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It's not about who's first
Compiled by Mabel Sieh
Dr Lau Siu-ling
PLK Choi Kai Yau School
Why do I want to encourage my students to take part in the competition?
I think this is a very meaningful competition because it recognises different kinds of talents among students, not just one. And it coincides with my own belief in education: everyone is good at something.
Hong Kong is full of competition, and many students seem to be studying for exam results, rather than for the love of learning. But too much competition goes against my motto to "Be happy in learning".
To study well, you need to love what you learn and enjoy it. Educators have a responsibility to make the environment enjoyable and conducive to learning for everyone. That's why in our school we have mixed-ability classes, not streaming. And we don't announce students' positions after exams at the end of the year.
This year, students will have a chance to inspire one another to learn. I'm always happiest when I see my students study together and collaborate in lessons, rather than just competing with one another every day.
What do I wish for my students?
Of course I want you to win the competition. But what I want more is for you to gain the best experience and enjoy the process. In life, there will be lots and lots of competition, and it will never seem to end. So, don't compete for first place; compete for excellence and to improve yourself. Learn how to relax and be happy no matter what, for that is the key to effective, lifelong learning.
I also encourage you to learn to take the responsibility to take care of yourself. You live a comfortable life, protected by many people who love you and help to serve your everyday needs. But you can still learn to do things for yourself. It will help you build up your confidence and courage to face difficulties in the future. Also, don't rush though life. Take your time to chat with friends, take time to reflect, and make time for yourself.
Lee Chi-sam
NTHYK Yuen Long District Secondary School
Why do I want to encourage my students to take part in the competition?
Yuen Long is a remote area in Hong Kong and is considered a "rural village". The students here don't necessarily get a chance to go out to the city. Their lives are here. Just imagine how much it would cost for a whole family from here to travel to Tsim Sha Tsui or Central to see the fireworks or a parade at Lunar New Year. They just can't afford it.
So, this competition is an opportunity for them to be exposed to and communicate with the outside world. As a principal, I'm thankful that such an opportunity provided to us by South China Morning Post.
Although my students have already won many awards within the school district, this competition will take them to the next level and stretch their potential even further. They will get to know other students outside their home area, which will help to open up their minds to accept more challenges in life.
What do I wish for my students?
I want you to develop your talents with a goal of serving Hong Kong. As I always say to you, grow up to be leaders. Don't allow yourselves to be limited by where you live or your family backgrounds.
I want each of you to start building your character while you are young and in school. Academic results are important in Hong Kong, but your character is also very important; it defines who you are.
As our teachers share with you in morning assemblies, we encourage you to learn to respect your parents, teachers and - in the future - your supervisor and boss. Respect and submission are good traditional values in Chinese culture, and we need to cherish them.
To the students who have been shortlisted, I congratulate you on your success thus far. I'm very proud of your achievements. And I want you to know the celebration of you has already begun - even before the final results are announced. So, be happy for yourselves and celebrate now!
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David Caldicott is an emergency medicine specialist at the Calvary Hospital in Canberra.
Broadcast date: Tuesday 16 September 2014
David is particularly interested in the treatment of recreational drug users, and not afraid to speak his mind when it comes to drugs policy.
He's a strong advocate for harm minimisation - he believes more education and less prohibition is the way to go.
David didn't choose this area of medicine; he got "shoved into it" when he was based in South Australia for ten years. He found the conservative approach to illicit drugs policy there not only aggravating, but "dangerous".
He felt he had to speak out publicly - something that won him enemies as well as friends.
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As part of the Global Fund Replenishment Conference, leading experts discussed how a more collaborative approach toward HIV and hepatitis elimination can help better utilize health resources and achieve optimal health outcomes.
Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death globally, killing more than 1.4 million people each year. By 2040, deaths from hepatitis will exceed that of HIV, TB and malaria combined if the status quo persists.
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I am by no means a writer, and I have noticed I cannot write long sexy lemons at all, but I had an idea, at least it's betad. You should thank evieeden and bbbee for that. And mechanicalrain999 for letting me know what she thought, even though I ignored a few things. ;) So anything you can find on the wrong side, not their fault, and I'll just blame my word for not saving shit.
I applaude the authors that do this every week with a 10.000 words, I'm pooped after this little diddy.
Also I own nothing... well I have a lot of crap, except all my Rob posters and movies, not crap, but ya know the whole Twi thing... not mine.
As I flew down the stairs in my not-so-graceful way, tripping and bumping my hip on the banister - how unusual - I was relieved he'd called. I would be forever grateful for the pause in the monotony of the last few weeks.
I gasped as I pulled the front door open. "God, Edward, give me a heart attack why don't you?" His answering chuckle made my girly bits tingle; worst part was he knew exactly what his laugh, smile... all the ways he was not frowning did to me. Since the end of high school and me agreeing to marry him, and him making that decision, he'd smiled more, he'd laughed more.
"Going somewhere?" he asked, snapping me out of my swooning thoughts.
"Yeah, Jacob called." His answering groan had me rolling my eyes. "Edward, you trust me, remember?"
"You know I do, love... It's him I don't trust."
"Well, I think he's been doing pretty good just being my friend lately. Besides I really need a break from packing." His smirk had me worried. "I'm going to be late, aren't I?"
"Well, I did come over here to distract you for a few hours, but if you'd rather hang out with Jake, who am I to stop you?" As he was declaring this to me, he'd pushed me further into the house, all while kissing, licking and smelling my neck. My thighs bumped into the kitchen table, as my hands found the back of his neck.
"Edward, am I gonna be late?" His nod and hum had me pulling him from my neck. "Then kiss me."
He wasted no time pushing his tongue in my mouth. He tasted so sweet, his cold tongue and lips had mine tingling in response.
"Bella, you're going to be so late." I felt the rip, and as I let go of his neck, the shirt I was wearing fell to the floor. I liked that shirt, but I couldn't for the life of me care that it was ruined.
He was so lucky he didn't need to breathe; I was a panting mess trying to get enough air in my lungs. Breathing through your nose gets hard when you're almost hyperventilating - that's what he does to me, renders me breathless.
Moving his mouth from mine, he kisses my forehead and whispers, "Get your pants off," against it.
While I scramble for the button on my jeans, he gracefully pulls his own shirt off and unzips his pants. He's wearing low slung, gray chinos today. Why I notice I have no idea. I don't dwell on it for long, for all of my thoughts are now on the reddish-tinted hair trailing from his bellybutton down to his lean, uncut cock. I might have never been up close with another naked male before, but growing up in the age of the internet I was far from a visual virgin; I knew what a beautiful cock was, and that sure was a beauty.
"Bella, your pants."
"Oh... sorry." I couldn't help but let out a giggle, I'd been so busy staring at him that I'd I forgotten to get naked. Shame on me.
He chuckled again. "That is completely ok, love. I know how I dazzle you." I slapped his arm as I continued to shuffle out of my pants. "Shit, my shoes! You have yours on too."
"Don't worry about it, love, I have an idea." He grabs my hips and spins me around, gently pushing me so I'm leaning over the table. In my stupor this is also the first time I notice that we're in my Father's kitchen. In the same kitchen that my mother painted yellow twenty years ago, in the same kitchen I'd been cooking in for the last two years. And I couldn't care less.
