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DHAKA, Feb 09, 2019 (BSS) – When it comes to having first child it is enormously exhilarating for soon-to-be parents to ponder over holding the baby for the first time and all the beautiful moments they will spend together.
But it can also be creepy when one does not know what to expect. Many moms worry about childbirth, and complications. It seems even normal to wonder about the chances of dying.
In the past, pregnancy and childbirth were more precarious. But, today, it's much safer to have a baby. If one gets regular prenatal care, eat well, make good lifestyle choices, and have a skilled health practitioner at her delivery, the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and birth are excellent. However, in some parts of the country women continue to face difficult circumstances surrounding pregnancy and childbirth.
Just like many other women they have the same hopes and fears about having a child. With experiencing many remarkable successes in the health sector, the country is also faced with the challenge of deaths from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, and most could have been prevented.
Women die as a result of complications during and following pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these complications develop during pregnancy and most are preventable and or treatable as the health-care solutions to prevent or manage complications are well-known.
In Bangladesh, around 13 percent women aged 15 years-49 years die during childbirth. Every year 222 mothers die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth.
A report titled `Mother death and health service study in Bangladesh 2016: Primary report' depicted the statistic on maternal mortality rate. Sources said two surveys were conducted in 2001 and 2010.
The 2001 survey showed that 20 percent women died for pregnancy-related diseases. In 2010, the mortality rate came down to 14 percent. After six years, in 2016, the death rate was 13 percent.
In the survey, conducted by the Bangladesh government, showed that a total of 196 mothers died among the one lakh mothers during childbirth. According to the survey, now the delivery cases in health centres have significantly increased.
In 2001, the delivery cases in health centres were only nine percent while it was 23 percent in 2010. The 2016 survey showed that the rate was 47 percent. Presently, a total of 53 percent unsafe deliveries are being done by the unskilled midwives in the country.
Sources said only three percent health centers across the country possess the least criteria for normal delivery.
In 2010's survey showed, 31 percent mother died due to severe bleeding, 20 percent for epilepsy, 7 percent for delivery complexity or long time labor pain, one percent for abortion, 35 percent for indirect reasons (heart disease, jaundice etc), 5 percent for direct other reasons and one percent for unknown reasons.
In 2016 survey showed, 31 percent mother died due to severe bleeding and 24 percent for epilepsy.
Kamrun Nahar, a member of the survey, said, "The survey mentioned the reasons of mother's death. It also stated where to give more importance to reduce the death rate. Severe bleeding and epilepsy are the main two reasons of deaths. But we didn't see adequate programme to reduce the death rate."
Gynecologist Dr Monowara Begum said the mothers of rural areas are not aware of the reproductive health. They feel discomfort to discuss the issue, she added.
Experts said all women need access to antenatal care in pregnancy, skilled care during childbirth, and support in the weeks after childbirth.
All births should be attended by skilled health professionals, as timely management and treatment can make the difference between life and death for both the mother and the baby. Factors that prevent women from receiving or seeking care during pregnancy and childbirth are poverty, distance, lack of information, inadequate services and cultural practices, they said.
They observed the authorities concerned should address inequalities in access to health care and quality of reproductive, maternal and new born medicare.


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Artificial Intelligence (Narrow, General, Super)
"Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold." -Ray Kurzweil
The Levels of Artificial Intelligence
When we hear artificial intelligence being discussed it's important to understand the levels and/or variations of AI. The most common (and only available) artificial intelligence is weak/narrow artificial intelligence. Weak AIs are highly specialized systems that are optimized to play games, translate languages, recognize images and listen/produce speech. These systems are also used to score a broad range of results in the sales, medical, scientific and other fields to assist professionals with their work. While Narrow AI is indeed disruptive in narrow situations, it has serious limitations as it has limited or negligible transferability to other other disciplines within the same or different domains.
This is why scientists, companies and governments alike are in a race to develop a strong/general artificial intelligence system that can operate across numerous domains with mastery. These systems would be able to play all varieties of games (cross applying knowledge), write a paper, identify images, etc. and synthesize this information into something useful. They key thing for these systems is that they general AI would be able to operate at a master level (as good as if not better than a well trained human) and be able to conduct all of these tasks simultaneously. These systems do not current exist but many companies and scientist hope to have them in the near future between 2020 and 2030.
After General Artificial Intelligence has been achieved many scientists have speculated about a third evolution of AI, Superintelligence. This level of AI is purely theoretical, but, SI systems would be operate a levels and speeds that are faster than the smartest humans beings by several millions times. It can be rather difficult to have any meaningful conversation on this topic without falling into the weeds about dystopian worlds where the AI tries to kill everyone. This isn't to say that it can't happen, but as it currently stands there isn't enough information to make a educated assessment of what that future might look like.
Weak - Strong - Super Overview
Narrow/Weak Artificial Intelligence
- Simple Scoring Systems
- Chess, Go and other game playing systems.
- Visual systems (image identification)
- Audio systems (speech recognition)
- Self-Driving Systems
- Other Automation Systems
General/Strong Artificial Intelligence
- Robust muti-use and multi-purpose systems
- Master level competencies in skills
- Do most tasks any human would be able to
- Cross application of skills and knowledge
- Ability to synthesize diverse information and develop actionable insights or actions
- Superintelligent AI Agents would be far superior to the smartest humans in terms of capacity and speed.
- Would be a master at every skill, subject or discipline.
- Would be millions of times faster than the smartest humans.
- Would be able to do all tasks simultaneously without a decrease in quality of outputs or speed.

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Texas Jack at the Alamo
Vibrant illustrations by James Rice bring to life the events of the struggle. In this tale you'll meet Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Colonel William Travis, and the Mexican general Santa Anna. Texas Jack vividly describes the course of the battle, and the carefully researched illustrations recreate the Alamo exactly as it was in 1836. Readers age eight and up will enjoy the story, and Texans and non-Texans alike will be enchanted by this historical account of the birth of the Lone Star State. Written and Illustrated by James Rice - 32 pages - Hardcover w/dustjacket


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BHTM STUDENTS ONLY – Room Attendant, Inverary Inn – Baddeck
Close Date: February 26, 2018 4:00 pm
Location: Baddeck, NS
Category: BHTM
Title: Room Attendant
Reports To: Head Housekeeper
The Room Attendant will be responsible for ensuring our guest rooms and guest areas maintain a high standard of cleanliness, functionality and aesthetics. You will also be responsible for providing exceptional, personalized service to all our guests.
Core Competencies
- Customer Focused
- Excellent Eye for Detail
- Excellent Communication
- Flexible
- Energetic
- Problem Solving and Priority Managing
- Accountability and Dependability
- Ethical and acts with Integrity
- Previous experience as a room attendant or maid preferred.
- Experience with industrial strength cleaning products an asset
- WHMIS certification provided
- Able to work with minimal supervision while meeting high performance standards
- Flexible to work in shifts.
- Able to effectively communicate in the English language both verbally and in writing
- Able to work well under pressure
- Able to follow instructions
- Strong attention to detail and strong organizational skills
- Good physical health and stamina
- Able to provide friendly service to our guests
- High school diploma an asset
Job Duties
- Change bed linen and make beds
- Replace used towels
- Sweep and mop floors
- Vacuum carpets
- Dust furniture
- Replenish bath care products (e.g. soap and shampoo)
- Clean public areas, like corridors
- Report any technical issues and maintenance needs
- Report lost items to the Head Housekeeper
- Ensure all assigned rooms are clean and tidy by the end of the shift
- Follow hotel security guidelines
- Monitor room functionality and maintenance requirements to optimize the guest experience.
- Engage guests and act as an Inverary brand ambassador
- Detailed knowledge of Inverary guest rooms very important
- Maintain familiarity with local attractions and events.
- Attend meetings and training courses as required.
- Any other duties as required.
Working Conditions
- Frequent standing, bending, reaching, kneeling and carrying.
- Working with industrial strength cleaning products
- Morning, evening, weekend as well as overtime as required.
- Lifting or moving up to 20lbs will be required
Application Details
Please forward your cover letter and resume to email@example.com or drop it off at the Inverary Resort in Baddeck.
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- Blend olive oil, cumin, sugar, lemon juice, and a pinch of sea salt in a blender until smooth. Add green bell pepper and tomato; blend until smooth, about 1 minute. Pour chickpeas and yogurt into the blender; blend thoroughly. Thicken dip with more yogurt, if desired. Season with sea salt; serve with the steamed artichokes.
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- If you don't have a steamer, use a large pot with your colander as your steamer basket, but don't forget to put the lid back on! The lid does not need to fit tightly for the artichokes to still cook.
- More sugar may be needed depending on acidity of tomato, but only add 1 pinch at a time.
- Dip can also be made ahead of time. Tightly covered, it will keep for about 1 week in the refrigerator.
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[LONDON] European stocks rose at the open on Monday after gains across much of Asia.
In initial deals, London's FTSE 100 index won 0.5 per cent to 6,760.18 points compared with the close on Friday.
In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 gained nearly 0.9 per cent to 10,426.36 points and the Paris CAC 40 added almost 0.7 per cent to 4,469.99.


