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A veteran in the field of Architecture and Interior Design field, his Architecture and Interior projects have been acclaimed not only nationally but also internationally. He has been professionally association with the world renowned Architect, Christopher Charles Benninger. He studied Architecture at Centre of Environment Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad. He has worked with renowned architects to empower professional skills. Mr. Ghorecha considers him as inspirer and started his own practice. He achieved remarkable success in his career. During his practice he had designed hospitals, hotels, resorts, waterparks, residential colonies, individual bungalows, commercial complexes, big budget exhibitions and the list is endless….Under his able guidance many students of reputed architecture Institutes from all over India, have paved their career paths. During his practice period he observed a big gap between the Industry design need and scarcity of skilled professionals. He aimed to set-up an institute to cater to the requirement of the industry with skilled professionals and to provide right direction to the intellectual and energetic youth of current generation. It was his dream to develop an academy for the aspiring students of design field. His long cherished dream became true in August 2011, by establishing an academy of design named DESIGN DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY (DDA) in Ahmedabad. Many students of DDA are now practicing as Designers and few of them are also engaged in educating aspiring students Design. As a person he is extremely polite and gentle in nature with a positive approach towards every moment of life. He can be described as a "True-Visionary" in one word.
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Co-Founder-Truskills Solutions Pvt. Ltd
President-Gujarat University Dept. of Mathematics Alumni Association
President – Ahmedabad Ganit Mandal
Mr Sanjaykumar Patel is a renowned mathematician, educationist and philanthropist name in academic circuits of Gujarat State. He has been playing a key role in training young minds into becoming math genius for more than two decades. He has an excellent leadership & management skills. He has demonstrated leadership & excellence in teaching and has also introduced innovative methods and strategies of learning. Under his guidance more than 8000 students have made an excellent career. He has written more than 79 books on Mathematics for XI-XII, Science Stream. His vision of education and his involvement of imparting education system have made a lot of change for the new generation to compete with global change.
Mr Sanjay Patel is a great academician too. He has done his Masters in Mathematics and M.Ed in educational psychology and research from Gujarat University. He has presented his research paper at Harvard University in 2015.
His mother being the source of inspiration for him, who retired as a School Principal, teaching was inherited in Mr Sanjay Patel. He started his career as a Mathematics teacher with C U Shah Primary School followed by N R Primary School in Ahmedabad. From then, there was no looking back and he continued to add feathers in his professional career. Taking forward his passion and legacy of teaching he opened up his own institute to teach mathematics to young mind. He has been honored with several appreciations and awards for his tremendous work in the field of education.
Mr Sanjay Patel is a diversified professional who thinks beyond the horizon. He is serving the society through a NGO "We are all humans (WAAH)" which was founded in the year 2015 aimed at encouraging Scientific Inquiry and developing R and D attitude and environment in India. WAAH encourages young talents of schools and colleges by nurturing their talents in terms of recognition, financial rewards and scientific guidance in the specific field.


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A commemorative T-shirt for the Dunlap Venue canopy project at the City of Phoenix. The nine images on the front were created through interaction with five schools. colab studio transformed those images into cut steel medallions that adorn the canopy. A photo of the canopy is on the back.
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The Best Family Restaurants In Addison, TX
Ida Claire
Ida Claire is a very popular restaurant among visitors and locals. You can expect a crowd, but there is rarely a long wait. In the back of this quirky restaurant is an airstream with additional seating. The decor is cute and modern, and it creates a fun atmosphere.
The menu is old-fashioned, Southern cooking made from scratch. They are well known for their "Chicken in a Biscuit" and hearty servings of beef and Southern favorites, like fried green tomatoes with homemade sauce. For the more health conscious diner, they also have fantastic sandwiches and salads.
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Public School 972
This restaurant carries the best reviews in town. The school theme and matching decor is fun, and a great place to bring the kids. Parents enjoy a few drinks (they have a happy hour) and relax while you are waiting for your meal.
Do you remember eating school lunch and wondering how they managed to destroy the flavor of each dish? PS 972 has a great twist on some school lunch favorites, and they taste great! Call ahead to reserve your table at this popular restaurant.
Taste of Chicago
If you enjoy the great flavors that come from the kitchens in Chicago, then this is the place for you! Their Deep-dish Chicago Style pizza is a favorite around the country. The crust is crispy and not soggy. Whether you go for the met-lovers, supreme, or double pepperoni, it will be the best pizza you have had outside of Chicago. Enjoy a few ice-cold beers with your pizza.
The menu also features:
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- Variety of appetizers and desserts
Top your meal off with a slice of chocolate or red velvet cake or order a piece of their famous cheesecake. Yum!
Fat Jessie's
Sometimes you want to take the family for some old-fashioned burgers or a smothered hot dog. Fat Jessie's is the best place to enjoy your favorites. From chili dogs to fries, the food is great. While there you must try their Chicago Beef. It comes with a signature dipping sauce that is delicious. If you are trying to eat healthy, try a Fat Jessie's salad. We recommend the Greek Salad.
Hopdoddy Burger Bar
Are you a burger lover? These plump and juicy burgers are enormous. They come in a huge variety of flavors. The toppings are always fresh. If you are not into red meat, opt for a tuna burger or a lamb burger. There are plenty of sides to complement your meal. This is a family favorite in the Addison area.
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This is a free Fountain Tire coupon which will get you a percentage discount when you buy some new tires there. While 10% isn't loads, it's better than nothing!
As you can see, the free Fountain Tire coupon does not expire until the end of the year (2009), so you can print it out and use it whenever you need it. I guess if you are spending a couple of hundred dollars on new tires, then 10% could mean quite a few dollars back in your pocket!
