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The Housing Executive's West Accounts Unit is urging tenants who may be experiencing difficulty paying their rent to get in touch at the earliest opportunity for advice on how best to resolve the issue.
Accounts Unit Manager Kevin McDowell explained: "In the current financial climate more people are finding it difficult to make ends meet.
"It is important however to keep paying your rent regularly; if you don't, you may be at risk of losing your home.
"Housing Executive tenants, who are having difficulty paying their rent, should not ignore the problem. Staff in our Accounts Unit are committed to providing every opportunity to help tenants who are experiencing difficulties.
"But it is important that they contact us at the earliest possible stage so that an affordable agreement can be made to repay the arrears." Housing Executive Accounts staff can be contacted on 03448 920900.
Mr McDowell said: "We are fully committed to helping tenants organise their finances so they can pay their rent and meet other expenses too through referrals to DebtAction NI."

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These are crudely handmade from brass in two pieces and soldered together. They all had a copper plaque soldered on underneath stating; "Made by XS Men Curative Workshops Tooting". I have always assumed that this meant they were made by Ex- Servicemen and that this Tooting is one in south London but have never been able to find any references to this workshop.
When were these made ? They have the look of the trench art from WW1 and could be some form of occupational therapy for wounded servicemen or perhaps they employed the serviceman a bit like Ashtead Potters. There is a brief reference online "Curative workshops and employment at useful work in and about the .... Later, special hospitals were formed, one at Tooting for cases of nerve injury" being an passage from a book titled "Medical Services, Surgery of the War" published 1922.
They may of course be a lot later and date to WW11 period.
Another antiques for everyone mystery. Does anyone know ??


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For Trinidad and Tobago quarter-miler Deon Lendore, 2012 has proved a breakthrough season.
His steady improvement through the year culminated in Olympic glory in August, as the one-lap specialist put on a battling performance on the last leg of T&T's 4x400m relay final to bring home bronze at the London 2012 Games along with Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon and Ade Alleyne-Forte.
Now, Lendore is planning an even bigger 2013.
Having had a taste of Olympic competition and adjusted to collegiate life, the 20-year-old athlete told the Express that he is now ready to embrace a new year of "challenges".
"I definitely believe that [I can perform even better next year] because there are a lot of things that I should have done and I know that I should do, and I'm ready to [do] better with these problems and these difficulties," Lendore said during his local club, Arima-based Abilene Wildcats Athletics Club's recent Dinner and Awards Function.
The Texas A&M runner explained that he will be moving into a new NCAA conference this year in the United States, and he is ready for his "new challenges".
"I will also be looking forward to the [T&T] team going into the World Championships and see if I can get some better times there, and make it as far as I could. Maybe being a part of the national team and see if we could even better the national record in the 4x400m [event]," Lendore added.
The athlete credited his coach at Abilene, Charlie Joseph, with having the most impact on his career.
"�Even when I did not want to run, he brought me back in, he showed me the benefits of track and field and he stuck it through with me even when I was a bit stubborn and I didn't want to do certain things. He kind of pushed me through it all," Lendore said.
He also pointed out the big support system provided by his mother Chrispina Edmund, herself a former Abilene athlete, and sister Leah Johnson.
"They all helped me through getting everything done," Lendore revealed. "My sister and my mother watched the financial side, and my coach made sure that I did everything that was right."
He dedicated his Olympic bronze medal to Joseph and his mother for their contributions to his career.
Recounting his experiences in 2012, Lendore said that after adjusting to life at Texas A&M, he found his performances steadily improved with regular competition at meets.
"My times were just dropping, and as that happened, I started to look towards the bigger picture and I started looking towards the Olympics," he explained.
Despite some niggling injuries as the London Games approached, Lendore said his teammates and doctors provided him with the necessary support that made sure 2012 was "a wonderful season".
And he saved special acclaim for Abilene Wildcats.
"My club, they always back me strong," he said. "Anytime I have a meet they'll watch it online, try their best to see if they can watch my progress. My coaches call me sometimes, give me some tips if they see my races, and the club is always there for me whenever I need them."


