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Size: 140cm x 60cm (54"x23")
Medium: 100% hand painted acrylic painting on Canvas
Frame: Ready to Hang (Gallery wrapped on a wooden bar ) with White Floating Frame ( 40mm high and 10mm wide).
This aboriginal art is 100% hand painted by Numina Sisters.
About the artist
Fantastic Framing is so Proud to collaborate with Aboriginal Australian artists Numina Sisters: Louise, Lanita, Sharon, and Selina Numina Napanangka.
Numina Sisters traditional country is in Central Australia on Anmatyerre lands, and are now based in Darwin. They are Anmatyerre speakers and grew up on Stirling Station located between Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.
Numina Sisters are talented group of artists that have painted a range of stories around Emu Dreaming, Water Dreaming, Bush Medicine plants that harvested on country and Dingo Dreaming stories.
All these artworks are using fairly cultural stories and traditional references. The style varies between the sister artists from very fine dot work using tonal effects through to very bold line structures with the use of deep blues and aqua colours.
The artworks seem to capture the rhythm of the land. It's a combination of different scale and different sized marks created by each of the artists. The result is a wonderful selection of traditional stories told with a contemporary feel.
It's the artists' use of colour that takes these paintings into the realm of contemporary art. They achieve this while maintaining strong references, emotions and subject matter from their traditional culture. We continue to see the traditional symbols that are shared by desert people across a large section of Australia's Central Desert.
Original Aboriginal Australian Art
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When you launch an email campaign, you want your message to be read and understood by as many people as possible, and one way to do that is by making your emails accessible to people with disabilities. Those with visual, cognitive, auditory, or mobility impairments have special needs that can be addressed by adhering to some simple practices and assistive techniques to ensure that your message can reach them too. Failing to take steps to include these individuals is not only considered insensitive these days, it's legally required in many countries, and more to the point, it also costs your business.
Why Email Accessibility Is Important
There are a lot more disabled people in the U.S. and globally than those who aren't affected by it personally realize. According to the National Institutes of Health, 37.5 million American adults, or 15%, have hearing loss, 1.3 million are blind, and another 2.9 million have low vision. The Centers for Disease Control says that 25% of adults in the U.S. experience some type of disability, and the World Health Organization states that hundreds of millions of additional people around the world are disabled.
From a business perspective, it has been estimated that people with disabilities in the U.S. have $1 trillion in total income and more than $220 billion in disposable income. That makes them a demographic that most businesses can't afford to ignore, and if you're not practicing email accessibility, you're missing out on a big potential market.
So how can you start making your emails more user-friendly and understandable to those with disabilities? Here are ten methods you can start using right away.
10 Tips For Meeting Email Accessibility Standards
- Create concise and straightforward content. This is something you should be doing for the benefit of all your readers. Stay away from language that's too technical and trendy business jargon that can distract readers away from your message. It's also a good idea to use very clear subject titles to help those using assistive technologies like screen readers understand what the email is about, and to include a link to a plain text version of the email.
- Use a larger font size. This can be very helpful for those with low vision and for dyslexia sufferers too. Aim for at least 14 pixels or larger for the best results.
- Consider your use of colors. The use of color can be important for branding and capturing attention, but it can be a problem for those with vision impairment. Text and other types of content need to have a certain amount of contrast against a background color to be visible, with the accepted standard being a ratio of 4.5:1. You can check your emails for the right contrast on any page with this handy online tool.
- Break up text content with images. You probably already know that it's good form to keep your paragraphs short and to use subtitles, but placing images that represent a visual depiction of what's being conveyed in the text between longer paragraphs can help to increase engagement and message reinforcement for all your readers and also help those with disabilities to understand. Keep in mind that if you use animation or graphics that flicker or flash like a strobe that it can cause seizures in people with certain disorders.
- Use alternative text for images. Alt text is an attribute that can be added to an email to display a box with a text description of what an image is for those who can't perceive them.
- Use mobile accessibility designs. With so many people using mobile devices these days, your emails should be mobile friendly for viewing on smartphones and tablets. You can make them even more accessible to those with disabilities by including the ability to easily resize content without using third-party technology and by using large target areas for your CTA buttons.
- Use HTML5 semantic elements. Use the same heading and paragraph tags that you would use to render content on a regular web page to make your text clearer and more easily understood.
- Use "presentation" in layout tables. It's common practice to use tables for layout and formatting purposes in emails, and you can easily make them more accessible by adding the element role="presentation". This tells any assistive technology to read the content but to ignore the table properties.
- Include a text description for hyperlinks. Someone using a screen reader won't know where a hyperlink is taking them if the text just reads 'click here'. Adding text to describe the content of the landing page will let them decide if they want to click the link or not.
- Consider adding transcripts and captions to videos. This is essential for those with hearing and vision impairments and also allows for private viewing or reading in situations where having the sound up is impractical, and when someone wants to understand the video transcript for deeper comprehension and consideration.
Creating emails that are more accessible to people with disabilities is not only considerate to your current or potential customers, but it's also just good business practice. You can learn more about best practices in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). You should also make use of this helpful checklist, and take advantage of this list of evaluation tools to test your emails.


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WHOAH it has been awhile, but Futures+ is back! We have been crazy lately, but we are excited to get back to studio with Critical Shifts a student run symposium dedicated to exploring the ongoing transformations of critical practice in architecture. It's happening this Saturday April 5th at Studio-X in NYC. Futures+ might even make an appearance to check it out, and we highly suggest if you are a student in the area to check it out! All the details on this event are after the jump.
SCHOOL: GSAPP, Columbia University
EVENT: Interpretations: Critical Shifts
TIME: Saturday, April 5, 2014 1:00pm @ Studio-X NYC


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Herman MillerThe Valor Side Chair is ideal for many settings that get a lot of use, thanks to its durable design. The armchair is extremely versatile, with a design that can be used across healthcare facilities, providing continuity throughout. And it's accessible for many people, with easy movement in and out.
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Even though my family's Thanksgiving celebration is a casual, fun filled, get together, I always like to dress up and feel a bit festive for a holiday. This plaid dress paired with a turtleneck & opaque tights seemed perfect for the occasion! Feminine, warm & most importantly, plenty of room for eating! ;)
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The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
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This website and it's owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website comply's to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
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Narrated by Mike Farrell, Valentino's Ghost exposes the way America's foreign policy agenda in the Middle East influences Hollywood and mainstream media portrayals of Arabs and Muslims. Premiering at the Venice Film Festival, Italy, to a standing ovation, Valentino's Ghost tracks the transition from the Arab as Romantic Hero to the Arab today as the embodiment of evil.
Why do supremely talented artists and intellectuals in America consider it perfectly "realistic" to depict Arabs and Muslims in a fashion that would be described as bigoted, if applied to blacks, Jews, gays, Native Americans, et al?
The 95-minute film features fresh, riveting and often stunning perspectives from the legendary late American writer Gore Vidal; John Mearsheimer, author of "The Israel Lobby",celebrated British war correspondent Robert Fisk, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Shadid, Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson, historian Melani McAlister, TV star Tony Shalhoub, media expert Jack Shaheen, and Hollywood writer Alan Sharp,
They take viewers into wild, uncharted waters, analyzing Hollywood as a hotbed of ethnic bigotry and an obedient servant of Washington; the Charlie Hebdo cartoons as hate speech; Israel's deadly invasion of Gaza in 2014 as a war crime; ISIS as less brutal than The American Armed Forces; and American Sniper as foremost a vehicle of ethnic hatred towards Arabs and Muslims.
Biting social commentary by comics Maz Jobrani, Aron Kader and Ahmed Ahmed ensure that the documentary maintains a constant flow of astonishing and eye-opening revelations.


