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Running a business is a constant process of optimization. Everyone wants to provide better goods and services, improve efficiency behind the scenes, and ultimately generate greater profits each year by lowering overhead and increasing revenue. However, if you're still working with paper documents then your business is missing out on a major optimization opportunity. Digital document storage has come a very long way in the last 10 years and with the addition of the cloud to the available network infrastructure, there's never been a better time to digitize.
Not sure about whether it's the right choice? A lot of businesses are hesitant to change a major aspect of their internal process like how paperwork is managed for fear of damaging office efficiency. However, let us assure that once you make the switch to a self-organizing digital document management system, your efficiency will not only recover quickly, it will blow the top off your charts as employees gain back hours every week that would normally be spent filing, searching for files, or even just collating and stapling paper documents. Here are ten of the best benefits of going digital.
1) Reclaiming Office Space
How much space do paper documents take up in your office? A storeroom? Two store rooms and a supply closet? Then there's the possibility of rented storage space for archived folders not to mention all the filing cabinets and in/out boxes taking up space in the employee office space. Once you've digitized, you might be surprised how much open space is created both in storage rooms, and on employee desks.
2) Saving on Auditor Fees
When the auditor comes to call, you pay their hefty hourly fees but they also expect you to bring them all the documents to be audited. With a paperwork system, this means paying them for the half hour or more per visit that your staff spends searching and fetching specific paper documents. All this paid-for time is regained with a document management system as your auditor can quickly and easily access everything they need in seconds, not minutes or hours.
3) Instant Document Retrieval
Speaking of fast document retrieval, how much time do your employees spend each week essentially shuffling paper or seeking desperately for misplaced documents? A single mis-file into an adjacent folder can cost hours of lost employee time, especially if you simply must have a specific copy or filled form. With an online document management system (DMS), files can be found instantly. Even if they're in the wrong digital folder, a simple keyword or category search will quickly locate any specific document that's needed no matter when it was scanned or how it was filed. Even mistakes can be fixed with a few clicks or taps.
4) Access from Anywhere
Running back to the office for a document is no one's idea of a good day, especially when a project or deal was almost complete except for one missing sheet of paper. When your documents are stored on the cloud through a handy online management platform, they can be reached from anywhere. Employees and clients alike can log in and access any document they are authorized to view or edit making those last minute trips to the office for paperwork a thing of the past.
5) Cutting Edge Security
How secure are your sensitive business and customer documents? Do you keep them under lock and key in a filing cabinet, or more likely, do they sit on an employee's desk for days or weeks at a time? While there's a certain amount of security in physical documents, the best way to protect important data is to lock it away under the highest-tech procedures possible. With cloud document management, that's exactly what you get.
6) Share, Collaborate, and Sign
When dealing with paper documents, the process of collaboration can be tedious and you can forget about collecting signatures quickly. Waiting on paper documents to be snail-mailed, signed, and returned or even delivered to and from via couriers can add hours, days, and even weeks to a project schedule. With online documents, you can quickly and easily share anything with anyone, invite them to edit the document with you, or shoot over a copy for a digital signature which can return to you in minutes if the recipient is ready for the transaction.
7) Open to Analytics
One of the most powerful tools any business can employ today is high-end computer analytics. AIs and similar programs can scan thousands of data points to produce interesting statistics like the average amount of time customer are active, the demographics of your existing customer base or the most popular account type. Once your documents are digitized, you could much more easily feed any information you have into an analytics program to get back useful business data.
8) Regulation Compliance Maintenance
Every business has to comply with regulations, whether it's about how you store customer data or how you store leftover food. There are always documents to help you stay compliant and there is always an audit every year or so. Having a live, easy to access and edit documents not only make staying compliant easier, it also makes updating compliance with new rules and providing information to auditors go more smoothly.
9) Disaster Recovery Guaranteed
If something happens to your building or storage facility, so too does this thing happen to all your paper documents. Fire and flood can destroy them completely and even an earthquake can make it very hard to retrieve your paperwork and start again. With cloud-stored documents, you could disaster recover with laptops in a tent if that's what it took and every document would be perfectly preserved for the purpose.
10) Green Without the Recycle Bin
The final benefit of digitizing those heaps of paper documents is the environmentally friendly aspect. Here is your opportunity to recycle reams, stacks, and mountains of paperwork and then never need to use up that many trees worth of paper again. You can stop buying pallets of printer paper and you can even tone down the big green bin in the office because from here on out, your paperwork will be made of electrons, not actual paper.
Digital transformation is something that every business and department is taking on this decade. Even if you are in an industry that traditionally works with physical paperwork, it's important to digitize to back up, edit, manage, and secure your documents. For more information about the digital transformation and how your team can streamline digitization, contact us today!


