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''Well, I lied.''
What's up, readers? I'm back with lot of things to tell, to share, to type. Not going to make a long introduction. Guess what? I survived and got chance to continue my study here in the same program. Getting full scholarship is super lucky but then the struggle is no joke that you almost die. So I currently in the middle of Short Semester in 2nd Year. Last year, there was short semester too. We did 書道 (shodou - calligraphy) of Kanji, and also handmade 巻きずし (makizushi - sushi rolled in nori seaweed something like that). It was fun but need to mention that we also need to attend class like usual. -__-
But current short semester is like........... Hurkkkkk!
I'm still in the same class, Electrical & Electronic Engineering 1. The layout of the class still the same but we shuffled the seats. I finally got the chance to sit at the center wuhoo! Well, uhm, not really at the center but VERY much better than before. Before this, I have to wear my pink ''fashionable'' glasses because the whiteboard was damn far. I remembered when I almost cried cause I couldn't read anything on the slide, in chemistry class. LOL. Alhamdulillah I survived~ Now, satisfied for the seat but the class, not really.
Let's talk about how my life begin for this semester. Malaysian studies! I cant even imagine that I will learn sejarah again. Let me tell you, I always got C in sejarah. I couldnt get into first class in high school because of that subject. I never got B for sejarah I guess but I barely made to get grade A for sejarah on Trial PMR, and cried, LOL. -___- So imagine that I need to face the same thing again...... pray for meh guys. Next is mathematics. I mentioned this for
973987394793 times, I am a math lover. Since... idk... till now. I know it's getting hard, I always got hard time with you too but it cant vanish my love to you. No matter hard you are, let's be together forever. (ehhhh)
Last but not least, 電気電子。I need to pull up my sock, improving in this subject I choose electrical engineering because I wanna get rid of mechanical engineering (lot of people said this too LOL) and I'm still trying to love it like how I love mathematics. I couldnt get 4.0 in second semester because physics (electrical thing lol). I get hard time to understand the circuit. I mean like, required long period to understand a simple thing. And I was like.... come on Nazira, this is just a surface for this course. And now I'm pulling a long face. No matter what, I need to struggle for it. I know I can do it. But hello where's the booster? I need inspirational thing to gain spirit too. Family and friends will do.
Have lot of things in my mind but never mind, see you people.
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Why I switched from Likud to Yesh Atid
There's probably not much I can add to all that has been, and will be, written about Israel's 2013 parliamentary elections. However, I can give you a little insight into my thought process in deciding which party to vote for. (Here's a great overview of the results by the Times of Israel's David Horovitz.)
I've generally considered myself a Likud voter. I like big centrist parties. For much of the campaign season, even though I was intrigued by the newly formed Yesh Atid party, I planned to vote for Likud. Another reason I thought it important to vote for Likud was so that Benjamin Netanyahu would remain prime minister and have a sizable number of mandates. Netanyahu, to my mind, is far and away the person most qualified to lead this country. He's one of the few people in the world who truly understands the threat of the global plague of Islamic fundamentalism. He is also a masterful orator. Who can better present our case before the UN and Congress? Not to mention that, despite media nonsense to the contrary, he's a centrist on so many fronts.
However, as the campaign season progressed, things began to change. Netanyahu joined forces with Lieberman's Israel Beiteinu party. I'm sure he had good strategic reasons, but it changed the "face" of the party. Then the Likud primaries lurched the party further to the right. At the same time, one of my very close friends, Dov Lipman, was selected to join Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party. On paper, the party represented many ideals I agree with such as: pragmatism regarding the Palestinians, reining in the Rabbinical authorities (who had become more and more fanatic in recent years), universal service, fair housing, etc. Just as importantly, Lapid created a very impressive and diverse list of candidates. Most of the people on the list were not career politicians, but accomplished people with strong backgrounds in many areas. The list was comprised of women, Ethiopians, Russians, orthodox and secular.
Lapid also had the task of proving that he was not his father. "Tommy" Lapid started a briefly popular party that was perceived as being anti-religious. (Of course if one looked closely they'd have realized that he was more anti-religious coercion than anti-religious. He just wasn't very "PC" about it.) Besides Dov, Lapid selected a Yeshiva head for his number two slot and an accomplished female author/professor, who is also orthodox. Many people, shallowly, still could not see past Yair's last name. It wasn't a problem for me. I went to hear Lapid speak a few times and watched several of his videos. One of the most compelling of which was this one where he spoke to a group of ultra-orthodox college students. So, without the issue of wanting Netanyahu to be a strong prime minister, there was no question that Yesh Atid would have been the party that most aligned with my ideology.
It really wasn't until a few days before the election that I finally decided to vote for Yesh Atid. My rationale was basically that Netanyahu was going to be prime minister regardless and I felt it was a good idea to give him a strong left of center party to work with in order to counter the rightward shift of his own party. I also thought it might help him build a better coalition, less beholden to some of the more fanatic religious parties.
Dov was number 17 on the list and since they were consistently polling around 12, I had no illusion that my vote would help him get elected. Boy was I wrong! With 19 mandates he will soon be an official member of Knesset. The coalition negotiations should be quite interesting. Contrary to media reports, this election has shown that Israelis, by and large, are moderate religiously, economically and with regard to the Palestinians. I'm thrilled Yesh Atid won such a strong position. While I certainly realize that it may be one of those parties that burns brightly for a political moment, I'm hoping that it's something more, as I believe this party represents the very heterogeneous nature of our small, diverse country and in thriving it will show that we can have a bright future together.

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Let's Give our Troops a little RELAXATION, EXERCISE & RECREATION!
When we started Give2TheTroops, the goal was to do whatever it took to lift the troops' spirits.
If that meant sending over an XBOX system or a wrestling mat, then that's what we did.
As long as our troops felt appreciated and had a boost of morale, we felt our Mission was worthwhile.
Our organization is known for the "special requests care packages" we send. Whether those requests are medical books for the Combat Support Hospitals, items for our canine troops, soccer equipment for local children, religious materials, or other Humanitarian aid items, we will deliver … as long as money keeps coming in for postage and volunteers keep showing up to help!
This mission is a request for GOLF ITEMS!
It started with a few sets of golf clubs back in 2004 when a few sailors wanted to tee off from their ships.
Soon other troops began asking if we could get them golf equipment, turf, tees, balls and clubs. And we delivered! Now, thanks to many donors and volunteers, we've shipped more than 500 golf sets to our deployed
troops and we're giving our troops GOLF GALORE!