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PCN 500 Assignment 1
PCN 500 Assignment 1
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PCN 500 Assignment 1
Read the "Case Study Analysis."
Select one of the following theories that you feel best applies to treating the client in the case study:
1- Neoanalytic
2- Jungian
3- Individual Psychology
Write a 750-1,000-word analysis of the case study using the theory you chose. Include the following in your analysis.
1- What concepts of the theory make it the most appropriate for the client in the case study?
2- Why did you choose this theory over the others?
3- What will be the goals of counseling and what intervention strategies are used to accomplish those goals?
4- Is the theory designed for short- or long-term counseling?
5- What will be the counselor's role with this client?
6- What is the client's role in counseling?
7- For what population(s) is this theory most appropriate? How does this theory address the social and cultural needs of the client?
8- What additional information might be helpful to know about this case?
9- What may be a risk in using this approach?
Besides the course textbook, include at least three scholarly references in your paper.
Each response to the assignment prompts should be addressed under a separate heading in your paper. Refer to "APA Headings and Seriation," located on the Purdue Owl website for help in formatting the headings.
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Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Don't Stop by Snoop Dogg. Please check back for more Snoop Dogg lyrics.
Don't Stop Lyrics
Artist: Snoop Dogg
Album: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment
(feat. Kurupt, War Zone (Goldie Loc, Kam, MC Eiht))
[Intro: Snoop]
You in the War Zone
Ha ha, yeah, uhh.. THX, uh, uh
I wanna go universal one time man
I wanna talk to the whole world man
Cause, cause I know niggaz
I know niggaz feel this shit man, e'rywhere man
Don't matter where you at you gotta feel this cuz
[Chorus: Snoop Dogg]
If you see the police - don't stop!
You got your heat on the seat - don't stop!
My nigga ball 'til you fall - don't stop!
And break a bitch like a law - don't stop!
My nigga get yo' cash - don't stop!
Oh, you keep the stash in the dash? Don't stop!
Oh, you like to scrape and crawl? Don't stop!
Well, we do it with no breaks at all - don't stop!
Yeah, okay, yeah - don't stop, don't quit
You don't wanna get dropped? Don't pop no shit
I'm tellin niggaz now, off top, real spit
Like it or not, we who you got to deal wit
[MC Eiht]
Geah - we at your service
You in the War Zone now so don't be nervous
... And it don't stop
Everybody drop shit bottom to the top
[Goldie Loc]
Uhh, they want me to stop cause I been goin hard on them lately
And I feel raising my right hand sayin, "Motherfucker don't make me
slap ya ass for not bringin back the cash
Now do it with no breaks trick and get it real fast"
One of you niggaz gon' feel these bullets
Six cannons, loaded, cock and pull it
West gang, ridin out that's all we do
West gang nigga I ain't gotta explain it to you
Let's bang
[Kam + (Snoop)]
Yeah, if you gettin down to the sound (don't stop!)
If you gotta dump a few rounds (don't stop!)
If some punk clown flags you down (don't stop!)
If you don't come from the town (don't stop!)
[MC Eiht + (Snoop)]
If you tryna hang with the gang (don't stop!)
If you makin money tryna slang (don't stop!)
If the neighborhood's where you hang (don't stop!)
If bustin shots is yo' thang (don't stop!)
Look - what'chu tryna do my nigga?
E'rything you talkin 'bout I been through my nigga
I'm original, busta I'm a D.P.G.
War Zone motherfucker in the midst of the streets (nigga)
[MC Eiht]
Geah, you get it and go
When the boys roll past, you're lettin 'em know
Heat in the waistband, gang of tattoos
Compton, Eiht don't stop for you fools
[Goldie Loc]
Won't stop learnt it on 'em, I gotta eat chief
Now getcha ass in my way, I'm snatchin you up by your lil' briefs
Now rock twice and do your hand like this
If you not then stop representin this gangsta shit
So we bangs the clip, the main West G spot
Compton, Long Beach, S.E. Watts
Where niggaz is more sick, more dumb, more gone
Trick, you know where I'm from, the War Zone
[Snoop Dogg]
Don't stop, don't stop!
Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop!
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By Olajide Meseko
A Nigerian teenager must feel like she has the world at her feet after receiving 19 full-ride scholarship offers from universities across the United States and Canada.
Victory Yinka-Banjo, a 17-year-old high school graduate, was offered more than $5 million dollars' worth of scholarship money for an undergraduate program of study, according to admission documents and estimates of financial aid awards.
"It still feels pretty unbelievable. I applied to so many schools because I didn't even think any school would accept me," Victory told CNN, relishing her academic prowess.
Born to Nigerian parents, Chika Yinka-Banjo, a senior lecturer at the University of Lagos, and Adeyinka Banjo, a private sector procurement and supply chain executive, Victory was given potential full scholarships from the Ivy League schools, Yale College, Princeton University, Harvard College, and Brown University.
Other US scholarship offers included those from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia.
In Canada, Victory was offered the Lester B. Pearson scholarship from the University of Toronto and the Karen McKellin International Leader of Tomorrow (KMILOT) scholarship from the University of British Columbia.
"Their admissions processes are extremely selective," Victory added. "They only accept the best of the best. So, you can imagine how, on a daily basis, I have to remind myself that I actually got into these schools. It is surreal!"
Academic strides
A senior prefect during her time in high school, Victory rose to national prominence in late 2020 after she scored straight As in her West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
Months earlier, the Nigerian teen had been rated as the "Top in the World" in English as a second language (speaking endorsement) by the University of Cambridge International Examination (CIE). Victory aced the Cambridge IGCSE exam — acquiring A* in all six subjects she sat for.
Victory told CNN her remarkable achievements are borne out of hard work.
"They have made me truly feel proud about the hard work I have put into several areas of my life over the years. I am slowly beginning to realize that I deserve them," she said.
The teenager remarked that her multiple scholarship offers "have made me stand taller, smile wider, and pat myself on the back more often."
Victory said she hopes to study Computational Biology. However, she is still weighing up her options on which school to choose, having been wooed by many prestigious institutions.
"I am still doing research on some schools that are at the top of my list, like Stanford, Harvard, MIT, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and just trying to compare and contrast all of them thoroughly," she told CNN.
An inspiration to Nigerian youth
Victory's mother, Chika, says her daughter's story could inspire other young Nigerians.
"It is noteworthy that she is not one of the Nigerian-Americans who often get into these schools because of their advantage of being born and bred in the US. She completed her secondary school here [in Nigeria]. It would be great if her story can be used to inspire the youths of our country," she told CNN.
Victory credits her academic success story to faith, parental guidance and discipline. She currently spends some of her free time tutoring other university admission seekers — through the radio — on key subjects such as math, English language, biology, chemistry and physics.
Credit: The Cable


