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Tibet - Lhasa (PDF Chapter)
This is the Lhasa chapter from Lonely Planet's Tibet guidebook.
Despite rampant modernisation and expansion, Lhasa (the Place of the Gods) is still a city of wonders. The red and white Potala Palace soaring above the holy city still raises the goose bumps, while the old Tibetan quarter continues to preserve the flavour of traditional Tibetan life.
- following monks, mendicants and fellow pilgrims around the medieval pilgrim path, the Bar-khor circuit
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- ogling the murals and stupas at the Red Palace of the Potala, the impressive but spiritless citadel of the Dalai Lamas
- restaurants & accommodation
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My Kopi O! : cafe restaurant original from Indonesia
My Kopi O! is a cafe restaurant originating from Indonesia. Kopitiam concept of modern, My Kopi-O! always offer something new and unique from food, drinks or Interior and Event. My Kopi-O! comes from the desire to combine Western and Asian Style in all aspects, with a design concept that is friendly and dynamic.
Everything is My Favorite. True, all the menus in My Kopi-O! a favorite for our customers. Almost all kinds of food and beverages ordered visitors every day. in addition, to selling a wide range of coffee alias coffee places also offer a variety of foods, from appetizers, main course, to dessert snacks. Likewise with his drink, although named Kopi-O! But all kinds of drinks there.
My Kopi O! Robusta and Arabica coffee using a local raw material to popularize the natural result of Indonesian coffee is actually superior to coffee production overseas. A restaurant that was established four years ago, this process itself all the ingredients of coffee. In his hometown, Surabaya, Kopi-O! selling coffee from coffee beans that are still up to that already in powder form. Kopi-O using their own machine to make coffee powder.
When in December last year there was a slot at Ratu Indah Mall which is in the cover label "My Coffee O " along the plywood surrounding it I immediately stripped" Yeah, another place to have coffee ". And the situation continues to look until then completely open at the beginning of March. Crazy, long time of its preparation. Longer than a coffee next to the equally "post banner" opening soon it.
Anyway, Monday afternoon I and a friend decided to gorgeous coffee at that place. According to a twitter Cappuccinonya in the realm of good. I am actually less sure because when I asked him about the coffee places in the same location instead he had never tried Cappuccinonya. In fact, I think artificial Barista Cappuccino national champions, unprecedented, at least in Makassar.
My Kopi O '… Ooooh Look It So I go to the My Coffee O '. One thing that immediately attract attention is the design concept of the Open Kitchen. Beautiful. Designed with white makes the place so impressed spacious and homey. I sit in a non-smoking table and the waiter came over to me looks like a security guard. He handed two menus the size of the paper. One for the other menu Food and Beverage menu. In some of the name of the food / drink visible icon thumb and chili image.
According to the waiter, that means a menu of options and level of spiciness cooking. What's interesting about this menu is on the rear no information can be photographed with setting My Coffee O '. Seeing the interior design it should really be used for Pre-Wedding photo or something. Back to the menu, the My Coffee O 'provides a menu ranging from as descendants of Malay Cuisine, such as Japan to Western. Select has select this was our last lunch menu
As a lover of Cappuccino, I can say is the addition of particular Cappuccino flavor will only spoil the taste. Almond better mixes in the material rather than in a coffee cake. For those who like coffee-coffee sachet yes so-so try Cappuccino here.
Lightweight tend sweet. No need to add sugar. FYI based in Robusta Coffee Lampung. While Caesar the salad is pretty good although a bit difficult Onion flavor lost from the tongue. This had been eating better prepare sweets or mouthwash.
A second option is Yakiniku Noodle which was also not too special although it also can not be said to be not good. Probably because it was already disappointed with his own cooking Cappuccino and Ice Coffee Blackforest was also eventually be granted.
Sure in the range between 20K menu's to the 40K's. But do not forget there are tax and service it. Four had spent money Rp.154K menu's. Expensive for the size of mediocre taste. With that price, I could have coffee in SBUX or in Black Canyon Coffee with a better taste of Coffee
It depends on. To date, it is the right place because there is romantic side as well. If you hang out with various people whose purpose is not just coffee but also a heavy meal, it also may make the choice because the menu ranging from appetizer to dessert. But for me, it's just maybe just once I want to visit again unless there is a treat 🙂
However, there is a price for every comfort. But about coffee, probably many other places. Please see for yourself.
Menu Mainstay:
1. Beef Rendang Nasi Lemak
2. Pull the Nanyang Coffee
3. Srikaya Butter Toast
4. Spaghetti Mamak
5. Roasted Hainanese Chicken Rice
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My friend is suffering from really bad echzema so she decided to go on a gluten free diet as she was told this might help calming it down. Making such a drastic change in your diet can make you feel down after a while - it can be quite overwhelming as from the moment you start your gluten free diet, you can easily become almost paranoid with anything you eat. I can speak for myself as I tried it in the past ... worry not! Vegetables and fruit don't contain gluten (YET!!!). Certain wines have gluten so be aware. I am supporting my friend, so i will do a gluten free diet too! See how it works! Certainly reducing my gluten intake might help with my digestion - watch this space!
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Fundamental Considerations When Borrowing A Home Loan
Buying a home is a very hefty investment that requires a lot of planning and financial preparation for you to manage it. Another the thing you look at is the location of the neighborhood where the house is located among other several factors. Due to the multiple number considerations and the heavy financial needs that a house requires, most banks and financial lending institutions have come up with home equity loans which assist the buyer to acquire a home.
