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As you eclectic readers can tell, this blog is about a little bit of everything. One thing that you will probably see on a semi-regular basis are posts about house hunting. The fiance and I are looking to move out of our apartment and into a house of our own. When we first started this process I had a short list of things I want to have in a house. Within a matter of just a few short weeks this list has been twisted, added onto, shortened, added to more, and been painted a gorgeous shade of "what the fuck?!".
This weekend we revisited four houses with my parents. We had our third visit to one house. 1st visit…What a gorgeous 1929 house with so much character! 2nd visit…hmmm, we can't get any hot water and what are these walls made of? 3rd visit…is that my finger pushing through the wall?
This has definitely been a learning experience and a major lesson in the art of surprise.
The houses we visited today confused us even more…sort of in a good way, sort of in a my brain has become baby food kind of way. Same price. House #1 is a single family in a planned community. It was built in 2003, has a large kitchen/dining area, a very night and bright finished basement, and is in a quiet neighborhood. A debbie downer is that although there is a patio, the yard space is lacking and most of what is there is very much sloped. It is also a short sale, but as a few friends of ours have said, short sales nowadays do not take as long as they used to. This is a good thing because we would very much like to stop living above human elephants as soon as possible.
House #2…ohhhh, house #2. Split level. Built in the 60s. One owner. 1st visit…"We need to ungrannyfy this house!" The moment we walked into this house the first go around it reminded me of my grandmother and my almost 96 year old great aunt. Can you be emotionally drawn to a house while criticizing it in the same breath? This house feels like home and the community is even cozy. Is that possible??! The kitchen is very outdated and severely lacks counterspace. This can be fixed…with money. The upstairs has four bedrooms, three of which are in an L-shape, forcing you to walk through one to get to another. WTF??! Today's visit did allow us to visualized putting in a hallway, making the front bedroom slightly more narrow while leaving the first back bedroom the same size. We could expand the master, making it long, and put in a door that would make the master bedroom and bathroom private. Again…$$. Could be done over time…but still…$$ over time.
Conflicting pros: Easy to move in vs. cozy to the face.
Conflicting Cons: Short sale vs. Granny
Have you a big housing choice? Is it easier or more difficult when you choose between the better of two goods rather than the lesser of two evils?


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If I Had A Wife
From the playing of Johnny O'Leary.
I just couldn't believe this wasn't already here, but I've tried three keys and several takes on bar one, but nope, so far, no sign of a duplication… How did we miss this lovely little number? What other treasure is there for us to add here?
Paddle my own canoe
Its also on Chieftains 6 as a song (they learnt it from Dennis Murphy).
If I had a wife, the plague of my life,
I'll tell you what I would do,
I'd buy her a boat and set her afloat
and paddle my own canoe.
I read elsewhere it is also called the Humours of Mount Collins
Chieftains 6 and If I Had a Wife
This slide and the song end the Chieftains 6 album, which is called Bonaparte's Retreat, and is a retrospective of the Irish connections to Thomas Paine, the French Revolution and the tradition of nationalism that makes Ireland more similar to France than to England. The words to the song can be taken as a metaphor for the divorce of the Irish revolution from England.
If I Had A Wife
X:2 from Padraig O'Keefe and Denis Murphy.
X: 3 "Art O'Keefe's Slide"
S: "Jimmy Doyle & Dan O'Leary: Traditional Music From The Kingdom Of Kerry"
https://thesession.org/recordings/1247 ~ track 10 (Side B, track 3) ~ the 1st polka of two
Q: 136-142 bpm (1 beat = three quavers/eighth notes)
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Congratulations to USAID's partner the Aged and Children Pastoralists Association (ACPA) for being recognized as the best development partner for pastoralists during ther last year at the 16th annual Pastoralists Day held in Jigjiga on January 25th. The award was for their excellent work helping pastoralists in the Somali region during the last year. In the photo, His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn is awarding the trophy for best development partner in the pastoralist sector to Ali Ahmed Abdi, the Executive Director of ACPA. This is the second time ACPA has been recognized with this honor. (the first time was in 2015 for their work in Semera of Afar region).
USAID supports ACPA to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the camel milk value chain sector in Fafen and the Siti zone of the Somali Regional State. The main aim of the intervention is to improve incomes and enhance the nutritional status of targeted households by helping them to organize into cooperatives for the production and sale of milk, training them on better camel husbandry and management, forage production and feeding, milk hygiene and sanitation and how to create better market linkages all in an effort to improve their productivity and the competitiveness of producers and women pastoralists. So far, the activity established or strengthened 19 milk cooperatives benefiting 10,838 members.


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Mapping the World's Airports With Neo4j Spatial and Openflights13 Mar 2014
When I was taking flight lessons, I learned that the maximum range of a Cessna-172 is about 1000km. Knowing this, can we find a path across the globe where each airport in the path is within the range of a Cessna 172? Let's use Neo4j Spatial to try to answer this question! This blog post will focus on loading data from OpenFlights.org into Neo4j and how we can use Neo4j Spatial to help us represent this data in a Neo4j graph database. The next post will show how we can use the Neo4j Spatial Java API to traverse our graph and answer this question.
Neo4j Spatial
Neo4j Spatial is a Neo4j Server plugin that allows for spatial operations within a Neo4j database. Spatial makes use of an in-graph R-tree to create spatial indexes allowing for geographic queries in the context of Neo4j. For example, Spatial allows for queries to find nodes within a specified geographic region or within a certain distance of a specified point. Neo4j Spatial can easily be installed as a server extension. Pre-packaged ZIPs containing all the JARs needed are provided on the Spatial GitHub page. Alternatively, GrapheneDB provides Neo4j Spatial as a plugin option. Getting Spatial running on a GrapheneDB instance is literally as easy as a few clicks.
