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FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In every industry, businesses are undergoing digital transformation, resulting in new business processes and, in some cases, new business models. Another change accompanying digital transformation is the shift in technology spending from IT to the line of business (LOB). In a new update to the Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Line of Business, International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts technology spending by line of business decision makers will overtake technology spending by the IT department in 2019.
Businesses are forecast to spend $1.67 trillion on technology (hardware, software, and services) in 2018. Roughly half of that spending (50.5%) will come from the IT budget while the other half (49.5%) will come from the budgets of technology buyers outside of IT. The former includes IT-funded purchases as well as joint projects funded by IT. The latter includes business-funded purchases as well as joint projects funded by line of business buyers and "shadow IT" projects funded by the LOB without IT involvement. LOB technology spending has been growing at a faster rate than IT spending for a number of years. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for LOB spending over the 2016-2021 forecast period is forecast to be 6.9% compared to the 3.3% CAGR for IT spending.
Nine of the 16 industries profiled in the Spending Guide will see a majority of their technology spending come from the LOB in 2018. These include three of the industries with the largest overall IT spending: discrete manufacturing (53% LOB and second largest overall), process manufacturing (52% LOB), and professional services (51% LOB). The seven industries where technology spending will be led by the IT department include banking (52% IT and largest overall) and telecommunications (66% IT). By 2021, only two industries – construction and telecommunications – will still see their technology spending led by the IT department.
"As business functions worldwide embrace 3rd Platform technologies to accelerate time to market, enable new business models, and increase revenue, leaders within these functions are looking to drive decision making and manage the budget of these investments," said Eileen Smith, program director, Customer Insights & Analysis. "On average, worldwide line of business functions will fund 50% of their total technology purchases in 2018, but with the ease of cloud software, business functions on average will fund an astounding 70% of application investments this year."
In addition to investing $178 billion in applications, the leading categories for LOB spending in 2018 will be business consulting services ($104 billion), key horizontal business process outsourcing (BPO) ($97 billion), and project-oriented services ($90 billion). The IT department will see its 2018 technology spending led by outsourcing ($151 billion), project-oriented services ($118 billion), and network equipment ($91 billion). Cloud will be an important investment area throughout the forecast, with LOB spending on infrastructure as a service (IaaS) growing at a 33.2% CAGR while IT spending on IaaS will see a 30.7% CAGR.
From a functional perspective, the line of business already dominates today's technology spending decisions. Of the 12 functional areas profiled in the Spending Guide, 11 are led by LOB spending, including the largest functional areas: industry-specific operations (50.4% LOB), customer service (55% LOB), and accounting/finance/billing (56% LOB). The one functional area still led by the IT department is IT itself (100% IT funded). The functional areas that are forecast to see the fastest spending growth over the 2016-2021 forecast period are security and risk (7.6% CAGR), marketing (7.3% CAGR), and legal (6.6% CAGR).
The United States will be the largest geographic market for technology spending in 2018 with nearly 60% of its $730 billion coming from the line of business. The second largest market, Western Europe, will see 52% of its $399 billion in technology spending coming from the IT department. Technology spending in Japan and China will also be led by the IT department (60% and 68%, respectively). Of the nine geographic regions profiled in the Spending Guide, only the United States and Canada will be led by LOB spending in 2018. They will be joined by Western Europe in 2021.
"In Western Europe, LOBs will accelerate their investments in technology, particularly in the cloud software space. Business managers are becoming more independent, relying less on IT departments to purchase applications or devices. Business-funded spending will experience 6% growth in 2018, four times faster than that of IT departments, showing that many European companies are more exposed to shadow IT spending," said Andrea Minonne, research analyst, Customer Insights & Analysis in Western Europe.
The IDC Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Line of Business quantifies the purchasing power of the non-IT department technology buyer by detailing enterprise IT spending for 14 technologies and 12 corporate functional areas across 16 enterprise industries in nine regions and 53 countries. This IDC Spending Guide provides a granular view of the market for IT spending from a geographic, industry, functional (LOB), and technology perspective. Unlike any other research in the industry, the LOB Spending Guide was designed to help business and IT decision makers to better understand the scope and direction of corporate technology spending over the next five years.
About IDC Spending Guides
IDC's Spending Guides provide a granular view of key technology markets from a regional, vertical industry, use case, buyer, and technology perspective. The spending guides are delivered via pivot table format or custom query tool, allowing the user to easily extract meaningful information about each market by viewing data trends and relationships.
About IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC's analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives. Founded in 1964, IDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading media, data and marketing services company that activates and engages the most influential technology buyers. To learn more about IDC, please visit www.idc.com. Follow IDC on Twitter at @IDC and LinkedIn.


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A Working Class History
- 20 October, 2016
- Linda Brogan
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When we learn about history it is as though no poor person ever lived. There are only kings and queens and dukes and duchesses doing nasty things to each other that we are all affected by. There is nothing dedicated to the person who wiped King George's arse. Or nothing written about the person who lit the street lamps every night. But if you think about it, his every breath, his family, his kin, his thoughts and desires should be every bit as important. Where is the stories of the people who built the pyramids?
All stories have to have a focal point. In this version of Moss Side it is the Reno. That focal point has to have a focal point. Ours is being born mixed race in the 50s when no one wanted us.
Our mums were weird.
They'd overstepped a social mark. They did weird things to cope wth this. Mine was a raging alcoholic.
Our dads were weird.
They didn't care about Xmas.
Our aunties were weird.
Mine said, 'She looks like a good looking Jew.' Seemed like a compliment at the time. She was actually saying it was better that I looked like anything other than the evidence of black man me mam bedded.
Black auntie's cut their eye after us because we were proof of their dwindling men. It was weird being half caste. But we never spoke about it back then.
White men spat in our prams.
White women looked our white mum up and down. Black boys called us breeds. Black girls wanted to fight us because we thought we were pretty with our pale skin and loose hair.
Then there is the first night I walked into the Reno and there they all are.
Every mixed-race Reno Head has said the same. The same colour as us. And we knew just by looking at them that they had experienced, were experiencing, what we experienced.
But we never spoke about it back then. It was too weird.
Like Sefton said the other night, 'It was taboo.' We were taboo even to ourselves.
All stories have a focus.
They have a focal point but great stories have a context. And even if you aren't a Reno Head, you aren't half caste, and you won't be interviewed, your story is just as important.
You get the opportunity to express your stories by commenting.
You get to watch our video interviews and interact with your comments. You can tell of the odd nights you went down the Reno. Or why you never went down the Reno. Or what you thought when you saw the black man and the white woman who lived next door. Or what it feels to be half caste now. Or have half caste kids.
Historians would love to know how poor people built the pyramids.
In the future imagine those same kind of academics being thrilled to discover us. All our details. So they don't have to make shit up. But undertand how our stones actually fitted together.
Be ready to play your part. From the comfort of your own chair. Think of your bucket list. Climb Everest. See Hardian's Wall. Write my life story. Well you can in relation to ours. All good stories are relative.
Willow, pictured, can read about you when she's your age.