He was pulling my panties down my legs, oh so slowly. I was a writhing panting mess and he hadn't even touched me yet.
When the panties reached my jeans bunched around my ankles, I could feel Edward's breath on the back of my thigh. We'd been having sex for a while, and this was by far the most raciest thing we'd ever done, but his breath never left my skin, it was trailing inwards. "Edward, what are you doing?" I could hear the shiver in my own voice.
"Is this ok, love? I just want to try one thing." He never gave me a chance to respond before he'd licked me, clit-to-ass.
This was a foreign feeling; the moisture mixed with the cold of his tongue was a pleasant surprise, but a surprise nonetheless. He didn't give me much time to think about it as he spread me open with his fingers and latched on to my clit and sucked. "UNNNGH." Was my very verbal and well-thought through response.
He didn't let up, he licked, nibbled and teased and spread me wider with his fingers. I could hear his deep moans and feel his mumblings against my clit. As he pushed his tongue into me and squeezed my clit with his fingers, my toes curled, my eyes rolled into the back of my head and I screamed. "Edward, for a boy that's never done this before, you sure know how." He was kissing his way up my spine and he gave me a shallow bite as he reached my neck.
"That's gonna leave a mark," I mumbled into the Formica table.
"I know. But you're just so mouthwatering, I had to have a taste." He kissed me where he'd bitten me. I giggled. "And here I thought you'd just had a mouthful."
He laughed. "Thank you for letting me, I know we haven't talked about it..." he trailed off.
I lifted my head from the table and turned as much as I could with his weight still pushing me into it. "I trust you with everything I am and have. This was just a natural progression, nothing to talk about. Thank you for even wanting me in that way."
I puckered my lips and he quickly obliged me with his lips and tongue.
I pulled away. "Edward, seeing as I'm already late, and, well, you're half naked and have me bent over this table..." I wiggled my eyebrows. His smirk and wink was answer enough.
His hand left my side and soon found my opening. He gathered the moisture there and stroked his cock with it. He guided himself to my opening and pushed inside. I loved this feeling, the way he filled me, the way it felt like my body was complete.
As he grabbed my hips he started a relentless pounding, all that was heard in the small kitchen was my mewling, his groans and our flesh slapping against each other. He'd never been this rough with me before, but I loved it, I loved how far we'd come from that first night. He was pushing into me so hard and so deep I could feel the table move. He didn't stop; he just pulled my hips back to where he needed me. I tried to dig my nails into the table with no success; I just needed to hold on to something. I reached my arms backwards and grabbed his buttocks, now helping him push into me. I could feel his pelvis against my ass with every forward thrust. This was glorious; we were so doing this again.
My moans and mewls had turned into incoherent mumblings and deep gasps as I could feel him reach further into me than ever before.
"Bella, I'm so close, love... what do you need?" I couldn't respond even if I wanted to.
Instead, I let go of one of his buttocks and slid my fingers to my clit - we were going through new things a lot today, I'd never touched myself while he was making love to me before. I could hear and sense that Edward liked that too. His thrusts were getting shallower; he was so close. I kept rubbing and pinching my clit wanting to hit that place with him.
With one last push he let go inside me. Feeling the cum splatter me had me reaching the climax with him.
He collapsed against my back. Being the vampire he was, I know he didn't need the rest, but he always seemed to seek contact with me in that way when we'd been intimate. My breathing was slowing and I pushed myself off the table, Edward not being a hindrance just following my body in my movements, the shuffling making him slip out of me. When my feet were resting steadily on the floor, he reached his arms around me, pulling me against his chest and kissing my cheek. I could only hum in contentment.
Not soon after, I burst into guffaws. "I can't believe we did that in my Father's kitchen," I was panting out the words between my laughs. Edward just held me tighter and chuckled against my cheek.
"We'll need to get him a new table. There is no way I'll be able to eat on this with him again... You'll need to break it or something, and make it look good." He laughed a belly laugh at that and promised he would.
I looked at the clock on the wall and sighed, "I need to call Jake and let him know I'm on my way... after a quick shower that is." I turned in Edward's arms and gave him a joking glare.
"No," he breathed against my forehead.
"No, what? No, I won't be calling Jake, or no I won't be going there?" I was confused.
He made eye contact with me, just to make sure I knew he was serious. "No, you won't be taking a shower."
I gasped. "But I have your spunk running down my legs; I'll have Lake Edward in my panties."
"I can get you a towel to clean up with, but no, Bella, there will be no shower... and all the time you spend with Jacob, he'll be able to smell me, and sex on you." He pounced and devoured my mouth. This was a new Edward - I liked this Edward - and I couldn't disagree that being covered in his scent all day would be glorious. Against my better judgment I agreed, nodding without letting his mouth leave mine.
Edward had pulled his boxer briefs and pants up, and quickly run up the stairs to get me a towel. He put it under the warm water in the kitchen sink and then gently wiped me clean. He pulled my panties and jeans up and gave me a chaste kiss. I turned and looked for my top, finding it had fallen under the table. "You ruined my shirt, which Alice will kill you for by the way," I said as I bent to pick it up.
"Here," Edward thrust his shirt into my hands, "use this." He was smirking.
"Your shirt too?" I was trying to not smirk in response. "Feeling possessive today, are we?" I was full-blown smiling now.
He simply kissed me, told me to put it on, spanked my ass and escorted me to the door. I did not put up a fight... I adored this new Edward, the man that decided sex could be fun even if we weren't married.
So yeah, that's it... let me know what you think... :)


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Family and I did not get to leave the house until about 5pm because of other commitments and I was really dreading traffic but as it turned out the drive over only took about 15 minutes more than usual since traffic was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. We got to the campsite about 8pm to find that Gary and Casey were already there as was Jon as well as John and Mariscal. Camp was setup in about 30 minutes and we settled in around the campfire ring to wait for other late arrivals. At 1:30am I could not hold out anymore and climbed into bed. I guess about 2:30am Rick and Jennifer got to camp after having GPS issues, quickly setup the tent trailer, and collapsed.
Saturday dawned bright with clear skies promising to be no top, no doors, no worries weather. Daren was the first of the day trippers to arrive and was later followed by Jeff. We got a slow start and so rolled out of camp at 9:30am heading up and over the ridge towards the 4wd trails. Dust was an issue and so we tried to space out, kept the pace slower in order to help mitigate the problem but it still sucked for the people in back. The commute did not take long though and we hit the upper part of the Divide Trail first. Everyone was doing great, the trails were all logged out, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, the flowers were blooming in full force. It was a great day to be on the trail.
When we got to China Hill (no idea why that is the name). I set up the GoPro in an attempt to get a shot of everyone going down the hill so that I could hopefully turn it into a new video for the Tamers web site. As each of us took our turn at the hill, the camera caught all of the action including the tire lifts, suspension unloading, and the few tense moments that occurred. We all made it down the hill though and kept on going down the trail looking to see what we could find around the next corner.
