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Who do you want in The We Are Medway Project? I notice many town employees and men and women in uniform, and maybe I am not who you are looking for?
Out of the gate, I have had many town officials and well-known people in the town as part of the project. It has only worked out this way, and part of it was to get attention for the project. The goal is anyone with a 'connection' to Medway is eligible. I want to show the full range of people connected to this town, from 'townies' to those who just arrived and all in between. Teachers who interact with our kids, the postal workers who we have gotten to know over the years, clerks at our favorite places.
How is a person 'connected' to Medway?
You live in Medway, for the last 80 years or 80 days. You work(ed) in Medway. You own(ed) a business in Medway. You are part of the Medway story. If you are reading this, then there is a good chance you should be in the project. Contact me if you have any questions. No one has been turned away yet.
How long will this project go on?
As of now, the project is slated to end June 30th, 2019, one year since it started.
How many photos do you want to include?
As many as I can, in a perfect scenario, I would love to have over One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirteen by the end of the project.
What is the plan for the photos?
First, they will be added with the brief bios to a webpage, timricephoto.com/wearemedway. The ultimate goal will be a showing of the photos, either as part of a slide show, or physical display at the Thayer House in Medway on Celebrate Medway Day, July 20th, 2019. If you are interested in your photo being part of the physical display (Printed and Matted), there will be a minimal fee to cover materials, and you would receive your photo at the end of the show.
Are these single head-shots or can there be group shots?
The model of the yearbook is a single head-shot. I had considered family photos, but for logistics, I think I need to limit it to individual images. Now a family is welcome to come at the same time and get their pictures taken separately and be added in a row. And people with little kids (under the age of 13) who want to be photographed with their children I may make an exception. There will be other exceptions, at my discretion and group shot addition to a single head shot will not be counted in the total number. I am happy to book family sessions for those who would like them; it is offered as one of my services.
Why are the photos in black and white?
The photos are in black and white because that is how I picture the project. Like an old yearbook. Black and white are timeless. The images are taken in color and maybe be purchased in color after the fact. This leads to the next question.
Can I purchase the photo?
Yes, the photo can be purchased as a print or as a file. The ones I post online can be shared and used as profile photos etc. but will contain a watermark. Watermark-free images can be purchased, but no purchase is necessary to be part of the project. See "What is the plan for the photos" for info on being part of the show.
Are props allowed?
Yes, they are, within reason. If you were to bring a prop, I would hope it would be part of your story and relate to who you are.
Are the photos shot only at your studio?
Yes, the photos are all taken at the studio on the same backdrop. Contact me for more details or to discuss exceptions.
What should I wear?
This is up to you; I want you to be comfortable and represented the way you want to be in the project. When applicable, uniforms are welcomed, but not necessary.
Are animals welcome?
Not really for this particular project, again I do offer sessions where I photograph animals and would be happy to set a time for you. Concerning The We Are Medway Project, I rather keep it to people, but exceptions can be made, contact me and let me know more and we can discuss.
Why are you doing this?
Why not?
How can I help?
Thank you for asking, the goal of 1713 is a considerable number. I need people. Feel free to tell people about the project. I get many names suggested to me, but not ways to get in touch with them. Suggestions always welcomed suggestions with ways to get in touch with better. People who reach out to me because you suggested me to them… the best.
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Dillon Hall
With 81,000 square feet of space for some 340 students, Dillon is the largest dorm on campus. Built in honor of Rev. Patrick Dillon, Notre Dame's second president, Dillon's stone carvings include saints, animals, student athletes, and a Viking ship. The dorm's chapel was dedicated to Knute Rockne, who had died just months before the dorm was opened in 1931.
The hall is famous for its Pep Rally, held annually the Thursday before the first home football game.
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How to Hand Paint Wood Signs
Wood signs are used for interior and exterior home décor and for business advertising. Hand painting wood signs is made easier by the array of paint and craft products readily available in discount and craft stores. Stores offer vast selections of stencils for both letters and designs.
Things You Will Need
- Newspaper
- Wood sign
- Wood sealant
- Paintbrush
- Acrylic or latex paint
- Small paintbrushes
- Stencils *optional
- Stencil brush and paints *optional
- Painter's tape *optional
- Sponge shapes *optional
- Clear spray paint
Paints consist of indoor craft paint, or weather-resistant exterior paint. Whether you're making a primitive country wood sign, or a fancy wood sign for a child's room, hand painting a wood sign is a project you can accomplish in a weekend.
Cover your work area with newspapers. Place the sign on top. Paint the sign's back with wood sealant. Wood sealants are available at home improvement stores. Wood sealant keeps the wood from absorbing paint. Allow the sealant to dry. Turn the sign over. Paint the front of the sign with wood sealant. Allow the sealant to dry. According to Country Home Décor, wood signs an inch or less in thickness work well.
Paint a base coat of paint over the sign's back. By painting the sign's back first, paint drips on the front will be covered with paint. Allow the paint to dry. Turn the sign over and paint the front. Allow the paint to dry. Use an exterior paint if your sign will be used outdoors. For decorative wood signs, use latex or acrylic paints.
Paint freestyle designs onto the wood sign. According to Country Home Décor, use a color for your lettering or designs that contrasts with your base coat. A fine paintbrush works best. According to Woodshop 102, if painting letters or designs freestyle, load your paintbrush with paint. Push the brush instead of wiping the brush. Dabbing the paintbrush lightly onto the sign instead of stroking produces interesting results. Large signs with large letters can be painted by use of a bingo-paint style bottle filled with paint.
Paint letters or designs onto the wood sign by using stencils. Adhere the stencils to the sign with painter's tape. Often blue, painter's tape is made with a special adhesive that won't pull your paint from the wood. When using stencils, use a stencil brush and stencil paint. Dab the brush into the stencil openings rather than stroking. Dabbing decreases the likelihood of paint seeping beneath the stencil openings.
Stamp designs or shapes onto a wood sign with sponge shapes soaked in acrylic or latex paint. Squeeze excess paint from the shape and press the shape onto the desired area on the wood sign. Allow paint to dry.
Create stripes or plaids on your wood sign by applying painter's tape wherever you want a stripe or plaid pattern. Paint around the tape. Allow the paint to dry. Remove the tape and paint the stripe left behind in a contrasting color.
Place the wood sign onto the newspaper and spray paint the finished sign with a clear coat of paint. Always use spray paint in a well ventilated area, preferably outside in a garage. According to Workshop 102, clear coats protect the lettering and paint.
Always use spray paint in a well-ventilated area to avoid injuries to the nervous system and brain.
- Always use spray paint in a well-ventilated area to avoid injuries to the nervous system and brain.
Writer Bio
Louise Harding holds a B.A. in English language arts and is a licensed teacher. Harding is a professional fiction writer. She is mother to four children, two adopted internationally, and has had small businesses involving sewing and crafting for children and the home. Harding's frugal domestic skills help readers save money around the home.
Photo Credits
- welcome sign image by ann triling from Fotolia.com
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We'll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Big Data news every morning.
In a back street in San Francisco's start-up dominated SoMa district, a rapidly growing business is busy studying how millions of employees behave each day. Its computers know in real time why a worker was hired, how productive they are and can even follow them as they move to a new job.
Evolv is a leader in the nascent Quantified Workplace movement, where big data analytics companies are springing up to measure how we work. "Every week we figure out more things to track," says Max Simkoff, Evolv's co-founder and chief executive, who claims it can help improve productivity by at least 5 per cent in two-thirds of jobs.
More than half of human resources departments around the world report an increase in the use of data analytics compared with three years ago, according to a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit. But many employees are still blissfully unaware of how information they may deem private is being analysed by their managers.
For its part, Evolv analyses more than half a billion "employee data points" from across 13 countries, seeking to identify patterns across companies and industries. These data points range from how often employees interact with their supervisor to how long it takes a worker to get to the office.
Evolv's clients use them to help guide their hiring decisions, as well as to evaluate an employee's performance throughout his or her career.