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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Restaurant Business = Leftovers.....
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Someone's boned the turkey...ReplyDelete
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I'm not sure I'll have some of the stuffing...ReplyDelete
Bone-In Rump Roast.ReplyDelete
And so tasty, too.
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Renewable energy is the big growth sector in the power-generation industry. The International Energy Agency (IAE) forecasts that in 2023, renewables will generate almost 30 % of total electricity demand, compared to a figure of 24 % for 2017. Hydropower remains the biggest single source of renewable energy, covering 16 % (by 2023) of worldwide electricity demand, followed by wind farms (6 %), solar (4 %) and bioenergy (3 %). Doka supplies formwork solutions for power-plant construction all over the world and is a player in energy projects for the coming generations.
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PayPal is now available as a payment option for digital content
Customers in the U.S. and Canada can now use their PayPal accounts to purchase digital games and content for the Nintendo Switch™ system, both on the system and in the Game Store on the Nintendo website.
This convenient way to pay joins the current payment methods of credit cards or Nintendo eShop Cards. When purchasing content, you'll see a new PayPal payment option at checkout. The first time you select this option, you will be asked to link your PayPal account with your Nintendo Account via your PC or smart device. Once you complete this step, you'll be able to use your PayPal account as a payment option for future purchases.
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I live in the medieval town of Burford, in the Cotswold hills of Oxfordshire. After living in London from 2008 till the end of 2016, this is my introduction to building a life in England proper. London is more of an international city. So much so, I didn't really feel like I had left South Africa. It felt home to me, and to people from all over the world. A blended home. Towns are more single malt than blend. Burford is 29 km from Oxford. A Burh (fortified town) on a ford (crossing the Windrush river) with a population of 1,422. Towns are less transient. The intention being to build a home. There is a feeling when returning to Burford of escape. Rest. Comfort. I am very much a Global Citizen and I love the discomfort of learning, but we also need somewhere to retreat to. A Burh where we feel safe. I treasure a few of those places in South Africa, this will become one here.
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Are you running, jogging or walking this year's Pat's Run in Tempe, AZ? If the answer is yes – or even if it is no – join us post race to celebrate, re-fuel and meet your fellow AZ Bloggers.
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Technology Advisory Committee
on November 14, 2011, Governor Mark Dayton announced the appointments to the Technology Advisory Committee. The Committee is part of a larger State IT governance structure designed to ensure that all constituencies have input into the direction of the enterprise.
The Technology Advisory Committee is charged with advising the State CIO on development and implementation of:
- A state IT strategic plan
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- Identification of business and technical needs of agencies
- Strategic IT portfolio management
- Project prioritization
- Investment decisions
- MNIT's performance measures and fees for service agreements with agencies
- Management of state enterprise technology revolving fund
- Efficient and effective operation of MNIT
Next Meeting:
- Date: March 15, 2019
- Time: 9am - 12pm
- Location: Blazing Star Conference Room - Centennial Office Building, 658 Cedar Street St. Paul MN
Upcoming Meetings:
- April 15, 2019
- July 15, 2019
- October 21, 2019
The Technology Advisory Committee is made up of eight members appointed by Governor Dayton through the open appointment process and one appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties. The membership includes:
- Ramona Dohman - Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Safety (state agency representative)
- Eric Hallstrom – Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Management and Budget (state agency representative)
- Shawntera Hardy – Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (state agency representative)
- Charles Johnson – Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services (state agency representative)
- Laurie Martinson – Operations Services Director, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - (state agency representative)
- Vacant– (state agency representative)
- Rick King – Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Thomson Reuters (private business representative)
- Richard Kolodziejski - Public Affairs and Communications Director, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (union representative)
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Children and Youth
Work with children and young people is an important part of our work at Altofts Methodist Church.
Superkids is our Sunday School or Junior Church. Superkids join us for the first part of service and leave to do their own exciting activities in the Superkids room. They usually return at the end of the service to tell the congregation what they have been doing. All children welcome!
Mums and Toddlers
The Monday group was the first to start and proved to be very popular. It was suggested by mums that we meet another day. There are now two groups of helpers; we meet on Monday morning and Thursday afternoon for a couple of hours each week during school term time.
Our aim is to help parents meet and make friends with other parents, enjoy a coffee while watching their babies and children learning to play in a safe environment. It is also popular with grandparents!
We have a special story time and sing songs with all the actions - a treat of chocolate is then enjoyed!
Over the years we have seen many children leave the group to start their full-time school education, and we feel sure they will have happy memories of their time spent at Altofts Methodist Toddler Group; we are now seeing 'ex-toddlers' attending as mums with their own children.
Shell Group
Shell Group is a group for children that meets between 5.30 and 6.30pm on a Monday evening.
Suffer the little children?
With our 25th anniversary celebrations well in hand I have noticed the church family reminiscing, about not just the history of the church building in which we worship, but also the separate and combined histories of the three churches who came together in this grand project. The mention of Shell Group seems to spark memories for all - whether as attendees, as leaders or as parents who watched their children's enjoyment.
The impact of Shell is undoubted. My own involvement from my first arrival in the community in 1996, gave me a sense of belonging, the joy of planning and preparation as part of a friendly team, and even spending time with the children had its moments! 19 years later, I am married with three children of my own - all of whom have benefitted from the ongoing existence of Shell.
Doubtless you will have your own memories of Shell but you might wonder what it looks like now. Shell Group meets each Monday in term time from 5:30 to 6:30p.m. With space on our register for up to 24 children from 5 to 11 (school years 1 to 6), we have a regular attendance between 15 and 20. Four of us share organisational responsibility with the assistance of some of the parents who have 'volunteered' to take their place on the rota. Our aim is to give the children as varied a program as is possible, using our own gifts and skills and by inviting in experts to share with them. We cut, stick, draw and glitter, we run, jump and play team games, we have had visits from the police, a dentist and Jack Cherry & his juice maker (google it!), we've had a go at Zumba and are hoping to learn some self defence, we have been to the fire-station, bowling, the cinema and the pantomime. Each child pays £1.50 subs each week, and over the year this funds the equipment, ticket prices and the weekly juice and biscuits. Shell Group is by no means a quiet hour (apart from the week we did a sponsored silence!) but it is fun, and reports from parents tell us the children love it.
In fact, some of the Shell Group children loved it so much they didn't want to leave - and without the older children leaving we had no space for new younger children - so we have developed a new group "A Chance to Be Me". Currently 10 children aged from 11 to 13 (school years 6 to 8) come together each Monday in term time between 6:30 and 7:30p.m. to do whatever they choose. In keeping with the name of the group, as adults we are present in the building to keep the children safe but we leave them to their own devices to plan (or not) their activities and their finances. We have been roped into their games, privileged to watch the dances, stand up comedy and plays that they have created, been asked to judge their bake off and invited to join their "pizza & a movie" Christmas celebration.
It is wonderful to see both groups doing so well, and another generation of children learning that Altofts Methodist Church is a fun, welcoming place to be. If you would like to get involved with either group (whether to offer regular help, or perhaps a one off session idea) then we would be thrilled to hear from you. Or if you know of a child who might like to join in then that would be fabulous too. Just contact me for more information. ([email protected])
Chance To Be Me
...meets after Shell Group and is a chance for our young people to socialise and organise their own activities, with adults on hand to supervise.


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Quebec "Human Rights" Commission wants to regulate Internet "hate speech" now
As if (the now repealed and disgraced) Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act wasn't bad enough, now the Quebec "Human Rights" Commission wants the power to regulate internet content and silence website operators and bloggers. The proposed new powers of the HRC may include financial "damages" for those "offended"! I smell a new cottage industry for the perpetually offended!
Here is an interview with the President of the Quebec "Human Rights" Commission on French CBC from December 2014. A translation of interview was posted on Vlad Tepes YouTube channel.
"We've had complaints filed against anti-muslim websites and we couldn't accept them.
... If we have this new provision, we could proceed and take action."
And on what criteria will the Quebec "Human Rights" Commission accept these new complaints? According to the HRC: "It's when we have comments that are generally hateful..."
What kind of definition would encompass "Generally hateful"? If I lived in Quebec and wanted to post (perhaps controversial) opinions on the recent terrorist attack in Ottawa and decided to mention that the perpetrator was a Muslim who committed this terrorism in the name of Islam, would that be considered "generally hateful" towards Muslims? Would anyone need to put in the usual media-party inspired slogans such as "Islam is a religion of peace" or that terrorism in the name of Islam is simple "lone-wolf radical" act and does not represent all Muslims to avoid costly litigation via yet another Canadian Kangaroo court?
Mission Creep? Has all "hate" been eradicated in Quebec that the 'Human Rights' Commission needs to branch out and censor speech on the Internet now?
The best George Orwell Doublespeak line of the interview with HRC's Jacques Fremont was: "And for the HRC, freedom of expression is very important". Sure, freedom of expression is very important, as long as you say what I want you to say.
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Barenakedislam.com: Quebec Human Rights Commission proposes a new provision that would criminalize online criticism of Muslims
Essentially, this means it would allow 'victims' of hateful online comments to register complaints and eventually receive compensation. When a website rails and rants with comments that expose the ugly truth about certain groups such as the muslim community, the government would have recourse to take action against such websites.
Apparently, Quebec wants to equate telling the truth about Islam with incitement of hatred. Let's hope the people of Quebec can defeat this idiotic idea.
NeoConservative Christian Right: Human Rights Denied in the Name of Human Rights
This week, there's the threat of another attack on freedom of speech in Canada. It's from the "commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse" – the commission of human rights and youth rights. A nice name. But the head of the commission is proposing legislation to further curb freedom of speech. There's already lots of legislation in place. The additional legislation would go further: one could make a complaint even if one isn't any particular victim and can't show that any particular person has been hurt. (In French, "on n'a pas besoin d'être une victime particularisée et de le démontrer.")
For those of you who speak French, here's a link, including to an interview with the head of the commission:
Vlad Tepes: 1. This is an interview with the President of the Quebec Human Rights Commission. In it, he appears to be saying that Quebec, or Canada, is going to be implementing something which looks a whole lot like the criminalization of criticism of Islam.
I would like to remind every man, woman, child and bureaucrat that freedom of speech was implemented for one thing in the West. To criticize religious and political authority. That once you limit that freedom even one little bit, all other freedoms of speech will diminish exponentially, because all things can be seen as functions of islamic observance.
Thank you Poste De Veille for the interview video and Sassy for the Translation.