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By the middle of 1996 the walls had started to rise, the thickness of the beds on the stonework is 415mm. Temporary formwork is erected on the inside and rubble is used to make up the space behind the face stone. Bond stones, the full thickness of the walls are placed at regular intervals to tie the whole mass together. Common bricks were used to construct columns adjoining the existing cottage where the walls are completely hidden.
As mentioned earlier, due to planning rules, we were unable to erect a separate dwelling, we had to build on as an extension. When completed, it will appear to be the reverse, as if the weatherboard section was added later.
We are not making any plans until completion for the fate of the cottage, whether it too be clad in stone or not and what purpose it will serve, either a granny flat, garage or an extension of our living space.
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Many individuals are unaware of the fact that their choice of a web hosting service and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is interconnected eventually. The main objective of Search Engine Optimization is to increase the website visitors by ranking your website high in the results of several searches using suitable keywords in the content of your website.
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The speed at which your business website loads is one of the most important factors of your search engine rankings. For instance, the Google has constantly made updates to its algorithm that place emphasis on how rapidly a web page loads. The faster a web page loads the happier internet visitors are with a good web experience.
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Some websites are inaccessible or down frequently. If a search engine spider visits your website during such time, your website might be excluded from searches. The Google and the other search engines don't like to send visitors to a website that is often not accessible.
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A distant host server location might affect SEO by slowing down website speed as it takes a longer time to reach a host server, and the information takes more time to travel to your visitor's computer or mobile.
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Featured Destination: Alaska
Alaska is one of nature's last frontiers and full of amazing experiences. It is the one place where you should go expecting the unexpected from a rainforest to the sight of a whale's tail teasingly breaking through the ocean. I was awestruck and smitten by my Alaskan experience and have shared some of my best moments.
Sightings of Nature
"I see something new here every day," a fisherman told me as we sailed out of Ketchikan Harbour. I had taken a trip on the Aleutian Ballad with local fishermen aimed at showing visitors some of the wonders of nature. Before long I spotted grey seals, and bald eagles but more was to come. Enthralled by the huge crab nets I watched as Pacific king crab was brought to the surface and an octopus appeared. It was an insight into the waters off Alaska and a highlight of visiting this area.
The day before I had been in Skagway and taken the White Pass train up into the mountains where those on the gold rush had come a century or so before. The scenery was spectacular and combined with the history of this trail, made it a very special journey. On the return journey the guard ran through the train shouting, "bear!" Immediately I got onto the footplate and there, in the grass below was a small brown bear. Bear sighting is never guaranteed in Alaska but mine was most unexpected. Back in Skagway I celebrated with local beer from the Red Onion Saloon and shopped for souvenirs in Rushin Tailor, a quilting store that has fabulous fabrics in Alaskan themes.
Geological Wonders
I'll never forget the first time I saw the Medenhall Glacier just outside Juneau. I could not believe such a feature was just outside the capital, and yet thousands of years ago the glacier had covered the entire area. Getting up close to it was an incredible experience. Near Juneau I was in for a further surprise at the Glacier Gardens Rainforest. This was an incredible tropical looking garden that felt just like a rainforest with the humidity, and yet- was in Alaska. But the highlight of my entire holidays was yet to come. A cruise on still waters in Glacier Bay with spectacular reflections of the mountains and glacial formations was magnificent.
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One of the few remaining authentic 1930's-era log cottages on the Pemaquid peninsula. From its scenic location near the tip of Pemaquid Point, on a quiet dirt road that winds along the shoreline where the ocean meets John's Bay, it is a one-minute walk to seashore access. An easy, slightly longer stroll takes one to photogenic and commanding Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (restaurant, shop and gallery on site). The area is ideal for lobster cookouts, tidepool explorations, walking, cycling, etc. The uniquely crafted cottage itself features a native-stone fireplace and open rafter ceilings. Main building includes bathroom with claw-foot tub/shower and a bedroom sleeping two. A separate semi-attached wing, "The Doll House," has two twin beds, shelves stocked with children's books and games. Short drive to: waterfront dining; sandy Pemaquid Beach; Colonial Pemaquid site; boat cruises. Visits to nearby Damariscotta, Boothbay Harbor, Camden are always fun!
[Dogs considered with owners� permission and additional $100.00 fee.]
Region: Pemaquid Point
32 West Strand Loop
New Harbor ME 04554
In-Season Price: $995
Off-Season Price: $945
Damage Deposit: $250
Max Occupancy: 4
Bedrooms: 2
Bed Sizes: 1 Queen and 2 Twins
Bathrooms: 1
Amenities: Fireplace, Porch, TV, Cable, Internet Connection, Grill - Charcoal, DVD Player, Hair Dryer
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Build websites in Swift.
The Swiftfire webserver can be extended with functions and services written in Swift. Making it possible to create entire websites written in nothing else but HTML, CSS and Swift. No other languages, frameworks or external services necessary, with a minor exception for openSSL.
Since the website and server-software are merged into one, you will need access to your own server-hardware. This can be any old computer as long as it is able to run MacOS 10.11 (El Capitan).
Linux compatibility is envisaged, but not yet actively supported.
Visit the Swiftfire homepage at http://swiftfire.nl.
How it works
This is a very high level overview of how Swiftfire can use Swift code to create websites.
Every domain that is hosted under Swiftfire implements a stack of services. By default that stack implements a static website.
For each (valid and accepted) request that arrives at the server, Swiftfire finds the stack of services to execute and does so one by one.
You can add your own services to modify or extend de default behaviour.
However it is much more likely that you will want to create your own functions.