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First Love: A Misunderstanding
The first thing that springs to mind when I think about 'first love' is The Notebook. Noah and Allie's love story is so beautiful that, as a viewer, you long to emulate something similar in your own life. I certainly did. This is where the problem lies. Growing up, I was a hopeless romantic (I still am, but now a hopeless realistic romantic) I watched films such as The Notebook, My Girl and A Cinderella Story over and over again with the hope that I too would have a life-altering summer romance, fall in love with my best friend or develop an online romance with a mystery guy (never really stopped to think about the implications of that last one - 'Nomad' could have been a psycho!)
Anyway, all of the above are certainly great noughties classics. They will always have a special place in my heart and shaped a lot of my expectations whilst growing up. But, paradoxically, could this be the problem? I spent my teens yearning for the intensity and ultimate happiness that first love seemed to promise in all of the films I so loved to watch. I spent so much time desperate to experience this, worried that I never would. This impatience to fall in love meant that I projected my feelings onto boys that were nowhere near right for me; one boy in particular.
This boy was older and could undoubtedly sense that I was after love, romance, the real deal. Naturally, he shamelessly used this to his advantage. As a seventeen-year-old girl who had been brought up with happily married parents and watched and read as many romantic films and books as I had, I was blind to this boy's hidden agenda and ignorant of the precariousness of the situation, the emotional toll it would take. When he first told me I was beautiful, I felt worthy. In my head, I equated him telling me this with him on his way to loving me; how silly. At the time I truly believed I loved this person. I would constantly make excuses for his actions: Oh, he's probably just afraid of his feelings for me and, Oh, he will come around eventually etc. I remember being convinced that this was, and would always be, my first love and how great it was that I had finally found him.
Five years later and I barely recognize who I was back then. Five years later and I have truly and irrevocably fallen in love. I met my boyfriend (of one year now) when I was twenty-one and had just returned from a six-month sun-soaked exchange from Southern California. I was ready for some boredom and normalcy in my final year of university. Instead - in addition to the above - I fell in love in beautiful, auburn October. I can pinpoint the exact moment I was certain of this. We were lying in bed listening to Elbow's 'Weather to Fly', my head on his warm chest, staring up at the ceiling of scattered glow-in-the-dark stars with a contented smile on my face as he absent-mindedly played with my hair and I just knew in my bones that I was falling in love. The next evening he told me 'I love you' for the first time on a rooftop overlooking The Shard and the rest of a shimmering London skyline and, beaming from ear to ear, I said it back. My first love.
It did not arrive in my teens as I thought it would, as per all of those movies, but it did arrive when I least expected it, in the form of an incredibly caring, thoughtful, gentle and considerate man that has since done nothing but enrich my life. I believe that there is a distinct difference to thinking you love someone and truly falling in love with someone. I personally associate the former with an irrational yet dangerously powerful unrequited teenage 'love' - a love that isn't really love so much as a hopeless desire to be loved and validated - whereas the latter is a beautifully magical process, a love that is undoubtedly reciprocated, romantic. A big love. If I could go back and tell my fifteen through nineteen-year-old self one thing, it would be: stop chasing first love. It will happen of its own accord and when it does, it will awaken your soul and shroud your life in glitter. F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of my favourite writers, wrote, 'There are all kinds of love in this world but there is never the same love twice'. It is marvellous to think that we all define love differently and experience a multi-faceted range of loves. What I will say is, do not confuse the heart-breaking intensity of an unrequited love with the complete contentment and overwhelming happiness of a first love, wherever, and in whomever, you may find this.
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At what point in a mother's life is her hair not the source of everyone's comfort?
It works out well that I rarely ever "do" my hair (meaning hair drying, straightening...) because it is always being yanked, bobby pin pulled out, hair pulled out--you get the picture. I used to save the hair "doing" at least for Sunday church, but that is a rarity these days. If I could just find a hair cut that looked great without any maintenance or pulling back constantly...ladies, any help???


text: WR Chris Black (5-11 175) of Jacksonville, FL will make the trip to Columbia Thursday with First Coast teammates Shaq Beverly and Reggie Northrup. Black is no stranger to the USC campus. "I've probably been there four or five times by now," Black said. He visited Florida yesterday with the same two teammates. They will go to Florida State Saturday and Alabama next week. Black has offers from USC, Clemson, FSU, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Notre Dame among others. He has over 20 in all. "I don't really talk to them all," he said. "I am really just focusing on three or four schools right now." He says those schools are USC, Alabama, FSU, and Florida. Black says he does not have a leader.


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"On July 5th, I spotted two dogs running through a busy street and up onto the front lawn of a house at 1875 Poplar, in midtown. It turned out that these dogs live at that address, but their owner is ill and no longer staying there. The dogs are living on the front lawn, unsupervised around the clock and roaming freely without fencing or restraints. Both dogs appear to be somewhat elderly and show clear signs of neglect. This summer heat wave only compounds their suffering and makes their situation even more urgent."
The writer tried desperately to get help for the animals, contacting the police and the Humane Society, but couldn't find anyone willing to step up. So he reached out to Real Good Dog Rescue.
RGDR managed to locate and take in the dogs, with the mom going to a longtime foster volunteer, Mary Cour Burrows.
"Edith was sweet from the start," said Mary. "But it was obvious that she'd had a rough go of it." She had to go through treatment for heartworms and get comfortable with the idea of living inside again.
"She was constantly rooting through the trash and the lower shelves of our pantry," she recalled. "YOu could tell she had spent quite some time as a scavenger."
Over the holidays, Burrows' sister Alice and her husband Robb were visiting from their home in Spokane, Washington. The scraggly mutt took an immediate liking to the couple, and the feeling was mutual. They expressed an interest in adopting Edith; however, no one could figure out the logistics.
Enter Wings of Hope, an organization that flies rescue dogs from areas looking for pets to adopt. It just so happened that they had a flight scheduled e next month from Memphis to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, just an hour or so from Alice and Robb.
With much trepidation, Mary packed Edith into a too-small crate (there were over 100 dogs scheduled for the trip) with a couple of her favorite toys (along with a Xanex) and watched her get loaded onto the plane.
The family tracked the flight online and were distressed to see that the plane was flying into some treacherous weather. After a few anxious hours, they wound up diverting the plane to Spokane, where Alice and Robb live. A short drive later, Edith was finally at her forever home.
Today, Edith tromps around in the snow like it's the most natural thing ever. She's made friends with the couple's two other dogs and is fitting in quite nicely (though she did chew up a copy of Scientific American, so things haven't been perfect, mind you).
From roaming along traffic-laden Poplar Avenue in Memphis to gallivanting around a snow-packed meadow in Spokane, Edith has come a long, long way.
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I've been living the life of a typical international student at Melbourne Uni (which means lazy, bored and ,of course, student like life). I apologize for any spam that might have gotten through since my spam filter plugin somehow failed to catch the spam by somehow getting deactivated. I've reactivated it and hopefully removed any spam which I could see.
And then, we have the World Cup. Traditionally, I don't watch any of the games besides the finals or games some people might call notable. This tradition was broken when I decided to follow some friends to another friend's house to watch the first match. (I think it was the first match. Don't ask how uninterested in football/soccer I am. To me, football is only just slightly more exciting than watching cars run around in circles. I do watch cars running in circles, just not very often since it can be less interesting than watching paint dry. Sometimes.)
I've got two more papers before the end, and I fully intend to do the best I can to not screw them up like the first one. :D
Oh yeah, and I reduced the number of posts per page to speed up loading for some people. :P
shockrave seems to have problems loading the sidebar. If you also experience the problem, please tell me what version browser you are using, since I am unable to replicate the issue to fix it. :P