The rise of mortgages has enabled a lot of people to own houses of their own which they could not have been able to do on their own. A home equity loan is paid for periodically within the agreed period. Since a mortgage is a financial burden that you will bear for a long period of time, it is important for you to make a good appropriate decision before deciding to take it. One of the factors that people consider when deciding to take up a home loan is the amount of interest that is tied to the loan, you should go to the financial institution offering the lowest interest rate. Another important factor you will have to look at is the credibility of the financial institution lending you the loan, is it financially stable or not.
A positive credit worthiness report is paramount if you are to get a mortgage, as a borrower, you should thus ensure it is accurate and free from any errors that might prejudice you being given the loan. A common way of finding out about the various lenders is by checking online and also getting recommendations from friends so that you can make an informed decision on where to get your home loan from. You should determine which one has the best terms for the mortgage and go for it.
Making sure you have the requirements for a home loan is advantageous in that it will keep you above other buyers who may want the same and this will ensure you get your home loan quicker.
The tax deductibility of the mortgage interest is of benefit since it reduces the payment burden for the borrower. A mortgage enables you to buy a home which increases your stability, and it will give you a chance of getting even other loans from the banks. On completion of payment of your mortgage loan, you will have acquired full ownership of the house, and this happens gradually while you are still living in the house.


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Today's scarf I made from leftover yarn when I finished the first shawl I ever made. The triangle shawl called for 3 skeins of Lion Brand Homespun yarn. I ended up using 2 and a half because it was getting to big for me.
I love the shawl because it keeps me so warm in the winter and half the time I use it as a lap blanket.
The scarf is a diamond pattern and really helped me learn how to increase and decrease with even tension. I can't remember where I found the pattern but essentially you start with 3 stitches and then increase to 20 stitches then decrease to 3 then back to 20 and then 3. Do it over and over again until its the length you want.
I used up what was left in my stash so the scarf is long and I can wrap it around my neck three times.
Have you worked on a pattern to use up some of your stash?
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I do not want to go that far and see the New Industrial Revolution, with start-up factories of combining low cost CAE/CAD/CAM systems, 3D scanning, 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC machining enabling entrepreneurs to beat industrial giants. Although, I recommend reading Makers, Chris Anderson.
But there are a lot of small specialized engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering and automation firms around, creating systems that help small and medium sized manufacturers to make great products.
And it is the same old story: their methodology and technology requirements are not simpler than that of the industry giants. Their volumes, are smaller, their revenues, their market shares and consequently financial abilities.
Recently I had the chance to do a little hands-on trial with Wolfram SystemModeler. And it immediately came to my mind: this in combination with Mathematica is a perfect environment to create the big systems for the small by the small-and-specialized. Although the Customer Stories suggest it is used by the giants only.
Ironically enough, the system makes themselves are not always open to manufacturing-style system making. But is worth to propagate and promote: Wolfram SystemModeler is also for the small specialized designers, product and manufacturing engineers and automators.
The first thing I will do: organize a SystemModeler seminar inviting (also) this target group. With Jan Brugard, CEO of Wolfram MathCore, makers of SystemModeler as key speaker. I keep you informed.


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Do you have documented policy, systems and procedures to achieve "Level 2 BIM" maturity as defined in the government's BIM Strategy?
The above question is included in Table 8 of the PAS91-2013 Construction pre-qualification
questionnaires which will shortly be commonplace for projects procured through public funding in the UK. To understand what this documented policy, systems and procedures are, we need to step back a little to understand the reason why this question is being asked.
What is the government's BIM strategy?In the UK, the Government Construction Strategy document published by the Cabinet Office in May 2011 defined BIM as a requirement for publicly funded capital projects by 2016. The strategy document is focused on improving procurement of publicly funded capital expenditure projects in the UK which accounts for 40% of all capital expenditure and is currently perceived as containing waste which is estimated to be in the region of 15%. BIM is proposed as part of a multifaceted solution to drive waste out of the system.
Government will require fully collaborative 3D BIM (with all project and asset information, documentation and data being electronic) as a minimum by 2016.
2016 is over 2 years away. Seems like plenty of time?There was some confusion after the document was published as to whether 2016 was a target to be met or when BIM began for publicly funded projects. Subsequent papers and presentations defined 2016 as the cut off date for which BIM would be mandatory for publicly funded projects. Unless you are a maverick genius who has deep pockets, it is going to take time to change your computer systems and more importantly processes from a 2D one to a collaborative one based on 3D with rich data. Many of the larger public clients are gearing up now and starting to require BIM for new projects as it is not a simple matter of switching over on the first day of 2016. So if you currently don't use BIM, the portion of projects you can tender for will be increasingly reducing to zero between now and 2016.
What is the monetary threshold for publicly funded projects which require BIM?There is none. Every penny of money spent on capital projects from 2016 on-wards must be delivered in BIM. While larger design, construction and manufacturing firms will put in the necessary resources to up-skill in time for 2016, the same cannot be said for smaller organisations. There will be casualties and on the whole they will predominantly be smaller organisations. This sounds a little harsh and there will be complaints as 2016 draws near, but the government stance will likely be that there was fair warning, 5 years in fact.