Functions can be used to inject HTML code into otherwise "static" web pages. Giving them dynamic qualities.
One of the services in the stack of services retrieves the requested page from disk and verifies if it must be parsed. If it must be parsed it scans the file for 'functions'. Any function that is found is executed, and the result of the execution is injected into the page at the exact spot of the function. The function itself is removed.
An example:

This page has been accessed .nofPageHits() times

is translated to:

This page has been accessed 59440 times

or any other number of course.
The best part is, you can define and write the functions yourself.
It is up to you to determine how much you want to do in Swift. For example, you could decide to have the entire landing page to be created by a function. To do that let index.sf.html exists only of:
.buildLandingPage(). And of course you have to implement the function that is registered under the name
Swiftfire is a faceless webserver application. However it comes with a website that can be used for administration purposes. On initial start of the server, any request on the port on which the server listens will result in a landing page that asks to create an admin account and the directory in which the administration site is installed.
Once set up, any access to the port that has as its URL: '/serveradmin' will end up on the login page of the server administrator website. Note that the login is only as secure as the protocol. Use HTTP only when accessing from within a private LAN.
This is an early public beta release.
However: It does work! :-)
- Allows code injection (HTML and CSS) from functions written in Swift
- Allows website services to be implemented in Swift
- Out of the box support for static websites
- Handles multiple domains
- Sessions are supported
- Accounts are supported
- Client forwarding (to other hosts or a different port on the same host)
- Integrated usage statistics (page visits)
- Blacklisting (refusal of service) on IP basis for Server and per domain
- Supports HTTP1.0 and HTTP1.1
- Supports HTTPS
- Web based interface for Swiftfire Administrator
- Custom pages for errors (for example the infamous 404 page not found)
- Logging of received headers possible
- Logging of missing pages (404)
- Console application available
Please refer to the installation instructions on the Swiftfire website.
Version history
Note: Planned releases are for information only and almost always change.
2.0.0 (Thought about)
- Add URL redirection list
1.0.0 (Planned)
- A few (1-6) months after v0.12.0 (Confidence building period)
- Bugfixes
- Small feature improvements (if necessary)
- Code improvements
0.11.1 (Current)
- Restored compilability (Still, do not use this release)
- Temporary release for code consolidation purposes while migrating to Swift 4 and SPM 4.
- Do not use this release, it does not compile!
- Bugfix: fixed hanger on URLs containing an 'and' (&) sign
- Bugfix: added header logging back in
- Upgraded SwifterJSON to VJson
- Better HTML support for code generation (improving the admin interface)
- Added handling of (very) large HTTP request bodies
- Completion of server admin web based interface
- Removal of code related to SwifterConsole (no longer supported)
- Silenced warning during compilation
- Removed dependency on macOS 10.11
- Through an upgrade of SwifterSockets fixed two server bugs (one caused a crash the other ran out of connection objects)
- Added server admin web based interface (still incomplete)
- Added "Account" support
- Added session support
- Code improvements
- Minor bugfixes
- Fixed typo of blacklist in log
- Added debug output to service invokation
- Fixed memory leak from SwifterJSON
- Bugfix: inactivity on m&c interface no longer causes a crash.
- Bugfixes in SwifterSockets and SwiftfireCore
- Changes in SwiftfireConsole for xcode 8.3
- Removed warnings due to Xcode 8.3
- Added support for functions (HTML & CSS code injections)
- Added HTTPS support
- General update of headers
- Use SSL for the interface to SwiftfireConsole
- Infrastructure update (no code changes).
- Switched to SwiftPM distribution
- Updated for new approach in SwifterSockets
- Added IP Address block list (blacklists)
- Added custom error pages (for example the 404 error) support
- Upgrade to Xcode 8 beta 6 (Swift 3)
- Major improvements of the GUI console
- Updated for Xcode 8 beta 3 (Swift 3)
- Added usage charts that track the number of page visits over time
- Added enabling/disabling of visit counting for specific resources
- Merged SwiftfireConsole into this project as an extra target
- Added usage statistics for client & domain usage.
- Updated for VJson 0.9.8
- Added domain statistics
- Fixed a bug in SwifterSockets that would not log correct IPv6 addresses.
- Fixed a number of bugs that messed up logging of access and 404
- Renamed FileLog to Logfile
- Replaced header logging code with usage of Logfile
- Quick fix for bug that would prevent creation of AccessLog and Four04Log.
- Cleaned up parameter definition setting and usage
- Added option to log all HTTP request headers
- Added option to log all access to a domain
- Added option to log all URLs that result in a 404 reply
- Few minor bug fixes (minor = will probably never occur and does not impact functionaly)
- Header update to include new website: swiftfire.nl
- Removed Startup, folded into Parameters
- Merged MAX_NOF_PENDING_CLIENT_MESSAGES with MAX_CLIENT_MESSAGE_SIZE into CLIENT_MESSAGE_BUFFER_SIZE
- Save & Restore no longer preserve telemetry values
- Added transmission of "ClosingMacConnection" info upon timeout for the M&C connection
- Added ResetDomainTelemetry command
- Fixed bug that prevented domain creation
- Added MIME type support based on the file extension
- Switched to VJSON pipe operators
- Simplified the SwifterConsole M&C interface
- Added domain telemetry
- Minor changes to accomodate changes in other packages
- Minor changes to accomodate changes in SwifterSockets/SwifterLog/SwifterJSON
- Added 'descriptionWithSeparator' to Extensions.swift
- Added release tags
- Initial public release
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The app compiles and runs again, but has not been tested. Also note that the feature set is changing. The last stable release is 0.10.11
0.11.0 - Apr 9, 2018
This release is for internal purposes only, do not use this code base, use release 0.10.11 or wait until the next release.