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How to Stop Using Browser Dev Tools and Start Using Your Editor's Debugger
Thank you Burke Holland for this amazing article!
Over at css-tricks.com, the elegant and both vertically and horizontally centered Chris Coyier wrote a post called "How to stop using console.log() and start using your browser's debugger."
I'll be the first to admit that I overuse
Console.log Anonymous
Hi. My name is Burke and I use
console.log everywhere.
It's been my go-to for so long. And
console.log is a vast improvement over
alert. I have personally written many an app that was built with "Alert Driven Development", which, aside from being the developer equivalent of flooring it on a road with speed bumps every 80 feet, is also a pretty awesome acronym.
I try and learn my developer tools and lean on a proper debugging experience. And yet, every time I open the browser developer tools, there is a still small voice in the back of my mind. It whispers to me. And it says…
You don't really want to do that.
And are you really going to wear that shirt today? You wore it yesterday. And I'm pretty sure the day before too.
Am I alone in feeling this way? Why do I resist the browser dev tools? And why do I have to change my shirt every day?
I think I know the answer here.
I think that debugging your JavaScript in the chrome developer tools is not the way our brains want to work. I would like to propose that what we really want is to debug our code in the same place that we write it.
How did we get here
You'd be hard pressed to give me an example of another language/platform where people write their code in one place and debug it in another. That would be like making a big pot of chili and then making a second pot identical to the first so you can figure out if the first one has enough salt or not.
Or does it?
Most people know that their editor can debug browser applications, they just aren't sure how to set it up because it doesn't "just work" out of the box. Fortunately, VS Code provides a lot of smarts and guidance for getting your projects set up to run and debug in VS Code.
Debugging Browser Apps in VS Code
VS Code can debug browser apps with a pretty good deal of flexibility. It uses the Chrome Debugger and the same debug port/protocol as the Chrome Developer tools.
VS Code keeps debug configurations in a
.vscode/launch.json file called a "Launch Configuration" file. To create a Launch Configuration file, you need to go to the Debug Explorer in VS Code and click on the gear icon.
Then select the "Chrome" debugger. It comes by default with VS Code. You can install other debuggers from the VS Code Extension Marketplace.
VS Code then tries to generate a launch configuration that works for your project. Let's say we have a simple app that has an
index.html ,
site.css and
index.jsfile. VS Code generates the following launch config.
{ "type": "chrome", "request": "launch", "name": "Launch Chrome against localhost", "url": "http://localhost:8080", "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}" }
This is close enough, but the "url" may be wrong. I launch simple static sites like this with a tool called "Lite Server" which you can install from npm…
npm install -g lite-server
Now you can run the site by just executing
lite-server from the same directory where your HTML file is.
By default, lite-server runs the site on port 3000. So we need to update the launch.config.
{ "type": "chrome", "request": "launch", "name": "Launch Chrome against localhost", "url": "http://localhost:3000", "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}" }
Now we can click the green button in the VS Code debug explorer and set a breakpoint within VS Code.
Here we can examine variables, including the local scope, as well as set watches and examine the call stack. Note that variables can also be conditional, just like in Chrome. You can also use "Column breakpoints" just like you can in Chrome.
You can use the VS Code "Debug Console" to execute commands just like you would in the Chrome devtools console.
As an added bonus, if you go to Chrome and open the developer tools, you will see that you are broken in the exact same spot as in VS Code.
If you step over in VS Code, you will step over in Chrome too and vice-versa.
AND. Guess what? You can STILL use console.log. Or even better, VS Code offers something called "Log Points". They are like breakpoints except they just log out to the Debug Console. This allows you to insert a log statement without actually having to stop, add code, save, recompile with webpack — you know the drill.
Now, this is a contrived example. You probably are not building a website with three files like it's 1998. Or maybe you are. You do you. Nobody knows what they are doing anyway.
Debugging Angular, React and Vue with VS Code
Most of us are using something like Angular, React or Vue (alphabetical order — relax) and these frameworks (or libraries — take a deep breath) rely on Webpack to transpile, concatenate and minify JavaScript. All debugging has to be done via SourceMaps. This means setting up the VS Code debugger can be a little less straightforward.
Fortunately, the VS Code team has assembled drop-in recipes for all the major JavaScript frameworks…
Angular JavaScript Tutorial in Visual Studio Code
Angular JavaScript tutorial showing IntelliSense, debugging, and code navigation support in the Visual Studio Code…code.visualstudio.com
Live edit and debug your React apps directly from VS Code — without leaving the editor 🔥 🎉🎈
Supercharge your React debugging workflow with VS Code and Chrome debuggingmedium.com
Vue JavaScript Tutorial in Visual Studio Code
Vue JavaScript tutorial showing IntelliSense, debugging, and code navigation support in the Visual Studio Code editor.code.visualstudio.com
All of these launch configurations are relatively simple. It mostly just involves setting the port that your app is running on and what the working directory is, which can be hard to know sometimes so these recipes come in handy.
I did run into some issues with Vue and Source Maps that required a relatively creative setting that I never would have figured out on my own, but even Vue itself has this documented so that you can just copy/paste and remain blissfully unaware of what Webpack is doing and why it needs it's own protocol and THREE slashes. THREE.
{ "type": "chrome", "request": "launch", "name": "vuejs: chrome", "url": "http://localhost:8080", "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/src", "breakOnLoad": true, "sourceMapPathOverrides": { "webpack:///./src/*": "${webRoot}/*" } }
But now I can write Vue with TypeScript and debug it from within VS Code, which is kind of mind-blowing. It seems like this shouldn't work, or maybe it just seems too good to be true.
Debugging in your editor is what you really want
I'm about 107.4% sure of that and that's based on SCIENCE.
During most of 2018, I recorded a new VS Code tip video each week for a site called vscodecandothat.com.
I created 33 tips over 33 weeks. Some of these tips resonated with people and they got thousands of clicks and views.
But one tip gets far and away more traffic and interest than any of the others.
The tip "Debugging Browser Apps" is 29 seconds long, and all I do in the video is set a breakpoint in a React app, launch it in the browser and debug it in VS Code. More people watch that video than any other video on the site by a factor of about 20x.
What that tells me is that my proposition resonates: People want to be able to debug in their editor.
Debug and be happy
There is nothing wrong with using
console.log, but Chris is right — a proper development experience involves learning and using your debugger. I just think it's even better if you can use that debugger in your editor instead of your browser.
So take a minute today to configure VS Code to debug your application. See if you don't find yourself using your debugger a whole lot more than you normally would.
I'm off to change my shirt.
Want to keep learning? Check out Burke's tutorial on creating a MongoDB app with React and Azure Cosmos DB.
The contributors to JavaScript January are passionate engineers, designers and teachers. Emily Freeman is a developer advocate at Kickbox and curates the articles for JavaScript January.


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As many of you know, CrossFit has a list of beastly benchmark workouts, lovingly named The Ladies: Helen, Lynne, Isabel, and Karen, to name but a few of my personal favourites. Oh, and Fran. Definitely not a favourite...
Even more intense than these ladies are the other benchmark workouts, the Hero WODs. These are some of the hardest workouts you will ever do, and for good reason. CrossFit has always honoured servicemen and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty and the Hero WODs are done in honour of these individuals.
A) Beginner
A1) Push press 6 x 3
A2) Horizontal pull
A) Intermediate & Advanced
A1) Push press: 1-3 sets @ 80-90% 1RM. Totalling 10-15 reps
A2) Horizontal pull
B) All Athletes
12 minute AMRAP:
12 tyre jumps
6 Thrusters 42.5/30kg
6 Bar-facing burpees
U.S. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Gregory J. Rahoi, 38, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team, based in Quantico, Virginia, was killed on December 6, 2006, during a live-fire tactical training exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, near Bowling Green, Virginia. He is survived by his parents, Natalie and Richard, sister Teri, and fiancee Paula Paulk.


