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As our direct flight from Paris landed in the morning in Vancouver, we found ourselves in the unusual situation of a few hours to kill before accessing our rental and where else better than a general introduction to deep learning in the first round of sessions at JSM2018?! In my humble opinion, or maybe just because it was past midnight in Paris time!, the talk was pretty uninspiring in missing the natural question of the possible connections between the construction of a prediction function and statistics. Watching improving performances at classifying human faces does not tell much more than creating a massively non-linear function in high dimensions with nicely designed error penalties. Most of the talk droned about neural networks and their fitting by back-propagation and the variations on stochastic gradient descent. Not addressing much rather natural (?) questions about choice of functions at each level, of the number of levels, of the penalty term, or regulariser, and even less the reason why no sparsity is imposed on the structure, despite the humongous number of parameters involved. What came close [but not that close] to sparsity is the notion of dropout, which is a sort of purely automated culling of the nodes, and which was new to me. More like a sort of randomisation that turns the optimisation criterion in an average. Only at the end of the presentation more relevant questions emerged, presenting unsupervised learning as density estimation, the pivot being the generative features of (most) statistical models. And GANs of course. But nonetheless missing an explanation as to why models with massive numbers of parameters can be considered in this setting and not in standard statistics. (One slide about deterministic auto-encoders was somewhat puzzling in that it seemed to repeat the "fiducial mistake".)
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JSM 2018 [#1]Posted in Mountains, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags British Columbia, Canada, curse of dimensionality, deep learning, GANs, JSM 2018, overfitting, regularisation, sparsity, stochastic gradient descent, Vancouver on July 30, 2018 by xi'an
expectation-propagation from Les HouchesPosted in Books, Mountains, pictures, Statistics, University life with tags belief propagation, book review, Chamonix, CHANCE, expectation-propagation, French Alps, Lasso, Les Houches, Oxford University Press, sparsity, summer school on February 3, 2016 by xi'an
As CHANCE book editor, I received the other day from Oxford University Press acts from an École de Physique des Houches on Statistical Physics, Optimisation, Inference, and Message-Passing Algorithms that took place there in September 30 – October 11, 2013. While it is mostly unrelated with Statistics, and since Igor Caron already reviewed the book a year and more ago, I skimmed through the few chapters connected to my interest, from Devavrat Shah's chapter on graphical models and belief propagation, to Andrea Montanari's denoising and sparse regression, including LASSO, and only read in some detail Manfred Opper's expectation propagation chapter. This paper made me realise (or re-realise as I had presumably forgotten an earlier explanation!) that expectation propagation can be seen as a sort of variational approximation that produces by a sequence of iterations the distribution within a certain parametric (exponential) family that is the closest to the distribution of interest. By writing the Kullback-Leibler divergence the opposite way from the usual variational approximation, the solution equates the expectation of the natural sufficient statistic under both models… Another interesting aspect of this chapter is the connection with estimating normalising constants. (I noticed a slight typo on p.269 in the final form of the Kullback approximation q() to p().
JSM 2015 [day #2]Posted in Books, R, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags American Statistical Association, Bayesian computation, factor analysis, IMS Fellows, ISBA, ISBA 2016, JSM 2015, jump process, Lasso, non-local priors, Savage award, Seattle, sparsity, spike-and-slab prior on August 11, 2015 by xi'an
Today, at JSM 2015, in Seattle, I attended several Bayesian sessions, having sadly missed the Dennis Lindley memorial session yesterday, as it clashed with my own session. In the morning sessions on Bayesian model choice, David Rossell (Warwick) defended non-local priors à la Johnson (& Rossell) as having better frequentist properties. Although I appreciate the concept of eliminating a neighbourhood of the null in the alternative prior, even from a Bayesian viewpoint since it forces us to declare explicitly when the null is no longer acceptable, I find the asymptotic motivation for the prior less commendable and open to arbitrary choices that may lead to huge variations in the numerical value of the Bayes factor. Another talk by Jin Wang merged spike and slab with EM with bootstrap with random forests in variable selection. But I could not fathom what the intended properties of the method were… Besides returning another type of MAP.
The second Bayesian session of the morn was mostly centred on sparsity and penalisation, with Carlos Carvalho and Rob McCulloch discussing a two step method that goes through a standard posterior construction on the saturated model, before using a utility function to select the pertinent variables. Separation of utility from prior was a novel concept for me, if not for Jay Kadane who objected to Rob a few years ago that he put in the prior what should be in the utility… New for me because I always considered the product prior x utility as the main brick in building the Bayesian edifice… Following Herman Rubin's motto! Veronika Rocková linked with this post-LASSO perspective by studying spike & slab priors based on Laplace priors. While Veronicka's goal was to achieve sparsity and consistency, this modelling made me wonder at the potential equivalent in our mixtures for testing approach. I concluded that having a mixture of two priors could be translated in a mixture over the sample with two different parameters, each with a different prior. A different topic, namely multiple testing, was treated by Jim Berger, who showed convincingly in my opinion that a Bayesian approach provides a significant advantage.
In the afternoon finalists of the ISBA Savage Award presented their PhD work, both in the theory and methods section and in the application section. Besides Veronicka Rocková's work on a Bayesian approach to factor analysis, with a remarkable resolution via a non-parametric Indian buffet prior and a variable selection interpretation that avoids MCMC difficulties, Vinayak Rao wrote his thesis on MCMC methods for jump processes with a finite number of observations, using a highly convincing completion scheme that created independence between blocks and which reminded me of the Papaspiliopoulos et al. (2005) trick for continuous time processes. I do wonder at the potential impact of this method for processing the coalescent trees in population genetics. Two talks dealt with inference on graphical models, Masanao Yajima and Christine Peterson, inferring the structure of a sparse graph by Bayesian methods. With applications in protein networks. And with again a spike & slab prior in Christine's work. The last talk by Sayantan Banerjee was connected to most others in this Savage session in that it also dealt with sparsity. When estimating a large covariance matrix. (It is always interesting to try to spot tendencies in awards and conferences. Following the Bayesian non-parametric era, are we now entering the Bayesian sparsity era? We will see if this is the case at ISBA 2016!) And the winner is..?! We will know tomorrow night! In the meanwhile, congrats to my friends Sudipto Banerjee, Igor Prünster, Sylvia Richardson, and Judith Rousseau who got nominated IMS Fellows tonight.
top model choice week (#3)Posted in Statistics, University life with tags Bayesian model choice, EMVS, factor analysis, g-prior, Genetics, latent factor, microRNA, seminar, sparsity, spike-and-slab, Université Paris Dauphine, variable selection on June 19, 2013 by xi'an
To conclude this exciting week, there will be a final seminar by Veronika Rockovà (Erasmus University) on Friday, June 21, at 11am at ENSAE in Room 14. Here is her abstract:
11am: Fast Dynamic Posterior Exploration for Factor Augmented Multivariate Regression byVeronika Rockova
Advancements in high-throughput experimental techniques have facilitated the availability of diverse genomic data, which provide complementary information regarding the function and organization of gene regulatory mechanisms. The massive accumulation of data has increased demands for more elaborate modeling approaches that combine the multiple data platforms. We consider a sparse factor regression model, which augments the multivariate regression approach by adding a latent factor structure, thereby allowing for dependent patterns of marginal covariance between the responses. In order to enable the identication of parsimonious structure, we impose spike and slab priors on the individual entries in the factor loading and regression matrices. The continuous relaxation of the point mass spike and slab enables the implementation of a rapid EM inferential procedure for dynamic posterior model exploration. This is accomplished by considering a nested sequence of spike and slab priors and various factor space cardinalities. Identied candidate models are evaluated by a conditional posterior model probability criterion, permitting trans-dimensional comparisons. Patterned sparsity manifestations such as an orthogonal allocation of zeros in factor loadings are facilitated by structured priors on the binary inclusion matrix. The model is applied to a problem of integrating two genomic datasets, where expression of microRNA's is related to the expression of genes with an underlying connectivity pathway network.
