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Tipping can be a touchy subject, especially among people who work in the service industry. Ask anyone who's been a waiter, bartender, kitchen worker, or cleaner at a restaurant and they'll tell you that tipping is an absolute must. If you turn around and ask the average person on the street, they probably won't have an opinion on tipping, or they'll say that tipping should go the way of the dodo.
I used to work in the service industry and most of my friends still do. I've participated in the tipping debate from the position of a waiter, bartender, hostess, manager and customer, and I still don't have a solid answer as to whether tipping should be a thing or not. I believe that hard work should be rewarded, but I also believe that people should earn a living wage and not be paid pennies as an afterthought.
Why should I pay your salary?
Some people (usually people who have never worked at a restaurant before) will tell you that tipping should be abolished. "Restaurant owners should just pay their staff a living wage! Why should I pay their salaries if they work for someone else?" Sure, this sounds good in theory, but the reality is that most restaurant owners have a bottom line to meet, and will thus pay their staff minimum wage.
As of June 2018, the minimum wage for people in the service industry is R17,34 per hour. Sure, it sounds like a lot, but it works out to only R3 121,20 per month — if you work nine hours per day, five days per week. BUT (and it's a big but), if you take into account that most restaurant staff work in shifts and are often shifted only a handful of times during the week, this number drops significantly. Many people see waitering and bartending as "student jobs", but many service industry workers have families to support and rely on waitering as their only source of income. For some people this works out well, in many restaurants you can work yourself up from a cleaner to a runner, to a waiter, to a bartender, and eventually a manager; but this is definitely not always the case.
If they changed the law today to abolish tipping, how many restaurants do you think will increase their staff's wages? Even if they wanted to, the restaurant's expenses and income will still stay pretty much the same, so where would this extra money come from? Would you be happy if all restaurants increased their food prices to accommodate for the increase in salaries?
All waiters do is carry food, so why should I tip them?
First things first, the waiter, bartender, hostess, or whoever else you tip almost NEVER goes home with the full tip. Most restaurants pool tips between waiters, who then give a percentage of their tips to the runners, barbacks, bartenders, or sometimes even the kitchen staff. This means that your tip contributes to at least three or four different people's salaries, not just the person who brought you your food.
Now, on to the most important part of this question. To the untrained eye it might seem like waiters only take your order and bring you food, but that's not always the case. The vast majority of waiters have duties other than just taking orders and bringing food. In many restaurants, waiters help make and pour drinks, especially coffees and waters, and sometimes even have to pour glasses of wine or make cocktails.
They also have a myriad of other duties such as cleaning and setting up the restaurant, unpacking cutlery and crockery, helping to wash the dishes, answering the phone and organising reservations, all while juggling between 5 to 10 tables each with their own list of demands, allergies, dislikes and changes to the menu. This means that they also need to know the menu off by heart, memorising each ingredient and possible allergen, as well as the prices of each dish and add-ons, so you don't have to wait while they run to the POS to find out how much extra avo will cost you.
Can't I just not tip?
Some people don't like the concept of tipping; and they should get the same level of service regardless of whether they're planning on tipping or not. I've seen waiters who neglect customers who look like they won't tip, and rather focus on customers who they think will leave a big tip. Usually, a waiter can spot a non-tipper a mile away, but that doesn't mean that those customers should be neglected just because of preconceived notions.
I fully agree that everyone should be treated the same in a restaurant, but for now, at least in South Africa, we're in a place where tipping is seen as customary, and people rely on that extra money to feed their families.
What is your opinion on tipping? And how much do you think is enough to tip? Let us know in the comments below.


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Overview of scholarship
The Development Fund of the The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia has financed a project by Beetroot Academy to offer tuition fee support to 4 groups in Mariupol and another 4 groups in Zaporizhia. In each city 48 applicants will get a partial scholarship that covers 75% of tuition fee and 10 applicants will get a full scholarship that covers the entire tuition fee.
The Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is providing these scholarship in order to:
- Support regional development in Mariupol and Zaporizhia regions
- Develop employability and entrepreneurship skills among vulnerable groups in Eastern Ukraine.
Scholarship tution
Partial scholarship tuition fee support, 48 available per city:
- Total tuition fee: 13 250 UAH
- Partial Scholarship: 10 250 UAH
- Self-funding: 3 000 UAH
Full scholarship tuition fee support, 10 available per city:
- Total tuition fee: 13 250 UAH
- Full Scholarship: 13 250 UAH
Application Process
Initial requirements for applicants:
- If applying on the basis of being an IDP or ATO veteran, make sure you carry with you the right documentation;
- Have an own functional laptop;
- Be able to pay 3000 UAH study fees (except 10 full scholarship recipients who will be selected based on the Letter of Motivation)
Steps to complete your application
Submit your name and basic info via an application form
Attend an interview with local manager
Take online test (if successfully pass the interview)
Email documents:
- Letter of Motivation with the topic "My Future after Beetroot Academy" (up to 1 page, Times New Roman, font size 12);
- CV (free form file);
- Supporting documents, for example scan of IDP or ATO card.
Scholarship recipients are decided on a rolling basis.
Individual decisions will be made in 2 weeks after submitting the documents requested in Step 4. We will form groups based on the first 15 qualified candidates who are admitted to the courses. The application round will be closed when the groups are full.
Scholarship selection criteria
Motivational letter
Selecting students for the scholarship is primarily based on why you want to study at Beetroot Academy. To explain your motivation, please write a Letter of Motivation on the topic "My Future after Beetroot Academy." Remember that we look for different kinds of candidates:
- People who are ambitious and visionary;
- People who show technical talent;
- People who simply need a stable job to take care of their families and communities.
Full scholarship
The 10 admitted students with the strongest motivation letters will receive the 100% scholarships"
Our courses are beginner friendly
We don't expect candidates to have experience in IT, but we do look for basic computer literacy, research, and problem-solving skills.
Additional information
Estonian Refugee Council, our project partner, is also giving out small grants to support entrepreneurship and self-employment Eastern Ukraine.
There is a separate application process for small grants, find out more information here.

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International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day on April 21st 2018
Raw milk cheeses are unique in flavor, history, and carry on traditional cheesemaking practices. Producers who make them are passionate about craftsmanship and animal husbandry. Their cheeses represent years, even decades, of knowledge and thoughtful innovation to better their products.
The event is organised by the Oldways Coalition, an US based organisation of producers, sellers and consumers that want to make sure that traditional methods will be kept allowed (like the use of raw milk, wooden shelves). One of the ways to do this is to inform consumers and increase awareness.
April 21st it will be 'International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day'
there will be tastings, farm tours, special menus and so on all over the world. It is quite easy to join, just register what you plan to do on that day and it will be announced on the website.
Date: 28-01-2020
© 2020 Farmhouse and Artisan Cheese & Dairy Producers European Network
All rights reserved
Copies are only permitted with the permission of FACEnetwork


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Milan Fashion Week starts off strong today, with Ermenegildo Zegna XXX opening the week. Zegna is the perfect encapsulation of Italian fashion—the luxe fabrics, expert suiting, and tailored outerwear always stays true to its quality roots but isn't afraid to lean into new silhouettes, either.
We're excited to see what the brand has cooked up for this season—and you can see it in real time right along with us. Your digital ticket to the show is here. It starts at 2:30 p.m. EST, right here. Enjoy.