0.10.11 - Jul 3, 2017
Fixed a bug on processing a URL with a '&' in it (caused a 'hanger') Fixed missing header logging
Upgraded (rename) SwifterJSON to VJson
0.10.10 - Jun 8, 2017
In this release the serveradmin interface was improved on the code generation side of things. A.o. an HTML subproject was introduced to do the HTML code generation.
As of this release, Swiftfire now supports very large HTTP request bodies. Previously this was limited to about 32KB, now the size is nearly unlimited. A new service was introduced to enforce completeness of HTTP requests for the traditional 'static websites'. If websites want to make use of very large HTTP bodies, they will need to implement a service specifically for that purpose.
0.10.9 - May 25, 2017
As of this release, the SwiftfireCore and SwifterfireConsole have been discontinued. Swiftfire now has a build-in administration site that can be reached under "(any-domain)/serveradmin". The id/password must be set during the initial deployment of the server. In addition a new (sub)project 'Html' has been added to create HTML code.
Inspired by the mailing list "swift-sever-dev" (See https://swift.org/community/#mailing-lists) the next release (0.10.10) will offer support for (very) large HTTP request bodies.


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Chelsea coach Antonio Conte defended himself after being accused by Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho of acting disrespectfully when winning 4-0.
The Portuguese boss argued the Italian humiliated him by trying to fire up the home crowd at Stamford Bridge when the match was well out of reach.
"There were visiting fans cheering while ours remained silent despite our great performance," Conte explained. "I only wanted our fans to applaud our players, which I think is the normal thing to do."
The ex-Juventus coach rejected the claim that he intended to insult the former Real Madrid man.
"I respect everybody, I consider my behaviour pretty normal," Conte clarified. "I had no intention of disrespecting anybody and I think we should focus on the match.
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When a game presents you with a combination of dinosaurs and futuristic guns, the normal reaction is to scream in excitement while running around the room like a child. Orion: Dino Beatdown had the opposite effect on me. A great premise stunted by poor design and limited scope, this budget title fails on so many levels. What should have been a five man co-op Paleozoic romp turned out to be a broken, barely playable mess.
I hoped that Orion: Dino Beatdown was going to be a recreation of Dino-Riders with its futuristic setting, jetpacks, vehicles, and well...dinosaurs. The purpose of the whole game is for you and up to four other space marines defend a base against waves of angry dinosaurs. Of course, the only way to solve this problem is to use a variety of weapons and teamwork to bring upon the early extinction of said dinos. This sounds simple enough, but the game gives you no indication of how to actually play. You are thrown into a map where you cannot see where your teammates are, and you are not even told that you need to kill dinosaurs to earn cash and experience to upgrade your character. I tried to start a game solo, but quickly scrambled to find a populated server because the game is terribly unbalanced and succeeding alone was next to impossible. Even the smallest dinosaurs can tear you to shreds in a manner of seconds and you cannot tell when you are being attacked. I learned most of this by chatting in game with another player who had struggled through the same design issues I was having.
These guys will sneak up on you because the developers decided to remove their vocal cords
I grossly overestimated what Spiral Game Studios had put into their "open world, class based cooperative survival sci-fi first person shooter". It is class based, allowing you to play as a recon, assault, or support style character, each with their own abilities. It is definitely cooperative, with 1-5 players being able to play on the same map at once. Survival is key with the whole game consisting of what we call a 'horde' mode today, thanks to Gears of War 2. The first person shooting suffers from the same balance issues mentioned above, with guns feeling much too underpowered or overpowered. I do have to clear things up when it comes to the whole 'open world'. The maps are large, I'll give it that but it is by no means an open world as you are limited to the five maps included with the game. Once you finish (or grow bored) of that area, it ends and you start up a new session.
Your character class has little difference on gameplay and teamwork
Dino Beatdown is plagued with bugs that make the game almost unplayable and it trips over its own feet with poor design choices. I would have been satisfied if they copied what Halo, Gears of War, even Killzone has done for survival based gameplay but take death and spawning as an example. When you die in a survival game, you are usually out for that round. You should be free to view your teammates until the next round starts in a couple minutes. When you die in Dino Beatdown, which will happen a lot, you're stuck waiting for up to ten minutes for the current round to end until you can come back in the game. This all hinges on how well your allies are doing, and if they are lucky enough to repair the generators without the dinosaurs getting in the way. Keep in mind that there is no way to view the other players when you are dead, so have fun staring into oblivion while the round if being finished.
The shooting feels ok, but everything surrounding the gameplay is pretty broken as well. Cover does nothing, and don't even think about hiding in a building since the dinos can clip through walls and tear you apart while you are fumbling to buy a new weapon. The maps are large and uninspiring, as you can select between 'desert area','jungle green area' or a the three other generic environments. Apparently this runs on the Unreal 3 engine, but both the character models and the dinosaurs themselves look like a T-Rex was the lead art director. I know that graphics aren't everything but it is tough to get into a game when it feels like this should have come out ten years ago. The last thing that I will harp on is the sound, or the lack of it. A survival game of this nature requires sound to build some tension and atmosphere, but there is literally no sound. You would expect the raptors to screech and the T-Rex to roar, but the dinosaurs just run around the level silent. Even the guns do not have a pop to them, and I think the vehicles were the only thing in the game that had a believable sound.