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Say What!? Symbian Still Beats iOS in China
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Nokia's Symbian is still alive -- but not doing well -- in China. That's not surprising considering the company abandoned Symbian a few years back and has since moved on to the Windows Phone platform. According to a recent report by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Symbian accounts for 23% of installed base mobile OS', while iOS has 19.9%.
But that's all about to change.
Apple's iOS is expected to overtake Symbian over the next two quarters to become the No. 2 installed base smartphone platform in China. Even with Nokia's switch to the Windows Phone OS, Chinese smartphone users aren't staying with company.
That's because Chinese consumers are rapidly switching to Android. At the end of Q1 2013, Android accounted for more than 50% of the smartphone installed base market share in China. Android's growth is partly due to the plethora of inexpensive phones running the mobile OS. This has come about with help from Chinese brands like Lenovo, Huawei, Coolpad and Xiaomi, which make up one in five active smartphones in the country -- and their market share is growing fast.
The big smartphone player in China, though, is (surprise!) Samsung. The company is the fastest-growing brand in the country and has over 15% of the smartphone installed base. Samsung recently debuted the new Galaxy S4 Mini, which is expected to compete directly with Apple's iPhone 4S and a possible iPhone Mini (if the lower-cost iPhone ever becomes a reality). There's no set launch date for the S4 Mini in China (or anywhere yet), but the phone could pose a serious problem for Apple. Strategy Analytics expects the S4 Mini to be priced 5% lower than the iPhone 4S -- leaving Apple to sell an older, smaller phone for a higher price.
This could all change in an instant
In just a few weeks Apple is expected to debut a new iOS -- maybe even a new iPhone, though that's less likely. But without cheaper phone for emerging markets, Apple should be concerned about the S4 Mini. If Apple doesn't deviate from its current strategy, it's likely the company will continue to lose ground to Samsung and Android in China.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said at the end of April that the company will double the amount of Apple Stores in China over the next two years, and make the iPhone 4 "more attractive" to Chinese consumers. But I think selling an old phone as a mid-priced smartphone is a problematic strategy. Investors and consumers need something new from Apple that isn't in a price point beyond most Chinese consumers' reach. Apple can keep its high-end reputation intact and still release a mid-priced phone with great features; the two are not mutually exclusive.
Although Apple isn't exactly winning in China, the company is nowhere near being out of the Chinese smartphone game. But Apple hasn't done itself any favors by sticking to seemingly old principles of selling high-end phones with big margins while ignoring other price points. This refusal to adjust strategy hasn't built investor confidence as the company's stock price has plummeted over the past several months. Some question whether Apple remains a buy. To help answer that question, The Motley Fool has put together a list of reasons to buy and reasons to sell Apple, and what opportunities are left for the company (and your portfolio) going forward. To get instant access to his latest thinking on Apple, simply click here now.
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Our lab aims to understand the molecular mechanisms by which cancer cells progress into advanced and malignant phenotypes. In particular, we focus on the role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in prostate cancer progression. AhR is widely known for its role in mediating the harmful effects of a number of environmental toxins. However, evidence suggests that it may also play a key role in the progression of prostate cancer from castration dependent to castration independent. Specific goals of our lab are to:


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NAHB Helps to Roll Back Onerous OSHA Regulations
· At NAHB's urging, Congress has passed a bill to force OSHA to reverse a recent record keeping rule that would harm small employers.
· OSHA's so-called "Volks rule" would have changed the statute of limitations on citations for record keeping violations from six months to five years.
· In other words, small businesses could have been cited for alleged recordkeeping violations for more than five years after they occurred.
· NAHB led the charge for Congress to roll back this regulatory overreach and President Trump signed the bill into law.
· As a result, OSHA's illegitimate new rule will simply go away. What's more, because of the unique legislative approach used to do away with the rule, the agency is prevented in the future from issuing a similar rule unless Congress tells it to do so.
· This action means record keeping requirements revert back to the original law – OSHA can still issue a record keeping citation up to six months after the violation occurred.
· And employers will still have the same obligation to record injuries as they always had.
· But the agency will no longer be able to play "gotcha" by issuing a citation five years after the occurrence.
· The OSHA victory shows that part of the value of NAHB membership is to gain access to the highest levels of government to fight for the interests of our industry.
· Here are other recent examples of your association in action:
· NAHB First Vice Chairman Randy Noel on March 29 testified on Capitol Hill regarding a top priority for home builders.
· He called on Congress to work with federal regulators to fix the regulatory rulemaking process by ensuring that effects on small businesses are a primary focus for existing and future regulations.
· Noel told lawmakers that regulations account for more than 24 percent of the price of a new home.
· It is therefore imperative, he stressed, that federal agencies work with the business community to create more effective regulations that reduce compliance costs for small businesses.
· NAHB Senior Officers on March 29 held a productive meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to seek ways to make regulations more cost-effective without undermining their intent.
· Discussions focused on several key issues for the home building community, including the waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, lead paint and stormwater regulation.
· NAHB called on EPA to consider the impact of federal regulations on existing state and local government requirements, as well as on small businesses.
· As EPA carries out President Trump's regulatory streamlining directives, NAHB also urged the agency to focus not only on new rules but also on opportunities to revoke or revise existing ones.
· The House on March 22 approved the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101), association health plan legislation that would put small businesses on an equal footing with large employers and unions when it comes to negotiating lower insurance costs.
· Of note to the home building community, the bill includes an amendment which clarifies that small businesses that have already established and administer association health plans, including some HBAs, can continue to operate under existing state and federal law.
· NAHB has been a long-time proponent of association health plans and continues to work with Congress to ensure that this market-based health care option remains a viable alternative for small businesses and their employees.


