arakan.
Men, women and children were killed, their property burnt down and their corpses slung in mass graves. Sometimes the Burmese army intervened on the Muslims' behalf, protecting them and their property. Far more often they looked the other way as mobs attacked. Frighteningly, in several instances they joined in the killing themselves.
During a fact-finding mission to Arakan state, the NGO Human Rights Watch discovered three mass graves, and observed government trucks dumping naked Rohingya corpses outside a refugee camp. The bodies had clearly been tied up and executed.
A year on from the initial riots, displaced Rohingyas are in the grip of an appalling humanitarian crisis. Thousands are living in squalid, overcrowded camps with little or no assistance from the Burmese state.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs claims thousands of children are at risk of starvation, while tens of thousands more are lacking the most basic life essentials. Arakan's non-Muslims and Buddhist monks have often obstructed aid deliveries to the camps and threatened aid workers.
Meanwhile, the relatively few non-Muslim Burmese left homeless by the violence live in well-supplied camps, fed, watered and protected by the government and fund-raising drives on national TV.
It's unsurprising, then, that some Rohingyas have fled the country out of desperation. Shocking numbers have taken to rickety overloaded boats lacking the most basic navigational equipment to try and escape by sea. In January alone, around 1,800 people managed to make it to Thailand. 13,000 people are thought to have left for Bangladesh. Hundreds have drowned.
A grim situation looks set to get much grimmer. As aid agencies and the UN are consistently hassled and obstructed by both the Burmese state and Islamophobic Buddhists on the ground, Burma's intense monsoon season rolls implacably into a crisis that's already dire. Trapped in ramshackle camps unfit for habitation in dry weather, Arakan state's Muslims now have nature to contend with on top of state-sanctioned bigotry. You can donate to efforts to help the displaced Rohingyas here.


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AndroSearch : Search everything on your Android
Are you looking for a central place where to search on your Android device? Here's a nice app for that : AndroSearch
How often do you try to find something on your Android device like a document or a file or an email and you have to use different apps to do so?
Here's a nice app to do everything from a central place.
This app shows you recently modified files and recently installed apps.
If you type a word in the search box it will automatically search that work in different context. In the following screenshot you can see that the search found documents like Word or PDF.
In this other case it will even find the word in the app/game description.
In this other case it found that word in the file extension.
It's nice because you don't have to decide where to search but just type the word and the app will search everywhere in your Android device.
It's a very cool app!
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I'm normally not a big fan of horizontal stripes because they can easily make you look wider. But again, French Connection has a way of playing with the feminine silhouette that makes these horizontal stripes work for me.
This dress is incredibly comfortable. I like that it has an ease to the way that it moves so that I am able to still move around a get things accomplished (because I'm pretty much moving around all day long getting work done). It's chic and edgy at the same time. I think it would look really great with some very playful and colorful accessories as well.
I just wanted to keep the clutch classic with the grey neutral color.
I added the pizzaz to the look with my favorite studded heels from BCBG, that are the less expensive version of their Valentino counterpart.
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Dress: French Connection (similar here & here & here & here)For more ideas, check out my fashion and accessories Pinterest Boards.
Clutch: Akira (similar here) // Shoes: BCBG
Clutch: Akira (similar here) // Shoes: BCBG
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It's time to get small, online video marketers.
Driven by hot properties Instagram and Vine, the average online brand video is getting shorter, reports Jordan Bitterman, chief strategy officer, North America, for Mindhshare. While quick to say that long form isn't going away and still has it's place, Bitterman notes that short videos are completely of-the-moment.
Not everyone is good at packing entertainment and branding into a tight 6- or 15-second bundle, which is why Mindshare has started looking at candidates' Instagram and Vine creations when hiring, searching for people skilled at ultra short form video creation.
"We're right now actually going out and recruiting for content creators to work at Mindshare in a content creation capacity who have very rich Vine portfolios," Bitterman says.
Besides being short, Instagram and Vine videos need to be culturally relevant down to the minute to be part of the larger online conversation. In the video below, used courtesy of Beet.tv, Bitterman talks about adaptive marketing, which means reacting quickly to daily shifts. Adaptive marketing allows brands to show relevancy online and engage with consumers in a more natural manner. Creating brand video that quickly requires a strong sense of timing and cultural trends, but at least you don't need to write much of a script for a 6- or 15-second video.
"There's a science and an art and a method to being able to communicate in short form to consumers these days, and those who do it very well can be very helpful for our clients," Bitterman adds.
Watch the full interview below.
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Crispy Loaded Hasselback Potato Bites
'Tis the season to be jolly and gather for holiday parties. When it's your turn to bring an appetizer make sure your market shopping list includes potatoes and bacon. Then you will be ready to make your customized party tray. This recipe is perfect as a side dish too.
YIELD: Makes 10-15, depending on number of potatoes
1 lb. small potatoes (about 2″ across – red or Yukon work fine)
Olive oil
Kosher salt
Sliced cheese (picture shows Colby Jack) cut into small squares
For topping:
Light sour cream
Cooked bacon, chopped
Sliced green onions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Using a sharp knife, make several cuts through each potato, avoiding cutting all the way down. Place potatoes on baking sheet. Rub with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
Bake for 30 minutes, until potatoes are tender. Place cheese squares in between a few of the cuts on each potato. Return to oven for 5-10 additional minutes, until cheese has melted. Let cool 10 minutes before topping with sour cream, bacon and green onions, or your desired toppings.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
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#votekathrynfpp #kca PMPC Star Awards Night 2016 Winners Nominees List For Tv Music :- ABS-CBN was chosen as the Best TV Station this year. This was announced last night, November 22, during the awards night of the 28th Star Awards for Television.
PMPC Star Awards Night 2016 Winners
The show is being organized by the Philippine movie club (PMPC), the awarding ceremony was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Solaire Resort and Casino.
Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo is a Filipina actress. She is best known for her role as Mara in the primetime Filipino drama Mara Clara.
Daniel John Ford Padilla, also known as Daniel Padilla, is a Filipino actor and recording artist/bassist of the band, Parking 5.
Kathryn Chandria and Daniel Padilla is the most famous character of the show and is awarded as the Power Love Team. They personally received their trophy from German Moreno last night.
Coco Martin and Kim Chiu, the lead stars of Ikaw Lamang, were named as Best Actor and Best Actress in the Drama category.
Coco was able to beat Gerald Anderson (Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin), Dingdong Dantes (Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real), Enchong Dee (Muling Buksan ang Puso), Gabby Eigenmann (Dading), Kristoffer Martin (Kahit Nasaan Ka Man), Jericho Rosales (The Legal Wife), and Miguel Tanfelix (Niño).
On the other hand, Kim was chosen over Bea Alonzo (Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon), Angel Locsin (The Legal Wife), Lovi Poe (Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real), Maja Salvador (The Legal Wife), Maricel Soriano (Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real), and Dawn Zulueta (Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin).
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