The game is as logical as this picture
The one possible saving grace of Orion: Dino Beatdown is the inclusion of co-op play. Finding a game was pretty challenging and I had to join servers that were across the ocean, as no one was really playing in the Americas. Apparently Dino Beatdown is big in Europe, who knew? I was subject to shocking frame rate issues and lag, and sometimes I could not join a game but simply listen to the melodramatic soundtrack and watch the action through a spectator camera. Horde mode has been done before, and is one of the best things to come to this generation of games. It is not that hard to do, but Dino Beatdown even manages to screw this up. The game does nothing to encourage you to work as a team, as the classes are not designed to complement each other and you mostly need other people to act as distractions so you can get some kills in and then run away and hide. The dinosaurs will focus on anyone who shoots at them, making the basic strategy for survival is to take turns shooting. Sounds fun, right? Helping each other means nothing, as only the person who gets the kill is rewarded with the cash which means that one person usually ended up with all the cool toys and everyone else was stuck with a pistol. Because the game is entirely comprised of a survival mode, it is really unfortunate that there is no incentive for working together as a co-op team.
I wanted to like Orion: Dino Beatdown but I probably went into it with the wrong expectations. I shouldn't ask so much of a budget title, but when you tease me with the subject matter of dinosaurs and laser guns what am I supposed to do? Even the co-op play cannot save what this game attempts to be, and I would not wish it upon anyone to have to suffer through this with a friend. Bugs aside, there is little gameplay to be had and the whole experience is appalling. Do not waste your time or money with Orion: Dino Beatdown because you will be disappointed with the lack of creative use for such wonderful creatures.


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The American police are involved in psychological warfare against those Americans who don't frighten them with imposing papers and threats. It's a Victorian police force; it peers out of musty windows and wants to inquire about everything, and can make crimes if the crimes don't exist to its satisfaction.It's disheartening that this is even more true now than it was fifty years ago. It's hardly considered out of the ordinary to keep video and audio surveillance in a vehicle, for use in the event of a run-in with the so-called law.
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Globalization, Free Trade and Economic Freedom
Code for "let business run the world: the heck with the populace." The anti-liberal dominance of plutocratic property and business over popular sovereignty. Historically, we could extend these concepts to include buying, owning, and selling slaves. The arguments made then were the same. Used by propagandists to trump other freedoms. Also known as economic liberty.
Because capital is more mobile than labor, this advantages capitalists over workers.
Note also that globalization does NOT imply free trade or economic freedom. It simply means exchange between nations, at whatever rate with or without regulation. Frequently, globalization is credited with raising incomes of the world's poor, but not because of free trade or economic freedom (consider China, for example.)
- Libertarian Indexes Of Freedom (8 links)
- Over the years, many libertarian think-tanks and other Koch-funded organizations have created indexes of freedom that invariably represent the interests of large multinational corporations and the rich while ignoring the interests of ordinary people. This is obviously opposed to democratic ideas of political freedom. The entries in this index are evidence, not criticism.
- 101 Boosterism [More...]
- "The point is that just because Econ 101 makes a smart, counterintuitive point doesn't make that point of central importance, here or elsewhere. People should know what's in the textbook; above all, they should buy my book! But never imagine that it's the be-all and end-all of what matters."
- Economic Freedom (propaganda) (3 links)
- Economic freedom is a code phrase for the dominance of property over popular sovereignty (democracy.) Libertarian ideas of economic freedom are like freedom to sail your yacht where ever you like, even if your wake swamps other boats. Great if you have a yacht! But not valuable to everybody, and sometimes harmful. See: Globalization, Free Trade and Economic Freedom.
- The Davos Lie (4 links)
- A term coined by Larry Summers. The old idea that since free trade increases overall benefits, the winners could compensate the losers with some of the gains to create a Pareto improvement where everybody wins. But the real world fact is that this compensation does not occur, increasing poverty and inequality dramatically.
- Investor-State Dispute Settlement (2 links)
- A part of trade agreements that creates private kangaroo courts for corporations to sue governments. Part of the libertarian/neoliberal agenda to privatize power by giving corporations the whip hand over democratically elected governments.
- Famines (2 links)
- Libertarians blame governments for famines, but Amartya Sen attributes famines to declines in ability to obtain food, which can be due to governments or to natural causes or to market peculiarities. Democratic governments have always been able to respond to these declines and prevent or alleviate famines. Capitalism and globalization has been behind famines in many nations.
- A parable of one-way free trade [More...]
- The benefits of international trade can be subverted by strategic interventions by governments. An "always free trade" policy leaves us vulnerable to the strategies of other nations.
- A Protectionist Moment? [More...]
- Skip past the comments about Bernie Sanders to the important part, where Paul Krugman points out that "much of the elite defense of globalization is basically dishonest".
- Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (book, online)
- Exposes revisionist myths of free trade and development of nations. Free trade tends to harm developing nations, and is generally not adopted unless it is forcefully imposed by other nations or a dominant position in markets is established.
- China Isn't the Only Reason to Question Free Trade [More...]
- "If nudging companies to export can raise productivity, the U.S. has work to do. The country's domestic market is so big that lots of companies don't bother to compete globally..."
- Economics: Science, Craft, or Snake Oil? [More...]
- Dani Rodrik laments that while economics has innumerable models, it has very few tools for deciding which model is appropriate. He also points out that simple answers, such as support of free trade, rely on long lists of preconditions which are seldom met.
- Free-Trade Blinders [More...]
- Dani Rodrik presents thought experiments to a class on globalization. He shows that justice issues play an important role in our judgements of what sorts of redistribution from free markets should be considered fair.
- Freedom in the World [More...]
- A respectable, non-libertarian index of freedom, and a good alternative to libertarian, neoliberal and corporatist indexes. Produced by Freedom House. Based on 10 political rights questions and 15 civil liberties questions.
