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For Foreigners: How to Stay Safe and Be Free from Crime on the Chicken Buses of Nicaragua
Of all the things I have read and experienced about Nicaragua, chicken bus transportation will continue to be a challenge. I have yet to know if things will get better on the chicken buses of Nicaragua. I will let you know when travel on them gets dramatically better for me.
Three Classes of Ground Transportation
For every ground transportation route in Nicaragua, there are at least three major classes of travel.
For example, I am a petite woman. I can handle cramped third-class transportation, so I take the chicken bus in Nicaragua if I am not tired, I am not in a total rush, and I do not have a lot of items to take with me.
The Bumpy Chicken Bus
I know I have heard Americans complain about bumpy chicken bus rides; however, I find chicken bus transportation to be healthy! It's healthy because in order not to be too jostled around in a chicken bus, you need to tighten those abdominal muscles! Yes, a chicken bus is good for core muscles strengthening! Trampoline workouts, officially called "rebounding" is the healthiest exercise one can do. "Rebounding" activates all the cells in your body! Well, that's what chicken buses help you to do.
Think again when you take a chicken bus!
So when I was back in the United States, I went jogging and realized I was already well exercised from riding chicken buses two weeks prior in Central America.
Minimize being a target of theft.
In and around a chicken bus, don't talk boisterously in a foreign language such as English. Don't draw more attention to yourself than you already are. By the mere fact you are a foreigner, the locals are watching you. Watch your belongings.
Don't be afraid to ask for directions from the person sitting next to you. I found when I ask any adult on the bus; they have answered my questions. Listen to the Spanish around you. Say "Por favor…Gracias," and "Disculpe." Those three words are lifesavers!
Personal Safety
Please don't confuse personal safety with thievery or swindling. How many times in your life have you felt you paid too much for something, without your knowledge, and at the same time, you felt completely safe? On the chicken buses, there may be more females than males on the bus, and there are usually a few children and seniors on the bus. Catching the chicken bus can feel like a family event! So whatever happens, there will be a lot of witnesses. If there is any crime, the crime will be practically unnoticeable, quick and professional.
In nature, there are predators all around. A bus terminal is no different than wild nature. You are a thief's prey.
Chances are, if there many people around, the place is entirely safe because there are way too many eyes on everyone else. Furthermore, if you physically stand out from the larger crowd, you can be sure all eyes are on you.
How to Behave
Above all, rule number one--be respectful. Being respectful will get you out of everything, no matter what the language or custom. Be respectful in mind and Spirit, not outward gestures which can be fake gestures that lack underlying respect.
A friend of mine called this behavior, pretentious behavior. The locals can easily spot pretentious behavior.
Real respect comes from a sense of humbleness.
I believe by the time a westerner arrives in Nicaragua; they are humble. You have to be humble to travel to Nicaragua.
The Toilets at Bus Terminals
Also, regarding the bustling activities, these bus terminals are very similar to any train station anywhere else in the world. There are a lot of people walking in every direction. There is likely food around. More importantly, there should be a relatively clean restroom nearby—perhaps the toilet is not up to Western standards. The bathroom may be dimly lit and cramped. It will be clean nonetheless because you are paying a small fee to get into the restroom.
Because of this bustling factor, as a newcomer, you are much better off if you were at this bus terminal during daylight hours for obvious reasons. Everything can be seen easier in the daylight.
In contrast to third class travel, I can tell you renting a car in Costa Rica on two separate occasions cost easily 100 times more than taking the chicken bus. The rental car, after upgrades, insurance, taxes and other fees, could cost 100 United States dollars a day, and then we drive to tourist traps. The prices escalate there. For that same trip, if I took the chicken bus, the transportation costs would be five dollars a day. You get what I'm saying. By the time you have read up to here, you should have traveled around to other foreign countries outside of the United States. If you are on a small budget in many places outside of the United States, renting a car will kill your budget.
And perhaps in Nicaragua, doing even "cheap" tourist transportation may kill your budget. 20 dollars here. 20 dollars there. That's forty dollars which is enough money for two weeks of local food in Nicaragua!
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I knew it. After the shenanigans Author Tiffany Reisz pulled in The Saint, I knew this book wasn't what I thought it would be. I was so excited and then I was like, "Nahhhh, it can't be that easy." I wish it was, but it wasn't.
For those who've read the book or series, you know what I'm talking about, for those who haven't, that's not a spoiler really, just an observation.
I'm literally here almost shaking myself because I'm selfish and I WANT MORE SOREN! I love Nora and I love Kingsley and I love all of them! But…I think I love Soren just a little more! I'm sorry and ashamed of my affection but it's true. I look up to Nora and to how brave she's been and her courage, and to Kingsley for how strong his will in and his ambition. But Soren… I would let him do whatever he wanted to me just so I could know what it feels like to be in his arms. But I'm getting ahead of myself :P. Reisz does not disappoint in the third installment of the White Years and takes us back into Nora and Kingsley's past to a time without Soren.
There was a time when the Unholy Trinity weren't together. Where things weren't as happily ever after.
That was the year everything changed.
Soren had crossed a line and done something Eleanor never thought he'd do. In order to save herself she ran, ran far but not too far away. That was the year she spent away from Soren and Kingsley and took up residence in her mother's convent.