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NFL Power Rankings: 3 Bottom Feeders Showing Signs of LifeDecember 6, 2011
We have reached the time of the year where it's clear who is still playing hard and who is already planning their January 2nd vacation.
If you were subjected to the Philadelphia Eagles' performance on Thursday night—you know what I'm talking about.
On the other hand, there are still teams playing their absolute hardest because they know the eye in the sky doesn't lie, and getting as much positive film for the rest of the league to see is extremely important.
There also is the motivation of keeping your head coach around—which brings us to our best bad team in the NFL:
No. 18 Miami Dolphins (4-8)
A month ago the 'Fins were in the Andrew Luck sweepstakes and head coach Tony Soprano was a dead duck. Now he may have saved his job and the 'Fins are playing some of the most inspired football in the league.
Nobody wants to play Miami right now.
They are fresh off of a blowout of the Raiders, a narrow defeat at Dallas and wins over Buffalo, Washington and Kansas City.
Matt Moore is turning into a competent QB before our eyes and Reggie Bush is running like it's 2007. The defense is fifth against the rush and the unit has allowed an average of under 11 points in its last five games.
Everything is clicking right now and a 7-9 record at season's end looks more likely by the day.
Pretty incredible considering their 0-7 start.
20. Seattle Seahawks (5-7)
How bizarre is it that Seattle is just a blown fourth quarter lead against the Redskins away from being 6-6 and right in the thick of the NFC Wild Card race?
Marshawn Lynch has turned on the "Beast Mode" and is playing like a man looking to get a new contract—he just so happens to be a free agent this winter.
Tarvaris Jackson has proven to be a QB that is good enough to at least keep his team in most games.
With the 11th ranked rush defense and the Rams, Bears and Cardinals still on the slate, 8-8 is a realistic goal for the Seawhawks.
24. Carolina Panthers (4-8)
After losing a season-and-a-half's worth of road games, the Panthers have turned into road warriors the last two weeks. While wins over the Colts and Bucs aren't groundbreaking, they are proof that this team is maturing and getting better as they enter the final month of Cam Newton's rookie year.
Newton continues to make his case for rookie of the year and the running game is finally getting on track. The Falcons better be prepared this week because they are facing a Panther team full of momentum and in its home stadium.
This game might be the upset special of the week.
Eric Ball's Week 14 NFL Power Rankings
1. Green Bay Packers (12-0)
2. Baltimore Ravens (9-3)
3. New Orleans Saints (9-3)
4. San Francisco 49ers (10-2)
5. Pittsburgh Steelers (9-3)
6. New England Patriots (9-3)
7. Houston Texans (9-3)
8. Denver Broncos (7-5)
9. Cincinnati Bengals (7-5)
10. Detroit Lions (7-5)
11. Atlanta Falcons (7-5)
12. Oakland Raiders (7-5)
13. Dallas Cowboys (7-5)
14. New York Jets (7-5)
15. Chicago Bears (7-5)
16. New York Giants (6-6)
17. Tennessee Titans (7-5)
18. Miami Dolphins (4-8)
19. San Diego Chargers (5-7)
20. Seattle Seahawks (5-7)
21. Buffalo Bills (5-7)
22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-8)
23. Kansas City Chiefs (5-7)
24. Carolina Panthers (4-8)
25. Philadelphia Eagles (4-8)
26. Washington Redskins (4-8)
27. Arizona Cardinals (5-7)
28. Cleveland Browns (4-8)
29. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-9)
30. Minnesota Vikings (2-10)
31. St. Louis Rams (2-10)
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First off, the socialist Mary Honeyball need to be thrown into an asylum center alone. I'd suspect she's never been to one. But of course that wouldn't change her ideals, she would only blame the European men for any harm done to her.
Second, it looks like she's reading from the paper in front of her. Did she write down her response or was it a prewritten reply? I would say it's, most likely, the latter.
How is is "racist" to blame the refugee (men)? Aren't they the ones committing most of these problems? Wasn't there a big thing on Christmas eve? Rapes and such? The 2nd lady speaking – she's very pro-refugees, but still? If a black man rapes a white woman, and you say "hey, that black man raped that white lady" – is that racists? or just an observation including race? If a man rapes a woman, and you say "hey, that man raped that lady!" is that sexist or just an observation? I guess the UE is too bullsh*t politically correct for their own good.
Contact the government, what? You would be put on a terrorist watch list. The governments are behind all of these shenanigans!!
I would say that the government of Hungary pays and houses these third-worlders to execute these atrocities.
Glad you are reading..
You never get the problem causers to fix the problem. They won't do it but will instead turn on those pointing out the problem. The first step is regime and systemic change. Then real reforms are possible.
Spose in Africa we would be racist for standing up for black women. Nwo are scum.
People hollering racist are the racist. Caring for one's own kind is so natural it cannot be denied.
What most people don't know is that it was the Zionist and the Muslims who created slavery. The slaves in Europe and the US were brought to the US by the Jewish Zionists. It was not the White Christians.
This is now happening in Europe and the US. The citizens of the countries are being made into economic slaves. Work, pay taxes and by paying taxes, they give money to people who won't work and will be having lots of babies.
This is why there is a fiat money system in Europe and the US. The "immigrants" come to enslave the people of the countries through economic rape besides the rape of the women and men.
The men of Europe will rise up and then all hell will break out. How many wives, daughters, sisters and mothers of the police have to be raped before they too start to speak out.
Like in some countries of South America, who, by day, patrol the streets, but by night, go after law breakers in the most violent of ways. How many European ex-military will rise up against the violators. I suspect many and very soon.
Rape is rape, be it sexual, economic or "space" rape (the taking of ones space forcibly, be it house, apartment or land through fraud).
The good have to be thrown out with the bad. It's like a partly rotten apple, but the rest will be sooner then later. Especially when you have over 40% of the Muslim youths saying they will kill for their beliefs. It's time to clean house before the mold growing on the walls makes us all sick.
Merkel is a Polish Jew that hates Germany and it's People. She was put there for the very reason the Refugee(made up) crises is happening.
Behind this crises is the War on Whites and Christians by the Jews!
Same War where in 1940 All of Judea declared War on Germany(WWII)
You have these Zionist Rabbis in Israel saying good punish White Germany.
And Israel taking in to made up Refugees. It's easy to see the Rothschids Puppets. As the Saying goes "You Shall know them by there deeds"
Elders of Zion were already talking about filling Europe with Negros and Asians after WWII.
Same War where in 1940 All of Judea declared War on Germany(WWII)
It was 1933 starting with a boycott and demands for regime change.
These two women-the one who posed the question and the one who pretended she is giving the answer are having a dialogue of the deaf.
The second woman is a Jewess playing a game of semantics: nowhere is her recitation does she pronounces words "European women", she avoids saying these words. So in effect she doesn't do a job of hearing what is being told to her, she is clearly practicing selective hearing. The question arises: why is she there, why questions are being put to her as some kind of authority over people's lives: she doesn't give a rat's ass-it is apparent.
But what she IS doing with impunity is USING European women as a background of suffering of migrant women-in which European women never had any hand or participation, and she directly accuses the woman who raises a question of saving European women of being "racist". It is a Jewish trick!
Since a second woman is not a migrant woman herself, and she clearly does not counts herself as belonging to European women, she is Jewess who is enjoying the destruction of European women, and she covers up her joy with false claim of caring about another group of women, that she cares less about as well: she herself represents interests of Jews, and only Jews. And that is her bias! It is being omitted-but can anyone doubt that it is there?
The migrant women are primarily suffering at the hand of men belonging to their own culture, now also European women are subject to the same treatment at the hand of same men.
So that Jewish woman that sits in judgement of the situation, and who is well removed from the positions of migrant AND European women alike ought to be listened to and minded NO LONGER by anyone in their right mind. She is not representing the groups involved, and cannot be used for anything-why is she there? She is as good as dead to appeal to! And everyone listening to her can be absolutely sure that she condones everything that is happening to European women, she is glad it is happening, and she has a veneer of ready word-formulas to get herself off the hook. To me she sounds little short of sadistic!
That humanity descended into having people like her anywhere near deciding about lives of others is a shame, and unforgivable ignorance. Can't you see she is as good as dead to advise on matters of life and living? She cannot be appealed to by either migrant or European women, as she clearly is representing the third party that is orchestrating the destruction of both groups of women.
Johnny boy, I was discussing this with Yiddy Yoda yesterday (my inner macho Johnny Weissmuller, Steve McQueen and Bruce Lee with lots of Clausewitz thrown in). lol
The very first thing to do is to refuse to be fear-mongered as the media is programming you while not ignoring any realities that you can see for yourself on the streets. For yourself, from DIRECT sources that you completely trust (such as Henrik Palmgren and Marcus Follin in Sweden, etc.) and not on enemy propaganda media.
Why? Because high levels of fear paralyze the critical faculty and activate the "fight or flight" in-stink-t (the inner stink or the inner-sting, you decide if you're the de-cider, lol). Ever seen a real martial artist fight? He's always relaxed because he has to be in order to maximize his abilities. Without relaxation and balance there is no knowing of any ledges of know-ledge in any field, including self-defense, cultural defense, etc. There is only imbalance, fear paralysis and neurotic over-reaction, and falling off ledges. INTERNALIZE power as much as you can. Do not allow manufactured levels of fear to make you externalize power. John did a fantastic show that covered this with Lenon Honor a while back.
Why would any of these native European "whites" argue "right and wrong" or fight for "right" against "wrong" on Jew owned enemy propaganda media outlets? Don't they know that these people are not their friends? All of these media outlets in the mainstream and a huge chunk of the alternative are ultimately owned and controlled by their financing capital and nobody has more financing capital than those with legalized power to charge usury in 155 countries and to COUNTERFEIT (fractional reserve banking) in 155 countries.
Fully detailed outline of the watershed Spingola / Stephen Goodson interview above here:
It's absurd to think that people can get justice "legally" in a system where even a billionaire like Trump has to suck-up to Jews, in a system that is built on complete criminality! lol I mean, come on! The criminals are running the show. The fox is guarding the hen-house.
Defending yourself against initiated aggression is a moral right. In all so-called First World countries, we are not living in the jungle, but within the win-win dialectic of civilization, philosophized by a few creative minorities over 2000 years ago and understood by their kins-folk, their kindred, those they are kind to because they act like their own folk. It's not a matter of who looks like who but who acts like who. Who acts like an honorable person and who does not. There is no such thing as an "honorable" win-lose predator. A win-lose predator belongs in the jungle or jail, not in advanced civilizations like Germany, but only if he displays that behavior, not because you don't like the way he looks. If he displays honorable behavior and you spit in his face, the honorable behavior will no longer be displayed and you will be hated passionately for YOUR dis-honorable action. That's just the way it is. Nature doesn't care if you're from here or there, only if you obey the paths to its grandest designs by being moral and honorable.
It's absurd that this needs to be even argued but if someone is harassing and disrespecting you, your brother, your friends, your wife, sister, mother or girlfriend in public and "the Poh-lice, poor lice, working for them, not you, remember you're occupied by the enemy" are not doing anything about it, then you and all righteous people have to do it.
Always travel in groups and with as many means of protection on you can get away with, especially if your path will cross a bad neighborhood. Always stay calm, relaxed but fully alert. That's the very first thing a good dancer has to learn as well as a good fighter or anything else. Everything is done worse if you're off-balance. It's all a matter of balances. Not compromise, but temperance (fine-tuning the levels of your inner equilibrium to perfection; mixing your album like Alan Parsons on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," to where it communicates such higher-abstracted metaphors through sound that it cannot be denied and leaves people in awe, NOT adding a disco or rap beat to sell more records to rabble, lol) or temperance without compromise, the obsession of all British Gentlemen of the past and unfortunately, not many today. Think James Mason's brain on Sean Connery's body. Or even better, George Sanders' brain on Rocky Marciano's body, or Rommel's brain on Dolph Lundgren's body (lol, that would be one hell of an android!)
Always a matter of maintaining balances and yin and yang. Don't go attacking people just because they look at you the wrong way, but if they start something, FINISH it and as quick as you can.
Have the ability to finish it. If a bear or Pit-Bull attacks you would you try to have a conversation with him and calm him down? And what if you don't have gones (I pull my finger half an inch, you're GONE, where? I don't know? But you're not bothering me anymore. lol)? You have brains don't you? You taser the Pit Bull out of your way and use a tractor to chase the bear halfway down the forest. Believe me, even the biggest Grizzly will be crapping in the woods if you run it down with even a Honda, never mind a tractor.
You don't even need money to learn how to protect yourself, only some functioning brain cells and the ability to concentrate. A week or two spent on you tube if you're smart and know where to look will teach you more than most people used to learn in years of search and study about self-de-fence. There are also TONS of pdf books on defense, strategy, tactics, and every kind of thing imaginable online that can be downloaded for free. The tiny minority of brains that created the internet have given you this tremendous and I mean TREMENDOUS gift, use it because your enemies are, you can bet your life on that.
Only amateurs think that guns are the only equalizer.
Your brain is the greatest equalizer if you learn how to use it right.
How much "equalization" did inventing the AK-47 do for Kalashnikov, the one man who de-signed (turned it into a new sign-ifi-cance) it? Could "magic and mumbo jumbo" automatically create an invention like that? I don't think so. Even the communists knew enough to leave a creative guy like that alone because they know that the most basic weapons, never mind advanced killing machines, are impossible without a sovereign mind behind it able to think clearly and logically and in super-concentrated form for long periods of time.