- Mises on the Ricardian Law of Association: The Flaws of Praxeology [More...]
- The alleged economic advantages of free trade claimed by Misesian praxeology and by Ricardo are simply false, because of the false hidden premises in the argument.
- On the Wrong Side of Globalization [More...]
- Trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership would make our problems worse. "Huge multinational corporations complain that inconsistent regulations make business costly. But most of the regulations, even if they are imperfect, are there for a reason: to protect workers, consumers, the economy and the environment."
- Protectionism and US Economic History [More...]
- "The case for selected protectionism and also "infant industry protectionism" is a strong one. First, all the theoretical arguments in favour of complete free trade fail [....]"
- Reading Hamilton From the Left [More...]
- An excellent overview of how Alexander Hamilton's Federalist, dirigiste vision of state-supported capitalism was the basis for the growth of American capitalism. As opposed to Jefferson's large, patrimonial, slave-owning, agrarian elites who exported primary commodities and imported finished manufactured goods from Europe.
- Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism [More...]
- A refreshing antidote to neoliberal ideology, stuffed with more excellent writing and economic ideas than are easily appreciated. "The fatal flaw of neoliberalism is that it does not even get the economics right. It must be rejected on its own terms for the simple reason that it is bad economics."
- The American Social Contract: A Promise to Fulfill [More...]
- A history of the US social contract from the 18th century to the 21st. Details five elements of economic opportunity comprising the social contract: economic liberty, economic access, economic adequacy, economic ability and economic security.
- The case against free trade – Part 1 [More...]
- Why progressives should prefer "Fair Trade" to "Free Trade". Free trade is a theory that is loaded with unrealistic assumptions and does not predict what actually takes place in real-world markets.
- The case against free trade – Part 2 [More...]
- "There is no such thing as the 'free market'. It is an obfuscation used by elites to distort the public debate and create the impression that state regulations, consumer and worker protections and the like are costly distortions which undermine our welfare. What they really mean when they talk of the 'free market' is that these protections reduce their capacity to extract larger proportions of national income..."
- The case against free trade – Part 3 [More...]
- "These so-called 'free trade' agreements are nothing more than a further destruction of the democratic freedoms that the advanced nations have enjoyed and cripple the respective states' abilities to oversee independent policy structures that are designed to advance the well-being of the population."
- The case against free trade – Part 4 [More...]
- "There is never a case that a corporation should have institutional structures available that allow it to use 'commercial' arguments to subvert national legal positions... A progressive policy framework has to allow all workers access to work even if it explicitly destroys jobs as part of an overall strategy to redress matters of concern (whether to advance labour, environmental or broader issues) and allow the poorest members in each nation opportunities for upward mobility."
- The Case for Protecting Infant Industries [More...]
- "Shielding young companies helped the U.S. economy flourish once. It wouldn't hurt to revisit the idea."
- The endless struggle for ownership of "economic freedom" [More...]
- "But just because the right-wing has strangely captured the phrase in the last few decades, that does not mean it should be conceded over to them. The idea that extreme laissez-faire capitalism can be described as economic freedom is a very new one historically, and one for which there are very convincing reasons to reject."
- The Failure of Libertarianism: Why Economic Freedom Alone Cannot Deliver a Better Future [More...]
- "If libertarians are correct in claiming that they understand how best to organize a modern society, how is it that not a single country in the world in the early 21st century is organized along libertarian lines?"
- The Man Who Made Us See That Trade Isn't Always Free [More...]
- "David Autor upended the assumption that everyone benefits when countries swap goods without restrictions."
- The question libertarians just can't answer [More...]
- If your approach is so great, why hasn't any country anywhere in the world ever tried it? Some political philosophies pass this test, such as Nordic social democracy. Laughably, they try to substitute claims of economic freedom instead.
- The Questionable Record of Neoliberalism [More...]
- "I'll take a brief look at [...] the US & UK, Chile, Hong Kong & Singapore, and Scandinavia. I believe that in none of these instances do we get a clear example of neoliberal policies succeeding economically."
- The TransPacific Partnership And "Free Trade" [More...]
- A short, clear, graphic-novel introduction to the how the wealthy collect the benefits of Free Trade and the rest of us bear the costs. It includes the loss of national sovreignty through trade agreements that force deregulation.
- Too Late to Compensate Free Trade's Losers [More...]
- "Gone are the confident assertions that globalization benefits everyone: we must, the elites now concede, accept that globalization produces both winners and losers. But the correct response is not to halt or reverse globalization; it is to ensure that the losers are compensated."
- U.S. Companies Were Hurt by Trade With China Too [More...]
- Free Trade with China, often assumed to be beneficial, as been shown to leave deep and lasting scars on huge swathes of the American workforce, increase political polarization, and decrease U.S. corporate innovation.
- What Color Tie Do You Vote For? [More...]
- The relationship between "freedom" and "economic freedom" is not as simple as Milton Friedman would have it.
Globalization's cheerleaders do considerable damage to their cause by framing the issue as a stark choice between existing trade arrangements and the persistence of global poverty[...] In fact, the most phenomenal export-oriented growth experiences to date -- Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China -- all occurred when import tariffs in the US and Europe were at moderate levels, and higher than where they are today[...] Progressives should not buy into a false and counter-productive narrative that sets the interests of the global poor against the interests of rich countries' lower and middle classes. With sufficient institutional imagination, the global trade regime can be reformed to the benefit of both.