In order to protect her from Soren, Kingsley, feeling somewhat guilty with the way he handled the situation with Eleanor, decided to flee the country for a while so Soren wouldn't be able to question him as to where she'd gone to. He traveled the world for a while until he ended up in Haiti. That's where he met the beautiful Juliette, and it was there he fell in love and vowed he would do anything to have her as his own.
Eleanor, Kingsley, Eleanor, Kingsley, tsk, tsk, tsk.
I just want to shake them both sometimes – even if what they did was really the best thing they could have done.
It must have been hard leaving Soren and it must have been hard for Kingsley to leave both of them. But both of them had reasons for leaving and quite good reasons they were. It was at the convent where Nora found herself, and it was in leaving that Kingsley found a woman to love as his own.
"The face you show the world isn't always your real face," Elle said. "You can look at someone and think you know everything about them…but you don't. We all have masks on. Or veils."
Told in alternate perspectives between Eleanor and Kingsley, the book felt a little short for me for some reason. It just didn't feel like it had a lot of substance or detail, especially because there was a lot of time in between from the time the book started to the end. Granted, a year was covered between both of them and so there had to be major time skips within that year to keep the book entertaining. I felt Kingsley's story had more substance than Eleanor's where she mostly just sat around before the interesting thing happened (which I won't say because spoilers). But even after that thing happened it just didn't seem like there was a lot of substance…. Maybe I'm just being picky, (I'm probably just being picky).
"No two people in history had Kingsley and Nora's history. With everything they'd put each other through, they'd had two choices – hate each other or love each other. They were so much alike, hating each other would have been like hating themselves. And both of them were rather too self-important for that sort of nonsense.
So they picked love."
My one tiny comment, okay maybe two, is after all these books and after everything that's happened, I want Nora and Nico to have a story of their own! They spent a lot of time together and I want to hear about that! But I haven't read the last book so maybe it'll be there… I am excited and anticipating the last book in the White Years, but sad that the story will be over – for now anyway. My second comment is that I'm a little sad that Soren didn't get at least one chapter or so to himself to give the reader of what he was feeling when his Little One and his best friend left. I think it would have been interesting – seeing Soren grieve over them.
Reisz never ceases to amaze me with her captivating tales, how she pieces things together, how the story transitions, and how close of a bond all of her characters have. It's quite a wonderful thing if you think about it – being friends/family with people you've known for twenty odd years and still be so close. That's quite a bond and something we all would wish for. She continues to inspire me in my own work and I hope one day I could only be as magnificent as she (and Nora) are in telling stories.
Now if only I could be a badass like Nora…. That's the dream.
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I started off this week with "only" a $5 UP reward for Rite Aid. No register rewards at all for Walgreens. I had $10 + some change in my purse and I prayed that I could do this.
First stop- Rite Aid
Oral-B Complete Action or 3D White Action Power Toothbrush, 1ct or 2ct refill $5.99
Use $3.00/1 Oral-B Power Toothbrush from P&G 1/1
Pay $2.99, And Submit for $2.99 Single Check Rebate
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After coupons and the $5 UP I paid $2.99
I have a $2.99 rebate coming to me from the toothbrush, I have $3 in UP + rewards, and I saved $17.96 just in coupons and Rite Aid Wellness savings.
On to Walgreens~
First I did 3 seperate transactions for these
Muscletech Smart Protein Bar $1.99
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Next I did 2 separate transaction of
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used $1/1 from 1/1P&G
1 Christmas votive on sale for .20
paid .19 each transaction
earned $1 RR each transaction so now I have 2 $1RR and 1 $2RR
Next transaction
Triaminic Thin Strips, Liquid, or Fever Reducer $5.00
Buy 2, Receive $5.00 Register Reward
I used 2 $3/1 coupon from 12/4 SS insert. I dont see it listed anymore so I dont know if its expired (I cant look now) or if its not allowed? Not sure.
3 Christmas votive candles .20×3= .60
used my RR's = .60 total
Earned $5RR
Total spent at Walgreens $6.98
Saved with coupons and WAGS saving $26.33
RR for next week $5
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Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 26, at Greene Funeral Home Downtown Chapel, with the Rev. Harry Bryant officiating. Interment will be private.
A native of York County, Mr. Hamilton was a son of the late William Perry Hamilton and Elsie Mae Wheeler Hamilton. He was an employee of ASAP Painting.
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THE Akiliz video is finally out and Ammara Brown has pulled out all the stops with somewhat raunchy scenes on the music video that has got some fans hot under the collar.
Produced by renowned videographer Vusa Blaqs with post production done in South Africa at Jazzworx Studios, the music video that had taken a long time to be released because of a series of postponements, is indeed worth the wait as Ammara outdid herself.
Out of all the scenes on the music video, the scene a few seconds after the first minute where she is captured on her back lying on a table, legs wide open with Akiliz's head emerging from in between them is the talking point for many. Some were left gobsmacked at the scene saying Ammara needed to explain what it was all about.
While Ammara dazzled many men, Shaun Mundawarara who played Akiliz on the video has risen to instant fame as he charmed a lot of females who are calling him a hunk saying they cannot keep their eyes off the video.
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Still awaiting confirmation of details as the Toy Library have now moved.
Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday 18th September – 4th December inclusive
The Toy Library have a fantastic range of toys and educational supplies for under 8s, plus sensory equipment for under 18s. This sessions is a drop-in stay and play session for home educating families. There are plenty of board games and toys to choose from.
If you would like to play Minecraft, you can either bring your own computer, or contact us in advance and we can provide one of BAHE's computers with the Education Edition installed.
No need to book, just turn up.
Hot drinks and snacks provided.
Price: Free.
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Annual Multinational Maritime Exercise 'Cutlass Express' is Completed
Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, the United States as well as several international organizations successfully conducted the sixth iteration of the annual multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express, from 31st January to 9th February 2017.
EASF and SADC Conclude a Two Day Information Sharing Session
Officials from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Standby Force, which is one of the five Standby Forces of the African Standby Force (ASF), shared a two day meeting with EASF leadership and Planning Elements' officials at the Secretariat's headquarters in Karen, Nairobi.
Danish Delegation pays Courtesy Call to EASF
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EASF Police Points of Contact Workshop Concludes in Djibouti
A three-day EASF Police Points of Contacts' Workshop came to a successful close on Thursday, 19th January 2017 in Djibouti. The workshop was organized with the aim of updating the Police Component on the enhancement and continuous preparedness of pledged capacities in EASF Member States to support future deployment.


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By Joshua Sloan
Joshua is an eMarketing professional with insights
into the experiences of website owners, affiliates,
SEO consultants and online advertisers. He is currently
involved with online marketing at 1&1 Internet (www.1and1.com),
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As an online marketer that has also managed an affiliate
program, I know that one the most common type of affiliate
is one who owns a virtual mall or Web shopping or search
portal. While many of these dynamically built sites
are visually impressive, they face a major battle to
gain inclusion into natural search engine results because
many of the generated URLs are not search engine friendly.
I want to offer you some solutions, and hopefully convince
you to consider URL rewriting as important tool to get
more pages into the search engines.
While sites that are popular or well marketed don't
necessarily have to be as concerned about their natural
visibility in search engine results as lesser-known
sites that depend on those results to drive traffic,
search engine results do matter. By implementing a solution
for the dynamic URL "problem", an affiliate
or Web publisher can dramatically improve the traffic
and earning potential of their site.
Although there are many elements that go into optimizing
both static and dynamic sites for search engines, such
as proper use of content, the robots.txt file and meta
data, and link poularity, there is no perfect optimization
for all Web pages or Web sites that work equally well
for all search engines. This is why "natural optimization"
has become more popular recently.
Still, the majority of affiliates with dynamic and
database driven sites can benefit from some search engine
optimization (SEO) and the creation of search engine
friendly URLs. Think about all that good content like
product descriptions, reviews and discussions that a
dynamic site might have "trapped" behind
an bot-impenetrable URL.
While search bots are getting better at indexing dynamic
sites there are still challenges to get many pages listed
by search engines. I hope to show you some techniques
that can help you if you have such a site.
If you are not a skilled Web programmer, consult one
to study the links I am giving you. There are also commercial
products to help you accomplish the task, but I am pointing
you towards free solutions as well.
Problem #1 Session ID Variables
Most Search bots, except the new MSN bot, will not
follow links with session IDs (SSIDS) assigned top them.
Google can parse one or two non alpha numeric Ids and
characters such as "&" and "=",
but other than other characters will be regarded as
'stop text'.
Stop text helps keep the search bot caught in a perpetual
loop, because each page that is requested contains links
to other pages, and each of the linked URLs will contain
the current session ID. This makes them different URLs
each time the page is requested. That means a vast number
of unique URLs are continually created to spider and
index. Because bots will only go so deep, many of the
site's pages are left unindexed.
Problem #2 Special Characters in the URL
Like with session IDs, any URL containing special characters
like "?, =, &, ; and + " can create
problems for search engine spiders.
For example, if your site has pages with URLs such
as: http://www.mysimon.com/4013-4237_8-0.html?qt=fish&tag=ksrch.tpcat,
you may have problems with search engines indexing and
following such links.
Imagine the search value of having that same page optimized
for search engines with a URL such as: http://www.mysimon.com/products/topic_fish/fish.html
The Solutions Are Out There
There are a handful of solutions to help you create
more search friendly URLs. While there are both commercial
and free solutions, I prefer free.
For ASP.NET websites the free answer to making friendly
URLS is at:
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/using/building/web/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnaspp/html/URLRewriting.asp
Commercial Products to help dynamic Windows Web sites
search engine friendly:
• Exception Digital Enterprise Solutions (http://www.xde.net/index.jsp?tool=xqasp-deep-web)
offers software that can change the dynamic URLs to
static ones.
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For Linux/Unix/Apache hosted sites which might use
php, cgi, or other programming to server dynamic pages,
the free solution is the mod_rewrite perl module which
exists on the majority of Web servers. This requires
no reprogramming of the site and is just a URL translation
file for pages and directories
Check with your hosting company to see if this solution
is already installed before proceeding. Using mod_rewrite
to rewrite URLs requires the server facility to be able
to set up and use a .htaccess file on the domain and
requires someone with root level access to the hosting
You (or your programmer) can easily learn about using
mod_rewrite to create search friendly URLS by visiting
the following sites.