Impresiónes de València 9Posted in Mountains, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags Bayesian non-parametrics, Bayesian statistics, Benidorm, parallelisation, Savage award, sparsity, Valencia 9 on June 10, 2010 by xi'an
The València 9 meeting in Benidorm is now over, even for those who stay till the end of the party (!)… In retrospect, I found the scientific quality of this last meeting of the series quite high and I am thus sad this series comes to an end. This mythical gathering of "true believers" on a Valencianos beach town certainly had a charm not found in other meetings (even though I have no particular love of beaches, of beach towns or of cabarets) in that it brought people really together for a rather long time in an intense and sometime heated exchange of ideas. (This secluded perspective of course reinforced the caricatures of Bayesians as sectarians!) This was particularly true this time as the huge majority of people stayed in the same (awful) hotel. Also, the fact that there was no parallel sessions was a major factor to keep people together… (The fact that the afternoon sessions were administered by ISBA rather than the València 9 scientific committee had the drawback of sometimes producing similar talks.) In my personal view, there were somehow too many non-parametric and sparsity sessions/talks, but this follows the research trends in the community (after all in the 1994 meeting, there were also "too many" MCMC talks!) And the discussions from the floor were much more limited than in the earlier meetings (but most invited discussions were a clear added value to the talks). Maybe this is due to the growing Bayesian community. As in earlier editions, the poster sessions were a strong moment with the frustrating drawback of having too many posters in a single session to allow for a complete coverage (unless you were ready to stay up till 2am…) Again a consequence of the size of the audience. But it was a pleasure to see how Bayesian statistics was well and alive and how the community was bridging old-timers having attending all of the nine Valencia meetings with newcomers still writing their PhD. (Congrats to Emily Fox and to James Scott for their respective Savage awards!)
Darren Wilkinson also gives an overview of the "last Valencia meeting" on his blog. This post includes a detailed analysis of the GPU solution enthusiatically defended by Chris Holmes. Since I came back from the meeting with ideas towards parallel accelerations for MCMC algorithms, I will look carefully at his arguments.
València 9 snapshot [5]Posted in pictures, Running, Statistics, University life with tags Benidorm, decision theory, intrinsic losses, Lasso, latent variable, reference priors, sparsity, Valencia 9 on June 9, 2010 by xi'an
For the final day of the meeting, after a good one hour run to the end of the Benidorm bay (for me at least!), we got treated to great talks, culminating with the fitting conclusion given by the conference originator, José Bernardo. The first talk of the day was Guido Consonni's, who introduced a new class of non-local priors to deal with variable selection. From my understanding, those priors avoid a neighbourhood of zero by placing a polynomial prior on the regression coefficients in order to discriminate better between the null and the alternative,
but the influence of the power h seems to be drastic, judging from the example showed by Guido where a move from h=0 to h=1, modified the posterior probability from 0.091 to 0.99 for the same dataset. The discussion by Jim Smith was a perfect finale to the Valencia meetings, Jim being much more abrasive than the usual discussant (while always giving the impression of being near a heart attack//!) The talk from Sylvia Früwirth-Schnatter purposely borrowed Nick Polson' s title Shrink globally, act locally, and was also dealing with the Bayesian (re)interpretation of Lasso. (I was again left with the impression of hyperparameters that needed to be calibrated but this impression may change after I read the paper!) The talk by Xiao-Li Meng was as efficient as ever with Xiao-Li! Despite the penalising fact of being based on a discussion he wrote for Statistical Science, he managed to convey a global and convincing picture of likelihood inference in latent variable models, while having the audience laugh most of the talk, a feat repeated by his discussant, Ed George. The basic issue of treating latent variables as parameters offers no particular difficulty in Bayesian inference but this is not true for likelihood models, as shown by both Xiao-Li and Ed. The last talk of the València series managed to make a unifying theory out of the major achievements of José Bernardo and, while I have some criticisms about the outcome, this journey back to decision theory, intrinsic losses and reference priors was nonetheless a very appropriate supplementary contribution of José to this wonderful series of meetings…. Luis Perricchi discussed the paper in a very opinionated manner, defending the role of the Bayes factor, and the debate could have gone forever…Hopefully, I will find time to post my comments on José's paper.
I am quite sorry I had to leave before the Savage prize session where the four finalists to the prize gave a lecture. Those finalists are of the highest quality as the prize is not given in years when the quality of the theses is not deemed high enough. I will also miss the final evening during which the DeGroot Prize is attributed. (When I received the prize for Bayesian Core. in 2004, I had also left in the morning Valparaiso, just before the banquet!)
GLMEB outperforms James-Stein?Posted in Statistics with tags Bayesian non-parametrics, empirical Bayes methods, James-Stein estimaror, minimaxity, sparsity on December 2, 2009 by xi'an
At the monthly meeting of the Apprentissage et Sparsité group run by Sacha Tsybakov at CREST, Ismael Castillo will discuss tomorrow the recent paper General maximum likelihood empirical Bayes estimation of normal means by Wenhua Jiang and Cun-Hui Zhang just published in the Annals of Statistics (37(4), 1647-1684). (The paper is available on arXiv.) An interesting sentence from the abstract is that "the GMLEB outperforms the JamesStein and several state-of-the-art threshold estimators in a wide range of settings without much down side". This attracted my attention given my earlier work on James-Stein estimators and I took a quick look at the paper to see what new aspects could be uncovered about 50 years after the original James and Stein's paper. The setting is the original normal mean estimation problem under squared error loss and the GLMEB estimate is based on the non-parametric estimate of the mixing distribution
as the (empirical) Bayes estimator associated with . The domination advertised in the abstract seems to be related to an integrated squared error loss under an unknown , which thus does not clash with the robust minimaxity of the original James-Stein estimator… Anyway, if you are interested and in Paris next Thursday, Dec. 3, the discussion is from 3pm to 4:30pm at ENSAE, Salle S8.