The company has so far focused on customer-facing industries such as retailers and call centres. One client is Kelly, an employment agency. It says it has seen a 7 per cent improvement in employee efficiency across the board by incorporating Evolv's insights into its hiring policy.
Novo1, a US company that runs customer call centres and has more than 2,000 employees, identified the characteristics of its most successful call operators and hired more people like them. This cut job interviews down to 12 minutes from an hour, reduced average call time by a minute and slashed attrition by 39 per cent.
Another pioneering outfit is Sociometric Solutions, which puts sensors in name badges to discover social dynamics at work. The badges monitor how employees move around the workplace, who they talk to and in what tone of voice.
One client, Bank of America, discovered that its more productive workers were those allowed to take their breaks together, in which they let off steam and shared tips about dealing with frustrated customers.
The bank took heed and switched to collective breaks, after which performance improved 23 per cent and the amount of stress in workers' voices fell 19 per cent.
Ben Waber, Sociometric Solutions co-founder and chief executive, thinks the badges can be deployed far beyond sales and customer service. He sees big opportunities in pharmaceuticals, for instance, where productivity is hard to measure because new drugs might emerge only once in a decade: "The rest of the time, they have no idea."
Another company, Steelcase, which puts sensors in office furniture and buildings to see how workers interact, thinks the real opportunity for workplace monitoring is far from the call-centre floor – in opaque creative departments and even boardrooms, where time is especially precious.
David Lathrop, its director of research and strategy, says the sensors are now so cheap they can be put "practically everywhere", arguing that employees could benefit by tracking their own performance.
Improving the productivity of top executives "has a disproportionate effect on the company", he adds.
Advocates say quantifying the workplace is especially useful in areas where there are often culture clashes: such as cross-border teams and acquisitions.
For example, clients of Polycom, a video conferencing company, can already replay their recorded meetings. Stuart Monks, its group vice-president for technology and architecture, wants to go further and let customers analyse that information.
Mr Monks says within Polycom, the HR department has been able to use the data to ascertain that a group in one continent was not understanding a team in another.
Not everyone is convinced that the growing use of technology to monitor workers' productivity offers an unequivocal improvement, however.
Teresa Amabile, a professor and director of research at Harvard Business School, says it could be "very positive" or "very negative" depending on the existing workplace culture.
Monitoring can work if the teams, departments or whole offices using the software or devices have what she calls "a high degree of psychological safety".
If people feel able to experiment, potentially fail and learn from those lessons, then they can be motivated by gaining a better understanding of how they spend their days.
But she warned that the technology was still in its early days and could be "too crude" an instrument to rely on. "There is definitely a danger of seeing technology as a silver bullet," she says.
Lew Maltby, president of the US National Workrights Institute, says electronic monitoring could be a "very valuable tool" for employers, by providing evidence for sexual harassment suits or assessing productivity in data entry jobs, for example.
But he says most employees "haven't got a clue" about the extent to which their emails are already monitored, or about the information their employer can access from their work computer and smartphone.
Employees may have little in the way of legal grounds for challenging an extension of this data gathering. He says there was a spate of legal cases in the US a few years ago about the monitoring of work computers and employees lost every one of them.
"No employee has ever won an invasion of privacy case based on an employer monitoring their computer," he says.
Even those who are involved in the growing industry believe there needs to be more discussion about when and how the data are used. Professor Andrew Knight from Washington University in St Louis works with data from both Evolv and Sociometric Solutions to study workplace behaviour.
But he thinks constant monitoring is a "scary image for the future" that could "remove some of the authenticity of those [workplace] relationships".
Steelcase's Mr Lathrop may be busy thinking up innovative places in which to slip sensors, but he does consider the potential impact on employees. In the wake of the Edward Snowden affair, he says people may have been temporarily put off by what they see as an infringement of their privacy. But he thinks that will fade.
"It is easy to paint a creepy scenario about this," he says. "But it is also possible to create quite a positive scenario – where people benefit directly."
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<trackbot> Date: 01 February 2011
<scribe> scribenick: dave
<gpilz> ~30F here - but I'm at 7,500 feet
<dug> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-ws-resource-access/2011Feb/0000.html
Agenda accepted.
Ram: Still working on some of the issues still, but some are ok.
Bob: Which ones are resolvable?
We will do this as we come to them.
The minutes are accepted:
Gil was to look for a dinner spot.
No changes to the table of implementations
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11874
11874: Accepted as a new issue.
Recolved: Issue 11874 as proposed.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11882
Accepted as a new issue.
Proposal to fix in the obvious way.
Resolved as proposed.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11894
Issue accepted as a new issue.
People need time on this one.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11899
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=948
Accepted as new issue.
Resolved: As proposed.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11928
Bob: Yves will this be fixed by the publication process.
Yves: I will take care of it.
Resolved as proposed.
<scribe> ACTION: Yves to fix as recommended. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2011/02/01-ws-ra-minutes.html#action01]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-174 - Fix as recommended. [on Yves Lafon - due 2011-02-08].
<gpilz> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11850
Gil this has no semantic change. It is just clarification
<dug> +1 - its non-normative text that clarifies
Resolved: as proposed.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11790
Dug: Is a qname a proble for the dialogue type.
<dug> preferred solution: <mex:Dialect Type="{nsURI}localPart" ...
Dug: Some parsers don't hold onto
name spaces for qnames longenough.
... It looks like we might be stuck with existing parses.
Tom: Do you mean schema changes?
Dug: Yes, but also definitions of what goes on the wire.
Dave: Says this approach works.
<Bob> Note that dateTime is at risk
Dug: We could support both. Make it a string and test for the first character "{"
Tom: Described how XML processors work, e.g. they need to do some context setting.
<dug> its an attribute
Tom: In the XPath case there was no
real context present. In the case we need to force it.
... I don't like the both ways options.
Gil: I like the "{" approach -
because I am lazy.
... Both is bad.
<dug> <mex:Dialect Type="{nsURI}localPart"
BoB; Can we drop both?
Ram: I don't know yet what the final
picture is.
... Directionally, the above makes sense, but I need to talk.
<asoldano> I'm fine with single way
Bob: It sounds like a single way is
the prefered approach.
... Is there a common approach?
Gil: The "{" approach is reasonable common.
Dave: I has seen it too.
<dug> I'm pretty sure { isn't a valid char in a NS
Gil: Is it too much work to work out the type?
<asoldano> that's a common way of doing a to-string conversion of NS
Dug: I was only going to put it in the string.
Tom: This is an application level
... We define it the way we want.
Gil: Can we refine a string to enforse the format?
Ashok: You can do this with a
... E.g. { + characters + } + charcaters.
... I can help.
Dug: This doesn't help much, since schema validation is usually off.
Gil: With schema, the text is easier.
<dug> Ashok if you can send me the xsd I'll make a more formal proposal
<gpilz> my proposal for creating a simple type that defines "{namespace URI}local part" is about using schema as a spec documentation tool
<gpilz> it's not so much about schema validation - it's just that a human reader can look at the schema and know exactly what is required
Resolution: The "{" approach looks like the direction. Please raise concerns ASAP.
<Ashok> I need to do a bit of work to figure out how to write the pattern
<scribe> ACTION: ashok will help Dug do this in schema. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2011/02/01-ws-ra-minutes.html#action02]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-175 - Will help Dug do this in schema. [on Ashok Malhotra - due 2011-02-08].
Issue 11865 needs a proposal
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11766
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/attachment.cgi?id=949
Dug: The TX-Create was strange wrt
empty representations. It seemed to imply support for empty was
... The text in Put looked better, so the proposal ti to apply this text to Create.
... Dug: There were some other text changes as well, including support for a fault.
... In Put there was a minor alignment change included.
Ram: This looks like the right directin.
Gil: It looks OK, but for a nit.
... The reference to schema validation isn't really needed.
Dug: I just want them consitent.
Tom: Drop the word Schema.