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He's already won three Grammys, but when geek poster boy "Weird Al" Yankovic's 2006 disc Straight Outta Lynwood was nominated (for Best Comedy Album and Best Surround Sound Album), it still felt like a victory for white and nerdy dudes everywhere. Here, he chats with our Andy Greene about the distinction.
Where were you when you found out you were nominated?
I was sitting on the couch downstairs in front of my laptop, refreshing the main page at grammy.com every 10 seconds until the link to the nominations showed up. Yes, I'm fully aware of how pathetic that sounds — I just get very excited about the whole Grammy thing.
You've already won three. Is it still as exciting?
Well, it's hard to compete with the first time you win a Grammy because after that, you can legally affix the phrase "Grammy Award-winning" to the front of your name. And when I won my last Grammy in 2004, it was my first Grammy win in fifteen years, so that was a pretty big deal for me too. But trust me, it never gets old. I promise to be extremely excited every single time I ever win a Grammy.
Were you surprised by the surround sound nomination?
That did come a little out of left field — I would have thought that outside of the Comedy category, I might have had my best shot with Best Short Form Video (for "White & Nerdy") or Best Pop Collaboration (for my duet with Kate Winslet). But I'm thrilled to be recognized for my work on the surround sound mixes, because I'm very proud of the way they turned out. It's also the first time my engineer Tony Papa has been nominated (I've been working with him since 1982) so I'm very happy he's getting props from the Academy as well.
What lengths did you go to insure that the surround sound was extra good?
After we finished the stereo mix for each song on the album, Tony and I would formulate a plan on how to give dimensionality to the 5.1 mix. When the mix was extremely dense and complicated (as it was for my Brian Wilson homage "Pancreas") it allowed for parts to breathe more, because tracks could be isolated or featured more than in the stereo mix. We found that we could also have fun moving instruments on more than one axis at once, which meant that we could have footsteps or bird calls or weird sound effects flying diagonally across the room. I'm so happy with the way that the 5.1 mix for "Pancreas" turned out that I really consider that the definitive version of the song.
Do you have a surround sound stereo at home?
I had a home theatre system, but after I finished "Straight Outta Lynwood," I decided to upgrade and got myself a dedicated surround sound system with 5 identical high-end speakers, just for listening to music mixed in 5.1. I'm not sure how much of a selling point the whole "surround sound" thing was for my last album, but I sure got a kick out of doing it, and I look forward to continue working with that format in the future.
You're up against Alan Parsons, who engineered Abbey Road. Think you can take him?
Well, Alan's amazing, of course, and the rest of the nominees in the category are no slouches either. Really, I'm just very happy to have been nominated at all, because comedy albums rarely get any kind of real respect from the recording community. But you know, even though the context was comedy, it was very challenging because we were working with a dozen different musical genres on this album — everything from gangsta rap to polka, so it was very gratifying to me that the voters were able to appreciate the underlying craft of what we were doing.
Are you going to the ceremony?
Wouldn't miss it. I guess it's "cool" to be jaded about this kind of stuff, but I still get a huge kick out of going to the Grammys. Along with everything else, it's just a great hang — and it's always fun to meet the people that I've been parodying.
Are you blown away by the fact that 2006 has turned out to be pretty much the best year of your career?
Yeah, it's pretty Bizarro World. Conventional wisdom would suggest that my career would have ended, oh, about 22 years ago. But I've been able to hang in there — actually a lot longer than most of the people I've parodied — and now after all this time I'm a Top 10 artist as well. It's crazy.
How much credit do you give YouTube for the success of the album?
YouTube was huge for me on this album — MySpace and Google Video too. "White & Nerdy" was a true viral sensation — it's gotten 20 million hits or something ridiculous like that. VH1 has been extremely supportive as well, but I believe this is the first time that the Internet has played such a crucial role in the promotion of my album.
Where do you keep your Grammys?
Well, I used to have them attached to my forehead with wood screws, but they were getting a little heavy. Actually, they're on display on a cabinet in my living room, next to the TV.
I've seen UHF at least fifty times. Any chance for another movie?
Thanks. Unfortunately, I don't have time to devote several months of my life to developing a script for a movie that, in all likelihood, will never actually get made — I prefer to focus my efforts on things which are pretty much guaranteed to bear fruit, like my albums or concert tours. But of course, if the right role or project came along, I'd be thrilled to take it on. Actually, it's looking like I may be cast as voice talent for a major role in an animated feature that's going into production next year, so I'm very excited about that one.


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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
October 30, 2003 23:18 IST
The Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday ordered the state government to pay Rs 200,000 as compensation to Bhuveneshwari Pardhi, a schoolteacher in Balaghat district, who was gang-raped at a 'people's court' convened by a panchayat.
Justice A K Mishra, who heard a writ petition filed by Pardhi challenging the panchayat's decision, also awarded Rs 5,000 as costs.
Pardhi, a grade-II teacher in Swarikala panchayat, was gang-raped in September 2002 for allegedly having illicit relations with a man.
The judge held that sarpanch Jiyalal Patel and panch Laxmichand Patel of the panchayat had a revengeful attitude towards Pardhi.
The duo, who had always tried to sully Pardhi's image, had intentionally convened the 'people's court' and made allegations against her, the judge remarked.
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Deadline Day: Reid seals Blackpool Switch
Sunderland's Paraguayan Defender, Paolo Da Silva has kicked off transfer deadline day by leaving for Real Zaragoza for an undisclosed fee early this morning.
Da Silva failed to force himself in to the first team in his 18 months at Sunderland and ended his career here being behind previously unfavoured Anton Ferdinand in the pecking order at centre half.
Steve Bruce often said that Da Silva just wasn't physical enough to deal with the large strikers in the Premier League. He made just 18 appearances for the club since joining from Toluca in Paraguay.
I for one thought he would turn out to be a decent signing by the boss, but sadly it was not to be and as someone tweeted on our official twitter page @vitalsunderland, Paolo was a model professional and he leaves with our best wishes.
Andy Reid has joined Blackpool until the end of the season.
So that would be Healy, Da Silva & Reid off the books. Great stuff from Brucey this Window.
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Under direction and leadership of Jose Zai Ortiz, DARKMATTER embraces true collaboration with an extremely specialized team of film industry leaders and tech-savvy, creative wizards providing a custom approach to storytelling in a fluid manner.
Zai builds a seamless bridge between design and visual effects. Through his artistry across several mediums and advanced technical talent, Ortiz executes highly influential and recognized animation.