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A comprehensive, illustrated history of photo recon launched by the U.S. Navy over Vietnam, 1964-72.
Photo reconnaissance played a significant role during the Cold War, however it remained unknown to the public for many years because its product and methods remained classified for security purposes. While the U-2 gets most of the credit, low-level photo reconnaissance played an equally important role and was essential to target selection and bomb damage assessment during the Vietnam War. Moreover the contribution of naval aviation photo reconnaissance to the bombing effort in Vietnam is largely an untold story. This book highlights the role of the unarmed supersonic RF-8A/G photo-Crusader throughout the war, and also the part played by its F-8 and F-4 escort fighters.
Veteran and historian Kenneth Jack pieces together the chronological history of photo recon in the Vietnam War between 1964 and 1972, describing all types of missions undertaken, including several Crusader vs. MiG dogfights and multiple RF-8 shootdowns with their associated, dramatic rescues. The narrative focuses on Navy Photo Squadron VFP-63, but also dedicates chapters to VFP-62 and Marine VMCJ-1. Clandestine missions conducted over Laos began 1964, becoming a congressionally authorized war after the Tonkin Gulf incident in August 1964. VFP-63 played a role in that incident and thereafter sent detachments to Navy carriers for the remainder of the war. By war's end, they had lost 30 aircraft with 10 pilots killed, six POWs, and 14 rescued. The historical narrative is brought to life through vivid first-hand details of missions over intensely defended targets in Laos and North Vietnam. While most books on the Vietnam air war focus on fighter and bombing action, this book provides fresh insight into the air war through its focus on photo reconnaissance and coverage of both versions of the Crusader.
About The Author
Author's Notes
Chapter 1: 1964–66: VMCJ-1 Photo-Reconnaissance and Electronic Counter Measures
Chapter 2: 1964: VFP-63 Photo-Reconnaissance Over Laos and First Prisoner of War
Chapter 3: 1965: VFP-63 Support of Operation Rolling Thunder Begins
Chapter 4: 1966—Operation Rolling Thunder Intensifies
Chapter 5: 1966–67: VFP-62 Enters the War
Chapter 6: 1967–68: Dangerous Skies Over Hanoi and Haiphong
Chapter 7: 1969–72: The Final Years
Chapter 8: Other Navy and Marine Corps Photo Reconnaissance Aircraft
Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions
Terms and Acronyms
Source Notes
Appendix "Bombing as a Policy Tool in Vietnam: Effectiveness" (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
"Well documented with notes, Eyes of the Fleet provides not only a close-up look at the RF-8 over Southeast Asia but useful appendices covering the broader aspects of the Vietnam air campaign."
"Jack has created a very detailed account that will be of interest to military and aviation historians. He has ensured that memories of the men lost in Vietnam will continue to be told. Eyes of the Fleet Over Vietnam is highly recommended and deserves to be on every 'brown shoes' bookshelf."
"The author, whose photo research was excellent, also covers the camera technology used by the Crusader and the three other Navy and Marine Corps photo-reconnaissance jets used in the war."
"The author combined imagery and words to give readers a sense of the realism of war. This book is for the patriot in each of us."
"...uncovers a lesser-known area of operations that centers on heroic men with unarmed aircraft, going in harm's way to enhance the safety and effectiveness of their fellow pilots."
It's unfortunate that photo-reconnaissance aircraft and pilots don't get the same attention as their missile- and bomb-dispensing brothers. In his exciting and comprehensive new book Eyes of the Fleet Over Vietnam, author Kenneth Jack shows that photo pilots have every bit as much skill and commitment, and experience situations that are as exciting – maybe more, if you consider that they often fly over targets shortly after defenses were fully alerted by a recent attack....He deftly weaves declassified action reports and personal narratives into his account, explaining photo-reconnaissance cameras and processes, describing the harrowing missions flown daily by the pilots, and comparing the RF-8 to its contemporaries. He also includes touching tributes to the RF-8 pilots who were lost during the war, reason enough to buy this book. The selection of photographs does an excellent job of illustrating the story. If you enjoy military aviation and jet fighters, make room on your bookshelf for Eyes of the Fleet Over Vietnam.
"From the RA-5C Vigilante, including a sketch diagram, to the RA-3B Skywarrior, the author commemorates these Vietnam-era photo-reconnaissance platforms with equal parts technical description and personal recollection of their unique features, capabilities, and even scuttlebutt reputations for accidents."
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Heek is a website editor for furnishings store that allows a lighting store to build his furnishings website with complete control and independence. Images, texts, features and a lighting store template await you directly in the editor. You can test it for free and have your website published in just 5 minutes.Make my website for Lighting store
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Show in pictures the lightings that make up your offer. Integrate a photo gallery so that your visitors have a crush on one or more of the products highlighted through professional images.
📄 Product catalog and pricing
Add to your website a product catalog. This will not only allow your visitors to filter the type of lighting they are looking for, but it will also make it possible to publish business elements in a structured way. Thanks to the product sheets that we have developed for you, navigation through your catalog will be facilitated.
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By creating a Practical Information page, you can publish different types of information. Contact form, phone number, geolocation with Google Map, opening hours of your shop ... It's up to you to choose the elements that are essential to your site!
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Know About Providing The Best Services In The Auto Industry
If you are involved in the auto industry, the success and the growth of your business depends on the quality of the services that you provide. You need to assure that you are ready to take a step to assure that all your customers are satisfied because that is how you can assure the growth of your business. When it comes to the satisfying your customers, you can only do so by the quality services that you provide. Therefore, ensure that you are ready to take a step to provide nothing but the best services to the customers because from that point, you will be heading higher up the ladder of success. When it comes to maintaining vehicles, the things that need to be done is nothing easy and even the slightest mistake that you make will reflect on the health of the vehicle and it will take hundreds of dollars to fix. You need to assure that you don't make any mistakes. To do so, here are some of the things that you need to know about providing the great services in the auto industry:
To inspect the vehicles thoroughly
When the in the auto industry, one of the major troubles that you will have to deal with is figuring out what is wrong with the vehicle. To figure out what exactly is wrong and to fix the errors in the right manner, you should be able to inspect the vehicles in the right manner. To do so, you need to be equipped with the right tools, equipment and technology. The easiest way in which you can make adjustments so that you have all that it takes to inspect a vehicle in the proper manner is with the help of a single post car hoist.One of the most challenging vehicles to deal with are the heavy vehicles. When you are capable of dealing with heavy vehicles, you have the chance to create the best impression from the customers and the number of customers that you get will increase. To make the inspection of heavy vehicles effective and easier, you can use a truck hoist. With the needed equipment, all the complications that you have to deal with will be made easier.
To boost up customer satisfaction
Customer satisfaction is that one thing which decides on the stability of your business in the auto industry. If you focus on giving your very best to please the customers, you have the chances creating the best outcome for your business.
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- Car Basics: Shock Absorbers, Steering, Services And Towbars
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Amazon Household, the program that allows adults living under the same roof to share their Amazon Prime benefits, including free shipping and access to Prime Video streaming, has been expanded today, to now include Prime Photos storage. That means that each account holder will receive unlimited photo storage in the cloud plus an additional 5 GB of storage for videos and other files.
Until today, photo storage was one of the few options that the Household program didn't include, as it already allows members to share e-books, audiobooks, apps and games across their shared devices.
Free photo storage in the cloud is the new baseline for photo-sharing services, it seems.
Google, for example, offers unlimited free storage for photos in "high" quality on Google Photos, and only charges if you want to save your "original" quality images. Flickr, meanwhile, offers a terabyte of free storage, which is more than enough room for most people's photo libraries (for now, at least). And though Facebook doesn't currently emphasize it, if you turn on the option to automatically sync your smartphone photos to a private album on its social network, it never seems to run out of room.
Similar to other free photo storage sites, Amazon Photos has some restrictions. Photos you upload from your desktop browser must be less than 2 GB in size (to go beyond that, you have to use the Cloud Drive desktop app), and there are some limitations (though not many) on supported formats. For instance, many RAW file types are supported, but not all. In addition, Amazon says that its free, unlimited photo storage is designed for personal use only – not for professional photographers.
Amazon has never really pushed its Prime Photos benefit that heavily, and the related mobile app has received few significant updates over the years. It's still largely utilitarian in nature – a tool you use to automatically backup your photos to Amazon's cloud for safe-keeping and not much more. Unlike its competitors, Amazon doesn't appear to be trying to compete with a social photo-sharing service or develop a community around its users' shared photos. Instead, free photo storage is just another box for Amazon to tick – albeit one it's checking off somewhat belatedly – when it comes to its Amazon Household's list of benefits.
Also of note: the retailer has been readjusting its Amazon Household program this year to make it more applicable to more traditional, two-parent families, instead of a way for users to invite their friends to try out a limited Prime membership. In the past, Amazon allowed Prime members to share their shipping benefits and more with up to four other "household" members, but it changed that this summer to limit sharing to just two adults and up to four children. Given the new limitation on sharing benefits, it makes sense that Amazon would now roll out the unlimited photo storage to its Household members.


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What's old is new again! Stencils are back in style with Stampin' Up!'s fashionable designs perfect for creating cards, scrapbook pages, fabric projects, 3-D projects and all kinds of home décor! Stampin' Up! Decor Stencils coordinate with stamp sets and accessories making them a must have addition to your paper crafting supplies. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use stencils with ink, pastels, heat embossing, and stencil paste. Plus the bonus Stenciling 101 Tutorial will help you explore even more creative options!
Here's a couple alternate projects:
This tutorial is one of my favorites and I know you will love it too! If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks!


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Behavioral Factors in Mutual Fund Flows
42 Pages Posted: 2 Mar 2000
Date Written: December 1999
Using a sample of daily net flows to nearly 1,000 U.S. mutual funds over a year and a half period, we identify a set of systematic factors that explain a significant amount of the variation in flows. This suggests the existence of a common component to mutual fund investor behavior and indicates which asset classes may be regarded as economic substitutes by the participants in the market for mutual fund shares. We find that flows into equity funds -- both domestic and international -- are negatively correlated to flows to money market funds and precious metals funds. This suggests that investor rebalancing between cash and equity explains a significant amount of trade in mutual fund shares. The negative correlation of equities to metals suggests that this timing is not simply due to liquidity concerns, but rather to sentiment about the equity premium.
We address the question of whether behavioral factors spread returns by using the mutual fund flow factors as pre-specified regressors in a Fama-MacBeth asset pricing framework. We find that the factors derived from flows alone explain as much as 45% of the cross-sectional variation in mutual fund returns. The fund flow factors provide significant incremental explanatory power in the cross-sectional regressions on daily returns.
We consider a number of alternatives to explain our evidence including causality from returns to flows and vice-versa. Our evidence is consistent with the existence of a pervasive investor sentiment variable.
JEL Classification: G1, G2
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Here begins the edit pass of an upcoming book that I'm going to refer to as tKC.
Some stats to begin with – since I won't be talking about a previous phase of editing here, I'm just going to fill in some details of the actual book so that people have an idea of what I'm talking about. Continue reading "Edit Pass Live 1: The Readthrough"