OpenFlights.org Data
OpenFlights.org provides a dataset containing information about almost every airport in the world. This dataset includes 6977 airports, in CSV format:
- Airport ID
- Name
- City
- Country
- IATA/FAA code
- ICAO code
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Altitude
- Timezone
We are most interested in columns 4 (airport FAA code) and 6/7 (latitude/longitude). Here's what the row for my home airport, MSO, looks like:
Loading The Data
Like most Neo4j projects, we have several API choices for how we want to interact with the Neo4j Server. In the next post in this series we'll look at using the Spatial Java API, but for now we will use the REST interface. To make use of Spatial we will follow three steps:
- Create a Spatial index
- Create nodes with lat/lon data as properties
- Add these nodes to the Spatial index
We also will create an index in Neo4j (with the same name as our Spatial layer) to that we can query the database using Cypher.
Neo4j Spatial REST API
This Python script follows the steps outlined above and uses the REST interface to add each airport to the database.
First, the Spatial index is created, specifing the geometry type and properties that will contain lat/lon data on each node to be added to that index. The file
airports.dat is our OpenFlights CSV file listing all airports. We iterate through each row, creating a node for each airport, adding that node to the Spatial index and then to the index we have created so we can later query using Cypher.
Finding Airports
All airports should now be loaded into our database. Now we can start to query the database using some Spatial features to find airports.
Using Cypher
The following Cypher query will search for an airport within 50km of my hometown, Missoula, MT.
Running that in Neo4j we see:
Alright, looks like Missoula has an airport! Great!
Using the REST interface
We can also make use of the REST interface to find all airports within a certain georgraphic area, or within a certain distance of a specified point.
The endpoint
/db/data/ext/SpatialPlugin/graphdb/findGeometriesWithinDistance will allow us to query for all airports within 175km of Missoula, MT:
Looking at the response we see that MSO (Missoula, MT), BTM (Butte, MT), HLN (Helena, MT) and FCA (Kalispell, MT) are airports within 175km of Missoula.
Looking Forward
That was a quick introduction to Neo4j Spatial. The next post will show how we can use the Neo4j Spatial Java API for more advanced traversals and answer our original question: Is it possible to fly a Cessna 172 across the world and what is the route?


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Categories: accounting, contingency
Do you have contingency on your project? In Eliyahu Goldratt's book Critical Chain he calls it safety, but whatever name for it you use, most projects have an element of budget provision put aside in case of emergency.
Let's start with a definition of what management reserves and contingency reserves are, taken from Michel Thiry's book, Program Management.
Contingency reserve: "a planned amount of money or time which is added to an estimate to address a specific risk."
Management reserve: "a planned amount of money or time which is added to an estimate to address unforeseeable situations."
Can you see the difference?
Contingency reserves
When you work out the contingency reserve for a task or project estimate, you do so based on project risk. How do you want to respond to that risk? Most times risk responses require cash or extra time to put a plan in action. The amount of contingency allocated depends on the risk and also on the risk response.
As contingencies are linked to particular risks, if the risk passes and is not realised, the need for the contingency goes away. That means returning the cash, or taking any extra time out of the task schedule. You don't get to keep the contingency 'in the bank'. If you feel that you need to, it's probably because another risk is looming on the horizon. If that is the case, you should increase the contingency related to that risk and make your plans accordingly. It is OK to change your contingency strategies as you go forward with the project – after all, as you get nearer to a particular risk event you find out more about it and have more knowledge about how you would deal with it and that is quite likely to change your response.
Management reserves
Every project could do with one of these! However, in my experience few projects have them. A management reserve is a pot of money of a size that is based on the overall uncertainty of the project. For example, if you are doing an innovative project that your company has little experience of, you would want a big pot of money (or time) as your reserve. If you are working on something relatively straightforward, perhaps something that your company has run several times before, you wouldn't need such a large amount or in some cases any amount of management reserve at all.
Management reserves are generally calculated using that well-known finger-in-the-air method, although it would be good to think that they are scientifically worked out based on the experience of the company and historical data extrapolated from previous relevant projects both at your company and across your industry. However, it is more likely that you just guess.
Management reserves are only used in emergencies, and that is the reason (in my opinion) that many projects don't have them. The default for projects without management reserves is to go back to the project sponsor, explain the situation and ask for more cash, or more time. If you can do that anyway, what's the point in having a management reserve? You still have to ask permission before you dip into the reserve, so the actual process for getting your hands on the money or authority to change the delivery date is the same.
A management reserve means that at least the money is put aside for you, and you avoid the situation where the project sponsor says that there is no additional budget available for your project – in which case you'd be stuck finding a way to deliver what you needed with the available money, which would probably involve changing the timescale or compromising on quality (the classic iron triangle constraint).
You don't give back what is left of your management reserve when the crisis has passed. The pot stays active until the end of the project, although you may find that towards the end of the project when you have more certainty about how things will unfold, you can give back some of the money or use it for something else.
Now that you know more about management and contingency reserves, do you have these on your projects?


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1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
Mimorium is a Finnish black metal band. We come from a town called Pieksämäki (our translate Spankihill) Mimorium was first my personal music project. I composed the first demo songs in 2008-2009 but then forgot it in the drawer. In 2016, I got the inspiration to start composing new songs and that's where I started to go. I was supposed to make all the instruments and vocals myself, but I noticed that I did not get vocals to work. After a small search, I found Vox Malum to handle vocals. Now the album has been released and the one man band has become a whole band. Our line-up is Lord Mimorium guitar, Kurimus guitar, Cavus bass, Vilthor drums and Vox Malum vocals.
2.Recently you have released your first album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recoridng?
I think it's a mix of a bit different types of metal music. So there is a death metal and thrash metal style guitar riffs and black metal style tremolo leads. It's brutal but melodic music.