We got to the end of the Divide trail and took a moment for a pit stop and pictures before heading up to Quartz Mountain to have lunch hoping that a breeze would keep the bugs away while we did so. Just before we headed out Gary said that he had a funny noise in his transfer case and should probably head back to camp before something really bad happed and he lost more than just 4low (which he already had lost). We all headed for Quartz and since I was in the lead I got to play a little in the snow that was still on top (about 3-4 feet in places) before hearing that Gary was going to turn around as the noise in the T case was getting really bad. I went ahead and drove back down the road passing the rest of the group which was going to go play in the snow and have lunch up top. While they were up there Melissa, Cassidy, and I had lunch with Gary and Casey waiting for the T case to cool down a little hoping that would help.
Sitting there eating lunch and talking, I was a little surprised when a Coyote walked across the road about 30 feet from us without so much as a sideways glance. They are usually pretty skittish so he must have been a deaf and blind coyote since he did not even acknowledge we were there. We hear over the radio that the rest of the crew was coming back down and so Gary and I worked out a route and plan for he and Casey to go back to camp. They would take a specific route and so that when we were done wheeling we would make sure to take the same route to ensure they made it back to camp. Turns out that was a good idea. Gary and Casey took off and I waited for the rest of the group to come down from Quartz. When we were all together again we followed them with the intention of running down Wells Meadow.
When we got to the trail head Rick, Jennifer, and Daren decided they were going to go ahead and head back to camp as they wanted to visit a bit before Daren had to return home early for another commitment. I showed them how to get back to camp the same way Gary and Casey were going and the group split up again with just 4 rigs taking the trail and now 4 rigs heading to camp.
Down the trail we go creeping and crawling putting along enjoying the flowers and trying to keep moving at just the right pace to be faster than the bugs who wanted to devour us. A couple miles into it we popped up on a bit of a ridge and I hear Rick talking to Gary over the CB. Rick is now towing Gary back to camp. Apparently the noise got a lot worse in the T case and so when Rick, Jennifer, and Daren caught up to Gary and Casey they found them driving backwards towards camp because the noise was not so bad in reverse. With an update that everyone was ok and a promise to come back to camp over the same route just in case and we kept wheeling.
Wells Meadow completed we took the Manastash Ridge trail heading towards Shoestring and the rock garden. Somewhere in the middle I was one the Ham Radio trying to reach Kevin from the Rainer Ridge Rams who was supposed to be in the area when I heard someone else calling me. Turns out it was a Ham in Lake Forest Park (100+ miles away)who heard me and just wanted to say hello. Keep in mind there was no Cellular signal where we were. So if you have any doubts as to the capabilities of Ham Radio to communicate over long distances … there you go.
Dropping off of the Manastash Ridge Trail we touched the Shoestring and then jumped into the Rock Garden where with the exception of Melissa, Cassidy, and I no one else had ever been. As such they were all appropriately in awe as each of us going through that moonscape is when we see it for the first time. If you have never been there it is something to behold and you really should try to do it sometime. We wandered our way through the garden following the not so visible trail through the hills and valleys of rock coming out the other side and wishing the trail was just a bit longer. We ran down the little bit of the Tip Over Trail there was towards the Shoestring and out the Shoestring past Region 4 Meadows and on towards Manastash campground. There we spilt up with John and Mariscal heading to town for supplies with Jeff heading towards home while the rest of use ran the agreed route back to camp just in case there were more issues getting Gary and Casey back. One more thing of note was that on the way back we saw about 10 Elk. One big bull with a bunch of cows and two calves right there in the meadow at Gnat flats just as you come down the FS road. It was a little early in the evening to see them and with the moon almost full I would have expected them to be out at night and not day. There they were though and I was happy for the chance to see them.
We finished the run back to camp to find that they early returners had made it just fine and there was no one to go searching for. Daren had already left and Jon had to head that way also to take care of a commitment but planned to return the next afternoon. John and Mariscal returned and we all settled in around the fire ring for the evening. After falling asleep in my chair I decided it was time to turn in and so bid goodnight to the group.
Second Day dawned much like the first except it was a little cooler but not so cool that you needed a coat if you did not want to have one. Only day trippers that we were expecting today were Chad, Dana, Kaelee, Colton, and Jaden. They rolled in just before 9am and had to wait for the rest of us to get our rear in gear to go wheeling. Gary and Casey decided they needed to be camping more than being at home and so planned to hang around camp since the Sammy was down for the count. So it was that Melissa, Cassidy, and I along with John, Mariscal, Rick, Jennifer, Chad, Dana, Jaden, Colton, and Kaelee left camp about 9:40am heading up and over the ridge towards the 4wd trails. We started with the Divide Trail again but this time headed towards Buck Meadows so that we could go across the bridge. Again we had people in the group that had never been over the bridge and as it is kind of a have to do, we made sure it got done.
From there we headed to Tripod flats along the 4W307 with the intention of going past the Moon Rocks and on the trails out towards Barber Springs which I had never run before. This would make sure that we got back to camp a little earlier so that Chad had a chance to head towards home before the back seat crowd got to restless. Just at the end of the 4W307 you pop out onto a ridge with a great view of Mt Rainer. It was noon and there was a breeze so we decided it was a good place to stop for lunch.
The mountain was big in the background and no one could resist getting pictures taken with the mountain in the background not to mention the flowers blooming all around. So it was that I did not think it odd when Chad handed me his phone so that I could take pictures of Colton, Jaden, Kaelee, Dana, and himself. I snapped off a few pictures and let him know I was done. He asked the kids to come stand with everyone else so that I could get one of just Dana and him. I snapped off a couple pictures of them together with the mountain in the background and then before I knew it Chad was down on one knee holding a ring before Dana asking her to marry him (Melissa told me to keep taking pictures at this point … thank you dear). Dana was shocked to say the least not to mention everyone else watching this special occasion unfold. I think it took her about 30 seconds to get her breath back before should could say YES so that Chad could put the ring on her finger and they could seal it with a kiss. After what seemed like an appropriate amount of time the two came up for air and everyone closed in with congratulations, hugs, and handshakes. On occasion when you are out with the Tamers there is a moment that happens which is remembered again and again when we gather. Each moment is different and they are all remembered for different reasons. This is one of those moments and I for one will remember it with no small amount of happiness for years to come. Thank you for sharing the special moment with us Chad and Dana.
Needless to say compared to that moment the rest of the day was not to eventful. Once everyone was ready we headed towards the Moon Rocks and climbed up the line across the top to drop down on the other side and head out the trail towards Barber Springs. We stopped along the way so that I could catch a couple of Geocaches and people could take breaks but the trip was largely uneventful. Getting down to Manastash road people decided that supplies were in order so John and Mariscal went to Ellensburg while the rest of us headed to Thorp for Fuel and Ice Cream. There was a pretty good head wind blowing on the way to Thorp but it helped to cool things down a little and made the drive across the valley a pleasant one. Fueled and Treated we headed back to camp so that Chad could get his mud flaps before heading home with his Fiancée and the kids while the rest of us got dinner and settled in for the evening around the campfire ring including Jon who was back in camp.