text: Turkey should adopt a holistic approach to address the multiculturalism of Africa, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said on Thursday."It is important to understand the realities of the continent's countries by adopting a holistic approach to address the multiculturalism of Africa, rather than looking at a single window," Pekcan said during a ministerial and general secreterial meeting at the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum in Istanbul.Financing and investment opportunities, cooperation in substructure and energy fields, and entry of Turkish business circle to the African market were discussed during panels at the forum, she said."I made my first visit as the trade minister to South Africa and Zambia. During these visits, I found an opportunity to see firsthand Africa's great potential."I wish that we will gather with African representatives more frequently and hold consultations for developing trade and economic relations between our countries," Pekcan said.Victor Harrison, commissioner for economic affairs of the African Union Commission (AUC), underlined that countries should proceed in the path of sustainable development.Partnership between Turkish and African private sectors is needed for the development of the continent, Harrison said."I believe that we will contribute to Africa's development and will carry out beneficial discussions (during the forum)," Harrison said. -


text: Vojislava Lukić is a professional Serbian tennis player. Born and raised in Subotica, she achieved her highest career ranking as world number 203 in singles on 20 August 2007, and world number 223 in doubles on 8 October 2007. As of 15 December 2014, Lukić is ranked world number 433 in singles. Lukić has so far won eight ITF titles in singles and four in doubles. She also played for Serbia Fed Cup team in 2007, alongside Jelena Janković, Ana Jovanović and Ana Timotić. In 2008, after an ITF tournament in Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands, Lukić temporarily withdrew from professional tennis. Although she played doubles at the ITF tournament in Dubai in 2009 partnering with Bojana ... more on Wikipedia


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About Siddharth Muthyala
Can you get more classic than LEGO? We don't think so. Our favorite toy company shares with us Sid Muthyala, Product and Interaction Designer at LEGO, where he is the Senior Design Lead for the Secondary school segment. Sid works with LEGO Mindstorms, robotics and coding platforms for students. Prior to LEGO education, Sid was Design Lead in LEGO's Creative Play Lab. Has anyone honestly had a more fun career?
Sid will speak on learning through play and the crucial role play has in shaping children and adults. Get an insight to LEGO's inner thinking and creative process.


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Want More Love in Your Life?
I mentioned a book called The Five Love Languages in an earlier post that I read years ago, and thinking back on how much I've utilized what I learned in it, I can easily conclude that it helped save my marriage. I'm all about an ounce of prevention, so I often read books on relationship and try as much as I can to foster communication with the hubs. Which isn't always easy considering that we have completely OPPOSITE love languages! Thank God for pheromones, am I right?
The Five Love Languages... what they heck are they?
Physical Touch
Words of Affirmation
Acts of Service
Receiving Gifts
Quality Time
What the heck does that mean?
It means that each of us has a love language that, when someone else "speaks" it makes us feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. And sometimes on the outside. ;) If you want to deep dive on this, I highly recommend that both YOU AND YOUR PARNTER take this online quiz or download the PDF and learn what your main love languages are.
No time? No worries! I have a quick technique at the bottom of this blog where I explain how to figure out anyone's love language, which can be super helpful at work or when you're around your family. But for now, let me go into what each of the languages are. (source: 5lovelanguages.com)
Quality Time
In the vernacular of Quality Time, nothing says, "I love you," like full, undivided attention. Being there for this type of person is critical, but really being there – with the TV off, fork and knife down, and all chores and tasks on standby – makes your significant other feel truly special and loved. Distractions, postponed dates, or the failure to listen can be especially hurtful. Quality Time also means sharing quality conversation and quality activities.
Acts of Service
Can vacuuming the floors really be an expression of love? Absolutely! Anything you do to ease the burden of responsibilities weighing on an "Acts of Service" person will speak volumes. The words he or she most want to hear: "Let me do that for you." Laziness, broken commitments, and making more work for them tell speakers of this language their feelings don't matter. Finding ways to serve speaks volumes to the recipient of these acts.
Receiving Gifts
Don't mistake this love language for materialism; the receiver of gifts thrives on the love, thoughtfulness, and effort behind the gift. If you speak this language, the perfect gift or gesture shows that you are known, you are cared for, and you are prized above whatever was sacrificed to bring the gift to you. A missed birthday, anniversary, or a hasty, thoughtless gift would be disastrous – so would the absence of everyday gestures. Gifts are visual representations of love and are treasured greatly.
Physical Touch
This language isn't all about the bedroom. A person whose primary language is Physical Touch is, not surprisingly, very touchy. Hugs, pats on the back, holding hands, and thoughtful touches on the arm, shoulder, or face – they can all be ways to show excitement, concern, care, and love. Physical presence and accessibility are crucial, while neglect or abuse can be unforgivable and destructive. Physical touch fosters a sense of security and belonging in any relationship.
Words of Affirmation
Actions don't always speak louder than words. If this is your love language, unsolicited compliments mean the world to you. Hearing the words, "I love you," are important – hearing the reasons behind that love sends your spirits skyward. Insults can leave you shattered and are not easily forgotten. Kind, encouraging, and positive words are truly life-giving.
Interesting, right? So, while you may think "all of these are me," you're sort of right, but one of them should stand head and shoulders above the rest and earn the top spot as your #1 Love Language, and when you're not receiving "lovin'" in that way, you will be one grouchy you-know-what.
How to apply what you learn
In the book, the author describes a love tank that needs filled up just like the tank of a car needs filled with gasoline. When you're running on fumes, there are a few warning signs like:
Irritability with your partner
Nitpicking about things that don't matter ("You put the glasses on the wrong rack in the dishwasher!")
Finding fault in the things you usually love about your partner
These are just a few examples, but if you were to take a step back and think back over your week, you might learn that your love tank is bone dry. Let's say you're a physical touch person but your partner isn't. If you can't remember the last time the two of you made out or had sex or held hands, that could be it! (I'm totally simplifying here for the sake of not writing my own book, but you get my drift.)
Asking for things from your partner is never easy, especially if it's a tender topic that you've fought about time and time again. After I read this topic, I hung a sign on the fridge of our house with a gas gauge on it. The hubs had a magnet and I had a magnet. If someone's love take was empty, we'd simply put our magnet on "E" to communicate what was going on. In his case that meant I'd better dredge up a compliment quick! (Words of Affirmation is one of his main love languages.)
To help you duplicate that and save yourself from silly (or serious) arguments, I made a printable for you below. Hang it on your fridge and use a magnet to mark how full your "love tank" is as a useful way to communicate with your partner.
Or, download the Bitmoji app on your phone, I HIGHLY recommend using one of these to communicate your rating. There are tons of options to choose from but these two illustrate what we're talking about perfectly. A quick check-in text is a fun, light-hearted way to let your partner know where you're at.
What if everyone's angry?
If you've fallen right down the loo and you're both on "E" or running on fumes, that's a problem. There's a simple solution to solving it, but it's not what most of us tend to do. When you're feeling under-appreciated and unloved it's almost impossible to give from your lack. But friends, that's exactly what you need to do.
If your partner's love language is gifts and you know he loves Reese's Cups with Reese's Pieces inside of them (yes, that's real), then you might stop by the gas station and pick up a package. If he's also words of affirmation, you might want to include a compliment. Something like:
"I like your butt."
(Men are simple.)
Swallowing your pride and doing something nice for someone else will make you feel better! You can deliver it transparently by saying something like:
"I know you've been feeling unloved lately, so I picked this up for you because I wanted you to know I that I love you."
Using this method with friends & coworkers
You don't only have to apply this to your love life. What about your friends and family members? Those are all relationships that need cultivating and nurturing, too. While they're not as intimate as a marriage or life partner, the method still works. Example: If your mother is physical touch, maybe she needs a hug. If your coworker is crabby and feeling overworked and stressed at work, offer him a "You're doing such a good job. I appreciate you."
How can you tell what your friend's or coworker's love language is? If you don't want to trot out the complicated quiz for everyone (who has the time?!), simply observe them in their natural environment. A person's love language is typically what they do for other people. If your coworker is always paying you compliments or sending you emails stating what a great job you're doing, chances are he's Words of Affirmation. If your best friend buys you little things for no reason and is excited to give you a gift showing you that she thought of you, she's probably Gifts.
Open up the lines of communication today with your partner, and find out what turns them on. Download the printable or download Bitmoji while you're at it.
Oh! And before you go, don't forget to comment below with what you leaned from this post. I want to hear if you know your love languages or plan to apply what you've learned, so don't hold back! Also, take a second to sign up for my Lemmon 15 newsletter for great lifestyle tips like these as well as updates on the next Jessica Lemmon romance. I've read romance novels for years and I'm not saying they're marriage boosters, but... okay, I am saying that. Reading about hope and love and happily-ever-after can stoke the flames between you and your partner whether you met one year ago or twenty. Visit the Bookshop to add a Jessica Lemmon novel to your arsenal, or let me pick one for you. It's such good practice to read to learn, but I make some time to also read for fun!
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Future Champs 2019 now open for entries
Our Future Champs Level 3 gala will be on Sunday 23 June 2019 at Glassmill and we are now open for entries.
This is a great gala for young swimmers to get their first taste of a competitive gala as well as a chance for more experienced swimmers to get qualifying times for counties. It is open for 9-13 year olds and there will be 50m heats and finals in all strokes and 200IM heat declared winners.
Entry forms, programme and conditions can be found on the Future Champs Events webpage.
Saxon Crown swimmers should return entries by 10 May and other club swimmers by 21 May. Clubs entering more than five swimmers should submit entries using Sports Systems.
If you have any questions please email Rozanne Ferrigan on [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!


