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OSWEGO, NY (July 14, 2016) – For the first time since 1952, Oswego Speedway's racing surface will be covered in dirt, as the 'Steel Palace' will officially play host to NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week XLV running from October 5-9, including the featured NAPA 300.
The official announcement from the World Racing Group comes on the heels of Governor Andrew Cuomo's press conference held earlier this afternoon at Oswego's Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center, in which Governor Cuomo not only announced the city of Oswego as the winner of a $10 million Downtown Revitalization initiative, but also confirmed a plan to move Super DIRT Week from Central New York Raceway Park to Oswego Speedway.
"With support from Governor Cuomo, the State of New York, and incredible fans and sponsors, we are excited to write a new chapter in the history of Racing's Biggest Party," said DIRTcar Racing CEO Brian Carter. "We've developed a great relationship with John Torrese and his team over the past several months, and Super DIRT Week is going to be a lot of fun at Oswego this year."
The 5/8 mile Oswego Speedway paved oval will play host to two other major open-wheel events ahead of NAPA Auto Parts Super DIRT Week, with the 60th running of Budweiser International Classic Weekend taking place September 2-4 and the historic Race of Champions September 15-17.
Speedway co-owner John Torrese is excited at the opportunity to host three of the biggest racing weekends in motorsports in a month period.
"The coming weeks at Oswego Speedway are certainly unprecedented," said Torrese. "This is a testament to the history and lineage of Oswego Speedway to be fortunate enough to host Classic Weekend, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, the Race of Champions, and Super DIRT Week in such close proximity. We thank World Racing Group's Brian Carter as well as the State of New York for the opportunity to help keep such an important event, not only in New York State, but right here in central New York."
Opening in 1951, Oswego Speedway's beginnings were as a 3/8 mile dirt racing facility.
The Speedway operated as a dirt oval from August 10, 1951 through June 15, 1952 before Speedway owner Harry Caruso opted to pave the facility for the remainder of the 1952 season which continued on July 11 of that year.
Eventual International Classic champion Billy Blum won on the dirt at Oswego more than any other driver with three victories, two of which came in the final four events on the surface including the last dirt event to be held at Oswego on June 15, 1952.
Charlie Barry, the winner of the first event ever to be held at Oswego in August of '51, Chuck Kotwica, Bob Cameron, Nelly Ward, Al Weber, Bob Kegebin, John Torrese Sr., and Dick Jerrett Sr. would all win on the dirt at Oswego in A-Modified action.
After moving to pavement, the Speedway would stay at its 3/8 mile configuration until being enlarged to the current 5/8 mile configuration in 1961.
The format and schedule for NAPA Super DIRT Week at Oswego Speedway will remain the same as previous years with on-track action every day from October 5 through 9 at Oswego, including a return of Friday Night Lights. Other municipalities will get in on the action with traditional nighttime events slated for Weedsport Speedway on Wednesday, October 5; Brewerton Speedway in Central Square, NY on Thursday, October 6; and the World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series will be racing at Fulton Speedway in Fulton, NY on Saturday, October 8.
All fans that placed deposits will be contacted to select their seats and camping spots in the order of their deposit through July 25. Tickets and camping spots will then be made available to all on August 8. More information will be available to fans at SuperDIRTWeekOnline.com after Friday, July 15, or by calling 844-DIRT-TIX (347-8849).
For more information on Oswego Speedway visit online at www.oswegospeedway.com or LIKE on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OswegoSpeedway or FOLLOW on Twitter @OswegoSpeedway. Those interested in Speedway video programming online can subscribe to the Speedway's YouTube Channel, 'OswegoSpeedwayOnline'.
To purchase tickets for the 2016 racing season call the Speedway box office at (315) 342-0646.
Dirt Winners at Oswego Speedway:
August 10, 1951: Charlie Barry
August 17, 1951: Bob Cameron
August 24, 1951: Billy Blum
September 15, 1951: Nelly Ward
September 21, 1951: Chuck Kotwica
September 28, 1951: Al Weber
September 28, 1951: John Torrese Sr.
October 20, 1951: Bob Kegebin
May 18, 1952: Dick Jerrett Sr.
June 1, 1952: Billy Blum
June 8, 1952: Chuck Kotwica
June 15, 1952: Billy Blum


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West Ham have signed Swansea's Andre Ayew on a four-year deal for a club record fee of £20.5million. BREAKING: West Ham United h...
West Ham have signed Swansea's Andre Ayew on a four-year deal for a club record fee of £20.5million.
BREAKING: West Ham United have signed @AyewAndre for a club-record fee ➡ https://t.co/6YpFnxuwN0 ⚒ pic.twitter.com/rSuyqjSipc— West Ham United FC (@whufc_official) August 8, 2016
After big money bids for Alexandre Lacazette, Michy Batshuayi and Carlos Bacca were rejected earlier on this summer, Slaven Bilic decided to continue his pursuit for a striker slightly closer to home with Ayew.
The Ghana forward joined the Welsh side on a free transfer last season and made a considerable impact in the Premier League, scoring 12 goals in 34 appearances.
Speaking about his move, Ayew told West Ham's official website: 'I am very proud and happy to be at this magnificent club.
'I am happy to be playing for these fans and I hope to make the people very happy here. The club have a lot of ambition and they also have a great manager.
'They want to become a bigger club every year and with the new Stadium and a new training ground, you can feel they are moving onto another level and I want to be part of this project.
Swansea have reacted quickly to the sale of their star-man, having agreed a club record £15m fee with Atletico Madrid for the signature of Borja Baston.
The 23-year-old striker scored 18 goals in 34 appearances for La Liga minnows Eibar last season and is due for a medical with the Welsh side in the coming days.

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We have an older IKEA TV console in our living room right now, but it just doesn't go very well with our modern-industrial look. It's too modern. So I've been on the look-out for a DIY TV console or media center that my husband and I could build. I want something that is more open since we have a narrow (but long) living room with a large sectional sofa in it and I don't want another large piece of furniture making the room look smaller.
So here are some of my favorite options that I don't think would be too hard to either build or create our own plans for:
DIY Rustic Wood TV Console via Liz Marie Blog
Hendrix Media Stand via Pottery Barn
Rustic X Console via Ana White
I know, they all look pretty similar but that's part of why I'm having a problem deciding! Do I want one that's tall, short, middle-of-the-road? Exes on the sides? Ugh! Too many choices. Though, I guess it's better to have too many choices than no choices at all, right?
Do you have other ideas of similar TV/media centers?
What about your house? What does yours look like?


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Release Date: February 23, 2016
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: Contemporary
Source: Netgalley
A young man overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl.
"Was this story written about me?"
I shrugged.
"Yes or no?"
I shrugged again, finally earning a little scowl, which somehow made the girl even more pretty.
"It's very rude not to answer simple questions," she said.
I gestured for my journal, but she still wouldn't give it to me. So I took out my pen and wrote on my palm.
I can't, I wrote. Then, in tiny letters below it: Now don't you fell like a jerk?
Parker Sante hasn't spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, he'll discover there just might be a few things left worth living for.
**Thanks so much to Simon & Schuster for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review!**
I had first heard of Tommy Wallach last year with the release of We All Looked Up which I have still not gotten around to reading. However, after finishing Thanks for the Trouble, I know that it's one that I'm going to want to pick up ASAP, and I'm here to tell you why you should too.
Thanks for the Trouble follows a boy named Parker who hasn't spoken a word in years. He honestly hasn't said a word since the death of his father. He carries around a notebook most of the time and writes down what he wants to say instead. So many people look at him like he's introverted and antisocial, when he honestly has his own reasons for being the way that he is.
One day, Parker meets Zelda and everything changes for the both of them. The two of them even make a pact, and Parker helps Zelda spend all her money that she magically has. They each light a spark in the other, and perhaps life gets better for the two of them.
I loved this book so much. It was written in such a way that it reminded me of John Green but also slightly different. Chapters would skip from past to present so smoothly that I never had to spend time wondering which timeline I was in. Also, there was an abundance of humor, which I'm a total sucker for. I found myself laughing quite a bit because of the main character, Parker. Wallach definitely has a sense of humor.
This book was honestly quite a whirlwind. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down because of all the wonderfulness. The characters also felt so completely real, which I adored. Oh, plus there was Parker's stories that he wrote. He even wrote one about Zelda when he first met her, which she accidentally saw, which was funny.
If you're looking for a brilliantly-written new release to read, Thanks for the Trouble is the one you must pick up.