3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
Most of the lyrics are based on a book titled Liber Azerate and Chaosophy beliefs. The album also has a strong message against religions where blind sheep follows their leaders. Which one you want to be, lion or lamb?
4.You also have a song called 'Fimbulwinter', can you tell us a little bit more about your interest in Norse Mythology'?
Northern mythology has always fascinated me, I have read a lot about. In mythology, talking about Fimbulwinter is a harsh winter that sets out to the end of the world. There is coming the last war that destroys everything. It is very possible that we will see the new Fimbulwinter and the ragnarok in today's world. It's good to think about Odin's question, who of mankind will survive the Fimbulwinter. Nature has always been strongly present in Nordic myths. We have applied for the forces and have honored nature.
5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Mimorium'?
The name Mimorium does not, as far as I know, mean nothing.
Mimorium involves my personal things, it's kind of my fantasy empire or kingdom like the world I would like to appear. Mimorium is my memorial in musical form
6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
It's hard to say because we have not played any gigs yet. We are on tour in Finland in March.
Upcoming gigs will be spectacular and brutal. We have a lot of great ideas for stage performance.
7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
As I said earlier, we will start the tour in Finland. The aim is to make as many gigs as possible during the spring.
We also have the desire to go on a tour abroad, such as Europe.
8.The new album came out on 'Heathen Tribes', how did you get in contact with this label?
I sent demos to some record companies to we could get a publisher on the album. Heathen Tribes was immediately willing to cooperate. We reached the agreement and that's how we got the album released, thanks to them!
9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black metal?
Mainly we have received only good feedback. It feels crazy, a year ago I composed songs for myself hoping to get them published sometime.
Now the album is out and besides all this, people have liked it very much. The most common opinion about the album has been its brutality.
The album has dynamics, not just blasting drums and screaming guitars.
10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We want to take our place in the black metal genre and play our music around the world. I already have some material for the next album.
Depending on the number of gigs but the intention would be to start working on a new album in the fall. Now we have five people in the band who are all
supposed to contribute to the making of the album.
The all material will be written by me but the arrangement will be handled together.
11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
I like to listen to a many kind of music. My all-time favorite band is Slayer (of course!)
but for example the music I have done has been influenced by, for example,Dissection,Mayhem and Finnish legends as Horna,Satanic Warmaster and Barathrum
(otherwise we are going to do some gig together.)
Black metal genre seems to be strong at this moment. New bands will be added more and more. New bands that I have listened lot of recently is Nordjevel, Kadaverdisciplin and I can't wait Alghazanth's new album. It is a sad that they are going to bury the band after the this album.
12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Be strong and do not let the weak lead you! Be a lion do not be a lamb. Incipit Chaos!
-Lord Mimorium-


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Saturday, 30 June 2012
Thursday & Friday 28th-29th June
Thursday, always a bit of a non-day, I'm looking forward to the weekend and trying to do all the little jobs I had put off until the end of the week... I had a fair old amount on my to-do list and a fair old amount didn't get done, there always seems to be something more important passed my way and everything gets demoted. I did well on the healthy eating though, had my pasta salad and 3 pieces of fruit. For dinner I had sausages and mash with peas and gravy but mash and peas is definitely 2 of my 5 a day right? I also had a large gin and tonic, because some days you just need one. Lee bought Crazy, Stupid, Love and surprised me with it - I have been raving about it for ages, mainly due to the excellent cast- Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell- and the great mix of humour with a fairly believable plot line, as Lee and I concluded, it just plods along nicely.
On Friday I was feeling super chirpy, I decided to grab a tea with Work Experience and have a little chat to her about how she was getting on, and just generally get to know her better. We have to email all the time and she only sits one workstation over from me so it seemed silly not to. I don't think there are many better feelings than making friends with someone. It was also pay day so I treated myself to a salad from M&S and a juice - I know, wild. I need to seriously not spend in July, it will be hard but I just need to make some kind of dent in my huge overdraft which has haunted me since university.
I also went out after work with a couple of people and it was super nice, we went to a bar not far from work Called Madison and it was mind blowingly expensive, a bottle of wine was £33, thank goodness we split it. I also had a cheeky beer and then left. I still can't quite believe that this is my life, I feel like someone one day is going to turn to me and say "Bec, what are you still doing here?" I missed my train which was depressing, but I did read a good amount of my free kindle book which is actually not too bad, sometimes you get a really shit one, but then ones like this surprise you. My Female Eunuch cane today and I'm really pumped to read that, I've also ordered The Feminine Mystique as I learnt about them and their messages/impact at university but never read them.
Here's a video of the bar I went to. With my rucksack on and £8 in my purse...
How were your Thursdays and Fridays?
Becca xx
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Wow that bar looks amazing - you're def living the high life now Becca lol!ReplyDelete
Ooo that bar looks very cool! And I really want to watch Crazy Stupid Love - although I think I'm the only woman in the world who doesn't think Ryan Gosling is hot lolReplyDelete
Have a great weekend! :-D
Ooo the bar looks very posh! Loving these diary posts xxxReplyDelete
Love the bar! And Ryan Gosling is extremely attractive. (oogles)ReplyDelete
Looks like you have had a pretty good thursday and friday! ;) Mine have been SO BORING. xxxReplyDelete
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Roof collapse blamed on bird droppingsWednesday, January 26th, 2011
From The Reporter:
Vacaville roof collapse blamed on birds
Vacaville Fire Department officials are blaming pigeons for the collapse of a gas station awning Monday that nearly struck a woman who had just finished filling her tank.
Vacaville resident Chris Doss had stopped at Quick Way Gas located in the 400 block of Merchant Street when a quarter of the station's metal roofing came thundering down next to her under the weight of several inches of bird droppings.