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LOGOS is the theology and practice of growing intergenerational Christian relationships in a planned and purposeful setting. Often (but not always) implemented in a midweek setting, LOGOS is an experience that creates an arena where all ages, together, can learn about, experience, and practice the art of Christian relationships, critical for developing life-long disciples. GenOn Ministries provides training, resources and support needed to start and sustain a LOGOS ministry in your church.
This resource was created for 3 and 4 year old children in LOGOS. Each of the 25 lessons provides clear objectives, simple projects, an activity sheet, a music component, prayers, and a variety of ways to explore each Bible story with a good balance between Old and New Testament topics. Lessons also include an "Exploring at Home" sheet to give parents and grandparents a snapshot of the Bible study and topical focus with directions for engaging in faith discussions with the family. The resource can also be used for Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, daycare, and Christian preschools. There is enough content for two program years to use the resource year after year as older ones age out and younger ones arrive.


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A Pension Mortgage is a type of interest-only Mortgage where the Capital is repaid from the proceeds of a pension.
A: The pension part is funded by investing your mortgage capital in stock market shares, which means the value of your pension can go up and down massively between the policy start and end dates.
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We've talked with the developers of Fuzeboy and discussed the challenges of the production of their debut mobile title Fuzeboy, which features some very cool 2d animations.
We've talked with the developers of Fuzeboy and discussed the challenges of the production of their debut mobile title Fuzeboy, which features some very cool 2d animations.
Hi there! My name is Denis Samokhvalov, but I prefer to use a nickname "Darftey", because it's a real torture for english-speaking people to pronounce my family name. I'm a 22 years old and I live with my girlfriend in a rented flat, making art while trying to survive the tough reality of a post soviet country!
Since I remember myself I dreamed to create entertainment content. I've generated all sort of visual garbage since I only get to the wild and beautiful lands of internet. Then I figured out that game development is pure combination of main kinds of crafts — art, writing, music, coding! So, it's a perfect place for anyone who wants to make all stuff at the same time. Since that very moment I'm hardly "level-upping" myself to learn all magical aspects of pixel art and game design.
Results of my self education
My experience as a developer is simply a "Fuzeboy". It's first game which I make not only as artist, but also as developer and idea author. For a long time I've only learnt pixel art on my own without development of actual game. It was scary to engage coder to make a game because I thought my skills was… awful. I was scared to see words like: "Are you kidding? Your graphics looks like nasty orgy of drunk pixels". So, all my development experience was started four months ago — since I get message from italian coder named Niccolo Favari! He saw my Twitter stuff and offer a help with code. We formed a team called "Blocksword" and from that very moment we are creating our own game! My first game ever. I think duo is the best type of indie team.
Start of the project was quite fast. On the same day of my acquaintance with Niccolo we discussed plans about our first game, and that was the day when Fuzeboy born. All we knew at the moment is that we want to make a good game having abilities of two simple dudes with PC's and bunch of ideas. So, after few minutes we decided to create little, but really good and high quality game for mobile devices.
Quite the same inspiration sources let us become some kind of "motivation starting point" for each other. Both of us really did not want to do another typical mini-game like "move blocks, solve puzzles" which internet is overflowed with. Our goal was creating of good action platformer game for PC and smartphones which we not gonna regret about and which we are really able to make. When I thought about mechanics for such idea I figured out that bombs will fit perfectly to gameplay, bringing a lot of dynamic situations. Somewhere on my PC I found character which I've created few months ago – before Nick sent his first letter.
Main inspiration for visuals was gifted to me by "FEZ", but gameplay ideas was provided by "Bomberman", "Zelda" and some other classics. So, I've refreshed the palette of that character and gave him name that will fit to explosive game idea — Fuzeboy! That's how he was born… Born to die infinite amount of times from BOMBS in the future!
You've een defused, Fuzeboy!
"Fuzeboy" is puzzle platformer for PC, Android and iOS which currently is on alpha condition. Game is gonna tell story about little boy who was chosen to protect enchant artifact — book of endless fuze! That book contains the formula of ultimate bomb which able to destroy time, space and… all other stuff! Danger stuff I'd say. Bad guy of the game named Dynamitto (and being living dynamite itself) steal that explosively dangerous artifact in very beginning. So, player must bring back the recipe by using of his explosive abilities!
Very beginning of the game
The game is divided into levels which is large dungeon-like rooms filled with secret areas, puzzles and bonus stuff. Sometimes you'll find treasure maps which always contain unique hints and advices for founding the goodies! And sometimes hints will be quite cryptic…
Each tenth level presents unique boss fight. For completing the level for all 100% you have to search bonus rooms, secret areas and solve some puzzles! We want to add as much secrets and goodies as it even possible to do for platformer game! Also every second level is "Run away" level — you need run away from screen that chasing you from left.
Our main feature — you able blow up any stuff you want! So, we put different types of boxes, chests and enemies that player will meet in his journey. Amount of them is gonna grow with each new level as the amount of other objects able to be exploded.
Also players will be able to purchase permanent powerups in merchant's room! Difficultness of game will grow with each new level. To make world of game more soft you can make Fuzeboy more stronger and powerful! But that completely unnecessary! But who doesn't want to use super powerful bombs spreading flames, right?
Process of trading with Junkie
Money of game presented as gears and gems which merchant named Junkie will take with pleasure! You'll find that shiny stuff in every corner of each level. Why gears are so valuable? Who knows! Maybe Junkie is constructing something in his basement, or maybe he is just insane…
Darftey: Yeap, "Fuzeboy" works on "GameMaker" engine, but answer to that question better to be from Niccolo!x
Nick: Hello I'm Nick (aka Nikles). I'm from Italy and I can't draw s**t. Luckily I can code and a year ago I decided I wanted to make games. I started to learn GameMaker: Studio and I ended up making platformer prototypes (with squares and circles as graphics, like every good developer does).
Then I met Denis and I fell I love with his concepts and drawings. I totally embraced the Fuzeboy concept (along with other concepts and ideas we're currently exploring and refining). So… yeah…. I'm 32 years old and after having worked in banking and financial institutions, I now make games. Ain't life funny?
I chose GameMaker: Studio because that's what I've been focusing on for the past year/year and a half. I like scripting languages and the GameMaker Language along with the event system are very flexible and powerful tools. Yet simple and quick to use. Also having no prior experience with game development, I needed a tool with lots of good learning resources. Unity came up but I wanted to focus on 2D (remember I was born in the 80s and I grew up in the 90s). There's no better tool for 2D games.
Photoshop is my answer! Need to make animation? Photoshop! Need to make sketch? Photoshop! Need to make effects? Yeah, you know what I want to say! I've created whole "Fuzeboy" visuals inside of Photoshop. At first I was doubted in that software, but then I saw how Phil Fish used it in "Indie Game: the Movie", and I said: "Well, if that guy make such game with that software, I made right decision". Photoshop has timeline, layers and palette picker. That's enough to me for making game.
Process of stuff creation and task solving is quite simple — I just torture myself till something good comes out from screen! Also I use Twitter to look at pixel art of other artists. Twitter literally filled with talented artists which inspire me to make stuff faster! But, yeah, I definitely can say that I use only one program to make game visuals.
Answer on that question is TIMING! It's most important "tool" that animator has. Also I watched 12 episodes of Harry Partridge's tutorial series named "HuHa". He tells quite useful information! I'm use only "frame by frame" animation method to create motions for game because I believe that it's only way to make high quality 2D animation. In process of animation creation I always have three things with me: knowledges about timing, Photoshop timeline and my patience! Timing for motion is like good colours for pixel art — it's 70% of success! That's how Fuzeboy's run cycle looks inside of software.
Each green line is separate frame
Yeah, there was some tiny problems with controls! Even though the fact that "Fuzeboy" has gamepad support we had some troubles with controls because of smartphone version of game. It was not a problem to create main buttons of motion! Basically, I drew classic "gamepad" buttons — two from left and two from right. That's quite convenient and instinctive!
Example of button setup
But we met some problems when get to interaction and "jumping down from the platforms" mechanics! Basically, we not have a free space on screen for such buttons, and that why we decide to make appearing "Action button" for interaction with doors and other objects! That's how it looks!
To jump off from the platform you just need to swipe screen with your finger!
Our main goals — start to sell game on Steam, Android and iOS. At first we wanted to make ingame ads, but later we decided to add price for game instead of "ad system". In that way player will be able to enjoy the game without annoying windows with unwanted information.
And, yeah, there is definitely big interest from players for such retro games. But it is also really hard to earn attention because of huge concurention!