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Hormones hold a massive role in the human body, and can greatly impact your health and behavior. Imbalances in your hormones can be repaired, permitting a healthy lifestyle. Certain studies are looking to see how well hormones can impact the body, such as healing brain trauma. Hormone imbalance symptoms typically include weight gain, PMS, trouble sleeping or always sleeping.
Hormones are produced in the endocrine glands, which include the thyroid, pancreas, pituitary, thymus, adrenal, and pineal. Hormones are also produced in our reproductive organs. Two of the most important dietary nutrients when preventing hormone imbalance problems are cholesterol and good fats.
The body must receive these through your diet since it cannot make them itself; however, there are certain toxins that can cause the body to use the wrong nutrients, causing an imbalance in hormone levels.
How to Balance Hormones
Below are some practical tips to help balance your hormone levels.
1. Avoid Toxins
Our world is filled with toxins—from pesticides, to chemicals, to our mattresses. These toxins can disrupt our hormones. Make some simple changes, such as choosing to cook in glassware. Eat organically produced meat and veggies. Use natural cleaners to keep your home tidy.
2. Avoid Vegetable Oils, or Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fats!
Our bodies were not designed to consume man-made fats found in vegetable oils, or Omega-6 polyunsaturated fats. Simply put, the body consists of 97% saturated and monounsaturated fat. The other 3% is polyunsaturated fats—50% of that three percent is Omega-3 fats, an extremely important element to help balance the hormones.
Avoid vegetable oils, soybean oil, shortening, canola oil and chemically altered fats. The ideal fats include real butter, coconut oil, olive oil, and animal fats from healthy sources. You should also eat plenty of Omega-3 filled fish.
3. Don't Overindulge in Caffeine
Coffee, Monster and other caffeinated beverages can alter your hormones, particularly if there are other stressors going on. Replace the caffeine with herbal teas, water and juice, or simply cut down on caffeine.
4. Take Hormone Beneficial Foods/Supplements
Many of us can't get enough of our vitamins and minerals in the natural ways, such as the sun's Vitamin D. However, there are many different supplements that are particularly beneficial toward your hormones. Magnesium, for example, can be found in various foods and supplements. Magnesium heightens your ability to sleep, as well as improves the reactions within the body.
I have a small capsule making machine that I use to make my own supplements. I mix magnesium powder with calcium powder together, then I put these powders into colorful empty capsules for my blood pressure. Works wonderfully. The hard tablets that I used to purchase didn't have enough of the actual ingredient in them; also they contained too many fillers, binders & salt. They didn't fully dissolve in a glass of water like the ones that I make. The ones that I make keeps my blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol within normal ranges. I don't have to take any prescription drugs and I am 60 years old. I also don't worry about Arthritis either. I've never had it. I also use Potassium powder, Spirulina powder, Acai Powder, Camu Camu Powder, fruit powders, vegetable powders, etc. — By Mrs. Anne
Maca, found in the radish family, is high in those essential fatty acids, and has been known to increase your libido and production of hormones. It reduces PMS symptoms, improves skin condition, boosts sperm production and fertility levels, and enhances your ability to sleep. Maca can be taken in powdered or capsule form.
Other Ways to Balance Hormones
Other amazing ways to boost your body's hormone production and create a balance within your system is to take coconut oil each day.
Coconut oil has tons of amazing health benefits. It has been known to lessen inflammation, enhance memory, soften skin and provide the building blocks for hormone production. Mix some into your tea or morning coffee and aim for ¼ cup of coconut oil each day for maximum benefit.
You should also aim to correct your leptin levels. Leptin is a hormone that needs to be balanced in order to keep the rest of your hormones in check. Once balanced, you'll notice an improvement in fertility, enhanced sleep, weight loss, and a reduction in inflammation.


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- All and Everything
- Films, Videos, Performances, mainly Stories
- Installations, Objects, + Texts
- Proposals, some in Social Context
- Economies like Restaurants, and Public Art
light boxes (square, rectangle, cross, circle) approx. 60x60cm each
An exhibition at the former South-Korean defence ministry buildings' "Kimusa"; on each building/exhibition venue white advertising lights were installed on the outside; like a 'secret' code made of these signs.
Platform 9 at Kimusa; Samuso:, Seoul
White Light is related to the advertising lights of
TCAC 1 and TCAC 2:
Taipei Contemporary Art Center
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In Part 1 of this series of posts, I described the process of reverse engineering the WH2 outdoor weather sensor from Fine Offset Electronics. Here's what the sensor looks like:
The WH2 wireless outdoor sensor transmits on 433.92MHz - sometimes known as the 433MHz or 434MHz band - using On-Off Keying. In normal operation (after a start up period during which the receiving indoor unit attempts to discover the remote sensor(s)) the WH2 transmits a data packet every 48 seconds, as depicted below:
From now on, I'll refer to these data bursts as packets.
Within each packet of data, binary 1s are encoded as 500 microsecond wide positive pulses; binary 0s are encoded as 1.5 millisecond wide positive pulses. Between each positive going pulse is 1 millisecond of "dead time" during which the transmission is idle. A natural consequence of the pulse-width coding approach taken is that packets can vary in duration for a given number of bits encoded. The pulse-width coding approach is summarised visually below:
Each packet consists of 6 bytes of data - 1 byte of preamble, 4 bytes of payload, and a 1 byte CRC. The packet format is as follows:
In more detail:
The preamble is 8-bits long. It consists of all 1s - i.e. 8 x 500us pulses with 1ms dead time between each pulse. The preamble bits allow the receiver to "wake-up" and adjust its automatic gain control (AGC) appropriately before the payload is sent.
The first 12 bits of the payload contains the device-type and device-id. These 12 bits differ from one WH2 sensor to the next. They change for a given WH2 sensor when its batteries are changed. This allows the receiver unit to discriminate between multiple WH2 remote sensors operating within its vicinity. I'm guessing that some portion of the 12 bits is dedicated to identifying the device-type (i.e distinguishing WH2 sensors from other sensors using the same protocol) and therefore doesn't change between WH2 sensors. But I haven't captured enough packets to determine which bits indicate the device-type and which indicate the device-id. The most-significant bit (MSB) of the 12 bits is always a 0. This allows the receiver to determine the end of the preamble (all 1s) and the start of the payload.
The next 12 bits of the payload contain the measured temperature. The temperature is given in tenth's of a degree Celsius. For example, 25 degrees Celsius would be encoded as the binary representation of 250 decimal. The MSB is a sign bit. A 1 for this bit indicates a negative temperature (eg. < zero degrees Celsius).
The next 8 bits of the payload contain the measured humidity. This is encoded as a binary representation of % relative humidity. For example, 65% relative humidity would be encoded as the binary representation of 65 decimal.
The final 8 bits of the packet are a CRC-8 over the payload - i.e. over the four preceding bytes. (The preamble is not included in the CRC). The CRC-8 polynomial used is x8 + x5 + x4 + 1.
That's it for this instalment. In the planned third part of this series of posts, I will explain how to use an Arduino to receive and decode packets from the WH2.


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As Occupy protests have spread from New York, across the US and around the world, the two big questions have been: who are the protesters and what do they want.
The Guardian thought that one way to answer these questions was to give the protesters the chance to speak for themselves - and to each other, whichever city they happened to be occupying.
We asked three Wall Street occupiers to record a short video message to post on YouTube answering three simple questions: why am I here; what do I hope to achieve; and what would I like to know from other protesters.
Now we want to help build these into a global video conversation between Occupy protesters, a vehicle for individuals to explore and develop ideas for joining the individual protests together and keeping up the extraordinary momentum they have generated already.
Kicking things off are George Machado, Sara Hake and Sidy Toure, who recorded their videos in New York this week. We've posted their videos in a playlist on the Guardian's YouTube channel.
Already, Bernie Sanders, the independent senator for Vermont who has been championing many of the causes the Occupy protesters care about for years, has posted his video response to the whyoccupy debate.
Occupy Wall Street protester Sara Hake shares her thoughts on YouTube
To join in the conversation and respond to George, Sara, Sidy and Senator Sanders, just upload your video to YouTube using the tag or keyword whyoccupy. Then post the link to the video in the comments below this blog and we'll add them to the whyoccupy playlist on the Guardian YouTube channel.
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Find lessons, activities, classroom tools, and more to help students learn about character strengths.
Since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, we've heard from many educators who are looking for resources to support students' social and emotional development. To help, we've collected our best social and emotional learning (SEL) resources for building a culture of safety, kindness, and upstanding in your school. If you have any questions about how to use these in your teaching, reach out to us on social media or via email. We're here for you.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Educator Toolkit
Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills aren't "core content," but they're at the core of all content. Find lessons, activities, classroom tools, and family resources to help students learn about character strengths and develop empathy, compassion, integrity, and more.
Digital Citizenship and SEL
A key aspect of digital citizenship is thinking critically when faced with digital dilemmas. Navigating these challenges isn't only about rules and procedures; it's about character. Help students examine challenging online situations with this discussion guide.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Resources for Classrooms
Difference -- however we might define that -- is good. It makes us who we are and makes the world wonderful. Use these tools to build an inclusive classroom culture that stands against oppressive forces like racism, sexism, homophobia, and beyond.
How to Talk to Kids About Difficult Subjects
Help your students' families have frank, compassionate conversations with their kids. In a world where even little kids learn about horrific subjects, it's important for parents to put things in perspective, field questions, and search for answers together.
Lesson Plans for Creating a Culture of Inclusion and Kindness
Digital Citizenship Pledge (Gr. 3–5): How do you create a positive online community? Students will establish group norms to create a positive online community that promotes responsible and respectful digital behavior within their classrooms.
Cyberbullying: Be Upstanding (Gr. 6–8): How do you judge the intentions and impact of people's words and actions online? Students learn about the difference between being a passive bystander versus a brave upstander in cyberbullying situations.
Breaking Down Hate Speech (Gr. 9–12): How can you create a community culture in which hate speech is unacceptable, both online and offline? Students learn the definition of hate speech and understand how it affects individuals, groups, and communities.
SEL Toolkit image courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.