The third day dawned with almost as nice as the other two but just a touch cooler. I had to wear a sweatshirt for a while as it was just a little too cool in the morning but eventually I did not need to have one. The day never did get hot really but it was nice. Everyone got up and moving again and before we left on the run we said our goodbyes to John and Mariscal who were heading for home as well as Casey and Gary who had planned to go home on Monday morning from the get go. So it was that we were just 3 rigs. Jon in his JK Crawler, Rick and Jennifer in the XJ that can, and Melissa, Cassidy, and I in the YJ that will not quit. We ran up and over the hill again this time running down the Divide Trail towards Buck Meadows with the intention of crossing the bridge again then heading for Tri Pod Flats.
On the way to Tri Pod we came upon a Ford Ranger with a 70s Bronco that were having carburetor issues. Apparently all of the bouncing around on the rocks had caused the carburetor on the Bronco to act up and they were having issues getting it started again. We took the time to help them get things going again with a little advice and a jumpstart. With assurances that they we good then we parted ways and continued on up the trail towards Tri Pod again. Through Tri Pod we went and then just after turned onto the Tip Over Trail and that part of it that we had not run this weekend. There were a few spots on the trail that gave all three of the rigs a moment of pause. If it was not fitting your rig between trees it was losing traction on a steep rocky hill but we all got through it just fine. Popping out of the trees in to the area that had burned a couple years before as the result of a forest fire started by lightening we deemed the breeze good enough to keep the bugs away and stopped for lunch on the trail surrounded once again by wild flowers. We all talked to a while and ate lunch while taking pictures and picking up a bit of trash here and there which others had left behind.
Lunch finished we motored on down the trail. There was talk of running up Manashtash ridge as no one had been there before but time was not in our favor so we decided to head for the Rock Garden again since Rick and Jennifer had never been there. So it was that we wondered through the Rock Garden and came out the other side onto the Shoestring trail. We ran the last little bit of that to the Manashtash Ridge Trail which we ran to Wells Meadow and up to the FS road leading to Quartz Mountain. Once on the road we turned away from Quartz Mountain and headed back towards camp after a quick pitstop at the facilities near the end of the Divide Trail. Back up and over the hill and into camp so that we could all clean up and get ready to head home the next morning. With dinner completed we sat around the fire ring and talked about the day as well as days gone by, enjoying each other's company. Wiped out, we all turned in about the same time and I bet it was not 29 seconds after my head hit the pillow that I was asleep.
The morning dawned again much like the previous three but with one difference. There were a couple of Raven's screaming and it was much too early. I do not know who told them we wanted to get up that early or maybe they got the message wrong and mixed up campsites but it was too early. With the threat of horrible traffic on the pass looming over my head I wanted to get an early start anyway and so started to work towards that goal. Jon left just before Melissa, Cassidy, and I at about 8am . We said goodbye to Rick and Jennifer who were going to move camp to the Naches as they were on an extended holiday. Wished I could have gone over there with them. It is always nice to camp with the Tamers.
Lessons Learned
– Leaving early before a long weekend is not always the best way to avoid traffic.
– Casey likes to put up a lot of signs pointing to where the Tamers are camping.
– Tamer Time is real and if something actually starts on time it is early.
– Anything can happen when Chad hands you his camera.
– The Rock Garden is really cool even if you have been there a dozen times.
– Camping even if you rig is broken is better than going home and doing chores.


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I'll admit it to the blogging universe, but never to my husband's face, that when I ask for an honest opinion, I generally want the person I'm asking to lie.
I once asked a psychiatrist if I was crazy. His reply was that mentally ill folk don't think their behavior or thoughts are abnormal so it wouldn't occur to them to ask about the appropriateness of their actions, therefore, I didn't qualify for 'crazy'. I say there's always an exception and that psychiatrists are a lot like politicians…never a straight answer.
I asked Himself, once upon a time, what was the big deal (no pun intended) about Kim Kardashian's badonkadonk and why everyone just swooned over it. The man chose to make hand gestures to describe the difference between hers and mine. He did not choose wisely, grasshopper, and spent a very lonely week if you get my meaning. On the other hand, I've asked if something made me look jaundiced, fat, old, dead (pick your descriptive) and he's lied like a champ. Ah, well, one ill-chosen response should not make him a doghouse occupant for life. Perhaps he thought I genuinely wanted an honest answer. Silly man.
If you keep up with my blogging ramblings, you know I was told in a half-assed, kinda-sorta manner back in July that I might possibly, probably, take-my-best-educated-guess have fibromyalgia. It wasn't one of those moments that instilled a lot of confidence in the medical community, especially when it was suggested I get a sleep study first. WTH?! 'Go to a specialist', my mother intoned. I had the doctor set me up an appointment and then I promptly fired her. I'm sorry, but when I want answers, I want answers not some dilly-dallying, waffling crap. I can get better info from Wikipedia.
So, Thursday I got my definitive answer. I'd already been warned by an acquaintance to expect to basically be told what I was going to do and when with regard to treatment. Haha! I don't take those meds anymore, so we'd just see how accommodating I'd be.
I'm not a huge fan of doctors. If I'm there, sitting in my skivvies and covered only by a paper 'gown', it's fairly obvious a good time is not about to be had by all.
Imagine my surprise when I was sitting in my skivvies, haute couture paper gown in place AT MY APPOINTMENT TIME! Grab the smelling salts, y'all! Yes, on time, I tell you…with the doctor already in the room. As I rambled on about why I was there, Dr. F perused the paltry lab notes sent over from Dr. You've Been Fired. Then I got put through the ringer. Tender points I didn't know existed on my body were poked and prodded and every extremity and joint I owned was put through more contortions than a cheap hooker. We discussed the weather, the economy, immigration and politics. He asked if I ran my household the way the President is running the country…no lie. All while I'm sitting there half-naked and freezing. Charming.
'Let's be honest here, doc. All I want is a yes or a no. I know there aren't lab tests to diagnose this. I don't want medicine of any kind with all the lovely side effects. Just give me a yes or a no and if it's no, what are you going to do then and I'll be satisfied.' He blinked at me like an owl. Crickets chirped. Apparently, according to Dr. F, my attitude is my best offense against fibro. Who knew being an obstinate, sarcastic, pain in the ass could be an asset? Well, me, but no one else seems to appreciate the finer points of my personality.
In the end, the answer was the same: yes, to the fibromyalgia. Was I disappointed that was the only thing wrong with me…was his question to me. No, I'm good that that's all it is. Isn't that enough? It sucks monkey nuts that there's nothing the medical community can do to make it better sans side effects but them's the breaks, right? I'm satisfied and life can now go on, not that it wasn't already marching forth whether I was ready or not. I mentioned the acupuncture and Chinese herbs and was impressed he didn't roll his eyes and could actually read the herbs, written in Chinese no less, on the label. He seemed a bit shocked that I didn't want painkillers or sleeping pills, but let's be honest, they're not going to do any good. This is life and life goes on. It's not like I don't put on my big girl panties everyday anyway.


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Current Late Show host David Letterman will welcome his future replacement, Stephen Colbert, as a guest on the show next week, CBS announced Tuesday.