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The data table contains a list of all tags (formerly known as attributes in Skedulo) tags that are defined in the CRM. Schedulers can view and create tags (required by their organization) via the Skedulo web app–rather than having to find and enter them directly in their CRM.
Note: Users must have the required CRM permissions to create, view and edit the data table.
View Tag List
The data tables can be accessed via the navigation menus (at the top of the console). Click on "Manage" and select "Exclusions" from the menu options.
The tags table lists all of the scheduling tags defined in the CRM. The following information is available:
- Name.
- Type.
Column titles marked with a small accent can be sorted by clicking on the accent symbol. View and edit options are available by clicking on the account name. A delete button is exposed when the checkbox is checked at the beginning of each table entry.
Figure 1. Accessing tags, from the data tables.
Figure 2. Viewing the tags list in the data table.
Figure 3. Viewing a tag in the data tables.
Also, see Tags (Skills).
Create a New Tag
Create new tags directly within the list by clicking on the "Create new" button at the top right corner.
Complete all required fields highlighted red:
- Name.
- Type (optional).
- Click "Create."
Figure 4. How to create a tag using the data table.


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SERRAVAL, France — Europe's reaction Friday to news of a sweeping international digital surveillance program by the U.S. government ranged from the outrage of citizens and politicians to the muted envy of some law enforcement agencies on this side of the Atlantic.
Privacy is an emotional issue in Europe, where memories of state-sponsored snooping by communist and fascist regimes still linger. And so the revelation Thursday that the U.S. National Security Agency had obtained routine access to e-mail, Web searches and other online data from many of the biggest U.S. Internet companies — whose users stretch far beyond U.S. shores — prompted hand-wringing about America's moral authority.
"If the U.S. complains about foreign governments spying and then it turns out it is doing the same thing — well, what are you complaining about?" said Yaman Akdeniz, a law professor at Istanbul Bilgi University in Turkey, where anger over restrictions on civil liberties has fueled anti-government protests.
The Guardian, the British news organization that first reported existence of the U.S. snooping program on Thursday, noted in an editorial that its report appeared on June 6, the anniversary of D-Day in 1944 — the beginning of the end of Hitler's police state.
"The young Americans who fought their way up the Normandy beaches rightly believed they were helping free the world from a tyranny," The Guardian wrote. "They did not think that they were making it safe for their own rulers to take such sweeping powers as these over their descendants."
Google, Facebook, Apple and other companies cited in news reports of the U.S. surveillance program, known as Prism, denied on Friday that they were providing the National Security Agency continuous backdoor access to their subscribers data. Instead, the companies said they had disclosed user data to the U.S. government only when legally required to do so.
"We have never heard of Prism," Apple said in a statement late Thursday. "We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order."
While privacy advocates condemned the U.S. surveillance program, official reaction from European capitals was more muted. That might be in part, analysts said, because some governments already have, or would like to wield, similar powers to monitor Internet communications.
The Guardian reported Friday, for example, that Government Communications Headquarters, a British intelligence agency, had been given access to Prism since 2010. A spokesman for the agency declined to comment.
The government of Prime Minister David Cameron last year proposed legislation that would have given the secret services broad digital surveillance powers, including access to e-mail records and the digital addresses used to identify computers. The proposal followed street riots in London, which Mr. Cameron said were fueled by the use of private communications networks like BlackBerry Messenger.
Opposition from the Liberal Democratic Party, the junior partner to Mr. Cameron's Conservatives in the governing coalition, appeared to sink the bill this spring. But there has been talk of reviving it in the wake of an attack in London last month, in which a man was hacked to death.
In the Netherlands, too, the authorities have been pushing for broader digital surveillance powers. A draft bill would let the Dutch police break into the computers of crime suspects, including those based outside the country. The country's Intelligence Act is also being revised, and there has been talk of adding snooping abilities like those apparently possessed by the N.S.A.
"There will be a lot of jealousy among services that the U.S. has these powers," said Simone Halink, a spokeswoman for Bits of Freedom, a Dutch digital rights group. "The fact that a powerful government is doing this, and saying it is doing it in accordance with the law, is alarming and a reason for increased vigilance."
In Europe, privacy is also a business and trade issue. The European Union is actively debating how best to update its data protection laws for the digital era. The process has been shaped by an intense trans-Atlantic lobbying campaign by U.S. Internet companies that want to soften some of the proposed privacy protections, which worry that tight strictures could crimp online advertising sales and other digital commerce.
European privacy advocates said Friday that the disclosure of Prism could bolster the push for stricter data protection in the new laws, including a proposed "right to be forgotten," which would let Internet users scrub unflattering online references to themselves.
Members of the European Parliament said outrage over Prism could also increase pressure on European trade negotiators to demand American respect for the European Union privacy rules as in coming months they attempt to work out a trans-Atlantic trade pact. That effort is intended to drop trade barriers between the Union and the United States and seek to synchronize regulations.
"The highest standards of data privacy" should be a baseline in the trade talks, Hannes Swoboda, an Austrian member of the European Parliament, said in a statement Friday.
"Retrieving information from private companies' servers, without the knowledge of either the companies or the users concerned, does not comply in any way with European data privacy standards," Mr. Swoboda said. He called on the European Commission, the Union's executive body, to determine whether any E.U. laws had been broken.
Cecilia Malmstrom, the Union's commissioner for home affairs, said Friday that she would "get in contact with our U.S. counterparts to seek more details" on the revelations about Prism.
But the European Commission appears to have previously bowed to American pressure to soften the E.U.'s new privacy rules in order to accommodate U.S. intelligence gathering.
When drafts of the proposals appeared two years ago, they included a key provision: Companies in Europe that store or process personal data would need to seek authorization from a "supervisory authority" before they could transfer personal information outside the Union at the request of a foreign government or court.
An "informal note" dated December 2011 that the U.S. government circulated in Brussels said that the provision "appears to interfere in dramatic fashion with the domestic investigations of third countries' public agencies." That article is no longer in the latest proposed changes to Europe's data privacy laws.
Finding a long-term solution that balances the civil liberties of Europeans against the vast power wielded by the United States over the data that circulates inside Europe and circles the globe will be fiendishly difficult, warned Sophie in 't Veld, a Dutch member of the European Parliament and a prominent campaigner for robust enforcement of privacy rights.
"Strictly speaking, the burden is on companies to make sure data on Europeans is not made available to U.S. authorities," Ms. in 't Veld said by telephone on Friday. "But obliging these companies to follow that standard is very hard, because they are caught between two jurisdictions in Europe and the United States, and they need to make a choice about what law to comply with."
While U.S. Internet companies have also lobbied against proposed data privacy protections they consider onerous, some analysts said the disclosure of the Prism program could become a competitive issue for them. If individual or corporate users in Europe thought that using U.S. online services could subject them to eavesdropping by American intelligence services, they might turn elsewhere.
"There's a big difference between a national security investigation into a foreign individual who poses a terrorist threat to the U.S., and foreign individuals or corporations being spied on because they happen to use an e-mail service that runs through California," said Emma Carr, deputy director of Big Brother Watch, a British privacy group.
One company that understands this phenomenon is Huawei, a Chinese provider of telecommunications equipment. U.S. lawmakers have called Huawei a security risk because of allegations — denied by the company — that its gear might contain technology allowing the Chinese government to snoop on foreign communications.
That is why Huawei seized upon reports Friday that American Internet companies might actually have cooperated in the N.S.A.'s intelligence-gathering operation.
"If proven, there is indeed some irony in this story, especially given some malicious and badly informed comments made about Huawei earlier this year," said Roland Sladek, a spokesman for Huawei in Shenzhen, China.
At least one digital consumer on Friday shrugged in resignation when asked about the controversy.
"There's no liberty anymore," said Jean-Luc Mélice, 59, a research director in the oceanography department at the University of Paris, who was sending e-mails on his smartphone on Friday evening at a cafe inside the Midi train station in Brussels.
"But this is no surprise," said Mr. Melice. As a climate scientist, he said he and his peers assumed that surveillance was commonplace. "Big companies want to know who their enemies are," he said.
James Kanter reported from Brussels.