"It just went 'boom' and then it all came down," said Doss, who had just finished putting gas in her silver 2007 Mazda 3.
She had just gotten back into her car on one side of the island at about 2:21 p.m. and hadn't even had a chance to put the key in the ignition when the entire roofing section on the other side of the island collapsed, giving way to an avalanche of bird droppings.
Doss sat there in shock for a moment, not knowing what to do, she said.
Members of the Vacaville Fire Department responded and taped off the area surrounding the gas station.
Her husband, Thomas Doss, arrived a short time later and, as he consoled his shaken wife, couldn't help expressing his amazement.
"Wow, it's unbelievable," he said. "I'm telling you, someone would have been killed if they had been standing there."
According to Vacaville Fire Battalion Chief Brian Moore, the section of the roof was brought down by the weight of the pigeon droppings that had accumulated over the years.
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From Bird-B-Gone: Re: Roof collapse blamed on bird droppings
Gas station canopies are a favorite roosting and nesting site for birds such as pigeons and gulls. The high canopies provide a good vantage point and open areas in the structure create ideal nesting and roosting sites. Not to mention, these canopies are are rarely ever inspected or disturbed. The problem is, as we see with this particular gas station, where birds frequent, bird droppings accumulate.
Bird droppings can pose many problems for businesses. They can detract from a businesses appearance, create a slip and fall risk, and pose a health risk – as bird droppings carry many diseases including salmonella and encephalitis. Then there is the damage to structures itself to consider. In This case we see that the weight of the bird droppings caused the collapse, possibly years worth of droppings that perhaps the business owner knew nothing about. Bird Droppings are also highly acidic and can corrode paint and building materials such as stone, steel and brick. In fact, after the I-35 bridge in Minnesota collapsed in 2006, it was reported that workers who had been servicing the bridge had seen a high accumulation of bird droppings on the bridges main tresses, and bird droppings were considered as a contributing factor.
The best way to deal with this problem, is to install humane bird deterrents before it gets out of hand. There are many products available today that can effectively block birds from landing on structures such as gas station canopies. The sooner a bird problem is taken care of the better. Left unattended, birds become attached to sites, territorial, the longer you wait to move them along, the more persistent they will be about staying. If the owner of the gas station had knowledge of the bird problem, could he have been held liable for injury or property damage caused by the collapse? Most likely.
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Have you been thinking about how you're going to improve your life in 2014? Before you make those resolutions, try reading this exceptional article by Annie, the social media coordinator at St. Jude Retreats. She's got 5 ways we set ourselves up for failure, so we can avoid our past mistakes and actually keep our resolutions this year!
The beginning of a new year is often a time where people evaluate their past, regardless if it is the past year or in their lifetime up until now. Hours and hours are invested in reminiscing, remembering, rejoicing and more often than not- reconsidering. Reconsidering what worked and what didn't for us, what we would like to keep and what to leave in the past.
Creating plans, resolutions and vowing on doing better in general is nothing new and we love the way we feel when we are shedding the past and welcoming the future. It is simply exhilarating! However, in the euphoria that follows we make some common mistakes when creating our New Year's resolutions which impedes our success in eventually accomplishing them.
Here is a list of some simple ways to recognize whether you're on the right track with your resolution-making:
1) Reality vs. Perception
One of the most important aspects of creating successful resolutions is to be realistic in your evaluation of your past, present and future. Remember that you are making resolutions in the first place to improve your own life, because you need or want that change, not because of anyone else's wishes or demands.
Do you need to lose a few pounds or do you need to completely overhaul your unhealthy eating habits? Do you need to get a new job because you don't like the current one or do you need to work harder on a promotion that can get you where you want to be in a comfortable and familiar environment much faster? Do you have a drinking problem or do you simply need to learn to moderate your alcohol use?
Try to be as realistic in your evaluation as possible. Maybe you can even involve someone else in that process if you are experiencing trouble in seeing the difference between the reality of your situation and your perception of it.
2) Grand Plans vs. Achievable Goals
The next common mistake people make is to overestimate their ability to accomplish the goals they set for themselves for the New Year. This is usually the reason for people burning out faster and completely giving up on their resolutions.
Don't make it harder on yourself! Try and choose achievable and realistic goals that you can accomplish. Even better, create a plan with small steps you can take each day/week/month towards a higher accomplishment. "I'll run a marathon this year" definitely sounds more intimidating than " I will run 15 minutes a day, so by the end of the year I can run a marathon."
3) Overdoing It vs. Pacing Ourselves
When it comes to resolutions, people tend to think in a larger scale and that creates larger expectations, which in their turn requires larger tasks to be accomplished. Eating healthy is a great resolution, but if you have been enjoying meat all your life and you decide to become a vegetarian on January 1st, chances are you will fail by February 1st.
You will fail not because you are incapable of accomplishing your goal of becoming a vegetarian or living a healthy lifestyle in general, but because you are overdoing it in the beginning and not giving your body and mind the opportunity to accept and welcome the change. Instead you are forcing yourself to do something that doesn't yet feel natural to you.
You want a healthier lifestyle? Start with a smaller change such as exchange the soda for juice or fruit water, and make a commitment to do it for one month. Then the next month (continue the first step though), commit to eating twice as many veggies as you do breads and pastas; and so on, so forth. Take your time, pace yourself and remember- slow and steady wins the race.
4) Alone vs. Supported
People are social animals, as they say. When you are contemplating a major change in your lifestyle, it may be more difficult for you if you don't have the support of the people around you. Therefore, rally your troops or even better- find somebody who wants to make the same/similar change(s) and do it together.