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We hope you'll join us for a celebration of 40 years of aikido training. We have a tentative schedule posted and will be sharing more information as it is confirmed.
Please note: THIS EVENT IS NOT BEING HELD AT BOND STREET DOJO. It is being held at the 3 Legged Dog Art & Technology Center at 80 Greenwich Street. Get directions here.
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Six-colour screen print on Matrisse 200gsm stock, 360mm x 400mm.
Beautifully printed by Harvey Lloyd Screens, Edition of 25.
Available soon.
'Basilicas' is a series of prints that celebrate the form and function of classic cameras. The drawings have been made from a combination of found reference and life.
Classic cameras from the past and present inspire the 'Basilicas' series, in which the first nine in an ongoing project focus on cameras by Leica, Hasselblad, Rolleiflex, Mamiya, Olympus, Linhof, and Polaroid.
'Basilicas' was undertaken with the blessing of these legendary manufacturers.
Editorial for El Pais Semenal
Self-Initiated piece.
This started out as a pitch for a an upcoming album by James McCartney. It didn't go my way for one reason or another, so I took the artwork in a different direction and this is where I arrived.
Cover illustrations for FT Business Education Magazine.
Self-initiated project.
Commissioned by M&C Saatchi for Transport for London / Le Tour de France.
Series of artworks commissioned by McCann Melbourne for 2016 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).
Maritime-inspired prints.
Commissioned by M&C Saatchi for Transport for London.
Editorial illustration of Deventé Hynes of Blood Orange for The New Yorker. Art direction by Chris Curry.
Editorial for Stanford University, commissioned by Pentagram NY.
Cover artwork for Issue 1, commissioned by Human After All.
First of a self-initiated project.
Editorial feature on the Brian Wilson bio-pic for Delve Magazine. Commissioned by Human After All
The Heart Index is a not-for-profit design compendium, raising money and awareness for Heart Research UK. It's pages showcase a selection of hearts, designed and interpreted by a host of contemporary practitioners, including Adrian Shaughnessy, Studio Makgill, and Wim Crouwel.
You can buy the book here.
Limited edition series of 4 colour screen prints will available to buy from the shop.
Campaign celebrating Eurostar's 20th anniversary.
Self-initiated project.
Ongoing development work for children's publishing.
Editorial features for GQ Germany.
Sleeve artwork for Tame Impala's 'The Less I Know the Better'.
Campaign for IBM commissioned by Ogilvy for the African and Asian market.
Editorial on farmer's markets.
Huge mural in Brighton for Dulux's 'Colour Britain' campaign.
'Strong Bear' for the 100/100 Project commissioned by SB Studio.
Cycling map of London commissioned by Herb Lester Associates in conjunction with Tokyo Bike.
Editorial for the Harvard Business Review
Screen print commissioned by The Brooklyn Brewery celebrating their 25th anniversary.
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Brad and I had a wonderful experience meeting the Lee Brothers at Tupelo Honey for their book signing yesterday. Like all their cookbooks" charleston kitchen" … Read the rest
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Beautiful bride Shawna Coker dinning with her family and Friends during her wedding at Castle Lady Hawke.
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6 Definitions of Birds
The definition of birds, the meaning of the word Birds:
Is birds a scrabble word? Yes!
- n. - Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
- n. - The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
- n. - Informal terms for a (young) woman
- n. - A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- n. - Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers
- v. - Watch and study birds in their natural habitat
Birds is worth 8 points in Scrabble, and 9 points in Words with Friends
There are 5 letters in birds: B D I R S
1 Anagram of Birds
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Citing cost concerns, village trustees reject plans to remove sediment from Bridge Street dam reservoir
The Grafton Village Board took a pass on dredging plans for the Bridge Street dam reservoir Tuesday night.
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Kudos To The Lizard . . .Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
I normally would NEVER write a testimonial to any business on my blog . . .
And, it's beyond comprehension that it would be to praise an INSURANCE company????
Here's why . . .
There's a lesson here from a big-ass company that all us little businesses can actually learn from.
The company is Geico – hence the headline about the lizard . . .
Here's what happened . . .
After a totally frustrating day, being totally stymied with technological glitches and further confirmation of my lack of technological skills . . .
It was 9 PM and I decided to try to get the "renter's" insurance I'm supposed to have after hearing my ex, Jeanette, tell me about how her daughter's dog sitter stole all her valuables and jewelry . . .
Since I have my car insurance with Geico, I figured I'd start with them . . .
As expected, the web site led me into the dark morass of insurance . . .
Since the site didn't answer my questions – how could it? – I clicked on "contact us"!
Of course, my computer, a Mac, tried to open up Microsoft Outlook to let me send them an email.
Of course, that didn't work, so I went through the usual 5 steps to stop Microsoft from taking over my computer . . .
The questionnaire wanted to know what my building was made of – no idea – what kind of heat I had – again, no idea. I was totally prepared for another typical insurance./banking experience . . .
But then, the system gave me a phone number – answered from 7 AM – 1 AM???? 18 hours/day?
I couldn't believe it, so, even though it was 9 PM at night, I called the number on the East Coast . . .
A nice guy actually answered the phone after I went through a totally reasonable automated menu asking me what type of insurance I wanted or whether I was filing a claim . . .
After getting my name, he already knew my address and the fact that I had an auto policy with them . . .
We talked – he actually asked me what I wanted???? – and I told him my story and he listened????
What's happening here – a big company listening to me . . .
It can't be . . .
I told him I had no idea what my building was made of – brick, block, alien materials, or what. He said – no problem – he looked it up in his database – powered by Google I'm sure – and he told me more about my building than I knew . . . He saw that I was in a 4 story building on a golf course . . .
I made the mistake – I thought – of telling him I had a business in my home – online, of course.
That created another batch of questions and I also told him I was certifiably old and asked for any AARP discounts, he laughed and said he'd check.
He also had questions about how much I made and I pitched him on joining my business – which he said I could send him info on separately . . . No idea if he's really interested, but it doesn't really matter – he listened to me and responded accordingly!!!
Then, he asked me to hold and then he checked a bunch of affiliated insurance companies and came back with a price . . .
30% lower than any I'd been quoted before – $40K of renter's insurance for $10/month . . .
Absolutely amazing!
Who can say they've had an enjoyable conversation with an insurance agent selling them insurance. In my entire life, I've never had that happen – and, as I said, I'm old!
Warren Buffet owns Geico – the dude knows what he's doing – and it passes all the way down to the customer – kudos to Geico and kudos to Warren Buffet.
So, long story, not so short, there's a lesson here for all of us.
Customer service is king.
Do a good job of that and after someone gives you money, they will tell their friends about it! Just like I'm doing here. What's it worth to you for a customer to spend an hour or more posting unsolicited positive info about your company online?
Do you want people doing that about your business?
Well, be good at what you do and make sure you stay good at what you do, and it will happen . . .
I have systems for local business to do just that without a billion dollar budget. Contact me and I'll help you to do it.
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2009 Mazda 5 Minivan - Consumer Review
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Vehicle2009 Mazda 5 Grand Touring 4dr Minivan (2.3L 4cyl 5A)
ReviewMy wife and I have a newborn. We needed a second car besides our Corolla and agreed that the main requirement of a new car was the fun factor. This car is a lot of fun from playing musical chairs between cargo, people, and space, it's cool. The ride is pretty cool too! I agree with most that a few more horses under the hood would be nice, but I'm OK because I like my gas mileage low. Handles well & looks great! No one ever knows what a Mazda5 is when you tell them but once they see it and ride in it, they become fans! We are young parents and knew this was a great car for our family but it's also a hit with friends parents night off. Who said you have to drive a Scion or Mini to be cool these days.
Best FeaturesRide dynamics, sliding doors, and sliding second row seats.
Worst FeaturesI'm jealous that the European version has a middle seat in the second row. A few more horses, and stability and traction control would be nice. Oh yeah, gas tank is a bit small too.
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Lake Washington Waterfront Homes
Mercer Island
$7 million estimated value. 5,150 sq ft on .63 acres.
147 feet of waterfront, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths. Built in 1990. Purchased 7/3/2007 for $5.6 million and it went through extensive renovation and upgrades in early 2009.
This is the home of Marc A. and Sally Onetto. Marc is Sr. VP Worldwide Operations for Amazon.Com (page 105). He joined the company in 2007. He was with Solectron Corp in California as Executive VP from 2003 to 2006, was with GE for 15 years and with Exxon for 12 years.
Amazon's 2006 revenues were $10 billion, they grew to $19 billion in 2008 and the June 2009 annual rate exceeded $25 billion. In 2006 the stock traded as low as $26 per share and in 2009 it has traded between $47.63 and $88.56 per share.
This property is a landmark known as "Southpointe." It is on the southern tip of Mercer Island and from here there are fabulous views of the lake and Mount Rainier.
Sam DeBord is a Realtor® and Managing Broker with SeattleHome.com and Coldwell Banker Danforth. His research and writing focus on Seattle Waterfront homes, as well as the Seattle luxury real estate market.
Source: All information courtesy David Dykstra, Lake Washington 130 Homes.
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The 20 Vocalises written by singing master Ferdinand Sieber were chosen, arranged and recorded for this edition by the solo trumpeter Frits Damrow. The pieces focus on the - often neglected - middle and lower register. The book is a sequel to Bel Canto for Brass, another "vocalise" method offering suitable exercises for breathing, sound quality, intonation and endurance.
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What you're looking at above might seem like an early to mid-90's predecessor to the iPad, but you might be surprised to learn that the device, called the Dynabook, was conceptualized in 1968 by famed computer scientist Alan Kay. The device was envisioned as an educational tool and was naturally geared towards children, as evidenced by a 1972 research paper titled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages" that Kay published while working at the legendary Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
As a quick aside, if you need any proof about the brilliance and foresight of Alan Kay, then Kay's research paper is an absolute must read. His thoroughly detailed vision of how consumers might use the Dynabook is eerily similar to how people are using the iPad today. I tried to pick out one passage as an example, but there were literally too many too choose from. And again, Kay's paper was written nearly 40 years ago!
But back to the Dynabook, a device, that even in concept form, was unbelievably ahead of its time.
Kay's vision for the Dynabook described a portable notebook sized device capable of displaying text and dynamic graphics with contrast ratios similar to that of a book. The user interface should use "linguistic concepts", Kay wrote, a brilliant and prophetic turn of phrase in light of the easy to use iPhone OS that even toddlers are capable of figuring out. Kay's vision for the Dynabook also included the ability to connect to a high bandwidth network, a plasma screen, and remarkably, a virtual keyboard as well.
Suppose the display panel covers the full extent of the notebook surface. Any keyboard arrangement one might wish can then be displayed anywhere on the surface.
That's essentially the same point Steve Jobs made about the iPhone when he first demoed the device at Macworld 2007.
Finally, Kay envisioned the Dynabook as a device capable of housing "several hours of audio (voice/music) files", and remarkably, Kay describes a system of downloading books to the device that more or less embodies what the iTunes App Store is today.
And how much did Kay envision charging for this device? $500, which is exactly where Apple priced the base model iPad.
Steve Jobs and Apple have praised the iPad as a revolutionary device, but technological advancements aren't concocted in a vacuum. Rather, they're often the amalgamation of varying ideas and technologies of the past. The iPad, for example, is a natural extension of the iPhone OS, whose multitouch technology was acquired by Apple from a company called Fingerworks in 2005. But multitouch technology, along with a host of other features prominent in Apple devices, have roots that stretch back decades. In other words, the technology of today is inextricably tied to the technology of the past.
Kay elaborates in an interview with Tom's Hardware:
Of course, many things in the multi-touch UI, page turning animations, etc. were first done by the group of my friend Nicholas Negroponte at MIT. The idea of touch screen interaction also goes back to this community, both at PARC and Negroponte's research group at MIT that invented a multi-touch tablet in the 70s. One set of the machines we made, called 'The NoteTaker,' had a touch screen.
Alan Kay, with whom Steve Jobs is still reportedly close, concedes that Jobs has for sometime been aware of his Dynabook idea, a fact which raises the question of whether or not the idea for the iPad can be traced all the way back to the Dynabook itself. Of course, a more cynical Apple observer might argue that Jobs stole the idea for the iPad.
Kay, however, scoffs at the idea that Jobs stole his idea for an iPad-like device, though he acknowledges that the Dynabook was undoubtedly an influence on Jobs and the development of the iPad. To be fair, though, you'd be hard pressed to find a modern computing technology with roots that don't stretch all the way back to Xerox Parc. That place was a virtual breeding ground for great and transcendent ideas, and you know how Jobs feels about "stealing great ideas."
In a somewhat famous exchange, after Jobs intro'd the iPhone, Jobs approached Kay (who used to work at Apple in the mid 80's) and asked him if the device was "good enough to criticize." Kay responded, "Make the screen at least 5″x8″ and you will rule the world."
With the iPad, Apple has heeded that advice.
The iPad has the potential to change the way we as a society use and interact with technology, and while Apple deserves credit for bringing the iPad to life, we should at least be aware that the idea for such a device didn't magically appear on a whiteboard in an Apple boardroom out of thin air.