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Thank you so much for all the kind birthday wishes I received from many of you this week. I had a lovely day – not least because my wonderful mum arrived with a delicious, clean(ish) birthday cake for me! I thought as I was getting spoilt I would share the treat with you. This one is too good not to share!
So here's the recipe for my mum's lovely Avocado, Courgette and Lime Cake. Remember to use raw, organic honey. And if you want to keep it completely clean just leave off the icing, it'll still taste great!
Or how about this quick and easy Lemon Loaf?
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SCP #175: Somewhere That Isn't Here
A song! As much as I have been enjoying playing around with light it also feels nice to spend time on some composition. I was woken very early the other morning, and sitting waiting for the sun to rise I began daydreaming about being on a plane to somewhere else in the world. I took light as my theme from the previous piece and spun that together with my travel imaginings. I was originally playing this on piano, but something about it sounded too much like musical theatre so I rearranged it for vocal loops and bass.
I was back to late night recording, so everything is played very quietly. I would have liked to re-do it in the morning so I could turn my amp up and do a better job at singing the melody, but I decided that done was better than perfect.


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Blackmagic Cinema Camera Kit (EF mount) Hire - £80/DAY OR £310/WEEK
Blackmagic Cinema Camera Kit (EF mount) Hire - £80/DAY OR £310/WEEK
2.5K sensor. 2.5K & HD recording. 13 stops of dynamic range. CinemaDNG RAW & Apple ProRes formats. EF lens mount.
1x Blackmagic Hood
2x 15mm Bar
1x Shape BMCC 15mm Base Plate
1x PSC30R-120 Power Supply
1x IDX BM V-Lock w/Cheese Plate
1x Fig 8 Mains Cable
1x BNC Cable
1x USB Cable
1x Thunderbolt Cable
1x USB3 SSD Dock
1x USB 3 Cable
2x SanDisk Extreme SSD 120GB
2x V-Lock battery
1x V-Lock battery charger
1x Tripod
Features an amazing 2.5K image sensor with a wide 13 stops of dynamic range for a true digital film camera. You get a built-in SSD recorder, popular open standard uncompressed RAW and compressed file formats, compatibility with quality EF lenses, LCD touchscreen monitoring plus metadata entry.
Elegant, sophisticated and jam packed with the latest digital cinema technology, Blackmagic Cinema Camera gives your work that timeless feature film look. Blackmagic Cinema Camera features an amazing 2.5K image sensor with a wide 13 stops of dynamic range for a true digital film camera. You get a built-in SSD recorder, popular open standard uncompressed RAW and compressed file formats, compatibility with quality EF lenses, LCD touchscreen monitoring plus metadata entry, all packed into an exciting hand held design.
Use Standard Connectors
Say goodbye to annoying custom cables you can never find when on a location shoot because Blackmagic Cinema Camera uses only standard connections. You get jack mic/line audio inputs for recording the highest quality uncompressed audio, as well as 3 Gb/s SDI out for on set monitoring or for sending to live production switchers. Also included is 12V to 30V DC input for power and battery charging, 3.5mm headphone socket, LANC remote control and high speed Thunderbolt port for computer capture.
Capacitive Touchscreen Display
The 5″ touchscreen lets you see your shot, as well as play back from the SSD using the transport control buttons below the screen. Enter shot data and update the camera's settings using the capacitive touchscreen display, just like a smartphone! Double tap to zoom the image for fast and accurate focus. To keep you updated, the data strip displays information including record status, shutter angle, ISO, battery level, record time and more.
Built-in SSD Recorder
Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes a built-in SSD recorder that uses low cost 2.5" SSDs. You're not tied to proprietary media and SSDs of different sizes are widely available. You can play back directly from the Blackmagic Cinema Camera, mount the disk to any computer or use Blackmagic Design's HyperDeck Studio deck. Alternative camera media cannot match the performance of SSDs and require slow file copying to use. With Apple ProRes and Avid DNxHD video formats you can record for more than 5 hours on a single 480GB SSD.
Enter Metadata Easily
The large capacitive touchscreen display makes it incredibly easy to log metadata directly into the camera. When you tap the display with a finger, a data entry window called the "slate" appears. This lets you enter shot information just like typing on a smartphone. This data is then stored in the files so can be accessed by NLE software when editing content later. Metadata is compatible with popular software such as Final Cut Pro X and DaVinci Resolve.
Open File Formats
Blackmagic Cinema Camera uses standard file formats, so you don't need to wait years for your video software to support the media! Recording native 2.5K resolution uses the open CinemaDNG format, so you get full 12-bit RAW recording quality using the built-in SSD recorder, and the benefit of industry wide compatibility. For even greater compatibility you can also choose 1080HD recording into ProRes and DNxHD compressed video formats.
Fast Metadata Entry
Logging file metadata directly into the camera dramatically speeds up the post production process. With the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 'slate' you can enter information such as shot number, search tags, scene number, timecode and more! You can even set shot number and other data to increment automatically! Metadata is compatible with leading editing software and is fully searchable so when you're editing your project you can avoid the time consuming task of searching for specific shots.
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Kit Includes: Tripod, cables, 2x 240GB SSD Cards (w/dock), baseplate, bars, 2x V-lock battery with adaptor & charger.
Lens not included, see Lenses for hire.
EF lens mount for interchangeable optics, high resolution 4K Super 35 size sensor, global shutter, visually lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes 422 (HQ) file format.
Record Times for 4K Resolution using ProRes
• 240Gb - 36 Mins
• 480Gb - 72 Mins
The Blackmagic Design Production Camera 4K features a Super 35mm sized image sensor with a global shutter and a Canon EF compatible lens mount. The camera is capable of recording Ultra HD 4K in the visually lossless, compressed CinemaDNG RAW or Apple ProRes 422 (HQ). The built-in recorder utilizes removable 2.5" SSDs, which enable the high data rates required by RAW and 880Mbps ProRes. The camera's ability to expose for 12 stops of dynamic range lends the image a truly film-like look, and the Super 35mm (21.12 x 11.88mm) sized sensor approximates the standard of traditional film.
The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K retains the beautifully crafted design and machined aluminum chassis of the original Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Much like its predecessor, this camera features a 5" touchscreen LCD display with 800 x 480 resolution, which enables monitoring and playback as well as an efficient means for navigating the menu and entering metadata.
PLEASE NOTE: The camera cannot format SSD drives. SSD drives have to be formatted (via an external 2.5" compatible dock) as HFS+ on a Mac, or by using Macdrive (not included) on a Windows PC.
Super 35 Sensor with Global Shutter
With a large Super 35 size sensor you get familiar framing and behavior from the lenses you already own. The sensor features a global shutter so you get perfect panning, without rolling shutter artifacts.
Canon EF Compatible Lens Mount
With the EF compatible lens mount you can choose high quality optics that are designed to take advantage of the large Super 35 size sensor with minimal cropping. The active mount enables full electronic control with compatible EF mount lenses.
Ultra HD 4K and 1080HD
The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K records Ultra HD 4K and 1080HD in visually lossless compressed CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes 422 (HQ) files. At a massive 3840 x 2160 pixels, Ultra HD 4K is 4 times the size of 1080HD. The camera also features a single 6G-SDI output which supports Ultra HD live production.
Built-in SSD Recorder
The camera's built-in recorder utilizes removable 2.5" SSDs. You can playback directly from the camera, mount the disk to any computer, or use Blackmagic Design's HyperDeck Studio deck. When finished shooting, simply connect the SSD to a computer and edit or color grade shots straight from the disc.
12 Stops of Dynamic Range
With 12 stops of dynamic range you get amazing looking images beyond those of regular video cameras or even many high-end broadcast cameras. All this dynamic range is captured into ProRes or CinemaDNG files at 4K resolution, so images retain a beautiful film look. By capturing more detail from the sensor you have greater creative flexibility in post production. You can really push the shadows or highlights in either direction and preserve fine details.
Standard Connections
The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K uses standard connections, so you never need to source custom cables. It includes a 6G-SDI connection for Ultra HD resolution or down converted HD output over a single SDI cable. The 1/4" jack mic/line inputs enable high quality uncompressed audio recordings. Other connections include a 12 to 30 volt DC input, a 3.5mm headphone input socket and LANC remote control.
Touchscreen LCD Display
The integrated 5" LCD display features 800 x 480 resolution and touchscreen technology. Use the capacitive touchscreen to access menus and change settings such as recording format, shutter angle and more. Double tap the screen to zoom into the image for fast and accurate focus. Tap once on the screen to display the metadata entry page where you can enter information such as shot number, search tags, scene number, timecode and more. You can even set shot number and other data to increment automatically. This metadata saves directly into your files and is compatible with popular editing software, simplifying file management in post production.
Flexible Power Options
The inclusion of an internal rechargeable battery makes the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K a truly portable high resolution camera. You get up to 90 minutes of recording time from the battery and the remaining power information is shown in the data strip at the bottom of the picture. The wide input voltage of 12-30V means you can connect external professional battery packs that will let you operate the camera longer while recharging the internal battery at the same time.
Remote Control
The LANC protocol is a standard method for the remote control of many professional cameras. The Blackmagic Production Camera 4K features a standard 2.5mm jack for connecting to a remote that lets you trigger the camera to start and stop recording, plus it supports electronic lens control of the focus and iris, all using an industry standard protocol and jack connection.
Other Features
The FOCUS button turns the peaking display on and off, and the IRIS button adjusts iris settings when used with a compatible EF mount lens. Other features include an integrated mono microphone, a mono speaker, three 1/4"-20 UNC threaded mounting points on the top of the camera and one 1/4"-20 UNC threaded tripod mount with locator pin on the bottom.
Shape Shoulder Mount: £30/Day or £110/Week
Shape Offset Shoulder Mount with 2 x V-lock batteries and adaptor plate for powering the above BMCC or BMPC 4K Blackmagic cameras