What exactly is required to be BIM compliant?If you are a little confused on this question you can be easily forgiven. Part of the problem is that the mechanisms and processes are not fully ironed out yet as the BIM Task Group is still evolving and publishing standards documents. BIM is still being integrated into new procurement processes and forms. In many countries, BIM is being left to organisations and individuals to use if they perceive it has benefits for them but in the UK, the government is mandating BIM from 2016. Because of this, the procurement systems must be changed to include BIM and the roles, relationships, contracts, forms, etc must be changed to suit BIM. As BIM is only part of the solution to reducing waste, the revised procurement process will also contain other changes that are perceived to reduce waste.
In February 2013, PAS1192-2 which is a significant procurement standards document was published by the British Standards Institution. PAS1192-2 outlines the procurement process and the players involved. It is going to take a little time for public clients to disseminate the information in this document and revise their procurement systems but it is happening at the moment. You should read this document carefully. It is a substantial document which I will go through in detail in a subsequent post.
The following month in March 2013, PAS91-2013 was published by the British Standards Institution. PAS91-2013 is a template for a standardised Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). This is long overdue as each public body had a different PQQ form which made it very onerous for organisations tendering for public work to complete these forms. You now need to consider how you will complete the questions in this forms and if there are any gaps, they should be dealt with if you want to achieve maximum marks.
The BIM Task Group along with the Construction Industry Council (CIC) produced a number of documents in February 2013. An important document is the Building Information Model (BIM) Protocol. The Protocol is defined by the BIM Task Group:
The BIM Protocol is a supplementary legal agreement that is incorporated into professional services appointments and construction contracts by means of a simple amendment. The Protocol creates additional obligations and rights for the employer and the contracted party. The Protocol is based on the direct contractual relationship between the employer and the supplier. It does not create additional rights or liabilities between different suppliers.
Is there a requirement for a BIM Protocol?What really has changed that would require additional an legal agreement? The BIM Task Group were aware of insurance risks when drawing up the BIM Protocol and commissioned the advise of an insurance company on matters which increased risk through the use of BIM. The CIC published The Best Practice Guide for Professional Indemnity Insurance which aims to give comfort to insurers and gives guidance to organisations with design responsibilities producing information in BIM.
As a generality, it was not felt that the use of a level 2 BIM environment significantly increased the risk profile of a design consultant firm.
Insurers' comfort largely stems from the fact that, under level 2 BIM, there is sufficient detail to ensure that the lines of responsibility are clear and that models passed on to the Information Manager using the disciplines of standards such as PAS 1192-2 can be shown to be a particular consultant's work.
Should consultants find themselves working under a system whereby third parties can modify submitted models and the supporting information without robust checks in place, this could be a cause for concern and consultants ought to be informing their brokers and insurers.
Indeed, there were very good reasons why the use of such an environment could reduce the risk of claims arising, particularly those claims which only become apparent when the project is on site. The fact that an opportunity exists to model the "as built" project in some detail, and in 3D, was considered a potentially powerful risk management tool.As the protocol has only been issued in early 2013, there are many early adopter BIM projects working without a protocol. Basically the law is catching up with technology.
If you have recently tendered and won a project that has followed PAS1192-2, you should have a BIM protocol included in your agreement or contract. If not, the next stage of the project maybe a good time to consider introducing a BIM protocol.
Surely there was a reasonably high degree of collaboration in 2D CAD, so why is there suddenly a requirement for all these protocols and changing of roles?
2D CAD systems started to become popular in the early 1990s and for the most part were electronic drawing boards. Information was produced in a similar manner to how it had been for so long but now users could copy information very easily. Very quickly, users start to realise that copying information had its downfalls as copied information became out of date as the original drawing changed. Reference files then became a popular means to avoid this problem as a floor plan could be referenced into other drawings ensuring there is one always up to date file.
Some organisations started to push 2D collaboration as far as it could go. Rather than sharing PDFs and their 2D CAD equivalents, other consultants reference drawings were used very smartly to avoid duplication of information. Why should the architect replicate the structural engineers columns? Anyone who tried this method will have started to realise a common problem. It is difficult to keep the drawings coordinated as each organisation has their own priorities. Especially at the early stages of a project, finding that moment when everyones information coordinates perfectly is difficult to achieve.
BIM has introduced 2 more variables, 3D and Information. 3D doesn't add any more burden to the collaboration process, in fact it is a distinct advantage for coordination. Information does add a significant amount of coordination. This information for the most part is not anything new that didn't exist before. The information existed somewhere else, often in cross referenced documents such as schedules.
What we have seen in the last 20 years is a progression of processes due to technology which seems unstoppable. In order to put some manners on it, we need standards to help organisations avoid reinventing the wheel, protocols to ensure fair play and reduction of risk when sharing information and a BIM Information Manager to ensure that coordination is done well.
What is the documented policy, procedures and documents?Pre Contract
PAS1192-2 requires the project team tendering for a project to develop a Supply Chain Execution Information Plan (SCEIP) which basically describes how the information modelling aspects of a project will be carried out. The SCEIP should be based on the Employers Information Requirements (EIR) which should be provided with the tender documentation. An initial SCEIP is returned with the completed tender documentation. For example, the EIR document may require asset codes based on an existing asset management plan to be included for a selected list of components. The design and/or construction team tendering for the project need to include a methodology for how this will be implemented in the initial SCEIP.