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The Tooth Fairy made a visit to my home. I thought it would be a fun surprise to have her presence bring more than a quarter to the nocturnal visit. So, I fell in love with the idea of the Tooth Fairy bringing her own calling card. I began by creating a linocut of the design then printed on my hand-torn cards with Akua inks (eco-friendly inks). I added a slit at the bottom of the card to accomodate holding a quarter. Now, the Fairy can take a little mystery out of her tooth collection business.
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Auburn, Iowa 51433
As a small boy the exciting things that happened on the farm were threshing and haying, in that order.
I was born in 1938 on the farm that I now farm.
Threshing was still the way to harvest oats, wheat, and barley when I was growing up in Sac County, Iowa near the small town of Auburn.
August 19, 1984 threshing. Arlin Sigmon pitching, Bobby Yttredahl on grain wagon, Phineas Blanchfleld on his 25-40 Allis-Chalmers. Larry Ludwig leaning on wheel.
I can still remember standing on the fence by the house and looking down the road to see if I could see the first bundle rack and team coming.
It seemed like on the day we expected to start our threshing the first rack would get here about 2:00 pm, early enough for each rack to get at least one load and maybe the first rack two loads before it got too tough.
Then later, up the road would come the separator pulled by Frank Bachman's 10-20 McCormick-Deering. The separator was a McCormick Deering 22-38 with a Hart feeder and weigher.
The lunches and dinners were also something to be remembered, after washing up under the shade tree on the lawn from a wash basin on a makeshift stand that only saw use about two days out of the year.
It went along this way for a few years, and I graduated from water boy to grain wagon attendant, to assistant grain hauler, and on up to bundle hauler.
A neighbor boy and I ran a bundle rack together one season, and then the next season I was on my own at 14 years of age.
If we got started before dinner I always pitched four loads a day and sometimes five if I was the one to get to the field first.
We very seldom had any extra pitchers in the field, but occasionally the separator man would feel sorry for us young fellows and pitch a load off for one of us.
A few of the neighbors dropped out of the company ring, and went to combining. My Dad, J.C. Sigmon, and Ed Snyder wound up owning the separator. It finally got down to just two families threshing. It went all right till some of the older boys left the farm and on to other things. When we were too short of help, that was when we finally quit threshing. 1957 was the last year we threshed all our grain.
The separator was a good one and always well maintained, it was purchased new by a company of farmers, one of which was my grandfather Henry Koppelman, about 1925. It was used every year through 1957. Some of the tractors that were used to pull the separator that I remember and worked around personally were a McCormick-Deering 10-20, Farmall F-20, 1948 'G' John Deere, 1950 'A' John Deere, 1948 'Z' Minneapolis-Moline, and a 1951 'ZA' Minneapolis-Moline.
The first two years that I farmed, I threshed my oats till we were short of help.
In 1958 I purchased a used Minneapolis-Moline wire tie baler. It was a good outfit, it made a good bale, worked good, but what a lot of machinery on it compared to the square balers of today! Wire was expensive and very little hay was stacked outside anyway so I traded it off in 1959 for a New Holland Hayliner Super 78 twine tie baler. That was really a slick baler.
My wife and I custom baled approximately 25,000 bales a year with it for 19 years. I could always rebuild the knotters, but the frame started to suffer from metal fatigue.
I then purchased a used New Holland Hayliner 275 baler at a farm auction that we are still baling with.
We have a threshing bee here at the farm annually. We had our fourth one in 1984. My wife and I cut and shocked about seven acres of oats in 1984 for threshing.
We have a 22-36 Case separator that was manufactured in 1948. It is in really good condition. We have used a 1951 'ZA' MM, 77 Oliver, 20-35 Allis-Chalmers, and a 25-40 Allis-Chalmers on it the past four years.
The 'ZA' MM is my tractor and one that Dad purchased used in 1953, and used to thresh with. The Oliver belongs to Dave Wernimont of Auburn, the 20-35 Allis-Chalmers is owned by Jack Hensel of Auburn, and the 25-40 belongs to Phineas Blanchfield of Lake City, Iowa.
This year we had our threshing on August 19. It was well attended by spectators as well as volunteers to do the work. We baled the straw pile immediately after we finished threshing.
I have a W-30 McCormick-Deering that I have just finished restoring. We are going to use it to thresh with next year, but the W-30 is another story.


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Just like so many runs recently, the 15-miler went great yesterday. And it didn't rain at all like I thought it would. I actually did slightly more than 15 miles in 1:52:06, for the 7:25 pace that I was going for. Since 15 seems like nothing compared to 20, I had been sort of downplaying this run in my mind. But I noticed during the run that my legs are definitely starting to feel the effects of all this mileage recently. Even so, I finished this one relatively easily (relative is the key word here), a now I have a lot more confidence about the upcoming 20 at 7:30 pace. So all is well on the running front, but taper time will be a welcome friend once my last long run is done.
Fun with Bean Balls
After a decent-but-not-great butternut squash lasagna from The Vegetarian Mother's Cookbook, Erin and I tried another recipe from it yesterday—spaghetti and bean balls! You might recall that last week I made spaghetti with lentil sauce, in an attempt to assuage Erin's recent meat craving. It was pretty good, but this was better. Don't be turned off the subtitle of this cookbook if you're not a "pregnant or breastfeeding woman"—it's really just a lot of good, whole foods.
It's a simple recipe to make, requiring just a little bit of chopping/processing and 15-20 minutes in the oven. You could probably experiment with other flavors and vegetables here. I'm thinking onion, garlic powder, crushed red pepper. But they were pretty tasty even without this stuff. Soft, but tasty.
It seems like there should be so many "bean ball" jokes I could make, but I can't think of any. So I won't try.
3 Fun Things Around the Blogosphere
- Robin from Westford Mommy, who is trying to BQ on the same day I am, wore a No Meat Athlete technical shirt in her recent 5k. And she finished 7th among women! Congrats to Robin!
- There's a fun Thrive Challenge going on where you can enter to win a 12-pack of Vega Vibrancy Bars. All you have to do is submit a recipe or story about a Thrive-friendly snack you're incorporating into your diet. Even cooler: they told me it was inspired by my 30-day challenge!
- At my other blog, Health Blog Helper, I just wrote a new post about basic search engine optimization. SEO is something that has been such a huge part of the success of No Meat Athlete, and other bloggers can get very similar results to what I have just by doing these three easy things.
Here's my adapted recipe for the bean balls. You can serve them over pasta or on a sub roll.
Spaghetti with Bean Balls
- 2 15-0z cans pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 carrot, minced (or processed)
- A big handful of fresh parsley, minced (or processed)
- 1 clove garlic, minced (or processed)
- ½ cup whole wheat breadcrumbs
- 1 Tbsp olive oil or canola oil
- 1-2 Tbsp your favorite Italian seasoning (basil, oregano, garlic, salt, etc)
- salt and pepper
- 3 cups of marinara sauce
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. In a large bowl, combine carrot, parsley, garlic, Italian seasoning, bread crumbs, oil, and beans. Mash with a potato masher (or use a food processor) until the mixture is sticky and relatively homogeneous. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Form the bean mixture into 1-inch balls and align on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes, turning once midway through, until the bean balls are nicely browned all over. While the bean balls bake, heat up the marinara sauce in a saucepan, and add the bean balls to the marinara when they're done. Let sit for 5-10 minutes to combine the flavors. Serve over pasta or on sub rolls.