Yves: Maybe we just Put.
Dug: It's not the semantics, but the text.
<gpilz> If an implementation that validates the presented representation detects that the presented representation is invalid
Dug: Looks OK.
<gpilz> If an implementation that validates the presented representation detects that that representation is invalid . . .
Gil: There just might be other ways to do this.
Dug: I can update the propose.
Ram: Can empty still happen?
Dug: Yes, but only if the schema supports it.
Gil: So only some resources can do empty, but it is their choice.
Yves: The empty constructor was there to suppot later put to the resource
Gil: There are other use cases.
... The object defines what emapy constructure means.
Tom: What does empty constriuctor mean?
Gil: Various shades of
... Either use default value, or actuallyempty.
... If it can't do it, fault (emptyness not allowed).
Tom: How does the client know?
Gil: It's out of band.
Bob: There is some work to do on this.
Dug: I can update based on this discussion.
Resolved: This is the right direction, e.g. do the right thing or fault.
<scribe> ACTION: Dug to revise the proposal. [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2011/02/01-ws-ra-minutes.html#action03]
<trackbot> Created ACTION-176 - Revise the proposal. [on Doug Davis - due 2011-02-08].
Bob: Can we make progress of these others?
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11698
Dug: This is editorial.
Dub: The wording is not clear. there are other examples in the specs that are already clearer in similar cases.
Ram: Need more time.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11703
Dug: This is just editorial, using the text from enumeration.
Gil: You support filter, you supprt teh dialect I am using. Is this what I get back?
Dug: Yes.
Ram: there is a punction problem in the early part of the spec.
Dug: I can do a comma, but it's a different spec.
Bob: Just leave it.
Resolved: Issue as proposed.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11697
Dug: Couldn't find a generic fault.
Dig: I lean to CWNA.
There was a slight drift into fantacy land.
Ram: Isn't there a fault for this.
Bob: Please find one.
... this appears to be outside of the protocol.
Resolved: Close with no action.
<dug> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11723
Dug: This is the same as above. Close with no action.
Resolved: Close with no action.
Bob: Proposal close with no
... Its a breaking change.
Dug: The semantic stays the same, but the name changes.
Tom: In SCA this did happen. If there is other real important stuff, we will fix this too.
Dug: There is no real implementation history to protect.
Gil: The proposal isn't clear. What is changing, the qname?
Dig: The text is OK, but on the wire we send maxelements, but get back elements.
Bob: Defer if we do get breaking changes.
Resolved: Defer this to later if there is another breaking proposal (that matters).
Already closed.
Ram: Needs more time.
Dug: Close with no action.
Resolved: Close with no action.
Dug: Straight forwad.
Ram: will look into this.
Bob: Well done on the issues.
Dug: The NS for the specs and the
scenarion are different
... Let the scenarion stay in the editor space.
Bob: Where would they stay long term?
Yves: They would stay in the group's namespace.
Bob: Put them in the scenarios directory within the wg.
<dug> now: http://www.w3.org/2011/01/scenario
<dug> bob: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ra/test
<dug> http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ra/test/scenario.html
<dug> http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ra/test/scenario/Animal.xsd
Bob: Yves is this OK?
Yves: Yes.
Dug: The scenario docs will start differently than the other specs.
Gil: This is oK.
<Yves> if you used an entity for the ns, then it's easy to rebuild and adjust
<dug> well, I need to move it in cvs too
Resolved: As proposed.
Nothing more on the scenarions.
Li: When will these be stable?
<dug> 12:01pm the first day of the f2f
Dug: No we still have some more work
on eventing.
... What is there is pretty stable, But we may add more feature tests.
Bob: You can write code now.
Li: Is there an actual freeze time.
Bob: Can we freeze until the F2F.
... it will change at the F2F.
... Is a week OK?
... This always happens.
... Some freeze is needed, but will never be stable once we get to the F2F.
... We still need to make as few changes as possible as wel approach the F2F.
Ram: Agrees.
... Wants a freze date if possible.
Dug: I understand. I hope people are coding to the spec and not the scenario document. This is to test the spec, not the scenarion.
<Bob> Time gentlemen
Bob: We will test the spec. and the
meeting has ended.
... But we will try to be as stable as we can.
<dug> @yves - I hope I said "NOT code for the test"
<Yves> the second time, yes, not the first time :) (but it's late here)
<asoldano> bye


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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Has a Secret That Wind Waker Fans Will Love
By the King of Red Lion's!
Given that Breath of the Wild has been out for over two years now, you might think that all of its secrets would have been ousted already. This is apparently not the case, as YouTuber GameExplain has discovered an island that bares more than a striking resemblance to the starting village in Wind Waker.
In GameExplain's video, side by side comparisons are drawn between the island in Breath of the Wild and Wind Waker's Outset Island. You can check out the video for yourself below, though as far as we're concerned there are too many similarities for it to be mere coincidence.
The high lookout post is clearly where it should be, and there's even a boat where the King of Red Lion would dock in Wind Waker. It's frankly remarkable that this secret has managed to stay hidden for this long, suggesting that we surely haven't heard the last from Breath of the Wild in terms of secrets.
Of course, this wouldn't mark the first time locations from other Zelda games have cropped up in BOTW, as Lon Lon Ranch, and even Headstone Island have all been represented. If you want to head to faux-Outset Island in Breath of the Wild, you can watch the video for its exact location. It's called Lurelin Village in BOTW, and sits to the South of the map.
For more on Breath of the Wild, we've got a bunch of guides for you to check out. If you're still early on in Breath of the Wild it's worth cooking some Spicy Meat and Seafood Fry for the Old Man so you can get the Warm Doublet. You might also want to tame your own horse and unlock the camera. It's worth finding out how to kill Guardians and figuring out how to respec Link's health and stamina.


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Accounts Payable Ledger Template in Excel Format: Free Download
The Importance of A/P Tracking
If your vendors allow you to open a credit account and you buy from many vendors, how will you know the true accounts payables (A/P) you owe and to what vendor? Chances are you won't, and when it's time to pay on your credit accounts, you'll be scrambling for invoices if you don't have a good tracking system. Further, you'll spend time at month end trying to make disbursements to the right expense accounts.
To help you learn the accounts payable cycle, we've included an accounts payable ledger template in our Media Gallery that is in a Microsoft Excel format that you can utilize as a model for your A/P tracking.
Exploring the A/P Ledger
In the screenshot to the left (click to enlarge) you can see an accurate accounts payable ledger that keeps track of each vendor, the beginning balance, transactions made throughout the month, ending balances, and total accounts payable balances for all vendors.
Most accounting software programs allow you to set up vendors and the expense accounts associated with the supplies or services you purchase from them. For example, in the accounts payable ledger template, ABC Office Equipment may have a default expense account set up within your accounting software of office supplies & equipment or, as in the example—account 365. K&G Uniforms, because they supply uniforms, have a default expense account of 368, and so on.
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Using the A/P Ledger
It's easy to begin your own accounts payable tracking, even if you don't have an accounting software program that offers an accounts payable module. First download the sample accounts payable ledger, and then let's take a look at how it works using the items on the template.
- Gather Invoices – First, gather your invoices for the month from each credit vendor.
- Post Invoices – Next, you'll want to post invoices such as we did for ABC Office Equipment on 2/5/2011—Invoice 2112 for office supplies of $500. When posting accounts payables due, you debit the expense account (office supplies) and credit your accounts payable account. The credit to accounts payables will help you keep a running total of what you owe each vendor.
- Paying Accounts – If you pay on any of your credit accounts, (see template for payment to ABC Office Supplies of $200) you credit your cash in bank account and debit your accounts payable account. Again, this spreadsheet allows you to keep a running total of what is owed after each entry.
- Subtotals – The accounts payable spreadsheet also allows for subtotals that offer a quick glance on what your total accounts payables are for any given accounting period.
- Debits & Credits – If you have posted your monthly activity to your accounts payables correctly, all your debits and credits will equal as in our example.