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For those who don't know enough about me, you won't know that I have a strong interest in politics! If you did it would come as no surprise to see me blogging about politics as my first ever post!
Having a strong interest in politics here in Australia and in New Zealand I would love to give my observations about our two great countries.
I find it fascinating to see here in Australia the countries leader so abysmally unpopular that her party barely makes 35% in the opinion polls and the media is obsessed about bringing back Mr Rudd. Kevin Rudd is the former Labor Leader, former Prime Minister and former Foreign Minister. He should be a distant memory like John Howard or (in NZs case) Bill English, but instead he has about as much air time on the news as Julia does and is asked questions by the media that are totally out of his portfolio (as a backbencher!).
Now New Zealand has the opposite situation. The opposition leader (Labour again) is an unknown and relatively unpopular leader equally unable to successfully break the 40% barrier. And like Julia, he ousted the leader due to a perceived unpopularity of the former man in charge and (in my humble opinion) both previous leaders, Kevin and Phil, were too central/right leaning for the parties. Poor old David Shearer, as you will see in DPF's blog National is far in the lead.
In fact in my opinion Kevin Rudd reminds me a lot of John Key. Now I hear fellow National Party supporters throwing up there arms in disbelief, but here me out people! I think the downfall of John, if it happens without him retiring first, will be him going against Party lines and saying something in the media too outrageous to come from the National Party Policy tanks. Now this is currently why John is soo damm popular with the voters, a real down to earth straight shooting guys. Mr Rudd is the same, Kevin was too outspoken for the labour party, he did not tow the line, this made him very popular with the voters. They both seem charismatic, human, approachable and believable.
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It is not just the chocolate - Colgate toothpaste was reduced from 100ml to 75ml. All Gold tomato sauce shrank from 750ml to 700ml and some cold drinks cans shrank from 340ml to 330ml. Very sneaky, because the product is now more expensive so the companies get more money.
And people do not notice – I did not notice. One day I went into the shop and say a special on 90g Cadbury slabs and asked myself "was it not 100g before?". It makes me wonder what other products we usually buy have decreased the weight sold. Interesting.
Prices are going up and packages are shrinking – This is happening all over the world . When I was a kid I liked buying chips, but they had almost no chips in them. Only a quarter of the packet had chips in it and the rest was air. It was like paying for air. Today I was feeding the cats and noticed less food came out than I remembered. I am not a 100% sure of this, because I never really looked at the weight of the cans.
At the moment there is not really anything we can do about this – sure you can stop buying the product in protest, but it would not make a difference. Even if everybody stopped buying from one company – that would hurt the company yes, but result in people losing their jobs and there aren't a lot of those around lately. Without a job you have no income and with no income you cannot afford the house or even food. We all are trapped with the fear of money. And with no money to spend it is less money for the economy and so the economy suffers.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will face the House Energy and Commerce Committee next week to answer questions about the platform's practices with users' data. Apparently, he's concluded that testifying to Congress is the right thing to do when your company is under sustained fire over its customer data practices and how it chooses what users see on its platform.
"The hearing — set before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the morning of April 11 — could result in an uncomfortable grilling from Democrats and Republicans who feel the social giant is responsible for everything from fake news to online extremism," according to the WashingtonPost.com.
The news comes as Facebook announced that data on up to 87 million of its users had been shared "improperly" with Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm that President Trump's campaign once worked with, up from the 50 million figure it previously cited.
Other requests are still pending, such as the Senate Judiciary Committee invite and the Senate Commerce committee. Reuters has reported, citing anonymous sourcing, that Zuckerberg is expected to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
No word yet on whether the House panel plans to live-stream the hearing on Facebook.
Via Reuters: "This hearing will be an important opportunity to shed light on critical consumer data privacy issues and help all Americans better understand what happens to their personal information online," the panel's Republican chairman Greg Walden and top Democrat Frank Pallone said in a statement.
The hearing date should also be an opportunity to elevate the growing concern in tech and media circles about the power and behavior of Facebook to influence how its users consume information on the platform, which counts 2.2 billion users worldwide.
It thinks of itself as a platform provider for connecting people rather than a news and information publisher, despite research that shows millions of Americans get a portion of their daily news on the platform.
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That is the shield that critics say allows Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and many other content platforms to act every bit as publishers, but not have to answer questions about their practices with user's content or how they treat content from outlets such as Breitbart, which has been critical of Facebook's practices and has questioned its treatment of conservative-leaning publications.
Next week's hearing (and perhaps hearings) will likely delve into what users "opt-in" for when they sign up for Facebook's connection service. They will likely grill Zuckerberg (and anyone he may bring with him from legal) Facebook's policies with that data, what users can "opt out" of and how it shares our info with third-party vendors and advertisers.
For now at least, one House panel has scheduled Zuckerberg to testify about its data and privacy policies. A Facebook spokesperson told Reuters they are working on the other scheduling invites.
Clearly, Zuckerberg has concluded that showing up when Congress invites you to testify makes sense, even though he turned down British lawmakers' similar requests.
Who's betting he may forego the usual t-shirt for a tie and jacket? It might help him look a little more grown-up as the leader of a company whose practices with users' data, algorithms and lax policies to police its platform until recently have placed it under fire among lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, investors, consumer watchdogs and its own user base.