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Over 1100 feet of shoreline with this amazing 18 acre private paradise with gorgeous panoramic views of Lake Keowee and Blue Ridge Mountains. Beautiful mix of soaring hardwoods and evergreens offering privacy and colorful fall foliage. Originally two lots that have been combined to offer multiple building options. Seller has a dock permit and approval to build two homes or one. Seller is also willing to consider dividing. Located in the private gated community of The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards, Eastatoe Park. This is one of seven communities with three levels of membership available for separate purchase to fit your lifestyle.
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Solar panels
Energy solutions
Off-grid applications
PV energy storage
Church roof with solar modules from Canadian Solar.
In less than three weeks, Polish project developer RenSan Energy implemented a PV system with total performance of 37 kW on the roof of a catholic church in Skoczow-Pogorze in Upper Silesia. This makes the church a solar pioneer in the region and in the still young Polish solar market.
Solar energy supplies the building with electric heating, as well as lighting of the presbytery and adjoining buildings, including several chapels, conference rooms, 30 guest rooms and the canteen kitchen. The church also benefits from remuneration for the excess kilowatt-hours fed into the public grid.
"High expectations were given to this project due to its uniqueness. That is why we selected Canadian Solar's polycrystalline CS6P-P modules. We were looking for high quality and outstanding performance, as well as proven reliability. The PV system has performed well ever since installation and has completely fulfilled the expectations of the church" said Grzegorz Psiuk, project lead at RenSan Energy.
The solar PV system is a role model for the region and is the country's first photovoltaic installation. The providers have received positive feedback from the church congregation, other priests in the region and also the bishop and local public servants. It is clear that the project has gained broad acceptance in the region.


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Well, we have officially moved. I can't even remember if I wrote on here about selling our house, but we sold our home in Magna and moved to Ogden, Utah two weeks ago. We've got just about everything unpacked and set up and it's starting to feel like home. I really like the area we live in and I'm especially grateful to live so much closer to my family.
Since moving, my husband has gone fully remote for his job. He works from home all week 40 hours a week. He recently graduated with his Bachelor's in Accounting as well which I am SO proud of! He is such a hard worker.
I had to quit my job as the Reading Intervention Coordinator which was really sad. I obviously had an emotional connection to that place because I keep having dreams about it. I really loved that job and it was so hard to leave. It was also hard to leave my home salon. I had really started building a clientele and getting things going and loved taking appointments there.
So here's what I'm up to now. Right now I'm doing the social media marketing for an accounting and payroll company about 5 hours a week. I really enjoy doing that remotely and trying to help build that company. I also plan on putting another home salon in our new home but it may be a little while before we get things up and running again. Because I plan to do hair again in my home I also became a Market Partner with Monat Global! I've stayed pretty busy trying to get that business off the ground but I've loved trying all the products and learning about the ingredients and what makes Monat so unique and amazing.
We still aren't pregnant. Which gets harder and harder every month, but we are getting started on becoming licensed for Foster Care again which is so exciting! We've been emailing with the ones in charge and will hopefully be starting classes soon.
I think that about covers it! I'm so excited for the holiday season and also for 2017! Odd years are kinda my favorite and I'm excited to dig into the goals I have for 2017. Happy almost Thanksgiving!