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The word Belau, used by Palauans when making reference to Palau, derives from the Palauan word "aidebelau" which translates to "indirect replies." These indirect replies, the legend states, are the replies given to Chuab's questions about the firewood collecting activities (and following stacking of same at her feet) while the plan to destroy her was being carried out.
Bai er a Ngesechel a Cherechar, originally built in 1969, was destroyed by fire in 1978. The new bai, which now stands on this site, is a replica of a Bai er a Rubak, built through a combined effort of the Republic of Palau's 3rd National Congress and the Palau Visitors Authority. Construction of the new bai lasted eight (8) months and was completed in March 1991.
Timbers were collected from the hamlets of Meiungs and Ngennid in Koror. Nipa palm leaves from Ngchesar came. at a later date for the roof thatching.
In accordance with tradition, not a single nail, metal screw or peg were used in the assembly of the bai. Lashing was only used to hold and support the roof and its components.
In earlier days, a combination of calculated fire and heavy shell tools were involved in working the huge logs. However, effiency and speed dictated the use
In ancient times, every village in Palau had meeting houses called bai. At the turn of the century, more than one hundred bai existed in Palau. There were several bai sic types, distinguishable by use or form of construction and quality of materials. The Bai er a Rubak (meeting hall for governing elders) is normally located in the village square and also serves as the community center or Bai er Beluu. This type of bai was built of fine hardwoods and elaborately ornamented with traditional designs and colors. Another type of bai was the Bai er a Cbeldebechel (men's club). Normally located at the entrance to each village, it was used by the men's organization in charge of defending the village from adversaries. The construction materials and ornamentation were usually of a lesser quality.
As the most important building in the village, the bai functioned as a meeting house for the governing elders where they were assigned seats along the walls, according to rank and title. There were no dividing walls, no furnishings, and with only two fireplaces to break up the expanse of naturally polished hardwood floor, the great hall was worthy of the dignified group it housed.
The present bai is typical in its decorative detail. The gables depict the "headline" stories and on the east gable of this bai appears the famous story of MiIadeldid, the goddess, whose children were the four predominant villages of Palau: Koror Aimeliik, Ngeremlengui, and Melekeok. The story tells of her drowning and her being brought back to life by seven spirits in payment for the kindness she previously showed them, Her influence, according to mythology, was far reaching.
On the rear (west gable) is the legend of Chuab. The legend describes how Chuab was blown from heaven to Ngebeanged and grew taller and bigger until she reached the clouds and no one could handle her any longer. How after her demise at the hands of her victims, she fell into the ocean and her body parts sticking out of the water, formed the islands of Belau.
1. bed (sleeper)
2. uchutem (longitudinal beam)
3. kuoku (transversal beam)
4. saus (cornerpost)
5. kboub (wall)
6. chad (post)
7. uchul a sikes (Sills at gable sides)
8. orsechoki (sills at entrances)
9. ongrangr (longitudinal beam)
10. ongiau (facing)
11. nglikliabed (gable)
12. imuul (first level beams)
13. rekoi (horizontal strut)Photographs on the interior 15 foot long/1 foot wide tie beams, represent stories from mythology, folk history and current events, which were chosen by the chiefs and rubaks (titled elders). Each story is complete on the side of the beam, showing comic strip style, six to twenty scenes. The story on the beam 1b being the most important.
1. iis (treshold)
2. chad (door posts)
3. chellabed (upright posts)
4. orsechoki (sills)
5. olik (crossbeam)
6. rekoi (horizontal strut)
7. imuul/delolakl (first level beams)
8. omkuuk (second level beams)
9. rebereball (third level beams)
Bellek, the crazy half face spirit, is found inside the bai on some of the support posts. It is a reminder of what can happen, if one is not mindful of the evil spirits lurking about. When someone is not acting according to what is normal that person might be asked "has Bellek gotten into you?
On the four corners of the bai, on the extensions of the window ledges projecting beyond the end walls, are paintings of the money bird (delerrok) holding a piece of Palauan money (circle with cross) at the end of its long beak. It is surrounded by other such pieces and also the gorget type of Palauan money. The gorget still used in ceremonial occasions and worn by women around their neck, was brought from the Philippines as bracelets in the early days and fragemented into the crescent shaped beads to make "change."
On the underside of the rekoi, which serves as a rack for storing the rolled woven pandan us sleeping mats, one will find a painting of a huge spider. The symbol recalls the story of the famous spider god who taught Palauan women natural childbirth, ending the tradition of cutting open the mothers abdomen to extract the child from the womb.
Roosters painted on the black background of the exterior post, and common to all bais, represent the famous rooster of the Badrulchau story. Badrulchau, located in northern Babeldoab, is Palau's largest and probably most ancient megalithic site.
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Garage Door Repair Services in Pasadena, TX
There are a variety of services we offer to meet any and every need. A few examples of these services are: door installation, spring and bolt checks, custom work, faulty work repair, basically any and every single thing that has to do with garage doors, we do. These above mentioned problems require professional help and here at Garage Door Repair Houston our technicians are perfect for the job.
Being in the business for so long we have seen all kinds of problems and we have seen people try to fix those problems themselves. For problems such as tightening loose bolts or lubricating parts, the person might be able to do it themselves without any further assistance. For those bigger problems it is best to call our professionally trained technicians. A few good reasons you should call one of our experts instead of doing it yourself are the weight of the door because doors can weigh up to hundreds of pounds, strength and tension we specialize in cable and spring repair, and other complex situations that may not be recognizable right off hand and takes an experienced technician to figure it out.
All in all you can not go wrong calling the professionals at Garage Door Repair. We take pride in our work and satisfying every customer. Statistics show that thousands upon thousands of people go to the hospital each year do to faulty repairs by inexperienced so called "repair men". Please do not fall into this trap be on the safe and less risky side and call our professionals at Garage Door Repair Houston, it will be well worth the call and we can handle every single one of your garage door needs.


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At what point should one give up?
I've tried helping them out by having them shadow me. We agree to break a minute, and then they go missing in action for a while...then just go back to their desk. Even when I know they've done this, part of me feels like I shouldn't have to go get them but that they should be showing interest in learning. Frankly, it's a bunch of time I don't have explaining things as I go when I could just do it. Am I expecting too much to expect that if they want to learn they'll make sure I know they're ready and willing?
They go to meetings that they were not told they had to attend...good, but then sit in the corner and sleep...bad. I don't even know what to do with that.
Sometimes I give them something small to do and they do it great, so I give them something just a touch harder and they totally fail, hard.
They check in things without testing them.
Part of me thinks that maybe I should be spending more time with them but at the same time I don't see a lot of interest and I really, honestly don't have time teaching the same things over and over. Sometimes I get asked questions that are really, really easy to answer if you just do a little bit of your own work trying to find out. Other times I'm not asked anything.
I'm sure I could be doing better but honestly...I don't really want to anymore.