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Boris Berezovsky: Titan of the Piano
"Here, surely, we have the truest successor to the great Russian pianists." Gramophone
Aureus Productions is proud to present Gold Medal winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Boris Berezovsky.
We are delighted to welcome Boris Berezovsky for his performance on 21st February at the Esplanade Concert Hall.
Please find the details of the concert as follows –
Date: Wednesday 21st February 2018, 7.30pm
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets are available on sistic.com. We hope to see you there!
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We cover the cost and time it takes to do HR tasks with an HRIS in place vs. without one.
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We focus on your people and the qualitative benefits of having an HRIS.
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Download Bisa Kdei- Pillow ft Mugeez MP3
Track: Pillow
Artiste: Bisa Kdei feat Mugeez
Producer: Bisa KdeiDownload
Black Legendary Music presents a new banger and they call it "Pillow" featuring Mugeez of R2Bees. Bisa Kdei as usual did a great job on this one and I wouldn't be surprised if it catches fire across the nation like his previous hits.
Lyrics extract
Well, she knows how to play with my pillow
Huggin and kissing my pillow
She wants me to put her to bed
She giving me that impression…
Let me be your pillow eeih
You know eeih
I'm always at your service yeah
I go kiss you and tuck you in


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Rain Downriver
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Finance for business
The background
The printing company orders had been increasing over the years and this required a further investment into a new printing press and guillotine which required an investment of £30,000. Whilst their bank had offered a business loan and the manufacturer of the equipment had offered a lease deal these required a large deposit and arrangement fee in the first instance and high cost with no future ownership in the second: the owners did not feel this represented good value.
The Directors had personal pensions with combined value of £165,000.
What we did
Astute recommended that a Small Self Administered Pension was established. The personal Pension benefits were transferred into this new SSAS. The new pension took a first charge on the Directors home and arranged a loan of £30,000 back to the company.
What we achieved
The company then had the money to purchase the equipment outright and managed to negotiate a discount on the cost and offer a considerable saving on the two alternative lending sources available to them. The interest paid on the loan now goes back into the pension with the remaining cash invested in a variety of collective investments.
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Live election results: Gillum will face DeSantis for Florida governor in November.
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, riding a late surge of "souls to the polls," has won Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary, pulling an upset over former Congresswoman Gwen Graham, the presumed favorite.
In the Republican primary for governor, however, Palm Coast Congressman Ron DeSantis parlayed President Donald Trump's endorsement to victory over his nearest competitor, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Statewide results showed DeSantis with 56.4 percent of the vote compared to 36.5 for Putnam.
The Democratic primary was much closer. With more than 3 million votes counted and nearly 98 percent of precincts reporting statewide, Gillum leads Graham with 33.7 percent of the vote compared to 31.6 for Graham. Former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine has 20 percent of the statewide vote.
In Broward, with 568 of 577 precincts reporting, Gillum leads Graham with 39.4 percent of the vote for the Tallahassee mayor compared to 18.2 percent for Graham.
In Miami-Dade, with 97 percent of precincts reporting, Gillum held a nearly 6 percentage-point lead over his closest opponent, Levine.
Gov. Rick Scott, as predicted, was the runaway favorite in the Republican primary for U.S. senator. Statewide, with more than 1.6 million votes counted, Scott had 88 percent of the vote compared to less than 12 percent for his competitor, Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente.
In the Miami-Dade race to replace outgoing Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and represent Congressional District 27 in the U.S. House of Representatives, former University of Miami President Donna Shalala held a 4.5 percentage point lead over her closest Democratic opponent, Florida Rep. David Richardson.
With 93 percent of Miami-Dade precincts reporting, the Herald has called the race for Shalala.
Former Univision anchor Maria Elvira Salazar held a sizable 15 percentage point lead over former Miami-Dade Commissioner Bruno A. Barreiro with 93 percent of Miami-Dade precincts reporting. The Herald has called the race for Salazar, who will face Shalala on the November ballot.
U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo held off challenger Souraya Faas in the Miami-Dade's Republican primary, with Curbelo collecting 84 percent of the vote compared to 16 percent for Faas. Curbelo, who won nearly 84 percent of the vote in District 26, will face the Democratic nominee, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, who earned 63.6 percent of the vote in her district.
The Republican primary for District 23 of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joe Kauffman won with 57 percent of the vote in Miami-Dade. Kauffman will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the November election.
Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson was reelected to represent District 24 with nearly 84 percent of the vote on Tuesday.
In races for state offices, former Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco led his Democratic opponents in the contest for District 113. Grieco has 41 percent of the vote compared to former Miami Beach Commissioner Deede Weithorn, who has 35 percent.
In the race for Florida Senate District 38, incumbent State Sen. Daphne Campbell, plagued by scandal, trailed challenger and former Miami-Dade prosecutor Jason Pizzo, who had 54.6 percent of the vote with 93 percent of precincts in Miami-Dade reporting. The Herald has called the race for Pizzo.
Polls in South Florida closed at 7 p.m., capping the last 12 hours of voting as Republicans and Democrats turned out in significant numbers — with more voters casting early and absentee ballots during these primaries than in the 2016 general election.
The competitive races from both parties for Congress and the governor's mansion helped boost turnout to the highest in at least 10 years for an August primary in Miami-Dade.
More than 290,000 ballots were cast, and the turnout rate approached 21 percent as the final votes were counted in the Election Department's Doral headquarters. The rate was just barely ahead of the 2016 August primary's 20.5 percent turnout rate. At the time, that was the highest since at least 2008.
In 2014, turnout barely passed 14 percent in Florida's most populous county. But as polls neared their 7 p.m. closing, Miami-Dade Elections authorities reported a turnout rate hovering around 20 percent.