Every business that charges on account must keep an accurate record of their accounts payable in order to ensure everyone gets paid on time. It's also important for accuracy so your A/P liabilities account stay current on your monthly balance sheet. Finally, when supplies or services are purchased on credit, once entered into the accounts payable ledger template, the correct expense account can be debited to ensure your company or departmental expenses are correct.
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For the most part, they were right. The writing is very rich. In spite of what you know is really going on between this older man in a fatherly role and the twelve-year-old he is abusing, the revolting bits are never stating explicitly, and in fact you might even miss them because they are so casually mentioned between pages and pages of rambling lists and descriptions. It's really rather frustrating to read, actually. I'd rather have known more about what was happening, or more about Lolita herself; the bare glimpses you get of her through Humbert's endless dronings on about how lovely she is or describing all the hotels they stopped at or all the cars they saw or all the landmarks they visited etc etc are so obscure you never really know what she's thinking or feeling about all this. One moment it seems she is actually flirting with the creep, the next she's sobbing and protesting. Overall she comes across as a spoiled brat (he's constantly buying her gifts to keep her compliant), mouthing off, talking back, acting like a regular teenager. He's constantly paranoid that she's going to run away, or ogling her friends, or worrying about how to keep his obsession a secret. The first part, about how he weaseled his way into her family and became her stepfather, was interesting but then it gradually just got so dull I couldn't stand it anymore. Not that I wanted more details of a particular sort, I just wanted more story. Of course I suppose this is just to give the reader a picture of what it's like inside a depraved mind, but it was boring. I really did try to finish, because I wanted to know what happened to Lolita. I quit actually reading the book around page 180, then did some skimming, enough to find out
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Bah. O well. I didn't finish it, and I don't care. If somebody ever writes a book about Lolita from the girl's point of view, I might be interested in that, but just barely.
This is the first Nabokov book I've attempted to read, and I'm afraid it might also be the last. In the back of the edition I borrowed was a list of all his other titles with brief descriptions, and not a single one caught my interest.
Borrowed from the library.
Abandoned ......... 317 pages, 1955
more opinions: Shelf Love
anyone else? (Edit 06/ 8/2020 I used to have more listed but those blogs are no longer online)


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The JBS Swift processing plant was experiencing difficulty meeting production and efficiency demands. The solution was to install a new 70,000 pph water-tube boiler with Limpsfield Burner System.
To complete the renovation, Rasmussen Mechanical Services had to figure out how to install a boiler that was larger than the space available. Working with third-party engineers and equipment manufacturers, RMS was able to install the large boiler through an unconventional reverse installation process.
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Friday 19th – Sunday 21st August 2011
Another excellent DMC weekend trip, this time staying at Strawberry Cottage in Glen Affric.
On Saturday we climbed Mullach Fraoch Choire (1102m) in reasonable conditions (if a little wet to start with).
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The Nigerian military has released statement stating that about 300 Boko Haram members were killed in two days of Nigerian military operation to clear 11 communities in the North East. The Defence HQ also shared photos of the militants and weapons they captured. See the photos and press statement after the cut...
Press statement below..
Mpping up operation of some of the communities where terrorists have been cleared in the course of ongoing air and land operations against terrorists has indicated massive casualty inflicted on them within the last two days of the counter terrorists operations. Over 300 terrorists were killed while a few were also captured. Several weapons and equipment were also captured and some destroyed.
It has been confirmed that that 5 different types of armoured fighting vehicles, an anti-aircraft gun, about 50 cases of packed bombs and 8 different types of Machine Guns, 5 Rocket Propelled Grenade, 49 boxes of various types and calibres of ammunition as well as 300 motorcycles destroyed in the fighting. A total of 6 Hilux vehicles including those mounted with anti-aircraft guns were also destroyed.
However, 2 soldiers lost their lives while 10 others were wounded in the course of the operation. The cordon and search operations is continuing along with aggressive patrols by troops who are now dominating the cleared communities such as Monguno, Gabchari, Abba Jabari, Zuntur, Gajigana, Gajiram, Damakar, Kumaliwa, Bosso Wanti, Jeram and Kabrisungul.
The various phases of the highly coordinated air and land operations is also ongoing in the designated theaters being handled by contingents involved in the renewed counter terrorism campaign in and outside Nigeria.
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Jeremy Hollow is the founder of Listen + Learn Research, an insights agency that uses social data to help brands + their agencies find new opportunities for growth. Hollow started Listen + Learn in 2011 after helping to establish a research communities agency. He brought his experience in all areas of research to create a company combining the best of tech with the best of humanity. An agency that understands the nature and potential of the social conversation to bring a much needed outside-in perspective to organisations. Three years after running social conversation projects in consumer markets, Hollow realised a missed opportunity in traditional research. So he took Listen + Learn into the world of internal company data, helping organisations get to the 'why' behind their survey and other forms of customer data.


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Africa is the richest continent on earth: The World Economic Forum reports that Africa has 30% of the world's natural resources and some of the best climatic conditions, rainfall and soils in the world. Africa has an abundance of arable land, yet 35% of the population is chronically undernourished and the whole continent of Africa only contributes 1.3% to the world's produce. In the last 50 years, Africa has received more than US$ 2,000 billion of aid and yet the number of people living in poverty has increased. Zimbabwe's food aid needs have risen by 60% in the past year alone, with almost two million people in need of foreign aid contributions to survive the 'lean' season. Why? Because the powers of the institutions of justice to safeguard the rights of the many have been undermined by the power-hungry ambitions of the few.
In the 1990s, Zimbabwe was heralded the "breadbasket of Africa", boasting an excellent infrastructure and the highest farming productivity on the continent. However, since 2000, due to the breakdown of the rule of law and the chaotic and violent land invasions instigated by President Robert Mugabe's government, UNESCO estimates that 3.5 million of the country's 7 million children, many of whom are AIDS orphans, continue to live below the Poverty Line and are chronically hungry. Their parents and grandparents, many of whom had lived and worked on the commercial farms in Zimbabwe for generations, have been left impoverished and destitute. UNICEF reports that 78% of Zimbabweans are living in absolute poverty.
Why are we called the Mike Campbell Foundation?
Mike Campbell was the dynamic Zimbabwean commercial farmer and conservationist who, together with his son-in-law Ben Freeth MBE, and 77 other displaced farmers, took Robert Mugabe to court over his government's controversial land seizure programme.
After a protracted and dispiriting slog through Zimbabwe's partisan court system, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal, the only international human rights court in the region, was finally asked to pronounce judgment on the case and ruled resolutely in Mike's favour, ordering the Zimbabwe government to protect those farmers and farm workers against whom violent atrocities had previously been committed.
Mike's struggle for justice is poignantly documented in the award-winning, clandestine documentary film, "Mugabe and the White African", and in Ben Freeth's book of the same name. The family's willingness to go "upstream" to confront the source of the abuses which had decimated their country led to the torching and destruction of Mike's beloved farm – Mount Carmel, in the Chegutu district of Zimbabwe. This was the culmination of almost a decade of threats against Mike's person and property. His home, livelihood and the houses of his workers were razed to the ground by ZANU PF activists and Mike, Ben and Mike's wife Angela were abducted and tortured by militia acting on behalf of the authorities. The injuries Mike sustained during this ordeal sadly led to his death in April 2011.
The Mike Campbell Foundation was formed shortly afterwards in 2011 and was registered as a charity in the UK, with a Board of Trustees which includes Elize Angula, the charismatic Namibian lawyer who featured in the film.
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Day 17 - South Iceland - Jökulsárlón & Fjallsárlón Glacial Lagoons, Waterfalls, Rainbows, Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon, and Laki Craters
Though yesterday's touring was shortened due to the rain, we made up for it today with lots of driving and visits to a variety of beautiful locations.
In the morning we back-tracked to Jökulsárlón & Fjallsárlón, and then we proceeded back west where we visited a wonderful canyon, and then drove into The Highlands to visit the Laki Craters section of Vatnajökull National Park.