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Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
|February 8, 1921 (aged 78)
|Anarchist Revolutionary, Geographer, Zoologist, and Political Essayist.
Prince Peter (Pyotr) Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Кропо́ткин) (9 December 1842 - 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist, philosopher, revolutionary, scientist, geographer, and one of the first advocates of anarcho-communism.
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Kropotkin was born on December 9, 1842 in Moscow, Russia. His father, Aleksey Petrovich Kropotkin was a prince of the Rurik Dynasty. His father owned large amounts of land and over 1000 serfs.[1] His mother, Yekaterina Nikolaevna Sulima was the daughter of a Cossack general.[1] In 1846, Kropotkin's mother died of tuberculosis. Two years after, Kropotkin's father married a woman named Yelizaveta Mar'kovna Korandino.[2]
Books[change | change source]
- Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. Boston: Extending Horizons Books, Porter Sargent Publishers. 1955. ISBN 0-87558-024-6. Project Gutenberg e-text, Project LibriVox audiobook
- The Conquest of Bread Project Gutenberg e-text, Project LibriVox audiobook
- Fields, Factories and Workshops
- P.Kropotkin, In Russian and French Prisons, London: Ward and Downey; 1887.
- Memoirs of a Revolutionist, London : Smith, Elder; 1899. Kropotkin's own memoirs, which were also published in the United States in the same year and have appeared in a number of modern editions.
- The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, London, William Heinemann, 1909, translated from the French by N.F. Dryhurst. e-text (in French)
- Russian Literature: Ideals and Realities (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1915). Available online at the Anarchy Archives,[3]
- Ethics (unfinished). Included as first part of Origen y evolución de la moral (Spanish e-text) Archived 2009-06-30 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- In Russian and French Prisons. Online book. A criticism of the existence of prisons.
Articles[change | change source]
- "Research on the Ice age", Notices of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society, 1876.
- "The desiccation of Eur-Asia", Geographical Journal, 23 (1904), 722-741.
- Mr. Mackinder; Mr. Ravenstein; Dr. Herbertson; Prince Kropotkin; Mr. Andrews; Cobden Sanderson; Elisée Reclus, "On Spherical Maps and Reliefs: Discussion", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Sep., 1903), pp. 294–299, JSTOR
- "Baron Toll", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 23, No. 6. (Jun., 1904), pp. 770–772, JSTOR
- "The population of Russia", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2. (Aug., 1897), pp. 196–202, JSTOR
- "The old beds of the Amu-Daria", The Geographical Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3. (Sep., 1898), pp. 306–310, JSTOR
Pamphlets[change | change source]
- Listen, Anarchist!
- An Appeal To The Young Archived 1998-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- War.
- Law and Authority.
- The Place of Anarchy in Socialist Evolution.
- Revolutionary Government.
- Are Prisons Necessary? Chapter X from "In Russian and French Prisons" (1887)
- Anarchism : Its Philosophy and Ideal (1896)
- The State : Its Historic Role (1897)
- On Economics Selected Passages from his Writings (1898-1913)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harman, Oren (2011). The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness. W.W. Norton & Company. p. 20. ISBN 9780393339994.
- ↑ "Peter Kropotkin". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ↑ Russian Literature: Ideals and Realities entry at the Anarchy Archives
Other websites[change | change source]
- "Map of the Southern Half of Eastern Siberia and Parts of Mongolia, Manchuria, and Sakhalin: For a General Sketch of the Orography of Eastern Siberia" is a map that was made by Peter Kropotkin


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Our Institutional Framework
For LSU to achieve the goals outlined next in our strategic challenges, it is important for the institution to invest in areas that have comprehensive impact across the university. These are: diversity, inclusion, and multiculturalism; service and operational excellence; career excellence and enrichment; and student success.
Fostering Diversity, Inclusion, and Multiculturalism
The university believes that a critical part of the college experience is exposing students to a wide array of diverse people and cultures. As Louisiana's flagship university, LSU draws students and employees from all 64 parishes in Louisiana, all 50 states, and nearly every country in the world. This mixture of cultures and ethnicities—what LSU calls a "gumbo" of humanity—provides students with broader experiences and a chance to expand their worldview.
Establishing a Culture of Service and Operational Excellence
Exceptional customer service is the cornerstone of every successful enterprise. Through continual process improvement, LSU will invest deeply in its people and modernize operations and organizational structures to ensure maximum accountability, efficiency, and productivity. All of these efforts are designed to enhance the overall campus experience, encourage creativity and discovery, and enhance the delivery of exceptional customer service to all who interact with the university.
Encouraging Career Excellence and Enrichment
As one of the state's largest employers, LSU will recruit a diverse workforce including nationally and internationally competitive faculty, increase support for its faculty and staff in their respective roles, and create a community in which all are valued and encouraged to reach their full potential.
Supporting Student Success
LSU's primary goal is the successful retention and graduation of students who inherit our fundamental values during their studies at LSU. The university will work to address collectively the needs of the contemporary student through the deployment of effective student retention practices and scholarship that focuses on career development combined with critical thinking and communication skills.
Through our work, we carry forward the inspiration and vision for Louisiana's State University, leading Louisiana and impacting the world.


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AAT Level 2 Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping
This qualification delivers the skills and essential knowledge to manage books effectively. It includes manual double entry bookkeeping and associated documents and progresses up to trial balance standard.
The Foundation Certificate in Bookkeeping focuses on developing bookkeeping and basic accounting skills. This qualification can be used as a fast track to the Advanced Diploma in Accounting level 3 and acts as an entry point for anyone wishing to start a career in accountancy and finance. It can also support those already working in the industry who need a formal recognised qualification.
The AAT level 2 certificate in bookkeeping consists of two units which are examined in the following way:
- Bookkeeping Transactions – unit assessment
- Bookkeeping Controls – unit assessment
Key Facts
Course Duration
The course duration is flexible but can take up to 12 months.
- You can either top up the qualification to the full Level 2 certificate in accounting or go straight to the Advanced Diploma in Accounting Level 3.
Exam timetable
- Exams can be taken whenever you are ready – there are no set dates.
What will you learn in each AAT Level 2 unit?
Bookkeeping Transactions
- Understand financial transactions within a bookkeeping system
- Process customer transactions
- Process supplier transactions
- Process receipts and payments
- Process transactions through the ledgers to the trial balance
Bookkeeping Controls
- Understand payment methods
- Understand controls in a bookkeeping system
- Use control accounts
- Use of the journal
- Reconcile a bank statement with the cash book
What sort of jobs will this lead to?
- Clerical assistant
- Accounts clerk
- Finance assistant
- Accounts administrator
- There are no formal entry requirements for this course, but a good command of English and maths is expected.
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If you follow me on Instagram then you've likely seen the nursery already. I've finally taken some real photos and am excited to show them to you in true before and after fashion!
Here's what the room looked like from the MLS listing before we moved in:
Then the room sat in a blah state until I could get a grip on my life with 2 kids under 2 years old and all the fun that comes with that.
Yeah…so I found a really weathered American Flag and it looks really cool (in person) so I tacked it up above the crib. *shaking my head* I just needed SOMETHING on the walls, so that was it for a few months. Then life started to feel more manageable and I was ready to tackle the nursery for my wild and crazy Cohen.
We were able to do the whole wall with one 3/4″ 8×4 MDF sheet & a few scraps that my mom had left over from a project. That's $30 for product, plus some liquid nails and caulk. Talk about bang for your buck! We had Home Depot cut the big sheet into smaller sizes we pre-measured because they have a huge, awesome saw that does a way better job than we ever could.
Alex got to work before lunch and was finished before supper. It was surprisingly easier than we thought it would be. The biggest challenge was the wall bowed in a few places so we just used extra glue and finishing nails in those spots.
As you can see, we did the top and bottom pieces first (about 7″ each), then placed the vertical pieces (the rest of the boards were around 3.5″), and lastly the horizontal pieces.
Some caulk, primer and paint later…
This was such a great way to get a huge impact for less than $100. We're in a bland builder-grade house and adding some architectural interest is a must for my soul! (Okay, a little dramatic sounding…but for real.)
The next project was the dresser.
Some may fault me for painting the piece, but the top was pealing its veneer, and I didn't have the time or energy to strip and re-stain the whole piece. I opted instead to strip the drawers, use a wire brush to get all of the stain out of the grain, then seal it with liming wax which is the white wax that sits in the grain. I think it turned out beautifully and was worth the work!
The rest of the room was accessories. There WAS a cute wall of bookshelf ledges, but my son climbed them and one ripped right out of the wall, drywall anchors and all. I guess I need to re-think that plan now-ha!
Here are a few pictures of the rest of the room:
(thanks to my talented sister-in-law Amie for the calligraphy verse!)
WALL COLOR: Sherwin Williams First Star
RUG: RugsUSA.com 5 years ago
DRESSER: craigslist/DIY using Briwax Liming Wax, 8 ounce
ELEPHANT PRINT: vintage print. Frame: IKEA
WALL SCONCE: Target
CURTAINS: White linen, IKEA. Blue stripe, HomeGoods.
BAMBOO ROMAN SHADE: Home Depot