Letterman announced earlier this month his plans to retire in 2015. CBS quickly named Colbert, who currently hosts Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, as Letterman's successor.
"Simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career," Colbert said after he was revealed as Letterman's eventual replacement. Looks like he'll have a shot at that once again.


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Our Pinot Nero is produced entirely grapes produced French clones. The fermentation is spontaneous in open wooden vats, while malolactic fermentation takes place in barriques. The wine is then refined for twelve months in French durmast oak casks.
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A grape with small berries that has been cultivated in South Tyrol for decades, and which prevails in an aristocratic red wine. With its strong flowery bouquet, velvety finish and fine tannic quality, this wine is perfectly suitable as an accompaniment to meat dishes.
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Our pinot bianco grows in the Trifall vineyard at an altitude of 450 m. After the harvest, which is performed with various successive pickings for a period of two weeks, the controlled low temperature fermentation takes place in acacia barrels. The successive refinement also takes place in local acacia barrels, to confer this wine with its fresh and fruited apple and honey aromas.
Lightly-baked, crunchy rye bread in small format. As a rule, our South Tyrolean Mini-Schüttelbrot is eaten between meals (during a so-called 'Jause' or 'Brotzeit') or rather during a light afternoon meal (the South Tyrolean 'Marende'). It makes of course a perfect accompaniment to wine and beer.
Villa Nigra is the Latin name fort he Scharzhaus ("Black House") estate, a vineyard as if made for producing fine Pinto Noir of top international standing. The strongly contrasting temperatures between day and night time enables Pinot grapes to develop their intense classic varietal character, reminiscent of raspberry, morello cherry and blackberry. An elegantly-structured wine, slender with smooth ripe tannins on the finish
Terlano Vineyards is particularly renowned for its white wines, which are fruity, with big body, full complexity and longevity
An intense cherry red, aromas of orchard fruit and wild berries, cranberries in particular, and well integrated notes of oak unify in this wine of well-balanced structure, soft tannins and a velvety finish.


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Most Finnish LSPs build their businesses around local customers and government programs. However, over the last couple of decades, Finland changed its external trade significantly, and while it still sells a lot to Russia, the top trade partners are now Germany, the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
Finland boasts the fourth largest economy in the Nordics after Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Finland is the largest exporter of coated paper in the world, but its best-known global brand is Nokia – a multinational company that caters to telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics.
The language in Finland is very different from the rest of the Nordic countries. It has many grammatical cases and inflections, is difficult to learn for most English speakers, and is ranked 4 out of 5 in terms of learning difficulty by the Foreign Service Institute (5 being the most difficult). Only 500,000 Finnish speakers live outside the country (Ethnologue), primarily in the Nordic countries, creating a limited pool of translators. The market is very insular and resilient to outside sales and outside trends – a little like Japan.
Most Finnish LSPs build their businesses around local customers and government programs. However, over the last couple of decades, Finland changed its external trade significantly, and while it still sells a lot to Russia, the top trade partners are now Germany, the United States, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Swedish, the second official language in Finland, and English, the global lingua franca, are the two languages that require the most translation and interpreting services.
Our preliminary estimate for total sales by language services providers registered in Finland is 179.2 million euros in 2017, roughly USD 208.7 million. The figure is based on a company survey, and on the official national statistics report on all enterprises with "Translation and Interpreting" as the main activity. This also includes the revenue by subcontractors working for larger providers.
Market size is in stark contrast with neighboring countries. Compared to the Baltic states, the Finnish market is approximately twice as large as Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia combined even though Finland's population is smaller – 5.5 million inhabitants vs 6.1 million in the Baltics. In contrast to Estonia, in Latvia and in Lithuania, most of the revenue comes from local customers. Compared to Sweden, the Finnish market is smaller and doesn't have any local player larger than USD 20 million, whereas Sweden has produced at least four players in this price range.
The Finnish government invests a significant amount of money into accessibility, creating a niche for Finnish Sign Language interpreting that exceeds 15 percent of the total market. This is for the population of about 5,000 Finnish Sign Language speakers (Ethnologues). The principal player is the Evantia Group, however other sizable providers exist in this space, and some companies are switching from traditional T&I to sign language.
The top-3 providers – Semantix Finland, AAC Global, and Lingsoft – are responsible for 25 percent of the total market volume, and the top-50 LSPs are responsible for 52 percent of the work. The remaining 48 percent is split between 1,287 smaller "Oys", or limited companies, mostly one-person shops with an average revenue of €66,700 (USD 77, 700). That would equal one person's salary, including applicable taxes and office costs.
Official statistics put growth at 20.66 percent a year over the last three years, with stagnation over 2013-2014. A 12-percent boost in 2016 was apparently brought about by an influx of asylum seekers who contributed to the demand for interpreting services. Since this crisis is now considered to be over and the GDP growth is slowing down to 1.8-1.2 percent a year (IMF), we expect language services to continue growing at an average pace of 5.5 percent a year. The total market size should exceed €200 million (USD 233 million) by the end of 2020.
Our early survey results show that companies sell English <> Finnish translations at EUR 0.20 – 0.25 per word (USD 0.23 – 0.29), which is a higher rate than in Germany, France, and United Kingdom for Western European languages. It is even higher than the average rate for translations in large contacts in the United States public sector, and is only comparable to other Nordic countries as well as to specialist translations from Japanese to English.
In Finland, the number of employed linguists, translators, and editors is quite small – about 4000 in total – and according to the national statistics office Tilastokeskus, it has been stable for the last four years. With the annual growth of content volumes produced each year, and with the number of human knowledge workers staying largely the same, rates will remain resilient to pressure for a few years. To process increased volumes and maintain their vendor pool, LSPs will have to rely on increases in translation productivity due to TM and MT, as well as on students from universities in major cities like Helsinki, Turku, and Tampere.
Finland boasts some of the highest per-word translation rates in the world and the LSPs who work in the country know that Finnish customers are extremely loyal. The market is encapsulated by the complexity of the language. All of this makes LSPs with an established portfolio very attractive for mergers and acquisitions.
Furthermore, due to relatively high taxes and salaries, the potential for cost-cutting is high as well. So, an investor buying a few companies and merging a Finnish LSP with an LSP in a lower-cost zone can improve profits and get better returns.
That's why acquisitions will likely become more commonplace in 2018-2020. Private equity will look to purchase a bigger share of the market by targeting leading companies, and smaller players will look to merge in order to become more relevant and valuable for one of the Nordic strategic investors.
Nimdzi Insights is pleased to share with you, the following PowerPoint presentation with accompanying video by our own Chief Researcher, Konstantin Dranch.
Nimdzi is excited to partner with the SKY association to perform an in-depth analysis of the language services market in Finland. This is a very interesting market to study, so we decided to publish a sneak peak of what we have found so far. […]
New disciplines are continually being created as the way we do business evolves. Trends pop up. Some only for a moment, others for the long-run. Entire market niches come into being seemingly out of thin air. Although it's not always easy to know where these trends come from or where they are headed, the truth of the matter is that they burst forth in a flurry into our daily lives, and suddenly everyone is talking about them.