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Amazon Expands Video Conversion As A Service
Amazon Elastic Transcoder allows users to use the AWS cloud to convert video into formats for Macs, PCs, iOS and Android devices.
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Amazon Web Services is opening up access to a new video conversion service that allows an enterprise or individual to distribute a video viewable on multiple types of end-user devices.
Amazon's S3 storage and EC2 compute cloud are already used to convert films and TV shows into the appropriate digital format for download by various services, including Netflix. The compute-intensive conversions can take place in the middle of the night or during low-use periods when EC2 servers are available at the best possible price. Having perfected conversion technology for some of its largest customers, Amazon Web Services is now making it available for use by more companies and individuals.
Amazon Elastic Transcoder is a beta service able to convert video into formats that can be used on Macs, PCs, tablets, and Apple iPhone and Android smartphones. Instead of learning conversion software, the user can check off boxes indicating what format the video is in currently and the format to which he wants it converted. The user must designate S3 input buckets designating the storage location of the video files to be converted and output buckets where the new files are to be stored.
The Elastic Transcoder then establishes a Transcoder Pipeline, or a queue containing a conversion job that connects to the conversion engine and directs its output to the designated S3 storage. The video files are stored as S3 objects.
[ Want to learn how Amazon's EC2 performs as a transcoding service? See Zencoder's benchmark in Google IaaS Vs. Amazon EC2: The New Benchmarks. ]
Amazon customers may get 20 minutes of free use of the beta service for standard-definition video or 10 minutes for high-definition video. Charges of $0.15 per minute for standard video kick in after the free service is used up and $0.30 per minute for high definition video.
"You can easily get started by using the AWS Management Console or the API. System transcoding presets make it easy to get transcoding settings right the first time for popular devices and formats," according to information on the AWS website.
If the beta service gains a following, Amazon is likely to make it a generally available service that challenges existing video transcoding services, such as Brightcove's Zencoder, Encoding.com and Microsoft's recently announced Azure Media Service.
"One thing that may lure people to the new Amazon service is its pricing model of paying for what you use, rather than signing up for an expensive monthly service package," noted Tom Cheredar, writing on the venture capital reporting site VentureBeat.
"Content producers no longer need to worry about encoding multiple versions of their media to suit the growing number of devices viewers might be using. Instead, each transcoding session is performed in the cloud," said Chris Davies on the technology and gadget site Slashgear.
The beta service produces H.264 format video and stereo AAC audio in an MP4 container, with H.264, AAC, MP4, MPEG-2, FLV, 3GP and AVI source material supported. Although multiple output formats are available, only one transcoding job can be done at a time. Transcoding video from live events on-the-fly isn't currently possible, Slashgear reported.
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Before LSD escaped the lab and was evangelized by hippies, the U.S. government was secretly testing the effects of the drug on hundreds of unsuspecting American civilians and military personnel. In a must-read feature on newly unclassified material on the Central Intelligence Agency's covert operation, the MK-ULTRA program, which ran from 1953 to 1964, SF Weekly fully exposes the bizarre world of the CIA's unethical drug tests. The utterly-unbelievable-but-true story involved using hookers to lure in unwitting johns for undisclosed testing, narcotics agents who slipped drugs into drinks, and a U.S. marshal who held up a San Francisco bar not knowing he was high on acid.
It sounds like something out of a paranoid dream. And indeed, before the documentation and other facts of the program were made public, those who talked of it were frequently dismissed as being psychotic. But the U.S. government's history of secret human experimentation ought to be kept in mind, particularly when we consider the power we grant to it and the way we regulate drugs.
The LSD experiments were purportedly carried out because the U.S. believed that communist Russia, North Korea and China were using the drug to brainwash captured Americans. Consequently, the CIA didn't want to fall behind in developing and responding to this potentially useful technology.
So, incredibly, it decided to slip acid secretly to Americans — at the beach, in city bars, at restaurants. For a decade, the CIA conducted completely uncontrolled tests in which they drugged people unknowingly, then followed and watched them without intervening. In some cases, the agency used the drug to perform interrogations, but these procedures were conducted so inconsistently that they proved equally useless in providing useful data.
MORE: Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind By Dampening Brain Activity
The lack of ethical controls was even more appalling. Here's how SF Weekly's Troy Hooper describes what happened to one of the last living survivors of the MK-ULTRA operation:
It's been over 50 years, but Wayne Ritchie says he can still remember how it felt to be dosed with acid.
He was drinking bourbon and soda with other federal officers at a holiday party in 1957 at the U.S. Post Office Building on Seventh and Mission streets. They were cracking jokes and swapping stories when, suddenly, the room began to spin. The red and green lights on the Christmas tree in the corner spiraled wildly. Ritchie's body temperature rose. His gaze fixed on the dizzying colors around him.
The deputy U.S. marshal excused himself and went upstairs to his office, where he sat down and drank a glass of water. He needed to compose himself. But instead he came unglued.
Ritchie became so paranoid and distressed that he decided the only way to keep them from getting him was to strike first:
"I decided if they want to get rid of me, I'll help them. I'll just go out and get my guns from my office and hold up a bar," Ritchie recalls. "I thought, 'I can get enough money to get my girlfriend an airline ticket back to New York, and I'll turn myself in.' But I was unsuccessful."
Out of his skull on a hallucinogen and alcohol, Ritchie rolled into the Shady Grove in the Fillmore District, and ordered one final bourbon and soda. After swallowing down the final drops, he pointed his revolver at the bartender and demanded money.
MORE: LSD May Help Treat Alcoholism
Fortunately, a waitress and a patron were able to subdue him and Ritchie was arrested before anyone got hurt. Even more fortunately, because he was a law enforcement officer who had served in the military and had no prior record, he was sentenced only to probation and a $500 fine. But he was forced to resign from the Marshals Service.
It would be decades later, in 1999, when Ritchie came across the obituary of an American chemist, Sidney Gottlieb, who was involved in the CIA's acid experiments, that he put two and two together. The article mentioned a narcotics officer he once knew and noted the officer's involvement in the LSD experiments; then it hit Ritchie that he might have been secretly dosed on the day he went crazy.
The agency appeared to be experiencing its own form of madness. The San Francisco branch of the program (the other hub was in New York City) was dubbed Operation Midnight Climax and it involved agents using hookers to lure johns into a secret pad decorated with photos of women in bondage and other suggestive images by the French artist Toulouse-Lautrec. The johns were given acid-laced cocktails and, from behind two-way mirrors, a Bureau of Narcotics agent, who doubled as a CIA operative, along with his minions would quaff martinis and watch the drugged sex.
By the time the agency finally put a stop to the program in 1964, hundreds of people had unknowingly gone on acid trips on both coasts. The following year, Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters started holding the first "acid test" revels, accompanied by the Grateful Dead.
The official rhetoric on LSD from the government's anti-drug agencies was that it was extremely dangerous. LSD was quickly made illegal and research into its potential as a treatment for alcoholism and other disorders was shut down. Wild claims about it damaging chromosomes and causing birth defects were promulgated.
But, of course, the CIA had thought the drug was safe enough to randomly distribute to unwitting Americans without even debriefing them about their experiences or providing any measure to keep them safe — something researchers now know is essential to avoid incidents like Ritchie's bar robbery.
MORE: 'Magic Mushrooms' Can Improve Psychological Health Long Term
A notable aspect of LSD's history is the contrast in the way a single drug has been used and perceived by different groups. Just as one segment of the American population was starting to experiment with a drug they believed could produce peace and spiritual awakening, their government was using the same drug to try to "brainwash" people into compliance. The hippies mainly found unity and joy; the CIA paranoia and fear.
Both had inadvertently discovered what acid guru Timothy Leary would come to call "set" and "setting." Set is a person's mindset: mood, background, physiology and everything else unique to them at the time they take the drug. Setting is the physical and cultural environment.
Set and setting are fundamental to the effects of all drugs. They explain why you can have exactly the same amount of the same type of drink in one situation and be joyous, for example, while the same drinking pattern can lead to anger and aggression in another. But while drugs like alcohol, cocaine and heroin generally tend to produce at least somewhat consistent effects in multiple settings, psychedelics like LSD are much more sensitive to context. Being dosed without your knowledge in a fearful setting is thus very different from dropping acid deliberately in a calm, friendly place.
When we look at our drug laws, the senselessness of MK-ULTRA appears in bold relief. Here we have an institution that was supposedly protecting Americans from the harms of drugs actually drugging its unwitting population. This was "research" being conducted on human beings without any concern for their lives or welfare. And at the center of it was a substance that thousands — including Apple's Steve Jobs — have said brought deep meaning and inspiration to their lives.
What's unfortunate is that rather than having a democratic discussion about the proper role of LSD and similar drugs for consenting adults — and conducting legitimate research into their potentially beneficial uses — we are instead enmeshed in a culture of knee-jerk prohibition that produces repeated, uncontrolled and sometimes deadly human experiments.
The recent rise of synthetic drugs, including so-called bath salts and fake marijuana, are only the latest evidence of our continuing denial that humans always have and always will seek to chemically alter their minds. The real question is, how safe or unsafe do we want to make the set and setting in which they do so?
Maia Szalavitz is a health writer for TIME.com. Find her on Twitter at @maiasz. You can also continue the discussion on TIME Healthland's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIMEHealthland.