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The Brave New Workplace
At the turn of this decade, a radical shift happened in corporate culture. Out went the official chain-of-command with seniority-preference, and in came the "chill" workplace, with a flat-structure and proactively driven innovation. The Wall Street aesthetic of suits, boots, a leather-satchel and Starbucks, are replaced with Silicon Valley hoodies, skateboards and beer. Wooden furniture with golden name-plaques are out, and instead, we have bouncy-balls, bicycle-meetings and open-office.
With our flat organizational structure – one form of hierarchy is gone, but alas, is replaced by another from of hierarchy – that based on loud voices, charismatic smiles and spontaneous connections. Three people in a coffee-house is a startup. Two people having a smoke-break is a new project. An after-hours beer-pong is a new promotion. A handshake at a conference is a career-shift.
Welcome to Workplace 2.0 – the Open Office – where there are no cubicles and no rules.
Here are some tips that helped me navigate my way. These are not merely coping tools, rather these are tips that PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS.
Introvert Tips for Corporate Success
- Rely on Chat and Email communications as much as you can instead of face-to-face. For introverts, we like to see, visualize, structure and plan ahead. Written communication leaves us a trail which can help us plan better and ask better questions.
- Don't ask questions directly – a lot of extroverts prefer small talk and getting comfortable before they can help you. Hence, explain your situation and commiserate with your co-worker. This commiseration creates a bond where your co-worker will attempt to help you out by themself.
- Depending on how supportive your team is, if you have crippling social anxiety, then speak with your manager, and discuss your communication techniques which are agreeable by all parties.
- Avoid "Open-Office" environments and pick the farthest cubicle, if it helps you focus more. If you have to have to have open-office, then ask for curtains and shades. Also, check if noise-cancellation headphones can be reimbursed.
- Be punctual, responsive and willing to help. People often notice regularity and dependability, where introverts fare better. In a hyper-extrovert environment, make sure you display your introvert strengths.
- When selecting projects, take up those projects which are "boring" but "need to get done". Make sure your team knows you are willing to handle projects which extroverts pass over for things that excite them, again positioning yourself as a dependable person instead. The "boring but essential" projects generally involve lesser communication and meetings, and are perfectly suitable for introverts.
- Make sure you give clearly thought out written status updates every day or twice a day, on team chat or email. This provides visibility to your work and people can pitch in to help if you need collaboration – something which you may not get if you are a quiet person in an extrovert environment.
- Keep updating your skills and learnings with every project, so you have a clear organized career trajectory before you. Discuss with your manager what options you have in the company along this trajectory. Rely on preparation over spontaneity when discussing raise, promotions, team-transfers or leaving the employer.
- Prepare for job interviews at least once a year, and make sure your resume and linked-in profile are updated. This may not only help if your employer terminates your services, but also if you need intra-company transfers to a different team or a different branch location.
- An important strength of introverts is being sensitive to danger – ie – predicting things which may go wrong, and being honest about it. The way you express this is very important. Instead of saying "This won't work", say "I think we may face these challenges down the road". Someone who can accurately predict challenges and blockers is a valuable asset to the team.
- Find out if any of your office colleagues share your hobbies and interests. Large companies often have hobby groups and mailing lists. Bonding over specific interests can be a valuable networking strategy for introverts.
Lastly, have confidence in yourself, and remember – no individual knows everything. Most people are just winging it – only they are good at hiding it. As long as you keep rowing the boat, you are valuable to your current employer and other potential ones.


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As you get older aches and pains seem to catch up with you more often and hang around for a longer time. My husband swears by hgh supplements. He used to take so many different supplements sometimes he would get sick or extremely bloated one or the other or both. But the hgh that he is taking has replaced almost all of his other supplements. It makes me happy there's more room in the bathroom after cleaning out all of his old stuff.
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It is through following Christ according to the steps He laid down (self-denial, cross bearing and following Him) that we find our life and peace. Self-destructive lifestyle habits can only be overcome by self-denial and cross bearing. Yet even with those two steps, life can become very meaningless, if those steps are not part of being a follower of Jesus. Greater victories are gained when a person has a new paradigm for living and a new source of joy and peace.
Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?


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From Missie Carpenter... Pattern Designer for Quilts, Punchneedle, Wool Applique and More!
Thursday, May 31, 2012
One Done, Many to Go!
Kathie did a great job using a multitude of fabrics. It was great fun moving from block to block as no two were alike! There were so many black and white fabrics I'd never seen before! I wish I had her scraps!! These black and whites have a nice country or reproduction feel and are not stark white. I am definately an off white gal when it comes to choosing whites.
Have a great day!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Woolie Mammoth Give Away!
I am thankful today to end a very long weekend! While visiting my folks last weekend, my Dad had another heart attack...his third. He is a miracle as he is returning home today with no significant new damage, thank goodness! It's another blessing for my family, although I'm sure he does not think of it that way!! We are just so thankful, that is what I'm trying to put into words...
Take care ladies. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
A Blessing we are so Grateful for...
A new quilting project...
While I was in Kansas City last weekend I went to the International Machine Quilters Showcase. I saw some really beautiful quilts there and of course found a few new toys! Pictured above is the pounce chalk marking tool I have had for a while now. My new toy is the stencil from the same company that makes the Perfect Pounce Pad. These stencils are very flexible and are basically a screen print to use with the Pounce Pad. Worked pretty well as you can see! Now I can quilt it easily and use free motion quilting on the flower blocks and borders. Can't wait to get started, but must finish my current quilt before I start another...won't take long!
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Quilt Market Mania!
And here it is shown from the aisle...It's about 45" square and next I'll post a few close up pics so you can see it better...
www.blackberryprimitives.com . Lucious!
This is a picture of what I'm calling Market Mania...the way it felt while waiting to get into Sample Spree. This convention center stretches over 3 city blocks and this hallway runs the entire length of the 3 blocks. Many of these women arrived a few hours early in order to be first in line to get into the "sale" event of the week. Many of the vendors will show a "sample" of what they will be offering at market. A new line of fabric, a new way of presenting, a new product, etc. It was great fun to see all the store owners so excited to see what was going to be available for ordering the next day! It was a bit like this again the next morning upon arriving at the time the market opened, only everyone was globbed up in a bunch around the escelators we used to enter the event. The first few ladies on the escelators cheered and waved to all of us below! It was cute... It's nice to see folks so interested in the passion so many of us share!
While there I visited with many very talented designers and store owners who came from near and far, from Oregon to Florida, Canada to Texas, and many places in between. Everyone was so nice and helpfull. I came home inspired and excited to get busy once again. Such beautiful fabrics and colors to create with! I got a few new products to try out...I'll let you know how I like them once I give them a whirl... See you in a few days!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
To Market, To Market... And a Sneak Peek!
One of my latest designs will be published by Cindy and Tonja at Blackberry Primitives and I will be spending a little time in thier booth as a guest designer. I am looking forward to meeting many new people and know I will enjoy the day! Here is a sneak peek at Charmed Beginnings... a little bit of sunshine, charm blocks and... is that a bird tail? What else will you find in this quilt?
Charmed Beginnings is 100% wool, so it was wonderful to work with and finished so quickly! Cindy and Tanja do a great job at dying many beautiful colors. Their wool feels great and has beautiful texture. Find thier goodies at www.blackberryprimitives.com . This pattern and kit should be showing up soon on their website.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Happy Mother's Day!!!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Show and Tell...
This quilt was so much fun to make. The sampler blocks were done using Penny Harren's method of piecing. I love Appliqué and was in the process of finding a good way to make a sampler by hand, when Penny came to teach at our guild.
I tried traditional piecing by hand where you draw the lines with a template. I learned to make quilts using this technique, but found I was not enjoying it this time around! Then I made my own templates for each block using the English Paper Piecing method. I liked this way since I do enjoy English Paper Piecing. BUT once I learned to Piece the way Penny taught us, I really enjoyed making all of these blocks. They are 6" in size.
My quilting friends know that I always say I am NOT a "Piecer" since Appliqué is my favorite. Now that I have made all of these blocks and set them in a midst of pieced stars, I can't really say that any longer! The center is adapted from a book called "Folk Art Flowers" by The Buggy Barn, the blocks are from Penny Harrin's 1st and 2nd "Pieced Appliqué" books. I designed the setting with the pieced stars and the applique borders(which went a lot quicker than the setting strips! After all, I am NOT a Piecer... LOL ). The name of the quilt is "One Star Too Many" because I thought I'd NEVER finish all those sashing stars!!
One more "tell" about his quilt...I ran out of the background fabric with a few sashing strips left to make. Talk about panic..oh my! I went online and did a search from the selvage by name and numbers and finally found a piece 5/8th of a yard! If I had not found that background available I may still have a pile of blocks and sashing in my sewing room! Three cheers for keeping the salvages with numbers!
Have any of you run out of a major fabric in the middle of a project? If so, how did you handle it?? Tell me the story!!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Spring has Sprung and so has my Blog!
Good Day and welcome to my new blog! I hope to bring you inspiration to get some fun quilts and projects done! I am a a wife and mother of three daughters. There is no one better to make a quilt for than those you love! To introduce myself, today I'll share a few quilts and other projects that I have designed.
This quilt is called In the Orange Grove. It started off with a new obsession with wool applique and moved on to mixing cotton with the wool. I've included reproductions along with Kaffe fabrics to add a whimsy to this traditional looking pattern. I really got out of the box on this one...my usual colors are reds, blues, greens, browns and tans. I love the mix of fabric styles and colors in this one. It was so much fun to work on!
Once the window treatments were finished, I had to try something new on our table! Our oak table was damaged in the move, and this was my old crafting table. It had paint globs and scratch marks and was very used and abused. It is over 50 years old and was my parents' first table. I gave it a stripping, then drew and painted the pattern from the window treatments on top, carved around the borders of the shapes, stained and varnished it and covered it with glass so it would not get damaged again! This is sitting just outside our family room. It is an old heirloom made new again.
This quilt is called Brookshire Star and is one of my favorites. This quilt matches my window treatments and kitchen table. Once the window treatments and table were finished, I had to make a quilt to go along with them! I'm not usually this matchy matchy, but it all coordinates well without being too much. The long room consists of the kitchen, dining and family rooms so all these items are spread out. This quilt is done all by machine; machine applique and machine quilting. I would like to make another someday with needleturn and hand quilt it for a more rustic look. Maybe I'll use some of the wools that I'm so in love with now!
~~ Happy May Day by the way!! This is my garden at the front door and my grand-dog Jersey on the left and my dog Ginger on the right!
That's all I'll post for now...I'll post more pics soon so we can get to know each other!