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Beatles, Elvis collectibles dominate music offerings at Hake's auction
By Susan Sliwicki
Unpublished photos of Elvis, rare concert posters and a variety of Beatles collectibles are all up for grabs at the Hake's Americana & Collectibles' auction that closes Thursday, Feb. 3, 2010.
More than 220 music-related lots are offered in the event, which also features lots ranging from action figures to watches.
Topping the lineup is one of Michael Jackson's signed, stage-worn shirts from his days in the Jackson 5 is expected to bring $10,000 to $20,000. Designed by Boyd Clopton, the psychedelic print polyester shirt has a wide collar and zippered back.
Elvis Presley
An 80-photo collection of unpublished candid photos of Elvis Presley and his family taken between 1966 and 1972 also is on the block. The amateur photos were shot at Graceland and other locations where Elvis made appearances, and many show Elvis interacting with fans, as well as with his family ($1,000 to $5,000).
A Near Mint 3-EP Elvis Presley promotional record set in a triple gatefold cover from RCA (SPD 23) also is featured. The record set were a bonus for buyers of an Elvis Presley Victrola record player ($2,000 to $5,000).
Also offered:
• A pair of records featuring "Mystery Train" b/w/ "I Forgot To Remember to Forget" — one is a VG 45 on the Sun label, while the other is a 78 on the RCA Victor label in Good condition ($200 to $400).
• A pair of RCA Victor 45s — "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me" (47-6643) in Excellent condition and "Love Me Tender/Let Me/Poor Boy/We're Gonna Move" (EPA-4006) in NM condition.
• Movie posters from "Blue Hawaii" ($400 to $700), "Viva Las Vegas" ($400 to $700) and "G.I. Blues" ($200 to $400).
• An Near Mint vinyl Elvis Presley wallet from 1956 ($200 to $400)
• A full bottle of Elvis' "Teddy Bear" perfume ($100 to $200).
The Beatles
The lads from Liverpool are well represented in this auction with 62 lots. At the top of the list is a three-dimensional, 58-inch-tall store display, which was used to hold copies of the Fab Four's 1969 soundtrack album from "Yellow Submarine." ($2,000 to $5,000).
Additional "Yellow Submarine"-related collectibles include:
• A full Beatles figural bank set features all four band members' banks in excellent condition, and each complete with a stopper and copyright and company stickers. ($1,000 to $2,000).
• A lunch box and Thermos set, complete with the original store price sticker on the lucn box ($700 to $1,000).
• A sealed yellow submarine model kit ($200 to $400).
• A boxed Corgi submarine toy ($400 to $700)
• A set of six "Yellow Submarine"-themed puzzles ($400 to $700).
• A framed and matted animation cel featuring a Blue Meanie chasing John Lennon ($400 to $700).
A few other Beatles rarities are featured, including:
• A Beatles schoolbag ($1,000 to $2,000).
• An illustrated black and white polka-dot "The Beatles" dress with hang tag ($200 to $400).
• Ticket stubs from The Beatles' concert at Cleveland Stadium in 1966 ($200 to $400) and a 1966 press stub for Busch Memorial Stadium in 1966 ($400 to $1,000).
• Five uncut sheets of images that were to be used for Beatles flicker rings ($200 to $400).
• A set of Royal Doulton toby mugs featuring a Sgt. Pepper theme ($400 to $700).
Concert Posters
A variety of posters also are on the block, including a Woodstock poster made for the initially proposed venue site at Wallkill, N.Y. ($200 to $400); a red Arnold Skolnik design featuring a dove and a guitar neck that was selected for the actual event ($700 to $2,000); a poster for the "Open Air Love & Peace" featival held at Isle of Fehmarn, Germany in 1970 ($2,000 to $5,000); first printing posters for The Grateful Dead at Family Dog ($400 to $700 and The Yardbirds and The Doors at Fillmore Auditorium ($700 to $1,000); and a first printing poster showing Dr. Strange art for July 21-22, 1967, concerts at California Hall in San Francisco featuringThe Youngbloods ($1,000 to $2,000).
Other Lots of Interest
Pinback and button collectors will find items for artists ranging from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Monkees and The Village People to Elvis, Roy Orbison, Gene Pitney, Bing Crosby and Bruce Springsteen ($50 to $200).
And, for true old-school music fans —— and we do mean old school — there are a few early equivalents to tour merch. A ferrotype badge of P.S. Gilmore, which was made and sold as a souvenir at Gilmore's landmark concerts in the 1870s features a portrait of Gilmore ribbon from the eagle pin at top ($700 to $2,000). A traditional button for Wolfram Triumph Guitar & Mandolin Co. of Columbus, Ohio, circa 1896-98, also is featured ($75 to $200.) A button promoting the group Roney's Boys, believed to be circa 1903, also is featured ($75 to $200).
KISS fans will be sure to enjoy a pair of original graphite pencil concept drawings and an orginal typewritten storyline synopsis for the Marvel Super Special featuring the band's characters (2,000 to $5,000).


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Measuring Designing: Design Cognitiometrics, Physiometrics & Neurometrics
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This talk introduces the notion of empirical measurements of designing and contrasts it with design theory. It describes three categories of measurement:
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KU alumni runners Paul Hefferon, left, and David Johnston, right, visit Saturday, August 30, 2008, after running in the Bob Timmons Invitational Cross Country meet at Rim Rock Farm. Hefferon finished first in the event.
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According to a Toronto Star report, the Vancouver Police Department has located three individuals who they suspect took part in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot.
The riot followed the Boston Bruins defeat of the Vancouver Canucks on June 15, 2011. As CBC reported shortly after the event, at least 140 people were injured during the rioting.
It also leD to plenty of negative media attention. CBC named it the top news story of the year in British Columbia.
The three suspects are believed to be in Illinois, Alaska, and Washington. One of them is a Canadian citizen who is thought to be studying in the States, but the other two are Americans.
"All three are aware that there is warrant out for them right now," said Vancouver Police Constable Brian Montague.
They have been advised that they will be arrested if they attempt to enter Canada and the possibility of extradition hasn't been ruled out.


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Basically, funds transfer is the process of transferring the money from one bank account to another bank account. The banks allow their customers to transfer funds using mobile banking, internet banking, etc.
While using funds transfer the bank account should know the account number of the receiver and also other details like his name etc.
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I wrote a song! It looks sort of like poetry, but it's lyrics. Actually, I wrote these lyrics to the tune of a famous song. If anyone can guess what the original song was, I'll award you ten T of V points! (points redeemable only in your imagination)
Hint: It's an old song. It was a number one hit.
I'm Not on Facebook
I'm not on Facebook
so don't go looking,
you will not find me in there anywhere;
I don't post pictures
of what I'm cooking
I do not care
to show my status there;
I'm not on Facebook, no no
So if you're stalking me
don't get confused,
I haven't yet gone upon that stage;
and if you wonder
where I bought my shoes,
don't get enraged
when you can't find my page;
'cos I'm not on Facebook, no no
(it's just because…)
it doesn't appeal to me
to be in Farmville endlessly;
it doesn't appeal to me
to look at snaps of everything you eat
I'm not on Facebook
but don't you fret,
that doesn't mean that I will never be;
you see I'm finding
my friends upset
that they can't see
every tiny thing 'bout me;
I'm not on Facebook(not yet)
I'm not on Facebook
Sorry about the short post, though I'm not technically breaking an EvDaDaDec rule, 'cos there aren't any. But I feel like I'm slacking. Today, yesterday by the time you read this, I wrote the whole rest of the Christmas Carol story for the challenge. And I posted part two earlier, so I'm posting at least twice today. If someone famous I love dies, I'll post again. That doesn't sound weird at all!
Tomorrow, I'll post part three of my Christmas Carol. Also:
I'm a-posting my latest acceptance speech.
Yeah, I got more fucking awards! Woo hoo! All right!
See you tomorrow….