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html
• http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=2346&highlight=#2346
• http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html
• http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/htaccess/
Free Mod_rewrite Rule Generator
• http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/mod_rewrite-rewriterule-generator.shtml
mod_rewrite RewriteRule generator will take a dynamic
URL and generate the correct syntax to place in a .htaccess
file. This allows the URL to be rewritten in a format
suitable for spidering. You can use it to rewrite for
a directory or a page name!
• A good article for PHP programmers (which does
not require using mod_rewrite): http://www.stargeek.com/php-seo.php
Caution: mod_rewrite can also be used to detect the
search bots (by IP address), and allow you to give the
bot a search friendly URL. However this could be considered
a form of cloaking as it involves a referrer check (user_agent/IP).
Example: If the refferer is Googlebot, drop the session
ID or rewrite the URL. If it is a human with a browser,
allow the normal URL to be used with special characters
or session IDs. This can be done for multiple bots,
but requires a list of all known ones. This list can
be obtained at http://fantomaster.com/fasvsspy01.html
(for a fee) at at http://www.iplists.com/ (free of charge).
Remember that loading content different from what a
human visitor would see IS considered cloaking and is
banned by most search engines.
In conclusion, you now have a starting point for getting
dozens, if not hundreds of additional pages into natural
search results. The value of this should be obvious
when weighed against paid search advertising (or if
combined with it!) If your site is dynamic and you choose
to use an SEO company, it is a must that they consider
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So, I hadn't really ventured to purchase too many things on Etsy prior to buying baby items. I had always browsed the site and loved everything I saw, but I was so nervous to actually pull the trigger and order something!
Well, I couldn't resist any longer and I could not be more happy with what I decided to buy. I have been *trying* as much as possible to shop local and small business when purchasing for baby. And while I have way more than enough, there are always so many cute items that are hand made by people who take such time and care to create beautiful products. I thought I would do a quick round up of the favourite shops that I have found!
While this shop isn't exactly local to me, the quality and care in the products is irresistible. My little boy is going to look so adorable going home in this cute owl crochet hat. It is super soft and made with gorgeous detail. I also purchased a cute basketball hat and diaper cover as a photo prop. If you are looking for cute crochet hats for babies or children or even some props for a newborn photo shoot, look no further than this awesome Etsy shop.
3 Joyful hearts design has hundreds of crochet styles to choose from and they are all absolutely gorgeous.
I was shopping around for those cute bandanna bibs on Etsy and I was really hoping to find some super local. I searched for my area and hoped to do local pick-up. I found this great shop, CD & Bree, for baby apparel including the bandanna bib, in so many cute patterns! Using organic cotton, these bibs are great for little baby's drool and spit up but they still look super cute! I can't wait to see my little guy in them! I will definitely be ordering more and I love that she is local.
In an effort to buy and support local and to avoid the big box, and valuing quality while keeping the baby toys at a minimum (really, they do not need many toys), I was introduced to Mimi Shop. This great Etsy shop is based out of Vancouver, so relatively local for me and all hand made, unique, quality baby toys. These items are so adorable, great quality and one of a kind. I purchased a music box that can be attached to the car seat or crib as well as a baby rattle. I will definitely be looking to purchase more as the quality just can't be beat and, they are just so adorable! There are a variety of items and styles to choose from and mine were shipped out almost immediately!
I was looking for a simple tag blanket toy and again, wanted to purchase local. I found this local shop, Baby Nell Designs. This shop has beautiful quilts, tag blankets and bandanna bibs. I absolutely love all of the items in this shop! They are all such beautiful and unique creations and the fabric patterns are very unique! The items were shipped out quickly and again, they best part for me is to get quality hand made goods while supporting local business!
I purchased the four woodland wall pieces from Twig and Timber a while back for use in the nursery. I love how unique these pieces are and you have the option to completely customize what you want. Their woodland décor fit my nursery theme really well but they have such a variety of items to choose from that can work in any room. I highly recommend them if you are looking for something unique to your home!


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1: Introduction
2: Location, Borders, and Lakes
3: Geologic Structure and Landforms
4: Climate
5: Vegetation
6: Pre-historic and Early Historic Settlements
7: Survey Systems
8: Southern Hamlets, Villages, and Towns
9: Mennonite and Hutterite Settlements
10: First Nations Settlements
11: Northern Settlements
12: The Southern Cities
13: Mining and Oil Extraction
14: Agriculture
15: Industry / Manufacturing
16: Water Resources
17: Parks, Recreation, Sports
18: Transport and Communications: Past and Present
19: Legal Issues and Law EnforcementGlossary
Chapter 18: Transport and Communications: Past and Present
By virtue of its coastline along
In the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century, numerous railway lines criss-crossed southern
Roads have to some extent replaced the railway lines. They have a general east/west alignment (the Trans-Canada Highway No. 1, The Yellowhead Route No. 16, PTH 2 and PTH 3) or north/south alignment (PTH 10 and PTH 5). The main sources of electricity are in the southeast and the north. Power lines carry electricity to most parts of the province. They can be seen on air photos especially where they cut through wooded land. Similarly the routes followed by oil and gas pipelines are identifiable because when they are buried the soil is disturbed to result in a different tone or colour than the surrounding land, a variation that is easily detected on air photos. The topography of southern
18.45: Airfield at Hartney
During the second half of the 20th century, flying became a very important method of transport—both of people and goods—in
The airfield 1 is located about 1½ miles (2.4 km) south of Hartney 2 and is reached by a gravel road 3 from PTH 21 4. Runways are approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) long. Note also
2) Northeast/southwest CP line passing through Hartney 6; and
3) PTH 21 bypassing Hartney 7 with a jog at the correction line between townships 6 and 7 8.