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I dabbled in running off and on my whole life but was never all that serious. In 2009, I decided it was time to run my first marathon. As I approached the finish that fateful day in November at the Philadelphia Marathon, I thought to myself, "One and done." I crossed the finish line in a respectable 3:30 and after I got home, went online to find my next marathon. Six years and 70+ marathons/ultras later, it has really gotten out of control.
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When I'm not training or competing, I love to: climb, camp, or throw a tennis ball for our Weimaraner, Titus, who has won numerous doggy 5ks.
Something that very few people know about me is: I went to art school and when I was in 4th grade, my best friend was a guinea pig named Ralph.
A good title for my autobiography would be: Moderation…Just kidding. That would be a terrible title!
My favorite moment or achievement to date is: 146.5 miles at the 2015 IAU 24 Hour World Championships. 4th place individual and Gold for the Women's Team USA. It didn't go as I planned that day but I fought hard the entire 24 hours for every single meter I ran. How can you not when you are wearing the "USA" across your chest?
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I live in Paoli, PA because: It is close to the local trails that I love to run.
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This specification covers the Manufacturing Quality Control (MQC) of the GCL. The two general types of GCL covered in this specification are the (1) reinforced and (2) non-reinforced. The specification is intended to aid manufacturers, suppliers, purchasers and users of GCLs to have an acceptable level of effort in Manufacturing Quality Control. It is important to note that this specification does not address the Manufacturing Quality Assurance (MQA)'s product testing and product acceptance criteria. These are outside the scope and performed by an different organization, independent from the manufacturer.
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There are many ways to run a phishing campaign. The most common of them all is a typical credential harvesting attack, where the attacker sends an email to the target enticing them to click a link to a spoofed website. Running these campaigns are fairly straight forward, and a couple of tools make this…
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- Exploiting Genuitec Secure Delivery Center (SDC) < Version 5.4.7 (Local File Inclusion)
- Popping shells on Splunk
- Dark Tip: Avoiding SSL Inspection on Palo Alto Firewalls
- The Dangers of Client Probing on Palo Alto Firewalls
- Bypassing Duo Two-Factor Authentication (Fail Open)
- Executing Meterpreter in Memory on Windows 10 and Bypassing AntiVirus (Part 2)
- Executing Meterpreter in Memory on Windows 10 and Bypassing AntiVirus
- Ducky-in-the-middle: Injecting keystrokes into plaintext protocols
- Microsoft Word upload to Stored XSS
- Exploiting complex XSS payloads in a constrained parameter


text: The government of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is to buy Banyan Tree Al Wadi resort from Rakeen Development.It forms part of the emirate's ten-year growth plan, which will see the government invest in hotels and tourism projects to increase visitor numbers and rival other emirates like Dubai.Indeed, Hotelier Middle East reports that RAK hopes that tourism revenue will account for 20 per cent of its income by 21 per cent.Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of RAK, said at the signing of the deal: "We believe that Banyan Tree Al Wadi will outgrow its potential, achieve new heights and grow to become the beacon of top-class quality service in this region."We aim to create an impact as a strategic player and increase our portfolio with a goal to attract world-class hotel corporations and investors to the emirate."Furthermore, it was reported by CNBC-TV18 that RAK is seen as a good investment hotspot for Indian companies, largely driven by the free trade zone.


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by Chyng Feng Sun
Illustrated by Lolly Robinson
Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1994
32 pages
Ages 4 - 7
From the moment she first saw it in the toy shop window, Mei-Mei has desperately wanted the huge stuffed bear, even though she knows her mama doesn't earn enough money in her job at the neighborhood Chinese restaurant to buy such extravagant luxuries. Mei-Mei manages to earn some money of her own with occasional odd jobs around the restaurant but she still can't save enough to buy "the softest, warmest bear in the whole world." Luckily, Mei-Mei's mama is soft and warm and gives great bear hugs, and that is the most important thing of all. The warm, quiet tone of the refreshingly realistic story is echoed in the softly colored illustrations that accompany it. CCBC categories: Picture Books. © Cooperative Children's Book Center


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We use qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to understand your market
KnowledgeCore's reputation stands on a single premise: that all of our projects deliver value and uncover opportunities within your market, your prospects and your customers.
Uncovering unmet opportunities: Understanding the customer's brain
As competition gets tougher and margins become harder to maintain, understanding your customer's mind can give you an edge. It provides deep insights that allow you to tune into and act on their needs, rather than your own, and win.
- We uncover the drivers for decision-making. By revealing the lens through which your customers view the experience of working with you (and your competitors), we help you identify ways to increase your share of their business. Our methodologies uncover the unspoken needs, expectations and 'rules' of the relationship, so you not only listen to what your customers say, you understand what they really need and want. Once you have this understanding, your role is to capitalise on it – and we can also help you with that.
- We uncover the drivers for loyalty. In today's market, satisfaction does not equal loyalty. Nor does high Net Promoter Scores (NPS). We dig below NPS to clarify the current drivers of loyalty in your market so you can ensure your client interactions go way beyond mere satisfaction. By uncovering why your clients would or wouldn't refer you to others, we identify the unspoken agendas, needs and expectations they have of your relationship. This provides the insights you need to deliver exceptional customer experiences, outcomes and value that drive both loyalty and revenue.