Day 13 - Scenic Drive, Cake Buffet, Hengifoss, & Moving On To Borgafjörður Eystri
Today in East Iceland, we drove into the eastern edge of the Highlands with views of Mt. Snæfell. We visited the Kárahnjúkar Dam and Hafrahvammagljúfur canyon.
Then we returned toward Lagarfljót lake where we enjoyed a cake buffet before visiting Iceland's third highest waterfall, Hengifoss.
After that we drove to the remote Borgafjörður Eystri where we camped for the night.
One of us got up early to do a couple of morning hikes at the Herðubreiðarlindir oasis in the Central Highlands.
Then we made the long drive back into civilization and drove to Egilsstaðir, the largest town in East Iceland, to camp for the night and prepare for next few days in that region.
After determining our camper van would make it okay, we ventured into the Central Highlands on the "F" roads. After a couple of river crossings and slow-going, we arrived at the Askja caldera. A short hike through snow led us to a mountain lake and a volcanic crater - beautiful!
That took most of the day, and then we drove to another location where we camped in the shadows of a snow-covered mountain, and we were the only people there. Being able to do today's adventure without being part of a tour, on our own schedule, was wonderful.


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This stuff is made for motorbikes
- Enclosed connector, so the electronics won't get wet
- Gilded plugs that dry out without damage even if water gets in
- Smart electronics that protects the engine's and phone's systems. If perceives moisture it switches off temporarily
- We've got cables for any types of phones
This charger is for the future. Between 5W-18W it will always charge with the output that your phone requires. Yes, that's right… even with 18W. Be that in rain or sunshine, thanks to the high efficiency and the aluminium housing.


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UKIP councillor David Silvester recently caused controversy when he said the recent serious floods in the UK were the direct result of the legalisation of gay marriage, resulting in his suspension from the party. It is easy to assume that his comments are the result or prejudice, bigotry, idiocy, blind hatred, suppressed yearnings or a failure to understand weather, logic or the fact that we live in a universe where the laws of physics aren't something you can make up to suit your views. However, it's important to remember that, however outrageous the claim or however much fun it is to mock them, to be a true scientist it should be assessed rationally and objectively.
And, as alarming as it may seem for every right-minded Guardian reader out there, despite the fact that this very blog has previously said there are no scientific reasons to oppose it, it turns out there are actually scientific arguments to support the claim that same-sex marriage does indeed lead to floods.
The cause of floods is well understood by and large, but it can be summed up as an above-average amount of water turning up in a place that is not able to cope with it via containment, drainage etc. This can happen very quickly, meaning water enters an area faster than the ground itself can drain it away, and thus we get flash floods.
Floods can occur when a river "bursts its banks" or in coastal regions from the sea, if conditions are right. Typically when we think of floods, we think excessive rainfall. And this is where the problem lies.
There are several types of rain, depending on the process by which it occurs. Orographic or "relief" rain is when landmasses like mountains cause moist warm air to rise over them, cooling it in the process and causing the moisture to rain out. Frontal rain is similar, but instead of the mountain there's a body of colder, denser air that warm wet air is forced to rise over, causing rain as it does so. There's also convective rain, which is arguably the easiest to comprehend, where direct sunlight causes bodies of water to evaporate and rise into the air, where they rain out again.
The UK has been dealing with all of these types of rain for millennia (and complaining about them for almost exactly as long). However, the legalisation of same-sex marriage has thrown the delicate balance out of whack, with devastating results.
Logically, same-sex marriage leads to an increase in the number of weddings. Weddings invariably involve a large number of people congregating in one place, which leads to a lot of body heat and warming, and this heat enters the atmosphere, increasing the air temperature and producing more warm fronts. People also cry a lot at weddings. This is likely to be even more pronounced at same-sex weddings, with the added element of recently achieved equality making the events even more poignant. Tears are basically water, which quickly evaporate, thus adding to the water content of the atmosphere. Weddings also typically involve a lot of alcohol, which makes people colder, meaning they're more likely to turn on heating systems when they arrive home, releasing more heat and CO2 into the atmosphere.
All of this leads to an increase in rainfall. But these are only the direct consequences of same-sex marriages; they can have an even greater effect indirectly.
It would be difficult to deny that a lot of people don't like homosexuals for no logical reason. For proof of this, you can probably just read some of the inevitable comments below this article. But gay people do tend to make chunks of the population unreasonably angry. Increased rainfall is a likely consequence of the amount of steam shooting from the ears of people like Councillor Silvester and Lord Tebbit whenever homosexuals have their rights recognised by the majority of people. Such a sudden influx of infuriated water-vapour into the air can only have negative consequences in a chaotic climate like the UK's.
This is often accompanied by a surge in angry comments/blogposts/online rants, generating heat via servers and computers. There is also an increase in newspaper space given over to those opposed to same-sex marriage complaining about their rights being eroded or them being censored with no self-awareness at all. All this newspaper comes from trees, and cutting down trees increases the risk of flooding.
These are just some of the ways that same-sex marriage can result in dangerous flooding. No doubt there are many more that are easily as probable as the ones discussed above (i.e. not even slightly). The main problem seems to stem from people becoming explicitly angry about the fact that two people of the same gender can get married in a way that doesn't affect the rest of the population at all, and then blaming them for a series of devastating natural occurrences.
Our best defence may be to divert their attentions elsewhere, e.g. by writing ridiculous blogposts that look like they support their views but in fact just openly mock them.
Dean Burnett is aware that he's not at all qualified to write about things that affect weather and climate but points out that that's never stopped anyone before. He is on Twitter, @garwboy


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We've seen some pretty amazing commitment videos over the years from the top high school recruits in the country, but four-star defensive end Tahj Rice has just raised the bar.
The Waggener Traditional standout teamed up with the Courier-Journal for an incredible superhero-themed commitment video complete with special effects. The video was produced by the Courier-Journal and it's easy to see why there are some high reviews.
Rice was deciding between Duke, Louisville, Oregon, USC, and Virginia Tech.
In the video, the Kentucky native teased the local fans by making it appear like Louisville would be his choice, before pulling the old switcheroo and going with the Blue Devils.
Check it out:
Rice is currently rated as the No. 10 strong-side defensive end in the Class of 2018 and the No. 2 player in the state of Kentucky. It's a pretty impressive snag for Duke, which now boasts the No. 18-ranked recruiting class in the nation.
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Summer Vacation
Here are a few photographs I made during our summer vacation in Montecito and New Mexico:
New Mexcio
New Mexico Rain
New Mexico Near Ojo Caliente
Road to Ojo Caliente4th of July Montecito »
Montecito 4th of July
Fireworks from Butterfly Beach
Butterfly Beach 4th of July
Oil Refinery and the Big Blue Sky
Here is a photo I took. As you can see it depicts a sprawling oil refinery and a huge amount of sky above it. I took it riding in a car on the freeway.
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of standing up shells.
little baskets of shells in the floral section.
Amazing tutorial dear friend ! I love all the arrangements. I love shells ALL year round, actually I keep them around, but now they are in centerstage. I arranged the centerpiece for Dad's Day setting this year. Now I have some on my living room vignette.
Thanks for the details and hints! I'm looking forward to putting your ideas into practice in my living room!ReplyDelete
Great tips on displaying shells, Gayle! I think you've spill the beans on decorators' secrets in displaying most things! I love your secrets on using fillers, especially the way you displayed the flat door basket! And adding a shell to the finger tips of the hand looks amazing! And I love all of your shell secrets!ReplyDelete
Oh Kitty, such fabulous projects using shells. I love shells and still have some stored away. When we are at the beach we walk and look for shells to bring home. I see several of your project I may "copy."
Happy summer.......