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Nutrients in food are critical for building and repairing body tissues and for regulating digestion, energy production and muscle contraction. The human body needs fuel in the form of calories from all three macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates and fat. Each macro plays an important role in the body and has specific functions. With all the hype around macros, and how much or little we really need of each, it seems that following a higher-protein, lower-carbohydrate diet is the way to go. Or is it? Should we be eating more protein than carbohydrates or fat? What are the best sources of protein—animal or plant based? Let's break it down.
What does protein do for the body?
Protein is made up of amino acids, some of which your body can make (called "nonessential" amino acids), and some which you must obtain from food (called "essential" amino acids). Protein is the principal component of every cell in the body and is needed to build and repair tissues. It provides the building blocks for important hormones and digestive enzymes. Your body uses protein to carry oxygen in the blood and is needed for a healthy immune system. Protein is also important for blood sugar control and keeping you feeling fuller for longer periods of time. That's why we recommend that every meal and snack contain some form of protein.
How much protein does the body need?
There's a lot of conflicting information about how much protein your body needs. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) states that you need 0.8 grams of protein for every kilogram of body weight. So, a 145-pound person (65.9 kg) would need 52.7 grams of protein a day. It has been argued that this is the minimum to prevent deficiency, and nitrogen balance studies have shown that there is a higher need for athletes, regardless of their sport. The joint American College of Sports Medicine and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position statement calls for 1.2 to 1.7 g/kg for strength athletes and 1.2 to 1.4 g/kg for endurance athletes.
While the body has the capacity to store carbohydrate and fat, there is no such storage for protein, which is why it must be consumed daily. When too much protein is consumed, it is either used as an inefficient source of energy or converted to fat. Excessive protein consumption, whether from food sources or by liquid or powder supplements, may cause dehydration, as well as negatively impact the kidneys and bones. When protein is consumed in the range of 1.4 to 2.0 g/kg, there does not appear to be any negative effect on the kidneys and bones.
Some people don't want to do the math and calculate their protein needs based on body weight. Instead, you can calculate your protein needs based on a percentage of your total calorie intake. We recommend protein to comprise 15 to 35 percent of your total calorie intake. That's a pretty big range and there are a few factors that determine your requirements, including:
1. Activity level (sedentary, athlete, recreational athlete, etc.)
2. Weight
3. Goals (maintain muscle mass, build muscle mass, lose weight, etc.)
4. Age
Special Considerations
Children and Teens
For most adults, protein plays a role in performance, recovery and injury prevention. For children and teens, a healthy, balanced diet is important for the same reasons, as well as to provide for proper growth. Most children don't prefer protein-rich foods, opting instead for carbohydrates in the form of cereal, chips, bread and pasta. It's important that adults (parents and caregivers) provide a wide array of protein foods and encourage their inclusion at every meal and snack. Although protein bars and powders are popular with young athletes, children and teens should be encouraged to reach for real food, including yogurt, cheese, nuts, nut butters, turkey and soybeans.
According to the Institute of Medicine, the protein needs of vegetarian athletes are no different than that of an omnivore, provided they consume a varied diet that includes complementary proteins. Because most plant-based foods are incomplete proteins (they are missing one essential amino acid), it is recommended that vegetarians consume a blend of protein-rich foods during the course of the day to provide all the essential amino acids. Some researchers and professional groups put the protein needs of vegetarian and vegan athletes higher due to the digestibility of plant-based proteins. Vegan athletes, whose primary sources of protein are nuts, seeds, soy and legumes, should aim for an additional 12 grams of protein each day.
Best Types of Protein
As mentioned earlier, protein is made up of amino acids, some of which are considered "essential" because our bodies cannot make them and must be obtained from food. However, that doesn't mean that all of our protein choices must come from foods that have all of the essential amino acids. Instead, be aware of what foods contain protein and choose a variety of them each day.
Animal–derived Proteins
Animal protein foods include fish, chicken, turkey, meat (from cow, lamb, pig or goat), milk, yogurt, cheese and eggs. These are considered high-quality proteins because they contain all of the essential amino acids.
Plant-based Proteins
Most plant-based proteins are missing at least one essential amino acid and are therefore considered "incomplete" proteins. Exceptions include soy, quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat, which contain all of the essential amino acids. Other plant-based proteins, including vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts and seeds, are incomplete but when eaten during the same day (i.e., beans and rice) all the essential amino acids are available to the body.
Protein-rich Meals
Every meal should contain a protein, a healthy carb, vegetables and a healthy fat. Here are some of our favorite combinations that are easy to prepare and delicious!
-2/3 cup cooked black beans served over 1/2 cup cooked quinoa and topped with salsa and guacamole
-4 to 5 oz. wild Alaskan salmon, sautéed asparagus and wild rice, topped with slivered almonds
-2 poached eggs served on top of 2 slices whole-grain bread and 1/2 smashed avocado
-8 oz. plain Greek yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup berries, 1 Tbsp. each of chia, hemp and ground flax seeds
-1 banana spread with 2 Tbsp. all-natural almond butter and topped with 1 Tbsp. chia seeds
-4 turkey meatballs served over whole-grain pasta or spaghetti squash with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese


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Was a special day, kind of.
Woke up to scorching sun,
The garden parched, already.
Had planned a girls' day out
Just down the road, in Nîmes.
Busy, hot and festive,
It never disappoints.
And, as always, I am moved by this monument,
So old,
So imposing,
And with so many stories to tell.