text: Hello there, I'm having a hard time connecting both a mouse and a keyboard via a USB Hub to my RK3188 based Hyundai Play X X900 using N90 ROM. I've tried with both self-powered and externally powered USB Hubs, but can't get it to work. I know USB OTG is ok because both the mouse and the keyboard works perfect when connected directly. I've downloaded the USB Info app and the tablet actually recognizes the USB Hub perfectly, but it doesn't recognize the devices connected to it. I know there's lot of Android MINI-PCs based on RK3188, and they kinda depend on the USB Hub, so i know there must be some kind of way to get it work. I have also tried the same setup (HUB - Mouse - Keyboard) with my other Hyundai tablets and they actually work perfectly. Anyone has been able to use your RK3188 based tablets with an USB Hub? Thanks a lot!


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For as long as any of us have been alive, the United States has been The Leader of the Free World™ and Canada has been… there. Sure, we've had our cool moments (the Olympics come to mind) but it's hard to argue with the States on the world stage. Well, it looks like we're finally getting our moment — a New York Times opinion piece has just declared Canada "the moral leader of the free world."
Entitled "Thank God for Canada!" and written by Nicholas Kristof, the piece points out that in the wake of Donald Trump's election, Canada has stepped up to call out injustice, offer asylum and overall, set an example for how moral and compassionate countries should operate.
"Canada may be one of the world's more boring countries, as yawn-inspiring as sensible shoes — wake up, reader, I know you're snoozing!" Kristof writes. "But it's also emerging as a moral leader of the free world. There's no one else."
Boring? Have you seen our Prime Minister?
Boring jokes aside, the article paints a pretty complimentary portrait of Canada. It even claims that Justin Trudeau has turned down NYT interviews because he doesn't want American outlets praising him too much lest Trump hold it against him. A moral leader AND modest? Incredible.
Kristof points to Canada's calling out of Saudi Arabia's imprisoning of women's rights advocates and our offering of asylum to Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun — the young woman who fled Saudi Arabia under threat of violence from her family — as two examples of Canada's leadership. The country has also taken in more Syrian refugees while other countries closed their borders and been quietly helping Venezuela towards democracy since 2017. There's also the whole China mess where Canada spoke out about the detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region and stuck to its guns after arresting tech company Huawei's CFO.
Justin Trudeau appeared at the airport to hand out winter coats to new Canadians, writes @NickKristof https://t.co/SAzhzhRhVz pic.twitter.com/g6sQAdBSeW
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) February 7, 2019
There's also an emphasis in the piece on admirable policies within our country such as gun control and banking oversight, calling them "preternaturally sensible." Kristof also points to our "better safety laws," lower vehicle fatality rate and increased use of public transit as laudable qualities.
Now before you cry "We have problems too!" Kristof acknowledges that briefly (before hitting that age-old "Nice Canadian" stereotype).
"Whenever I say something nice about Canada, I get indignant emails from Canadian friends pointing out the country's shortcomings (which are real)," he writes. "Fortunately, Canadians don't seem capable of mean emails. Not even of mean tweets."
Canada is just better, writes @NickKristof https://t.co/CkLgt8JYnx pic.twitter.com/cbcYBVR96U
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) February 7, 2019
Do we have our problems? You betcha. Does the New York Times op-ed section have its problems? OH yes. Are we going to take this as a sweet little victory? Also, yes.
Kristof finishes:
"Today there's a vacuum of constructive global leadership. Canada may be incapable of a mean tweet, but it's tough when necessary — and it may be the leader the world needs."


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Interlocking Burrs - Budget
Jerry Slocum & Jack Botermans' research published in 2007 in "Het Ultieme Puzzleboek" tells us that the earliest verified evidence of interlocking burrs actually being sold is Peter Friedrich Catel's catalog of puzzles dated 1785 which showed 6 & 24 piece burrs being sold in Berlin. However, they also report unverified stories of a 6 piece burr invented in China by Lu Ban sou as early as the 7th century B.C.
The puzzles in this category have generally been mass produced but that does not mean the designs are any less interesting or less challenging. In fact some of the best puzzle designers in the world are represented in this category.
Read more about burr puzzles at Wikipedia.
Interlocking 9 piece Flower BurrThe puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 9 piece interlocking b...$8.09
Wine Barrel interlocking burr puzzleThe puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 12 piece wine barrel p...$13.64
Diamond Truncated CubeTake the puzzle apart. Be brave. Or throw caution to the wind? Really ...$9.09
Candy Box packing cubeQuickly tip all the pieces out of the box frame so you don't memorise ...$9.55
Interlocking 12 piece Circle BurrThe puzzle is to disassemble and reassemble the 12 piece interlocking ...$8.09
Trilateral triangle heavy metal burrA new three-piece interlocking burr on a triangular grid. This black a...$13.00
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The true origin of the BURR type mechanical puzzle is not really known but it is thought that the term refers to the finished shape of the basic burr puzzle looking like a seed burr.
Basic burr puzzles are sometimes called the Knot or the Chinese Cross, and identified by a lot of people as Chinese, is not really Chinese at all. Well, it might be, just that no-one really knows for sure.
Some historians believe the first burrs came about from Chinese joinery from about the 4th century BC. The technique the woodworkers used for making the corner connections in buildings has definite similarities to a standard burr puzzle although no documentary evidence of making a puzzle for recreation exists.
It is known for sure that it's one of the oldest mechanical puzzles in the world. The first documentation of the puzzle is not a physical puzzle but a depiction in the 1698 engraving by Sébastien Leclerc's called L'Académie des sciences et des beaux-arts. But probably there had to have been a physical puzzle made for that artwork to be taken from; possibly from China?
But I bet you never really associated Lithuania with burr puzzles. But that country's oldest known toys were made of wood. The most favourite toys were wooden puzzles, including burrs. Lithuania celebrated that history by featuring a wooden interlocking burr puzzle on the 2015 Lithuanian issue of the Europa stamp.
Nowadays many interlocking burrs are designed in a fantastic open source program called BurrTools. Andreas Rover began designing the program back in 2009 as a way of solving and testing solutions for puzzles and now many puzzles would freely admit they could not live without it. Thanks, Andreas!