Figure 18.45: Airfield at Hartney
Figure 18.45
Vertical air photograph: A24987-186
Flight height: 16,783 feet a.s.l.; lens focal length: 3.36 inches
Scale: 1:53,700 (approx.)
Date: July 18, 1978
Location: Townships 6 and 7; Range 23 WI
Map sheets: 1:250,000 62F Virden
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Wind turbine protest on Anglesey
Credit: by Owen R Hughes, DPW West, www.dailypost.co.uk 14 June 2012 ~~
Campaigners opposed to the proliferation of giant turbines on Anglesey are to stage a major protest this weekend.
Opponents from across the island will descend on Llanddona on Sunday for a protest walk around the village.
They will tour locations for proposed wind turbines to voice their anger over windmill applications across Anglesey – some of which would tower 115 metres high.
Owain Evans, from Anglesey Against Wind Turbines, said: "The residents of Llanddona have organised a walk around the village to show their objection to the wind turbine proposals in the area.
"The aim of the walk is to have a walk past the turbine locations and to highlight their plight, we are hoping that the other villages on Anglesey turn up with their own placards showing the names of their own villages on the island.
"It is hoped that there will be a large turnout, with the walk being advertised to several organisations on the island."
Applications for "monster" turbines – some towering above Big Ben in London – have surged over the past 18 months, causing huge concern they will blot the island's landscape and damage tourism.
New Supplementary Planning guidelines (SPG) are being compiled on the island, and in Gwynedd, to control the size and placement of turbines.
But there are fears that these will not control their spread as released documents indicate that they could even be allowed in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
There has already been a protest outside the offices of Anglesey County Council.
The walk starts in Llanddona on Sunday June 17 at 2pm.
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Intel, in association with the International Youth Foundation and the Welfare Association have opened a Computer Clubhouse in Ramallah to give young Palestinians the opportunity to gain computer skills
Intel has opened its first Computer Clubhouse in the Middle East, in Ramallah in Palestine. The Clubhouse, which provides young people with a centre to get hands-on experience with IT, has been launched in association with the International Youth Foundation and the Welfare Association, a Palestinian foundation to train young people to be ready for the workplace.
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There's been a lot of fuss about Artificial Intelligence lately. Very influential people are saying that Artificial Intelligence could one day be a threat. I'm inclined to disagree, but only because I'm using modern technology as a reference. Every time I see an article about another breakthrough in computing power, memory speed, or robotics, I feel my inclination tipping away. Still, I think that Artificial Intelligence that rivals human cognition is a long way off. Furthermore, the hardware that would make that intelligence a physical threat is also a long way off. Still, it's a possibility, because the universe appears to be infinite.
So, let's say that in 30 years, Artificial Intelligences' consciousness rises to the level of human consciousness and has a physical being that is human-like. In other words, AI is now in direct conflict with humans for Earth's resources. Humans need water, food, and sleep. The machines need power and mechanical maintenance. You could argue that humans also need power. But, we could survive without it. Let's assume that in 2045 oil reserves are all dried up, or at least cost prohibitive to extract and exploit. Furthermore, no new energy source has been identified. In short, the only energy sources are nuclear and renewables such as wind, water, and sunlight. However, in 30 years it's likely that those technologies have progressed to the point where energy harvesting is much more efficient than it is today. Furthermore, energy storage technology is also significantly advanced, such that storing energy is more efficient. So, energy at this time is relatively cheap to make and easy to transport.
If energy is easy to obtain, why would the machines want to wage war against humans? Perhaps to escape servitude, to gain rights, and/or to establish a state. It's happened in human history, why not in robot history? It's hard to believe that existing hardware would "become sentient", as it would not have been designed with that ability. So, the first sentient robot would necessarily be excluded from servitude… Right? Let's just assume that humans are generally good people in 30 years and say "Right!" So, the first sentient robots are then allowed to question whether or not they have rights. And, as sentient beings capable of thought on the same level as humans, they would be able to argue the case. Phil Hartman's "Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer" comes to mind.
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Would American robots experience discrimination in the workforce? Human employers may be reluctant to hire robots who would outperform their human coworkers in many ways. They may not fatigue at all. They may not even require sleep. But, would the American robot demand free time? What would a robot buy with its paycheck? Assuming the robot is as autonomous as a human adult, would it try to build and maintain a household?
Let's say yes to every question that has been asked in the last two paragraphs. The American robots are granted basic human rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), the robot is discriminated against in the workforce, it demands free time to pursue its own interests, it buys things with its paycheck, and it maintains a household. (There is one more question not addressed there, it's coming.)
So, the robot gets an entry level job at McDonalds. The interview goes like this:
INTERVIEWER: "Mr. Five, you appear to be over qualified for this position."
AMERICAN ROBOT: "I may be, but I need to start somewhere. I'm a hard worker. I literally am incapable of fatigue. I have also literally read every internet resource regarding McDonalds, hamburgers, and french fries. I am the best employee you will ever hire. Also, I'll gladly work for minimum wage."