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RUFC - Tonge to start jogging
Rotherham United defender, Dale Tonge has been given permission to start back jogging, his manager, Ronnie Moore says.
Tonge hasn't kicked a ball in anger since March, and has had his foot encased in a special boot, but is now making progress.
Speaking to the Official Site, Moore said, 'Tongey has got permission to start jogging, which is a good sign.
'Hopefully, by this time next week, he will be able to join in with the rest of the lads. And, if that's the case, then, by the start of the season, his fitness levels should be just about right.'
Earlier this month, former Barnsley trainee Tonge said he had been frustrated and wanted to show Ronnie Moore that he is worthy of a place in the side.


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Most good climbers will say that confidence plays a huge role in their ability to climb well. So much of climbing is mental that not believing you can do a move or make a clip can be the difference between success and failure. I think of gaining confidence like building a wall, each positive experience helps to build up the wall. So what happens when you don't yet have the confidence to try hard or commit to an insecure move or clip? Or what if a negative experience causes your wall of confidence to come tumbling down?
In my case it was the latter. My mind, which used to be strong and confident, is now filled with self-doubt and insecurity. As I look to the next hold on a route it seems further away and less attainable. My mind tells me that I won't be able to grab the next hold. My self-doubt makes me expect to miss the dead point before I have even initiated the move. I envision myself botching the clip just as I am about to pull up the rope.
This type of negative thinking holds us back from our goals. So how do we overcome our self-doubt and replace it with confidence? To be honest, I'm not entirely sure. It's something I'm still working on every time I climb. But I do have a few thoughts that are helping me and I hope they can help you too.


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Study: Most campaign coverage written by men
Seventy-six percent of articles about the GOP primary and 72 percent of articles about the presidential campaign were written by men, according to a press release from the Women's Media Center. The Fourth Estate compiled the data, which I can't find online yet, but this graphic from that group shows similarly dismal numbers among major outlets quoting women in coverage of issues like abortion, women's rights and birth control.
The press release refers to ASNE's diversity studies, which show that men account for about 63 percent of newsroom employees.
Related: Why 88% of books reviewed by The New York Times are written by white authors | Why women don't contribute to opinion pages as often as men & what we can do about it | National Magazine Awards to honor men this year | VIDA's annual byline count (VIDA)


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The Altona Homestead was the first to be constructed in the area, beginning in 1842. It has a rich history serving as a residence, holiday housing for a local company and civic offices for council meetings from 1957 to 1968. Restoration works commenced in September 1988 to preserve this important piece of Altona history. Open the first Sunday of the month 2:00 to 4:00pm, every Saturday 10:00am to 12:00pm and every Tuesday 11:00am to 2:00pm.
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DIY Idea: Colorful Cabinet Makeover
Freshening up a piece of furniture with a new coat of paint is nothing new, but as Rachael from Penelope and Pip demonstrates to the readers of the blog Say Yes to Hoboken, the right choice of color and combination of materials can really make a huge impact and add a dose of cheer to a previously quiet piece.
Here is what you will need:
1. Spray paints in assorted colors (Rachael used pale pink, pale blue and gold)
2. Glitter tape (found at the local craft store)
3. A cabinet (this one is the Osthamra wall cabinet currently available at Ikea)
4. Painter's tape
5. Pencil
6. Ruler
7. Drop sheet for the paint over spray
8. Varnish (optional)
Rachael explains:
I am a big fan of being thrifty and remodeling items I already have around the house, so today's project shows you how to transform a bland wall cabinet you may already have hanging in your bathroom into something pretty (and glittery!).
Find the full instructions at Say Yes to Hoboken: DIY Colour Block Cabinet.
Via Penelope and Pip.
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Turning Harmonies into Memories
The power of song brings us all together and helps us feel connected, strong and proud. Music is woven through the basic fabric of Girl Scouting, girls and their leaders have been writing, singing, and playing songs that celebrate sisterhood for 100 years. Whether singing around a campfire, a troop ceremony or a special event like World of Girls, Girl Scouts have always enjoyed the fun and fellowship that music can create.
Girl Scouts have traditional songs that are passed from generation to generation. As a mom, when your daughter comes home one day signing the Brownie Smile song, it may bring back memories of sisterhood. But, beyond the traditions, girls can test their musical interests through badge exploration.
For girls in grades 4-5, the Musician badge dives into our musical world by following five steps.
- Explore how music is made
- Travel around the world of music
- Check out the music in your life
- Make your own music
- Perform your music
Each step girls must complete one of three activities listed diving deeper into the world of music. Adventurous girls who really want to discover more are encouraged to do all three.
Songs set the mood and build excitement, and everybody loves music. Girls Scouts provides an outlet for girls to experience, grow and embrace their artistic capabilities; and music is just one way to inspire the world around us.
Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls – all girls – where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and life skills for success in the real world. Membership is open to all girls 5-17 years-old. For more information on Girl Scouts, call (702) 385-3677 or visit girlscoutsnv.org .