- We help you align your brand strategy to your business objectives. We identify the crucial brand touchpoints or contact points that differentiate you from your competitors and drive ongoing customer loyalty and trust. We're looking for the key points across the business model that are fundamental to ensuring a 'base line of satisfaction', and those that generate loyalty and with that increase revenue.
We uncover the gaps that cost you market share, revenue and share of wallet
Everything we do is grounded in evidence & focussed on optimising revenue from current and new relationships
We're one of the few that can say all our strategic recommendations are founded in fact. Our methodology draws heavily on 2 areas:
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Research is always our first step – and it's the foundation of all our strategies. All our research is focused on identifying:
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In the living room we used a color called pumpkin butter. It's a very warm color and not near as scary as the pics indicate! Our kitchen and dining room was done in a dark terra cotta color when we moved in and the pumpkin butter compliments it very well.
I've attached some pics, but please keep in mind that the pics don't do it justice. One of them looks much more orange than it is; another makes it look yellower than it is! And the hallway color just plain doesn't show much.


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Canadian Official Cites `Useful Mechanisms' for Race Relations
Jones, David W., The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
Lloyd Axworthy, Canada's foreign minister, spoke yesterday with Foreign Editor David W. Jones.
Question: What is the status of race relations in Canada, and is there anything that Canada is doing right that the United States could learn from?
Answer: We certainly face a lot of the same kinds of pressures. We have a highly diverse society. We have had large-scale movements of people in the last 20 to 30 years from different parts of the world.
We have some useful mechanisms [such as] human rights commissions and race relations commissions. We have a pretty active multicultural policy and have supported some different multicultural groups to further develop our own heritage and to develop skills and training. . . . We also have very strong laws.
Q: Canada is promoting the concept of "peace-building" in places like Zaire, Bosnia and Haiti. How is this different from the largely discredited notion of nation-building?
A: I think that it's like the example of the triage, the casualty is taken to the hospital and the first responsibility of the doctors is to restore your stable signs, get your blood pressure up and running before anything else can happen, especially in new kinds of conflicts where so much is generated in terms of ethnic reasons.
For example, in Haiti there's a lack of an international police force, so while the military are there to provide the security framework, there's [a need] to develop a judicial system that will give some degree of objective judgment as well as an enforcement system so people cannot be whisked away in the dark of night.
As soon as the country's vital signs are restored, we bring people in right away so that the building can begin. That's the concept, and we want to do it more effectively in developing countries. …


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Script BuilderWritten by Dallas Smith
As a programmer looking for the best SQL script builder that you can find, you might be wondering just where the technology stands today. After all, as databases are required to process ever-increasing amounts of data, you would think that script building technologies would have evolved in stride, but this hasn't always been the case. In fact, many of the solutions that programmers continue to rely on are simply not up to the task of maintaining the rates of script production that are essential to the optimal performance of today's databases.
To that end, if you are currently using a program that does not take advantage of the latest technology, or are simply not aware of what those methods are when you implement a builder for the first time, you could be selling yourself well short of potential performance levels. Knowing what the most advanced script-building solutions have to offer can put you in a prime position to make an informed decision in the future that will benefit your company in the long run, but it all starts with awareness. Take a quick look at just what these solutions can do, and you might be surprised by just how far the technology has come.
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If you have used traditional query builders in the past to build scripts, the most striking improvement that you will probably notice in today's script builder technologies is the exceptional speed with which you can create a finished script. Specifically, what might have taken nearly two work days with a traditional program might now take you only a couple of hours using today's builders, and that includes editing and debugging. These programs achieve such speeds through a much more efficient template-based application of queries that allows you to focus on creating entire pages of script at a time.
From a design standpoint, these programs offer a much greater degree of flexibility and control to programmers who want a more dynamic way to develop scripts than simply entering line after line of code. In both cases, the speed of these solutions and the engaging design options create a win-win situation for programmers representing every level of experience. If these features sound like what you would look for in the ideal SQL builder, focus only on those solutions that can deliver on those features and you'll be well on your way toward possessing the next level in script-building technology.


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Getting to know you
Positive Partnerships workshop helps Logan mother 'meet 'her son.
Mother Justine Della Bosca, was relieved when she first learned that her son Benigno was living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as finally she had a diagnosis and was able to start the process to help and understand her child.
"A part of me was relieved, as I finally had an answer that helped me to realise; it wasn't just me, I did know my boy best. Another part of me grieved. Even though I was not surprised by Benigno's diagnosis, I still buried my head and started wondering if he would wake up one day and snap out of it because we had it wrong. Getting back up, dusting off and moving forward was not a quick transition for me. "
"Benigno has difficulties in social interaction. He has trouble relating to others, behaving normally in social situations and he has spatial awareness difficulties. Despite this, he still attends a mainstream school because he is very high-functioning so can cope in this environment. We also receive some assistance in the form of the Special Education Unit (SEU)."
"I came across Positive Partnerships when it was mentioned to me by a mother who I had recently connected with at school. Attending Positive Partnerships has helped me greatly. It has allowed me to identify features in my son that I wasn't able to pinpoint before and taught me ways to manage his particular needs."
"I used the Planning Matrix during a recent school meeting to identify where Benigno needs assistance. This in turn has helped to focus his education program so that it caters to Benigno's needs."