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Why It's So Important That Diverse YA Books Feature "Quirky" Characters, Too
When I think of John Green, I immediately think of The Fault in Our Stars' Augustus Waters popping an unlit cigarette into his mouth and calling it a metaphor. Green's characters have been described as adorably "quirky" for this reason precisely. They use big words, they listen to indie music, and they take their metaphors way too far. By the time TFIOS was published in 2012 Green had become a pop culture phenomenon, helping — along with many others — to usher in an exciting rise of visibility for YA literature. It soon became evident, though, that many marginalized authors were not being given equal space at the table. We Need Diverse Books was founded in 2014 in direct response to the desperate need for more stories by and about marginalized people, eventually leading to another reinvigoration of YA.
The non-profit organization was co-founded by authors Ellen Oh and Dhonielle Clayton, with the mission of putting more books featuring diverse characters into the hands of more children. In order to do this, the group advocates for the publication of books about all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities. And the results behind this movement have been astounding. Lee & Low released new data in 2017 which shows that more than a quarter of all YA books published in 2016 featured characters of color, compared to just 10 percent in 2013. In the last two years, we've seen more YA books than ever before covering crucial issues like racism, misogyny, homophobia, xenophobia, sexual assault, and mental illness.
But while the conversation surrounding diverse books has since expanded to include the call to prioritize Own Voices stories — books about diverse characters, which are written by authors from that same diverse group —publishing has been slower to catch up with this aspect of diverse books. According to the same Lee & Low study, only six percent of the YA books published in 2016 were written by Black, Latinx and Native authors combined. Which means, in essence, that we are only hearing six percent of their stories. Has this lack of Own Voices books unknowingly limited the way we define diversity in publishing?
It's a question I've been asking myself as a lover of YA, so I was nodding my head in agreement when debut author Arvin Ahmadi, whose YA novel Down and Across will be published on Feb. 6, recently brought the conversation to Twitter. Ahmadi took to social media to share some early criticism he has received about the characters in his novel. "I want to talk about a piece of criticism that's been bugging me lately," Ahmadi writes. "That certain characters are 'implausible' or 'too quirky.' Or maybe even 'unrealistic.'"
Ahmadi didn't elaborate on where the criticism had come from, but I think it does demonstrate a need to re-explore what readers expect from diverse books — and that conversation must start with the publishing industry. As has been widely noted, publishing is still overwhelmingly white and straight. A piece published in Publisher's Weekly in March 2016 shared the results of a survey in which it was determined that 79% of the overall industry was white. The same survey, published by Lee & Low, also stated that the overall industry was 89% straight/heterosexual, 96% non-disabled, and a shocking 99% cisgender. Equally importantly, book reviewers, too, overwhelmingly fall into the white, cis and straight categories.
Everyone is inevitably influenced by their own experience. So, I don't think it's a stretch to say that the lack of marginalized people helping to publish books by and about others from marginalized groups has a direct affect on the way these books are handled. And this has become readily apparent throughout the industry, not only in YA — in Nov. 2017, for instance, author Leonard Chang shared that his adult novel was rejected because his Korean-American characters didn't act "Asian enough."
YA author Adam Silvera, known for books like More Happy Than Not and History Is All You Left Me, both gritty, emotional takes on gay teen lives, chimed in to Ahmadi's thread with his own thoughts on the subject.
In my own experience of reading YA, I have picked up on the same trend that Ahmadi and Silvera have alluded to. I have struggled to find books, for instance, about Latinx American families that closely resemble my own. While I can't overstate the importance of shining a light on the harsh realities of immigrant lives and narratives about teens who are finding their voice within more traditional patriarchal or religious Latinx families, neither of those quite fit my own experience, or even my mother's experience. I've enjoyed these books, and I've learned so much about my own privilege by reading them, but they I don't really see myself in their pages. And I'm willing to bet that there are other Latinx readers who feel the same way.
It's obviously a problem when anyone decides that the only time marginalized characters are authentic is when they are representing more widely accepted portrayals, but there is something more subtle at play here, too — the incorrect insistence that all people from marginalized backgrounds are only living authentically if they are dealing with pain or abuse of some kind, most often directly related to their race, religion, or sexuality. In other words, white, cis, straight characters can be "quirky," despite whatever else they're going through, but marginalized characters cannot. This idea is doing a huge disservice to readers everywhere.
Yes, those lives are real, too, and those stories of pain and loss are crucial. The wide-reaching impact of Angie Thomas's powerful 2016 debut about racism and police brutality, The Hate U Give, is alone enough to prove the importance of this shift. Even John Green's latest book, Turtles All the Way Down, is a powerful Own Voices look at mental illness. But these are not the only stories. In order to truly champion diversity in publishing, we need to make sure we are making room for diverse authors who want to write the Latinx Fangirl, the black Paper Towns, the Asian Anna and the French Kiss. Books like Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before series and Maurene Goo's upcoming The Way You Make Me Feel, out in May, are already paving the way for more diverse stories like these. But we need to insist on an inclusive publishing industry that recognizes all kinds of diverse stories as important, and one that allows marginalized people to exist, just as they are, "quirky" or not.
Because that teenage feeling of being socially awkward, the strangeness of finding love for the first time, the importance of discovering lifelong passions, and being supported by loving families — none of these things are exclusive to white, straight, cis people, and so should not be relegated to white, straight, cis characters. When we say that any one person's experience is only acceptable when it matches up to that of other people's experiences in that same group, we are perpetuating the dangerous stereotype that all "insert identity here" are the same — which is one of the biggest issues that diverse and Own Voices books are fighting against in the first place. With more marginalized people at every step of the publishing process, from writer to editor to publicist and beyond, we can start to insure that everyone's voice is truly heard, however many different molds they fit into.
We need more diverse books. Diverse books about important issues, diverse romances, diverse fantasies, diverse coming-of-age, diverse books so widely published that anyone, from any group, can see themselves represented within the pages. And the only way to ensure that is to let a wide variety of diverse people tell their own stories, however complicated, complex, and quirky they may be. It's not a problem that can be fixed overnight, but as Ahmadi says in his Twitter thread, "People are complex. Especially diverse folks. We should be allowed to be 'too quirky' or 'slighty implausible.'" Here's hoping that this is only the start of a new moment in publishing where we fight for these characters, and their stories, too.


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It has been a bit of a trial collaborating with Wendy. Not because of Wendy but because of the post office. I sent Wendy two different sets of postcards that never made it to her house. One being lost is bad enough but two lost sets seems a bit strange. Finally I hand delivered a set to her. What do you think happened? She liked them the way they were so much that they are hanging in her studio and that is where I think they will remain.
With all that has been going on in the news about marriage licenses in Kentucky this postcard seems to have an appropriate message.
Thanks Wendy!