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Background informationCapital: Berlin
Official language: German
Area: 357,027 km2
Population (2005): 82,437,995
Population density: 231 inhabitants per km2
Population (2004-2005): -0.1%
Labour force participation rate (2005): 73.8% (OECD)
Foreign population as a percentage of total (2006): 8.2% (6,751,002 people)
Percentage of foreign employees of gainfully employed: 9.1% (OECD)
Unemployment rate: 11.3% (2005); 10.4% (2004); 9.4% (2003) (OECD)
Main religions:
- a new Nationality Act, which came into effect in January 2000;
- the protracted process of adopting the Immigration Act, which came into force in January 20051.
The issue of immigrant integration has also become highly topical in recent years. Two events exemplify this. First, the PISA study234 Also forming part of this debate is how the potential of migrants already living in the country, and of the second generation who were born there, might be put to better use and promoted
Developments since the Second World War
Between 1945 and 1949, around 12 million displaced persons and refugees entered the territories of East and West Germany. From the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1949 until the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, 3.8 million people relocated from the GDR to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
Foreign workers and their families
7 Between 1950 and 1987, 1.4 million Aussiedler came to Germany, primarily from Poland and Romania. As with the number of asylum-seekers (see below), the number of Aussiedler immigrating in subsequent years increased enormously, reaching a peak in 1990 at 397,000.
Immigration flows
Immigration statistics for 2005 reveal a total influx of 579,301 foreigners into Germany, while the outflow of foreigners was 483,584 (net migration: + 95,717). Polish citizens constituted the largest group of foreigners entering the country (147,716), followed by citizens of Turkey (36,019) and Romania (23,274).9
The resident foreign population
The foreign population includes all persons who are not German citizens, in other words, persons who do not hold a German passport.
In 1968 the resident foreign population numbered 1.9 million. In the following five years, until foreign worker recruitment was stopped in 1973, this figure increased to four million. In the 1970s, the number of foreigners remained relatively constant; thereafter, until 1989, it rose to 4.9 million. Subsequently, the number of foreigners increased further; it has remained constant at 7.3 million since the mid-1990s. The decline to 6.7 million in 2004 is primarily due to an adjustment of the central register of foreigners. At the end of 2006, there were 6,751,002 foreigners living in Germany, corresponding in percentage terms to 8.2% of the total population. This figure also includes 1.4 million foreign nationals who were born in Germany.
Recruitment during the "guest worker" era has left clear marks on the composition of the foreign population: 57% of the foreigners living in Germany are citizens of a former recruitment state. A total of 33% of foreigners living in Germany originate from a member state of the European Union, and a further 47% from another European state.
The immigrant population
According to estimates based on the first such microcensus, there are 15.3 million people with a migration background living in Germany (2005), corresponding to 19% of the population (see Figure 4).
Flight and asylum
In 2005, the Federal Ministry for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) took 48,102 decisions on asylum cases. The share of persons granted full asylum reached the historic low of 0.9%. A total of 4.3% of applicants were granted the so-called "little asylum" or subsidiary protection (authorisation of deportation protection according to the Geneva Refugee Convention), a further 1.4% were granted statutory temporary suspension of deportation (Duldung). Overall, 6.6% of all applicants were granted some form of protection.
From 1999 to 2003, the most important countries of origin for asylum-seekers were Turkey (12%, of whom 81% Kurds), Serbia and Montenegro (10%, of whom 41% Albanian and 34% Roma) and Iraq (8%, of whom 44% Kurds).
In the 1990s, Germany granted asylum to more people than any other European country. In 2000, Great Britain occupied this position for the first time. Since 2003, France has been the primary destination in Europe for refugees.
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, of the 6.7 million foreigners in Germany in 2006, 60,000 had received deportation protection according to the Geneva Refugee Convention, 40,000 were asylum-seekers, and 76,000 had received asylum status or had been recognised as refugees prior to entering Germany.
Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union comprise another significant refugee group in Germany. They had begun emigrating to the DDR in 1990, due to increasing anti-Semitism and the economic situation in the former Soviet Union, among other reasons. Subsequently, this immigration flow was allowed to continue as a means of sustaining and strengthening the Jewish community. Until 2004, the Act on Measures in Aid of Refugees Admitted under Humanitarian Relief Programmes (the so-called Quota Refugee Act) served as the legal basis for admitting Jewish immigrants; since the new Immigration Act came into effect in 2005, admissions have been based on instructions from the Ministers and Senators of the Interior of the federal states, in accordance with the Residence Act. Since 1993, the first year for which statistics on these immigrants were collected, 207,000 Jewish emigrants have entered Germany using these provisions.
Irregular migration
Current developments
Immigration policy
Current developments in German immigration policy are rooted in the reform process which began with the reform of the Nationality Act after the red-green121314 along the lines of the one in place in Canada.1516 These persons may immediately receive an unlimited settlement permit.17 It is estimated that some 700 to 900 highly-skilled persons received a settlement permit on the basis of this regulation in 2005; in 2006 (up to and including November), the unofficial number was 421 persons, of whom the majority had already been residing in Germany before 2006.18 The current debate, accordingly, revolves around lowering the hurdles for the permanent immigration of highly-skilled persons.19
The fact that immigration to Germany could also be controlled by a points system is shown by the regulation governing the admission of Jewish immigrants from countries of the former Soviet Union, which was agreed by state and government officials, the Central Council of Jews and the Union of Progressive Jews in 2005. According to the regulation, Jewish immigrants from this region require, among other things, a positive integration prognosis based on such criteria as linguistic fluency, qualifications, professional experience and age, before they are permitted to immigrate. This procedure was developed by the government, the federal states and Jewish associations, in response to the growing difficulties Jewish immigrants were experiencing in integrating into German society.
Integration policy
20Integration of Muslims
Role of the European Union
Future challenges
Under both the previous and current governments, there have been considerable achievements in terms immigration policy, including the reform of the Nationality Act, the adoption of the Immigration Act and the initiation of the German Conference on Islam. The integration of the immigrant population and their descendants, as well as the political measures accompanying this process, will continue to be important issues in the future.
One challenge will be to improve the educational opportunities available to immigrants and their children. The federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg have already decided to abolish the Hauptschule as an independent form of secondary education, which should contribute to a reduction in social and performance-based segregation in schools and, therefore, to an improvement in the educational opportunities for young and second-generation immigrants, who are overrepresented in this type of school. Other federal states are currently considering similar moves.
In the context of educational integration, there has been much discussion about expanding the number of childcare places for children under the age of three years. Children of non-German origin in particular stand to benefit from earlier exposure to, and acquisition of, the language. The debate at present, however, revolves mostly around the need to increase the number of childcare facilities, rather than the quality of the care itself, which certainly needs improvement. Care might be improved by increasing the amount of training child caregivers receive (they currently receive no college training in Germany), or by reducing the size of groups, a factor which influences whether or not children can, in fact, be stimulated and encouraged, instead of just being looked after. Nonetheless, the expansion of childcare facilities (just as, for instance, the expansion of all-day schools) is a step in the right direction, particularly where educational integration is concerned.
In order to overcome the economic consequences of an aging population, it will also be important for Germany to promote and use of the potential inherent in the immigrant population. At the same time, however, the federal government needs to lower the hurdles for potential highly-skilled immigrants. Despite relatively high unemployment, there is currently a shortage of specialists in the technology sector. Even if the government is not prepared to introduce a points system, it will, eventually need to at least lower the earnings threshold for specialists to a realistic level: the current threshold, set at around EUR 85,500, is clearly too high. It is easy to see that countries faced with demographic challenges, such as Germany, have to make themselves more attractive to potential immigrants. Classic immigration countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia already have an advantage, purely on account of the global spread of the English language.
In Germany, the central challenges will remain the integration of Muslims and ensuring that Islam is placed on the same legal footing as other religious communities. The federal government has taken a decisive step by establishing the German Conference on Islam. It requires that Muslims put forward a unified, representative voice that the state can recognise as a point of contact for consultation on important issues, such as the teaching of Islam in schools. The debate surrounding the establishment of such a representative body sometimes ignores the fact that people of Muslim origin in Germany are not a monolith. Indeed, they are characterised by their tremendous plurality, comprising Sunni, Shia and Alevi Muslims, as well as conservative, secular and cultural Muslims, with the latter restricting their religious activities to the observance of religious festivals. And, of course, there are also atheists among people of Muslim origin. Much more allowance has to be made for this plurality in the public debate about Muslims.
- Parts of the Act to Control and Restrict Immigration and to Regulate the Residence and Integration of EU citizens and Foreigners (Immigration Act) had already been implemented in September 2004.
- For more on this debate, see Boswell and Straubhaar (2005).
- EEC: European Economic Community
- For data on the GDR, see DFG Bildungswerk (2005).
- Source: Federal Office of Administration, Federal Ministry of the Interior
- Source: Federal Statistical Office
- The figure includes foreign persons who are citizens of the former State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and of the two subsequently independent states of Serbia and Montenegro
- Source: Federal Statistical Office
- Red and green are the colours associated with the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party, respectively.
- In a points system, points are awarded to an immigration applicant according to certain criteria such as qualifications and age.
- For more information on the Canadian immigration system, see Elrick, J. (2007): Canada. focus Migration Country Profile No. 8.
- For foreigners, the settlement permit is the safest residence status and can normally only be applied for after a stay of five years. It has unlimited validity, no geographical restrictions, and entitles the holder to assume gainful employment. Moreover, it allows the applicant to bring family members into the country who, in turn, also receive the right to work in Germany.
- See Steinhardt (2007).
- See Guth (2007) and Steinhardt (2007).
- Secondary education in Germany is divided into three hierarchical tiers (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium), which are often taught in separate schools, and which lead to different diplomas.
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Stefan Grimbacher is currently completing a degree in economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich.
Literature and Further Reading
- Does Germany need Labour Migration?
- . Forum Migration 2/2005.
- German Federal Ministry for Migration and Refugees (2006): Migration, Integration und Asyl in Zahlen. Berlin.
- German Federal Ministry for Migration and Refugees (2006): Migrationsbericht 2005. Berlin.
- Triggering Skilled Migration: Factors Influencing the Mobility of Early Career Scientists to Germany.
- German Federal Commissioner for the Affairs of Ethnic German Repatriates and National Minorities
- German Federal Employment Office
- German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
- German Federal Office of Administration
- German Federal Statistical Office
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Getting Serious
Obama: Russia's Offer a Possible Breakthrough
In the first part of an interview blitz Monday evening, President Obama told CNN that Russia's offer to Syria to surrender the chemical weapons could be a "breakthrough," but also might be a stall tactic. "We're going to run this to ground," Obama said, assuring that the U.S. would work with Russia and the international community to find an "enforceable and serious" solution. Obama also stated that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "doesn't have a credible means to threaten the United States," after the dictator said the U.S. could expect retaliation for an attack on the country.


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Having these letters online is something I should have thought of long ago. I'm extremely proud to have these tidbits of my family history during the Civil War. I realize that others would die for letters like these. Of course, until about 5 years ago, I didn't even have these letters. It just goes to show that you should never give up when searching your family history.
State of Alabama, Shelby County
This the 16th of March 1862
Dearly beloved wife and children I embrace the present opportunity of dropping you a few lines to inform you that I am well at this time hoping these few lines may come safe to hand and find you enjoy the same like blessing. The rest of our connection is as well as common, the mumps and measles is both in camps and we expect them every day. If nothing happens I expect to start to see you this day about 2 weeks. We have got our bounty money which is fifty dollars a piece and have got a good tent to sleep in and it floored and a shelter to cook under. We draw 1 1/4 lbs of flower and 3/4 lbs of bacon or 1 lb of beef, 1 jill molasses and sugar when it is here and soap and candles. Mary I never knew the love I had for you until I left you. Mary kiss our sweet children for me and tell them howdy and tell them that I will be at home next Wednesday 2 weeks if I can get a furlough, if none of us don't get sick. There is some of our company furloughed home now, but I thought that I had better wait a week or two longer though I want to see you very bad, worse than I ever did in my life. I would love to kiss my sweet babes the best kind. Tell all the connection howdy for me also my friends too. We are better situated than I expected to be, though our army ain't here nor I don't know when they will be. Direct your letter to Shelby Springs Col. Thomas Frazer's Regiment in the care of Capt. F.A. Gamble. Write as soon as you get this letter so I can get it before I start home. There is 8 companies here now, we was the 6th Company. So no more at present, but remains your loving husband till death. Nicholas Michael (husband to Jerry's sister) to wife and children.
Letter #8
Dear father and mother, brothers and sister,
These few lines will inform you that we are all well, only my teeth is very sore and Henry is complaining about his breast. Elijah civiler (more civil I suppose) than I ever saw him and so is all the rest. I hope these few lines will come safe to hand and find you enjoying good health. I haven't much to write to you at present, but kiss my children for me every day Mary, I want you or mother one or the other to stay there with Mary all the time and not leave her by herself, for I know she don't feel like staying by herself, for I don't feel right here where there is 7 hundred men. We received our bounty money last Friday but I had rather be at home with Mary and the children. (Word unreadable) I can kiss them and see them when I want to. If Mary wants anything done, that she can't do herself, do it for her and I will satisfy you for it. So no more only remains your loving son till death. Nicholas Michael.