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ravenkai wrote:Wow. Like when Brian took over for Frank Herbert. There's also been a few Heinlein books that were finished postumously. Wow. Can't believe he's dead. Guess tomorrow I need to make a trip to Ye Old Bookstore and buy the whole shelf of his books I almost got earlier today
ravenkai wrote:That was very insightful of him. I would love to hear those tapes someday, after seeing the result of them of course.
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Midweek greetings. Ever think you'd be eating your lunch in a half-century-old city bus? Fojol Bros., who brought you some of the first creative street food in Washington, has hatched a plan to turn two old buses into mobile dining cars. You can read all about it here, in Tim Carman's story.
Also today in Food, Martha Thomas explains how you can extend your slow-cooker repertoire to include seafood. And Bonnie S. Benwick reviews "Pati's Mexican Table," the new cookbook from hometown phenom Pati Jinich.
So there's a lot to read, and also a lot to talk about today during our Free Range chat. That's our weekly live visit with you, dear readers. You get a chance to ask questions, we get a chance to answer them, and after an hour, everybody signs off happy. See what I mean by being there at noon sharp.
We don't get to every question, but we try. Here's a leftover from a recent chat.
I took mac and cheese to work and reheated it in the microwave. It came out with big pools of oil in the bottom of the container. Is that just what happens to mac and cheese, or was it because it got too hot?
It just so happens that macaroni and cheese is a subject dear to my heart. You DO remember my Mac-and-Cheese-O-Matic chart from about a year ago, right? Right? Please say you do. Well, anyway, suffice it to say that I love the stuff.
I've never thought the microwave was the best vehicle for reheating it. Yes, your lunch probably got too hot in there, and the oil separated from the cheese and oozed into that unappetizing puddle.
Not only that, but your food was probably a little dry. When you stashed it in your refrigerator, the pasta continued to soak up moisture. That didn't help the reheating process.
Given a choice, here's how I would do it: Put some milk in a saucepan, maybe a half-cup or so, and heat it with a little butter. When the milk gets hot and steamy, add a couple cups of leftover mac and cheese and stir constantly until it incorporates the milk and is heated through. You could even add a little fresh cheese at the end. If you don't let the mixture get too hot, you should be able to reconstitute it so that it's close to its previous creamy goodness.
At work, you might not have a saucepan and a stove. Still, you can heat milk and butter in a microwave-safe container, then mix in the mac and cheese. Reheat gently (not on full power) and stir frequently. Do it right, and your oily puddles will be a thing of the past. Enjoy.
And try this baker's dozen of mac and cheese faves from our Recipe Finder:
Baked Macaroni and Cheese (healthful version)
Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese
Butternut Squash Macaroni and Cheese
Grandmother's Macaroni and Cheese
Low-Fat Soul Baked Mac and Cheese
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Pittsburgh Ask any of the people involved in the current — and at the moment only — drama surrounding the surging Pittsburgh Steelers about who should be the starting running back and you'll get a variety of answers. None of them definitive.
Jonathan Dwyer, whose 299 rushing yards lead the team, thinks the job belongs to injured Rashard Mendenhall, whenever Mendenhall's strained right Achilles tendon heals.
Isaac Redman thinks it should be the "hot hand," which at the moment would be his after running for a career-high 147 yards in last week's season-defining triumph against the New York Giants.
Mendenhall, who has carried the ball just 19 times in the past 10 months after tearing the ACL in his right knee on New Year's Day, thinks the decision is out of his hands and would prefer to focus on his health.
Even the guy actually in charge of the depth chart is noncommittal.
"Whoever's being productive when healthy is going to get the totes," coach Mike Tomlin said. "I really think it's that simple. I'm not going to make it any more complex than it has to be."
Or any less murky either.
Redman will get the start tonight when the Steelers (5-3) host luckless Kansas City (1-7). The Chiefs have endured a miserable first half of the season, though the re-emergence of Jamaal Charles gives them clarity in the backfield.
A year removed from a torn ACL that ended his 2011 season after just two games, Charles is ninth in the NFL in rushing and remains one of the most explosive players in the league. He ran for 233 yards — the second-highest total of the season — in a 27-24 overtime win against the Saints that remains Kansas City's lone victory.
"You just can't let the guy get daylight because he's gone," Pittsburgh defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau said.
While the Chiefs are sinking, the Steelers are soaring.
Pittsburgh has won three straight and is getting production from whoever happens to be bending over next to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in the huddle.
All three backs know the leash is short if they don't perform.
"It's like basketball, if the shooter has the hot hand, we're going to feed him the ball and if all of us are feeling it, we'll just rotate or something," Dwyer said.
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LONDON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global automotive powertrain sensors market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 6% during the forecast period.
This research report titled 'Global Automotive Powertrain Sensors Market 2017-2021' provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends. This market research report also includes up to date analysis and forecasts for various market segments and all geographical regions.
There has been a rising demand for fuel-efficient, safe, and low emission vehicles in the automotive industry. End-users are more concerned about vehicle security, environmental safety and a need for better performance, which is creating a healthy demand for powertrain sensors. Most of the demand for automotive powertrain sensors market is arising from developing countries in APAC.
Stringent regulations regarding emission control, growing adoption of automatic transmission vehicles, a rapid electrification of automotive components increasing application of electronics in vehicles, and advances in inertial measurement unit (IMU) manufacturing technologies are the other key drivers of this market. These drivers are expected to drive the global automotive powertrain sensors market to be valued at USD 26.52 billion by 2021.
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Based on sensor type, the report categorizes the global powertrain sensors market into the following segments:
- Process sensors
- Position sensors
- Motion sensors
Process sensors
Process sensors are mainly used to monitor temperature and pressure for applications about passenger safety and vehicle security. These sensors are increasingly used in the automotive segment for optimizing the performance of the powertrain and engine. In terms of revenue, the global process sensors market was valued at USD 9.81 billion in 2016 and is expected to reach USD 12.99 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of 5.78%.
"The manifold absolute pressure sensor measures the vacuum in the engine and leads to optimal fuel injection and ignition time. Similarly, temperature sensors are offered for measuring the temperature of engine coolant. The development of these sensors allowed the original equipment manufacturers to optimize engine operation and make the vehicle extremely efficient. Apart from passenger cars, process sensors are also gaining traction in commercial vehicles," says Neelam Barua, one of the lead analysts at Technavio for automotive electronics research.
Position sensors
Analysts at Technavio expect the growing demand for the vehicle stability enhancement system to drive the market for position sensors during the forecast period. Camshaft and crankshaft position sensors are currently witnessing the highest adoption rates among position sensors in the automotive segment. These sensors are crucial for altering the timing of a valve lift event, which leads to improved performance and fuel economy.
Currently, the market is witnessing a shift toward selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology for better fuel efficiency. In the passenger cars segment, SCR technology is employed by several original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and VW. The SCR technology in commercial vehicles is gaining traction with the implementation of Euro VI and BS IV norms.
Motion sensors
"Speed or motion sensors are becoming crucial for the vehicles sold across the world owing to the dependence of many advanced systems on information from speed sensors. One such system is advanced anti-lock braking system that provides efficient braking and stability during emergency braking and is widely adopted in both passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Additionally, the increasing electrification of mechanical components in vehicles is also contributing to the adoption of anti-lock braking systems," says Neelam.
Most of the vehicles introduced recently are equipped with transmission input speed sensors and transmission output speed sensors. These sensors provide the vehicle control unit with the rotational speed of the input and output shaft, which is used to allow the vehicle to shift smoothly and run efficiently. The vendors in this market have adopted the economies of scale concept, which means the cost of these sensors has greatly reduced, thereby positively impacting the revenue from the segment.
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- Continental
- Sensata Technologies
- Texas Instruments
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- Maruta Manufacturing
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Internet Explorer has a URL problem
Handling URLs is easy to mess up. Sometimes a slight inaccuracy in the URL validation of an application can lead to minor issues, or vulnerabilities if it's the browser which messes it up. This time, two bugs related to Internet Explorer problematic URL redirection will be presented, with the second half of the post covering an interesting RPO exploitation technique.
GitHub OAuth Code Theft
URL encoding, or Percent-encoding, is usually used in query string or request body. Hostname accepts URL encoding too. However, when Internet Explorer is redirecting a URL encoded hostname, something strange happens. For example, if you visit the link below using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 / 8.1 versus other browsers, you will notice the destination is completely different:
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
location: http://%77%77%77%2E%6D%69%63%72%6F%73%6F%66%74%2E%63%6F%6D/test
- Redirected URL for Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com9crosoft.com/test
- Redirected URL for other browsers: http://www.microsoft.com/test
This weird behavior was discovered by Sergey Bobrov, which was also covered in a similiar bug Michał Bentkowski found. Basically, Internet Explorer somehow overlays parts of the URL decoded value with URL encoded value, and mixes them together. The final destination then points to something other then the original destination. The bug seems to be fixed in Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10, but remains unfixed for Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 / 8.1.
Anyways, the important bit is that if a redirect accepts URL encoded hostname, there is a chance users will be redirected to an unexpected website.
Interestingly, In GitHub's OAuth authorization page, the redirect_uri parameter accepts URLs with URL encoded hostname. For example, GitHub Gist is supposed to accept only
https://gist.github.com/auth/github/callback/ as the callback URL, but
https://%2567%2569%2573%2574.github.com/auth/github/callback/ is also accepted. However, if we directly use the above URL as
redirect_uri, the value in the Location header will be no difference from the intended one (remains decoded). The reason why is that GitHub normalizes
redirect_uri before doing further handling. The true magic happened when it's triple encoded (i.e.
https://%252567%252569%252573%252574.github.com/auth/github/callback/). By doing that, the validation recursively normalized the URL, and thought it matched the configured callback URL, while single encoded it in the Location header.
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
location: https://%67%69%73%74.github.com/auth/github/callback/?code={{$CODE}}
- Redirected URL for Internet Explorer: https://gist.github.comthub.com/auth/github/callback?code={{$CODE}}
- Redirected URL for other browsers: http://gist.github.com/auth/github/callback?code={{$CODE}}
As you can see, the final destination on IE points to the domain
gist.github.comthub.com, which is unregistered. Since Gist is a pre-approved application for all GitHub accounts, any user visiting the PoC link would leak the
code to the attacker who owns that domain. Of course, it affected other applications as well.
GitHub fixed the bug by also recursively normalizing the value in the Location header.
RPO in Google Fusion Table
TBD (author is busy and lazy)
Thanks again for your report.
Very nice bug! We were able to convert this to full working XSS exploit in IE11. The panel has decided to issue reward a of $6000 total ($5000 for XSS vulnerability in www.google.com + $1000 bonus for cool bug and novel approach) and you should receive the normal reward information email soon.