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We have a short, goofless report for you today. By this time, Typhoon #19 wraps its rolling arms around the Japanese main island of Honshu, and heavy rain falls on the Tokai and Kanto regions, where the Jungyo takes place.
A Jungyo event has not been canceled because of weather conditions since the Jungyo has gone indoor in the '90s. And the NSK bravely tries to keep it that way, bringing its caravan of buses to Yamanashi prefecture, where some of the heaviest rains are predicted.
🌐 Location: Kofu, Yamanashi
Despite the rains, nearly 4000 people gather in Kofu to greet the local boy – who hails from the actual town, not just the prefecture. If the Nobori in the title photo did not clue you as to who this may be, here he is, deluged by fans wanting his attention:
It's Ryuden, of course. Beside him, naturally, other rikishi are doing their duty to the fans, like the freshest sekitori, Kaisho:
Many of you may not even know who Kaisho is. He is the first sekitori from Asakayama beya (Kaio is the master). And unlike many first-time sekitori, he managed to go kachi-koshi in his first tournament, so there is no wonder he is doing his first Jungyo as a sekitori with a great big smile on his face.
He is standing in the handshaking line. There is also a line for photographs, manned by more seasoned veterans – ones with whom people would know they want to have pictures. Normally, this is done by Kotoshogiku and Toyonoshima. But Toyonoshima is kyujo, and today, Takarafuji is joining the ex-Ozeki in his stead.
Roga, whom I introduced yesterday, seems to draw much attention, which seems to surprise him. Why would the fans want to take a photograph of a Makushita rikishi who has not even been a whole year in Sumo?
The reason, Roga, is that, unlike Sandanme-17-in-11-basho Yoshoyama who is sitting next to you, you are in mid-Makushita in less than a year, with a Jonokuchi and Jonidan yusho and a win over an ex-ozeki. People know.
And so fans also capture him on the dohyo, as he gives someone some butsukari:
You may recognize other favorites like Kyokusoten and Kasugaryu in that photo. And of course, the unmistakable Aoiyama procticing below the dohyo.
Video action today includes home boy Ryuden, who gets many supporting calls during his moshi-ai sessions:
He is not the only home boy today, though he is the only sekitori. As practice ends and the entertainment part starts, today's Shokkiri is back in the hands of Shobushi and Ebisumaru. Shobushi is also a local!
And…. that's it. I told you this is going to be a short, goofless report. I don't have any Tamawashi shenanigans or any official bouts. But by evening, the city of Kofu starts to look like this:
A call comes in from the sponsors of the next event in Izu, Shizuoka, which is also soaked by now: "Don't come!". At this point, the NSK has to give in and cancel an event for weather reasons for the first time since 1995.
Moreoven, under these conditions, the bus caravan cannot really move safely, and accommodations are hastily arranged in Yamanashi prefecture. A curfew is ordered. Rikishi are not to go out for meals. Not even to the closest convenience store or (applicable to tsukebito) coin laundry shops. The accomodations don't include food, and the rikishi have to settle for cold bento. At this point, though they plan to leave the area as the rains weaken on the 13th, they don't know how and by what route they will reach their next destination.
But we cannot do without a pin-up boy. How about Yutakayama?
Er… maybe not this time… let's look for someone else… more pin-up-like.
Ah, yes, perfect. Kiribayama:
Yes, that's more pin-up.


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A couple of weeks ago, I was on a ride in the country on my own. I wasn't worried about speed, although I maintained a nice average pace. I was just out to enjoy the ride before the day became oppressively hot.
As I rode, I started noticing something about the way I was piloting the bike. I felt like I was mashing the pedals going up hills. Every so often, the gears would crunch when I shifted — and it didn't matter if I was shifting up or down. Hm, I thought — that's odd. I haven't been getting that on the bike lately.
And then it occurred to me: Sure I have. It seems like every ride I've done lately has had its share of crunching gears and mashed pedals. I know better. But I've let myself lapse into bad habits.
It didn't used to be this way. I used to regularly do a ride where all I concentrated on was my cycling technique. But I haven't done that for a while now, and I can tell.
So, what should I be doing?
Well, on the hills,I like to keep up my forward momentum by "pedaling in a circle." That means applying even pressure to the pedal throughout the stroke. It's a more efficient, and more powerful, way to ride. I know I'm doing it right when I feel a burn in both my calves and my quadriceps. Maybe that's why I don't concentrate on doing it as often as I should. I am pain averse.
But because pedaling in a circle stresses the big leg muscles, it makes you a better rider. You get up the hills a tad quicker, and you have the strength to power through tough spots on rides — even if they're on the flats.
It's something I have to remind myself about. I resolved (once again) to pay attention to my pedaling technique and make sure I pedaled in a circle more often.
The shifting thing is an easy fix, too. I knew the problem didn't lie with my chain. I replaced the chain not too long ago. No, this had to do with something I learned way back when I was young.
Ease up on the pedals when you shift.
It's tough when you shift while you're stomping on the pedals. The chain makes a nasty noise as it scrapes across the cogs. When I was a kid and got my first English three-speed "racer" bike, I was told to pedal backwards while shifting gears. I think that was my father's way of telling me to let up on pedal pressure.
From that point on, I concentrated on each shift. I kicked myself (figuratively) when I forgot to ease up on shifts, and congratulated myself (literally) when I shifted smoothly and noiselessly.
That was two weekends ago.
On today's ride, there was the "crunch" again. And I caught myself mashing up a short, sharp hill again.
What's the rule? You have to perform a new action for 21 days straight to break a bad habit?
I think I have several weeks of habit-breaking ahead of me.


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The Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (BASAM), a rights organization, has said that while on May 5, 2019, five people became victims of manual scavenging in an incident which left 3 injured and 2 dead in Bhagya Vihar, Delhi, one of the injured, Sher Singh, is currently battling for his life, yet, despite the Delhi Chief Minister's statement, they have not been given the compensatory amount.
Sher's condition is particularly very bad, BASAM said. He has been bedridden for the past three months and the family does not have any income. He is a migrant worker, coming from Tundla (UP) and belongs to the Dalit community. He takes up day labourer's jobs to feed his family of five. He has a wife, Soni, and four young children.
Pointing out that Soni is struggling to sustain her family and take care of her husband's medical expenses, BASAM said, she has had to resort to begging to be able to collect money to take her husband to the hospital. DASAM contacted her after facing several issues with uncooperative authorities of Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
Sher was re-admitted to the hospital, was referred on July 23 to the Ambedkar hospital and the GB Pant Hospital, and was taken to the Ambedkar hospital. "From the doctors at Ambedkar we got to know that he is HIV positive. The Sanjay Gandhi hospital discharged him because he was found to be HIV+", regretted DASAM.
"Now Sher's treatment is ongoing from the Ambedkar hospital for HIV but he is too weak because of tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and low immunity levels due to HIV. Neither the GB Pant nor the Ambedkar hospitals are ready to admit him. The man will not be able to survive if he doesn't get hospital care immediately", DASAM said.


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E.U. Seeks U.N. Backing for Military Action to Stop Wave of Migrants Fleeing Horrific Abuse in Libya | Democracy Now!
I've been around for a long time but I can still get both surprised and angry when I see things like this and try to connect the dots:
1) NATO bombs the hell out of Libya and kills its head of state and many others.
2) Predictably the country falls apart – chaos and cruelty follow.
3) Then refugees – not "migrants", Democracy Now! – flee and traffickers profit.
4) Now more money and more warfare to "solve" the problem.
5) They don't even seem to see that this proposal would put refugees at the firing line between EU military/police and armed traffickers.
Excuse me but what about learning just one little thing: War and "humanitarian" intervention only and repeatedly make things worse!
What about arresting all arms traffickers – then you would have less problems with human traffickers.
But the only thing these EU Nobel Peace Prize winners will never dare to do is to challenge and change their own perverse militarism.