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This is a random sort of post - it isn't about writing and it isn't about the tiny island I call home - it's just about life and something that I want to write down.
There are days when the dramas in our lives seem all encompassing - when the little things seem like huge insurmountable problems. Days when you get worked up over the problems rather than finding the solutions.
I won't go into too much personal detail, but recently some things happened in my life that seemed like such a big deal. I got upset and angry and frustrated and very, very sad. I couldn't see a way to fix the problem and it felt like everything had gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Then I went to see a friend and poured out my problems to her, got emotional and upset. She listened to me rant and then told me that she was facing a few problems of her own. When she told me what they were I felt terrible. My drama suddenly seemed so small and trivial.
My friend had found out that someone close to her was very sick, and he didn't have long left. Suddenly a guy treating me badly didn't seem like such a big deal. As bad as I felt about it, it wasn't life and death.
I came away from that conversation with two realisations. The first is that my friend is an incredible person. With all of her problems on her mind she still sat and listened to me rant, and provided a sympathetic ear, when she could have simply told me to get over it.
The other realisation is that life is too short. It is a brief and fleeting thing, and if we get caught up on the little problems we will miss out on so much.
I am incredibly lucky and blessed. I am young, healthy, I have my whole life still ahead of me, and I live in one of the most beautiful places. I get to live a life most people can only dream of. And I need to stop worrying about the little things - like irritating men - and focus on the big picture. Making the most of the life I have.
So today I am making a deal with myself - and this is where the writing comes in. I am not going to wait around, wasting my life when I can MAKE things happen.
On the 30th of June two very important things are going to happen. The first is that I'm going to turn 30. The second is that my first novel is going to hit the bookshelves - virtual ones at any rate. On the 30th of June my first novel will become available to buy on Kindle, and hopefully if that goes well I will make it available on iBooks and Nook and all the rest of them.
Life is too short. It's time I made the changes I want to make rather than just thought and talked about them.
Wish me luck!


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Friday, January 16, 2015
Just out in the garden- Concetta Flore
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Oh my, the colors are just beautiful, as well as your composition.ReplyDelete
What a nice flow to your pretty composition.ReplyDelete
You all post such beautiful sketches! I wish each of you would add your names to your posts, though. Many times, I want to check out more of your work but don't know which correspondent link to go to in the sidebar. Just a thought.ReplyDelete
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You've built this great online database of resources and you're as proud of it as a mama bear and her cubs. You just know everyone must be using it to find all sorts of great materials. But… how can you be sure? How do you know if in fact just 'cause you built it, they will come. Well, it is possible to learn quite a bit about who, how, when and how often users are accessing your site. There are two main sources of useful information: web server logs and the Inmagic WebPublisher Query logs.
Web servers typically log all activity, including serving up pages from your online database.
Software packages such as AWStats and SmarterStats analyze these log files and allow you to generate reports summarizing site activity. These two packages are installed on a server (could be the same web server as your online database, or a separate one) and are accessed through your web browser. They typically require IT involvement to install and locate the web server log files.
An alternative to log analysis software you install is Google Analytics. To use this service, you register with Google and place a small bit of code in your pages, wait for Google to gather some data, and visit your Google Analytics account to learn about your site. This approach works well for publicly-accessible sites.
At Andornot we use SmarterStats to provide statistics to all our hosted clients, and also Google Analytics on other sites such as our Genie demo.
So, once you have your logs under analysis, what can you learn from them?
You can learn how many total and unique visitors your site gets, per day, week, month, etc. If your audience is known (e.g. your site is not public, but is only available to users within your organization, a known quantity) then you have a measure of what percentage of potential users are accessing your site. If your IT department can give you a list of computer IP addresses (which is what's stored and reported on in these logs) and the corresponding names of staff who use those computers, you'll really know who in your organization is accessing the site.
You can see when users are most likely to access your site and then schedule work around those times. For example, you could post new materials before the peak periods so there's something fresh for users, and avoid updates or maintenance during those times.
You can learn whether users tend to come once and never again, or are repeat browsers. Do they come daily, weekly or monthly? Do they linger? Do they access many pages in your site, or just a few? Which ones are the most popular? What path do they follow through the site? Depending on how your site is organized, you may be able to get answers to all of these questions, then think about pushing most-accessed content to the home page, or just one link away.
You can configure Inmagic WebPublisher PRO to log all searches. To do so, add WebLogQueries=1 to the [WebPublisher] section of the DBTWPub.INI file (or to the [ICSWeb] section of ICSWeb.INI file for DB/Text for SQL). Once configured, each online search is logged in a CSV-formatted file named query.LOG, located in the WebPublisher QSETS folder. If your site receives a lot of activity, this file can grow quickly, so we recommend either only enabling this for a specific duration (e.g. one month) or periodically archiving the file and allowing a new one to start (e.g. on the first of each month). The archiving can be done using a Scheduled Task so you only need to set the process up once.
Important Note: You should only enable query logging in version 12 or later of WebPublisher Pro. Do not enable query logging in version 11.
Once you have a log file of searches, you can use the QueryLog database included with the Andornot Starter Kit to analyze it. The log file can be imported into the textbase using the Import command. You can then search for all records where the search produced no results to see, most critically, what users are searching for and not finding. Maybe your database doesn't have the type of resources they are looking for, or maybe they're searching with different words than you used to describe the resource. Either way, this is valuable information! You can also learn what they are searching for and finding, and as with the information from the web server logs, who, when and how often they are searching.
One Andornot client, the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board loads and analyses their WebPublisher query log every week to see what people are searching for, then edits records in their databases to include any new search terms favoured by users. They were even able to identify an unexpected usage of one of their databases. It turned out that their responsiveness in quickly adding entries for search terms that had returned zero results meant that their database was more up to date than other internal sources.
Combined, web server log analysis and query log analysis can give you a pretty good picture of who is using your great online database, when, how often, and what they're finding, or not. You might supplement this with the occasional online survey, asking users for their opinion of your resources.
Need help installing and using any of this software, designing a survey, or making sense of the information gathered? We're always happy to help clients learn more about their users.
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One of the more enjoyable aspects of life at Andornot is the diversity of the projects. We recently had an interesting request from a group of archivists representing the Canadian Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, a group of six congregations of Sisters of St. Joseph in Ontario. Several of these congregational archives maintain Inmagic databases for their archival arrangement and description. The archivists were interested in developing a biographical database as well as designing a printer-friendly report that they could use to easily display information on their deceased sisters and organize by the anniversary of their death. We adjusted and re-indexed the databases to ensure that separate fields were used to sort in this manner. We then designed a report from an MS Word mockup and merged four databases into a single one. We thought this was an excellent and unique use for DB/Textworks.
"Kathy and Jonathan are just wonderful. They have provided the Archives Taskforce with the expertise needed to bring this project to life. We are so pleased to be able to produce a necrology that will be shared and used by so many women religious." (Linda Wicks)
You can learn more about these congregations at their websites:
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An ASP.NET web application set to use Windows authentication where the web.config allows/denies authorization based on Windows roles, which references the BUILTIN\Administrators role specifically.
Your account is in the BUILTIN\Administrators group. The web application is running on a Windows OS with User Account Control [UAC] enabled. (hint HINT.)
Here's an example taken straight from official Microsoft Patterns and Practices: How To: use Windows Authentication in ASP.NET 2.0.
Even though your account is in the BUILTIN\Administrators group - you checked three times, pinching yourself in case you were dreaming - you cannot authenticate to get in to the web application. Instead, you get 401.2 errors.
You know your credentials are correct, because if you deliberately screw up your password, you get a 401.1 error. If you allow your specific account (DOMAIN\frustratedguy) in web.config, you can authenticate as normal.
It's as if the app doesn't think you are a member of the BUILTIN\Administrators role at all...
In fact, as far as the app is concerned, you are not a member of BUILTIN\Administrators. UAC has cast you out from that divine realm, and you no longer hold the keys to heaven.
using System.Web.Security
Listing roles might get you a list like:
None,Everyone,HomeUsers,BUILTIN\Users,NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK,NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users,NT AUTHORITY\This Organization,NT AUTHORITY\NTLM Authentication
No BUILTIN\Administrators. Allow another of those roles in web.config and your credentials will authenticate.
Myself, I didn't know how UAC actually worked. I knew that it didn't let me operate in the context of Administrator unless explicitly told to do so, but I didn't realize that meant that a role check would fail to find me in the Administrators group. Live and learn.
If you ever need to change multiple Inmagic DB/TextWorks forms or query screens, this is a useful little trick. For example, say you want to change a field label for a box and it has been used on multiple forms. Use Maintain > Manage Textbase Elements to select all the affected forms or query screens and click on Export. The resulting .xpf can be opened in a text editor like Notepad or Notepad ++ and carefully modified. The parameters for each form and for each box etc. on each form are included in this file. For example, you could replace a box label, by searching the text file for "label=Subject Headings" and replacing with "label=Subjects".
[13] box_type=R obj_type=F class_type=Q anchor=L abox=12 left=5 top=5 width=732 min=0 max=5 tab_order=13 tab_skip=2 label=Subject Headings border scrollbar show_label label_loc=T label_font=8 bkg_color=14613758 (1) item_field=Subject Headings item_font=5
We always recommend including the parameter such as label= as well as the actual text to be sure you are replacing exactly what you intend. In the example above the words "Subject Headings" are also used to indicate the field to be searched. Once you have finished editing the forms, save the .xpf file under a different name, and use Maintain > Manage Textbase Elements to re-import the forms. You can either delete the existing forms first as long as you still have the backup, or just go ahead and import the forms which will then be named formname_1. You can then check the modification worked as expected before deleting each old form and renaming each revised one to remove the _1.
This trick works to globally change a whole range of parameters such as box background colors, or the file paths to servers embedded in web forms etc. Contact us if you need training or any other assistance with forms design.
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45 months Locked
Hello All!! So happy to be able to find the time to write a few lines to all of you. It's been much to long. I've been experiencing a partial empty nest syndrome since my daughter went to Canada for college two months ago. My older sister and I flew to Montreal with her to help her get settled in. While there, my daughter seemed to fit right in to the Metropolitan life that Montreal offers. I was so surprised to see how well she caught on getting around on the metro. It was clear to me that she was ready to spread her wings and fly On the other hand, I was the one suffering. What was I going to do with myself?
The plane ride home was tough for me. Prior to our departure, I promised my sister I wouldn't get all emotional. I knew this would be uncomfortable her. However, when I got to my car at the airport and began driving home, I cried and cried. It was so hard to believe how quickly she grew.
Now that she is gone, I have so much more time on my hands. My grieving is over, and I have began involving myself in activities that I haven't done in years, and connecting with people more than ever. This empty nest thing isn't so bad after awhile. Hey, I've even had a few dates (-: Can you believe that!!!!
My locks have grown so much since my last posting. Here are a few recent pictures of my hair. Love you all. Can't wait to here from you.