"After participating in a communication module I came to understand my son profoundly better and even commented to the module facilitator that I could now go home and 'meet' my son. The session made me realise I was overwhelming him with instruction. Now I am simplifying my instruction and keeping my goals for him clear through a visual chart which is causing less stress for Benigno."
"The Positive Partnerships workshop came at a time when I really needed it. I cannot express how much I have learnt from this workshop. Not only were the facilitators informative and caring, but being in a scenario where other participants could speak easily, added to what I learned. I have already recommended other parents and carers to attend a Positive Partnerships workshop."


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The Idaho Division of Lands is the agency that carries out auctions for state endowment trust lands as well as surplus state property managed by other State of Idaho businesses. This is principally a proof showing that not only has the customer purchased the land but in addition owns it. The first step after registration is to switch the patta to the buyer's title. If it gets too sizzling or too chilly in some seasons, it won't be a worthy purchase, extra so in case you plan on constructing in the land.
Other emirates like Ras Al Khaimah, Ajman & Sharjah have also relaxed their laws on property possession so there's a small but rising number of plots of land for sale in these emirates. Other than the 37{851dcd57dc547915bf4484ebea18912ab94c7a1d0b80cfc3bc0d1ca5a4abf68f} owned by the state agencies, a sure proportion of the land reclaimed has to be surrendered back to the Penang State Govt straight.
The department owns a considerable amount of land and land gross sales are a daily part of managing this land base. Still hoping to find the right owner who will love the land and wildlife like we do. Texas Acres is a very secure and family based community with folks that make it an exquisite place to dwell.
Your supply for land for sale all through rural America together with hunting and leisure land, farmland, timberland, development land, vacant land, acreage industrial land and undeveloped land. These agents will deal with your selections and it's an easy method to get the land through these estate agents.
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New Mixtape: Chief Keef 'Bang Pt. 2'
On his 18th birthday, young Chi-town rapper Chief Keef drops his Bang Pt. 2 mixtape. Hosted by DJ Holiday and comedians Michael Blackson and Mike Epps, the 15-track project features primarily solo tracks from Sosa, excluding features from Tray Savage and GBE's Tadoe. Listen to and download Bang Pt. 2 here.


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I recently heard of a contractor who charged for their thinking time… He'd actually bill you for the hours he spent thinking about your project, before he'd even done any work on providing a solution. I've worked with design agencies before, and seen the total bill go way over budget as projects are 're-worked' until we get something we're happy with, but I've never heard of charging for time.
Then later, with a very different group of people, one of my friends came out with an overly pensive quote:
"Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time" originally quoting Rick Warren
For some reason these two events locked together in my mind and led me to reflect on just how important time is. It's true, it's the one thing you'll never get back and it's constantly ticking away. During my reflection I began to ask myself, "if my time is so important, how am I choosing to spend it?". Of course the first thing that comes back is WORK! Our jobs take up such a huge amount of our time, and often the trade off for hours spent working: to hours spent resting just doesn't seem fair. But work is necessary, it provides a good income and I'm sure all that hard work must be doing me some good.
But what about my time outside of work, the precious hours each evening, and the two days of freedom at the weekend. How do I spend my time? Often it's chasing after things I think will make me happier in the future. Investing hours / days into coding new projects that I think will impress others or end up making me money, but life is too precious for this, isn't it?
If you're feeling stressed, burnt out and like there's not enough hours in the day then try this. Take some time, just 20 minutes to sit and write down all the things you're trying to do. Place that list aside and start a new list, what's the most important things in your life? This is tricky and hard to switch from your immediate tasks, to life long importance so allow yourself some time to think. The question that best helps sort these issues is "at the end of my life, what would I look back fondly on, what would I wish I'd done better or spent more time doing?"
Now go back to your first list, the present tasks…. where are they leading you? are they related and in order of the most important things? If you're like me they often won't even include the important things. We get so easily distracted, sidetracked, consumed with ideas that some things need to be done, but to what end? Take some time to think about the important list, and how you could spend your time and prioritise your goals.


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Behind the Scenes
this website was based on a book named Animal Alphabet (In photos) which is another of my good work. It has now 70 brilliant species of mammal, bird, reptile , amphibian and much more animals. This book is handwritten and unpublished. Rare animals and other not so known animals such as cormorants and urial sheep occur here. The places where we saw the animals: Rigazoo, Cotswold wildlife park, a national park from Latvia, the living rainforest, Roves farm, Chessington world of adventures, Marewell zoo and much more.
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|© Matthew von Wenden, 2015.


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can i just recap on my awesome trip to colorado last weekend?
we walked around the denver botanic gardens and it was beautiful!
here are few more!
this lovely lady played chauffeur to us all weekend! love you rhi!
i had the best girls weekend!
k now back to our normal shenanigans!
jaz & cale got me a little betta fishy for my birthday!! blog family, meet franklin da fishy aka-frankie!
oh man do i love him! he just stares at me like this all day. my poor co-worker that sits next to me, she has to endure baby talk alllllll day.
it was a dear friend's last day and the probation officers had this made specially for her. it was so beautiful!!
i gladly volunteered to go get coffee in cale's new whip. after totaling his car a couple weeks back he finally chose a keeper!
while i was in colorado, my hubby worked on building a little pantry in our closet under out stairs. it's amazing what a difference a few shelves can make!
spring cleaning day for mama bear while baby & papa bear got to building the new deck! i seriously cannot wait for that thing to done! it's going to be so nice!
sorry for the worst quality picture ever but we let lulu out on the leash and she loved it!
adventure kitty!
someone woke up with a wicked sun burn. eek!