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MUSIC: Fimzy – Diss Note Freestyle + Heros | @FimzyOfficial1 min read
the multi talented artiste Femi Adeniran E Babalola popularly known as Fimzy the dressy doper,who's lyrics can only be compared or traced back to the likes of: Nas,Killer mike,Kendrick lamar,chamillonia,meek mill and lot more is back again,dropping two new tracks titled Heros and Diss note freestyle.
Fimzy is waxing stronger in his music carrer and we have always known him to be very expressive when it comes to music or his Art,the rapper came up with a song featuring team yabatech with the contribtion of two other artiste: Alebiosu Michael & Awosika oluwaseun to show there love and support for the school
mean while he has also promised to drop the video for his new single titled:DISS NOTE FREESTYLE on a trap beat by xblaze,mixed and mastered by spyrit myx directed by Dazeimage the video pays tribute to celebrated Nigerian entertainment icon Dagrin the video was shoot somewere at ilupeju and will be dropping in two weeks time from now.
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The Hold Steady have always been a Rock band with a capital "R," so it's not surprising they would mark their tenth anniversary earlier this year with a set of career-spanning retrospective shows—or that, when asked about the occasion, vocalist and lyricist Craig Finn would refer back to the bands he grew up with.
"There's a sense of accomplishment, and also of just surviving, in that most of my favourite bands didn't have six records, don't have a 10-year career," says Finn, speaking by phone from his home in Brooklyn.
"It's hard to keep a band together over that long a period of time. No one's making that much money and it can be a tough lifestyle, although I think it speaks to how much we enjoy doing it. I still really love the travel, I love the shows, I love the soundcheck, so in some ways, it wasn't that hard at all. I just think it's great we had a committed bunch of people that have stuck with it over 10 years and the community around the band is a huge part of it."
Though the Hold Steady often get tagged with the "bar band" label—not entirely unfairly—they approach their classic rock flourishes with a punk ethos and a striking success rate at winning over status-seeking indie rockers. In this regard, they're not dissimilar to one of their key influences, fellow Minnesotans the Replacements (who, like Finn and his previous band, art punks Lifter Puller, also came out of Minnesota). The difference, though, is that there's no fleeting taste of irony, no lingering tongue-in-cheek: the Hold Steady's infectious enthusiasm for all ends of the white, masculine rock spectrum they inhabit is entirely genuine, welcoming, and a big reason for their success over the past decade.
Teeth Dreams, the Hold Steady's sixth album, is an energetic reminder of just why the band can claim such a devoted following—and why they're decidedly more than just a rock museum piece. Arriving after a four-year wait—the longest break in the band's history—Teeth Dreams crackles from the first chord, with former Tad Kubler's infectious guitar hooks giving the record its driving momentum.
But at the band's centre is Finn, one of the best songwriters of his generation when it comes to crashing boys and girls into one another. He writes romance as a chemical reaction with Catholic overtones: a holy quest for salvation in the kisses and bedrooms of others, with cheap booze and chemicals serving as helpful (sometimes harmful) catalysts. With literary savvy—his favourite song on the record, "On With the Business," was inspired by David Foster Wallace—Finn's taste for detail makes you an insider in his character's scenes. You can almost see the haloed smoke rings, smell the stale beer, and hear the chapel bells blurring into the guitar chords.
"I grew up Catholic and I still go to church, and it's on my mind a lot," says Finn, when asked about the religious imagery that's become a Hold Steady trademark. "It's always something heavy, especially if you come from that background, whatever guilt or things are wrapped up in your own personal feelings on that.
"But I think there's also the thing about Christ suffering that I keep coming back to and thinking about. Our lives are a struggle; that's the Catholic metaphor of carrying the cross, and it's often apropos."
One of the most common crosses Teeth Dreams bears is a heightened sense of fear and anxiety. Finn's characters have been on edge—a sentiment enhanced by his nervy, neurotic vocal style—but they've pushed through in a haze of alcohol, drugs, and romance. Here, that subtext becomes text, and on tracks like "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You" and "The Only Thing," the worries seem to win out more often than not.
"At the beginning of the record cycle I met this doctor who was telling me that more than half of the people who come into his office, as a general practitioner in New York, come in for anxiety, and a lot of times they think there's something wrong with them that isn't," says Finn.
Finn's anecdote is backed up by the numbers: approximately 40 million American adults are affected by anxiety disorders in a given year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Surveys have also shown that young adults—the very sort Finn tends to write about—feel more stressed and anxious than the population at large.
"So do we live in particularly anxious times?" asks Finn. "It was just tapping into that idea of being really anxious. In some ways, it's a dark record, it's a dark title and these people are kind of being brought down by it. But I also wanted to connect them: we all have our own anxieties and, in some ways, that's a unification, a way in which we all connect."
Joining that anxiety at the forefront of Teeth Dreams are guitars, and lots of them. The Hold Steady's breakthrough records—2005's Separation Sunday and, particularly, 2007's Boys and Girls in America—were distinctly marked by Franz Nicolay's rollicking piano playing. Nicolay left the band just prior to 2010's Heaven is Whenever, and the resulting album sounded like the band struggling to come up with a sound equally as compelling. Teeth Dreams' amiable solution to this is to simply go all-in on guitars, aided by the addition of second axeman Steve Selvidge. Even the slower songs, like mid-album ballad "The Ambassador," hit decidedly harder.
And yet, as the sound of the band evolves, the template for what makes a Hold Steady song—boys and girls in America—remains intact, even though the architect of their stories is now in his early 40s.
"Writing about a 19-year-old when you're 40, you can feel around the things that are funny about being 19 that don't seem funny when you're 19; they seem kind of terrifying [at the time]," says Finn. "So I think there's a detachment that allows you to look back and tell good stories. I always love characters that are that 19 to 22 because they have enough freedom to make big mistakes, but there's a lot of confidence too. So it's like a perfect storm of bad decisions."
Finn describes his writing for the Hold Steady as "cinematic," inspired by the band's big rock sound—a sound he intentionally moved away from on his softer solo record, 2012's Clear Heart, Full Eyes.
"I always say that on the solo record, no one gets shot and falls off the roof, whereas in a Hold Steady song they might," he says, with a laugh. "You kind of make things bigger, and the Hold Steady stuff ends up being much bigger in scope."
And how much longer does he think he can keep writing those sorts of widescreen anthems, playing the big rock game?
"It's not lost on me that most bands that stick around for 20 years are pretty successful, on a level of, say, The Stones—it's easy for them to play 30, 40 years because they show up in their own airplanes or whatever. It gets harder, quite honestly: touring is a little harder on me at 42 than it was at 32. But there's still a lot of reward out there, so I don't see any end in the near future."
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- Franchising is a way to become a business owner without having to build a brand from the ground up.
- The convenience does come at a cost however, with a typical investment of $2.3 million to get started.
- Business Insider compiled this checklist of key considerations, based on conversations with experts, analysis of numerous franchise disclosure documents, and prior reports.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
Investing in a franchise business is one way to become a business owner without building a new brand from the ground up, but that convenience can be expensive.
A recent Frandata analysis of more than 1,100 brands found the median initial investment in a new franchise business was more than $2.3 million.
In addition, the experts found that even though many franchisees rely on the US Small Business Administration for funding, the limited amount available for guaranteed loans accounts for just 20% of the total needed.
To help prospective business owners navigate the challenges of financing a new franchise business, Business Insider compiled this checklist of key considerations.
The information is drawn from original reporting with experts on the subject, analysis of numerous companies' disclosures, and review of prior reports from other sources.
Check Item 10 on the Franchise Disclosure Document
As you plan to invest in a specific franchise, you'll need to carefully review the company's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which carefully spells out the typical expenses and revenues from operating the business.
One of the first places to check is the section of the FDD called Item 10. That's where the franchisor presents its official financing options, especially if your business requires a large property or equipment investment to get started.
One of the advantages of franchising for lenders and prospective business-owners alike is that the specific business model and brand may have a track record that can help better estimate the risk of the business.
In general, an established business is less risky than an unproven one, and less risk typically translates to lower borrowing costs and higher chances of securing a loan.
Even so, it costs money to use money. It is always a good idea to consult with a financial advisor about the best way to use your existing resources and determine which new ones are best for your situation.
Franchisors often recommend that you connect with the US Small Business Administration to explore your options for a government-supported loan. In fact, approximately half of all first-time franchisees rely on SBA-guaranteed loans.
The most popular SBA option is the 7a loan program which matches borrowers with lending institutions around the country through its Lender Match tool, and was the model for the $670 billion Paycheck Protection Program.
In addition, the Small Business Investment Company program connects small businesses with private investors who finance a company with debt, equity, or a combination of both.
Talk with your existing financial institutions
It's also worth getting in touch with the lenders and banks you already deal with on a regular basis. Every bank is different with respect to their small business lending, but practically all are interested in expanding their relationship with current customers.
If you have a credit card, car loan, mortgage, or other account with a lender, it's worth at least a phone call to hear what your options are.
In addition, bankers have an interest in their borrowers' success — that's how loans and interest get paid, after all — and they can provide personalized counseling about building your business.
Consider using your retirement account
Another source of funds (albeit a risky one) for some entrepreneurs is their retirement savings.
Many institutions will help you roll your 401(k) over to start your business (for a fee, usually starting at $2,500). The strategy takes advantage of a tax loophole that allows an account holder to trade their stock holdings to purchase equity in a shell corporation that can go on to invest in the new business.
Another more conventional approach is to leave your retirement portfolio intact and use it as collateral against a loan.
Both approaches share an important drawback, since they take funds from the relatively low risk of a diversified retirement fund and commit them to the fate of a single business. Be careful, and do your homework.
Reach out to friends and family
You're unlikely to convince a VC to fund your franchising goals, but that doesn't mean you can't still seek out private investors to join you in exchange for debt or equity in the business.
Friends and family can be a powerful source of support, and the size of individuals' investments will likely dictate how formal you'll need to be. Still, it's generally a good idea to put everything in writing.
It's especially important to be clear about whether contributions reflect a loan, an equity investment, or a grant. While grants don't have to be paid back, you'll want to be diligent about the terms of accepting loans or equity investments, especially from people whose relationships you value.