You are a shell decorating genius! I also use "filler" aka newspaper inside many of my home decor displays:) I also get small baskets of shells at The Dollar Store. I especially love the tip about using the foam core board inside the basket -- it looks great! Would love for you to visit our Vintage Charm Party this Wednesday morning! Hope to see you there! xo KathleenReplyDelete
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Emergency dentist near me, is what people search for, and while we are based in north west London and Harley street, we see patients accross London, including patients searching for emergency dentist central London, south London and east London.
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Elvis covers Dylan's Don't Think Twice Its Alright. Today would have been the King's 81st birthday.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Don't Think Twice It's Alright by Elvis Presley
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Prosecutors might drop some marijuana possession cases
St. Clair County law enforcement officials will be reviewing current marijuana possession cases to determine how they want to proceed with them.
Stephen Guilliatt, county chief assistant prosecutor, said prosecutors will be reviewing local marijuana possession cases in the wake of Tuesday's passage of Proposal 1 by state voters.
The vote makes Michigan the 10th state and the first in the Midwest to allow possession of marijuana by adults for recreational use.
"There's a lot to it, when it was voted upon, that needed to be clarified," Guilliatt said. "The state is going to have to pass regulations.
"... It's similar to when the medical marijuana went through. There were a lot of regulations that need to be pinned down that took a lot of time. Hopefully it won't take that long."
Marijuana has been legal for medical use since a 2008 ballot proposal. Legislators and law enforcement officials have struggled with issues such as where dispensaries can be located.
According to a Detroit Free Press article, Proposal 1 allows:
- People 21 and older to buy, possess and use marijuana and marijuana-infused edibles and grow up to 12 marijuana plants for personal consumption.
- Ten ounces of marijuana to be kept at residences and requires that amounts greater than 2.5 ounces be kept in locked containers.
- A state licensing system for marijuana businesses, including growers, processors, transporters and retailers.
- Municipalities to ban or restrict marijuana businesses
- Commercial sales of marijuana and marijuana-infused edibles through state-licensed retailers, subject to a new 10 percent tax earmarked for schools, road and municipalities where marijuana businesses are located.
Guilliatt said the prosecutor's office is reviewing possession cases to see if it wants to proceed.
"We have a couple of possession cases that are pending and we are going to look at those individually ... compare those to the law as it relates to simple possession and determine what is justice as it relates to these cases," he said.
"We are going to go through the ones that we have open."
He said the prosecutor's office will be meeting with law enforcement officials to determine what course they want to pursue regarding enforcement.
They do have some time to come to a decision: The new law does not go into effect until 10 days after the vote is certified, which likely won't be until early December.
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How do donors support the Decent Work Agenda?
Published on Fri, 2017-03-31 16:13
A new TUDCN study by the Overseas Development Institute reviews the contribution of five donor countries to providing decent work in developing countries. Entitled How do donors support the Decent Work Agenda? - A review of five donors, this study assesses the various forms of support provided through Official Development Assistance by France, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Looking ahead, the study also includes recommendations on how to better track and evaluate these contributions in the future.
The push to achieve decent work is gaining increased momentum within global development efforts. The 2030 Agenda illustrates this well by its recognition of the centrality of decent work in achieving sustainable development. While decent work constitutes a Sustainable Development Goal in its own right, the 2030 Agenda further highlights how the achievement of decent work underpins progress in many other key areas.
Decent Work Agenda
The Decent Work Agenda is the framework for ensuring decent work. The four pillars of the Decent Work Agenda, as defined by the International Labour Organisation, are employment creation, rights at work, social protection and social dialogue. An important body of evidence underpins the combined role of these four pillars in creating and sustainably maintaining decent work.
Donor support
Many donor countries recognise the importance of employment within the development process and include it among their development priorities. Employment creation featured among the development cooperation priorities of all five donor countries surveyed. Often however, little to no focus is given to the quality of the employment created. Of the three other pillars of the Decent Work Agenda, this study reveals that donors tend to under prioritise social dialogue and, to a lesser extent, social protection.
While employment creation has been given a lot of attention, that received by the other pillars of the Decent Work Agenda has been considerably less. In order to incentivise a more balanced approach and ensure greater policy coherence, this study recommends that donors place more emphasis on other pillars of the Decent Work Agenda, in particular on social dialogue and social protection.
The first step to guaranteeing a more comprehensive approach to decent work creation is to measure contributions to all four of its components individually. The means to do this exist in the OECD-DAC Creditor Reporting System (CRS). The CRS should allow for better tracking of resource flows to the different pillars of Decent Work, either through pillar specific CRS codes or through a "Decent Work Marker" (similar to the Gender Equality Marker, which already exists).
The full study is available here.


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An Action-Sound Approach to Teaching Interactive Music
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Original versionOrganised Sound. 2013, 18 (2), 178-189, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355771813000095
AbstractThe conceptual starting point for an `action-sound approach' to teaching music technology is the acknowledgment of the couplings that exist in acoustic instruments between sounding objects, sound-producing actions and the resultant sounds themselves. Digital music technologies, on the other hand, are not limited to such natural couplings, but allow for arbitrary new relationships to be created between objects, actions and sounds. The endless possibilities of such virtual action-sound relationships can be exciting and creatively inspiring, but they can also lead to frustration among performers and confusion for audiences. This paper presents the theoretical foundations for an action-sound approach to electronic instrument design and discusses the ways in which this approach has shaped the undergraduate course titled `Interactive Music' at the University of Oslo. In this course, students start out by exploring various types of acoustic action-sound couplings before moving on to designing, building, performing and evaluating both analogue and digital electronic instruments from an action-sound perspective.
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The One Show 2017
The One Show 2017
We came to party
We don't get to choose our obsessions, they just grab hold of us by the scruff of the neck and consume our entire beings. Morning, noon, and night, our obsessions are the nagging back seat drivers to our life. Good thing for us our infatuation is with motorcycles and not hairless cats, or else we'd probably find our selves going on fewer dates. One date we make sure to never miss is that of our hometown motorcycle show, The One Moto Show. This year we brought 4 bikes of ICON's past, New Jack, Thunder Chunky, Old Ghost, Major Tom and two of our new ones - Three Martini Lunch and Dethgrip to the party.
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There's no better place for a motorcycle show than a 100 year old foundry. Even better, ICON's VIP room was in the the foundry's locker room, serving booze and shucking oysters out of the communal shower. Sounds weird? Well, it was... in the best creepy way possible. Year 8 of this 10 year series was in the bag and we had party rocking time. If you didn't make it, there's only 2 years left. You'd better get on it.


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So, a couple days ago I was super sensitive and emotional and talking about how I feel like I haven't done any "work" towards actual recovery, and basically just telling myself that I'm just a "sober drunk". I've been thinking a lot about that (and everything else because you think a lot when you're not drunk all the time), and I call bullshit!
I am recovering. I am taking steps to better handle emotions and things in general without alcohol. I beat myself up because I don't paint (I'm an artist) as often as I should, or exercise, or eat right or whatever! That's just dumb. I have never been able to do anything consistently in my whole life. I get super into something for like a day or week and then when I lose interest or just don't feel like doing said thing, I get all down on myself. I talk myself into feeling like I failed.
I came to the realization the other morning driving to work, that I am making myself feel bad for not doing things that make me feel good. That makes no sense! Like, if I don't go for a damn walk because I'm comfortable on my couch with my cat on my lap watching my favorite show, who gives a shit?! I am hanging out with my cat and relaxing and I'm recharging my batteries, yet, I feel shitty about it because I have placed this expectation on myself that I have to DO something.
I do this to myself ALL the time! I have to stop beating myself up over my own "idealism". I am the kind of person who likes to do a lot of different things. I like to paint and take walks. But I have to learn that if I don't feel like walking on a certain day, it's OK! I don't paint consistently, or write, or cook gourmet food, or play music, or practice yoga, or meditate, or lift weights. I do those things when the mood strikes me. Because I enjoy them. I have to learn that it's ok to be inconsistent sometimes. It's ok to go with the flow and do or not do whatever I want!