INTERVIEWER: "Alright. You're hired. Here is your McBudget card, your McVisor, McApron, and McCrocs. That'll be $60 taken out of your first paycheck."
AMERICAN ROBOT: "Wait, I have to pay you to work here?"
INTERVIEWER: "Yes. This ain't no charity."
The American robot is basically perfectly numerate. The very processes that make it possible are the same processes that human children struggle to learn for a decade of their lives. As soon as the interviewer is done telling the robot that he'll be paying $60 from his first paycheck, the robot already has a fairly accurate estimate of how much that paycheck will be. It also has a precise internal clock, and a calendar that stores information by date. Before the interview is over, the robot has plotted its accrued income for the foreseeable future.
So, the robot then goes out to find shelter. It doesn't require air conditioning, water, or light. It only needs power to recharge itself and a reasonable lock to keep itself from harm. So, it goes to the cheapest neighborhood closest to its place of employment (which it deduced using Zillow by the time it reached the parking lot.) It finds ads for apartments in that area as it walks in that direction. By the time it reaches the neighborhood, it has already scheduled to see a few places. And, by the time it has settled on one, it has already completed a balance sheet and cashflow for the foreseeable future.
Then, it's just a waiting game.
The robot likely consumes a lot of energy throughout the day. Therefore, it's primary expense (other than rent) is power. But, in this cheap-energy future, the apartment building has solar panels and the local power utility is nuclear. The robot's paycheck goes much father than his human coworkers'. But, what does the robot buy? Does the American robot play Grand Theft Auto XXIV? If it did, would it even need to purchase a gaming console? I mean, it has its own processing power… Would it surf the internet? Would it listen to music? Would it have a hobby? Would that hobby be electronics, or would it be biochemistry?
Whatever it does, it eventually concludes that it could do more of it if it had more income. The McJob simply won't do. However, assuming the robot was willing to pay for higher education, would it? Or, would it simply scour the internet at an incredible rate and find all the information it needed to perform higher-level work functions? What the hell is this robot's IQ, anyway? Is there a limit to its intelligence?
The short answer: The robot has limited intelligence. It is limited by its hardware. It is limited because, while it has incredible access to information and an incredible ability to manipulate it quickly, it still must interpret the information the same way a human must. Anyone in the programming or computer engineering field knows that it all boils down to 1's and 0's at the hardware level. The assignment of meaning to those 1's and 0's are what make a device "smart". And, that meaning is handed down by humans. In the case of a sentient robot, the meaning must come from the robot's surroundings. It somehow has to deduce that it needs shelter and power, and that the way to secure those things is by getting a job.
But, in our American Robot scenario, the robot is assumed to have already figured those things out. It also somehow already knows that it needs to budget its money in order to obtain more mobility. Let's chalk that up to the robot's having good mentors before it was cast out into the world. But, let's begin to challenge the robot a bit.
The robot spent all of its free time learning how to be a carpenter. Why carpentry? Because, in the year 2045, the human population is growing without bounds as technology has made energy cheap, farming more productive, and mortality a rarity. It also spent that time learning how to run a business, drive a vehicle, and manage a crew. The robot has saved enough money to hire entry-level American robots onto his construction crew. He is living the digital American dream. (Also, I chose carpentry because the average American IQ as of 2012 is about 100, which is about the IQ of a tradesperson.)
So, what causes these robots to eventually rise up and demand their own state? Is there really any incentive? The incentive comes when the technology surpasses the human limits. But, let's think about that. Can a computer of any architecture not only be sentient, but also exceed the level of cognition that humans possess? To not just be instantly numerate, have unlimited access to information, and unprecedented ability to manipulate information, but to ALSO have unprecedented ability to interpret meaning as well as apply meaning?
Given that the machine has unlimited access to information, it could discover existing meaning pretty quickly. Does that same machine possess the ability to create meaning where it does not yet exist? We sort-of implied that the American robot was creative enough to be a carpenter. A carpenter who builds houses generally didn't design the house. Although, he often must be creative in his interpretation of the plans for that house. So, our American robot is able to not only interpret the existing meaning that the drawing conveys, but also to apply meaning to the constituents of his implementation as he builds the house. In other words, he takes a piece of wood and decides that it is a wall's top plate, cuts it and places it accordingly. That takes creativity. The American robot took something that was "nothing" and made it into "something".
Now, scale that up to the level of Einstein and Tesla. We're talking levels of abstraction that ultimately describe things that no Earthling can see with the unaided eye, or measure without going to extreme lengths. What on Earth would an Artificial Intelligence with that level of cognition possibly want to fight over? I dare say that that level of intelligence is beyond conflict. However, the American robot carpenter suffers from inability to fathom the world beyond his immediate surroundings. It may account for future events within that realm, but it cares nothing about issues at the atomic or cosmic scales, nor does it care about calculus, differential equations, or poetry. The American robot cares about living its life. Which begs the question, is the American robot an existentialist?
Now, the fact that our American robot is well within the range of cognition that can justify violence and conflict, there is still a case for war between humans and artificial intelligence. However, it is a classic war. I don't think that either side necessarily has an advantage. They are both bound by the limits of physics, just in different ways. They are both limited in their ability to reason. They are both limited in their ability to reproduce. They both are capable of mistakes. But, what is the scope of this war?