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Ingoldsby, Richard (d.1712) (DNB00)
INGOLDSBY, RICHARD (d. 1712), lieutenant-general, commander of the forces in Ireland, does not appear in the family pedigree given by Lipscombe (Buckinghamshire, ii. 169), but is probably correctly described by Sir Alexander Croke (Hist. of Croke, genealogy No. 33) as the son of Sir George Ingoldsby or Ingoldesby, a soldier, who was a younger brother of the regicide, Sir Richard Ingoldsby [q. v.]; married an Irish lady of the name of Gould; was knighted, and was killed in the Dutch wars. Richard Ingoldsby obtained his first commission 13 July 1667. Beyond the statement that he adhered to the protestant cause in 1688, and was employed under King William, the military records afford no information respecting him until 1692, when he held the rank of colonel, and was appointed adjutant-general of the expedition to the coast of France (Home Office Military Entry Book, ii. f. 282; Macaulay, Hist. of England, iv. 290 et seq.) He was appointed colonel of the Royal Welsh fusiliers, vice Sir John Morgan deceased, 28 Feb. 1693, and commanded the regiment under King William in Flanders, being present at the famous siege of Namur. In 1696 he became a brigadier-general. He appears to have been in Ireland from 1697 to 1701. Luttrell mentions his committal to prison for carrying a challenge from Lord Kerry to the Irish chancellor, Methuen, and his release by order of the king on 5 Jan. 1697–8 (Relation of State Affairs, v. 326–8). He had command of the troops sent from Ireland to Holland in November 1701, and commanded a division under Marlborough in 1702–6, and in the attack on Schellenburg. At the battle of Blenheim he was second in command of the first line under Charles Churchill (Marlborough Desp. i. 401, 407). He became a major-general in 1702, and lieutenant-general in 1704. In 1705 he was transferred to the colonelcy of the 18th royal Irish foot from the royal Welsh fusiliers, and appears to have been sent to Ireland on a mission relating to reinforcements for Marlborough's army. Marlborough refers to him as sick at Ghent in 1706 (ib.), in which year he commanded the British troops at the siege of Ath. In 1707 he was appointed one of the comptrollers of army clothing (Luttrell, vi. 270), and was made commander of the forces, master of the horse, and general of artillery in Ireland, posts which he held up to his death. He sat for Limerick in the Irish parliament from 1703. In the absence of the lord-lieutenant, Ormonde, Ingoldsby acted as one of the lords justices. In a letter dated 6 Oct. 1709 Marlborough is glad 'to learn that my endeavours to do you justice have succeeded to your satisfaction' (Marlborough Desp. iv. 638). Ingoldsby died in Dublin on 11 (27?) Jan. 1712, and was buried in Christ Church. He appears to have had a son, an officer in the royal Welsh fusiliers when commanded by Brigadier Sabine (ib. vol. v.). Swift (Letters to Stella) and Luttrell cause some obscurity by occasionally styling him 'brigadier' after his promotion to higher rank. In the British Museum Catalogue he is indexed as 'Colonel' Richard Ingoldsby in 1706 (Addit. MS. 23642, f. 18). Ingoldsby had a contemporary namesake in the service, a Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, who was made major and captain of one of the independent companies of foot in garrison at New York 10 Sept. 1690 (Home Office Military Entry Book, ii. f. 161), was sometime lieutenant-governor of the province of New York (Cal. State Papers, 1697–1707), and died a colonel about 1720 (Treas. Papers, ccxxxiii. 50).
Ingoldsby, Richard (d. 1759), brigadier-general, was son of Thomas Ingoldsby, who was high sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1720 and M.P. for Aylesbury in 1727–34, and died in 1760. His mother was Anne, daughter of Hugh Limbrey of Tangier Park, Hampshire. Sir Richard Ingoldsby [q. v.] the regicide was his great-grandfather, and the elder Richard Ingoldsby was a distant cousin. He was appointed ensign 1st foot-guards 28 Aug. 1708, became lieutenant and captain 24 May 1711, and captain and lieutenant-colonel 11 Jan. 1715. He was second major of his regiment in Flanders, and was appointed a brigadier of foot by the Duke of Cumberland (Maclachlan, pp. 65, 189–92). The night before Fontenoy (11 May 1745) he was stationed on the British right, with the 12th (Duroure's) and 13th (Pulteney's) regiments of foot, the 42nd highlanders, and the Hanoverian regiment of Zastrow. They were ordered to take a French redoubt or masked battery called the Fort d'Eu, a vital point; cavalry support was promised. Ingoldsby advanced to the attack, but met with such a warm reception from the French light troops in the adjacent wood that he fell back and sent to ask for artillery. Further delays and blunders followed; the cavalry never came, and when Cumberland's last advance was made, Ingoldsby was wounded and Fort d'Eu remained untaken, so that the guards, on gaining the crest of the French position, were exposed to a reverse fire from it. Ingoldsby was afterwards brought before a court-martial or council of war, as it was called, at Lessines, of which Lord Dunmore, commanding the 3rd foot-guards, was president, was found guilty of not having obeyed the Duke of Cumberland's orders, and was sentenced 'to be suspended from pay and duty during his highness's pleasure.' The duke then named three months to allow Ingoldsby time to dispose of his company and retire, which he did. The king refused to allow him to dispose of the regimental majority, which on 20 Nov. 1745 was given to Colonel John Laforey. A letter from Ingoldsby appealing piteously to the Duke of Cumberland is in the British Museum Addit. MS. 32704, f. 46. Ingoldsby appears to have retained the title of brigadier-general after leaving the army. He died in Lower Grosvenor Street, London, 16 Dec. 1759, and was buried at the family seat, Hartwell, Buckinghamshire. His widow, named in the burial register Catherine, died 28 Jan. 1789, and was buried in the same place. Letters from this lady, signed 'C. Jane Ingoldsby,' appealing to the Duke of Newcastle on behalf of her husband, and finally asking for a widow's pension of 50l., are in Addit. MSS. 32709 f. 265, 32717 f. 313, 32902 f. 242, at the British Museum.[Home Office Military Entry Books, vols. ii–viii.; Marlborough Despatches; Cannon's Hist. Rec. 18th Royal Irish Foot and 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Cal. State Papers, Treasury, under dates. Collections of Ingoldsby letters are noted among the Marquis of Ormonde's and Duke of Marlborough's papers in Hist. MSS. Comm. 3rd Rep. 426, 7th Rep. 761 b, 8th Rep. pt. i. 32 a, 35 b, 37 a, 38 b, 40 a. Lipscombe's Buckinghamshire, ii. 169; Hamilton's Hist. Grenadier Guards, ii. 119 et seq., and Roll of Officers in vol. iii.; A. N. C. Maclachlan's Orders of William, Duke of Cumberland, London, 1876, in which Ingoldsby's christian name is wrongly given 'James;' The Case of Brigadier I——y, London, 1746.]


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I used to blog more, but then Ravelry happened, and I am just not as good at it. I don't want my blog to become a business newsletter, so I avoid blogging "look at this new thing I have for sale", and then I put off the hobby blogging because I haven't got pictures yet.
Last time I blogged I was going to talk about Knitting Camp next, and I think I just do not have the words to describe the experience (and also, I totally forgot to take pictures most of the time I was there). This is the camp in Wisconsin started by Elizabeth Zimmerman and now led by her daughter Meg Swansen. I took one of Meg's classes at Sock Summit and immediately knew I needed more of her in my life.
Amy Detjen is hilarious and brilliant and I had a great time hanging out with and getting to know her. She swiped my Summit shawl and walked around with it, which made my day
Also, she is more obsessed with purple than I am, which I didn't know was possible.
I don't know how long they've been doing it this way, but they have this fantastic video setup so you can see everything Meg (or Amy) knits from the knitter's perspective.
(Meg knits almost exactly the way I do, and I feel only a teeny tiny bit smug about that.)
We talked about all kinds of knitting minutia for 3 days, and it was fantastic. I'd love to just live there all the time.
I made the trip with my good friend Janet, shown here looking totally punch drunk by all the knitting, and wearing the spiral yoke sweater (and possibly actually drunk from the box of margaritas, I'm not really sure when this was taken).
See all that stuff behind her? That's about 1/4 of all the knits that were there. Original, Elizabeth and Meg knits. We tried lots of them on, found shopping lists in the pockets. Tried not to drool. I got a little weepy looking at the February baby sweater and longies (and damn if I didn't FORGET TO TAKE A PICTURE of those, too).
I fell in love with this sweater
and bought the yarn and cast on for it before we left. Mine is purple, of course. That is intarsia in the round there, by the way. Fantastic.