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Various redesign projects, Snowbaby, 2018
For our long term Chinese client "Snowbaby", Lift 5 has worked on the design of a number of strollers. Cologne 2018, a redesign of a shopper-style stroller was introduced. Hong Kong 2019 and Cologne 2019, two new strollers were introduced with Lift5-designed key elements. Lift5 and Snowbaby keep combining their strengths to realize stylish and functional products for worldwide markets.


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Another month in the books!
With daylight savings starting again soon, the market is starting to awaken from its winter slumber.
San Pedro bounced back nicely after a very slow January where only 20 units sold. 37 units sold in February, nearly doubling the January sales.
Single family residences (SFR) experienced green arrows in all areas except for average price, which fell considerably from $779,909 in January to $661,107 in February. This was partially due to several small 2 bedroom homes that were on the market. Average days on market went down to just 37 days, a big improvement from January which averaged 55 days on the market.
Condos/Townhouse sales increased by only 1 unit, but average price jumped from $430,889 in January to $447,940 for February! A few units that were on the market for a long time increased average days on market from 19 to 42 days for February. However, we expect that number to come down closer to 30 as we get into spring.
March is already shaping up to be a much busier month, so if you're on the fence about jumping in on the action, we would encourage you to make a decision sooner rather than later!


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Learning How to Make the Future
Gamers are showing us the way to the future of online learning. Are you ready to play? In this keynote from acclaimed game designer and futurist Jane McGonigal, you'll take a trip ten years into the future to see how new ways of collaborating, questing, and scoring (all directly inspired by today's most popular videogames, from Fortnite to Pokemon Go) have transformed online learning. Immerse yourself in a future world where anyone, anywhere can be both teacher and learner – exchanging learning credits as easily as people are trading Bitcoin or collecting Pokemon today. When you approach the future of learning with the mindset of a gamer, who knows what doors you'll unlock, what super powers you'll gain, or what level you'll break through to? This playful session will help you imagine alternate realities that you've never considered before.
World-renowned game designer, inventor of SuperBetter, and author
Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned creator of games designed to solve real problems and improve players' real lives. Jane currently serves as the Director of Game Research & Development for the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, and has previously created games for organizations such as the New York Public Library, the World Bank's learning group, the American Heart Association, and the International Olympics Committee. Her best-known game SuperBetter has helped more than half a million players tackle health challenges like depression, anxiety and traumatic brain injury. She is the author of two New York Times bestsellers: Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Betterand How They Can Change the World and SuperBetter: The Power of a Gameful Mindset. Her classic TED talks have more than 13 million views. In fact, she is ranked the #16 all-time most favorited TED speaker, one ahead of Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey called her one of the 10 most inspiring women in the world. Her chief mission in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Prize.
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grimes03, a photo by scott_waterman on Flickr.
From my Gallery X series on view now, right now.
And you're in it again.
From my Gallery X series on view now, right now.
And you're in it again.
Hey, Scott - I enjoyed the show and left a comment on Flicker - will you keep adding to Gallery X?ReplyDelete
Hey Mark! I've got enough to fill many several Gallery Xs so the answer is: yes!
I replied to you comment on Flickr as well.
Love this idea! I'll look forward to the full galleries. Thanks for your comment on my blog about Cafe B. I do love that cookbook. Something about her writing style makes me want to know her. Glad you got to eat there. Is it still there?ReplyDelete
Yes,still there!
Maybe I will get there yet!ReplyDelete


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apple cider
3 apples, chopped
2 onions, chopped
splash of apple cider vinegar
salt & pepper
Cook in slow cooker for 5-6 hours or more -- shred pork. Done.
It was delicious - you can add some BBQ sauce on top - I just ate it plain.
There were tons of leftovers and the first thought i had - HASH.
So we sauteed some onions and cooked potatoes in olive oil, added the hash, let it all cook, fried up some eggs and threw them on top. YUM.
Here is my husbands very generous, rather filthy looking plate:
I ate about 1/4 of what is shown here, and I didn't do BBQ sauce on top, just the egg & some cheese.
great leftover dish :)


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Jean-Pierre FAYOLLE is the founder and main author of this blog Qualilogy.
He is a french expat, located in Madrid and working as a freelance consultant in Software Quality. And a proud member of the Agile Alliance Technical Debt initiative.
Prior to this, Jean-Pierre was Technical Director or Head of Applications and Development for different software companies or service providers, with ample experience in consulting and implementing software solutions for large international companies, including Carrefour, Orange and Airbus, among others.
Jean-Pierre holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Business Administration from the University of Lyon (France) and in Computing Management from the University of Quebec Canada)


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Tips to Consider When Choosing a Real Estate Company
The best real estate company can be hard to be chosen by a person because so many of them are existing. Since the real estate can be of help to a person when it comes to buying and selling of the house. To be able to choose the best real estate company that will help them quickly but to the maximum best a person has to be very careful and keen while choosing. A person needs to search for real estate company that will help them out and that which they can comfortably trust. A trustworthy real estate company can be gotten from following the guidelines.
Since there are other real estate company that are not legit a person has to make sure that the one they want to go to is legit. Inquiring about the license and the permit and confirming the validity of the license can make a person to know if the real estate company is legit. It is important that a person gets to confirm the validity of the license because there are also real estate companies that do fake the license so that customers can be able to trust them. When a person confirms that the real estate company has all the required documents to operate they can then easily trust them to help them out.
The real estate company that a person is considering to go to should be located near the place that a person wants to buy or sell the house as it is important. A real estate company that is from the same location makes it easier to buy or sell a house as they are aware of the community that is there. Real estate company that are from near location makes it easy for a person to meet up with them and talk business without having to travel for long distance. When the need arises it is important that a person is able to know the offices of the real estate company where they are located so that they can easily find them.
It is important that when it comes to buying and selling of a house a person checks the reputation that the real estate company has. A person can easily trust a real estate company that is of a good reputation. A good reputational real estate company can work effectively with a person. Real estate Company that has good reputation can be known through reading testimonials or from the recommendations that a person gets. How the real estate treat their clients can be known from the testimonials as they are from the previous clients.
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A driver accused of injuring 28 people in New Orleans after plowing a pickup truck into a crowd watching a Mardi Gras parade had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit soon after the crash, police said on Sunday.
The suspect, identified as Neilson Rizzuto, 25, has been charged with two felony counts in the Saturday evening incident that brought chaos to one of the main events of the city's signature pre-Lent celebration.
Rizzuto's blood alcohol level was measured at 0.232, well above the 0.08 limit, about two hours after he was taken into custody on Saturday, New Orleans police spokesman Michael Tidwell said in an email.
Rizzuto was charged with two felony counts of vehicular negligence injuring in the first degree, hit-and-run driving and the reckless operation of a motor vehicle, according to a statement earlier on Sunday.
The truck driven by Rizzuto was traveling on the side of the street open to traffic along the parade route in the Mid-City neighborhood of New Orleans when it struck three other vehicles, including a dump truck. It then veered onto the median where a crowd of people stood watching the procession, police said.
Police immediately apprehended the driver, who according to eyewitnesses interviewed by Fox television affiliate WVEU-TV, appeared disheveled, glassy-eyed and under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
In a statement, Mayor Mitch Landrieu referred to the suspect as a "drunk driver."
Video footage from the scene showed pandemonium immediately following the incident, but the Krewe of Endymion parade, the largest and most popular of numerous Mardi Gras season parades in New Orleans, continued with little or no interruption.
Of the 28 people injured, 21 were taken to local hospitals, including one police officer. Seven others who were hurt declined transport, Police Chief Michael Harrison told a news conference. Local media reports said 12 people were initially listed as critically injured.
A police spokeswoman said it was not certain when the suspect would make his first court appearance.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation in New Orleans said its agents were "coordinating with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners to determine whether a federal violation has occurred."
Last May, a 25-year-old woman with a history of mental illness drove a car into crowds watching a homecoming parade at Oklahoma State University, killing four people and injuring more than 40 others.
(Reporting by Catherine Koppel and Frank McGurty in New York and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Alan Crosby and Peter Cooney)


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Here is my view this Tuesday, as I focus on one area of my garden through the seasons.
Freshly mown grass always makes the garden look tidier, don't you agree?!
And cooler temperatures also meant I could cut down (or pull out) a lot more of the Lysimachia that has now gone brown and is starting to flop. It was on the right of the picture below… If cut back in time it sends up new shoots which serve as perfect ground cover until the winter.
With some Alchemilla also cut back the view at ground level has opened up and the Heuchera leaves are looking wonderful in front of the purple Teucrium that just goes on and on flowering. 🙂
Now that the heat and humidity is subsiding, there is a distinct 'late summer' feeling to the garden, and nothing says it better than the sight of Golden Rod just coming into flower at the bottom right of the view (behind the Acer). Yes, the summer is drawing to an end and I am relieved that the temperatures are set to drop a few degrees over the next few days. Time for a breather! 🙂
I wonder if you are seeing signs of late summer yet in your gardens?
I welcome any other 'Tuesday Views' to link in to this post in the comments below.
Have a great week!