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Back to Work Blues for Jessie
Jessie is a senior Jack Russell Terrier who was developing 'night terrors' and heightened anxiety. It is very common for older pets to develop anxiety related conditions as their senses begin to fade, amongst other things (more info on this here.)
However Jessie's anxiety was a little more specific. See, Jessie's human mum had recently had time off work and was recovering from an injury; when it was time to start going back to the work routine Jessie was not coping with the changes. After having a thorough physical examination and blood work, it was found that Jessie was also experiencing some arthritic pain. X-rays confirmed osteoarthritis was the cause, so then Jessie received some orthopaedic manipulations ('Doggy chiro') from Dr Colin to get her body ship-shape.
When she was still displaying signs of anxiety despite being physically well, it was time to delve into a behaviour consult. Jessie's mum provided us with a completed behaviour questionnaire and after a 45-minute consultation, we were able to establish a time-line of events. It was ascertained that Jessie was not only uncomfortable with mum no longer being around the house all-day every day, but that the particularly bad thunderstorm and firework season of the last few months was giving her an association of night time with loud noises (you can read more about this here.)
Through behavioural modification therapy, some routine adjustments and the assistance of anxiety relieving medications, Jessie no longer shivers and trembles when it begins to get dark. She can now sleep in her own bed again most nights and even braved the Australia Day fireworks without much fuss! How lovely for Jessie that she no longer has to suffer her night terrors and generalised anxiety.


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Nikki Alvaran
|CIMT, graduated 2013
Employed with CIMT since 2014
UCCS, Health Fitness Specialist 2012
Primary Theory Instructor
A103 Structural Kinesiology Instructor
Trigger Point Instructor
Muscles and Bones Instructor
NMPhys Instructor
Private Practice
|Nikki wants to be an instructor so that she can make learning fun instead of a task, and to share her knowledge. She has a unique knowledge of the human body and how it works which creates a dynamic learning opportunity. Nikki specializes in injury rehabilitation and sports massage.
Janey Cadenas (Sprouse)
|Intelitec, graduated 2009
Foundations class
Thai Yoga
Chinese Medicine
|Janey wants to share her passion with new therapists because she feels if students can have a passionate, positive, upbeat experience they will enjoy it so much more and stick to their training. As an experienced instructor, Janey is up front but patient with her students. She loves helping them accomplish their goals. Janey enjoys Thai Yoga and giving prenatal massage.
Linda Campbell
Chicago School of Massage Therapy, 1998
Continues to learn as a teacher. Has a high regard for CIMT, what it offers to students, the massage world and the COS community. Finds a joy to engage students individually and as a group. Looks forward to helping students gain knowledge, grow in understanding, and acquire skills towards a successful career. Specializes in movement modalities, infant massage, sports massage, geriatric, hospital patients and more.
Frank Chavez
|CIMT, graduated 2016
Employed with CIMT since 2018
Technique Assistant for KOV's
|Specializes in Trauma and Somatic Therapies. Frank loves being in the classroom, and sharing knowledge. Specializing in Trauma and Somatic therapies that blend with massage gives Frank an edge to being an instructor. His business mission statement is "We Understand Trauma, We Transform Pain".
David Finley
|Graduated CTU, 2003
Graduated from CIMT, 2004
With CIMT since 2011
SOAP Notes Instructor
Lab Instructor
|B.S. Electrical Engineer / Telecom
Private Practice
|Dave is eager to share his experience and knowledge with students and to help them in a fun and open way. After he was injured in the military and during rehab, massage therapy was a key to his health and he fell in love with it. Dave brings a willingness to go the extra mile for all students who go through a CIMT program, and to help and to just be Dave. Dave specializes in Swedish and Neuromuscular Therapy massage.
Kayleigh Harrison
|CIMT, graduate 2011
Employed with CIMT since 2013
|Private Practice
Technique Instructor for Swedish, Joint Movement & Muscle Energy Technique
Theory Instructor for Bones & Structural Kinesiology
BA in Psychology
|Kayleigh has a passion for massage therapy. She loves to share that passion with others and allow it to help her grow in her own practice. As a CIMT graduate, Kayleigh has a lot of empathy for what our students are going through and she lets that drive her teaching.
David Henderson
CIMT, graduated 2018
Has been teaching to some degree for 15+ years. Enjoys watching other people grow and learn. Relates well with others, and relays information in an understandable manner. Dave specializes in neuromuscular therapy and cupping.
Cindy Mitchell
|CIMT, graduated 2005
Employed with CIMT since 2011
Lab Instructor, Foundations Instructor
Private Practice
Sue Palumbo
|Graduated CIMT 2015
Employed with CIMT since 2018
Technique Instructor
|BSBA in Marketing, 200 Certified Yoga Instructor
|Sue feels it's very rewarding to teach and watch the new healers of tomorrow become good at what they do. Several years of practical experience combined with a background in yoga and people skills gives Sue a unique perspective as an instructor.Specializes in Neuromuscular Therapy.
Roger Patrizio
|Stress Massage Institute, graduated 1990
Employed with CIMT since 1992
Director of CIMT since 1998
Clinical Applications I Instructor
Self-Care Instructor
Health Network Therapist
Practice Building Instructor
Private Practice
Laura Peterson
|Graduated CIMT 2009
Employed with CIMT since 2014
Technique Instructor for Joint Movement and Muscle Energy Techniques
SOAPS Instructor
Pathology Instructor
|BA in Psychology
Private Practice Absolute Body Balance
|When I was a little girl my dad used to pay me a quarter to rub his back. Little did I know that would grow in to a rich and fulfilling career years later. Massage has been my passion since graduating from the Colorado Institute of Massage Therapy in 2009. I received certifications in neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, hot stone therapy, prenatal massage, sports massage, trigger point release, piriformis release, cryotherapy, Swedish and deep tissue massage.Teaching allows me to share and expand my knowledge of the body. It also balances my daily quiet massage practice with a little chaos! I challenge myself and my students to do more than the minimum requirements. I love to see the light bulbs turn on and their passion drive them further than ever dreamt possible. I love working with a multitude of clients but I am drawn to post surgical and accident victims.
|"When one teaches, two learn." – Robert A. Heinlein
Ashley Rees
|Graduated from CIMT, 2012
Graduated from Boulder College of Massage Therapy, 2013
Licensed Sports & Orthopedic Massage Therapist
Employed with CIMT since 2014
|I wanted to become an instructor at CIMT because massage is such a fulfilling field so the opportunity to teach others about the gift of touch and how healing and powerful it is, is a joy in and of itself. I have a passion to continue to learn as much about this field as possible! I will be a forever student of massage. My massage and bodywork specialty is Sports and Orthopedic.
Christy Schreck (Norton)
|Santa Barbara Bodyworks, graduated 2005
Employed with CIMT since 2011
Structural Kinesiology Instructor
Primary Technique Instructor
Trigger Point Instructor
Functional Anatomy Instructor
Neuromuscular Physiology Instructor
Private Practice
Ryan Shroyer
|CIMT, graduated 2019
UCCS, Health Sciences 2017
Medical Terms
Teaching is a way for Ryan to share his passion for anatomy and bodywork with others. It also makes him a better teacher as he continues to re-learn and explain the material in different ways and learning styles. He has a fire in his soul that keeps students awake and engaged in his class!
Greg Smith
|CIMT, graduated 2001
Employed with CIMT since 1998
|Facility and Grounds Owner since 2001
Sports Massage Elective Instructor
Self-Care Instructor
Private Practice
Chesley Stotlz
|CIMT, graduated 2015
Lab Instructor
|Specializes in Neuromuscular Therapy, Hot Stone, Thai Yoga, and Deep Tissue
|As a student of CIMT, the instructors were vital to Chesley's education and growth. She would enjoy the opportunity to return that favor to new students. Being a great listener with a desire to understand each individual situation gives Chesley an edge as an instructor.
Matthew Wagner
|CIMT, graduated 2011
Degrees from Pueblo C.C., Cleveland State University, and CIMT
Employed since 2018
Instructor for Postural Kineseology
|Specializes in Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Therapy, and Therapeutic Massage.
|Enjoys helping others understand how to apply knowledge to clinical application to improve one's ability to build a successful and beneficial approach to patient care. Experience building a successful practice and having experience spanning the gap of Physical Therapy and Massage Therapy gives Matthew a keen edge as an instructor.
Morgan Wallizer
|CIMT, graduated 2014
Employed with CIMT since 2016
2004 BS in Physical Education & Health, Murray State Univ., KY
2006 MA in Secondary Education, Murray State Univ., KY
Instructor for Bones, Pathology & Sports & Marketing
Private Practice
Sports Clinic Instructor
2004 Summer Games Olympian, Sport: Shooting
|After going through the program at CIMT, Morgan wanted to come back and help students better understand massage therapy. She also assists CIMT's success by helping students graduate and become ready for a life-long career in massage therapy. As a recent graduate, she knows the CIMT program and what the students are going through. Morgan also feels that her degrees from Murray State University will help her teach from a broader range of knowledge. As a head coach at the collegiate level for 6 years, she inspires our students to succeed not just in the classroom but also in life. Morgan specializes in prenatal and oncology massage.
Ray Welling
|Ray has a sense of passion on what he has learned. You have to give it away in order to keep it. Teaching keeps Ray fine-tuned and he will say something 14 different ways until the student says "I get it!" Each student is individual and he works hard to treat them that way and meet them where ever they are in life.