I feel certain that some of what I learned that weekend has already fallen out of my head, and the only solution is to go back again several more times. We barely slept, the food was mediocre, but there was more than enough beer, margaritas, and knitting to make up for it.
Some other random things:
Across the street we found this place:
Which surprisingly had pretty good beer.
And down the street we found Janet's own yarn and craft store:
Which amused me greatly.
Amy Meg and Joyce were just a joy to be around, and I want to soak up all that collective knowledge and experience some more.


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Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Tu Veux Manger?
I can hardly believe that I am about to start this blog post about Little Man (almost 10 months old) with the very same words I used in this blog post about Poppette when she was 11 months old.
"I am so excited to sit down and write this post.
Little Man understands French!!!!
I have no idea why I am so surprised - afterall, I have been speaking French to him since he was born. Still, it was such a shock when I first realised."
A few days ago, I said to him "Tu veux manger?" [Would you like something to eat?] and he turned around and extended his arm towards the kitchen as if to say yes, please!!! Never one to be 100% sure whether something is a fluke the first time I witness it, I waited to see whether he did it again before writing a blog post about it and he has; several times.
I'm actually grinning from ear to ear. Not least because I have carried around a constant worry that I haven't spoken enough French to Little Man from an early enough juncture and becuase he started English speaking nursery care three months younger than Poppette so has had less time around me to help lay his language foundations.
This sign has bolstered my resolve and I find myself excitedly charttering to him all the time... he's probably wishing he'd kept quiet :D
It's so true that this whole non-native thing does become a lot easier once your children start to respond to what you say and you allow yourself to believe that they can and will understand.
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How wonderful...ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Annabelle...Yes it truly is wonderful. It's really, really perked me up. It's these positives that help me keep going with the non-native babbling on the days it feels harder :DDelete
Wow!! Fantastic news!! Bet that has made your week!! Emma :0)ReplyDeleteReplies
It totally did, Emma! There's no feeling like it :DDelete
Awesome:-) I know your excitement as I still remember mine when I realized my daughter understood my non-native English.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Rintaro...oh how I wish i could read japanese... I would love to know more about your non-native exploits.. Do keep coming back here and letting us all know more :DDelete
Congratulations! Keep up the good work!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the enouragement :DReplyDelete
Hi there! I've been reading your blog for a few days now, actually have read almost all archive records. It is so inspiring! It really encourages me to continue with my efforts!ReplyDelete
I'm a 31 y.o. native Russian male trying to raise my daughter bilingual, speaking both Russian and English. But since my mother tongue is Russian it is often really hard for me to find the right word or compose the correct sentence. My wife speaks only Russian, so naturally we decided on OPOL method.
I consider my English to be pretty good (hope it's not a wishful thinking though :) but still,
there are so many doubts! I've never lived in an English speaking country or even talked to
a native English speaker. I've been learning English on my own for a few years, I try to read, listen and watch as much materials in English as I can. That said, my English is still far from perfect or fluent and it makes talking to my daughter so much harder.
But what alarms me the most, is that I work 8 hours a day and my wife is SAHM, so Eva (that's my daughter's name) is exposed to Russian most of the time. I can talk to her only ~3 hours in the evening and during weekends. I often ask myself: Will she ever start speak English? Or she will prefer to always use Russian as the dominant one? Do all the efforts worth it? Well, so far I hold on, with the help of the blogs like yours!
As for our progress, here is what Eva understands now (she'll be 10 months in 10 days):
1) Where is the flower/the ball/the frog/the pig/the cat/the girl/the fox/the roller? - Looks at the corresponding drawing on a wall or the toy and also may crawl and grasp it.
2) Where are the lights? - Looks up at the ceiling lamp.
3) Where is the ceiling? - Looks up
4) Push the button - crawls to a toy music box and hits a large round button so the box starts playing music
5) Eva has peed! - Looks down underneath her legs at the "pond" she's made :)
6) Washing machine / dishwasher! - Looks at the washing machine / dishwasher, the spin cycle really fascinates her.
It seems a pretty good list for 10 m.o. girl, but those doubts... I wish they would stop haunting me.Replies
Hi EugeneDelete
Thanks for getting in touch.
Seriously, I have to say that you sound like you guys are doing amazingly well!!!
Its fantastic that you are doing this. I know how hard and how tiring it can be - particularly in the beginning before you have any indication of whether your child will ever understand or respond. For you to be doing this having never had the opportunity to speak to a native speaker or travel to England is even more amazing.
Now that your daughter is responding to you when you speak i'm sure you feel some excitement and an enhanced belief that all your hard work is and will continue to pay off... and believe me, the first day she says a word in English, you will be doing back flips!!!
Do keep in touch. If ever you need any advice or you have any questions about English words or phrases, feel free to drop me a line.
Good luck !!!


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I wish I did Slalom now... hehehehe.... just kidding... but at the moment they are running the Water Ladies only women Slalom PWA event in Amanarre, France, and I wish I were there!
it looks like a beautiful place and all the girls seem to be having a good fun! ....
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Life for young people in care is often transient and unsettled. They often migrate back and forth from care to birth family, and from foster care to residential care. As a result they often don't accumulate reassuring memories enjoyed by children with a stable upbringing, and need encouragement to reflect on and understand their history. One way of enabling them to do this is for them to personally choose and store precious objects, certificates, photo's and imortant memories in a safe place
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The appeal will fund the manufacture and distribution of memory boxes to children in care.
Activities» We will prioritise younger children in care aged 0-10 as we can achieve the greatest positive impact on them - we hope to reach 42,000 children.
» We will engage business and charitable trusts in answering our appeal for funding and support
» We will inspire and engage the business community in the appeal by approaching high profile individuals and organisations for support
» We will engage schools and pupils in the appeal by hosting a competition to design boxes and to ask students to think about what they store in a box
What success will look like
We will demonstrate success by measuring the number of boxes funded and supplied to children in care and by evaluating impact through a qualitative survey with carers.
The memory boxes will give children in care something they can fill with all the positive happy memories of childhood that they may otherwise lose track of on their journey through care. They will personalise the boxes and as part of that process and in choosing the contents they will reflect positively on their lives and it will help them understand their history and encourage the development of their self-esteem, character and give them the confidence they need to learn develop and grow
We perceive the key risk as being a lack of engagement with the public and a shortfall in funding that leads to disappointment amongst potential beneficiaries unable to access a memory box. We will militate against this risk by holding a pre-launch funding round with Trusts and Corporates to secure pledges of funding sufficient to avoid or severely limit this risk. We have already help positive discussions with three trusts along exactly these lines
We will report formally to donors at conclusion of the project but will maintain a steady flow of communication throughout the project using all available media channels including e-mail, Facebook, Twitter etc.
Budget - Project Cost: £580,000Loading graph....
Amount Heading Description £314,650 Memory Boxes 29,000 large, deep treasure chests measuring 35x24.5x17.2cm £116,000 Delivery £4.00 per box £58,000 Personalisation Stencilling and personalisation of the boxes £41,350 Project management Costs Direct project management costs £50,000 Surplus Contingency and potential donation
This is a UK-wide project. There are currently 81,000 children in care in the UK. Many have been taken into care because they have suffered abuse or neglect. The rest come from circumstances where their families can no longer support them. On any one day there are more than 63,000 children across the UK living with foster families. Foster families are a vital element in the support of looked after children, and often provide them with their first positive experience of a loving and stable home
Children in care are among the most vulnerable in our society, and face numerous challenges to their education, health and long term outcomes. Children leaving care are much more likely not to be in education, employment or training, to become homeless, to offend, and suffer health problems. Around 40% have diagnosed mental health conditions including anxiety. Children in care have more chance of going in to custody than university.