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Just got this announcement. The Gates Foundation has been funding some really cool stuff ... if you work on any of these topics it is probably worth thinking about putting in an Application
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 4 of Grand Challenges Explorations, a US$100 million initiative to encourage unconventional global health solutions. Anyone can apply, regardless of education or experience level.
Grant proposals are being accepted online at http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations until November 2nd 2009, on the following topics:
New! Create New Technologies for Contraception
Create New Ways to Protect Against Infectious Disease
Create New Ways to Induce and Measure Mucosal Immunity
Create Low-Cost Diagnostics for Priority Global Health Conditions
Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of $1 million or more. Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at http://www.grandchallenges.org/explorations.
We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from scientists around the world and from all scientific disciplines. If you don't submit a proposal yourself, we hope you will forward this message to someone else who might be interested.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.


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Cake making has been my absolute passion since I was a child, so after creating my own wedding cake I knew it was time to take the plunge and start my own business. Setting up 'Tiers of Happiness' was an incredibly daunting task – I was cast into a world of 'unknown's' – accounting, marketing, price calculations, supplier sourcing, time management, and more. I learnt very quickly though that becoming a successful business takes more than just talent and having a good offering, you need the right technology to help you at every stage.
Getting the right tools for the job
Back then, I used an email package which came with my PC and a personal email address. I saved my documents and files on the hard drives of 2 different laptops, all my portfolio picture were on USB keys and it was impossible to move files across my PC and SmartPhone. I wanted to create a good brand and I knew that as a small business I had to become very efficient with my time! I needed hardware and software that would help me run every aspect of the business, synchronising files across all my devices, but without hefty upfront costs.
With easy-to-use, trustworthy products and low set-up costs, Microsoft was without doubt the best value for money for a small business like mine starting up. I chose the Office 365 Business Premium package which gives me Microsoft Office applications, business email, cloud document storage and online conferencing, accompanied by a Windows SmartPhone and a Windows 10 touch screen, lightweight laptop.
An office without boundaries
I literally now have no restrictions to where or how I work – everything I need is at my fingertips through my Windows phone, laptop, or in fact any internet point. Outlook email and calendar functions run my life! I can send emails from my Windows Phone wherever I happen to be. My calendars are all colour coded to help me separate different aspects of my life and I can even add locations to meeting entries so when I am delivering cakes Outlook connects to the maps on my phone and tells me where to go! I can be confident that I'm never missing enquiries or leaving customers waiting.
My fears about losing documents or photos are history. OneDrive for Business gives me a huge amount of cloud storage space for all my files which again I can easily access from any of my devices, wherever I am.
The integration between my Windows 10 laptop and my Windows Smartphone is simple and so effective. Everything I do on my phone automatically replicates back into the corresponding apps in my desktop environment – it saves me so much time!
Building a brand
Every small business knows that creating a strong brand is a big part of business success. All emails now have a professional email address and signature. I can keep up to date with social media at all times, taking pictures on my Windows Phone to upload and reply immediately to follower comments. I can share OneDrive for Business document folders with partners who are helping me promote the business. In fact, I am just about to launch a new website and the entire project has been managed from within OneDrive for Business where I have shared photos, copy documents, logos and testimonials with the web developer.
Great customer communication
I have absolute confidence now that I can respond instantly to customers wherever I am and keep their projects moving forward at pace. I often order materials and ingredients online with my Windows Phone as soon as I leave a customer meeting and if I don't, a handy reminder in Cortana ensures I place the order before the end of the day! OneNote has completely replaced my old pad and pencil; I capture notes when I meet with customers and have dedicated notebooks for customer meetings, supplier lists and recipe ideas – all securely stored in the cloud so I can access them at any time.
Skype for Business has opened up new ways to connect. Increasingly customers are restricted by when they can meet face to face to discuss plans, but a quick online meeting ensures we can still connect and video is a lovely way to keep that face to face experience, albeit virtually. I was recently commissioned by a customer in the USA who was getting married in the UK. Without Skype for Business we would have had no way to meet and discuss her wedding cake dreams before the big day.
Information securely taken care of
As a small business owner, I am not deeply technical and I don't have the time to worry about keeping my data secure. Microsoft technologies take care of it at every level. With all my documents in the cloud, I am automatically backed-up and should my laptop break or get lost, I can access that information from any other machine. In Windows 10, I have integrated anti-virus and malware protection with Windows Defender and in the inbuilt firewall. Everything I need is there working away behind the scenes so I don't have to worry about it, and I don't have to pay for additional software applications.
Flourishing and growing
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Thermodynamics MCQ
61. The hyperbolic process is governed by
- A. Boyle's law
- B. Charles' law
- C. Gay-Lussac law
- D. Avogadro's law
Answer: A
62. A closed system is one in which heat and work crosses the boundary of the system but the mass of the working substance does not crosses the boundary of the system.
- A. Yes
- B. No
Answer: A
63. The entropy of water at 0°C is assumed to be
Answer: B
64. The greater the pressure difference in throttling, the lesser is the irreversibility.
- A. Yes
- B. No
Answer: B
65. During which of the following process does heat rejection takes place in Carnot cycle?
- A. Isothermal expansion
- B. Isentropic expansion
- C. Isothermal compression
- D. Isentropic compression
Answer: C
66. Which is the incorrect statement about Carnot cycle?
- A. It is used as the alternate standard of comparison of all heat engines.
- B. All the heat engines are based on Carnot cycle.
- C. It provides concept of maximising work output between the two temperature limits.
- D. all of the above
Answer: B
67. When two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body, they are also in thermal equilibrium with each other. This statement is called
- A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
- B. First law of thermodynamics
- C. Second law of thermodynamics
- D. Kelvin Planck's law
Answer: A
68. The area under the temperature-entropy curve (T – s curve) of any thermodynamic process represents
- A. heat absorbed
- B. heat rejected
- C. either (a) or (b)
- D. none of these
Answer: C
69. The free expansion process is a constant enthalpy process.
- A. Correct
- B. Incorrect
Answer: A
70. The specific heat at constant volume is
- A. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant pressure
- B. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant volume
- C. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one degree
- D. any one of the above
Answer: B
71. One kg of carbon produces __________ kg of carbon dioxide.
Answer: C
72. Ericsson cycle consists of two constant pressure and two isothermal processes.
- A. Agree
- B. Disagree
Answer: A
73. The isothermal and isentropic processes are reversible non-flow processes.
- A. Agree
- B. Disagree
Answer: A
74. The blast furnace gas is a by-product in the production of pig iron in the blast furnace.
- A. Yes
- B. No
Answer: A
75. The heat supplied to the gaS at constant volume is (where m = Mass of gas, cv = Specific heat at constant volume, cp = Specific heat at constant pressure, T2 – T1 = Rise in temperature, and R = Gas constant)
- A. mR(T2 – T1)
- B. mcv(T2 – T1)
- C. mcp(T2 – T1)
- D. mcp(T2 + T1)
Answer: B
76. Liquid fuels have lower efficiency than solid fuels.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: B
77. The heat absorbed during a polytropic process is
78. Liquid fuels consist of hydrocarbons.
- A. True
- B. False
Answer: A
79. The expansion ratio (r) is the ratio of (where v1 = Volume at the beginning of expansion, and v2 = Volume at the end of expansion)
80. The dual combustion cycle consists of one constant pressure, two constant volume and two isentropic processes.
- A. Agree
- B. Disagree
Answer: A