5) Results vs. Expectations
Personally, I believe the biggest mistake people make with resolutions is to be unhappy with the oftentimes incremental results they achieve in making these resolutions a reality. If you set out to lose 30 lbs in 3 months and have only lost 25, so what? You are that much healthier and that much closer to actually achieving your goal. Don't let results that may be less than you'd expected or hoped for disappoint you. Any progress is valuable! The good things in life take time, patience and a positive attitude.
This year, when you make your New Year's resolutions, you can avoid these common mistakes. Maybe, just maybe, this will bring you closer to your expectations, hopes and seeing positive results in 2014.
Happy New Year!
About the Author
The following is a guest post by Annie, Social Media Coordinator for St. Jude Retreats – a non 12 step alternative to conventional alcohol and drug rehab.
I'd like to add here (it's part of Annie's mistake #2) the fact that most of us don't properly plan for success. For instance, we say we'll stop smoking, but do we actually think about what we're going to do when we're faced with a craving or figure out what our triggers are so we can avoid them? Can YOU add to Annie's list of common mistakes when making resolutions?


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Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Okeechobee, and Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, both say President Barack Obama should consult with Congress before authorizing and carrying out attacks to punish Syria for using chemical weapons.
Post reporter George Bennett writes that Rep. Hastings is unhappy that he has learned more about the president's intentions from cable news shows than he has from the White House. "I'm in the U.S. Congress," Rep. Hastings said, "and no one has consulted me. Something is wrong with that picture."
Rep. Rooney, a veteran who like Rep. Hastings previously criticized President Obama for not getting congressional approval to use force in Libya, said, "I'm pretty against getting involved in a Sunni-Shia civil war."
Rep. Hastings, in contrast, said he might support action in Syria but wants to be consulted.
The Constitution gives Congress sole power to declare war. But it also makes the president commander-in-chief. The Vietnam-era War Powers Resolution puts a theoretical time limit on the president's unilateral use of force. But its provisions remain murky.
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The two burglars can be seen picking the lock of a home in the Savannah area. The incident happened at around 2:30 p.m. last week Tuesday (16 October.) Police said the incident is currently under investigation.
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Eventyre Farms Equestrian Facility
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Eventyre Farms is a private equestrian facility located near Calgary, Alberta. At approximately 38,000 ft2, the building houses a full-size indoor show jumping arena with a viewing deck and platform, bay for transport truck and horse trailer, grooming stalls, tack rooms, stalls for 18 horses, veterinary care room, laundry facility with an industrial washer and dryer and an indoor warm-down ring to accommodate 10 to 12 horses after their workouts.
ISL's Role
ISL's Role
ISL was retained as the project's structural engineer.
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While the Client initially had a preference for wood after seeing and using facilities constructed and finished with it, budgeting was also presented for steel, pre-fabricated steel and a hybrid with concrete walls.
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Meeting the Client's Needs
Wood was used as the primary structural and finish material because it not only allowed the building to be constructed in a simple and cost-effective manner, but also formed the elegant and efficient structure the Client desired, was sustainable and allowed more design flexibility than other materials.
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The structural arches were the biggest produced by Western Archrib in their 65 years of operation. Pre-engineered connectors allowed the arches to be shipped in two halves and assembled on-site.
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Brudenell River has been long recognized as the most popular golf course on the Island, this picturesque garden and river course offers six par-3s, six par-4s and six par-5s. Awarded as one of the Top 50 golf courses in Canada, it is sure to reward the senses with the beauty of Prince Edward Island.
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With age comes glory, and the same theory applies to this magnificently mature golf course on the picturesque Brudenell River. Brudenell is a 45-year-old track with broad fairways and manicured greens that are accented by numerous gardens, lakes and ponds. The course offers a challenging match for your delegates with the daily arrival of the "Brudenell Breeze" which sweeps off the Atlantic Ocean and funnels up the river.
The course and the Rodd Brudenell River Resort complex are noted for hosting some of the finest professional matches, notably the Lorie Kane Island Challenge of 2000 – Canada's first ever women's "skins" game – and numerous Canadian Tour events.
The Brudenell Golf Course is located a short 40 minutes from Charlottetown next to the Rodd Brudenell River, which offers 50 Country Cabins, 99 Deluxe Hotel Guestrooms & Suites, and ample meeting space for pre and post tournament events.
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Michael Liccione earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania and his BA in philosophy and religion from Columbia University. He has taught in a number of institutions, mostly Catholic, including the Catholic University of America, the University of St. Thomas (Houston), and Guilford Technical Community College.
His conventional publications have appeared in The Thomist, First Things, National Review, and Christifideles; his personal blog is Sacramentum Vitae.


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Whilst many countries around the world have been implementing Action 13 of BEPS, countries in Latin and Central America also continue gradually advancing in the incorporation of the Country by Country report, Master File and Local file in their domestic legislation and therefore assuming the new challenges on transfer pricing documentation recommended by the OECD.
In this context, we would like to invite you to our next webinars where we will discuss with our TPA LATAM Global Alliance Partners as regards the implementation of the Action 13 of BEPS in Mexico other countries of Central America, the current status and the implications of this TP documentation requirements.
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As America watched the season finale of The Bachelorette last Monday night and we were all baffled at her quick turn around time from having her heart broken to becoming engaged to Chris. I listened to Des & Chris being interviewed on Ryan Seacrest's radio show yesterday & his co-host really dug into how she could flip her feelings back & forth so quickly. I could hear the pain within Desiree's voice as she answered the question. I'm sure she's had to explain herself many times over now throughout various media outlets.
I think we all need to give Des a break. Ok while we are sitting on our couch with our glass of wine and box of kleenex feeling her pain of rejection from Brooks one minute then seeing her accept Chris' ring the next makes us wonder if it's true. Well the fact of it is, in real time she didn't make up her mind within 30 minutes. We are seeing a condensed version of what really happened. However, there were days and weeks in-between one indecent and the other happening.