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The Fostering Network is the UK's leading charity for everyone involved in foster care. Together with our members and supporters, we act as a powerful and positive catalyst for change with 78% of all children in care with foster carer members of our charity.
In 2014 we launched our new vision, mission and objectives. We want children in foster care to enjoy the same life chances as other children, transform their prospects, make their voices heard and enable them to reach their full potential
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Schedule Caste leader oppose dilution of reservation
Mishra commission report re-ignites reservation debate
CHANDIGARH: December 16, 2009
Speakers at a discussion organized by the Anusuchit Jati Arakshan Bachao Manch have opposed the dilution of the Scheduled Caste and Tribe reservation share by the inclusion of those members who converted to Islam or Christianity.
According to the speakers, the report of the National Commission on Religious and Linguistic Minorities headed by Justice Ranganath Mishra submitted to the government in May 2007, has recommended an additional 15 per cent reservation for religious minorities. Speakers were drawn from a varied political bureaucratic spectrum.
Opening the discussion held at ICSSR Seminar Hall at Panjab University here today, Mr Ram Nath Kovind, Ex MP (Rajya Sabha), said that the government has not tabled the report in Parliament as it is yet undecided about its far reaching consequences. Secondly, the report is not unanimous. One of its members, Ms Asha Das, wrote in here dissenting note that converted people should not be given reservation only because they originally belonged to the Scheduled Castes and Tribes. He said that the basic criteria for inclusion in the Scheduled Caste were untouchability. After creation of the list in 1935, the demand for inclusion of religious minorities was rejected by the government and National Commission on Scheduled Castes.
Mr. K. S. Raju, retired IAS Officer, found no problem with the recommendation as long as the current proportion was maintained. Any additional reservation can be given to anyone outside this limit.
Mr S C Tulsi, Ex Secretary, said that implementing Mishra Commission recommendations is a complex and exhaustive process and would take years for implementation that too only after it is passed by parliament, so, need not worry it will have no bearing on the current reservation scene. He said that the quota could not be taken out of the existing SC/ST reservation.
Mr T R Sarangal, senior IAS Officer, however, welcomed any proposal to include "our brethren" from other religions. "We have no religion, we are all converts," he said.
Retracing the history of reservation, retired IPS officer of Haryana cadre, Mr H R swan, said that untouchability was only a tradition of Hindus and Muslims, Christians could not come under the Scheduled Castes under any criteria. He said that in the past the leaders of both the Muslims and the Christians have said that they did not want any special treatment. He, in fact, called for legislation for reservation in the private sector.
Opposing the move, Mr Som Prakash, retired IAS officer, said that it has only become a political issue and the Muslims and Christians have in the past have opposed their inclusion in the reservation list on the ground that they have no untouchability.
IAS officer R K S Pawar supported reservation for converts but called for increasing the quota based on proportional representation in the population. He also called for legislation for reservation in the private sector.
Manch convener Vijay Sampla argued that the members of the Scheduled Castes who converted to Christianity or Islam did so for getting more facilities, especially better education for their children. "How can our children, who go to ordinary schools, compete with the Christian children who received better education merely by the virtue of belonging to a religious group?" he asked.
Winding up the discussion, Mr Niranjan Singh, IAS, suggested that there was a need to intitutionalise the forum and meet more regularly. Looking at the views expressed at the meeting, he suggested the formation of a sub-committee to discuss in detail the effects of the Mishra Commission report. He said the three main principles that emerged from the discussion are that present reservation should not be diluted; there should be no reservation within reservation: and that reservation should be based on proportion.
He also called for making reservation in private sector mandatory by law.
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Scratch is a hugely enjoyable visual programming language, that makes it easy for primary school kids to create interactive stories, games, and animations (and learn programming skills in the process).
The aim of this chapter is to link Scratch and Java by utilizing an experimental feature of Scratch v1.3 (remote sensor connections) which lets Scratch programs communicate with other software or hardware via a TCP socket and message passing.
I develop a small set of Java classes which hide the low-level details of socket creation and message construction and extraction, and use those classes to write several small-to-medium size examples showing how Scratch and Java can work together.
The examples include a Scratch program that utilizes Java as an external time source, and a Java GUI for a Scratch trampoline game. These larger examples show that writing a Scratch/Java application can be a little tricky because of Scratch's threaded nature, an issue that arises when interfacing any language to Scratch.
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Kolkata, the former capital of India and the present capital of West Bengal, Popularly known as the city of joy, it indeed brews up bliss, ecstasy and joy at every corner with plenty of natural and man-made beauties to boast for. Mouth-watering delicacies, vibrant festivals, colourful fairs, gorgeous and ethnic dresses, unsurpassed culture, art, literary forms, religious spots, rich history, traditional ornaments, bustling cities, age-old tram and metro services, tortuous lanes, grey shaded and trendy food joints, flea markets, adda and para culture, rich cultural and art forms, all are contributing factors that the kolkata is a lovely and lively place to visit and reside. The allies, lanes and stretched roads covering the city from all directions will happily give you a lift to any destination you want to visit.
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Culture of Kolkata – Its Essence:
Be it art, dance, music, textile, foods, festivals, heritages, the streets, language, transport or multi-cultural presence of people Kolkata is definitely unique in every respect. Especially known for their welcoming nature, Kolkattans are popular to have friendly and amiable attitudes and also pleasing natures. They are easy going and can make you feel at home with their etiquettes, cordial behaviours and warm approaches.
Religious Places:
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Coming to festivals, you would be fortunate if you happen to be in Kolkata in any of its most-celebrated festivals. Especially, Durga Puja is celebrated with much fun and frolic. People of all religion take to streets to catch glimpses of artistic idols and pandals. Also, saraswati puja, kali puja, dolyatra and holi, are celebrated with great pomp and gaiety along with bustling fairs.
Distinguished people:
Kolkata India is also known for the heroic freedom fighters who have dedicated their lives to the independence of the nation. The city stays at the peak of culture with award-winning and most talented personalities in the field of entertainment, cinema and literature like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha, Mrinal Sen, Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, and many other notable personalities in this field. The dance, art, handicrafts, textile, music, jatra or drama, magic, etc., have been the pride of this Kolkata.
Kolkata has produced some of the most eminent people who have taken some of the leading positions in the world. Be it education, culture, art, sports, literary, economics, cinema, it stands unmatched in any of these spheres. Rabindra Nath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Swami Vivekanada, Raja Rammohan Roy, Satyajit Ray, Sourav Ganguly, Amatya Sen, etc., are some of the most distinguished people of this land.
Handicrafts that reflecting the tradition and culture of Kolkata include: Masks, Brass handicrafts, Taant handlooms, Terracotta tiles, Kantha embroidered fabrics and Paintings that can captivate anyone who would love to go on a shopping spree.
Cultural and art forms:
The art galleries located at the heart of the city conduct exhibitions that hold up the finest paintings that Kolkata is famous for. When it comes to culture, dance and music need special mention. Kolkattans are known for their intense interest and unsurpassed talent in these fields.
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Jatra or theatre too constitutes the cultural institution of this city. Kolkata is known for the eminent people in these fields who have taken birth in this land and has contributed significantly in terms of art and culture.
When it comes to the culture of Kolkata, the city exhibits a perfect melange of varying traits including Durga Puja, Diwali and other festivals, fairs, exhibitions, functions, book fair, Bengali cuisine, narrow alleys, para culture, ornaments, textiles, literature and drama.