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Happy Mother's day to the most amazing woman I know: my mom!
I know this is going to be really cliché, but I have the best mom ever. She was the one who taught me what I need to know. She was the one who accompanied me to my rehearsals every single day during A Christmas Carol. She's been my school teacher for the past 6 years. She has been my number one fan, and I can say that I am hers.
So Mama, if you're reading this, thank you for everything you've done for me and Kayla! Thank you for all your countless efforts to give us the best in life. Thank you for all you've done for the family. I may not be the best daughter in the world, but I sure got the best mom in the universe!
I love you, Mama! Happy Mother's Day! {Happy Mother's Day as well to all the moms out there!}


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"I was looking for a quiet place to die, and someone suggested Brooklyn" reads the back cover, introducing you to the narrator, Nathan Glass, who's actually not dying at all, so it's a pretty stupid blurb really...
Instead of dying, he reconnects with his estranged nephew & his eccentric ex-con of a boss, before taking in his runaway great niece and moseying around New York for the greater part of the book. I'm going to be honest, apart from a small amount of drama near the end, pretty much nothing happens for the entirety of the story. In spite of this I did actually enjoy it rather a lot. As with Sunset Park, Auster's writing is prosaic and a delight to read - and for the most part his characters are wonderfully developed & very interesting.
What let the story down for me was the 'backdrop of the controversial 2000 presidential elections' - also mentioned in the blurb, also very unimportant to the story (who's writing these things and have they even read the book?!), and the introduction of a Christian extremist into the story, which essentially just led to a lot of Republican and Christian bashing (not that I would describe myself as pro- either, but it felt pretty unnecessary to the story, and frankly, it got a little ugly). I would've enjoyed it if Rory & Lucy had been more well rounded, believable characters, rather than somewhat tired stereotypes of people in their position, Harry was such a brilliantly crafted specimen that it made them feel even weaker in comparison. 7/10
General consensus seems to be that this is one of Auster's more commercial works, and it divided his fans quite a bit apparently, but it was a decent enough read for me. If this is him sucking, then it makes me pretty excited to read his acclaimed works. Have you read it? How does it compare with his others?


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Note that when you install the pciex1 SATA controller the first hard drive connected to it will be /dev/sda so you will have to remember to change the U-Boot variable to point to the correct Linux partition.
Skateman wrote:Just wanted to say thanks for the great instructions regarding the Linux installation on the X5000.
Having the X5000 for just a few days, and with no knowledge of U-Boot, i managed to get Ubuntu up and running.
So Spectre660, and everyone else who contributes to getting Linux up and running on the AmigaOne X series... great work!!
For now i detached the X5000 Optical drive, and attached a 1TB 7200rpm disk and installed Ubuntu on this.
Next steps planned:
re-attach cd Optical drive
insert a Pci-E X1 Sata controller and attach a SSD drive
Install Ubuntu again.
Getting rid of the permanent USB key and move the kernel to the X5000 SD card... (the hard part)


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|Photo: Samantha Madera/Al Día News
The Spanish-language version of this column appeared originally in Al Día Café.
I remember exactly how I spent Sept. 11, 2001: glued to the television and to the telephone, hoping to get through to my brothers in New York City — who, I hoped, hadn't been on the subway from Brooklyn to New York City, or on some errand that took them downtown that morning when the twin towers came down.
It'd be 36 hours before I learned that my brothers were safe and well, despite the fact that one had, indeed, been in the subway and evacuated onto the street close to the towers. My great fortune on that day 11 years ago is that I didn't lose my loved ones and therefore my heart. Too many cannot say the same.
As it should be, we mark the anniversary of 9/11 with the stories of heroism, sacrifice, kindness and forbearance of the people caught in, or rushing to respond to, the tragedy. We swear to never forget them — or the shared sense of loss in seeing lives senselessly cut short.
But, I feel we're missing something important.
As much as I remember the shock of everything that happened that day, I remember even better the images of the impromptu memorials set up in other nations. Not governmental entities, just ordinary people sharing our loss and our heartbreaking vigil for the dead and missing.
I had never before seen such an visible expression of solidarity with the grieving.
I remember, very clearly, being incredibly moved by these expressions and at the same time, feeling ashamed. People throughout the world grieve the loss of their loved ones from violence, terrorism and wars — declared and undeclared — daily, and unmarked by me. Genocides of hundreds of thousands have taken place in my lifetime without my lighting a single candle in vigil.
Were the people lighting candles on the streets of Azerbaijan, Japan, Greenland, Bulgaria and Tajiskitan; leaving flowers and condolence notes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; and waiting for three hours in line in Dublin to sign a book of condolences, simply better people than me? Quite possibly. But it also pointed to the not-so-admirable trait of Americans to not pay much attention to the rest of the world, and when we do, to feel like we stand apart from (and, often, above) everyone else.
Despite best intentions, the way we mark our 9/11 anniversaries tends to exacerbate the isolation that our "American exceptionalism" engenders. We make ourselves hermetic, gather tight round this tragedy that we believe none but an American can understand, even make our national memory of it an occasion for political posturing and veiled jingoism.
I don't suggest that we not memorialize the losses of 9/11, but that we recognize them as part of an unbearably large number of similar tragedies that all human beings suffer.
I suggest that we try the equivalent of what people of other nations did after 9/11 — light candles not only for ourselves, but for others. Because, to quote journalist and activist Dorothy Day, "We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community."


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Nothing wrong when I "Think Different"
January 31, 2012
Just finished reading the amazing biography, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson which taught me that there is nothing wrong, when I "Think Different.
Think Different :
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Tribute to this crazy, arrogant, manipulative, creative genius named Steve Jobs, one of them, whom I admire.


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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Suggestions for Blog
3 comments:
- Karl Purcell said...
What about including a list of terminology for Behavioural Science including examples?
So for example, Status Quo bias/inertia: The so called "yeah, whatever" heuristic where people continue doing what they were doing so that don't have to face some switching cost (however minimal that cost may be). For example, leaving a channel on even though the program you were watching has finished.
I know terminology is explained as it arises in Liam's lecture posts, but perhaps a list which people could refer to when they encounter a term they are not used to may aid understanding? Also, people could look through the list and perhaps identify terms they hadn't heard before for further reading?
- 1:07 pm
- Liam Delaney said...
This is a good suggestion Karl. We are trying to turn the blog somewhat into a "MOOC" (horrible phrase) over time with lots more resources and so on including eventually a full set of lectures. We have been talking in the group a lot about eventually making the lectures for some courses available in the format of a blog with audio and readings and then using the class for far more collaborative stuff ("flipping") is the phrase sometimes used. Mark is particularly interested in this.
In terms of your specific suggestion, we could certainly do that though I want to check properly what the existing options are so that we don't duplicate something already done very well. Instead of making one, we might just link to one under the resources tab.
If you look at the "resources" tab above it is a bit weak at present but this is where we are going to do most work over the year and try to make that a one-stop shop for the MSc students (and others interested).
Be good to get more thoughts as we go. Thanks again.
- 7:00 pm
- Marie said...
The way I use the blog..
Search function works well, but it would also be nice to have a sort-able list of older posts. E.g. sort by date and type of resource (paper? media? event? rant? This may be a bother to retrofit on older posts but new posts could be tagged with a sort function in mind.
Maybe old fashioned but I tend to prefer a cleaner page with menu options than all that info visible in the front page. I'd keep the front page clean with a description of the blog, the most recent contribution and links to everything else.
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Opening Flames
Flames are stored in Xml files with .flame or .flam3 extensions. They can be opened in Fractorium from either the menu, dragging n dropping, or pasting. If more than one is opened at a time, it will be combined into a single file.
The drag n drop and paste methods can behave in two ways.
This will append the new flames to end of the currently opened flames.
This will replace the current flames with the new ones. Be very careful doing this because it will overwrite whatever you are doing.
Click File | Open and select the flames you want to open. Be very careful doing this because it will overwrite whatever you are doing.
Drag n Drop
Drag and drop one or more files from the file explorer to replace the current flames. The default behavior is to append, so hold Ctrl when dropping to replace.
This method is most useful when collaborating with other artists. Copy the full text of a flame Xml and paste it into Fractorium with Ctrl + V to append to the current flames. Press Ctrl + Shift + V to replace them.