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The Houston Rockets have a new billboard up, complete with some faces of the team placed next to the team's brand new slogan, 'A New Age.' Guess which Rockets' "star" is notably absent? Yup, it's Kevin Martin. Apparently leading the team in scoring the past few years just can't outweigh the absolute certainty that Martin will not be a Rocket by this time next year.
Instead, we get Jeremy Lin (of course), Chandler Parsons (quickly becoming the new Shane Battier of the group after a single season) and then two of the four talented rookies on the roster: Donatas Motiejunas and Royce White. That makes two probable Rockets starters (Lin and Parsons) and two probable backups. No Kevin Martin, no Omer Asik, no Patrick Patterson and no Jeremy Lamb, the rookie Houston took ahead of the other three.
It's an interesting move from the marketing office. White has garnered enough publicity to merit some billboard space, but placing Motiejunas there is curious. I would assume that marketing works hand-in-hand with the front office in determining which players A) Will be around long enough to market, and B) Are good enough to market. Choosing Motiejunas over a few starters and two notable American rookies (only saying this because of college basketball's tremendous following) makes quite an impression, eh?
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Guthrie, Bergesen remain motivated | MLB.com: News
Good news, Jeremy and Bradley are still going to try really hard to pitch well. -Stacey
Camden Depot: Keith Law on the Fan Tonight
Keith Law was on local radio tonight and Camden Depot captured his comments on the O's young players including Wieters, Matusz, Britton, Tilman, and Arrieta. -Stacey
Melvin Mora Wants Rocktober - SportsUntapped.com
I don't know anything about this website but it made me wonder what Melvin will do on a team that has guys with more postseason experience than him? I mean, that was his thing. Now all he has left is bunts. -Stacey
Inbox: Will Tejada fill in at shortstop? | orioles.com: News
Fordin weighs in on Tejada-as-Izzy-backup, Josh Bell, Lou Montanez, and more. -zk
Ripken's opinion on going from short to third
Just in case Miggi is reading, I thought this might be helpful. -Stacey
On February 3 in CC History: Matos signs; Javy agrees to stay (2006), Super Bowl picks (2007), JP pwns Rick Maese (2008), duck on Doucheira (2008 bonus!), Orioles sign Wigginton (2009)
That's my life, I don't apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Open Thread, Governor Open Thread, something.


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VeTools: Development and Implementation of e-tools for volcanic hazard assessment and risk management
The main goal pursued by the proposal was to create an integrated software platform specially designed to assess and manage volcanic risk. The project facilitated interaction and cooperation between scientists and Civil Protection Agencies in order to share, unify, and exchange procedures, methodologies and technologies to effectively reduce the impacts of volcanic disasters by improving assessment and management of volcanic risk.
The project aimed at:
1) improving and developing volcanic risk assessment and management capacities in active volcanic regions;
2) developing universal methodologies, scenario definitions, response strategies and alert protocols to cope with the full range of volcanic threats;
3) improving quantitative methods and tools for vulnerability and risk assessment
4) defining thresholds and protocols for civil protection.
The target of the project were volcanic islands as they represent highly vulnerable natural and socioeconomic systems and constitute an important part of Europe that geographically extend the boundaries of the community around the world. The project concentrated on the eastern Atlantic volcanic islands (Canaries, Açores, and Iceland), which cover a wide range of volcanological and socioeconomic scenarios, with the aim of exporting the results obtained to the other European volcanic islands, but also to the continental active volcanic regions.


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Pay-Per-Mile Charging For London Could Boost Freight Efficiency
We wouldn't blame you for feeling confused and maybe even frustrated about the growing number of clean air zones (CAZ) that are developing throughout the UK. Not only do they have the potential to have a severe financial impact on the delivery sector, but it's also that they're all so different in scope and emphasis.
Each scheme has its own unique charging regime. Some only affect specific vehicles, and most have different operating times and geographical spread. For a national logistics firm, this represents a real headache in planning efficient schedules. For example, by 2025, London's ULEZ will comprise of 5 separate charging schemes.
when you consider that nearly 50% of current vehicles are not CAZ compliant, it'll make for a financial bonanza for CAZ
Green Light Report
There is, perhaps, another way as proposed by the Centre For London think tank. In their recent Green Light report, they believe that pay-per-mile charging could be a fairer way to manage congestion, emissions and impact on business in the London area.
call the proposal 'City Move'. By using on-road technology and a
dedicated app, drivers in London can plan the most efficient route
through the city, avoiding the most congested and therefore, most
expensive roads.
It will be a boon to freight companies who will be able to more effectively plan their delivery routes in order to avoid additional costs on routes where pay-per-mile charges apply. Implemented well, it should make deliveries much more efficient with fewer delays due to unforeseeable congestion.
City Move's Wider Benefits
The Green Light report outlines the benefits that a pay-per-mile charging scheme would bring to London's road users.
- It would be more equitable than the flat rate ULEZ. The scheme would charge incrementally for individual journeys with an emphasis on the comparable environmental impact of the travel. It gives drivers better choices including public transport alternatives.
- It has the potential to bring more significant benefits than the ULEZ offering up to a fifth better impact on air pollution in the Capital.
- Reduced congestion will make for a pleasant driving experience in London, allowing for better management of road maintenance activity.
- A less polluted city. City Move would make London a more pleasant environment for everyone, promoting health and enhanced lifestyles for London's urban population.
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The Truckcraft team have been tracking the clean air agenda for some time now. With increasing dismay, we might add. However, the Green Light report and pay-per-mile charging look like well-thought-out ideas. Combined with the use of CAZ friendly vehicles, this approach could well be a way to balance the needs of the delivery sector while protecting urban populations.
Let's hope it's taken seriously and gains some traction before the increasing number of CAZ's drive the delivery industry to distraction.
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Medical Student Travel Award
The Medical Student Travel Award is intended to encourage and support medical students showing a strong interest in the specialty of pathology as a career choice. This award provides funding, to cover travel expenses up to $1,200, to attend the CAP Annual Meeting (Oct. 19–22, 2024, Las Vegas), where awardees will gain valuable insight and critical knowledge from experts regarding the field of pathology and its career pathways.
To enhance the awardee's experience at the Fall Residents Forum and CAP Annual Meeting, a Residents Forum Delegate will be assigned to help the awardee:
- Learn more about the specialty of pathology and residency training programs
- Broaden their understanding of the pathologist's role on the health care team
- Obtain networking opportunities with residents and practicing pathologists to learn more about pursuing and preparing for a career in pathology.
Medical students actively enrolled in a US-based accredited medical school and possessing a strong interest in the field of pathology are invited to apply. All applicants will be considered regardless of age, race, gender, national origin, or religion.
Applicants should have authorization from their institution to attend the meeting.
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Submit the following materials, along with your application, by March 7, 2024:
- Responses to the following:
- Your interest in pathology as a career
- Your goals for attending the meeting
- Your plan to share and apply the knowledge gained at your school/institution
- Why this award is essential to you, the applicant
- Why you require foundation financial support
- Title and copy of your abstract/poster to be submitted for the CAP Annual Meeting
- Submission of an abstract is mandatory; link to submit your abstract for CAP24 will be posted in January.
- The abstract should be original work (ie, not previously presented at another meeting or forum, per CAP guidelines/rules).
- The medical student should be the first or last author.
- One abstract per medical student (multiple students should not share/submit the same work).
- Two letters of recommendation:
- One from a CAP member**
- One from a member of your medical school's faculty
- Curriculum vitae
- Professional headshot for use in Foundation web and print media (Requirements: 1+ megabyte, color, professional dress, neutral background; no selfies please)
- Responses to the following:
*Abstract needs to be submitted but not necessarily accepted.
**CAP member recommendation letter can come from a practicing pathologist or a CAP Junior Member (includes trainees still in a pathology fellowship).
Applicants will not be considered unless they include the above items and cover the essay points listed.
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Awardees and/or their institutions should expect to cover any travel costs that exceed the amount awarded. The award must be fulfilled within the year it was granted and prior to converting to CAP Junior Member status.


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Take Down, a thriller starring Jeremy Sumpter [pictured] from the director of I Know What You Did Last Summer, is to be the first feature to receive investment through the Welsh Government's new £30m ($50m) Media Investment Budget.
Take Down, directed by Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer), will be shot equally between Wales and Isle of Man and begins principal photography today (June 2).
The film follows a group of spoiled teens sent to a school for troubled students from rich families who are taken hostage and attemp to escape their captors.
It is written by Alexander Ignon (Ransom) with Sarah Ryan Black (Restoration) and Ed Elbert (Anna and the King) producing. Executive producers are Steve Christian (Belle), Stefan Brunner (Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengance) and Jamie Brown (Belly Of The Beast).
Mimi Steinbauer's Radiant Films International is handling worldwide rights and made sales during the Cannes Marche to the Middle East (Gulf) and Portugal (Lusomundo). Square One is understood to have picked up German rights. A Company picked up CIS and Eastern Europe before the market.
The two main characters are played by Jeremy Sumpter (Peter Pan, Soul Surfer) and Phoebe Tonkin (The Vampire Diaries, Bait). It will also star Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl, J. Edgar) and rising star Dominic Sherwood (Not Fade Away).
The Welsh Government's £30m ($50m) Media Investment Budget is available for UK qualifying film and high-end television production, through Pinewood Pictures, the UK studio's film and TV investment vehicle.
UK qualifying productions are required to shoot 50% of principal photography in Wales. The Welsh Government will aim to invest, on a commercial basis.
Commenting on the first investment, Economy Minister Edwina Hart said: "We want to see even more projects coming to Wales," adding that the new fund is hoped to "help create growth and jobs in this industry".
Steve Christian, director of Pinewood Pictures said: "Take Down is a significant milestone which will bring substantial economic benefits to Wales."