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Insert refill printing
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2nd Prize in International Competition
Conceptual approach
The overall configuration of the building is rooted in the contextual reading of the surrounding area and narrow limitations of the site, defining the framework for an innovative and modern office and work environment.
The project is capable of synthesizing large-scale workspace, internal flow, clear sectioning between public, semi-public and private functions into a seemingly seamless setup, balancing the clear requirements for security while delivering enough transparency for the project to become a vibrant urban landmark in dialogue with the city.
The project
In the proposal, the architectural concept represents itself through a series of crystalline cubes encompassing a diverse range of floor plates and vertical connections, enabling the simultaneous perception of different activities through reflection and transparency.
The interior of the building is characterized by openness and atriums opening up through the building - consisting of open floors, where bright and flexible workspaces are sandwiched in between a series of activated roofscapes, and smaller roof gardens on the top. At ground level a conference center with auditoriums, and display/-exhibit zones and a canteen facing the park define a base-like structure clad in stone.
Registrations were received from more than 90 entrants from 15 countries. Our proposal made in collaboration with Stähelin Architekten AG came in second.


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How to Build Lean Muscle With Cardio
Hands down, resistance training is the best way to build muscle — but adding a few high-intensity aerobic sessions per week can help you maintain lean muscle mass and give your heart a great workout. In fact, a 2014 study published in Exercise Sports Science Review, found that aerobic exercise training can produce skeletal muscle hypertrophy.
The benefits don't end there. In addition to maintaining and building lean muscle, cardiovascular exercise also keeps your heart happy and healthy. The National Institute of Health says people of all ages can reap the benefits of cardiovascular exercise such as reducing your risk of developing coronary heart disease, lowering your blood pressure, and raising HDL cholesterol levels (the "good" kind).
Ideal Amount of Cardio
While there is no "perfect" prescription for building or maintaining lean muscle with cardiovascular exercise, there are some general recommendations that you can start with. The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that healthy adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity (working hard enough to break a sweat, but still able to carry on a conversation) five days per week or 20 minutes of more vigorous activity three days per week.
If your focus is on maintaining or gaining lean muscle mass, then opt for the lower end: three days per week for 20 minutes each session. You can also alternate high-intensity interval training with moderate-intensity exercise — for example, one day of HIIT training and two days of moderate intensity.
There are several forms of cardio available to you, especially if you exercise in a gym. The rowing machine, treadmill and upright bike are just a few of the better pieces of equipment to use when your focus is on building lean muscle mass.
Rowing Machine
The rowing machine has become a staple in many gyms. It can be used for warming-up or for doing intervals during circuit-style training. But, the rowing machine can also be beneficial if you want to do a longer cardio session. When done correctly, this machine works your cardiovascular system, upper body, and legs--essentially giving you a total body workout.
HOW TO DO IT: Warm-up for 3 minutes. You can set your own resistance on the rowing machine, so if you are new to this type of exercise, start on the low side and work your way up. Alternate between 30- to 60-second work periods with extended rest periods in between. A rest period is rowing at a much lower intensity, similar to a light warm up.
Using the treadmill for uphill walking is a great way to burn calories and maintain lean muscle mass. Not to mention, it also gives your hamstrings, calves and glutes a killer workout.
HOW TO DO IT: Warm up for 3 minutes. While keeping a walking pace, increase the incline until you get to a level that is challenging for your heart, legs, and glutes. For an easier workout, you can alternate walking at an incline (up to 5 percent grade) with walking at 0 percent incline. If you want an extra challenge, keep the treadmill at an incline during the entire workout and alternate from lower levels (2 to 3 percent grade) to higher inclines (up to 15 percent grade).
Upright Bike
If you have access to an Airdyne-style bike that uses both your arms and legs, go for this option. If not, hop on a spin bike or upright bike. Just make sure you have plenty of levels of resistance to use. The goal here is to work your quads, hamstrings, and glutes with a harder resistance.
HOW TO DO IT: Warm up for three minutes. Like the rowing machine and treadmill, upright or spin bikes let you control the resistance. Start with a resistance that is comfortable. Increase the resistance until you feel the lower body being challenged (likely between level 8 and 15). You can alternate work and rest periods on a bike by slowing down your pace and decreasing the resistance (level 2 to 4 on rest periods).
Writer Bio
Sara Lindberg, B.S., M.Ed., is a freelance health and fitness writer. She holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in exercise science and a Master's degree in counseling. She's spent her life educating people on the importance of health, wellness, mindset and mental health. She specializes in the mind-body connection, with a focus on how our mental and emotional wellbeing impact our physical fitness and health.


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1 Is it possible for evidence to be taken by videoconference either with the participation of a court in the requesting Member State or directly by a court of that Member State? If yes, what are the relevant national procedures or laws that apply?
Yes. Provision exists at 38 court locations in Scotland.
Articles 10-12 and 17 apply to all applications received in terms of Regulation 1206/2001. No other local procedures are applied in these cases.
2 Are there any restrictions on the type of person who can be examined by videoconference – for example, is it only witnesses or can others such as experts or parties also be examined in this way?
There are no restrictions on the type of person who can be examined.
3 What restrictions, if any, are there on the type of evidence that can be obtained by videoconference?
There are no statutory restrictions. There may be practical restrictions (for example, reference to physical objects held by the requesting court to which the witness does not have access).
4 Are there any restrictions on where the person should be examined by videoconference – i.e. does it have to be in a court?
Again there are no statutory restrictions. Courtrooms and other rooms have been used in the past. Appropriate accommodation will be determined by the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk at the court where the application is received.
5 Is it permitted to record videoconference hearings and, if so, is the facility available?
It is possible to record hearings.
In any event, since proceedings could be recorded at either end of a videoconferencing link, it may be more appropriate for the requesting court to record proceedings direct.
6 In what language should the hearing be conducted: (a) where requests are made under Articles 10 to 12; and (b) where there is direct taking of evidence under Article 17?
In both cases, the default language is English.
If the requesting court desires a different language then an interpreter would be required to translate proceedings into English for the benefit of those parties present who do not speak the language of the requesting court.
7 If interpreters are required, who is responsible for providing them under both types of hearing and where should they be located?
In accordance with Article 18 of Regulation1206/2001the requested court should make arrangements for the attendance of an interpreter locally.
8 What procedure applies to the arrangements for the hearing and to notify the person to be examined about the time and place? How much time should be allowed when arranging the date of the hearing to enable the person to receive sufficient notification?
Notification to the parties would be made by the local court in terms of Article 11(4) of Regulation1206/2001. This would normally be done by first class, recorded delivery letter.
In general, the existing rules regarding notification apply – i.e. a minimum of 48 hours notice would be required. In practice, however, a longer period of notice would be given since the hearings are usually fixed a few weeks in advance.
9 What costs apply to the use of videoconferencing and how should they be paid?
Generally any cost to the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service for the use of videoconferencing facilities is not passed on to other parties.
10 What requirements, if any, are there for ensuring that the person examined directly by the requesting court has been informed that the performance shall take place on a voluntary basis?
Appropriate notice is given by the requesting court in Form A. It would be normal practice to copy that information over to Form F which is subsequently served on the witness. No further requirements are imposed by the local court.
11 What procedure exists for verifying the identity of the person to be examined?
There is no set procedure. The requesting court may stipulate such things as the production of a Passport or Driving Licence and such requirements would be passed on to the witness. Any documentary evidence of identity would be checked on the day in a manner which satisfies the requesting court.
12 What requirements for taking oaths apply and what information is needed from the requesting court when an oath is required during direct taking of evidence under Article 17?
If an oath is required by the requesting court then the local court would need to know what procedures are to be applied by the requesting court (the provision of a holy book, for example, or the form of words to be used).
It may be that the local court would wish, additionally, to administer the Scottish oath but that is a matter which would be at the discretion of the presiding Sheriff.
13 What arrangements are there for ensuring that there is a contact person at the place of the videoconference with whom the requesting court can liaise and a person who is available on the day of the hearing to operate the videoconferencing facilities and deal with any technical problems?
As part of the preparatory work, the local court would obtain details of a contact at the requesting court and pass those details to the Electronic Service Delivery Unit (ESDU) of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
ESDU would then liaise with the requesting court staff to arrange a time and a place for a test of the equipment. ESDU would also attend on the day to operate the local equipment and deal with any technical problems.
14 What, if any, additional information is required from the requesting court?
Any particular access requirements or information about medical conditions which may affect the choice of location or time of the hearing.
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How to Effectively Communicate Your Research
Kate Christian
Tutorial Video Abstract
Join Kate Christian as she demystifies the process of effectively communicating your research. In this webinar, you will learn:
- Why you should value research communication (and how this will affect your career)
- The routine steps you can take to better your communication skills
- How to describe the impact of your research
Unfortunately, most researchers do not give communication about their research, or their personal successes, the focus that it deserves. They simply don't consider the value how good communication about their project, its intentions, and its results adds to their reputation and their quests for further funding.
Join Kate as she describes the impact of research communication—both in and out of the lab. Lab tours, community visits and other dealings with the public can provide wide impact opportunities.
Last, as well as working out your h-index, you will learn how to describe the impact of your papers.