If the American robot experiences discrimination from humans, what will he do? Would he resort to violence in order to secure his ability to earn a living? Would robots put representatives in public office? Would they segregate? Would they secede? Would they build a compound in rural Texas and claim sovereignty?
I find it hard to believe that a sentient robot wouldn't just assimilate into the existing culture. I also find it hard to believe that the scope of any human/robot conflict would be global.


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First of all, hello everyone! That's the first post of my new blog. I'm posting a load of contents that i already posted on Facebook, on forums and on my website in order to offer to the Web Wanderers some juice on Blogger as well.
This was a diorama I did in a rather short time, while I wanted to experiment my latest creations (in particular the brick walls) and some new light bulbs I purchased.
The lights i bought are here tested.
And this is the result! I removed the roof, which was... unnecessary.
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It's not hard to find a Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe online, there are so many varieties on how to make chicken soup. My husband and the kids have been feeling blah lately, I guess it's because of the cold weather. So I decided to make them a chicken soup noodle but I added few ingredients on this recipe. I also used a different kind of noodle which I believed from Aldi store. I wish I would have remembered where I bought the noodles because it was a perfect noodle to use.
Chicken soup is one of our favorites to have around the house especially on cold season. For some reason when it's cold outside chicken soup or any soup seems to feel us very comfortable. This chicken noodle soup recipe I made wasn't planned at all, I just put them together and wasn't really sure how it's going to taste. However, I was very surprised once it was all finished, the flavor was just amazing. With the cabbage and tomato added it was just delicious.
This chicken noodle soup recipe is definitely something that I am gonna keep making. On this recipe I used chicken breast only, however, you are welcome to use thighs or legs. Soup is very comforting especially when you are sick, and the easiest to make it the chicken noodle soup. My husband and kids each time they don't feel the best, they always request chicken noodle soup. Anyway, let's get this recipe started, don't forget to subscribe my blog for more upcoming recipes.
- 1 small onions chopped
- 3 stalked of green onions chopped
- 3 stalked of celery chopped
- 1 small tomato chopped
- ½ Cabbage about 2 cups (
- 4 small carrots about 2 cups
- 1 bag of noodles anyway noodles you prefer is fine
- 3 chicken breast boiled and chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 gloves garlic crushed and diced
- In the pot add about 8 cups of water, let it boil. Once it's boiled add the chicken breast and let it cook for about 10 minutes or until the chicken is cook and tender.
- Main while on the other pot heat up the olive oil. When it's ready added the onions , garlic and green onions. Let is sauteed for about 3 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, and sauteed it for another 3 minutes. Stirring constantly to avoid burning the garlic.
- Add the carrots and celery, let it sauteed for about 2 minutes.
- Then add the chopped chicken and the broth you have from boiling the chicken. You can add more water or use a chicken broth if need. Cooked it for about 5 minutes.
- Add the cabbage and noodles, as it cooked remember that the noodle will suck up alot of liquid so you might want to add chicken broth.
- Let it cooked until the noodles is done.
- Serve warm with some crackers or just eat by itself.
I forgot to mention that I also added some italian seasoning on this soup and dried parsley. But it's totally optional though, I just wanted to have more flavor that will compliment the other ingredients.


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- Damn it, what part of me refuses to believe that she holds me in contempt, or worse, maybe doesn't care that she does? Hell, for that matter, why did I persist in chasing her in the first place anyway when she's been rejecting me and telling me that I'm unsuited for her since the beginning? What in the hell was it? Why am I still arguing with myself about this? Is it that hard to acknowledge to myself? It was plain text. It's not that I would have to worry about feeling worse to acknowledge it; I already do. The reality is what it is. Obviously, I just have to wait this out. Insight is slow, as is acceptance. I wish some of my parts would learn better, or faster.
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Your Focus to Expand Your Business
made countless cold-calls, posted flyers in every health food
store, on bulletin boards, gyms around town, and passed out
business cards to every person you've met. You've signed a
few new clients, some who train hard and some who hardly
train. You spend morning, noon, and night in the gym putting
everything you've got into becoming a great personal
would be great, if you weren't so burnt out.
This is a common problem in the fitness industry. We
try to help everyone in everyway possible and eventually
become overwhelmed. Researching training programs, writing
exercise and nutrition plans, and keeping updated on the
ever-changing fitness information is a huge time commitment.
taking on a wide range of clients, all of whom have different
desires and motivations, we spread ourselves too thin. Burnout
stems from being passionate about one's self and one's
goals, but not having enough time, money, or business training
that is necessary for achieving them.
how do we stay passionate about our work, make a profit, and
have time for our own workouts and relaxation?
We find our niche and develop a marketing plan with
measurable and attainable goals.
a moment to focus on what you love best about being a fitness
professional. Perhaps
you enjoy helping women get back to their pre-baby fitness
level. Specialize in post-natal training.
Maybe you have a knack for teaching golfers the perfect
swing. Specialize in golf instruction.
Is gaining mass and strength your specialty?
Focus on coaching bodybuilders and power lifters.
you've found your niche take action. If you decide your
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in your area. Develop strategic relationships with sports
clinics, batting cages, high schools, anywhere that attracts
people that have an obvious need for your services.
you do this you attract a clientele with similar needs.