Every once in a while, people outside of the localization industry join events dedicated to the language business. We've heard them say we're a nice bunch of people, enthusiastic about our jobs. This feeling surrounding our industry was confirmed once again at MESA's Content Workflow Management forum in London on 26 February.
The Nimdzi 100 is our flagship piece of content. It includes a ranking of the top 100 LSPs by revenue, a watchlist of large players that don't disclose their revenues, and a detailed overview of the size and state of the language services industry. The Nimdzi 100 is widely considered an industry standard and is read by tens of thousands of people in the translation and localization space and beyond. LSPs, localization buyers, investors, savvy job seekers, and analysts will benefit from this free resource.


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We've all been there before: So many skin-care products, so little time. As diligently as we beauty obsessives may try to commit to a perfectly planned out, multi-step skin-care routine, some days — OK, most days — it just doesn't happen. But I'm not here to make you feel bad about that or try to convince you to invest in another half dozen products that all work toward the same goal (aka, that dewy, glowing complexion we all want).
Instead, the latest skin-care trend is here to answer our collective call for a more streamlined approach that still gets the job done — and done just as well. Enter: "skip care." In many ways, it's the antithesis of the popular 10-plus-step beauty routines. Although just as trendy and effective, skip care involves paring down your product and ingredient load to only a few overachieving essentials. It's going back to basics and using a select number of powerful products that offer a multitude of skin benefits without sacrificing any efficacy.
If you've ever yearned for a more manageable skin-care regimen on those nights when 10-plus steps feel like too much, or you're looking to try out a more minimalist approach in general, a skip-care skin-care routine might be just the thing. Curious about it myself, I felt it was time to consult some experts about skip care, including how it works and how to do it right. Here's a hint: Streamlining your routine with the SK-II Facial Treatment Essence can have some serious skin and time-saving benefits.
The Benefits of a Minimalist Skin-Care Routine
A skip-care routine offers the same benefits as its lengthier and more-involved counterparts, but with fewer steps taken and products used. Simply stated, skip care is beauty minimalism at its best. How does that check out? First off, it's all about using products that, thanks to key ingredients and formulations, perform multiple tasks in one fell swoop. Secondly, in some cases, it turns out that using too many products at once could actually present certain issues.
"A more complicated, multi-step regimen is not necessarily better," explains Joshua Zeichner, director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. "Using more product means more potential irritation. Plus, we really don't know whether the products you are combining are actually compatible with each other." That last bit is especially important because not only can certain ingredient combinations cause skin irritation, "it is [also] quite possible that one product inactivates another," Zeichner says.


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About Green and Tidy
Green and Tidy Garden Maintenance was formed as a limited company in 2012 by Michael McLean and Oliver Brown with a simple mission in mind – to provide professional and reliable gardening services with cost effectiveness in mind.
Ease of use if a key part of our service as so often we have heard of people complaining how hard it is to find a decent gardener. There are so many services out there that are unqualified, unreliable and un professional our aim was to create as service that was not only easy to use, but that deliver exceptional results and made our clients want to use us again and again.
We understand that having a gardeners is a luxury and not an absolute must, because of this we make sure that we go the extra mile to understand our customers needs and preferences and do our very best to make them satisfied. We continue to work customers that have used us since day one, have provided services for over 3000 happy customers and continue to get highly reviewed for work that we have carried out.
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When I was a kid, the week before Christmas felt interminable, while I waited eagerly for the night Santa came down the chimney with mounds of new toys for my sister and me. I always had a hard time falling asleep Christmas Eve. I remember lying awake one Christmas Eve, listening intently, and at the stroke of midnight I could have sworn I heard the sound of hooves landing on the roof.
I also remember the stage when I began to clue in about the secret behind Santa, though I wasn't quite ready to let go of the magic. This was around 1980, when The Muppet Show was one of my must-see TV programs, and the one thing I really wanted for Christmas was a Kermit the Frog doll. It was the only thing I asked the mall Santa to bring me. To shore up my chances, I made sure to tell my mother what I'd asked Santa for.
Lo and behold, I found Kermit under the tree Christmas morning. (My sister got Animal, the drummer from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem). Was it Santa who had granted my request? Was it Mom? Who could be sure?
My best friend, Jennifer, received a Kermit too. We played with our Kermits for hours and brought them everywhere with us, even to summer camp. The doll was about 14" tall and had Velcro fasteners on his feet and hands, so I could hang him or prop him up in all kinds of places. I dressed him in baby doll clothes so he didn't have to be naked all the time.
Kermit is still with me but spends most of his time in a box now. All these years later, he's in pretty good shape. Whenever I see him, I smile, thinking back on a time when the magic of Christmas was real. And he reminds me to enjoy the magic through my kids' eyes for as long as it lasts.


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Nationality: Canadian
Famous: Saturday Night Live Cast Actors
Age: 70 Years, 70 Year Old Males
Sun Sign: Aries
Also Known As: Martin Hayter Short, CM
Born in: Hamilton
Famous as: Actor
Height: 5'7" (170 cm), 5'7" Males
Spouse/Ex-: Nancy Dolman
father: Charles Patrick Short
mother: Olive Hayter
siblings: Brian Short, David Short, Michael Short, Nora Short
children: Henry Short, Katherine Elizabeth Short, Oliver Patrick Short
City: Hamilton, Canada
education: McMaster University, 1972 - Westdale Secondary School
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Martin Short is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer who became an American citizen later on in life. Short was born in Ontario, Canada and graduated from university with a degree in social work with the intention of working in social work; however, his talent as an actor paid dividends as he was given his first break in a play. From then on he continued to be an actor- comedian and worked primarily in television and radio before moving to New York. In America, Martin Short worked in popular comedy shows on TV and subsequently he went on to feature in the hugely popular show 'Saturday Night Live' that made him a household name. Short also went on to host talk shows and comedy shows on his own that were highly successful. It was not long before Short decided that he could also be a successful film star and some of his well-known films include 'Three Amigos', 'Innerspace' and two 'Father of the Bride' films. Despite being an extremely busy comedian and actor; Martin Short went back to the stage time and again to act in plays. Martin Short is without doubt one of the most iconic comedians from Hollywood and his appearances on 'Saturday Night Live' are still regarded as memorable.