Plus what else is she supposed to do? Be heartbroken for the rest of her life because one guy she feel in love with didn't love her back? This happens everyday in real life, we love someone and they do not return our love. We can sit picking up the pieces for years and feel sorry for ourselves, or we can heal ourselves in quick time frame and move on.
She was lucky enough to have 2 other guys in love with her that she had to re-evaluate her situation and her feelings for. It's a smart decision to refocus her energy on who does love her. Sometimes we stand looking at the door that was shut on us and forget to look to the future and the new opportunities ahead of us. There's nothing wrong with this. The last time I had my heart broken I wish I had 2 other guys waiting for me to tell me what a wonderful human being I was & wanted me to be happy. I would have gotten over my heartbreak a whole lot faster. I'm not saying to jump into one relationship right after another but have an open mind to other opportunities and not drowning in your sorrow. Heal your wounds and move on.
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I discovered I was an artist late in life. My mother was very talented, but never found the time to pick up a brush. I remember telling her that if I had her talent, I would never stop painting. She always said I had talent, I just had to try.
After her death, as if to defy her, I took an oil painting class. I came home and showed my husband the finished painting and said, 'I think I can paint'.
I never looked back. At age 58, I discovered the artist in me.
I like to think of myself as Grandma Moses without the following or the money, but I'm working on both.
The world as I see it, is full of color and I try to reflect that in everything I paint.
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'Where are the Casements of today?' asks Gavin Friday
Gavin Friday tells our reporter about his new project, The Casement Sonata, and why Roger Casement was 'the unsung hero of the Rising'
Sir Roger Casement was hanged on August 3, 1916, at Pentonville Prison for High Treason - his naked body buried without a coffin in quicklime. So ended the life of one of the greatest Irish humanitarians and visionaries. Yet to this day, his vision and his legacy lives. Gavin Friday's sublime The Casement Sonata at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin breathes further life into Casement's legacy. The 'blue room' - painted blue by Friday and where the sonata is played back - is in tribute to the last words written in Casement's diary: "Death is not dark, but only deeper blue."
This beautiful, meditative, long-form ambient poem is an edgy exploration of the life and death of the man that Friday calls "the establishment's most threatening rebel spirit".
The sonata starts with Banna Strand, where Casement is arrested on Good Friday, 1916, before the Easter Rising.
"It then flashes back to Congo and Peru and Ammersee, his time in Germany, and concludes in Pentonville, where he was hung on the 3rd of August, 1916 - exactly a hundred years ago tomorrow," Gavin told me last Tuesday. "Roger Casement is in some ways the 'unsung' hero of the Rising. The man is in my mind a giant. His humanitarian work in Congo and Peru is monumental. He basically laid down the train tracks for Amnesty." Friday' last album, catholic, was one of the finest releases of 2011 in Ireland or anywhere, and featured Friday on its cover laid out in a funeral pose - inspired by a painting by Sir John Lavery of a certain other Irish visionary, Michael Collins, lying in state in 1922. In an essay In Requiem For The Fallen that came with catholic, novelist Patrick McCabe writes: 'Both now, in tandem, intoning "Mea culpa", in sympathy with the Fallen, on broken knees, crouched against the epochal sky . . .' This time, Gavin's requiem is for another of the fallen, Sir Roger. "Obviously, this is a homage to the great man Roger Casement. I had admired him for many years." Friday's admiration was enhanced when he read the Hispano-Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa's book, The Dream of the Celt.
Once he had finished the book, Friday's admiration, he says, became "obsessive...resulting in me reading and researching all things Casement".
"It was mid last year, when there was talk of various 'musical' events to honour the centenary of 'The Rising', that I had a real yearning to create an original piece of music/narrative.
"I heard that the Hugh Lane Gallery was concentrating on Casement for the Rising's centenary; it just seemed the 'obvious'. So I approached director Barbara Dawson late last year. . ."
The narrative for The Casement Sonata was written by Friday and the poet James McCabe. He recorded the work from April to June of this year. "I basically ate, drank and slept Casement; very much for me it not only became a narrative/musical project but also I drew on the role of actor," explains Friday, "as the opening line quotes: 'I am Roger Casement'. "I very much in my head went there - from Banna Strand to Pentonville; the recording of Pentonville I found to be one of the most challenging and engaging pieces I have ever recorded."
To play devil's advocate, I ask Gavin what relevance Casement has to modern Ireland.
"Jesus, the man has every relevance to modern Ireland! He was so forward thinking, so ahead of his time as a humanitarian. Today's political leaders should bow down in awe of this man, and take a page out of his book - not only his book but also the book of Pearse and Connolly. They had poetic vision. Where are the visionaries today?"
The Casement Sonata, played twice daily at 12pm and 3pm, runs until August 21st at the Hugh Lane in Dublin.
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We are using the WixUI_Mondo in our setup so that we could allow the users to select/de-select features. However the app is installed on intranets so we did not want to show the License Agreement dialog box. A few pp. suggested downloading the Wix source code and manually changing the part which shows up the LA dialog box.
I found out that we could also, change the click event action of Next and Back button controls using Publish tag.
So we changed the Next button click event action of the 'Welcome dialog' (WelcomeDlg) to show directly the second dialog box. For .e.g:
<Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="ConnectionPortsDlg" Order="3">1</Publish>
And of course also the Back button event action to display the 'Welcome dialog'.