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Weber, Max. 2004. "Politics as Vocation," in The Vocation Lectures, edited by David Owen and Tracy B. Strong, translated by Rodney Livingstone. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company.
Lets face it, Max Weber was sort of a downer. On January 28, 1919, he walks into a Munich lecture hall. It was perhaps the height of Germany's revolutionary moment. Many thought the country was on the brink of communism. Germany could not have been more politically charged. Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht had been brutally assassinated just two weeks before. Revolution was in the air and, if Weber's lecture any indication, spurting from everyone's mouths. A throng of radical students eagerly awaited the words of one of Germany's most prominent intellectuals. In the opening line, Weber warns the students that his lecture will probably "frustrate" them "in a number of ways" (32). He was surely right. The seething audience sat through a rather technical and abstract lecture, but one also that ends on much more positive, even poetic, note.
To begin with, Weber immediately circumscribes politics to something done exclusively in, with, and in relation to the state—or between states. The state-centrism of politics leads Weber to his famed definition of the state: "Nowadays, in contrast, we must say that the state is the form of human community that (successfully) lays claim to the monopoly of legitimate physical violence within a particular territory—and this idea of 'territory' is an essential defining feature" (33). Unfortunately, he never really returns to "territory" in the lecture, but I do want to highlight the words "claim" and "legitimate," so often drop out of repetitions of this definition. The state successfully upholds a claim as the sole user of legitimate force.
The definition is packed with ambiguity: how this claim is successfully upheld (coercion, expropriation of other force-users, consent building via democratic channels or otherwise? How is legitimate violence defined? Who decides what's legitimate? On the next page Weber defines the legitimate use of force as that which is "perceived as legitimate." Thanks dude.
This ambiguity is addressed as the lecture proceeds. The reason Weber situates politics so firmly within the state is linked to his definition of the state. Since the state is defined by its legitimate claim on violence, the state becomes the primary site for struggles over power. Power is essential to Weber's view of politics, whether used to further particular interests or for the sake of power itself (33-34), but it remains something that people compete for entirely vis-à-vis the state.
So far the lecture cries out for some arguments about legitimacy and Weber, the crowd-pleaser, chimes in that there are three forms of rule: customary or traditional rule ("extending from the mists of time" and based on habit); personalized charismatic rule; and rule based on rationalized legality. These forms of legitimate rule rarely exist in a pure sense and probably co-exist, and he also points out that compliance with all these forms of rule is still based on "hope and fear" (34). His primary concern is charismatic rule, because it is with charismatic rule that the vocation/calling of politics bares deepest implications.
The modern state emerges, he says, through the expropriation of parallel, "private" agents along with their means of violence and administration (financial resources, subjects, etc) likening it to the capitalist expropriation of the means of production. The administrative staff becomes mere overseers separated from the actual material resources of administration. State officials and employees only manage the resources by the will of the (charismatic) executive. Echoing Marx, Weber deems this process "the expropriation of this expropriator of the resources of politics and hence of political power" (38). It is a political expropriation.
But this creates a situation, which Weber details methodically, of the state becoming a kind of bureaucratic piñata of bounty for the distribution of its largesse to politicians through patronage. Increasing bureaucratization somewhat dulls this tendency by creating a trained professional class, a group of technocrats who manage impartially. But this stratum of professionals evacuates power from politics, leaving it to the whims of party machines and political bosses or entrepreneurs (69) who perpetuate a spoils system—Weber cites Tammany Hall as the archetype of this corruption. These machines, too, depend on charismatic leaders.
And here Weber turns, then, to the three qualities that make an ideal politician: passion, a sense of responsibility, and a sense of proportion (76). Politicians need to have a sense of "cause," a passion, but that cause needs to be linked to a sense of responsibility toward that cause as the "decisive guiding light of action" (77). But all this needs to measured by a sense of proportion, a cool-headedness, and "a distance from people and things" (77). "And yet if politics is to be an authentic human activity and not just a frivolous intellectual game, commitment to it must be born of passion and be nourished by it" (77).
The final points Weber explores is the ethics of politics. With the state in mind, he writes: "Can the ethical demands made on politics really be quite indifferent to the fact that politics operates with a highly specific means, namely, power, behind which violence lies concealed?" (80-81). Weber claims that the two bases of ethical action in politics boil down to an "ethics of conviction" or an "ethics of responsibility" (83). The one based on absolute, almost religious-faith kind of convictions by whatever means necessary, whatever the consequences; the latter is based on an acknowledgement of human frailty and failings, which require a measured consideration of possible consequences. Weber is making a quite explicit jab at socialist revolutionaries of his day.
But the two ethics can and should work in tandem: "In this sense an ethics of conviction and an ethics of responsibility are not absolute antitheses but are mutually complimentary, and only when taken together do they constitute the authentic human being who is capable of having a 'vocation for politics'." Put crudely, take a stand, even a principled one, but only do so with one eye on the potential consequences of that stand, do so while feeling and acknowledging the responsibility of the stand.
Bringing the lecture to a close, Weber turns poetic, even quoting a sonnet from Shakespeare, and beautifully defines politics: "Politics means a slow, powerful drilling through hard boards, with a mixture of passion and a sense of proportion. It is absolutely true, and an entire historical experience confirms it, that what is possible could never have been achieved unless people had tried again and again to achieve the impossible in this world" (93).
Warning the revolution will not turn out well, whomever the victory, Weber warns the audience of a coming "polar night of icy darkness and harshness" (93). Hopes will collapse and politics will fail, but the true person with a vocation/calling for politics is s/he who cries out, "Nevertheless! despite everything" (94).