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I was too busy to stay and write my thoughts. I was also pretty tired. I woke up every day at 5.30 to be able to have time alone with God and be ready before the boys were up. I needed to have Ryan ready before 8 am when a friend came to pick him up for school. Some days I was the one driving to school and get 3 kids fed and in the car before 8 am wasn't easy. But we had fun as well. We had picnics, had family time without daddy, played games, candle light dinner, laugh and of course we counted down on how many days till daddy is home.
I learned some valuable lessons:
1. Having time with my Father before everyone else is up it helped me to focus my heart and attitude. These 3 boys are my main disciples and I want for them to see Jesus in me.
2. I am not the only one who miss Dennis. The boys are missing him too and as hard it is on me to be without him it is the same hard on them without him. Kevin came almost every morning in my bedroom asking "where is daddy?"
3. Keeping busy it helps not feel overwhelmed with loneliness. I got a chance to clean closets, wash winter coats, sort clothes, sew buttons.
4. Keeps meals simple and have plenty of time for playing with the boys.
5. Keep the family nights as if Dad is home (we went to a picnic and a playground for one of the family evenings and the other one we watch a kids movie and talk about it)
6. Love them, laugh with them and give them plenty of hugs. Don't let them or you go to bed upset or angry.


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There's no doubt Lucas Kim has an effect on how the Flintridge Prep football team plays on Friday nights.
It goes way beyond the middle linebacker's ability to stop the other team's running back in his tracks, too. Second-year Flintridge Prep Coach Antonio Harrison will be the first to say Kim's the "attitude and heart" of the defense, as well as the team's emotional leader.
After just spending a few months with the varsity squad, Clayton Weirick, Prep's new junior quarterback, has already witnessed Kim's impact on the team.


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In the game there is a device you can wear for carrying a handgun.
In english it's the "holster" and in german it's the "Holster", too
A "Halfter" (the german word actually used) is translated with "halter" or "headcollar" and that's a headwear for animals and especially horses.
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Absolutly correct. It should be holster instead of halfter.
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Rae has a reputation as one of the most inventive and technically skilled young British painters. Her recent works combine an array of signs, symbols and gestural marks that are brushed, dripped, sprayed and drawn across the canvas. Her sources of inspiration are just as varied; sci-fi comics, cinema, music and advertising. She works on a computer to develop the graphic elements and has started to embellish her letter forms with coloured glitter. Behind this rich decorative surface dynamic forms float and converge in luminous, airless space. Concerning the use of computer graphics she said:
'I kind of figure out the composition and the scale of the letters - it really helps to have plan, because the paintings are very time-intensive. The gestural marks tend to be more improvisational, because it doesn't make sense to replicate gestures in Photoshop - they've got absolutely no relationship to what you get once it's eight foot tall.'
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"This book has a specific geographic focus but it is relevant to the entire park system and to wilderness - for they are the product of the choices we have made in our relationships with nature."
-David Louter, author of Windshield Wilderness: Cars, Roads, and Nature in Washington's National Parks
"Long before it became a place for pleasure, the sylvan paradise that is today's Apostle Islands National Lakeshore was logged, farmed, quarried, lived upon, and loved by people whose footprints have largely disappeared. Jim Feldman makes the important point that history and nature together have shaped this once-again wild place, and we should not miss those stories for the trees."
-Dennis McCann, longtime Milwaukee Journal Sentinel travel writer
"An insightful chapter to the ongoing wilderness debates about the central role of humans in the wilderness."
"Environmental historians will learn much from A Storied Wilderness, but I suspect it can do more good (and perhaps be even more revelatory) if it finds its way into the hands of park planners and policymakers."
-Kevin C. Brown, Minnesota History, Fall 2012
"This remarkably rich and complex book would be a useful resource for courses in environmental studies, historical or environmental geography, environmental history, or tourism and recreation studies. . . . A thoroughly researched, highly readable account of the rewilding of a landscape. Summing Up: highly recommended."
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How a Descent into Climate Fanaticism Wrecked a Family
How does climate change obsession affect families? A long NYT post about the Valve Turners provides an unexpected insight into the tragic consequences of what happens when someone truly believes in climate doomsday.
'I'm Just More Afraid of Climate Change Than I Am of Prison'
How a group of five activists called the Valve Turners decided to fight global warming by doing whatever it takes.
By MICHELLE NIJHUISFEB. 13, 2018
On Oct. 11, 2016, Michael Foster and two companions rose before dawn, left their budget hotel in Grand Forks, N.D., and drove a white rental sedan toward the Canadian border, diligently minding the speed limit. The day was cold and overcast, and Foster, his diminutive frame wrapped in a down jacket, had prepared for a morning outdoors. As the driver, Sam Jessup, followed a succession of laser-straight farm roads through the sugar-beet fields, and a documentary filmmaker, Deia Schlosberg, recorded events from the back seat, Foster sat hunched in the passenger seat, mentally rehearsing his plan.
When Jessup pulled over next to a windbreak of cottonwood trees, Foster felt the seconds stretch and slow. For months, he'd imagined his next actions: He would get out of the car, put on a hard hat and safety vest, retrieve a pair of bolt cutters from the trunk and walk to the fenced enclosure about 100 feet away. He would snip the padlock that secured the gate and approach the blunt length of vertical pipe in the center of the enclosure — the stem of a shut-off valve for the 2,700-mile-long Keystone Pipeline, which carries crude oil from the tar sands of Alberta to refineries on the Texas coast. He would cut the chain on the steel wheel attached to the stem, and turn the wheel clockwise until it stopped.
Most of the Valve Turners say that their acute concern about climate change, and their decision to break the law because of it, have come with significant personal costs. Some have lost friends and partners, and all have found that "climate freakout people" are not popular at parties. Still, most have reached an accommodation with those who don't share their alarm.
Foster has found such accommodations — with himself, with others — nearly impossible. When Foster committed himself to the climate movement, he also recruited his children, then 8 and 10, to march and speak alongside him. His older child, now a cleareyed 16-year-old, says that both siblings were initially happy to participate — in part because it gave them a chance to spend time with their father, whom they saw less and less of as his activism increased. But before long, they felt pressured. "When we would try to refuse, when we would say, 'Hey, I'm tired,' or 'Hey, I have homework,' or 'Hey, I have school today,' it would be: 'Don't you care about the planet? Don't you care about the future?' " the older child explains. "That felt awful, because of course we cared, of course we wanted to do our part. But it felt like he was using our voices to spread his message."
Foster was also determined that his household reduce its own carbon footprint. He tried to talk his family out of a Hawaiian vacation and other travel. He tried to talk them out of buying a Christmas tree and getting a cat. "Everything I do and don't do today, to pollute or stop polluting, changes what lives and dies on the planet for the next 300 years — in a very specific, particular way," he told me. "I can't let myself off the hook."
He couldn't let his family off the hook either, and resentments deepened. "When people asked me how things were going, how I was doing, I'd say, 'He's doing important stuff, and it matters,' " says his ex-wife, Malinda, who asked that her last name and her children's names not be used to protect her family's privacy. "I'd also say, 'I really respect Gandhi, but I wouldn't want to be married to him.' " Both Malinda and her older child say they felt constantly judged, and frustrated, by Foster's inflexibility. In 2014, Malinda filed for divorce, and his children said they no longer wanted to be part of his activism — or part of his life.
Malinda says the emotional scars Foster left are profound. "I think he believes he is doing what's right, and he would be the first to say he's doing this to protect his kids," Malinda told me. "What's tragic is that he's traumatizing his kids' present, and what good is the kids' future without their present?" Things might have been different, Foster's older child added, if he had presented climate change to his kids as something to be aware of, not something to fear. If he had responded to their occasional reluctance with understanding instead of anger. If he had listened. "When I hear someone mention climate change now, I just feel this overwhelming guilt," Foster's older child said. "I think, 27 trees. I've only planted 27 trees. I haven't done enough. I have so much further to go."
After his divorce, Foster, who had already closed up his private therapy practice to focus on climate activism, moved into a room in a house owned by two fellow activists. He now lives on less than $500 a month, usually traveling by bus, train or bicycle. While low-carbon living affords him some peace of mind, he can't entirely eliminate his own impact on the climate, and he sometimes stands in the grocery store, wondering what he can possibly justify eating. He is not in regular contact with his family — a situation that clearly pains him deeply — and his voice still shakes when he talks about his children. "I am so sorry that I was not able to listen, or sit still enough, or be present with them enough so that they could share whatever they were feeling," he says now. "I failed to stay close and safe, and be somebody they could count on, and that will always be my single greatest shame."
If convicted, Foster has to serve the time for what he did. I'm not suggesting there should be any leniency because Foster messed up his own life. Any leniency would encourage other acts of eco-terrorism, with potentially tragic consequences. Ultimately Foster is responsible for his own actions.
But I'm also pointing the finger at the relentless ongoing climate propaganda effort by mainstream media, the unconscionable climate indoctrination which starts with primary school children, and works its savagery on young people at every stage of their emotional and mental development.
We'll never know whether Foster would have led a normal life, if he hadn't be brainwashed by negative climate messages. But there is at least a possibility Foster's kids would still have a relationship with their father, there is a chance that a needless and in my opinion heartbreaking family breakdown could have been averted, if Foster had not been subject to the relentless public propaganda, which likely contributed to Foster embracing the twisted worldview of an eco-extremist.
One day people who churn out endless negative climate propaganda will have to face their public. Those with any sense of decency of conscience may even have to face themselves when they finally realise and fully appreciate the harm they have done, to people like Foster, and to anyone whose life and health is impacted by the fanaticism such climate negativity invites.
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- World Beer Cup
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Category: Card Games
Submitted By: jason m. juban (email@example.com)
Supplies: people, beer, cards with 4,5,6,& 7's removed, and a big cup. Play: first, the big cup is put in the middle of the table or floor, then all the cards are spread around the cup. Someone is chosen to go first and they draw a card from the pile.
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2-drink two
3-distribute (either pass three drinks to one person, or split them, 2 to one person and 1 to another, or drink all three yourself).
8-rule (make a rule- all drinks are doubled, anyone who says any form of the word drink must drink, any black card drawn, the girls must drink).
9-rhyme (someone says a sentence or word and everyone must rhyme with that word. If someone can't, they drink. If it goes around the circle twice, then the person who started it must drink.)
10-category (someone starts with a general name (cars, tv shows, names for). The person who messes up drinks, and if it goes around twice, the person who started it drinks).
jack-person to the left drinks
queen-person to the right drinks
king- social, everyone drinks, and yells "hey!"
ace-the first three drawn, pour some of their drink, however much
they desire into the big cup in the middle. The person who draws the fourth ace must drink whatever is in the middle cup, and the game ends.
Once the fourth ace is drawn and the person finishes drinking the middle cup, the game is over. The middle cup gets to be very interesting when everyone is using mixed drinks, or a couple of people are drinking liquor while the rest are drinking beer. Here's where the middle cup turns into a nightmare.