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Salman said the U.S. military is working against itself. "Their actions ruin their goal because they use these huge, violent military operations which kill so many civilians, and make it impossible to calm down the people of al-Anbar."
The resistance seems in control of the province now. "No government official can do anything without contacting the resistance first," government official in Ramadi Abu Ghalib told IPS.
"Even the governor used to take their approval for everything. When he stopped doing so, they issued a death sentence against him, and now he cannot move without American protection."
Recent weeks have brought countless attacks on U.S. troops in Haditha, Ramadi, Fallujah and on the Baghdad-Amman highway. Several armoured vehicles have been destroyed, and dozens of U.S. soldiers killed in the al-Anbar province, according to both Iraqi witnesses and the U.S. Department of Defence.
Long stretches of the 550km Baghdad-Amman highway which crosses al-Anbar are now controlled by resistance groups. Other parts are targeted by highway looters.
"If we import any supplies for the U.S. Army or Iraqi government, the fighters will take it from us and sell it in the local market," trader Hayder al-Mussawi said. "And if we import for the local market, the robbers will take it."
Eyewitnesses in Ramadi say many of the attacks are taking place within their city. They say that the U.S. military recently asked citizens in al-Anbar to stop targeting them, and promised to withdraw to their bases in Haditha and Habaniyah (near Fallujah) soon, leaving the cities for Iraqi security forces to patrol.
"I do not think that is possible," retired Iraqi police Brigadier-General Kahtan al-Dulaimi from Ramadi told IPS. "I believe no local unit could stand the severe resistance of al-Anbar, and it will be the last province to be handed over to Iraqi security forces."
According to the group Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, 964 coalition soldiers have been killed in al-Anbar, more than in any other Iraqi province. Baghdad is second, with 665 coalition deaths.
Residents of Ramadi told IPS that the U.S. military has knocked down several buildings near the government centre in the city, the capital of the province.
In an apparent move to secure their offices, U.S. Army and Marine engineers have started to level a half-kilometre stretch of low-rise buildings opposite the centre. Abandoned buildings in this area have been used repeatedly to launch attacks on the government complex.
"They are trying to create a separation area between the offices of the puppet government and the buildings the resistance are using to attack them," a Ramadi resident said. "But now the Americans are making us all angry because they are destroying our city."
U.S. troops have acknowledged their own difficulties in doing this. "We're used to taking down walls, doors and windows, but eight city blocks is something new to us," Marine 1st Lt. Ben Klay, 24, said in the U.S. Department of Defence newspaper Stars and Stripes.
In nearby Fallujah, residents are reporting daily clashes between Iraqi-U.S. security forces and the resistance.
"The local police force which used to be out of the conflict are now being attacked," said a resident who gave his name as Abu Mohammed. "Hundreds of local policemen have quit the force after seeing that they are considered a legitimate target by fighters."
The U.S. forces seem to have no clear policy in the face of the sustained resistance.
"The U.S. Army seems so confused in handling the security situation in Anbar," said historian Salman. "Attacks are conducted from al-Qa'im on the Syrian border to Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, all the way through Haditha, Hit, Ramadi and Fallujah on a daily basis."
He added: "A contributing factor to the instability of the province is the endless misery of the civilians who live with no services, no infrastructure, random shootings and so many wrongful detentions."
According to the new Pentagon quarterly report on Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, Iraqi casualties rose 51 percent in recent months. The report says Sunni-based insurgency is "potent and viable."
The report says that in a period since the establishment of the new Iraqi government, between May 20 and Aug. 11 this year, the average number of weekly attacks rose to nearly 800, almost double the number of the attacks in early 2004.
Casualties among Iraqi civilians and security forces averaged nearly 120 a day during the period, up from 80 a day reported in the previous quarterly report. Two years ago they were averaging roughly 30 a day.
On Aug. 31 the Pentagon announced that it is increasing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to 140,000, which is 13,000 more than the number five weeks ago.
At least 65 U.S. soldiers were killed in August, with 36 of the deaths reported in al-Anbar. That brought the total number killed to at least 2,642. (END/2006)


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This poem was written by an old woman living in a nursing home in Ireland. It was found among her things when she died.
What do you see nurses, what do you see?
Are you thinking when you look at me?
A crabbit old woman, not very wise,
Uncertain of habit, with far away eyes,
Who dribbles her food and makes no reply
When you say in a loud voice- "I do wish you'd try."
And forever is losing a sock or a shoe.
Who unresisting or not, lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding, the long day to fill.
Is that what you think, is that what you see?
Open your eyes, nurse, you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am, as I sit here so still,
As I use at your bidding, and eat at your will,
I'm a small child of ten, with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters who loved one another,
A young girl of 16, with wings on her feet,
Dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.
A bride soon at 20, my heart give a leap.
Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.
At 25 now, I have young of my own,
Who need me to build a secure, happy home.
A women of 30, my young now grow so fast,
Bound to each other with ties that should last.
At 40, my young sons have grown and are gone,
But my man's beside me to see I don't mourn.
At 50 once more, babies play round my knee,
Again we know children, my loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead.
I look at the future and shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing young of their own,
And I think of the years and the love that I've known,
I'm and old women now and nature is cruel,
Tis her jest to make old age look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles, grace and vigour depart.
There is now a stone where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells,
And now and again, my battered heart swells,
I remember the joys and I remember the pain,
And I'm living and loving life over again,
I think of the years all too few- gone too fast,
And accept the stark fact that nothing can last.
Open your eyes, nurse open and see.
Not an empty old women, look closer- see ME.
Source: unknown