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A Palestinian resident has been critically injured by live IDF fire in Issawiya, East Jerusalem, according to Palestinian sources, among them my family members who live there.
Clashes erupted late Tuesday when the Israeli army entered the town in order to arrest a resident on charges of throwing stones. The arrest caused heightened tensions in the town and dozens of young residents gathered to confront the soldiers.
The clashes between the soldiers and the residents concentrated in Hai Abeid, which is downtown Issawiya, and continued until the early hours of the morning. According to witnesses, over a dozen Palestinians were injured. One of the wounded residents was hit with a rubber-coated bullet in his head and is currently in critical situation.
The Israeli border guard reported two injuries of Israeli soldiers who were taken to Hadassah hospital.
The army has deployed more soldiers to the area and the current situation is still tense.
Confrontations between the Israeli army and residents of Issawiya are very common, especially when the army enters the town. In the past two years dozens of residents have been injured and arrested and one child was killed from inhaling tear gas.
Read also:
Palestinians reopen East Jerusalem road to protest land-grab
'National Parks' in East Jerusalem: New tool in occupation toolkit
Issawiya, a Jerusalem neighborhood behind concrete barricades


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Boston College 28, Maryland 21: More Flutie magic
Billy Flutie made his mark.
The Boston College football team got within one step of its season-long goal yesterday, beating Maryland 28-21 at Alumni Stadium. With the victory, the Eagles won the Atlantic Coast Conference's Atlantic Division for the second straight season, creating a rematch with Virginia Tech in the ACC Championship Game.
All year, BC's goal has been to win the ACC title and reach the Orange Bowl, which it failed to do last year. One more win and hope will be reality.
Seven key points yesterday came courtesy of a fake field goal in the third quarter, with Flutie, the holder, rolling to his right and then lofting a touchdown pass to reserve tight end Jordan McMichael - his roommate - for a 21-7 lead at the time.
It was the first career completion for Flutie, and the first career reception for McMichael.
"Everything that we do, everything the way we do it, is geared toward a championship," said BC coach Jeff Jagozinski, now 2-for-2 in Atlantic Division titles in his two seasons at the Heights. "From doing things right in practice, doing things right on the field, doing things right off the field - going to class - doing it the right way.
"These kids believed. ... That's all that matters. If they believe and the coaches believe, you've got a chance."
The fake was a play BC worked on all week. The coaches saw something in the way Maryland defended on kicks, but ultimately the call was the responsibility of Flutie.
"I make the call at the line of scrimmage to see if they're rushing on the right side, and it was there," said Flutie, now the third man with that last name to figure in a BC touchdown, following in the footsteps of his uncles, Doug and Darren.
"I am a Flutie, and I take a lot of honor in my last name," Billy said. "Darren and Doug did great things when they were here, and I'm looking to contribute to that and do the best I can here."
The Eagles (9-3, 5-3 ACC) were bogged down in a 7-7 tie late in the first half - unable to score since their opening possession - when linebacker Mark Herzlich changed the game.
The Terrapins had the ball with the chance to move ahead for the first time. Quarterback Chris Turner (33-for-57, 360 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT) dropped back to pass but was pressured by BC's Ron Brace. He threw into the flat to his right. But instead of finding a Maryland receiver, Herzlich found the ball. He made a diving pick at the Maryland 45, the sixth of the season for the junior linebacker.
Just 1:14 remained in the second quarter, and Boston College attacked. Redshirt freshman quarterback Dominique Davis, making his first career start after senior Chris Crane suffered a broken collarbone last week, lofted an arcing pass toward the left corner of the end zone, some 50 yards downfield. A wide-open Rich Gunnell caught the pass for a a 14-7 lead.
"He's a young guy, but he's got a lot of confidence in himself and we have confidence in him," Gunnell said of Davis, who was 12-for-24 with two touchdowns and no interceptions. "As a group, we just try to pull around him. It's his time now, it's his team, and we're just following him."
Another defensive play sealed the game, and BC's trip to Tampa next Saturday.
The Eagles held to a 21-14 lead with just under two minutes remaining, but Maryland had just converted third-and-20 to move to its own 35. After an incompletion, Turner threw toward the right sideline. Robert Francois, a senior outside linebacker playing his final home game, jumped the route and raced 36 yards for a touchdown and a 28-14 BC advantage with just 1:42 remaining.
It was the seventh straight game the Eagles scored a defensive or special teams touchdown.
"We're probably one of the most underrated defenses in the country," said Francois. "We come out every week to prove everybody wrong."
After forcing Maryland to punt on the opening possession of the game, BC went on a 14-play, 88-yard scoring drive to take a 7-0 lead. Davis hit Justin Jarvis on a fade route in the left corner of the end zone for the touchdown. Maryland evened the game at 7-7 on the next possession, scoring when Turner ran in from the 1 to finish off a five play, 60-yard march.
After Herzlich's pick led to Gunnell's score and the Flutie-to-McMichael combo gave BC a 14-point edge, the Terrapins pulled within seven at 21-14 on the first play of the fourth quarter when Turner completed a 9-yard strike to Danny Oquendo to close a 70-yard drive.
Maryland closed the scoring with 14 seconds remaining - after Francois' pick - a Turner to Torrey Smith pass accounting for the touchdown. The Terrapins then attempted an onside kick, which went out of bounds, officially sending BC to the ACC Championship Game for the second straight year.
"Last year was awesome ... but we didn't reach our goal," said Herzlich. "We came up short, we didn't win the ACC Championship Game and we didn't go to the Orange Bowl. All those negatives that happened at the end of the season got us driving to make it different this year.
"If you don't make it to the Orange Bowl, you're just another team in the ACC."
The Boston College seniors were each introduced individually yesterday, prior to the final home game of the season. Seventeen who have used up all their eligibility, including Holliston's John Hovsepian, took the Alumni Stadium field for the final time. ...
Senior strong safety Paul Anderson was given the honor of wearing No. 31 yesterday, in honor of the late Jay McGillis. McGillis was a defensive back for BC under coach Tom Coughlin and died of leukemia in July 1992. Each year since his death, a BC senior defensive back has worn his number for the final home game. Last year's honoree was All-America safety Jamie Silva. ...
Montel Harris set BC's freshman rushing record with 798 yards, passing Shelby Gamble's mark of 776 set in 1979. ...
Flutie was listed on the depth chart at four different positions. He was second-string at quarterback and wide receiver, held on placekicks and split the punting duties with freshman Ryan Quigley. In addition, Flutie was in on special teams coverage. ...
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Hallelujah! That word applies not just to the ecclesiastical motif of Sarah Burton's exquisite Alexander McQueen presentation, but to what a designer can do with 10 looks and a thought in her head.
Burton decided early on to forgo a full-scale show in favor of an intimate presentation due to the recent birth of her twins. She showed in an ornate salon of the Opéra Comique, her high-shine, modernist cube seating in serene contrast to the room's froufrou murals and gilding. As for her theme, Burton is either prescient or fashion's fastest worker, as who didn't connect her theme, the sartorial trappings of "the high church," to the papal conclave? Her show notes referenced "from communion gowns to cardinals' robes." (And with good reason. Have you ever noticed the laces on view during a procession of the cardinals? Amazing.) In five pairs of related looks, she presented a lavish feast in which pristine communicants in exquisite organdy lace gave way to sensual Swiss Guards and a twosome whose pearl-encrusted, cutaway habits suggested they were sent to the nunnery to atone for their sexual sins, (said atonement a work in progress, from the looks of things). She finished with a white-and-gold homage to the Virgin Queen, which referenced both Elizabeth I and various religious iconography.
Burton's tiny grouping awed with its beauty and the craft on display. It also whetted the appetite for what commercial glories the showroom may hold. Almost at the end of a seemingly endless season, countless other designers could take a lesson.