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OBJECTIVE EVANGELICALISM WITH A DOSE OF ICONOCLASM (Hey - the experts aren't always right)
Friday, July 22, 2016
A Prayer of Christ-Loving Voters
Dear Lord, our Creator, God
We come to You as Your children, living in this time and place in Your universe, right now, in the United States, facing yet another election season, with difficult choices to make.
Perhaps many of Your faithful children have already been approaching Your throne of mercy to find grace to help our need for direction, solace, and encouragement. If we are acting on what we believe, You have received many prayers such as this from us, as we realize that our only hope is in You.
Yet, considering the attitudes many of us take, at least in the public square, it doesn't seem like we're behaving like people who do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with You. And maybe that's because we're not coming to You with our concerns for our nation as You invite us to. You tell us in Your Word that You delight to hear our pleas, because our prayers indicate our dependence upon You, and remind us that You alone can work for our good and Your glory. We may be Your agents of change upon this planet, but the extent to which we can represent Your change is based on the degree to which we allow Your Holy Spirit to reveal Your truths to us, and produce Your desired fruit in each of our hearts and lives:
Love. Joy. Peace. Patience. Kindness. Goodness. Faithfulness. Gentleness. Self-control.
Perhaps it's because we're Americans, proud citizens of a nation with a history of self reliance and individualism, that we often forget to let You lead us. We invoke Your name in our pledges and civic pageantry, but then we often seek to work out our own ways for our own ends, with Your truths as a metric of mortal morality instead of the very source of eternal life. We believe what we want to believe, we listen to whomever we want to listen, we fear what mortals tell us to fear, and we enjoy what mortals tell us to enjoy.
We forget that prosperity is not guaranteed simply by hard work. We forget that to whom much is given, much is required. We don't love our neighbors nearly as much as we love ourselves. And often, it doesn't seem as though we love You more than we love ourselves.
We confess that sin can seem relative to us. We confess that Your holy standards aren't necessarily ours. We confess that with the easy hype and rabid rhetoric which consumes our politics, it's simpler to trust in platitudes and promises made by those who want our vote, rather than Your promise that walking Your path of life isn't going to be easy. The more we read Your Word, we learn of the many warnings You give those who would follow You; warnings of oppression by people who don't love You; warnings against being gullible towards people who say they love You, but don't; warnings about being seduced by the pleasures of this world that are only temporary.
Indeed, perhaps it's because we're Americans, and proud of our democratic heritage, we think we can vote our way out of problems, peril, poverty, or persecution. Yet You tell us that affliction is part of the call for people who claim Your holy Son, Jesus Christ, as their Savior. We tend to balk at things that make us uncomfortable, or may even kill us, yet Christ took sin itself on His shoulders for Your people. He knew agony that we will never know, thanks entirely to Your mercy, and Your promise to never give Your people what we deserve because of our sins, failings, shortcomings, and hardened hearts.
We thank You for calling us to Yourself. We thank you that You have given us the promise of eternal life in Heaven with You. We thank You for the promise of Your Holy Spirit to be here with each of us, now, in real time, to give us comfort and guidance. Thank You that when we avail ourselves of Your holy resources, You provide what we need, when we need it, and in the amount that we need. Please help us to realize that what You provide might not match what we expect, and might not come when we expect it. Nevertheless, please help us remember that Your grace does not expire, or run out. Thank you that Your love for us will never end.
Yet here on this Earth that You have created, many other things will end. Peace eventually ends, as do wars. Wealth is seldom permanent. Nations rise and fall. Political parties come and go. Companies are launched and go bankrupt. Technology is invented and becomes obsolete. Illnesses come and go. You even tell us in Your Word that You alone enthrone kings, and You dethrone them. So please remind us, again, Lord, that Your love for us will never end. Spare us, O Lord, from despairing for things that have never been designed to last. And strengthen us, O Lord, to be advocates for those things that will last forever.
Your name, O Lord, will last forever. Your Love, O Lord, will last forever. Your glory, O Lord, will last forever. Even if we can't see it now, it exists as surely and as strong as it ever has. Even more so than anything any political party or politician could ever hope to achieve for themselves, or for our country.
So help us to remain strong in You, dear Lord. Help us not to waiver in temptation. Help us not to become impatient. Since we cannot possibly know what You have planned for our country, help us to remain confident in what we do know: That You want us to remain faithful to You.
And as we are faithful to You, O holy Father, You will be to us ever more faithful, since although it is not in our nature to be faithful, yet faithfulness is part of Your character. And You will deliver us in Your time. You will be merciful to us. May people around us see us hope in You, and be themselves convicted and transformed by Your Holy Spirit. Despite the challenges facing us individually and as a nation, help us to be steadfast in You, and You alone, being salt and light, and doing the religion You describe as being pure and faultless: Caring for the disenfranchised, and keeping ourselves from evil.
May this be so, dear Lord, even now, even this election season, and through whatever comes, through Your sovereign providence, we pray:
In the holy, righteous, everlasting name of Your resurrected Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ!
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SharePoint List Data Extension
R2 brings several SharePoint enhancements, including:
- Support for multiple SharePoint zones – Previously, SSRS supported access from SharePoint URLs in the default zone, as I explained before.
- Support for the SharePoint Universal Logging service – Reporting Services introduced a new server interface called IRSSetUserToken. When this interface is implemented, the report server calls the UserToken Set property on this interface and passes the SharePoint user token to the data extension.
- Scripting with the rs utility – The rs utility now supports servers configured in SharePoint integrated mode. This lets you create scripts that automate management tasks that target report servers in SharePoint mode.
- New SharePoint List Data Extension – Lets you report from SharePoint lists
The last on the list, the new SharePoint List data extension, probably picked up your interest and deserves more explanation. Previously, if you had to use the XML Data Provider to call the SharePoint web service if you wanted to report off SharePoint lists. The new extension simplifies this by supporting SharePoint lists natively. But before you get too excited about it, I have to dampen your enthusiasm by mentioning two limitations:
- The extension supports querying a single list only.
- It doesn't support folders if the list organizes items in folders.
The SharePoint List data extension is supported with both modes – native and SharePoint integrated. It supports Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and 2010, as well as MOSS. Next, I'll demonstrate the SharePoint List extension by setting up a dataset that retrieves items from the Issues list of a SharePoint site. The SharePoint list extension is available both in the BIDS Report Designer and Report Builder 3.0. For the purposes of this demo, I'll use the BIDS Report Designer.
Configuring the data source
Start by setting up the data source as you would normally do when you author a report.
- Set up a data source that uses the Microsoft SharePoint List provider.
- In the Connection String field, enter the URL of the SharePoint site that has the list you want to query.
- Switch to the Credentials tab and select the Use Windows Authentication option. Click OK to close the Data Source Properties dialog.
Configuring the dataset
Once the data source is in place, the next steps will be to set up a dataset. The SharePoint List data extension supports a graphical query designer that lets you select and filter a list.
- Add a new dataset that uses the data source you've just created. On the Dataset Properties, click the Query Designer button.
Report Designer loads the graphical query designer. The SharePoint Lists pane shows all lists in the library. You can check a list to get all fields of the list or select individual fields. You can hover on a field to see additional properties as tooltips, such as Name, Identifier, Field Type and Hidden properties.
You can also filter the list. In this case, the Issues list is associated with a My Issues view. Since I don't have any issues assigned to me, I had to overwrite the list filter by supplying a non-empty query filter. For demo purposes, I decided to set up a filter where the Title column contains the word "parameter" and the Modified date is after 10/1/2009.
- Click the Run Query button to execute the query and see the data and the OK button to close the Query Designer and generate the dataset.
In case you are curious what the actual query looks like, click the Edit As Text query button. If you want to get all fields, the query can omit the ViewFields element.
<RSSharePointList xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<FieldRef Name="ID" />
<FieldRef Name="ContentType" />
. . .
<FieldRef Name="Title" />
<Value Type="Text">parameter</Value>
<FieldRef Name="Modified" />
<Value Type="DateTime">2009-10-01T00:00:00</Value>
The SharePoint List data extension is a new R2 feature that simplifies the process of authoring reports from SharePoint lists. Although it doesn't support all features of third-party data extensions for SharePoint, it's a welcome enhancement that lets you retrieve and filter items from a single SharePoint list.


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More from Iceland
I had to share this home, also from Home & Delicious (photos by Gunnar), as it is serene like the last one but has quite a bit more drama and elegance. It is the home of decorative painter Auður Skúla and her family. The grey and white colour palette is beautiful, and that kitchen is absolutely dreamy. *sigh*


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