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Ryde Regional Radio Co-operative Limited operates 2RRR 88.5FM and the website at www.2rrr.org.au, and these are collectively referred to as "2RRR" in this Privacy Policy.
1. Protecting Your Privacy
1.1 2RRR is committed to protecting your privacy.
1.2 We are bound by the National Privacy Principles under the Commonwealth Privacy Act. The National Privacy Principles and this Privacy Statement set out the standards of protection you can expect in respect of your personal information.
1.3 Set out below is the information which we are required under the National Privacy Principles to give you. We recommend that you keep a copy of this information for future reference.
1.4 By accessing and using our web site or by submitting information to us, you consent to us using and disclosing your personal information in the ways described in this Privacy Statement.
2. Your Personal Information
2.1 We may hold a variety of personal information about you, including your name, date of birth, your current and previous addresses, your phone number, e-mail address, and certain details about your personal interests.
2.2 Occasionally, you may need to give us personal information about other people – for example, your family or other authorised representatives. If so, we rely on you to tell those individuals that you are giving their personal information to us.
2.3 If you choose not to give personal information to us, we may not be able to provide you with access to some or all of the web sites or to our other products and services.
3. How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information from you in a number of ways, including:
- directly from you – for example, when you send us an email, apply to register as a member of any of our web sites, or complete and submit an online form;
- from third parties – for example, our related companies, or your representatives;
- from publicly available sources; and
- when legally required to do so
4. How We Collect Personal Information From Our Web Sites
4.1 We may also collect personal information about you when you use and access our web sites.
4.2 One of the ways we may collect information about you is through the use of "cookie". A cookie is a small text file that the web site may place on your computer. Cookies may be used, among other things, to track the pages you have visited, to remember your preferences and to store personal information about you.
4.3 You can adjust your Internet browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas of our web sites or take advantage of the improved web site experience that cookies offer.
4.4 When you visit our web sites, our web servers may record other information about or relating to you, such as the time and date of your visit or the IP address assigned to the computer you are using to access the web site. In many cases, we cannot and do not use this information to identify you personally – rather, we simply use this information to track and improve the performance of the web sites.
5. How We Use Your Personal Information
5.1 Your personal information may be used by us in a number of ways, including:
- to give you access to our web sites and to the content and other things on the web sites;
- to enter you into competitions and promotions;
- to market our products and services (or those of other people) to you, including by email;
- to inform you of changes to our web sites, or our business, or to the content and other things available from the web sites; and
- our internal business purposes – for example, to research and develop the web sites and our other products and services
5.2 If you do not want us to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, please contact our Privacy Department by sending an email to [email protected]
5.3 To notify you of opportunities and services related to 2RRR we may ask for your personal details like name, address, email address, age, phone number and gender.
5.4 If your information is provided as part of an entry in a contest we will need the contact information to notify winners and distribute prizes and to send you further communication regarding 2RRR, such as future newsletters.
5.5 If your information is provided with feedback we will use the personal information to ascertain if this feedback is common to other listeners of similar gender and age groups and see how successfully we are providing services to our target audience.
5.6 If your information is provided with a donation we will use your credit card information for that donation only, with the only exception being in the case of a regular payment, and the contact information to send you a receipt. We will retain your contact details to send you further communication regarding 2RRR such as newsletters in the future.
6. When We Disclose Your Personal Information
6.1 We may disclose your personal information to each other, to our related companies and to various outside organisations (some of which may be located in foreign countries). Except as permitted under the National Privacy Principles, we will only disclose your personal information for one of the purposes set out in part 5.1 above.
6.2 Some of the outside organisations we may disclose your personal information to include:
- our advertisers and sponsors;
- other organisations involved in the operation and management of our web;
- sites, including market research companies and IT service providers;
- your representatives, including your legal advisers;
- our professional advisers, including our legal advisers and accountants;
- third party organisations that you have given us permission to share your details with;
- government and regulatory authorities, including the Australian Communications and Media Authority; and
- organisations that purchase all or part of our assets or businesses.
6.3 If any of these organisations are located outside Australia, you expressly consent to us disclosing your personal information to those organisations.
6.4 We take reasonable steps to ensure that each organisation that we disclose your personal information to is committed to protecting your privacy.
6.5 When you register as a member of any of our web sites, some information about your account (such as your user name) may be publicly available on our web sites when you contribute content to our web sites, or participate in any of our web site forums or chat rooms. If you choose to include any personal information about yourself in any content that you contribute to any of our web sites, that information will be available and accessible to other users of our web sites anywhere in the world.
6.6 You must not include any personal information about other people in any content that you contribute to any of our web sites, unless such people have expressly consented to you including their personal information in such content and to you providing the content to us for use on our web sites.
7. Help Us To Ensure We Hold Accurate Information
7.1 We take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of the information we hold depends to a large extent on the information you provide.
7.2 Please help us by: (a) letting us know if there are any errors in the information we hold about you; and (b) keeping us up to date with changes to your information, such as changes to your name or address.
8. How You Can Access Your Personal Information
8.1 You have a right to access your personal information, subject to some exceptions allowed by law. If you would like to do so, please let us know by contacting our Privacy Department. For security reasons, we may ask you to put your request in writing.
8.2 We may charge a fee for searching for and providing access to your information.
9. Preventing Unauthorised Access To Your Personal Information
9.1 We will take reasonable steps to maintain the security of and to prevent unauthorised access to or disclosure of your personal information.
9.2 However, we do not guarantee that unauthorised access to your personal information will not occur, either during transmission of that information to us or after we receive that information.
10. Linked Sites
10.1 Our web sites may contain links to other Internet web sites. These links are provided solely for your convenience.
10.2 If you submit personal information to or via any linked site, the privacy principles applying to that information will be outside our control. You should therefore check the privacy statement of the linked site before submitting information to or via that site.
11. Changes To Our Privacy Statement
11.1 From time to time, we may need to change this Privacy Statement to reflect our changing business practices. We may therefore change this Privacy Statement at any time by posting the changed Privacy Statement on this web site, and by posting a notice to users on the 2RRR and our radio station homepages stating that a change has occurred.
11.2 All personal information collected and held by us will be governed by our most recent Privacy Statement, as posted on this web site.
12. How To Contact Us
If you have any questions in relation to privacy, please contact our Privacy Department by sending an email to [email protected] or by contacting us on phone number 02 9816 2988, or at our postal address of PO Box 644 Gladesville NSW 1675.
Ryde Regional Radio Co-operative Limited acknowledges and thanks 89.9 LightFM Melbourne Community Radio Station for the use of this, a suitably adapted version of their privacy statement.
2RRR Privacy Policy as approved at 8th April 2019 Board meeting