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Some of the globally renowned educational institutes find their place in the city like Presidency University, The Calcutta University, St. Xavier's College, Jadavpur University, Rabindra Bharati University, etc.
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A blog that shows you Gaza through my eyes. I never claim to be a professional. My posts are the rantings of a CIVILIAN from Gaza. Let me tell you our story.....
Friday, October 26, 2012
4m Gaza to NYC: 4m Gaza to Cairo & back
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- AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Dear Omar; I am so sorry for your experience in the American Embassy. FWIW, as an American, I was treated just as rudely by my fellow Americans at the Embassy in London, and I was trying to pay my taxes! I do hope you are able to get a visa so you can come to New York. I will keep you in my prayers. Blessings to you on your way.ReplyDelete
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Gosh, your life seems to be so much in synch with mine...and we seem to suffer and worry the same way. I'm sorry for anyone who feels, suffers and worries like I do...ReplyDelete
On the day you went back to Gaza, I was leaving Palestine. 3½ hours after I arrived at the airport in Tel Aviv I was finally at the gate. My trip was a nightmare from beginning to end. I haven't even begun to write about it... And with no home or anywhere to live, my life is precarious and uncertain too. And you, with all your observations in so little time, are just like me. We understand William Blake's poem:
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The New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators (NHASEA), in partnership with The Center for Secondary School Redesign (CSSR), is offering the Annual Level II Academy for Experienced Special Education Administrators. The academy consists of six sessions, starting in December and finishing in May, facilitated virtually through full-day webinars, through the GoToWebinar platform, allowing anyone in Montana or NH to join us from remote locations. The first session will take place December 15, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is limited to people working in New Hampshire and Montana with at least three years of experience. Future programs will be open registration. The virtual design was created to make it possible for those in remote locations to attend. These will be highly interactive sessions, with lots of opportunities for questions and discussion.
This six-session academy is a leadership development course grounded in the research on top-performing special education administrators conducted by Dr. Bill Bryan, Vice President of CSSR, in cooperation with Dr. P. Alan Pardy, Executive Director of NHASEA. Their nationwide research examines the knowledge, skills and talents of special education administrators, especially these apply to the application of influence and leadership in their positions. Session content is applicable not only for administrators working in special education roles, but for those in district and school leadership positions as well – particularly if they use informal influence in their professional work. Academy participants are eligible to receive 3 Graduate Education credits from Keene State College.
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9 ingredient Szechuan Chicken – OMG SOOOOOO good, and SUPER easy like 15 minutes easy.
2 tbsp sesame oil
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp minced garlic
2 cups veggies of choice (I used broccoli for this recipe)
1/2 cup low sodium teriyaki sauce (kikkoman makes a great one)
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp corn starch
1 cup water
Heat sesame oil in a large wok on high heat for about 4 minutes (don't let it smoke or your chicken will by overcooked on the outside and raw in the inside). add your chicken. Stir fry for about 3 minutes until all the sides are white and the chicken is starting to cook through. Add pepper flakes and garlic. Stir fry for another 2 minutes then add your veggies and teriyaki sauce continuing to stir fry for another 3 minutes. Cover letting the sauce steam the veggies until tender crisp and the chicken is completely cooked. Remove the ingredients leaving the sauce. Mix the corn starch and water in a separate bowl until no lumps appear and then add to the remaining sauce in the wok stirring constantly to prevent the sauce from getting too thick. Re=add your chicken and veggies. Turn off the heat and stir everything together. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and serve over rice immediately!
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BIZ: How's Your Dotcom Treating You? Part 4
by Alan and Smithee
Two filmmakers, in the midst of the current dotcom frenzy, have agreed to share their email correspondences on the subject with indieWIRE in a
continuing segment called "How's Your Dotcom Treating You?" To protect their
privacy, the filmmakers (one with a deal at AtomFilms) have decided to
remain anonymous as they tread the muddy waters of the new dotcom business,
trying to find the best place for their short, the most money and the widest
TO: Smithee
FROM: Alan
Dear Smithee,
If it sounds like I'm trying to sell you on Atom, I'm not. I'm just
replying to points you made, and maybe hoping to convince myself that I
made the right move…
I sold my films alone for several years. It's a lot of work.
Go ahead. Try wrestling one of the other sharks. I dare you!!! I look
forward to comparing notes as we go along. May the force be with you.
PS. There is another issue: if a film has been shown on the Internet,
sometimes that means buyers (like HBO, who pay more $$$ than anyone) won't be interested anymore. For this reason, and at my request, Atom only show
clips of my films on their site. We want to sell the exclusive first showing
to a third party, TV or Web – for money. So, is "exposure" a good thing, or
does it decrease a film's worth? And what about Internet Film Festivals,
like the recently seminal "Yahoo!" I would like to have been involved in
that, but it would have meant showing a film on the web before selling it…
there are certainly more questions than answers.
TO: Alan
FROM: Smithee
That idea of not showing your whole film is a damn good one, in terms of
saving yourself for a TV sale, which at this point in history is still
better, dollar-wise, than internet revenues. But does that partial-view
destroy the idea of the internet as being the way to get your film to the
masses? I mean, wasn't that the point?
It brings up the question of giving up your exclusive internet rights. I
mean, if all you're trying to do is get some sales, why do I need to give up
exclusive rights? Some of the smaller companies–and there are more every
day–are more than happy to throw your film up on the web on a reversible,
non-exclusive basis. Which could end up being MUCH BETTER than being tied to
some behemoth of an internet company like Atom or Pop that doesn't really
have your interests in the front of their growth-obsessed mind anyway. I
don't mean to make you nervous — you've already signed your rights away —
but maybe you made a big mistake! What advantage does a big company offer
you that a small company (that doesn't take away all your rights) doesn't
offer you?
Fundamentally: I thought the whole point of the internet was the punk, DIY
(I forgot you're culturally illiterate: that means "do it yourself") nature
of it. Rock bands and Chuck D can now circumvent the music conglomerates
through the web, and filmmakers….. sell their films to dotcoms for a few
hundred dollars on the promise of future sales??? Well, wait just one
second, why are we trying to sign our films away to these dotcom companies
at all? Are we just wimps? We should put our flicks on the web ourselves
(or with a small company that takes nothing away)!
I guess if you do sign with a big company, you better damn well have a
reversion clause, which allows you to back out of the contract if they
haven't promoted/distributed/sold your film to your satisfaction. You have
to hold your dotcom accountable, or pull the plug. They need you, you don't
need them!!
Meanwhile, I stare at the faxes on my desk, and when I ask the companies
wooing me what they will do — concretely — to promote my films, they say,
"We have ad deals" and "We have sales reps" and "We have DVDs planned" and
"We are friends with Blockbuster/HBO/Showtime/CanalPlus." And when I say there's nothing in the contract to prove they will exploit those connections to my advantage, they say, "Trust me."
The most notorious two words in show business.
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Located in beautiful Santa Rosa, California, Allegro MedSpa is a hidden gem of relaxation and aesthetic rejuvenation. An extension of Plastic Surgery Associates, we offer a variety of medical spa services and cutting-edge techniques for skin renewal. From Botox and dermal fillers, to laser and skin tightening techniques, Allegro MedSpa is your greatest ally in the fight against early aging.
Our Mission at Allegro MedSpa:
We strive to add joy to our patients' lives through genuine caring, generosity of spirit, and the quality of our work.