The full <UI> tag code:
<UI Id='MyAppWix_UIMondo'><UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /><UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /><DialogRef Id="ConnectionPortsDlg" /><DialogRef Id="FileModeMSMQInfoDlg" /><Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="ConnectionPortsDlg" Order="3">1</Publish><Publish Dialog="SetupTypeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="DBConfigurationDlg">1</Publish></UI>
If you are not using custom dialogs, here is the string:
<UI Id='Mondo'><UIRef Id="WixUI_Mondo" /><UIRef Id="WixUI_ErrorProgressText" /><Publish Dialog="WelcomeDlg" Control="Next" Event="NewDialog" Value="SetupTypeDlg" Order="3">1</Publish><Publish Dialog="SetupTypeDlg" Control="Back" Event="NewDialog" Value="WelcomeDlg" Order="3">1</Publish></UI>
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This is from the WIP, currently known as GT.
God, what he wouldn't give to run like that again. When he'd been whole, he'd taken it for granted: running, sports, mobility in general. As a paramedic, he'd witnessed all manner of deformity and considered himself sympathetic, able to relate. Being on this side of it had slammed home how little he'd known about life with pain and disability.
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Yes please! and...she is so darn cute, love the O.C. (out of control) hair! Is she sleeping any better?ReplyDelete
Judging from her hair, she slept well. :-)ReplyDelete
Oh, she's so cute!! Love the hair. And the grin. Who wants to squeeze the Charmin when you have sweetness like that to hug?!ReplyDelete
Is she not the cutest thing ever? I love those cheeks and that grin and, of course, that hair!!ReplyDelete
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Your little girl is adorable!
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HA HA. These hair pictures crack me up because I've got a house FULL of bedheads.ReplyDelete
LOVE that bed head :) We need an update!ReplyDelete
little cutie! I wish I looked that great when I woke up!ReplyDelete
When they look like that you just want to grab them and eat them...not in a mean way...just in that scrumptious baby way. :) SueReplyDelete
Look how sweet! She is just beautiful! I love the hair! My 2 yo just started having bedhead about 6 months ago! I have bald babies!ReplyDelete
I'm in the whole it's fall about to be winter why not grow my hair out mentality right now. Strangely, I find myself looking quite like sweet Teyla in the mornings.ReplyDelete
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Expected Release Date: April, 28th 2012
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So, I don't think there's an official blurb yet, and this is not the complete official cover, but OH MY GOODNESS. It's so gorgeous!! I love it so much. And I adore this series. I have ever since I picked up Wings so many years ago. I cannot wait to read the final book and see what happens to everyone... I know it's going to be a whirlwind of excitement! And... TEAM TAMANI !!! :)
The other beautiful covers in the series:
There are editions of Wings & Spells that match Illusions and Destined, but those above are the covers I have. I think they're all gorgeous! :)


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Slatters Hotel gets the green light
Guy Hollaway Architects are pleased to announce that last night saw Canterbury City Council vote in favour of planning consent for our proposed hotel and rooftop restaurant at the Slatters Hotel site in Canterbury.
Eleven members voted in favour of the development and one against. It was a unanimous vote for Listed building consent. The proposal is for a 130 bed hotel and roof-top restaurant which will command spectacular views over Canterbury's historic roof-scape and the City's Cathedral.
St Margaret's Church, located further along the street, has inspired the front facade. The Church was altered after construction in order to straighten the street, allowing carriages to pass. In the 1890s, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott skilfully masked the deformity left from previous works, resulting in an angled section to the road. These angled sections have inspired the form of the proposed elevation and the stone cladding has taken reference from the Cathedral itself.
The site is in a Conservation Area within the city walls and the project includes the restoration and refurbishment of two Listed buildings; forming part of the hotel. The design involves the complete restoration of two buildings, one of which is situated over a Roman theatre's remains. This will be exposed through glass apertures within the proposed foyer floor.
Currently standing in a poor state with structural damage, the medieval building and façade are to be restored as part of the development. Areas of archaeological interest lie within the site and extensive excavations will be undertaken and recorded as part of the project. This is a unique opportunity to bring back to life these two historic buildings and introduce a modern intervention inspired by the city's history.
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I know it may sound awkward but how about installing Paytm app on PC and using it online to do recharges or shop? The official website of Paytm service is available for everyone and it doesn't require any installation, but still, there are few benefits of using the Paytm app on computer/laptop.
I'm going to share those benefits right away, and once you're convinced, you can get started with the installation procedure. But, I really want to know the answer to one question. Why do you want to download Paytm for PC?
The app can be found for Android and iOS powered smartphone and tablet devices, but, the same app can't be used on the PC platform, officially. That's where, this guide is going to help you. Yes, to make it possible, and that too through a legit method.
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This company offers a bunch of services. Like, it can be used to do online recharges for free, do shopping for millions of products online and also to send money online through its digital wallet service. I can assure that every service is well-protected by client privilege and you'll always get top-notch experience.
Reason to Use Paytm app on Computer/Laptop
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These days, to promote the usage of its smartphone specific application, the company is offering a bunch of coupons and deals which are specific to that application only. Now, those offers and coupons can't be used by website application users.
So, the first reason to use Paytm app on laptop/computer is that you'll be able to use those coupons and offers from your computer itself. You won't require picking up the smartphone or tablet to perform the actions.
Also, if you are looking to get a Paytm standalone app for PC platform, then this method will help. So, it can be the second best reason over here.
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These were the reasons I understood. If you've something unique to share which you experienced, then do share it with all of us in the discussion section.
It's time to focus on the part which will ensure that you don't find any issues while dealing with the installation procedure of the BlueStacks app player software. This is the software which will make it possible to run the Paytm Android app on PC.
Also, this is not the only app you can play. You can check our apps and games coverage to know what other apps and games, you can play on the computer for free. Yes, using the same BlueStacks software!
To ensure the comfortable running of this software, you need to ensure that hardware and software compatibilities are perfectly matched. So, check this guide I already published on the configuration of a perfect computer to run BlueStacks app player and see if your system matches 100% or not.
I hope that you come back with a good news and then are ready to proceed with the installation procedure.