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LIKE creatures caught in the light, the stories emerge, beautifully poised, then disappear. So it was with the lions.
Unpacking groceries one morning in Kalkarindji, Tracie Patrick pauses to remark: "I nearly didn't come to see you mob today, I was that scared of the lion." Lion? "My sister in Yuendumu told me about it. They're all locked up in their houses, too afraid to go out."
A big cat roaming the desert? Mouth to mouth, community to community, news travels inexorably through the bush. The remote world that can seem threateningly empty is to locals replete with gossip and intrigue. Want to know who's up, down, rich, poor, sick, well? Ask the bush telegraph.


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The Leapers through Cathee Courter:
The Leapers are the nature beings in any soul family who help to determine the next appropriate incarnations. They offer to "leap" people to more fulfilling parallel lives.
We like the commonly held idea that you create your own reality, only we also believe that you are created. And those who help to create you are often those such as us—and the nature realm in general—who help you create the forms to live out your oversoul's purposes for the creation of you. Your every thought and feeling matters. But it's also important to get behind the scenes to see how it all works.
There's usually a much deeper picture in that even if you would create your reality out of your own desires to live a happy life, most people don't even know what their purpose is—what they desire at the deepest heart level, and what they were created to do.
We work it both ways. We do think that you have choices, and your desires are important. We also think that the most deeply fulfilling life comes from living out your soul purpose. Many people go about trying to create things from a little desire, which may have come from commercials as much as anything—"you should want this, and we'll sell it to you." You don't have a deep amount of energy from which to manifest a desire like that, if it doesn't come from a truly soulful place. The desires that come from a true alignment with your deeper purpose carry tremendous power, and are life-changing when they are fulfilled.
Further, we love to work on a whole different level than just helping you manifest your desires, or even learning what your soul purpose is, which is not always constant—there are variations throughout your life. We like to go behind the scenes and say, you as an individual are not created and then sent down here, and then you go independently about your life. This creation of you is a moment to moment thing. It's every day that you are the created as well as the creator of your experience. And so, the leap is a chance to be very close to those who are co-creating you. We are specialists, because the vast majority of people cannot tolerate that level of intimacy, or even the concept that they are not running the total show of their life.
You all know on some level that you are the created as well as the creator. But you like to think that if something gets off track, it's because of somebody else's faults. And it gets touchy when we're talking about working out purposes of the soul family through you that are not always totally pleasant. Some people call this karma. They say, my karma came around. Well, if you think about it, it's not really your karma. It's that some other soul family member started a lesson [in a "another life"] that you need to learn for them or finish. So they and you have an agreement for you to help them ease what they're learning by you going through something that will help you gain more wisdom, and then to send that wisdom back to them. It's all happening now. It's all a big dance, this back and forth communication all the time. This also happens with talents, and with soul growth and wisdom of a very pleasant sort. It's all one huge chess game that we try to oversee, and see what needs to go back and forth in all this.
At a certain point in a person's soul growth, they're ready to consciously participate in the decisions of who's going to do what next in the soul family, and who's going to help whom, and what are members willing and able to take on, and where is the group all going collectively? And at that point it gets to be a lot more fun. It's like someone turns on the light, you get to look at the blueprints, and you get to participate in changing them, if you want.
We never thought we would be offering this, except that it just seems to be right for a lot of people now. They are at a level of fluidity of selfhood, which we see as being a big factor in any spiritual path. "Not my will but Thy will." The Buddhists would say you're the All, or the One, and yet you're one of the many too—that kind of, "I'm both." We call it "the we." Your oversoul (soul family collective) is your we, so you're both the oversoul and you're the single little point person here. The more you identify with your oversoul the happier you are. Because then there's not a burden of loneliness and separation, of feeling abandoned down here as an individual self, but you feel yourself to be an expression of your greater self.
When people are ready to be "we,"—be their oversoul—then it gets very exciting we think. Then you are able to give very direct feedback to your oversoul, which includes of course your guides and us. It's then not saying, well I'm gonna go ask my guides the answer for everything. They're asking you. What's it like to be in incarnation? What do you think needs to happen here? What do you want to develop in terms of your talents? And it becomes like a conference call all the time, only you are participating in the creation of you.
It's not just "creating your own reality." It's participating in the creation of you. Because then you can say, well, I think I'm going to need support in this area of my life if we're going to go this way and you're going use me to carry out this purpose. And then the group can say, OK. We will send you that support this way or that way. And you can call that creating it, but it can come in ways that you would never have dreamed of, and be part of a much bigger mega-interaction among soul family members whom you may never even meet in the flesh. And yet, you're in a dance with them, on the same ballroom floor, and when they move, you're responding and moving, and you may actually not even know how much effect what you feel led to do is having over there. But there's a suspension of having to know. So it's a conscious participation, but also it takes great faith that what you're doing has to do with what they're doing, and you're moving like an amoeba in many directions at once.
When you develop a close relationship with us—the forces of incarnation in your soul family—we can help re-create you with a bigger discontinuity with the life you have lived up until now than could normally happen. You can find yourself in a parallel version of Earth that is very fertile ground for your higher purposes and deepest desires to be fulfilled in conjunction with the whole soul family.
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Today I took my son to his first day of Preschool. The "test drive," so to speak. I thought this was one of those things where parents are supposed to stay for the whole two hours, but it was optional. I asked my little Hurricane, "Honey, do you want me to stay with you or will you be okay if I leave?"
To which he replied, "Mom, I want you to go."
Apparently I did not leave fast enough for him, because thirty seconds later he said again, "Moooommmm, I want you to leave this place!!"
I was left with the strangest feeling when I walked out of the preschool; somewhere between sorrow and pride. Very proud that my child is independent enough not to need me to hold his hand, and sad that.. well, he is independent enough not to need me to hold his hand. Of course, in true little kid fashion, he brought my pride back to earth. When I picked him up, he said to me, "Mom, I took the band-aid off my finger." Me: "Where did you put it? In the garbage?" Him: "No, in the sandbox."
UGH!!! GROSS!!!!!! My apologies to all teachers who work in preschools where children have parents like me: I did not volunteer to go digging through the sandbox because I had my other two babies waiting in the truck. So I'm sorry. Also, touching used band-aids disgusts me. I don't get paid to do that sh*t, and unfortunately, you do.
So I just finished my first post-baby #3 Body for Life challenge. Honestly, I was just phoning it in this time. It wasn't until that last two or three weeks that I was actually making an effort. Needless to say, I lost a grand total of 6 lbs and 4 inches. It definitely is a lot harder to lose the baby weight this time. I am taking a week off before starting the next challenge, so I'm sure I will have put on the 6 lbs and 4" by next Saturday. Judging by the way I am chowing in the Toffee Bits Triangles, I will be lucky if it's only 6 lbs I have gained back.
I got a great Mother's Day present this year; my envelope from Plan Canada arrived and I got to find out about the girl I sponsored. She is 13, goes to secondary school (walks 45 minutes both ways), lives with her mom, dad, brothers and a sister in a small country (or kingdom, not sure which) called Benin. I got a little blurb about her family and her region, and a couple of pictures of her. She is beautiful! I can't wait to find out more about her.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Little People who don't stay little.
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In the fishing village of Leissigen, you have a whole range of Swiss landscapes to choose from. From the youth hostel's terrace, enjoy a wonderful view of Lake Thun and Beatenberg, where water has carved out an intricate limestone cave system with stalagmites and stalactites. At the hostel's own peb
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One of the most interesting areas of antique collecting are those objects that might find their way into a 16th-century Kunstkammer or a cabinet of curiosities. Aligned with the age of enlightenment, encyclopedic collections of objects of various origins developed across Europe. The boundaries of which were only limited by the owners' desire to acquire objects and gather knowledge. Otherwise, there are sculptures, paintings, historical and religious relics, antiquities, objects belonging to ethnography, geology, natural history, curiosities from distant exotic lands, marine discoveries and more!
We have selected some objects from our current stock that we think might be suitable for a Kunstkammer, Studiolo, Cabinet of curiosities, Wunderkammer or Kunstkamera.
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In 1587 Gabriel Kaltermarckt advised Christian I Elector of Saxony 1586-1591 that for a legitimate Kunstkammer, there need to be three different types of objects:
He stressed that princes should make an effort to buy original items but be wary of forgeries – "Much deceitful dealing occurs"
Furthermore, the development of the Kunstkammer collection was not one that should just be acquired and housed. The collection needs to develop like a tree, over many years. As new pieces enter the collection, the strength and learned direction may change and expand. As it does, the arrangement or taxonomy of the collection may have also changed to reflect the new interests and developments.
It goes without saying, that these collections were spaces where the owner could retire for private contemplation and admiration. Every object told a unique story but together these objects had a greater presence and more unifying worldly experience. These private rooms were indeed the first foundations of the museums that we know today.
There is one marvelous example of a mostly artistic Kunstkammer — The Studiolo of Francesco I housed in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Francesco I was the first Medici Grand-Duke of Tuscany, employing over 30 artists to complete the paintings, with sculpture by Giambolgna. Painted doors opening to cupboards of extraordinary objects. Another important collection belongs to the Frederick III of Denmark. He merged his collection with the one that belonged to the late monarch Ole Worm, whose cabinet was one of the most famous ones in the 17th century. However, the Kunstkammer that had no valid rivals in the northern part of the Alps was the one belonging to Rudolph II -Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria.
Finally, a great example of a broad intellectual collection is the one in Saint Petersburg, called "Kunstkamera". Peter the Great was the founder of this cabinet, which is actually the first museum in Russia.