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What's Needed A Design Science Revolution
2.22.2007, by Peter Meisen, President, GENI
Five decades ago we were warned about climate change from burning fossil fuels. The evidence is now in from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- our addiction to fossil fuels is altering our environment. We've seen stronger storms, melting glaciers and permafrost -- and computer models predict agricultural dislocations and the spread of tropical diseases into higher latitudes.
We've squandered 50 years and in the meantime reached the highest level of carbon dioxide concentration in 600,000 years. China is adding a 1000-megawatt coal-fired power plant every week! Texas, a US leader in wind development, now wants to build 11 more coal-fired, carbon emitting plants -- a surefire pathway to increasing pollution. If we don't change course, the experts project a doubling of CO2 concentrations and dire consequences.
In 1973, renewables provided 6% of U.S. primary energy. After all the scientific warnings, political pronouncements and actual steel-in-the-ground development, renewables share of primary energy remains just 6%. Seems like a lot of talk and not enough action.
Here's a better road map. Stop building new coal-fired power plants and put the same investment into clean energy resources. To reverse climate change, we need to change policies and shift investments to clean technology.
There are numerous policy mechanisms that can be enacted in every state and nation: set aggressive renewable portfolio standards; enable cap-and- trade carbon markets; impose carbon taxes; support net metering, feed-in laws and transmission access to renewable resources. It will require tremendous political courage to sunset the annual $210 billion subsidy for fossil fuels. Adding to this challenge is that the United States, China, India and the European Union must all do this together, and get it right.
Four decades ago, visionary engineer R. Buckminster Fuller proposed the highest global priority is to link renewable energy resources around the world. Every continent is blessed with abundant renewable potential: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, and ocean energies. Let's fund, develop and harvest these plentiful resources, and interconnect that energy into existing grid networks. Canada, Norway, Iceland, New Zealand and Brazil power their nations with renewables and stand as examples.
Today, developed nations connect their electric grids for many economic and operational benefits. Electricity elevates living standards, and this mutual interdependence builds cooperation and peace between nations. Yet numerous states in Africa and Southeast Asia remain energy islands.
The other climate culprit is our addiction to oil. Nearly all transportation runs on petroleum, one of the planet's most precious molecules for making plastics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. How shortsighted are we to continue burning this high-value, diminishing resource when cleaner options are available?
It's time we switch the cars we drive and the fuel that powers them. In the near term hybrid cars double the mileage, and flex-fuel vehicles use biofuels; like corn, soy and sugar cane. This reduces demand for imported oil. Coming soon are plug-in hybrids, hydrogen fuel cells, and the return of electric cars.
Bucky Fuller called for a Design Science Revolution. Smarter technology is faster, cheaper, uses clean energy and fewer resources – doing more with less. We can now generate electricity from renewable resources, electrolyze water to capture hydrogen and power low emission vehicles. It's a fuel cycle that's sustainable, and it's wanted and needed now.
Reversing climate change requires a massive shift of investments. Presently, fossil fuels capture over 80% of energy investments – contributing to the climate problem while fattening the bank accounts of oil suppliers and OPEC. You can follow the money to measure our progress on climate change.
The planet is awash in renewable resource potential just waiting to be harvested. We've put a man on the moon yet burn the remains of dinosaurs to run our economy. We're smarter than this.
You want to reverse climate change? Switch to a green energy provider. Install compact fluorescent lights. Buy a hybrid car. Demand progressive policies from your local, state and federal representatives. Install a rooftop solar system. Invest in renewable energy and clean technology funds. Do it at home and your business, and do it now. Time is no longer on our side.
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Best Health Insurance Guide
The best health insurance isn't always the cheapest or the most expensive. It's critical before you compare health insurance policies that you first understand your future health needs. Key areas you need to understand include if you plan to have a baby in the medium term, if you want to be covered for services such as dental and your lifestyle.
To simplify selecting policies, GMHBA provides three levels of mix and match health insurance policy levels for you to choose from, as well as family packages.
Starter Family Package
Everyday Family Package
Premium Family Package
Starter Family Package
Everyday Family Package
Premium Family Package
* The price shown is per week and applies to a Family living in VIC with a $500 excess. It excludes LHC loading and includes a Base Tier Government Rebate
What Are The Two Components Of A Health Insurance Policy?
When it comes to comparing health insurance policies, there are two areas that often confused Australians.
- Hospital Cover
Hospital cover is the 'core' of a health insurance policy and offers coverage for trips to a hospital caused by accidents or sickness. Different health insurance policies will provide different levels of hospital cover, which may impact what private hospitals you can be treated in and the level of service.
What makes hospital cover also critical is that it may help reduce your overall tax. This is because within Australia there is a Medicare levy surcharge which can be as high as 1.5% of your combined income. There is also another component called lifetime health cover loading which can make private health insurance policies more expensive the older you get after 31 if you don't have hospital cover.
- Extras Cover
Extras cover is the service that is more regularly claimed by most Australians as it's more regularly used. This can include dental cover, optical cover and services such as physio. Extras cover at GMHBA will ensure you can claim on these services when you visit them. The amount you get back will depend on the health funds policy and in some cases, the actual practice you were treated in.
It's critical to note that extras cover will not help you avoid the Medicare levy surcharge or lifetime health cover. Only Australian hospital cover applies to these two government policies.
What Factors Should I Consider When Comparing Health Policies?
Planning ahead and understanding your needs is critical when you compare private health insurance policies. Below is a checklist to guide you as to what are the health insurance products that best suit you.
Do You Plan To Have A Baby?
Many Australians don't realise that there is a 12 month waiting period when it comes to pregnancy related services. This means that you must have a private health insurance policy that includes maternity cover at least 12 months before you conceive or you won't be covered. Planning ahead therefore is critical and ensuring you have the best health insurance policy that meets your expectations during this exciting time.
For the majority of Australians that don't plan to have a baby in the medium term, you should make sure the policy you have or are considering doesn't have maternity cover. This is a very common mistake, especially for those who have kept their old policy when they had their last child.
What Are Your Private Hospital Expectations?
Health Insurance policies (especially within health funds) can have huge variations when it comes to hospital visits. Some polices require health fund members have policies that only allow you to be treated in public hospitals.
It's critical to consider if you're happy to be treated in a public hospital or if you prefer to be treated in a private hospital.
What Elements Do You Want To Be Covered For?
It's often hard to work out what treatment(s) you may need in the medium term but you should try to map out what you may require. For example, you may be considering gastric banding, which may only be provided by the more premium policies.
As another example, you may want to be covered for Chiropractic and Osteopathy treatments, which may require a more comprehensive, higher priced policy. Naturally, the more benefits you may want to be covered for will often increase the premium rate so it pays to think this area through.
How Much Will You be Out-Of-Pocket?
Health cover at the end of the day is a type of 'insurance'. This therefore helps reduce your financial risk if something goes wrong (in this case sickness or injury). Different health insurance policies give back a different proportion of costs when you require a treatment. You therefore need to make sure you're happy with the amount you may be out-of-pocket if you have different treatments.
It's critical to understand the inclusions on policies and the percentage covered when making your final checklist.
Create A Report Card
A health insurance report card that matches your needs is an excellent way to compare health insurance funds and policies. Below we provide our 'top 10' items you may want to consider when making a best health insurance report card.
- Who needs to be covered under the policy?
You should consider if it's just yourself who needs a policy (singles cover) or if your partner (couples cover) and/or family also needs to be covered.
- Do You Need Private Hospital Cover?
Consider if you will be impacted by the Medicare Levy Surcharge in the next financial year. If you're over 31, also consider the added costs future policies may incur if you don't have hospital cover due to health cover loading. Finally, understand if you want to be treated in a private hospital.
- Is The Health Fund A Not For Profit Insurer?
Only Not For Profit health insurers such as GMHBA operate solely for members without the requirements to make profits for shareholders. This can lead to high value policies with great benefits to members.
- What Are The Policy Inclusions And Waiting Periods?
It's critical to review what a policy will and won't cover and if you require those services. As explained earlier, maternity cover will only be required by a small proportion of Australians. Also, check the waiting periods on different items (especially for extras).
- What Are The Health Insurance Products Costs?
The most expensive Australian health policy isn't necessarily the best health insurance cover for you. When looking at the price, ask yourself if you will get value for money from this policy. Also, make sure you factor in the rebate you may receive from the government.
- Are There Issues If I Switch Funds Or Policies?
While Australians are protected when switching funds or policies by the government when it comes to waiting periods, there may issues when switching. For example, GMHBA has loyalty bonuses for members which will be lost if you switch funds. Consider this prior to switching.
- Which Practices Can I Make A Claim?
Some health funds and policies require you to go to specific hospitals or practices (eg dentist) to make a claim. If you want to choose the practice that best suits your needs and location a health insurer like GMHBA, which has no such restrictions, may be the best option.
- Are There Additional Health Benefits Of A Policy?
Prevention is better than cure with health insurers often including preventative elements such as gym membership within some policies. Investigate what preventative health benefits exist and if you require them.
- How Can You Make A Claim?
Making a claim can be a confusing process so you want to make sure that the health fund you select has great customer service and an easy to navigate claim process.
- What Are The Annual Limits?
Most health insurance policies have annual limits, especially when it comes to extras such as dental. Make sure these are at a suitable annual level when considering the amount you may claim over the next 12 months.
Overall, it's beneficial to spend some time before comparing health funds and policies to make sure you get the best value. Your health is your most important asset so make sure you do your research and get the best value policy to suit your needs!