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A Roman Town Walk
From the Town Pump, head west up the left hand side of High West Street. The first point of interest on the left is Judge Jeffreys Lodgings (1), which dates back to the 16th century and is one of the oldest buildings in the High Street. In 1685, the infamous Judge Jeffreys stayed here while conducting his 'Bloody Assize' which saw many local people condemned to death for their part in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion against King James II.
Continue up High West Street, which is lined with fine Georgian buildings. When you reach the roundabout, bear left. Almost immediately on your left you will see part of the Roman Wall (2) that once surrounded Dorchester UK, or Durnovaria as it was then. The wall was originally 2.5 metres thick and stood 6 metres high. In the 18th century the wall was replaced by tree-lined walks that continue to define the town's Roman perimeter.
Turn back in the direction of the roundabout and walk towards the Statue of Thomas Hardy (3). This statue commemorates Dorchester's most famous son and one of the great writers of English literature and poetry, who lived from 1840 to 1928. His most popular works are probably 'Tess of the D'Urbevilles', 'Far From the Madding Crowd' and 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. The statue was unveiled in 1931 by Hardy's friend James Barrie, author of Peter Pan. The sculptor, Eric Kennington, overcame the author's lack of physical presence by showing him seated.
Proceed down The Grove (4), which heads away from the roundabout in a northerly direction. The Grove is the road located in a massive ditch forming part of the Roman town defences. It is likely that the walls and ditches were built to demonstrate the importance of the town as a 'civitas', or centre of administration, as well as to provide defence against attack.
Turn right along North Walk. On the right hand side is the Roman Town House (5), the finest example of its kind in Britain. Discovered in 1937, it has been imaginatively conserved and displayed. Notice the well, the mosaics and the hypocausts, which provided heating below the floor and in the walls.
Further along is the Hangman's Cottage (6). Covered by traditional Dorset thatch, this was the home of the town's executioner. Casts of one of the heads of an actual victim can still be seen in the Dorchester Gallery of the Dorset County Museum.
Next you will come to John's Pond (7). Legend has it that a prisoner named John drowned after escaping from the nearby gaol. The pond is part of the intricate drainage system of the water meadows which allowed low-lying areas to be flooded in the winter to stop the ground freezing and to allow for fertile silt to settle. In this way, grass could be grown earlier in the spring for cattle and several breeds of Dorset sheep.
Further along is the Mill Stream (8). This is a branch of the River Frome that rises about 10 miles to the north west and flows into Poole harbour. Thomas Hardy referred to the Frome valley as 'The Vale of Great Dairies' and today it is still farmed and home to a variety of flora and fauna.
Hangings (9) took place on top of an entrance to the gaol on the other side of the Mill Stream. Large crowds would gather to witness the macabre spectacle and, in 1856, at the age of 16, Thomas Hardy witnessed the hanging of Martha Brown for the murder of her husband. Located off North Square, Dorchester Prison was built on the site of a Norman Castle often frequented by King John.
Continuing on, you come to the Reverend John White's House (10). Known as the 'Patriarch of Dorchester', the Rector of St Peter's and Holy Trinity from 1606 to 1648 was a dynamic preacher who used his personal authority to rapidly rebuild the town after the fire of 1613. He inspired the building of three almshouses and also played a crucial role in the early settlement of North America, including the founding of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Grey School Passage (11) is one of the more tranquil places in Dorchester. Ahead is Holy Trinity Church, which contains a memorial to John White.
The Shire Hall/Old Crown Court (12) is where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were condemned in 1834 and the building dates from 1797. Notice also the distances to the nearest towns inscribed on the wall at a level for stage coach passengers to read.


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Clinical Pharmacist CV
A clinical pharmacist is a person who provides health care and advice to patients relating to prescribed drugs and health treatments. They in collaboration with the healthcare professionals and physicians improve and inform people about the medicines and treatments. They give information about every aspect of health care. A clinical pharmacist should have adequate knowledge about the various medicines and drugs.
Sample Clinical Pharmacist CV
Gary Gill
Subway Road
Ireland – 5443
Phone: 56-666-65
Email: email@example.com
Career Objective:
I am an experienced professional looking for a job position in this field where I can develop my work experience and have a good knowledge base on the medical field.
Professional Experience:
2005-Present: ADC Healthcare
- Researched for new improved medicines for better health care
- Worked in collaboration to develop existing medications.
- Interacted with patients reviewing their medications and treatments and provided adequate information.
- Prescribed medicines for the patients as per the doctors' advice.
- Maintained proper storage of medications supervising their expiry dates and validations.
- Also responsible for giving information on therapeutic treatments.
- Responsible for providing information on good health practices.
- Conducted research into the prevention and precautions of diseases.
- Maintained computerized records of patients' medicine intake.
- Instruct pharmacists and assistants relating to giving prescriptions and counseling patients.
- Supplied drug supplies for the pharmacy for patient care.
Educational Qualifications:
2000-2003: Bachelors in Clinical Pharmacy, Medical College.
2003-2005: Masters in Clinical Pharmacy, Medical College.
Professional reference will be provided upon request.
Category: Medical CV


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On Saturday January 28, 2017 at approx. 8:30 p.m. Police Officer McNulty along with several officers from the Port Washington Police District, NY were conducting an escort for an ambulance with a patient in cardiac arrest.Read More
One of the ways the PBA advocates for its members is by providing testimony before legislative hearings about how agency funding affects your ability to serve the public.Read More
Members will recommend merging Park Police with the State Police, hosting additional police academies, purchasing new vehicles and upgrading equipment. The Police Benevolent Association of New York State Law Enforcement (PBA of NYS) today will testify before the Joint Committee on Environmental Conservation. Three PBA of NYS members will represent three of four PBA of NYS units at the hearing.Read More
PBA Environmental Conservation Officer Superior Officers Director John Burke, Vice President and Park Police Sergeants Director Manny Vilar, and Secretary and Forest Rangers Superior Officers Director Drew Cavanagh will all be testifying this evening (Monday, February 13, 2017) before a joint committee of the NYS Senate and Assembly regarding the New York State Executive Budget as it applies to environmental issues including the DEC and Parks budgets for 2017-2018.Read More
New York state universities and colleges may routinely violate so-called "double-dipping" laws by granting waivers allowing police chiefs and other campus safety officials to collect retirement pensions on top of their government salaries.Read More
The Albany Times Union newspaper editorial board issued a strongly-worded editorial today assailing the State University of New York's "fast and loose" handling of 211 pension waivers alleging that the University system's application of the law is "routinely bent, if not broken, for their benefit."Read More


text: So what ringtones and notification tones are you using on your Nexus? I'm still in search for a ringtone, currently using "Pegasus" For my notification tones I'm using Kill Bill Theme mp3. Download here Free File Sharing Made Simple - MediaFire Simply place tones you download to your Ringtone or Notifications folder and they'll show up when you're in Sounds settings.


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Posts Tagged Sarah Fallon
Gender Bending the Role of A King
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 9, 2018
Drawing crowds to a small town to see Shakespeare can be challenging, but the Blackfriar's Theater in Staunton finds way to intrigue the public. This season, for example, it has cast a woman in the role of Richard the Second. Sandy Hausman has the story.


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New GreenAir Carscent is a great travel essential oil diffuser for the car!
The white pad can be refreshed with more oil every few days. Just slide the two knobs on the side to push the section up.
Here is the unboxing video. This is a great simple option to diffuse in your car.