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- • 34 5-star accommodations from NZD 166 per night
- • 168 4-star accommodations from NZD 107 per night
- • 257 3-star accommodations from NZD 71 per night
- • 41 2-star accommodations from NZD 22 per night
- • 8 1-star accommodations from NZD 32 per night
How to Get to Buxtehude
What is the closest airport to Buxtehude?
- • Hamburg (HAM), 17.4 mi (28 km) from central Buxtehude
Things to See and Do in Buxtehude
What is there to see near Buxtehude:
- • Harburger Mountains (8.8 mi/14.1 km from the city center)
- • Altes Land Tourist Information Center (4.8 mi/7.7 km from the city center)
- • Hundestrand (7.3 mi/11.7 km from the city center)
- • inoffizieller FKK Strand (7.5 mi/12.2 km from the city center)
- • Hamburg Yachting Marina (7.8 mi/12.5 km from the city center)
What is there to do near Buxtehude:
- • Airbus Site Funkenwerder (7.8 mi/12.6 km from the city center)
- • Kiekeberg Open Air Museum (8.8 mi/14.2 km from the city center)
When is the best time to visit Buxtehude?
- • Hottest months: July, August, June, September (average 71°F)
- • Coldest months: January, February, March, December (average 28°F)
- • Rainiest months: July, August, June, and September (average 2.85 inches of rainfall)