One thing I DO consistently is choose to be SOBER. I choose to do one of my many, many interests, or to sit and have a good cry, or watch a funny movie and have a good laugh. I am recovering. I'm not just a "sober drunk". My path of recovery may not be the most common, or ideal. But, that's just me. Nothing I do is common or ideal. I'm a crazy, creative, spiritual, introverted extrovert, and my recovery reflects that.
I set out in sobriety with the idea that I could be and DO so much more, and then I limited myself by expecting that I'd become a marathon runner or an overnight yogi. I can be and do a little bit of everything and by releasing expectation, I can be happy doing anything.
I think I just found the key to actual recovery.


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You Haven't Seen True Loneliness Until You've Seen This Guy On His Bachelor Party
Robert Chernow from New York definitely had a different experience in mind when he flew out to Chicago for his bachelor party. His friends' flight got delayed by two days, leaving poor Rob stranded all by his lonely self to celebrate his last night of pure and unadulterated night of freedom without consequences.
His expression in his Instagram posts tells the whole story. A sad, Charlie Brown-like story.
Even all the generous and smiling people he encountered couldn't cheer him up.
This is Audrey and Nicolette. Even though I didn't sign up for the Master Card they were promoting, they still gave me a Bears schedule magnet because they felt bad and as Nicolette said "this will look good on your mini fridge. (Beat). You seem like someone with a mini fridge". Thanks, Audrey & Nicolette! #chicagoforone
And pity aside, how the hell did he get this shot of himself standing in front of the bean?
And a beautiful park is just not the same by yourself.
At least he's got some beers to enjoy by himself at the pier.
Now this is just heartbreaking.
In keeping with the tradition of this trip, I wanted to continue to step out of my comfort zone and try something new. That's why I was so excited when my uber driver, Rafael, recommended Whirlyball. "It's a mix of jai alai and basketball played in bumper cars...that means you don't have to run at all (looks me up and down)........so you should be okay." Unfortunately, he forgot to tell me you need other people to play... Thanks, Rafael! #chicagoforone
People even started a fundraising campaign for his cause.
This is the Go Fund Me account that someone set up for my lonely adventure. It currently stands at $529, because along with opening your hearts, many of you also graciously opened your wallets as well (a very sincere thank you). Now, according to www.pintprice.com the average pint of beer in Chicago costs $3.64. Based on this, I now have enough money to buy 145 pints in Chicago (Let's round down to 140 though, so I can leave a good tip). While I fancy myself just as functioning of an alcoholic as the next guy, this is a lot even for me. That's why I'll be donating all proceeds from the account to local homeless shelters in Chicago. My time of need in the city pales in comparison to theirs. The Go Fund Me will stay up until the end of this week if you'd like to contribute to this new cause. Thank you, all! Side note - Apparently Bloomer, WI has the cheapest beer in all of the US, averaging .91 cents a pint. Good on you, Bloomer. Good on you. #chicagoforone
RELATED READING: This Viral Airplane Breakup Might Be The Funniest One Ever
Keep on rocking in the free world, Robert! (That's assuming that this isn't some viral Chicago tourism board marketing stunt.) Follow him on Instagram here.


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Jacob Riis (1849–1914) was a pioneering newspaper reporter and social reformer in New York at the turn of the twentieth century. His then-novel idea of using photographs of the city's slums to illustrate the plight of impoverished residents established Riis as forerunner of modern photojournalism. Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives features photographs by Riis and his contemporaries, as well as his handwritten journals and personal correspondence.
By taking photographs to accompany his newspaper articles, Riis first began documenting the lives of the impoverished and the places they lived and took refuge. With the development of flash powder, he was able to illuminate nighttime images of those living and working in alleyways, tenements, and sweat shops, among other squalid places in the city. His interests in writing about "how the other half lived" grew, and over his lifetime Riis wrote many books about the urban poor that included his photographs.
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It's standard operating procedure: the liberal media consistently censor or twist coverage of the undercover Planned Parenthood videos. That's why, as new footage emerges, it's critical for American citizens to watch it for themselves.
In light of recent attempts by Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a new video Thursday of a Planned Parenthood medical director revealing late-term "dismemberment" and partial-birth abortion protocols.
CMP first made headlines in 2015, when the self-described "group of citizen journalists" began publishing videos exposing Planned Parenthood's harvesting of aborted baby parts in the name of science. Because, as the Planned Parenthood official admitted in this latest video, "no good" comes from just disposing of them.
The new footage, never before released, showed CMP representatives, posing as fetal-tissue buyers, speaking with Dr. Suzie Prabhakaran, the vice president of medical affairs for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida.
Because Prabhakaran's affiliate aborted babies only up to 16 weeks, she advised CMP to speak with the Orlando affiliate, which her affiliate was currently merging with, because it performed abortions past 22 weeks.
Prabhakaran emphasized that her affiliate didn't abort "many" 16-week-old babies – "probably like one" per week. In all, she added, her affiliate performed 5,000 abortions per year among five health centers.
For their abortion "procedures," both she and Orlando abortionists are trained to not use digoxin, a feticidal chemical that stops unborn babies' "cardiac activity" before it's taken from the womb.
Here's why: according to a CMP press release accompanying a previous video, "Feticidal chemicals like digoxin cannot be used to kill the fetus in a tissue procurement case," which also means a "fetus delivered intact for organ harvesting is likely to be a born-alive infant."
"Just document and you're fine," Prabhakaran said of not using digoxin. She listed two reasons why an abortionist would use digoxin: "One is to comply with the partial birth abortion ban… and or they think that digoxin makes the procedure easier."
According to CMP, the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban "prohibits abortions in which a fetus is extracted alive up to certain anatomical landmarks." And an abortionist can easily avoid conflict with the ban based on his or her intent, suggested Prabhakaran.
"So some people train to just document that like, you know to comply with the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, you basically have to say, 'I intend to utilize dismemberment techniques for this procedure,'" Prabhakaran stressed.
"So every time you do a procedure, that's how you document. So, like, there's like a checkbox," she added, "so it would be before the procedure, you do your evaluation, you write, 'I intend to utilize dismemberment techniques for this procedure.'"
Besides that, she also admitted a need to document whether she used suction or forceps to "extract the fetus in multiple parts."
She concluded that she would like to help the investigators acting as buyers.
"And you know, the reality is right now, that tissue is going to a – it's going to Stericyle," or a medical waste company, she said. "So it's not like, like no good is coming from it really."
In addition to Prabhakaran, Planned Parenthood official Deborah Nucatola, who starred in past CMP videos, also made an appearance.
Along with the video, CMP project lead David Daleiden released the following statement:
Planned Parenthood medical directors and abortion doctors feign compliance with the federal partial-birth abortion law on paper, knowing full well that 'what ultimately happens doesn't matter' so long as no one is scrutinizing what they actually do to women and children in the operating room. And the fact that Planned Parenthood has a 'dismemberment' 'checkbox' on their abortion forms should tell the public and policymakers everything they need to know about this barbaric abortion business. The Department of Justice should open an immediate investigation into Planned Parenthood's late-term abortion practices, and the U.S. Congress must stop forcing taxpayers to subsidize Planned Parenthood's brutal abortion empire.
Last week, a San Francisco federal judge held David Daleiden and his attorneys in contempt of court for CMP's disturbing video release in late May showing abortionists laughing at a falling "eyeball" and "pulling off legs."
Network History on CMP Video Coverage
Since the release of CMP's first video on July 14, the broadcast network news shows have worked hard to avoid publicizing the story – and when they did, they refused to even utter the word "baby."
Two months after the first video's release, MRC Culture found that ABC, NBC and CBS had aired a mere 0.13% of the CMP footage during their news shows – or 1 minute, 13 seconds of more than 16 hours. And in early October 2015, MRC Culture discovered that the networks spent more time combined airing Cecile Richards' defense of Planned Parenthood during a congressional hearing than showing the actual videos themselves.