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Children of the Dust(1985)
A novel by Louise Lawrence
Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It includes novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series is extensive and open-ended, and provides school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It also includes writing in English from various genres and differing times. "Children of the Dust" by Louise Lawrence is edited by Ron Middleton, Wargrave Piggott School, Reading.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Genre: Children's Fiction
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Used availability for Louise Lawrence's Children of the Dust
Hardback Editions
September 1985 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
August 2019 : UK Paperback
February 2002 : UK Paperback
October 1996 : UK Paperback
December 1994 : UK Paperback
September 1986 : UK Paperback
September 1985 : USA Mass Market Paperback
March 1985 : UK Paperback
Kindle Editions
January 2013 : Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition


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I've been playing with the band, Gallows Humor, since June 2018. I also currently am doing the webpage. I'll post some videos of songs I've played, but for now here's the webpage.
I've been playing with the band, Gallows Humor, since June 2018. I also currently am doing the webpage. I'll post some videos of songs I've played, but for now here's the webpage.
For the past six years, I have edited and compiled the gate book for Great Western War, an SCA event that takes place in October over Columbus Day weekend outside of Bakersfield California. This last year will be my last time doing this work, as this has been an all-volunteer work bringing together artists, as well as input from various groups running the war.
The book itself would end up on paper, with a print run of about 1300-1500 books or so, while a version would be uploaded to the GWW web page.
During my tenure as gatebook editor (or coordinator), I needed to get input from about 10 different people or groups. I would put all I had received, and then send a "rough draft" to everyone on the Great Western War staff for comments, fixes, and even nudging folks who hadn't yet sent in their contributions to the book. The majority of the cover art was done by Kythera Conteras, with the rest of her art here: http://www.anevern.com.
I haven't added 2012 because I can't seem to find the final version of the PDF file that was sent to the printers. I think they may have done some modification before it was finally printed. Ah, history!
Enough explanation! It's been a lot of work, but here it is.
Greetings and Salutations!
This is my personal business web page, "Two Concertinas." Of course, you are here and probably know that already. This will be the landing ground for any projects I do, whether they're visual, audible, or anywhere in-between. I plan on posting things I've worked on through the years, including new and upcoming development projects. So stay tuned!
-Patrick Palmer


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The Human Nature & Nurture of Fashion
With MINDFASHION.today Janne Baetsen presents a unique 'Human Innovation' approach to fashion design, cultural economics, psychology, technology and branding, to contribute to a more profound insight into relationships, identities and communities in today's world of fashion. How? By (re)establishing the connection between the clothes, the creator and the wearer, and questioning what we (need to) value, what we wear as well as how we dispose of it. Focussing not only on clothing but also on the complexity of human behaviour, innovation, experience and communication across all aspects of fashion, to generate deep understanding of the current and future [creative] economy.
The aim is to reveal the significance of fashion as a way of communicating, and identify existing issues in the fashion world that can be explained using a holistic view of disciplines, to predict, express, address and ultimately change behaviour for the better.


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Why Unika?
Due to our experience for more than 5 decades, we get the projects done within the agreed time horizon. Furthermore, our quality control is always adapted to the subject's complexity and the customer's wishes.
At our tool and development department, tools are made for injection moulding of high-quality plastic items. Unika fabricates moulded plastic items up to 12kg.
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|Review: Best Western NYC Herald Square
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It had been ages since I last stayed at a Best Western hotel, but the recent Best Western Rewards promotion whereby you could book free nights in North America for just 10,000 points was just too good to resist. I snapped up two nights at the Best Western Premier New York Herald Square for my winter weekend trip to New York.
I wasn't going into this stay with very high expectations. After all, mid-range hotels are a dime a dozen around the Herald Square area, with the Hyatt Place and Holiday Inn Express hotels right next door, and a Courtyard, Hilton Garden Inn, and Fairfield Inn & Suites just the next street down.
The NJ Transit service from Newark Airport dropped us off at Penn Station, and from there we made the short walk to 36th St and Sixth Avenue. The hotel had an unassuming exterior, featuring a rather basic outdoor patio setup.
The lobby area felt a little cramped, but that's to be expected here in Manhattan, where space is understandably at a premium. Our check-in process was completed smoothly and we were assigned Room 1602 on one of the hotel's higher floors.
You'll also find free coffee, tea, and ice water here in the lobby.
The Best Western Herald Square is housed within a very thin building on 36th St, so the hallway sort of wraps around the elevator bank. As a result, you have two types of rooms: those with a view of 36th St, and those on the other side with a partial view of the Empire State Building.
Reader yyc, who had stayed at the hotel previously, had commented that the former type of room has more space than the latter despite the less impressive views. I weighed the options and eventually decided to opt in favour of the more spacious room.
The room is designed in quite an interesting way. Immediately upon entering, you have the bathroom to your right, while the rest of the room opens up in front of you.
The king-sized bed is located on the far side of the room, facing the window. There's also a desk and TV screen setup in the corner, while a small ottoman piece completes the furniture.
The bathroom is pretty basic. I thought the shower's water pressure could've been a bit better, but other than that I had no complaints. I did very much appreciate the New York artwork that adorned most of the room, including the cheesy close-ups of yellow taxis.
Perhaps the most notable feature of the room was the slanted floor-to-ceiling windows, which helped the place feel a little more spacious.
Upon entering our room on our first night, we were delighted to find a welcome amenity consisting of bottled water and a packaged cookie.
The hotel's public facilities are split across the ground floor and the basement. A hallway on the ground floor leads you from the lobby to a small, intimate bar & lounge in the back.
Meanwhile, the basement houses the hotel gym, a small computer workstation, and the breakfast room.
A free breakfast buffet is served daily, and consists of pretty standard breakfast items – scrambled eggs, oatmeal, hash browns, toast, etc.
What's the difference between the Best Western Premier brand and the regular Best Western, you ask? Based on this hotel stay, I can't honestly say I noticed much of a difference...
I won't be writing further posts on our weekend break in the Big Apple, so I'll just briefly highlight the best parts of our weekend – all of which were made possible thanks to the Best Western Herald Square's excellent location – starting with a mandatory nighttime visit to Times Square...
...a morning treat at The Bagel Store in Brooklyn...
...a walk along the Highline...
...a stroll up Fifth Avenue...
...Sunday brunch at Má Pêche, a Momofuku restaurant...
...and a jam-packed afternoon consisting of a visit to MoMA and a matinée showing of Hamilton over at the Richard Rodgers Theatre!
Overall, this hotel is certainly designed with practicality in mind. As a mid-tier hotel in a prime location, its job is to provide a reliable level of comfort for your time in the city, so naturally there aren't too many bells and whistles to look out for. However, a promotional price of 10,000 Best Western Rewards points a night is an absolute steal, and even the regular points cost of 36,000 BWR points a night is quite a good deal, considering you can easily earn lots of BWR points for free via the signup bonus on the MBNA Best Western Rewards MasterCard.


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Projects We Love // Copenhagen Apartment by Dubrowska Studio
Muted tones of grey, a natural material palette and carefully curated pieces of furniture makes up this minimal and ascetic apartment situated in Copenhagen.
The project, by talented Ukraine-based Dubrovska Studio, has suitably been named 'Sense'. And a sensory experience it is indeed - Polished plaster walls through out acts as a neutral and calm backdrop to the otherwise minimal palette of timber, brass, terrazzo and natural linen fabrics, whilst a pair of burnt orange velvet chairs acts as a colour pop contrast to the otherwise silenced and harmonious space.
A single partition separates the bathroom from the bedroom in the otherwise open plan layout and allows natural light to flood the entire space, whilst semi-transparent, perforated brass shutters casts soft shadows against the tactile matt plaster walls and rough timber flooring.
Have a browse through the dribble worthy scenes below, we are in total awe..
For more information go to:
www.behance.net/sense | www.instagram.com/dubrovska.studio
Photography courtesy of Dubrovska Studio