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Ubuntu Touch Q&A 49 Saturday 4th Of May At 19:00 UTC
The 49th Ubuntu Touch Q&A is this Saturday the 4th of May at 19:00 UTC. Along with giving you the latest Ubuntu Touch updates and developments we would also like your questions. Please post them below and we will do our very best to answer them live during the show.
Youtube live link for Saturday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLXc3m5CL8
So it's over to you but please remember questions on porting to device **** or it's status, and questions on bugs will not be answered.
@UBportsNews Hi guys, I know we not discussing bugs, so let's talk about improvements in Morph browser? Anything to improve user experience of Morph browser landing in OTA-9 ???
Thanks for your hard work on awesome UT!
It's very difficult to ask relevant questions as i am SURE that you will do during the show an appropriate overview of the current situation for mir, new unity 8 and the foundation... !
I red this forum post and Marius's comment listed there (almost at the end). It says that there are plans are to move away from ubuntu location service towards geoclue and qtlocation and hybris platform.
What's the status with that. Is there any progress?
What is Ubuntu Touch's target audience?
Marius recently mentioned the possibility of supporting Debian and other OSes in the future. Recognizing that would be a very long-term effort, I'm less interested in how or when this would happen than a more immediate concern, namely should we be evangelizing the brand, UBPorts, instead of OS, Ubuntu Touch?
I'm very interested in spreading the word that there is an up and coming alternative to the A/A duopoly, and I've shown Ubuntu Touch to a number of people. I tend to talk to people about "Ubuntu Touch," since many people have heard of Ubuntu and some even know of Ubuntu Touch (though most who have believe it to be dead). If the long-term future of UBPorts is broader than Ubuntu alone however, perhaps I should be starting from scratch and introducing people to UBPorts first, then explaining that it was started by Canonical and based on Ubuntu, rather than speaking about Ubuntu Touch and then explaining that it's developed by UBPorts now?
Or is the entire subject simply putting cart before horse? If so, please feel free to disregard the question. It would be useful to know though - regardless of this question - how the team would like us to speak about the OS.
I have a large music collection saved to a microSDXC card that I would like to play in UT's music app. My Nexus 5 running UT (OTA 8 ) is not capable of reading cards formatted in exFAT. Is there a workaround for this?
How has the collaboration been between UBports and Purism been going? Any news if they will be making Librem One apps available in OpenStore?
Is there anyway to enable 'grid style locking' in Desktop 'windowed' mode?
I like this custom setup, but it was tedious to size all the windows just right for each app.
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exFAT. Is there a workaround for this?
exFAT is proprietary, and not something we can support by default due to licensing. The workaround is to change your SD card to use FAT32 instead. Unless you need to store files on it that are larger than 4GB, it will be fine.
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Is there anyway to enable 'grid style locking' in Desktop 'windowed' mode?
No, there is no support for iOS/Android style multitasking.
two questions
with the arrival of "open" smartphone like Pinephone or Librem5 we will see the arrival of UT image without Halium or an Android compatibility . Where can we found useful informations/porting guides about porting UT (or other OS if the procedure is similar) on "open" hardware/ARM Board?
given that make UT installable on very diffuse ARM Boards (like RaspberryPi) could massively enlarge the number of potential tester and developers (useful also for the smartphone/tablet side), why the port on those ARM Boards is not one of the priorities for UBports? (no criticism intended just curiosity)
why the port on those ARM Boards is not one of the priorities for UBports?
@Aury88 but it is, didn't you watch the latest Q&As
The problem, as usual, is the lack of volunteers / manpower of course
@advocatux sorry, but I'm having some problem with the internet connection and I could not see the latest Q&A video so I'm waiting for the summary. Not having heard anything about the UT port on some open ARM board in the other Q&A it seemed to me that it was not on the UBP agenda


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Our partners in El Obraje
Pastor Alejandro and his family are healthy and doing good. They are enclosed in their village but with a little more freedom than they have in bigger towns. They have been praying in small groups with families and neighbors and those that want to read and pray at the end of the day for a short time. Alejandro does the sermons on WhatsApp for the rest of the congregants so that they can do the same in their homes. Alejandro's daughter has a job in IT and is able to continue working from home.
The church is still selling water from their purification system. They have two guys in charge of it and Alejandro delivers it to the different places in the community.
The school in El Obraje is closed and they are trying to send homework to those they can. Most of their teachers are from Danli and so are able to send homework on the internet.
In the case of Las Minas (a remote village up in the nearby mountain where our teams often visit) where Alejandro's sister in law that lives next door teaches, it is more complicated. Only a handful of people there have smart phones and there is no signal there. The road into Las Minas is closed as well, so she really has no way of communicating or collecting assignments even if they are able to watch their classes on the government channel. Shortly after the schools closed, Alejandro's family was able to deliver some food that donated from another program to the kids up there, but they closed the entrance to the village the next day.
The entrances to most towns, including Ciudad Espana and El Obraje, are manned with town leaders that take turns stopping all incoming vehicles (food and water) and community members spray them down with a disinfectant spray. Click here (https://youtu.be/uUTalzkL_A4) to see a 1:40 video with subtitles in English of the marvelous pastor Alejandro on duty at the gates of El Obraje. If you don't recognize him by his posture and well pressed and pleated dress slacks, he's the guy in the light blue long-sleeved button-down shirt.
This week Alejandro's family has been gathering more food using funds provided by Church of the Resurrection for this relief. They are able to source the food directly from producers that they have established relationships with. Click here (https://youtu.be/wwDKD-z16RM) to see the 30 second video with subtitles in English of all that was delivered the next day.