Dani Rodrik, "A Progressive Logic of Trade"
But it's also true that much of the elite defense of globalization is basically dishonest: false claims of inevitability, scare tactics (protectionism causes depressions!), vastly exaggerated claims for the benefits of trade liberalization and the costs of protection, hand-waving away the large distributional effects that are what standard models actually predict[...]Furthermore, as Mark Kleiman sagely observes, the conventional case for trade liberalization relies on the assertion that the government could redistribute income to ensure that everyone wins — but we now have an ideology utterly opposed to such redistribution in full control of one party[....]
Paul Krugman, "A Protectionist Moment?"
One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified to the level of a child's understanding if they are to arouse the masses to historic actions. A childish illusion, fixed in the minds of all children born in a certain decade and hammered home for four years, can easily reappear as a deadly serious political ideology twenty years later.
Sebastian Haffner, "Defying Hitler: A Memoir", pg. 17.
Now let the reporter go undercover as a student in the professor's advanced graduate seminar on international trade theory. Let him pose the same question: Is free trade good? I doubt that the answer will come as quickly and be as succinct this time around. In fact, the professor is likely to be stymied by the question. "What do you mean by 'good?'" he will ask. "And good for whom?" The professor would then launch into a long and tortured exegesis that will ultimately culminate in a heavily hedged statement: "So if the long list of conditions I have just described are satisfied, and assuming we can tax the beneficiaries to compensate the losers, freer trade has the potential to increase everyone's well-being." If he were in an expansive mood, the professor might add that the effect of free trade on an economy's growth rate is not clear, either, and depends on an altogether different set of requirements.
Dani Rodrik , "Economics: Science, Craft, or Snake Oil?"
Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep.
Isaiah Berlin, "Four Essays on Liberty" p.xlv.
As it happens, I was reading a book about my second-favourite period of UK history over the weekend. It's amusing to note how many of the arguments of the kind "raising labour standards will close down the factories and send the poor into horrible scavenging", are nearly word-for-word copies of similar arguments made in the 1830s against the child labour laws passed in England. They were wrong then …
Daniel Davies, "Globollocks, v2.0"
The key to understanding this, and to understanding Libertarianism itself, is to realize that their concept of individual freedom is the "whopper" of "right to have the State back up business". That's a wild definition of freedom.
Seth Finkelstein, "Libertarianism Makes You Stupid"
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
Joan Robinson, in Marx, Marshall And Keynes
The invisible hand of the market makes a very good pickpocket.
Mike Huben
[...] a huge part of the problem is the Jeffersonian notion that "the government that governs best is the one that governs least." While that is true as regards individual liberty, it is absolutely dangerous to think that way as regards the economy.
Christian Parenti, "Reading Hamilton From the Left"
The basic competitive-markets model dating back to Adam Smith has been modified over time by the inclusion, in rough historical order, of monopoly, externalities, scale economies, incomplete and asymmetric information, irrational behavior, and many other real world features.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
Chile's neoliberal experiment eventually produced the worst economic crisis in all of Latin America.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
Neoliberalism and its customary remedies -- always more markets, always less government -- are in fact a perversion of mainstream economics. Good economists know that the correct answer to any question in economics is: it depends.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
The fatal flaw of neoliberalism is that it does not even get the economics right. It must be rejected on its own terms for the simple reason that it is bad economics.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
Critics often point out that this emphasis on economics debases and sacrifices other important values such as equality, social inclusion, democratic deliberation, and justice. Those political and social objectives obviously matter enormously, and in some contexts they matter the most. They cannot always, or even often, be achieved by means of technocratic economic policies; politics must play a central role.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
A journalist calls an economics professor for his view on whether free trade is a good idea. The professor responds enthusiastically in the affirmative. The journalist then goes undercover as a student in the professor's advanced graduate seminar on international trade. He poses the same question: Is free trade good? This time the professor is stymied. "What do you mean by 'good?'" he responds. "And good for whom?" The professor then launches into an extensive exegesis that will ultimately culminate in a heavily hedged statement: "So if the long list of conditions I have just described are satisfied, and assuming we can tax the beneficiaries to compensate the losers, freer trade has the potential to increase everyone's well being." If he is in an expansive mood, the professor might add that the effect of free trade on an economy's long-term growth rate is not clear either and would depend on an altogether different set of requirements.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
There is nothing wrong with markets, private entrepreneurship, or incentives -- when deployed appropriately. Their creative use lies behind the most significant economic achievements of our time. As we heap scorn on neoliberalism, we risk throwing out some of neoliberalism's useful ideas. The real trouble is that mainstream economics shades too easily into ideology, constraining the choices that we appear to have and providing cookie-cutter solutions.
Dani Rodrik, "Rescuing Economics from Neoliberalism"
Lacking any really-existing libertarian countries to which they can point, the free-market right is reduced to ranking countries according to "economic freedom."
Michael Lind, "The Failure of Libertarianism: Why Economic Freedom Alone Cannot Deliver a Better Future"
If socialism is discredited by the failure of communist regimes in the real world, why isn't libertarianism discredited by the absence of any libertarian regimes in the real world? Communism was tried and failed. Libertarianism has never even been tried on the scale of a modern nation-state, even a small one, anywhere in the world.
Michael Lind, "The Failure of Libertarianism: Why Economic Freedom Alone Cannot Deliver a Better Future"
We should wonder about this impulse of economists like Friedman and Hayek to theorize and write about the meaning of freedom and liberty. Why should economists be taken as the moral authority on what freedom and liberty mean? Are they our new priests? Indeed, Friedman is tipping his hand to a secret about economics as a discipline: economic policies are not value-neutral science.
Howard I. Schwartz, "What Color Tie Do You Vote For?"