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"I recommend moving or being on a birthing ball during labor if you are trying to avoid intervention. Movement can be helpful, but when you are attempting a vaginal birth after cesarean section, these movements can be limited because your baby may need monitoring. Some hospitals offer 'walking' epidurals and then a woman could be on a birthing ball next to the bed, still being monitored."
-- Sarah Yamaguchi, MD, OB/GYN at Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA


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How to Read if You're Low on Cash?
Reading your favourite books doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. There are many affordable options that may not have been readily apparent before now.
The Library
The easiest way to to do this is by visiting a library. A library is perfect for those low on cash because of the fact that you can borrow many books at a time and return them on the given due date. The downside to this is that the books aren't yours forever, but libraries are still a great way to borrow novels and it only costs the price of a library card. There are also times when a library has a surplus of books and puts up a sale that anyone can buy from.
Thrift stores
Thrift stores tend to have a large number of cheap and used books available. Though they can be slightly rugged and torn at times, thrift stores provide easy access to a great selection of possible reading material.
The Magnificent Internet
If you don't want to leave the comforts of your home to find a book, there are many online websites that sell very inexpensive e-books, which are digital books available for most electronic devices, such as computers, smart-phones, and e-book readers.


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First, regarding your invitation to follow the work of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, I would urge you to read the brief that the Barreau du Québec sent recently. Last fall, I appeared before the committee to talk about the translation of decisions. We're very concerned about this matter.
Second, regarding training for lawyers on issues concerning marginalized people, the École du Barreau had an initiative last year for a person of aboriginal descent. The initiative was successful. We think we can focus on other marginalized groups to guide them through the justice system and help them become lawyers. It should be a way to help people escape marginalization.
This goes beyond law. It's about having models and people to consult later. For us, it's very positive.