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Children who have no defect in the ventricle or only a small defect may have no symptoms.
If the ventricular septal defect is large, infants may have difficulty breathing while they are eating, poor growth, a rapid heart rate, and sweating.
The diagnosis is suspected based on a typical heart murmur that a doctor can hear through a stethoscope and is confirmed by echocardiography.
Defects are repaired with surgery.
(See also Overview of Heart Defects Overview of Heart Defects About one in 100 babies is born with a heart defect. Some are severe, but many are not. Defects may involve abnormal formation of the heart's walls or valves or of the blood vessels that enter... read more .)
Atrioventricular septal defects account for about 5% of birth defects of the heart.
Types of atrioventricular septal defect
An AV septal defect may be
Complete, with a large septal defect that includes both the atria and the ventricles, and a single atrioventricular valve
Transitional, with a small or moderate-sized ventricular septal defect in addition to the atrial septal defect
Partial, with an atrial septal defect but no ventricular septal defect, and the common AV valve separated into a right- and a left-sided AV valve
Most infants with the complete form have Down syndrome Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) Down syndrome is a chromosome disorder caused by an extra chromosome 21 that results in intellectual disability and physical abnormalities. Down syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome 21... read more . Atrioventricular septal defect is also common among infants who have other organ system abnormalities including being born without a spleen or with multiple small spleens.
Symptoms of Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Complete atrioventricular septal defect often causes a large left-to-right shunt Shunting of blood flow About one in 100 babies is born with a heart defect. Some are severe, but many are not. Defects may involve abnormal formation of the heart's walls or valves or of the blood vessels that enter... read more , which means some blood that has already picked up oxygen from the lungs goes through the hole and back to the lungs. These infants may develop heart failure (see figure ), which causes symptoms such as rapid breathing, shortness of breath while eating, poor weight gain, failure to thrive Failure to Thrive in Children Failure to thrive is a delay in weight gain and physical growth that can lead to delays in development and maturation. Medical disorders and a lack of proper nutrition are causes of failure... read more , and sweating by age 4 to 6 weeks. Eventually, the blood vessels between the lungs and the heart may develop high blood pressure (pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs (the pulmonary arteries) is abnormally high. Many disorders can cause pulmonary hypertension. People... read more ) and lead to heart failure or reversal of the shunt to right-to-left (Eisenmenger syndrome Eisenmenger syndrome About one in 100 babies is born with a heart defect. Some are severe, but many are not. Defects may involve abnormal formation of the heart's walls or valves or of the blood vessels that enter... read more ).
Children with transitional AV septal defects may have no symptoms if the ventricular defect is small. Children with larger defects may have signs of heart failure.
Partial AV septal defects do not usually cause symptoms during childhood unless valve leakage (regurgitation) is severe. However, symptoms (eg, exercise intolerance, fatigue, palpitations) may develop during adolescence or early adulthood. Infants with moderate or severe valve regurgitation often have signs of heart failure.
Diagnosis of Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Diagnosis is suggested by a doctor's findings during an examination of the infant. Electrocardiography (ECG) may give an important clue to help make this diagnosis. Chest x-ray X-Rays of the Chest Anyone thought to have a heart disorder has chest x-rays taken from the front and the side. Typically, the person is standing upright, but chest x-rays can be done with people lying in bed if... read more may be done to look at the size of the heart and the blood flow to the lungs.
Echocardiography Echocardiography and Other Ultrasound Procedures Ultrasonography uses high-frequency (ultrasound) waves bounced off internal structures to produce a moving image. It uses no x-rays. Ultrasonography of the heart (echocardiography) is one of... read more (ultrasonography of the heart) is done to confirm the diagnosis and provide details regarding the size of the defect and the amount of blood that is leaking through the valves. Sometimes cardiac catheterization Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography are minimally invasive methods of studying the heart and the blood vessels that supply the heart (coronary arteries) without doing surgery. These... read more is done if doctors need additional information about the severity of the defects or degree of pulmonary hypertension before they plan treatment.
Treatment of Atrioventricular Septal Defects
Surgical repair
Because most infants with complete atrioventricular septal defect have heart failure and failure to thrive, these defects are usually repaired with surgery when the infant is 2 to 4 months of age. Even if the infant is growing well and does not have symptoms, surgical repair is usually done before the infant is 6 months old to prevent development of complications.
For children with a partial defect and no symptoms, surgery is done when the child is older, usually between age 1 year and age 3 years.
If the infant develops heart failure before surgery is done, doctors give medications such as diuretics (which pull excess fluid out of the body), digoxin (to help the heart pump more forcefully), and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (to relax blood vessels and help the heart pump more easily) to help manage symptoms before surgery.
Children usually need to take antibiotics before visits to the dentist and before certain surgeries (such as on the respiratory tract) during the 6-month period after surgical repair. If there is a residual defect after surgery, antibiotics are needed before these procedures indefinitely. These antibiotics are used to prevent a serious heart infection called endocarditis Infective Endocarditis Infective endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart (endocardium) and usually also of the heart valves. Infective endocarditis occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream and travel... read more .
More Information
The following English-language resources may be useful. Please note that THE MANUAL is not responsible for the content of these resources.
American Heart Association: Common Heart Defects: Provides an overview of common birth defects of the heart for parents and caregivers
American Heart Association: Infective Endocarditis: Provides an overview of infective endocarditis, including summarizing antibiotic use, for parents and caregivers
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By Leah McDonald / December 13th, 2018
Fans of KEMCO's Asdivine Hearts will have the opportunity to revisit the world of Zack and friends when Asdivine Hearts II comes to the Xbox One family of consoles on Dec. 21, 2018.
Picking up two years after the events of their first adventure, Zack and friends find themselves off on another quest, but this time to save the parallel world of Archelio, which is on the verge of being frozen in ice.
However, after a small mishap prior to arriving at their intended destination, the party finds themselves out of weapons and out of luck. Nevertheless, with the help of their new companion Nadia and a fairy named Rapscal, their investigation into the cause of this abnormal phenomenon gets back on track. That is, until a mysterious creature and suspicious fellow with divine powers show up and attempt to stop them from finding out the truth.
As conflicting evidence begins to mount, will the party be able to reverse this crisis as they had hoped for, or will their actions turn out to be the catalyst for something much, much worse?
Asdivine Hearts II releases on Xbox One, Xbox One X, Windows 10 PCs, and the Microsoft Store on Dec. 21. Pre-orders are now available.
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Kat Von D Everlasting Love Lipstick in Mau5 - Swatches & Review
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Two boats
This evening I got to see two boats passing Huntington.
First was the Savage Voyager.
Trailing two or three miles behind it was the Linda Reed.
I had wanted to get a better overhead shot, but the Reed was moving pretty fast downstream in that current.
The Linda Reed is one of my favorites, by the way.
As for the Savage Voyager, I need to learn more about that class of boats. The Savage Marine boats are getting more numerous up this way.
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Originally a comment by Blanche Quizno on Another bad model.
Let's not fall into the trap sometimes described as the "Myth of the Consistent Skeptic." Albert Einstein was an huge and outspoken admirer of the Soviet Union's government system, holding onto his positive view even as negative information poured in:
Einstein held a wide range of beliefs beyond his contributions to science and outside his area of expertise. For example, in 1933, Einstein (we believe correctly) voiced his opinion about political liberty in Germany, "As long as I have any choice, I will only stay in a country where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens before the law are the rule. Political liberty implies liberty to express one's political views orally and in writing, toleration, respect for any and every individual. These conditions do not obtain in Germany at the present time" (Einstein 1949, p. 81). Einstein openly criticized Nazism and the brutalities that occurred under that government.
The important point, however, is that Einstein's positive beliefs toward the Soviet Union did not change as substantial information came forth demonstrating that the Soviet Union was a totalitarian state that did not tolerate political liberty. Einstein was never shy about judging capitalism or Nazism by their deeds and actions instead of their rhetoric. He did not apply this standard to the Soviet Union. A consistent skeptic would not use double standards to evaluate different forms of governments.
If Einstein was a consistent skeptic, one would predict that, as the accumulating evidence came forth over the years, Einstein would modify his beliefs and become a leading critic of both Stalin and the Soviet Union for their violations of political liberty.
The point is that, since people are complex, complicated individuals, you're rarely going to find a single person who is completely, unfailingly luminary in every characteristic bar none. So do we throw out the baby with the bathwater if we happen to find something icky?
If so, then we're going to have to OURSELVES be consistent across the board. Out with Heidegger. Out with Einstein. Out with Thomas Jefferson:
In his original draft of the Declaration, in soaring, damning, fiery prose, Jefferson denounced the slave trade as an "execrable commerce …this assemblage of horrors," a "cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life & liberties." As historian John Chester Miller put it, "The inclusion of Jefferson's strictures on slavery and the slave trade would have committed the United States to the abolition of slavery.
But in the 1790s, Davis continues, "the most remarkable thing about Jefferson's stand on slavery is his immense silence." And later, Davis finds, Jefferson's emancipation efforts "virtually ceased."
Somewhere in a short span of years during the 1780s and into the early 1790s, a transformation came over Jefferson.
The Virginia abolitionist Moncure Conway, noting Jefferson's enduring reputation as a would-be emancipator, remarked scornfully, "Never did a man achieve more fame for what he did not do.
The critical turning point in Jefferson's thinking may well have come in 1792. As Jefferson was counting up the agricultural profits and losses of his plantation in a letter to President Washington that year, it occurred to him that there was a phenomenon he had perceived at Monticello but never actually measured. He proceeded to calculate it in a barely legible, scribbled note in the middle of a page, enclosed in brackets. What Jefferson set out clearly for the first time was that he was making a 4 percent profit every year on the birth of black children. The enslaved were yielding him a bonanza, a perpetual human dividend at compound interest. Jefferson wrote, "I allow nothing for losses by death, but, on the contrary, shall presently take credit four per cent. per annum, for their increase over and above keeping up their own numbers." His plantation was producing inexhaustible human assets. The percentage was predictable.
In another communication from the early 1790s, Jefferson takes the 4 percent formula further and quite bluntly advances the notion that slavery presented an investment strategy for the future. He writes that an acquaintance who had suffered financial reverses "should have been invested in negroes." He advises that if the friend's family had any cash left, "every farthing of it [should be] laid out in land and negroes, which besides a present support bring a silent profit of from 5. to 10. per cent in this country by the increase in their value."
The irony is that Jefferson sent his 4 percent formula to George Washington, who freed his slaves, precisely because slavery had made human beings into money, like "Cattle in the market," and this disgusted him. – "The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson", Smithsonian Magazine, October 2012
George Washington freed his slaves. Thomas Jefferson never did – even though Jefferson's old friend, Polish nobleman and Revolutionary War hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko, left him in his will the equivalent in today's dollars of $280,000 to use in freeing his slaves. Jefferson had helped draft this will; he knew what was in it. As executor of that will, Jefferson had a legal responsibility to carry its terms out as specified, which meant using that money to free his slaves. Jefferson did not. He refused to accept the cash because he could make more money off his slaves. Jefferson never freed his slaves, many of which were his own children.
Isn't enslaving your own children far more heinous than believing and saying horrible stuff about an ethnic group that's not your own?