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- Martin Hayter Short was born on 26 March 1950 in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Charles Patrick Short and Olive Grace. His father was a steel company executive while his mother was a concertmistress. Short was the youngest of five children in the family; others being three sons and a daughter.Martin Short displayed his talents as an actor, mimic and entertainer right from the time when he was a child and his mother provided him with all the encouragement that he needed in order to pursue his dreams. He studied at the Westdale Secondary School in his home town of Hamilton.Martin Short went to McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and in 1971 received a bachelors' degree in social work. This was a particularly hard time for him as he had lost both his parents. His mother succumbed to cancer three years prior to his graduation while his father died two years after his mother's death.Quotes: YouContinue Reading BelowYou May LikeRecommended Lists:
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- Martin Short wanted to work as a social worker and after graduating in the subject he wanted to pursue it. However, in 1971, in the same year in which he graduated he got his first break as an actor when he was cast in the play 'Godspell'. He got acquainted with some well-known actors and the following year he worked in the drama 'Fortune and Men's Eyes'.In 1972, Short became the host of the music show named 'Right On' and later on became a member of comedy troupe who went by the name 'Toronto's Second Comedy'. Martin Short primarily worked in television and theatre in Canada for seven years before he got a role in the little known American show 'The Associates'.After appearing in the unsuccessful TV show 'I'm a Big Girl Now'; Martin Short finally got his big break when he appeared he appeared in the comedy show 'Second City Television', more popularly known as SCTV in 1982. SCTV brought Martin Short into the limelight and before long he became a recognisable name on television.In 1984, Martin Short joined the cast of iconic show 'Saturday Night Live' and according to many, it was his addition to the cast that revived the show after the exit of Eddie Murphy. Following his performances on 'Saturday Night Live'; Short appeared in special programmes like 'Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas', 'Martin Short Comedy Special' , 'I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood' and a talk show named 'The Martin Short Show' among many others.In 1986, Martin Short made his first foray into films with the film 'Three Amigos' and followed it up with 'Innerspace' the following year. Among the many films in which he has appeared in the subsequent years; his role in 'Father of the Bride' is particularly notable although the movie wasn't a big success. Short had also lent his voice to characters in animated films.In 1993, Martin Short went back to theatre and acted in the play 'The Goodbye Girl' which was staged in Broadway. Short's performance was widely appreciated and later on he appeared in other highly acclaimed plays like 'Little Me' and 'The Producers'. His one man show 'Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me' was staged on Broadway 13 years after he first appeared in 'The Goodbye Girl'.Martin Short played the character Jiminy Glick in the show 'Primetime Glick' which aired on Comedy Central for two years starting from 2001 and was widely regarded as one of the funniest shows.Martin Short turned writer and actor in the film 'Jiminy Glick in Lalawood' which released in the year 2004. Two years later he appeared in the film 'The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'.In 2010, Martin Short was approached by the producers of the FX show 'Damages' to play the role of the attorney Leonard Winstone. He starred in the show alongside actor Glenn Close.In 2013, Martin Short appeared in a special edition of the show 'Saturday Night Live' along with Steve Martin and Chevy Chase. From 2014 to 2015, he portrayed the role of Lou Cannon in the Fox sitcom Mulaney.Recommended Lists:
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- Martin Short is without doubt one of the most recognisable comedians and actors in Hollywood who has made a name for himself across mediums. However, it was his work for 'Saturday Night Live' in 1984–85 that deserves to be regarded as his most important work.Personal Life & Legacy
- After being in a relationship with actress Gilda Radner for some time, Martin Short married actress Nancy Dorman in 1980. They had three sons. Dorman died in 2010.Although Martin Short was born and brought up in Canada, he became a US citizen later on in life.Net Worth
- Martin Short has an estimated net worth of $25 million.
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5G is approaching us with big steps, what means that companies working on the next generation of mobile networks are performing more and more interesting tests. So far, demonstration solutions have been based on the initial implementation of 5G technology, which offer high data rates but with a stationary terminal. On the other hand, NTT Docomo, Intel, Ericsson and Toyota have shown that 5G can also work in a driving car. Why is it so important?
The 5G NR standard that is still being developed assumes the use of OFDM modulation in the air interface. This technique involves simultaneous transmission of signals on orthogonal subcarriers. What does it mean? Their frequencies are so chosen that the signals do not interfere with each other. This is a very beautiful theory that is broken by the Doppler effect. What does the changing siren frequency and a wireless carriers have in common? The same thing happens with radio waves. In this case, the frequency of each subcarrier varies according to the speed at which the terminal is moving. Each of the subcarriers will change by the different frequency offset, what introduces interference between them. Therefore, for both 5G and LTE systems, it is important to implement the Doppler effect cancellation circuit.
In the latest 5G tests, 1 Gbps throughput was achieved for a vehicle traveling at 30 kph speed.
The recently announced speed records achieved with prototype 5G solutions may suggest that this is a poor result. But in the whole experiment, the most important thing is that the tests were conducted on the real streets of Tokyo, and the car was constantly connected to a 5G network consisting of 3 base stations. Therefore, continuous streaming of 4k video under such conditions should be impressive. The already mentioned 1 Gbps speed is the maximum value obtained during data receiving in a moving vehicle that has a suitable antenna installed on the roof. On the other hand, the data was sent from the car to base station at speeds of up to 600 Mbps.
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PalmID®: a user-friendly biometric authentication technology that brings a new level of security for digital devices with a camera (either RGB or IR)
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Basic palm-based authentication is one of today's easiest to integrate authentication systems because it works on any camera-equipped device. No new hardware is required and everything is done through our SDK. This easy-to-use software library runs on all major operating systems and custom solutions are available on-demand
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At Redrock Biometrics our patented palm-based authentication solution enables any camera-equipped device to read the user's unique palm print - even under low-light conditions (the light from as little as a cellphone screen is enough to capture an accurate palm image). This is all done while giving cutting edge accuracy and security
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The human palm is a complex set of skin lines and creases that is unique enough to identify an individual
When a palm is placed in front of a camera from a distance of around six inches (15 cm) even a low-end camera such as ones already installed in phones, laptops and ATMs can capture the palm skin in great detail
Once captured the biometrics pipeline is a two stage process: - The PalmID® Capture Module uses sophisticated machine vision techniques to turn the RGB video input stream into an authentication-ready palm image. - The PalmID® Matching Module matches in real time the captured palm image against stored references. This process uses proprietary algorithms extensively tested against large datasets of palm images that ensure no false positives. Depending on the security model required, this process can be run on a remote server or locally
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PalmID® meets the authentication needs for a wide range of markets, and is a high-performance solution for nearly any application with a standard camera. Among the many markets where PalmID is effective are:
PalmID® benefits from an enormous market opportunity: with 600 million entry-level phones, 700 million desktops, laptops and tablets and 105 million AR/VR products devices in users' hands, the camera enabled device market is wide open for adopting palm based biometrics today. With an addition, 40 billion online transactions take place each year the need for enhanced security will continue to grow dramatically in next five years.
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From NCR Mexico Innovation Show. NCR presents a new ATM named Kelpie. This ATM uses PalmID® technology to provide cardless transactions.
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Redrock Biometrics' innovative PalmID solution is rapidly gaining market acceptance and adoption by organizations in a wide range of industries. Please check back for regular updates on development and industry coverage.
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Welcome to the Unitarian Universalists of Central Delaware
Update on UUCD's Response to COVID-19 Crisis
Greetings, and welcome to the Unitarian Universalists of Central Delaware (UUCD). If you are new to Unitarian Universalism (UU), you are in for a real adventure. If you know a little (or a lot) about UU's, this will be somewhat familiar territory.
We were chartered in 2009; but we come out of a long progressive tradition of freethinking, responsible people who take very seriously growing as spiritual beings. We are a small group, but value enthusiastically sharing our time energy and talent.
What Do We Believe?