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Apple Software Enhancements
Technical Support Coordinator, BAKA Computers Inc.
Last Friday Apple announced a set of software enhancements that improve the performance of a variety of Macintoshes using System 7.1. In addition, Apple released the long-awaited System Enabler that replaces MODE32 for users of System 7.1.
The Macintosh Hardware System Update should interest a wide segment of the Macintosh population – though Apple says they do not expect most people to require this update. This "set of software enhancements" (the Installer installs only the parts of the update that your Mac needs) improves high-speed serial communications reliability, system clock precision, reliability of floppy ejects on shutdown, and low-memory performance on specific Macs. We suspect Apple has underestimated the number of users who will value this update
MODE32, created by Connectix and licensed by Apple a little over a year ago, allows users of the Macintosh II, IIx, IIcx, and SE/30 to utilize 32-bit memory addressing under System 7. This allowed these Macs to address more than 8 MB of physical RAM, or more than 13 MB of virtual memory. Using 32-bit addressing, Macintosh II users can access up to 68 MB of physical memory when a PMMU (paged memory management unit) is installed, and users of the other three machines may access up to 128 MB of physical memory. All of the machines will be able to address up to one gigabyte of virtual memory. MODE32 wasn't fully compatible with System 7.1, but Apple did not have a replacement ready until now.
These products are available free of charge from a number of online services and US readers can also order it starting 24-Feb-93 from one of Apple's handy-dandy fulfillment houses for a $10 shipping and handling charge. Readers with access to AppleLink may peek in Software Sampler -> Apple SW Updates -> Macintosh -> Supplemental System Software.
Apple — 800/892-4649
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Albert Einstein said "Never memorize what you can look up in books."
As a working PT I have found this to be all too true. We are exposed to so much information in school. We could never possible learn, digest and analyze everything that was presented.
During our internships we find that there is so much more to PT than anything we could ever learn in books. Finally, when we graduate and find that perfect job, we realize that maybe we don't know as much as we think!
We have a responsibility to our patients to provide them with the best possible care. We have a responsibilty to our profession to continue learning and researching our skills in order to justify our goals and outcomes. You have a responsibilty to challenge yourself to raise your skill to the next level of patient care.
It is my goal with this website to make this job just a little bit easier for you. I have spent extensive time compiling references to tools that we use each and every day in our practices, as well many that we don't. I have tried to orgainze by both type of setting and also by type of patient.
Please visit our store to find books and products for both rehab professionals and also for your patients.
Any and all suggestions for improvements to the site are welcome. After all, this site is really for each one of you!


text: To access any research centre listed below and/or other research centres across the world, please click on the "Research" button on each university page and connect to the centre. You can also browse the university website for other research centres. To list your research centre with us, please contact: email@example.com.


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Today I learned of
sad news that a good friend of mine from the world of SharePoint has sadly
passed away. Firstly and most importantly I'd like to pass on my thoughts and
condolences to Dave's family.
I knew of Dave via
Twitter and we started to share things in common in our work as we'd blog about
similar types of things. Dave was a well-respected MVP who was regularly on
webcasts and blogging he became someone I looked up to and respected for talking
to someone who was unproven at the time in the community - I salute you for
that Dave!
After a few months
of exchanging messages on Twitter I finally got to meet the man that was Dave
Coleman at a SharePoint Saturday however I really got to know Dave at a
SharePoint Conference in Anaheim back in 2011. After every session we'd meet
outside the front of the conference centre and Dave would always be at the same
spot - later to be named 'Dave's Ashtray' on foursquare and his was proud to be
the mayor! I further recall at one of the events held at Disney Land a group of
us we're sitting having a beer when I looked round and Dave was choking to
which I became very concerned. I asked 'Dave are you ok?' to which halfway
through his choking fit he turned and said 'your funny you are!' and I didn't
realise I said anything funny but it tickled him.
Since the conference
Dave and I had stayed in touch and in February of this year when I heard of his
illness I popped in to see him (ironic that a man who didn't like the seaside
lived within two minutes of Bournemouth Pier), little did I know that this was
going to be the last time. I recently sent him a message on Facebook asking how
he was and he replied saying he was ok, however more recently I'd noticed that
he wasn't very active on social media channels and again sent him a message and
no reply. I asked another friend if they knew anything and they told me he was
in hospital and I was about to send Sue his wife a message to say hello and was
thinking about you as I went to do this I saw my Facebook feed and sadly I was
too late.
Dave, you were a
true gent who I thoroughly enjoyed the company of. You have inspired me in my
career and I can honestly say your inspiration has helped me be where I am
today. Rest in peace Dave the world has lost a great man.


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Friday, December 11, 2009
New Socialism
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, December 11, 2009
In the 1970s and early '80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greatest wealth transfer from rich to poor in history. Why not them? So in grand U.N. declarations and conferences, they began calling for a "New International Economic Order." The NIEO's essential demand was simple: to transfer fantastic chunks of wealth from the industrialized West to the Third World.
The idea of essentially taxing hardworking citizens of the democracies to fill the treasuries of Third World kleptocracies went nowhere, thanks mainly to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (and the debt crisis of the early '80s). They put a stake through the enterprise.
But such dreams never die. The raid on the Western treasuries is on again, but today with a new rationale to fit current ideological fashion. With socialism dead, the gigantic heist is now proposed as a sacred service of the newest religion: environmentalism.
One of the major goals of the Copenhagen climate summit is another NIEO shakedown: the transfer of hundreds of billions from the industrial West to the Third World to save the planet by, for example, planting green industries in the tristes tropiques.
Politically it's an idea of genius, engaging at once every left-wing erogenous zone: rich man's guilt, post-colonial guilt, environmental guilt. But the idea of shaking down the industrial democracies in the name of the environment thrives not just in the refined internationalist precincts of Copenhagen. It thrives on the national scale, too.
On the day Copenhagen opened, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claimed jurisdiction over the regulation of carbon emissions by declaring them an "endangerment" to human health.
Since we operate an overwhelmingly carbon-based economy, the EPA will be regulating practically everything. No institution that emits more than 250 tons of CO2 a year will fall outside EPA control. This means more than a million building complexes, hospitals, plants, schools, businesses and similar enterprises. (The EPA proposes regulating emissions only above 25,000 tons, but it has no such authority.) Not since the creation of the Internal Revenue Service has a federal agency been given more intrusive power over every aspect of economic life.
This naked assertion of vast executive power in the name of the environment is the perfect fulfillment of the prediction of Czech President (and economist) Vaclav Klaus that environmentalism is becoming the new socialism, i.e., the totemic ideal in the name of which government seizes the commanding heights of the economy and society.
Socialism having failed so spectacularly, the left was adrift until it struck upon a brilliant gambit: metamorphosis from red to green. The cultural elites went straight from the memorial service for socialism to the altar of the environment. The objective is the same: highly centralized power given to the best and the brightest, the new class of experts, managers and technocrats. This time, however, the alleged justification is not abolishing oppression and inequality but saving the planet.
Not everyone is pleased with the coming New Carbon-Free International Order. When the Obama administration signaled (in a gesture to Copenhagen) a U.S. commitment to major cuts in carbon emissions, Democratic Sen. Jim Webb wrote the president protesting that he lacks the authority to do so unilaterally. That requires congressional concurrence by legislation or treaty.
With the Senate blocking President Obama's cap-and-trade carbon legislation, the EPA coup d'etat served as the administration's loud response to Webb: The hell we can't. With this EPA "endangerment" finding, we can do as we wish with carbon. Either the Senate passes cap-and-trade, or the EPA will impose even more draconian measures: all cap, no trade.
Forget for a moment the economic effects of severe carbon chastity. There's the matter of constitutional decency. If you want to revolutionize society -- as will drastic carbon regulation and taxation in an energy economy that is 85 percent carbon-based -- you do it through Congress reflecting popular will. Not by administrative fiat of EPA bureaucrats.
Congress should not just resist this executive overreaching, but trump it: Amend clean-air laws and restore their original intent by excluding CO2 from EPA control and reserving that power for Congress and future legislation.
Do it now. Do it soon. Because Big Brother isn't lurking in CIA cloak. He's knocking on your door, smiling under an EPA cap.
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