How to Download Paytm app for PC
This part consists of the installation procedure you've to go through. Following are the steps you need to proceed with, as it is. If you want visual help, then watch this video I've embedded too.
Step 1 – Download the BlueStacks app player and install this software on your Windows computer/laptop. You can check this already published a guide to help installing BlueStacks on Windows system.
Step 2 – Start the software and at its first screen, click on the Search tool. Enter 'Paytm' as a search term and hit the link that takes you to the search results among Google play store.
Step 3 – A pop-up will then appear, asking to login with a Google account. This can't be skipped and you don't have any choice here.
Step 4 – Once the login is done, you get right to access Google play store. The search results appear with Paytm within. Select the app and finally click on Install and then on Accept buttons.
Done! The app will be installed on its own now and then you'll get a related notification too. The app will be ready to launch from All Apps section of the BlueStacks app player software.
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Wrap up
That's it, folks! I hope the video I published on my YouTube channel and the procedure written, both were helpful to get you over with Paytm app for PC download. If you need assistance for any related matter, then explain your issue in the discussion section and I'll come up with a custom solution ASAP. Peace.


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Branch Product Update — February 2018
Modified on: Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:47 PM
In this issue:
Introducing: Universal Ads.
Branch becomes an official Facebook MMP.
Our new People-Based Attribution engine.
Universal Ads
Branch has been helping you build best-in-class user experiences for years, and we also know how important it is for you to have accurate attribution data from your paid acquisition campaigns. With Universal Ads, measuring the impact of your investments on Facebook, Google, and hundreds of other ad networks is now as seamless and reliable as everything else you have come to expect from Branch.
Universal Ads is powered by People-Based Attribution (read more below), which means you'll get more accurate data across every acquisition source. No more ad conversions showing up as "organic" because your attribution tool couldn't keep track. Read more about Universal Ads
Facebook MMP Certification
As part of Universal Ads, Branch is proud to offer advanced performance insights for Facebook campaigns, based on the same high quality data available to all Facebook MMP partners. You can finally cross-reference Facebook acquisition results with data from every other channel, all in one place. Even better, Branch is the only MMP with a completely free pricing tier for apps with under 10,000 MAUs. Read more about Facebook MMP
People-Based Attribution
Universal Ads is possible because of People-Based Attribution, the industry's first fully cross-channel, cross-platform attribution system. People-Based Attribution is the result of intensive research, development and testing, and our early beta partners have already seen increases of up to 77% in the accuracy of their attribution data compared to legacy systems. We are very excited to share People-Based Attribution with you, and look forward to seeing what you can achieve with it! Read more about People-Based Attribution
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19 November 2017 | News
India's first comprehensive entrepreneurship platform, Elevate100 moves into mission mode as Government of Karnataka awards grant for selected start-ups.
ELEVATE100, India's first comprehensive entrepreneurship platform, moved into fast lane recently, with the Government of Karnataka earmarking Rs 20.03 crore to fund startups who were selected after 4 rigorous rounds in a 2-month long grueling contest.
The final list of Elevate100 Startups covers the entire gamut of the startup ecosystem in Karnataka. In all, 38 IT/ITES startups were sanctioned a grant of Rs 5.50 crores, 27 MedTech startups were sanctioned Rs 4.30 crores, 17 ESDM startups were allotted Rs 3.6 crores, 12 BT startups got Rs 2.80 crores, Rs 1.33 crore was earmarked for 6 AVGC startups, 4 Agriculture startups were sanctioned Rs 1 crore, Rs 40 lakh for 3 Clean Tech startups and 4 startups working in the field of Aerospace & Aviation were sanctioned Rs 1.10Crore.
"Ideas transform cultures and ecosystems, and it's incredible to be a part of that," said Priyank Kharge, Karnataka minister for IT, BT & Tourism.
"The efforts of Karnataka government don't stop at elevating these chosen 100. We see ELEVATE 100 as a continuing process where the best ideas from the state gets the support and guidance it deserves," the minister said.
"The incredible journey of Elevate100 through the length and breadth of the state also changed my perspective on the quality of talent we have here. Even the smallest lanes of an interior town in Karnataka has something offer which can truly change the world. Elevate100 shines night on our incredible social capital," Kharge said.
"I'm fond of this quote by Leo Tolstoy — "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." People are connected, informed, empowered and demand a more responsive governance. Elevate100 sets the stage for a new era of governance that's more human, purposeful and adaptive," the minister said.
ELEVATE 100 programme, an initiative of the Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka, traversed the length and breadth of the state in a rigorous hunt to pick the top 100 startups and help them turn their ideas into successful businesses. The Pitching Sessions were held in Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Mangaluru, Hubballi and Bengaluru, where around 1,700 startups pitched to elevate their ideas to successful ventures. The initiative also attracted 350 women entrepreneurs and 400 applicants from the rural areas. The selected startups will have access to Karnataka Government's INR 400 crore start-up fund besides access to Government VC funds, pilots, private VC funds, world class accelerators and mentors.


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The glow in your skin Contributes to your look. Regrettably, a lifestyle, exposure to pollution and sunlight all have a toll on your skin and it starts to seem dry, dull and lifeless. It is very important to take care of your skin for part of your beauty therapy routines. Skin that is healthy and Nice Is needed for cleanliness. Once fat is eliminated from portions of the human body, the skin needs to have sufficient elasticity to rebound back and fit within the body. If the skin has stretch marks or is dry or rough, the effect of a liposuction might not be pretty.
Back in the, lip filling Fat from 1 area of the human body is moved to a different place. For instance the fat out of your thighs may be injected into areas where it is required.
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Correct, your systems admin will have the ability to read your email. With they, probably not. They don't have any reason to. When working in any Enterprise level system the admin will always have access to all the information on the network. Companies have to trust their systems admins with this level of access, because it is required to do their job.
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