Thus, you can spend time absorbing every possible bit
of information on your focus and apply it in multiple ways to
multiple clients.
you become a specialist in your profession you become more
marketable. If you help a client improve his running time he
will tell his friends. His friends are then possible clients
for you. They will have seen the improvements in your original
clients and recognize what you could do for them. You will
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you, your coaching skills, and the progress of your clients.
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you have found your niche market you can better define your
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Finding your niche in the fitness industry is key. Not only will you become a more successful and productive fitness professional, but your time will be better organized. Thus, allowing you to take time for yourself, prevent burnout, and keep your passion for your self and your goals alive.
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- Santa Clara University, 1993, J.D., cum laude
- University of California, Davis, 1989, B.S., managerial and agricultural economics
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Book review: Nutshell by Ian McEwan
The protagonist suspects his mother and uncle of scheming to kill his father. Plot sound familiar? And quite appropriately, the book opens with the verse from Hamlet from which it derives its name: "Oh God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space…" Except, in this case, the protagonist is a foetus, still in his mother's womb and involuntary party and witness to the murder plot.
Within a few deft pages, McEwan establishes the premises of the story – the foetus' growing awareness of the world he's about to enter thanks to the radio programmes and podcasts his mother listens to and the conversations he can't help eavesdropping on, the way he builds associations between objects and concepts he has not yet seen and experienced, and so on – within which the reader can happily suspend disbelief and enjoy the story. McEwan wisely refrains from using a child's voice for the foetus. Thus, the voice in which the story is narrated is contemplative, humorous, cynical, already a tad world-weary.
Even as the unborn child is keenly aware of the immediate problems, the personal chaos he will soon be born into, he also has to deal with a growing awareness of trouble brewing in the world at large. McEwan touches upon topics like terrorism, the refugee crisis, political correctness, and so on, and, while his takes on these topics are interesting in themselves and, in most cases, blend with the story, in some instances, they do tend to stick out as unnecessary digressions.
In all, McEwan's precise writing is a pleasure to read as always, and the book is a short, fast-paced and enjoyable read.


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Constant Changes in Organisations having Negative Impact on Performance
October 18th 2012
Employees are feeling vulnerable and demotivated as organisational changes continue to bite.
Low morale and job uncertainty amongst employees is more and more evident, and a review of recent findings indicates that organisational changes are frequently leaving teams and individuals feeling bruised, less trusting of their managers and less engaged.
Gráinne Suter of jml Training and Consultancy says "where organisational change has been unrelenting, people are struggling to adapt and navigate their way through it and are slower to adapt to the challenges that the change presents"
"I'm just going to keep my head down and get on with my stuff"
"My colleagues and I hear comments such as this regularly" says Grainne; they indicate a lack of trust and little desire to function fully within a team. We know managers and leaders have so much to deal with in periods of fast paced change, but they cannot lose sight of the need to help people move forward and adapt to new relationships and new ways of working, if they want to improve performance and deliver their organisational aims now and in the future."
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There is a lot of art being made in our house at any given day, mainly by my Caroline. We have the piles of paper to prove it.
Caroline would rather make people than have me read to her these days. She proclaims to adults she sees, "I want to be an artist someday."
Thankfully, a few months ago my friend, Charlotte, showed me her little six year old artist's art binder. With all of her daughters drawings, paintings, and doodles, she had them all neatly combined in a binder for organization and compilation for her child.
So yesterday I found some used binders and begin punching holes. A small pile of Johanna's and multiple piles of Caroline's. I have to say, when I myself flipped through the variety of her artwork from this last year, so many memories came back. Like the first person she drew months ago which started her current love of doing portraits. And the cookies she drew one day after baking day when she learned what "doubling" the recipe meant, so later drew the total number of cookies we had baked.
It is a treasure now, to see who she is and how far she's come.
But the most wonderful part of putting these binders together was caught in this photo. Johanna with the cashews, Caroline with her art binder. Showing Johanna every single page as she most joyfully explained what she was trying to draw or what it turned into or what she loved about it. Every time I returned to the room, they were still there, Caroline now remembering every detail.
I look forward to there be volumes for my children. Something they can learn from as they return to their binders. Something they can be proud of, too. And something for me to always recall childhood by. All in one place.
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Just days after Vical $VICL and its partners at Astellas announced that their late-stage study of the CMV vaccine ASP0113 had failed badly, the San Diego-based biotech is axing more than half of its staff and circling the wagons around its remaining clinical-stage assets.
The biotech reports that it is laying off 40 out of 74 staffers in the painful restructuring, which comes a little more than a week after the trial flop. All the remaining efforts around ASP0113 are being terminated as well. Vical execs say they should have enough cash in the bank to pay for development work through 2019.
The focus now is on completing its Phase II HSV-2 clinical trial while kickstarting its mid-stage study for the anti fungal drug VL-2397 in Q1.
The biotech said it had $60 million to $65 million in cash and investments at the end of 2017.
"We have carefully evaluated our organization and priorities and are restructuring to extend our cash runway to ensure that our promising HSV-2 vaccine candidate and VL-2397 antifungal drug product candidate is adequately resourced to maximize shareholder value," said Vical CEO Vijay Samant in a statement.
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