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SPONTANEOUS HAUL | Ulta, Sephora, Target, MAC, Tarte...
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From Oklahoma, USA:
I am a general pediatrician who has cared for a small number of diabetic children including one infant. I read several of the questions and responses regarding the use of diluted insulin for infants.
Could I see a "straw poll" of programs at larger children's diabetes centers that routinely use diluted insulin for young children and infants and those who do not? And why.
I am not aware of any formal poll evaluating what percentage of pediatric endocrinologists use diluted insulin. At one of the presentations at the American Diabetes Scientific Session last June [1997] in Boston, there was an informal "show of hands" how many people were using diluted insulin in young children. To my surprise, it was not 100%. If I remember correctly, it was closer to 60- 75%, though I have no information about the exact make-up of the people in the audience who answered. It was my understanding that some pediatric endocrinologists felt it was too confusing for parents to dilute insulin. In my experience, I don't know how many young children can be managed without diluting insulin (which is I assume the reason the insulin companies provide it for free).
[Editor's comment: My daughter was diagnosed when she was 24 months old. We used Regular diluted to 1/4 strength (four units of diluted Regular equals one unit of undiluted Regular) for many years. Often we gave her half a unit of diluted regular, or one-eighth of a unit of Regular. I cannot imagine caring for an infant or very young child with diabetes without the use of diluted insulin. JSH]
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It was exclusively reported last month, Blac Chyna was caught cozying up to another man during her relationship with Rob Kardashian— bringing the identity of her unborn baby's daddy into question.
Weeks later, on last night's finale episode of Rob & Chyna, the pregnant model, 28, took a paternity test to put the rumors to rest once and for all.
She announced her plans to shocked friends Sam and Paige on a hike while Rob was at home.
"I know it's Rob's child, I've only been with him since we started dating," she insisted to her confused pals. "It's just to shut down the rumors on the internet saying it might be two other people."
Finally, Chyna received the paternity test results via email.
"Bam! Robert Kardashian you are the father!" she squealed, jumping up and down.
But Rob still expressed some doubt.
"It says 99.9%" he said. "How do we get 100% probability?"


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Nasdaq New Highs/Lows Indicator Near Inflection PointPublished July 18th, 2007 in Technical Analysis
The new high, new lows indicator looks at the number of stocks within a group (say the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq) making 52-week new highs and new lows. It ranges from 0 to 100. The low ranges mean a lot of stocks making 52 week lows and not many making 52 week highs. And the high ranges mean the reverse.
As you imagine, this sort of information can be very useful at finding inflection points. When the market is very oversold, we usually find a lot of new 52 week lows relative to 52 week highs. So keeping an eye on this indicator is useful.
After today's lackluster trading, this indicator for the Nasdaq fell more than 38 points to just under 30. This is low but still not extremely so. If the market drops again, it will push this indicator low enough that we would set up for a bounce higher.
Of course, within a strong bull market shallow retracements are more prevalent. So we could recover without any further damage. But for a really nice intermediate bottom, I'd prefer to see a reading of 10 for the new highs, new lows indicator.
Anyway, I wanted to point this out ahead of time because I prefer bring to your attention things which may be actionable. It may set up or not. But in either case, its more useful to talk about possibilities than point them out after the fact. Hindsight is 20/20.
Here's the chart for the past 3 years. Note that while the Nasdaq's chart is weekly the indicator's chart is daily:
The other insteresting data point comes from the options market. The put call ratio (equity only) spiked significantly higher today but didn't reach extreme levels. Similar to the new highs new lows indicator, if we have another bout of selling like today's, the put call ratio will get there.
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4 Responses to "Nasdaq New Highs/Lows Indicator Near Inflection Point"
Jul 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 am
Do you calculate this indicator manually, or is it available from various financial sites? I looked and wasn't able to find it as a lower indicator on the brokerages and sites I use.
Sep 27th, 2009 at 7:13 am
At bottom is the direct link to the chart already setup with a 10 bars simple moving averange.
Mister Kaeppel @ optionetics.com wrote a nice article on that moving averange
and this is the link with the chart already setup
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Jill here, and this week I'm framing some loving words with some lovely flowers...
Using Avery Elle's gorgeous Peonies and Altenew's Painted Inspiration.
I started by cutting a panel using Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangles from watercolour card, and masking the edges off with low-tack tape. I then stamped a selection of the small and large flowers and leaves from Avery Elle's Peonies, around the edges, heat embossing in gold as I went.
I then coloured my flower frame using Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Pens with water, and adding a few flicks and splatters across my background.
My sentiment is from Altenew's Painted Inspiration and heat embossed in gold.
I mounted my whole panel onto a Silver Fox notecard from Avery Elle with foam tape, and there you have it.
I really hope you like it and, as always, everything I used is linked below.
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When I was pregnant with Eli I began crocheting a blessing dress for the much anticipated Baby Blessing that all children in our church receive shortly after they are born. Of course, when Eli was born a boy we realized that he would look much better in a suit than a lacy dress (which was okay, since I had only gotten about 10% done by the time he was born.) So, my lovely sister-in-law, Renee, made me a darling little suit out of the leftover fabric from my wedding dress. It was cute. He was cute. All was happy.
When I was pregnant with Silas I worked a little more on the blessing dress, but again did not get it complete by the time he was born. When he came out a he, I called upon the mad sewing skills of Renee again. The suit she had made for my tiny little Eli, who was blessed at 6 weeks did not fit my monstrous Silas, who was blessed at 3 months.
When I was pregnant with Atticus, I got awfully close to finishing the dress. But, he came out a he as well. So, having made Eli and Silas each their own, Atticus naturally needed one as well. Enter Renee, and a blessing outfit was made for sweet Atticus as well. Here's the dress (which, incidentally, won the Best In Class Ribbon at the Calgary Stampede Creative Arts and Craft Show):
Well, seeing as I'm not sure if I will ever have a girl, and not one of my boys have worn anything of my own making, when Machen came out a he I decided I needed to make something for him. I should have known, seeing as it took me 5 years to make the blessing dress, that this would be no small endeavour, but I dove in anyway. And, after two months of knitting ferociously, I did in fact finish a blessing suit for my sweet Mac. Isn't he the sweetest thing?!?
The pattern is a Dale of Norway design, from a pamphlet I bought off Ebay. I used MadTosh Lace, and teeny, tiny needles (size 0 and size 1), so it was basically like knitting with spider webs. Actually, if I consider the stitch count, I probably could have knit Jared an entire outfit of his own with worsted weight yarn - not something I would EVER consider doing. I posted all about it on my Ravelry page, so feel free to jaunt over their and take a look: jennyvangy's Blessing Suit.