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A Comprehensive View of SharePoint, Part II
Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
Enterprise portals are an important part of today's enterprise IT infrastructure. Portals are used as an entry point for a specific topic, organization, project, or team. Many enterprises have an enterprise portal, opened by default when an employee opens a browser, that shows general information about the enterprise, its strategy, its departments, and so forth. From this top-level enterprise portal, you find links to departmental or project and team specific portals. Departmental portals focus on information about the department itself, such as Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Professional Services, and so on. Project and team portals focus on an ongoing project or virtual team created for a specific objective. You also can find portals for specific topics, such as a learning portal or a management portal that provides information geared towards that topic. Each portal has relevant information, links to other Web sites, documents or resources, and the like. It is the starting point for a user to find information about a specific topic.
Microsoft provides two portal solutions—Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS). The first article of this series explained the difference between WSS and SPS as well as how to install and administrate each. This second article focuses on how to use and customize portals provided by WSS and SPS. The third article in this series explains how to create your own Web parts that you then can place on WSS and SPS portals. This article assumes that you are familiar with the first article, especially the described administration features.
Users Used Throughout This Article
Are there any browser settings neccessary for integrated Windows security to work?
For integrated Windows authentication to work, you need to enable the "Enable Integrated Windows Authentication" option in your browser (go to the "Tools | Internet Options" menu and then to the Advanced tab). The zone to which the site belongs needs to have the "Automatic logon with current username and password" or "Automatic logon only in Intranet zone" (only for the "Local intranet" zone) option enabled (go to the "Tools | Internet Options" menu, choose the "Security" tab, select the zone the site belongs to, for example "Trusted sites", and then click the "Custom Level" button).
Which site groups are availible in SharePoint and what are the default permissions?
When creating a portal, you enter the name of the primary and secondary site owner (in the format of "machine name\user name" or "domain name\user name"). These two users are added automatically as administrators to the portal. WSS and SPS have four different site groups that define which access users have to the portal:
- Reader—Can access the portal and read information. Is not allowed to make any modifications to the information.
- Contributor—Has read and write access and can modify the information and documents on the portal.
- Web Designer—Has read and write access to the portal and is also allowed to modify the portal structure itself.
- Administrator—Has full access, including administrative access to the portal.
Adding new users to your SharePoint site
Create the following four Windows users on the machine where you run WSS (go to "Computer Management" and then "Local users and Groups"): Reader, Contributor, WebDesigner, and Administrator. Each user will be added by default to the "Users" windows group. Open the portal you created in a browser running under the user credentials of the primary or secondary owner so you can add new users. In the top menu bar, select "Site Settings;" this shows the site settings. Under the "Administration" section, select the "Manage users" item. You already see the primary and secondary site owner added as administrators. Now, add the four users you created and make the user member of the site group with the same name. For example, you add the user "Reader" and make it part of the "Reader" site group. These four users are used throughout the article to demonstrate the differences among the different access rights.
Running your browser under a differnet user credential
You can run a browser or any other application under different user credentials by using the "runas" command. Open the command line and run the following command: runas /profile /user:machine name\user name "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplorer.exe". You also can achieve this by right-clicking the browser icon in the "quick launch" Windows toolbar (in Windows 2000, you also need to press the SHIFT key) and selecting "Run as" from the popup menu. In the following dialog box, you select "the following user" and enter the user name and password. This works only for users which have already once logged on to the machine and have already a profile created. Without that, the browser will show you a logon dialog as soon as you hit a portal. It appears this happens when no Windows profile has been created yet for that user.


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Go Back
August 18, 2015
Bloomberg (Opinion)
From Argentina to Brazil to Mexico to Venezuela, the largest Latin American economies are suffering from collapsing commodities prices, slowing or lost growth and widening corruption scandals. Then there's Colombia. It has its share of trouble too. Oil is its chief export, and the 14-month crude-price collapse has pushed the peso down 37 percent and the COLCAP stock index down 53 percent. Obscured by these devastated markets, though, there's evidence to suggest that Colombia, with a population greater than Spain's and more land than France, is the dark horse among international investors.


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Enabling the HLOD System
Choose your OS:
The Hierarchical Level of Detail System (HLOD) must be enabled on each Level that wants to make use of it. Follow the steps below to enable the Hierarchical LOD System.
Enable by going to World Settings -> LODSystem -> Enable Hierarchical LODSystem
Once this is enabled you can go to the Main Menu -> Window -> Hierarchical LOD Outliner to set up how HLODs are generated for your scene.


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8 people
Preparation Time:
10 minutes
Serve With:
Krinkle Cut™ Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper
Provided by:
Sarah's Cucina Bella
Warm Rosemary Ricotta Dip
15-oz container ricotta cheese (part skim recommended)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tsp finely minced fresh rosemary
1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp shredded asiago cheese
1 tsp Kosher salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 450°F
In a small bowl, stir together the ricotta, garlic, rosemary and 1/2 cup of asiago cheese. Season with salt and pepper and stir well. Transfer the mixture to a small broiler-safe dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon of asiago cheese.
Broil on high for 4-6 minutes until golden and bubbly. Serve immediately with Kettle Brand Krinkle Cut™ Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper chips.


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Austris Baja Norte Collabor88 Exile Foxcity Glamistry Izzie's On9 Event Prism
Kennedy the Beach Bunny7:28 PM
There's nothing like lounging on the beach and watching all the cute guys surf and play... and the waves and such are of course nice to...
There's nothing like lounging on the beach and watching all the cute guys surf and play... and the waves and such are of course nice to look at too! This cute bikini top and skirt are new by PRISM and come in sizes for Belleza Freya, Isis & Venus, Maitreya Lara and Slink Hourglass & Physique. Also included is a HUD which enables you to change it to 4 different colors.
The cute summer hair do is new by Exile, and is currently available at Collabor88. This hair is non-rigged, which means it can be resized and moved around as needed, and is available in 10 color packs or as an All or Nothing pack if you must have them all. Available at a discount for the duration of the event.
Summer isn't complete without cool sunglasses, and these sunglasses by Glamistry are perfect for those bright Summer days! These are available as a fatpack with 12 colors, and you can mix-n-match colors and lenses to suit whatever you want, only available now on marketplace.
These adorable little sandals are available now at On9 by Austris. Play the gacha for a chance at 3 rares and 15 commons, the 3 rares include an all color HUD for the 3 types of shoes available as the common single colors, and are exclusively for Maitreya feet.
The fun Summer pose is part of the Beach Bunny set by FOXCITY, available now at On9. In this set, you get 8 poses and their mirrored versions, which brings it up to 18 poses! You also get a soft sands prop that you can rez so it looks like you're sitting in sand.
🌴 Style Details 🌴
Outfit: Kennedy Denim Skirt & Crochet Top by PRISM SLURL
Shoes: Summer Time Gacha Rare #1 (On9) by Austris Event SLURL
Jewelry: Cowrie Shell Jewelry by Izzie's SLURL
Sunglasses: Sunglasses in PU2001 by Glamistry SLURL
Hair: Summer Glow (Collabor88) by Exile Event SLURL
Pose: Beach Bunny (On9) by FOXCITY Event SLURL
Location: Baja Norte Sims SLURL
Website: http://prismbyjourney.blogspot.com/
🌴 Collabor88 🌴
Runs July 8, 2017 - August 6, 2017
Website: http://collabor88.com/
🌴 Exile 🌴
Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/17591
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exilehair
🌴 Glamistry 🌴
Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/159741
🌴 On9 Event 🌴
Runs July 9, 2017 - End of Month
Website: https://on9sl.wordpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/On9SL
🌴 Austris 🌴
Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/88114
🌴 Foxcity 🌴
Marketplace: https://marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/11069
Website: http://www.foxcitysl.com/
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