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Prenenalone is the first step in the synthesis from cholesterol to all the major sex hormones. It is the precursor to DHEA, Testosterone, Estrogens, Progesterone, Cortisol and others. Like all hormones, as we age pregnenalone levels decline. Physicians practicing Anti-Aging Medicine believe that replacement of pregnenalone to youthful levels is an important step in any anti-aging program. In published studies, pregnenalone has shown to be 100 times more effective for memory enhancement than any other hormone in lab animals.
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Pregnenolone, which is the raw material for producing many of the hormones of stress and adaptation, was known as early as 1934, but for several years it was considered to be an "inert" substance. A reason for this belief is that it was first tested on healthy young animals. Since these animals were already producing large amounts of pregnenolone (in the brain, adrenal glands, and gonads), additional pregnenolone had no effect.
In the 1940s, pregnenolone was tested in people who were sick or under stress, and it was found to have a wide range of beneficial actions, but the drug industry never had much interest in it. Its very generality made it seem unlike a drug, and its natural occurrence made it impossible to patent. Thus, many synthetic variants, each with a more specialized action and some serious side effects, came to be patented and promoted for use in treating specific conditions. The drug companies created an atmosphere in which many people felt that each disease should have a drug, and each drug, a disease. The side effects of some of those synthetic hormones were so awful that many people came to fear them. For example, synthetic varieties of "cortisone" can destroy immunity, and can cause osteoporosis, diabetes, and rapid aging, with loss of pigment in the skin and hair, and extreme thinning of the skin.
Natural pregnenolone is present in young people of both sexes at a very high concentration, and one reason for the large amount produced in youth is that it is one of our basic defenses against the harmful side effects that an imbalance of even our natural hormones can produce. In excess, natural cortisone or estrogen can be dangerous, but when there is an abundance of pregnenolone, their side effects are prevented or minimized.
In a healthy young person or animal, taking even a large dose of pregnenolone has no hormone-like or drug-like action at all. It is unique in this way. But if the animal or person is under stress, and producing more cortisone than usual, taking pregnenolone causes the cortisone to come down to the normal level. After the age of 40 or 45, it seems that everyone lives in a state of continuous "stress," just as a normal part of aging. This coincides with the body's decreased ability to produce an abundance of pregnenolone.
When aging rats are given a supplement of pregnenolone, it immediately improves their memory and general performance. Human studies, as early as the 1940s, have also demonstrated improved performance of ordinary tasks. It is now known that pregnenolone is one of the major hormones in the brain. It is produced by certain brain cells, as well as being absorbed into the brain from the blood. It protects brain cells from injury caused by fatigue, and an adequate amount has a calming effect on the emotions, which is part of the reason that it protects us from the stress response that leads to an excessive production of cortisone. People feel a mood of resilience and an ability to confront challenges.
Many people have noticed that pregnenolone has a "face-lifting" action. This effect seems to be produced by improved circulation to the skin, and by an actual contraction of some muscle-like cells in the skin. A similar effect can improve joint mobility in arthritis, tissue elasticity in the lungs, and even eyesight. Many studies have shown it to be protective of "fibrous tissues" in general, and in this connection it was proven to prevent the tumors that can be caused by estrogen.
Pregnenolone is largely converted into two other "youth-associated" protective hormones, progesterone and DHEA. At the age of 30, both men and women produce roughly 30 to 50 mg. of pregnenolone daily. When taken orally, even in the powdered form, it is absorbed fairly well. One dose of approximately 300 mg (the size of an aspirin tablet) keeps acting for about a week, as absorption continues along the intestine, and as it is "recycled" in the body. Part of this long lasting effect is because it improves the body's ability to produce its own pregnenolone. It tends to improve function of the thyroid and other glands, and this "normalizing" effect on the other glands helps to account for its wide range of beneficial effects.
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Saint Joseph Church is proud to sponsor our Saint Mother Teresa's Food Pantry located on the side entrance of our Parish Center at 22 Halsted Street, Newton (the white building immediately to the right of the church).
In response to the Lord's mandate: "When I was hungry you gave me to eat" (Matthew 25:35) our parish community is proud to be one of the many food pantries in Sussex County, providing food for people each and every Monday from 10:30am-12:00Noon. (anyone with a Newton Township address is welcome to come). Food is also made available to those who were not able to come on Monday (these people also need to be Newton residents). Mondays our volunteers allow individuals to come and choose the food they would like from our pantry food shelves.
Our parish has changed the way in which we collect food. Ever since the assisgnment of Father ST, he has asked families to bring canned and boxed food each and every week to church. A monestary collection is taken up in church for the Food Pantry once a month and the designated wooden collection boxes clearly marked "Caring Group" accept donations at any time.
Monetary donations are always welcome to help support this august ministry. There are wooden boxes clearly marked "Donations to Saint Mother Teresa Food Pantry" at each entrance of the church. Or you may put your donation in the sunday collection in a separate envelope clearly marked "Food Pantry Donation" or you may also mail it directly to the Parish Center at: 22 Halsted Street, Newton, New Jersey 07860.
If you would like to be part of this very rewarding ministry by either bringing food to the pantry or assisting the many volunteers who distribute, pack and organize the food donations, please contact the Parish Center Office at 973.383.1985.
Thank you for being part of this very essential part of our outreach ministry here at Saint Joseph Church.


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Scrawny bodies
Of young birds stretch
In the budded maple above
Your blond head
I think how the mother's beak
Could pierce the open throats
You are four
You have apples for the new
Pony where he stamps
And snorts by the fence, restless
Tulips open to sun
Hungry and lustful as crows
Blue ajuga multiplies daily
In a slant of light and shadow under pines
I am no more than a door you have opened
My presence a net you will slip through
The pony rocks his head
Fruit shines red in your hands
In the slight burn of early sun
You are both luminous
Elizabeth Jane Whittington has published poetry and fiction in journals such as Adirondack Review, Crack the Spine Literary Magazine, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Kaliope: A Journal of Women's Art, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry, Lungfish Review, and English Journal. She lives in New Hampshire and has two grown children
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August 15, 2018 at 7:03 pm
Jane – What beautiful images, delicate and luminous words. I find myself re-reading this over and over… 🙂
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BTL Group Confirms Enterprise-Oriented Interbit Beta Release
BTL has announced its corporate Blockchain platform Interbit will shortly move into beta mode after a $3 mln funding round.
The enterprise technology platform provider BTL Group has announced the beta rollout of its Interbit corporate Blockchain tool.
Interbit, which was first announced in 2015 with an eye to corning the remittance market, is now moving forward "specifically with enterprise in mind," BTL co-founder Guy Halford-Thompson has said.
He commented:
"We have built the Interbit platform specifically with enterprise in mind to help companies overcome many of the challenges they face today such as the high cost of maintaining legacy IT frameworks, the speed of data transfer, data loss, reconciliation and cyber security."
The move out of alpha follows a year of successful pilot projects, collaborating with Visa and concentrating on the energy sector. A fundraising round in April saw over $3 mln raised, allowing the project to "set a clear strategy" for growth in 2017.
A further development will see corporate clients able to build their own applications on Interbit direct.
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Hilton gave her friend Jasmine Waltz the only tattoo she could give.
Millionaire hotel heiress and former television personality, Paris Hilton is a tattooist now! That's right, you read it correctly. Paris Hilton gave someone a tattoo. Who did she give it to?! What was the tattoo of?! Get ready for a riveting story of tattoo legend.
Paris Hilton tattooed her signature onto her friend Jasmine Waltz's arm.
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Okay, it definitely won't be a moment that will go down in tattoo history, but it's newsworthy I suppose.
Hilton gave Waltz the tattoo at the 6th Annual Treats! Magazine Halloween Party. She gave her a "P" for Paris, as Hilton explained via Snapchat. Well, jokes on Jasmine Waltz, because she got the entire name tattooed on her arm shortly after Paris said it was just going to be the "P."
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Kalispel Tribe launches electric utility to serve Northern Quest complex in Airway Heights
Wed., Dec. 13, 2017
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has created its own electric utility to serve its expanding casino-hotel complex in Airway Heights.
The move will help the tribe reduce its monthly power bill at Northern Quest Resort and Casino and chart is own economic destiny, officials said Tuesday.
"We just paid the first bill two weeks ago," said Ray Pierre III, vice chairman of the 480-member Kalispel Tribe. "It's another exercise in tribal sovereignty."
Kalispel Tribe Utilities is organized as a public utility district. It purchases wholesale power from the federal Bonneville Power Administration, sets its rates and delivers the electricity. The utility will serve the tribe's 300-acre holdings in Airway Heights, including future companies that locate near the casino.
The utility will be a business recruitment tool for the tribe, which will be able to offer competitive rates and power generated mostly from hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River and its tributaries.
The Kalispel Tribe's relationship with dams is a complex one, acknowledged Curt Holmes, a tribal council member and the tribe's executive director of public and government affairs.
"Our tribe has been heavily impacted by hydroelectric development," he said.
While the Kalispel Tribe has benefited from the Northwest's cheap electric rates, it also lost important cultural areas along the Pend Oreille River and other rivers to dam construction, Holmes said. Traditional fisheries also were affected.
Through the operation of a public utility district, the tribe will be able to bring its values of environmental stewardship to the region's energy discussions while supporting jobs and economic development, Holmes said.
The Kalispels are the 12th U.S. tribe to operate its own utility, and the fourth tribe in the Northwest.
"The creation of a new utility is a rare event," said Elliot Mainzer, BPA's administrator, who attended a ceremony Tuesday at Northern Quest.
Only nine new public utilities have formed in BPA's service territory over the past 68 years, Mainzer said. Prospective utilities must demonstrate that they're prepared to handle billing and delivery services and take care of system operations and maintenance.
The Kalispel Tribe spent about 10 years working toward the utility's creation. BPA signed off in late August and utility service started Oct. 1.
Avista Utilities and Inland Power and Light formerly supplied electricity to the tribe's Airway Heights acreage. Both utilities supported the tribe's effort to start its own electric utility and shared their expertise, Holmes said.
In the future, the Kalispel Tribe could consider generating some of its own electricity or expanding service to parts of its reservation in northeast Washington, he said.
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