SOS! i just noticed that i am missing my matching kendra scott necklace! uhhhhh you guys i am so bummed! i must have left it somewhere in colorado. seriously….so upset!
happy early mommy's day to me! i am so excited for these new babies!
we shaved lulu's belly by ourselves and found a lump. cale thinks it's nothing but of course i'm freaking out. a little lump could be a huge sickness. insert crying face here. 😦 i love my lusers.
mother's day cards are signed, stamped and will be put in the mail!
gifts are already on their way!
what did you get your mommas/gmas?
another beautiful weekend for seattle. i kept an eye on the weather all week just to prepare for our deep spring cleaning! i was so pumped to get down in dirty and clean every nook and crevice and then i ripped/tore/stretched something in my lower back that is excruciating. so my wind was very quickly swept away so only the kitchen got a deep cleaning. the rest of the house just got a normal, sunday cleaning. whomp whomp…there's always next weekend!
cale poured the concrete for our new deck and finished the pantry! our little house projects are coming along nicely! our house will be ready to sell in no time!
hope you guys had a great weekend! what kind of shenanigans did you get into??
what are y'alls plans for mother's day?


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Nearly every artist I know has one thing in common—they all share a passion for collections. There is something soothing about grouping common things together, making sense of chaos by creating order where it didn't exist before. The acts of compiling, sorting, arranging, displaying, and eventually disassembling a collection are, indeed, acts of creation. Our collections reflect our interests, confirm our insecurities, shed light on our values, and add context to the narrative of our lives. And we are not alone in this trait. After all, bowerbirds, magpies, and crows are known for collecting things of beauty.
Many art quilters have collections distinctive to our craft: we amass fabrics, buttons, beads, and threads. We buy paints, brushes, dyes, and stamps. We find unique embellishments wherever we go. Once, on a daytrip to a quilt show with my art quilt group, we stumbled on a treasure trove of flattened bottle caps in the commuter parking lot near our highway meeting spot. Needless to say, we pocketed those treasures like magpies, but not before taking a rubbing of the sewer cover nearby and photographing the excursion for our blog.
But after the joy of the hunt is over, the reality of maintaining a collection is faced. What do we do with it? Why not make a quilt?
This issue of Quilting Arts is filled with examples of how our contributors use what they collect in their artwork. Their commitment to repurposing their resources is commendable. Treasured scraps of hand-dyed fabrics are the backbones of Cindy Grisdela's improv blocks. Found metal objects are wrapped along with botanicals in the eco-dyed fabric pouches made by Maggie Vanderweit, leaving behind unique marks. Painted papers, metal hardware cloth, repurposed zippers, and hand-dyed threads are incorporated into Libby Williamson's mixed-media collages. And check out Susan Brubaker Knapp's collection of embellishment techniques. The possibilities are endless.
Suddenly, my collection of bottle caps doesn't look quite so out of place. After all, I am a magpie.
Featured Articles
SAQA Presents Modern Inspirations 1970 to Now
"Our urge to create is a deep-seated human trait. Many things influence and inspire us as artists. Sometimes the inspiration is clear, and sometimes it is built out of a lifetime of events. The art quilt movement preceded and continues in parallel with the modern quilt movement. Many artists happily see themselves as members of both groups. Studying the art quilts that were created in prior decades has been a fascinating process. I hope that seeing these works will lead you to new heights of creativity in your own work." Excerpted from the article by Martha Sielman
Word: A Selection of Quilts from Viewpoints 9 Artists
"'Word' is the fourth series from the international fiber art group, Viewpoints 9. Now entering their seventh year collaborating on a virtual artistic journey, artists consider a single word prompt for inspiration in our bimonthly challenges. Selections from the Home, Migrant, and Serenity challenges premiered at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, in 2017." Excerpted from the gallery.
Make Meaning in Your Quilts
"In my work, I create what I call a "scaffolding" of fabric, piecing, and quilting that allows me to reference many ideas on a single plane and adds meaning to each quilt. The raw materials are textiles from domestic culture, fashion, family heirlooms, and scavenged prints." Excerpted from the article by Heidi Parkes.
From the Dye Studio: Wrap & Roll
"Wrap and rust dyeing is a fabulous, unpredictable surface design process that uses the exciting natural pigments in specific botanical materials to create unique contact prints. We all know that rust can stain fabric, but combine it with leaves, seeds, flowers, roots, and stems wrapped in tight bundles of prepared-for-dyeing (PFD) cloth (plus mordants, heat, vinegar, and water) and you'll get some stunning results." Excerpted from the article by Maggie Vanderweit.
From Trash to Treasure: Recycling Studio Leftovers
"I dabble in many materials and techniques; my curiosity takes me in lots of different directions, and I find it productive to allow myself to play and experiment. As a result, I end up with lots of bits and pieces of stuff that are lovely, but I don't quite know what to do with them. I've recently discovered that this detritus can find a home—in mixed-media fiber art pieces." Excerpted from the article by Susan Brubaker Knapp.
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