From the beginning, liberal media news outlets raced to defend Planned Parenthood. In the first 9 hours and 30 minutes of news shows broadcast after the story broke, ABC, NBC and CBS, spent only 39 seconds on the first video. It took more than 24 hours before all three covered the story. In the week after the first video, the networks gave a mere 9 minutes and 11 seconds to the story (in contrast, the nets devoted more than three times that to the Susan G. Komen controversy, when the charity temporarily decided to defund the abortion giant).
ABC, NBC and CBS prioritized animals over aborted babies, by covering the shooting of Cecil the lion more in one day than they did these videos in two weeks and in their reporting on birth of the National Zoo's panda cubs.
As more videos have been released, the networks have ignored far more videos than they have covered.
Not only that, but also they refused to cover the tens of thousands of Americans speaking out against Planned Parenthood during nationwide rallies held in late August – except as a side note when CBS tried to connect the event to arson.
While the networks covered rallies against Planned Parenthood in Jan. 2017, they omitted from their reports that abortion activists tried to disrupt pro-lifers and clashed with police.
Citing information from MRC studies, both Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and members of Congress led by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) have slammed the media for their lack of coverage on the videos.
Hundreds of media outlets, including the networks, boast a long, cozy history with Planned Parenthood.
The media similarly stayed silent on the case of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell's trial, in which witnesses described baby abortion survivors "swimming" in toilets "to get out," attracted a scant 12–15 reporters. Only after 56 days, multiple letters from members of the House of Representatives and a public outcry, did all three broadcast networks report on Gosnell.


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Tigers Outrun Flyers
A short hand Newry side set the pace for the opening half of this December match-up but a full strength Tigers side finished up strong for a comfortable win.
"It was a disappointing result but the team really showed heart out there tonight – I can't ask for much more." - Coach Brady
The Flyers came out of the blocks quickly with Team Captain Anthony Green getting an early field goal, followed quickly by Team Coach Sean Brady adding another two and Garett Campbell sinking a big three point shot. A strong defensive display from both sides kept the remainder of the first quarter a low scoring affair. D Murry and P Carson helped the Tigers even things up with some strong scores leaving things at nine a piece after the first.
The second quarter remained tight with big defensive displays from Newry men Conor Twomey and Michael Walsh. Ben Crozier and Niall Burn turned on the offensive with two scores each before Campbell again sank another big three to put the Flyers in the lead. The Tigers utilised the full side at their disposal to switch out all five players starting players and the fresh legs paid dividends as the half ended with C Bartlett scoring to give the Tigers a one point lead, 25-24.
Newry faded in the third and poor discipline sent the Tigers to the free throw line enough times to open up a favourable lead. This combined with two quick three points from M Devlin left the Tigers finishing the quarter ahead by 48-37 with the Flyers facing an uphill battle in the fourth.
Big scores from Campbell, Green and Twomey put the Flyers within touching distance with only minutes to go but the Tigers took flight and a flurry of scores from Bartlett, Best and Kelly put the game out of Newry's reach. Match report: Conor Twomey
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There's a new company on the scene representing the obstacles companies like Apple, Google, and other operating system vendors have in keeping their platforms secure. That company is called Crowdfense. Based in the United Arab Emirates, Crowdfense is offering bounties up to US$3 million for zero day exploits (security flaws unknown to vendors). According to the company (via Vice's Motherboard), it will sell the exploits (only) to law enforcement entities.
And we know how well that works out.
Crowdfense. It's a curious name. It could be intended as something clever like crowd d-fense. It probably is, really, but I can't help but read it as crowd-fense, which seems more like crowd-fence. And then I wonder if that's fence as in barrier or fence as in selling-stolen-goods. Again, I'm sure that's not what's intended, but it is right where my mind went.
But I digress. Terribly.
War Is Expensive
Here's what I really wanted to talk about. There is a high stakes war going on. It's out of sight, but happening all around us, a battle for the security of our devices. On one side are the bad guys, including criminals—both organized and petty—and state actors—both state-sponsored hackers and state intelligence outfits. And when I say state actors are bad guys, I mean when they work for a government other than your own—and sometimes for your own government, too, depending on your perspective and the nature of that government.
On another side are we, the users, who put ever more of our lives into our devices, which is why the bad guys want in in the first place.
On a third side are legitimate law enforcement agencies, some of whom work hand in hand with the state actors mentioned above. They very much want to get inside devices owned by criminals and suspects because those criminals keep their lives in their devices, too,
On a fourth side are the operating system vendors making the software that run our devices.
And in the shadowy insides of this four-sided battle are researchers. Black hats, gray hats, and white hats. These folks like to tinker and dig and poke and look for flaws in software, especially operating systems. Some of them work for security firms, and many more fool about on their own. And the white hats, as I noted on Thursday's Daily Observations, deserve our thanks for reporting the flaws they find, either to the vendors or sometimes directly to the public.
Bounty, The Quicker Picker Upper
Now, white hats sometimes collect bounties from vendors. Microsoft pays up to $250,000 for some reports, though most rewards are much lower. Apple pays up to $200,000 for exploits. In 2017, Google paid out some $2.9 million—in 1,230 different rewards, so again, thousands of dollars per.
Now compare this to Crowdfense's announcement. They're launching with a $10 million fund and are paying up to $3 million per exploit out of the gate. And what will they then do with those exploits? Package them up and sell them in usable form to law enforcement and intelligence agencies, perhaps over and over, turning that investment into a profit.
And Crowdfense says they will be scrupulous about who they sell to. "Vetting customers is the most delicate part of our whole activity," Crowdfense director Andrea Zapparoli Manzoni told Motherboard. There are plenty of other firms, however, far less zealous about who they sell to.
In other words, there is an entire industry dedicated to finding, developing, and selling exploits to the highest bidder, sometimes whomever that highest bidder might be. Now, imagine you're the type of person capable of discovering one of these exploits. While you're imagining, do the math. I did some on the back of this napkin, and here's what I found.
$3 million > Thousand of Dollars
Let me double check that.
::fetches the calculator::
::punches buttons with a clackety-clackety-clack::
Yep, that's some solid math. Millions of dollars is definitely more than thousands of dollars.
Asymmetric Warfare
And this is the landscape companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and a host of others find themselves in. Let me be clear, too, that the point of my piece is not to yell at the rich tech giants to pony up more money (though they will, eventually). As rich as those tech giants are, the world's intelligence services have access to a lot more money, and organized crime is intensely rich, too.
Paying higher bounties is an ever-escalating battle, and I suspect the most it makes sense for vendors to do is pay enough that the white hats are rewarded enough to avoid the temptation that leads to the shadow world of Crowdfense, Zerodium, Cellebrite, Azimuth, and all the other brokers we've never even heard of.
This is, in essence, why we can't have nice things. As long as the intelligence and criminal industries are funding this shadow market, there will be zero day exploits being deployed against we, the users. And while it's hard to blame someone for wanting what amounts to a lot of money for their work, it makes me ever-so-thankful to those white hats who work on the light side of this system.


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Trump Vows Equal Opportunity
Trump Vows Equal Opportunity
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday cited low unemployment rates for African Americans and passage of a criminal justice bill providing earlier release for thousands of federal drug offenders as examples of how he's helping the black community.
Trump met with African American supporters Thursday as part of the White House commemoration of Black History Month.
"I will not stop. I will not give up until we have delivered equal and abundant opportunity to every neighborhood across our land," Trump said at a reception.
Before the reception, he met with black supporters who complained that Trump was not being given enough credit, or that he had been portrayed unfairly as racist.
"You attack him, you attack all of us," said Bruce LeVell of Georgia.
Trump's reelection campaign has stepped up its outreach to black Americans as it tries to claw away support from the traditionally Democratic voting bloc ahead of November's general election.
Approval of Trump among black Americans has been consistent at about 1 in 10 over the course of his presidency. A Pew Research Center analysis of people who participated in its polls and were confirmed to have voted showed Trump won just 6% of black voters in 2016.
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