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Everton striker Theo Walcott said manager Sam Allardyce was the key factor in his decision to sign for the Merseyside club from Arsenal last month and believes the former England boss can extract the best out of him.
Walcott, 28, hit the ground running at Everton and provided the assist for fellow forward Oumar Niasse's leveller in the 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion. He then scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Leicester City.
"Sam was one of the main reasons why I came to the club. I wanted a manager like that who could get the best out of me," Walcott told the club's website (www.evertonfc.com).
Walcott, who started six league games for Arsenal this season apart from playing five Europa League matches and four more in domestic cup competitions, said he could not turn down the opportunity to work with Allardyce.
"I had that short stint with Sam with England and to see it now every day, the way the intensity of training is and how demanding it is has been great. I like to go into training every day and try to be better than the day before."
Everton are 10th in the league with 31 points and go into Saturday's home Premier League clash against Crystal Palace on the back of a 5-1 thumping by Arsenal but Walcott said Allardyce was working hard to turn things around.
"Results will change. We need to make sure we are ready and focused for the weekend because we need to start getting some more points in order to be more comfortable," he said.
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2018 Juried Show Winners
Best of Show "Boardman Tree Farm" Adam Sims
Leland and D. Eleanor Burger Mem'l Award "Show Off" Yu-Heng Dade
Gold Award "Evening Breeze" Susan Steinhaus Kimmel
Silver Award "Blushing Blossoms" Alex Roeder
Merit Award "Best Friends" Annette Bouchey Directors' Award "Sunflower with Flyover" Susan Owen
Kathy Dempsey Mem'l "Palouse River Ice" Larry Wright Nancy Messner Mem'l "Let it Flow" Kathryn Kaye EWWS Watercolor "Invasions" Suzi Vitulli
Mid-Columbia Watercolor Society "Just Peachy" Pam Sharp
Annual Juried Show - July 6-August 17, 2018
Open to all US artists over the age of eighteen. Only original work created, conceived, and executed entirely by you, the artist, after April 1, 2016 and not previously shown in an Allied Arts Association Juried Show will be considered. Work from commercial kits, tutorials, copies, or done under instruction is ineligible.
Allied Arts makes the following conditions applicable to all artists entering art for exhibition: 1) Allied Arts reserves the right to photograph exhibited art for publicity purposes. 2) All art must remain on exhibition throughout the designated show schedule. 3) Allied Arts charges a 30% commission on sales. Items may be indicated as Not For Sale (NFS). 4) Prior to installation, the juror and Allied Arts reserve the right to reject pieces that are too fragile, oversized, or in poor condition. 5) Allied Arts cannot assume responsibility for loss or damage during shipment to or from the exhibit. 6) Allied Arts retains the right to cancel this show.
Entries may include any traditional media: watercolors, oils, acrylics, mixed media, drawings, ceramics, fibers, metals, photographs, prints, jewelry, wood, glass, non-traditional materials (separate or in combination with above).
Two-dimensional work must be wired for hanging. No sawtooth hangers or clip-on frames are permitted. Unframed canvases must be gallery wrapped with at least 1½" deep stretchers and staple-free edges. Drawings, watercolors, prints, and photographs require glass or acrylic unless alternative methods are used to protect the artwork, and, if shipped, must use acrylic. Wet paintings or frames, and artwork with protruding nails, tacks, or other sharp objects will be rejected.
Dimensions of two-dimensional pieces (frames included) may not exceed 72x72 inches. Three-dimensional pieces must fit through the entry way to the gallery, which measured 3½x10 feet. Pieces must not weigh more than 150 pounds. No exceptions unless previous arrangements have been made with the Juried Show Chairman.
FEES (non-refundable)
$12 per entry for members; $15 per entry for non-members. Multiple units, when priced as a single unit will be judged as one entry. Artists who submit three paid entries may submit a bonus fourth work without a fourth entry fee. No more than four works/sets may be submitted.
Entry Fees may be paid:
· Online through the website (SEE BELOW)
· In Person: Bring Check or Cash to the gallery during normal gallery hours
· By Mail: Send Check to The Gallery at the Park ATTN: Annual Juried Show, 89 Lee Blvd, Richland, WA 99352
Following the below instructions allows us to represent your artwork at its best, provides a level playing field for all entries, and makes our job easier in keeping track of entries. Please read these instructions carefully.
Entries must be received by May 1, 2018. Include your name, address, phone number, email address, and Allied Arts membership status. For each item you are entering, include the medium, size, and price (may be not for sale, NFS).
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Save the files in JPG format.
File Size
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Images should be in color.
We may edit images to meet these specifications.
If you need help with photographing your art, we will be set up to take photos at the Gallery. Please call for an appointment: (509) 943-9815.
If you have questions about the entry process, contact Heather Hansen, the Juried Show Chair, (509) 212-0200 or email email@example.com.
THOSE PIECES SELECTED BY THE JUROR may be hand-delivered or shipped to The Gallery at the Park. Hand-delivered pieces must be delivered from July 2 - 3 and any packing materials used must be removed from gallery. Shipped pieces must be sent in sound, reusable containers with appropriate pre-paid return label included. Artist must pay shipping, handling, and insurance costs both ways.
Hand-delivered work must be picked up from the gallery on August 18 during regular gallery hours. Pieces not claimed on August 18 will be placed in storage. Any artwork not picked up after three months becomes the property of The Gallery at the Park.
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Daviot Wood
Woods for all
Daviot Wood is a great place to relax that's just on the doorstep of Inverness. The paths here are wide and level, so they're ideal for family cycling.
The forest here is relatively young, but it already shelters much more varied wildlife than the open moorland that was here before. Dragonflies breed in forest pools, owls hunt through the trees at night, and deer may well be watching you as you walk.
Our guide to the Forests of Inverness (PDF 4MB) will help you explore Daviot Wood and other woods around the city.
- Timber lorries are working in this area. Please take extra care and observe any signage.
Life's essentials
There are lots of places to eat in Inverness.
Walking trails
Daviot Fitness Trail
Great for dog walks or for running through the tall, airy pine and larch forest. Distance markers along this circuit of the forest will help you keep track of how far you've gone.
Mostly a firm, smooth, wide track but occasionally uneven with some short narrow sections. Gentle to moderate slopes with some short fairly steep sections.
3 miles / 4.8 km Allow 1½ hours
Cycling trails
Mountain biking trails
Contact: Inverness, Ross and Skye Forest District
Address: Tower Road, Smithton, Inverness
Postcode: IV2 7NL
Telephone: 0300 067 6100
How to get here
You get to the main car park from the northbound lane of the A9, about 1½ miles (2.4 km) north of Daviot village. The car park is at grid reference NH 710 413.
You can also reach Daviot Wood from Castleton Village in Milton of Leys, south of Inverness. There's a path leading to the forest at grid reference NH 699 417.
Nearby places
At Culloden you can explore attractive woodland steeped in history and folklore. Further afield, Littlemill is full of wildflowers in spring and has intriguing glacial features.
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- Sports Inspired Task Chair
- Stitched Black and White Soccer Ball Pattern
- Vinyl Upholstered Material for Easy Cleaning
- Round Seat and Back
- Swivel Seat
- Pneumatic Seat Height Adjustment
Bring your favorite sport to the desk with this Sports Inspired Office Chair that is perfect for all young fans! The seat and back are upholstered in vinyl material for easy cleaning. This chair was designed to support the lower-to-mid back region. Chair easily swivels 360 degrees to get the maximum use of your workspace without strain. The pneumatic adjustment lever will allow you to easily adjust the seat to your desired height. With an affordable price tag it is sure to please the young sports fan in your home.
Number of Pieces: 1
Seats up to: 1
Dimensions (Overall): 37.25 inches (H) x 23 inches (W) x 23 inches (D)
Holds up to: 250 pounds
Material: Metal (Frame)
Weight: 19 pounds
Furniture Legs Material: Metal
Upholstery: Upholstered
Seat Back Dimensions: 16.5 inches (H) x 16 inches (W)
Seat Dimensions: 17.5 inches [W] & 21.5 inches [floor to seat top]
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How to enter
The 2018 Queensland Literary Awards closed on Thursday 31 May 2018, 5pm.
Download the Guidelines, Terms and Conditions and FAQs (PDF 499.7 KB).
In 2018 Queensland Literary Awards accepted nominations in these categories:
Awards for published books
Nominations closed Thursday 31 May 2018, 5pm
Queensland Premier's Award for a work of State Significance, $25,000
The University of Queensland Fiction Book Award, $15,000
The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award, $15,000
Griffith University Children's Book Award, $15,000
Griffith University Young Adult Book Award, $15,000
University of Southern Queensland History Book Award, $10,000
University of Southern Queensland Short Story Collection – Steele Rudd Award, $10,000
State Library of Queensland Poetry Collection – Judith Wright Calanthe Award, $10,000
QUT Digital Literature Award, $15,000
The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award, $10,000
Awards for writers and unpublished manuscripts
Nominations closed Thursday 31 May 2018, 5pm.
Queensland Premier's Young Publishers and Writers Awards, two prizes of $12,500
Queensland Writers Fellowships, three $15,000 Fellowships
Unpublished Indigenous Writer – David Unaipon Award, $15,000 plus publication with UQP
Glendower Award for an Emerging Queensland Writer, $15,000 plus publication with UQP
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