We have tried to capture for you here in some small way the complexity and diversity of our spiritual community. That is often hard to do as we are more about supporting and engaging each other on our own individual spiritual journeys, than on making truth claims or seeking conformity. It is often said that we are more interested in a good discussion, than in agreement. So rather than being about a belief system, we are about personal freedom and personal responsibility. We each have the personal freedom to search for our own understanding. With that comes the personal responsibility to follow through on that quest. In the words of Richard Gilbert, we: 'provide tools for building a theology based on the materials of our individual life experiences.'
So if you are looking for a spiritual home which:
- welcomes you as you are,
- celebrates the human condition as it is,
- challenges us to explore the meanings of our lives, and the commitments which give it purpose,
- encourages us to ask questions about our understanding of the sacred and divine,
- engages with us in the answers we find,
- offers the support of a caring community, and
- provides us with a safe place to discover more about ourselves;
then come and join us. We gather on Sunday mornings to celebrate life.
If you are interested in joining our mailing list or learning more, please contact us!
For more about our denomination's beliefs, principles, and history, please check our page About Unitarian Universalism.
UUCD Welcomes Our New Minister
The Rev. Dr. Kharma R. Amos is absolutely thrilled to begin working with the Unitarian Universalists of Central Delaware. She has been working with the Unitarian Universalist Association to receive plural standing (dual affiliation) for the last year, and is nearly finished with that process. Rev. Amos was ordained by Metropolitan Community Churches in 2002, and she has served in MCC as a local church pastor (9 years) and denominational staff (8 years).
For more information about Rev. Amos, please see our Our Minister page.
Sunday Services
We are cancelling services, including all meetings after worship. We will not schedule future services or meetings until more is known about how we can best respond to the COVID-19 health crisis. Click here for the latest update
We are going to try our first UUCD Virtual Worship service via Zoom on Sunday, April 5th at our normal 10:00 am time.
Until then, we invite you to make time on Sunday morning for an alternative form of worship. Specifically, we suggest you watch the video of the Opening Worship from the Unitarian Universalist Association 2019 General Assembly. Not only will this provide you with a good experience, it will give you a taste of our GA. You may wish to attend this year since it is so close to us (relatively) in Providence, RI.
We also encourage you to attend a UU Virtual Streaming Worship Service on Sundays. We recommend one or more of the following:
- 10:00 am Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware
- 10:15 am: Arlington UU
- 10:30 am: First U of Wilmington (you need to register ahead of time to be sent a link to use each Sunday)
- 11:00 am: Cedar Lane UU
- 1:00 pm: Foothills UU
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According to Chartbeat Analytics, only one out of every three clicks on a native ad unit leads to 15 seconds or more of engagement. Users who engage with content for 15 seconds or longer consume 80% or more of the page, according to the same study. This means that 66% of all native advertising spend is wasted if actual content engagement is important – and for content marketers, it should be.
According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (AIB), for every three dollars spent on digital advertising one dollar is lost to fraud. In addition, a study conducted by the Association of National Advertisers concluded that bot click-fraud can represent up to 37% of total publisher impressions.
Clearly, the amount of waste in online digital advertising is unacceptable and unsustainable for the long term. This is also, in large part, one of the main reasons Proctor & Gamble eliminated $200 million in digital advertising spend last year – with a plan for eliminating an extra $400 million in agency production costs by 2021. There must be a better way.
How AI can battle (and win) waste, fraud and abuse
Two use cases come to mind regarding AI's use in combating waste, fraud and abuse – analytics and scaled multivariate testing in a dynamic cost per engagement (dCPE) environment (as opposed to impressions or click-based schemes). More on this later.
For artificial intelligence (AI) to provide optimum value, in most use cases, it generally needs large quantities of structured and/or unstructured data. The more data provided the more precise it can learn and prescribe and/or predict next actions to the marketer or advertiser.
This holds true in both use cases described above.
AI in Analytics
The vast majority of analytics solutions many use today are very one-dimensional in nature, meaning – marketers have access to data from websites up to one degree away. However, innovative companies like DemandJump have integrated AI into its technology which pulls in dozens of structured and unstructured data sources.
It does so in order to create a three-dimensional map of a brand's topical sphere of influence online. This is the equivalent of having access to all of the analytics from the websites that link to a marketers and access to the analytics of every site that links to those.
This level of detailed tracking allows brands to identify inefficient and/or nefarious digital advertising neighborhoods. In addition, it helps identify new lucrative advertising opportunities.
AI, Multivariate Testing and dCPE
Many paid media critics point to the impressions and click-based economies of digital advertising as the root of the problem with waste, fraud and abuse. Few would argue this point.
So, what if we could eliminate these models in favor of something marketers want – content engagement? inPowered has developed the technology to do just that. It's AI sits over 35+ native and social supply partners.
With the volume of partners, headline and image combinations and targeting, thousands of possible permutations can arise from promoting just a few content assets. It's these combinations that allow the AI to do multivariate testing at scale.
This enables advertisers to quickly find the best combination of the above that are most likely to spend 15 seconds or more with the content post-click. Over time, the machine learning gets smarter and smarter, further reducing the CPE. That's what makes it dynamic CPE or dCPE. Those savings are reinvested into the top performing permutations, leading to even more engagement and further learnings.
The Fix is Here
With the two AI-driven solutions described above brands like Unilever and P&G no longer have to take drastic measures by pulling out of digital paid media in big ways. Eliminating optimization towards clicks and impressions to focus instead on engagement ensures native and social advertising waste is a thing of the past. Using AI-driven analytics helps to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse with display, sponsorships, influencer advertising and PPC.
While many industry folks still complain about digital paid media's propensity to attract waste, fraud and abuse, it's beginning to change. As adoption of these technologies grow the complaints will lessen and digital paid media will have the transparency marketers and advertisers demand.


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This review is much more sedate than the one I would write, something like "It's awesome!" Simple, and just two words. It's a decent review however I don't agree that the touch screen is so inconvenient and distracting from driving. I continue to 💙 my Model 3!Posted on March 7, 2019 →


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Senator Shehu Sani Lists Eight Reasons For Abject Poverty In Northern Nigeria
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According to Senator Shehu Sani from Kaduna State, below are the reasons for extreme poverty in Northern Nigeria.
- Neglect of Agriculture and dependence on oil revenues;
- Decadence and collapse of public education;
- Fatalism;Septic extremism and toxic inter ethnic violence;
- Abandoning the moral and ethical standards and economic vision and legacies of Ahmadu Bello;
- Culpability of successive Northern leaders in power;entrenched Handouts culture;
- Pliant attitudinal incumbrance of refusing to challenge leaders and hold them to account or the Slavery of loyalty or inimical subservience;
- Decades of systemic marginalization,emasculation and oppression and
- Institutional contempt for the poor by the regional elites.
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Double petunia grow and care – creeping subshrub of the genus Petunia also known as Petunia double cascade, Double petunia annual used as ornamental ground cover plant, can grow in tropics, mediterranean, subtropics or temperate climate and growing in hardiness zone 10-12 as autumn to winter planting 2+ as spring planting.
Leaves color green in the shape elliptic to ovate in 2-4 cm.
Double petunia flowers
Flower color can be: red, pink, purple or white can be more than one color, with double to multi petals flowers.
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