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Who's in, who's out?
Campbell Craig and Jan Ruzicka on the nonproliferation complex
Nuclear weapons have given rise to a multibillion-pound industry to which nobody pays any attention, an industry we may as well call the nonproliferation complex. It comprises a loose conglomeration of academic programmes, think tanks, NGOs, charitable foundations and government departments, all formally dedicated to the reduction of nuclear danger. Its twin goals are to stop the spread of nuclear technologies to small, anti-Western regimes and, eventually, to abolish nuclear weapons altogether.
The complex has been able to create a comfortable place for itself in the international community, particularly since the end of the Cold War. Some argue that it has achieved little despite vast resources, others that it has been modestly successful in limiting the number of states possessing nuclear weapons. But it can also be criticised not on grounds of its effectiveness but because, like the international aid industry, it is a classic liberal institution that pretends to universalism while being in hock to the world's most powerful states. Moreover, its pursuit of modest, 'realistic' goals has helped to undermine the very possibility of substantial action on nuclear weapons.
When the New Start treaty between Russia and the US was ratified in 2010, William Perry, a defense secretary under President Clinton and one of the chief advocates of nuclear nonproliferation and eventual abolition – 'global zero', as it has come to be known – remarked that even though the treaty was 'small, it was vital, because everything we need to do in the future, starting with halting the Iranian programme, requires working with Russia and showing that we are serious about bringing our own nuclear stockpiles down.' Well before he made this comment the Obama administration announced that it was committing $85 billion to the modernisation of the US nuclear arsenal over the next ten years – the price it had to pay to secure approval of the deal from the Senate. Was Perry unaware of this? What clearer demonstration could there be that the US government is not serious about reducing its stockpiles? Central to the idea of nonproliferation is the presumption that if smaller states are to be discouraged from acquiring a bomb, nuclear states will need to take real steps towards disarmament. Otherwise, non-nuclear states will regard their demands as self-serving and hypocritical – reason enough to think about creating an arsenal of their own. It isn't hard to guess how the Russians, the Chinese and other nuclear powers reacted to the US's announcement.
The Obama administration, which in public supports the ideal of a world without nuclear weapons, failed to acknowledge the contradiction, but that is to be expected. More surprising, on the face of it, is the fact that the Senate compromise didn't attract any criticism from Perry, his abolitionist allies (Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, Sam Nunn), or, indeed, from any prominent figure in the nonproliferation complex. One might have assumed that one of them would have publicly condemned the move, yet there was barely a peep.
This could be because the complex has no problem with it. Over the past few decades, it has, in effect, abandoned its mission to rid the world of nuclear danger, shifting its attention to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the round of conferences associated with it. Chief among these is the NPT Review Conference, at which delegates from member states meet every five years to discuss progress. These conferences are a bizarre spectacle, involving much fractious debate over minor rewordings in order to produce – if any agreement at all is reached – 'final documents' which are ignored by everyone concerned. Then the review process, which bears more than a passing resemblance to Soviet five-year plans, starts all over again.
The organisations that make up the complex are spread across the US and Europe. Among government agencies there is the US National Nuclear Security Administration; at the international level, the International Atomic Energy Agency. In the academy, the Monterey Institute of International Studies in the US and the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies in Southampton have long set the tone: they have also doubled as think tanks on matters of non-proliferation, alongside such organisations as the UN Institute for Disarmament Research based in Geneva, the Nuclear Policy Programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Harvard's project on Managing the Atom, and the Stimson Center in Washington. There is no shortage of NGOs involved, among them the US Arms Control Association and the Pugwash conference. Funding comes from governments and from large bodies such as the Ford and MacArthur Foundations, the Ploughshares Fund, the Carnegie Corporation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
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2008 Ford Shelby GT500 – Autometer gauges and Dash Pod Install
Welcome back to another install by RPMM! Today we got we beautiful Shelby GT500 here. We are installing some Autometer gauges including boost, water temp, and oil pressure. We start by running the wiring up through the dash to where the gauges will be placed. Once ran we can install the pod and gauges. Then we can run the wiring through the firewall to the newly installed oil pressure sender and water temp sender. For the boost gauge, a vacuum line is tap and a line is ran to the gauge. Then it's time to wire the power and light feed. Once that is done, we can start her up and check the gauges! Check back soon for more installs including one done on that black 2010 Camaro!


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The 55 year old Pop star Madonna was the highest earning celebrity over the past year, made an estimated $125m, according to Forbes. It was the most money Madonna has made in a single year since it began tracking earnings in 1999.
Directory Steven Spielberg was at number two with $100m. Most of his earnings came from his back catalogue of film hits such as ET and Jurassic Park – which has just been released in 3D to mark its 20th anniversary – as well as last year's Oscar winning Lincoln.
Forbes compiles its annual list of celebrity earnings using input from agents, managers, producers and others to calculate its estimates for each celebrity's entertainment-related earnings.


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Listener Email – Does Dropping the Kids off at Daycare Make Her a Bad Mom?
Listeners write Mike and Tricia with their thoughts,comments, and problems. The latest is from a listener who wants to know if dropping her kids off at daycare so she can have some me time makes her a bad mom. Read the email below, then scroll down to the "leave a comment" box and tell us what you think.
I'm a teacher and so I get summers off. But I still take my kids to day care from 7 a.m to 5 p.m three out of five days of the week. My friends tease me all the time saying I'm a bad mom for doing that, but I just need some time to myself and away from kids. They joke about it so much that I'm now starting to wonder if maybe they're not just teasing and if I really am a horrible mom. Does taking my kids to daycare so I can go shopping, do lunch with my girl friends and work on stuff around the house in peace make me a bad mom?


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Very nice old Glasco beaker. Would look good setting on your bar to mix your cocktails in. Measurements etched into both sides cc's and oz's, holds 32 ounces. This beaker is a very thick, heavy glass. Nice thick bottom, very light wear, small bubbles in glass, no chips or cracks. Marked near top, Glasco inside of a diamond, Made In U.S.A.
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If you own a Chevrolet, maybe this has been your story this winter: Locate phone; pull up OnStar RemoteLink app; start vehicle remotely; blast heat; proceed to brave the Polar Vortex on the way to the now-warm car. Sound familiar? Chevy reports that you were one of millions to do the same.
Throughout January, over 55 percent of Chevy Cruze owners used the RemoteLink app to start their cars remotely. That's over 1.6 million people who took advantage of a vehicle whose purpose is to meet the needs of its owners.
On Jan. 7 alone, a record-breaking 200,000 requests were made through the app.
If you haven't started using RemoteLink, there's no time like the present! Don't worry about leaving your car unlocked as the vehicle starts; the app keeps the car doors locked, so you can take your time getting up the courage to step outside.
If you don't have a RemoteLink-enabled vehicle, that's where we can help. Stop by Gjovik Auto today for your new Chevy and keep the cold outdoors where it belongs.