text: Manderly`s Personal Chef #1 Posted March 27, 2011 In the books the Valyrian swords are described as dark colored. But in the trailers, Ice looks like your ordinary two-handed sword. I find it anoying, since Valyrian swords are so unique. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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One of the main new features presented during Apple keynote this September is a face recognition mechanism that will be part of the iPhone X. FaceID, how that mechanism is called, will initially be used as a way to unlock the phone screen, which is also how TouchID was introduced on the iPhone 5s in 2013. TouchID gained more significance when it provided App developers with an API. It became therefore possible to use fingerprint recognition as an authentication method for Apps and services. There's no reason to believe that FaceID will not follow the same path.
Biometry without dedicated sensors
There's a difference though: whereas capturing a fingerprint still requires a specific sensor – touchscreens are not yet there – and of course good algorithms, face recognition only needs good algorithms and a camera – a component that has been part of the iPhone since day one and has kept getting more sophisticated. To build TouchID, Apple had acquired AuthenTech in 2012, an Australian fingerprint sensor manufacturer. Samsung partner Synaptics replied by acquiring Validity in 2013 to release its own version of fingerprint sensors. To build FaceID, Apple only acqui-hired a couple of small AI startups.
This tells us 2 things. First, this move by Apple will most probably push the competition to enter this field as well, therefore most new smartphones will rather sooner than later be shipped with face recognition enabled. Second, among companies designing and selling software biometric tokens, there will be a couple of big winners (those signing deals or getting acquired) and a lot of losers. Indeed, your market disappears when what you're trying to sell gets embedded by Apple (or by Samsung, or by Google) and becomes available "for free" to the developer ecosystem.
FaceID is a bittersweet news for the biometry industry
This is good news for the biometry community – volumes will explode as biometry will be routinely used by the masses, due to its presence on smartphones. Yet this is less good news for the biometry industry – companies that have been developing sensors – since this industry won't really reap off the benefits of this massification. The problem is that the biometry community and the biometry industry are one and the same thing.
The biometry industry is betting on FIDO
One hope nourished by this industry is FIDO, an authentication standardization initiative launched early 2013. Its self-assigned mission is to foster the generalized adoption of strong authentication on the web in particular by standardizing biometric sensors. FIDO has been very successful in signing prestigious members and gathering support for its initiative. Most founding members of FIDO are part of the token industry (Validity, Nok Nok Labs, Yubico) with the notable exception of Paypal. Since then, many others have joined and gone through the FIDO certification process so they now have FIDO-certified tokens in their catalog, using some form of biometric technology for most of them.
Who's supposed to buy these FIDO-certified tokens? According to a theory, users are going to buy tokens. However, this has proven wrong so far with a few exceptions. Some gamers and some holders of cryptocurrency wallets do indeed buy tokens, but this is hardly a market as such. The hopes for FIDO are mostly with banks and telcos. There are other interested "relying parties" such as healthcare providers but they are less likely to subsidize your token – unless they receive subsidies themselves (e.g. government projects); however multiple experiments have shown that this is never a sustainable model and that the whole thing collapses once subsidies are gone.
Industry push vs. de facto standard: guess who wins
At first, the move by Apple seems a good news for FIDO: there will be more and more biometric sensors available and therefore FIDO adoption will be easier – indeed, user equipment is a tough challenge for every technology, especially for consumer markets. FaceID could therefore be the trigger that FIDO has been longing for. It could also be its last chance since FIDO was formed almost 5 years ago, which is very long in the tech industry.
However, there are 2 major concerns. First, Apple has always remained silent about FIDO. Although biometric sensors and APIs available on its devices are now currently used in 2-factor authentication solutions (see e.g. inWebo use of biometry as a second factor), this has nothing to do with FIDO. Also, this is challenging for a bank (as an example) to make a technology choice and roll it out if a very significant part of its users (up to 50% in certain markets) own devices that come with a free yet alternative technology. Banks and most service providers need authentication technologies that can address 100% of their users, and if possible 100% of their devices as well. Said differently, with TouchID now FaceID and what comes tomorrow, Apple might be pulling the rug from under FIDO.
Second, although FIDO is becoming a standard, its main supporters are companies that might lose their market in a near future, as discussed above. Sure, we're not yet there, no one has FaceID yet you might truly argue. Okay, but TouchID and smartphone fingerprint sensors achieved a major market penetration in 2 years, and so will face recognition (or it will be a flop). You might also argue that fingerprinting and face recognition are by far not the only biometric technologies – how about voice biometrics (speaker recognition), iris or vein biometrics, or bevioural authentication. Sadly, in terms of adoption by consumers, the prospect is probably even less rosy. Apple acquired Siri a long while ago and although speech recognition and voice biometrics are not quite the same, how big an effort would it be to add algorithms and an API on future iPhones? The same applies for technologies needing a specific sensor and for pure software using existing sensors as well. User adoption will very unlikely happen unless triggered by smartphone or laptop manufacturers.
The old authentication business model is at stake, not only FIDO
If secure authentication technologies and APIs become available "for free" on most devices as analysts predict it, the business model of strong authentication will rapidly complete its transformation, from a token-based business model that RSA introduced some 20 years ago and of which FIDO is a mere continuation, to a platform business model that inWebo pioneered in 2008 and that is now widely deployed.
Rise or end, let's take the bets. I must warn you though, I've won some champagne in the past by betting on FIDO adoption.


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Dealing With Russia Under Putin
Re "Confronting Putin's Russia," by Michael A. McFaul (Op-Ed, March 24):
Last century's conflicts were not all "ideologically rooted"; offenses to dignity played a part. The imposition of humiliating conditions on Germany after World War I led to the rise of a "revisionist autocratic leader" who promised to restore the country's stature.
Likewise, the humiliations imposed on Russia after the Cold War — the economic shock therapy that impoverished many Russians, the expansion of NATO, the disregard of Russian views on Kosovo and Iraq — led to the rise of Vladimir V. Putin. The problem is not that "we did not fully win the Cold War," but that we were not gracious victors.
Our moralistic lecturing of Russia on respecting "international laws and norms" that we violate when it suits us has added insult to injury. Declaring that our national interests trump the rules, while Russia's do not, amounts to a put-down.
Unrestrained flaunting of American power reminds Russians of their Cold War loss and fuels Mr. Putin's support.


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Dr. Michael Lucherini of Summit Medicine and Pediatrics PLC offers a professional view of what we are striving to create with Eden's Wellspring, Dr. Lucherini has a thriving Direct Access practice in Mesa, Arizona.
He also served as Zachary Newman's primary care doctor for many years.
Gretchen Lorette shares her passion for this project from the unique perspective of a mother who understands what it is like to have had a critical care child and the particular stresses placed upon caregivers and their families.
She served families in the Arizona area as a healthcare case manager for many years and is now thoroughly enjoying retirement..
Eden's Wellspring was founded in 2013 by the mother and primary care giver of a critical care young adult with a short term life prognosis. She has sought to address the needs of this growing population of physically disabled, critical care young adults, 18 and older, who are in the same situation as her son.
Lacking is an alternate home care environment that provides for social interaction, recreational opportunities, maturation and relationship development within their own age group, while providing for their extensive life support needs.. Eden's Wellspring is actively addressing these unique challenges by building a group home in a recreational/resort=like setting - where young adults, their caregivers and visitors will love to spend time with nature and each other. Eden's Wellspring is an environment where hope blossoms in all who live, work and play within its reach .


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Fellow Troopers,
Thank you each for your service to our Nation, to the 25th Infantry Division, to A Troop 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, and to your fellow soldiers.
On this Veterans Day, Americans will take time to thank you and our Nation's 24 million veterans. The service, sacrifice, commitment to duty, and love of country of these brave men and women has kept America free for over 234 years. We should never forget what we owe our veterans.
This Veterans Day take time to remember our comrades who did not return. And of course enjoy this holiday which you earned with your service and sacrifice! Thanks again,


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Obama administration is an embattled one
Every United States president, dating back to Richard M. Nixon, has encountered scandal in his second term. According to CSMonitor.com, recent history shows that an administration is most prone to scandal peaking in a president's fifth year, suggesting the Obama administration is running, or should we say stumbling, true to form. It's an administration that seems obsessed with plugging leaks to journalists, illogically relying on the Espionage Act to stifle what the citizens of this country want and expect — a free, unfettered and fully functioning press.


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Spirit of the Wood
Spirit of the Wood is a creature who roams the forest performing various small acts of magic. They are responsible for ensuring the blooming of certain flowers, including trilliums. They carry a magical staff featuring a rose quartz jewel.
Spirit of the Wood is 8" tall, fully posable, and with some coaxing, can stand on their own even without help from the staff. Head, hands, and feet are resin cast from my original sculpt and painted with acrylics. The faux fur was salvaged from an old coat lining. The edges of the vest have been treated so they will not continue to fray further. The staff can be removed from Spirit of the Wood's hand.