Now that we have dug beneath the rhetoric we know that Friedman is really saying that "You are against freedom if you disagree with my theory of government and markets." Such a claim certainly sounds suspicious for someone who is supposedly defending a diversity of values in the market place. Surely freedom should involve precisely the question of debating what the boundaries between government and markets should be. And surely that very boundary between government and market should be subject to debate and discussion?
Howard I. Schwartz, "What Color Tie Do You Vote For?"
We would say in contrast to Friedman that "Underlying most arguments for a free market is a mistaken assumption that free markets and freedom are one and the same thing." They are not. The degree of the market's freedom is always a question within a free society. But there are many gradations of free markets and there can be multiple ways to draw the line between government and the market and all of them can comfortably sit under the rubric of a free society.
Howard I. Schwartz, "What Color Tie Do You Vote For?"


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New Brunswick-based tech startup Agora Mobile hopes to shake up the flourishing mobile apps industry with what it describes as a social network for app developers.
This project is being touted as a "Web 3.0 model" because it's developers say it will do for mobile devices what Web 2.0 did for home computing. Users will be able create, distribute and access apps on the cloud rather than downloading and upgrading them. Apps can be monetized, so users can create their own entrepreneurial ventures via the network.
Agora Mobile recently received $1-million in investment capital to develop its technology. Half came from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), while the rest came from East Valley Venture and other venture capitalists. Simon Gauvin, founder of Agora Mobile, says the funding will be used mainly to hire more team members and develop a marketing strategy to take the app across Canada.
"We're what we call a two-sided market," Mr. Gauvin said. "To [succeed in] a two-sided market you need to first of all solve the chicken and egg problem. If you don't have each side of the market set up you're not going to be able to monetize it."
The two sides of that market are the app developers and the users. Agora's target demographic are Millennials, and most of its 2,300 beta testers are students. These types of projects can't truly be successful until they have millions of users, so Mr. Gauvin stresses how dangerous it can be for him to appear in the press before Agora is ready to bring its technology to market. Agora plans to release the network to the public to coincide with the start of the coming school year.
To generate revenue, Agora will function in much the same way as the Apple or Google app stores. Agora will take a small cut of every app sale. Their slice of the pie will be a little smaller than the industry norm of 70:30 — Agora plans to go 80:20. Advertising is another possibility for revenue generation, and mobile apps require a different approach.
"Banner ads and various other interstitials and so forth are really failing in the mobile market," Mr. Gauvin said. "We believe that opportunity for the apps being the ads themselves has a much higher value for users."
He cited branded apps as a solution. For example, a Tim Horton's app where you have to shoot donuts could promote the company without making users feel like they're being "advertised at."
NBIF, a non-profit agency that specializes in early stage businesses with innovative ideas, had been following Agora's progress for two years and considers it a perfect candidate for its assistance. These types of companies are high risk for investors, so it can be difficult to find funding in those critical first years.
"This is an opportunity that, through the internet, we can scale all over the world. It can have a global reach, and that attracted us," said Calvin Milbury, chief executive and president of NBIF.
In Atlantic Canada, the $1-million investment will go a long way, but it definitely won't be enough to take the company global, Mr. Milbury said. More capital will be needed, and the NBIF, he said, will be willing to facilitate it. Part of the fund's mandate is to recover any money it distributes, so it has a vested interest in Agora's success.
"What we do is give them a contractual contribution," Mr. Milbury said. "In exchange for the funding NBIF provides, they provide us with an option or rights if they're successful to turn that intellectual property they develop into a business."
Parham Aarabi, a University of Toronto professor in technology, recently launched a graduate course in the user experience of mobile apps, and he said while he is intrigued by Agora, he does have a few concerns.
"I think that idea has quite a bit of merit, but a lot comes to the execution," Mr. Aarabi said. The main problem he sees is that the apps people make could be too simple. The kinds of apps people will want to use — and pay for — must utilize higher functions such as a camera and sensors. "Being able to build complex applications is quite important," he said.
"The second thing is how it's being marketed. They need a significant user base to download and build applications. If they don't get that, the platform's not going to take off."
Agora is seeking more beta testers, and anyone can sign up at www.agoramobile.com. "We're just barely starting to get to market and get our user base established," Mr. Gauvin admitted. "To get further market traction and devote a larger user base the company definitely needs more funding."
In the next six months, Agora will be looking for more capital. And the NBIF, for one, will be there to help.


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There might be plethora of super hot babes who can dare to bear, but no one comes close to Sunny Leone when she slips into a bikini for a steamy photo shoot.
Sunny may not be rocking the B town as she used to do until a couple of years ago, but she is still amongst the most wanted actresses in the industry today.
The former porn star has mastered the art of pushing the boundaries without going nude. It is hard for the boldest of actresses to match up with Sunny in this aspect.
Sunny, who is on a holiday mode in Mexico, is raising temperatures in a designer bikini.


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What is Commercial Photography
If you have been working on your photography skills for quite a while now, then you have probably been approached by friends and other family members for paid assignments at some point or so. This is an inevitable eventuality and something that you should well prepare for if you have any plans at all of pursuing your passion. In a sense of the word, any assignment that has a corresponding fee is basically a commercial shoot.
If you are coming to terms with the very first ever paid assignment in your career, there are a few things that you would need to think about and contemplate thoroughly before you even go ahead and commit to saying yes. What you need to understand is the fact that commercial photography is a completely different ball game compared just going out there and shooting photos for your own enjoyment.
After all, it is not your vision and your idea that you are shooting for, it is someone else's. This is one of the biggest challenges that you would need to come to terms with first and foremost. You need to make sure that you understand the vision of your client. After all, they are paying you to make sure that it is something that comes to pass.
You will also need to talk to your client and understand the nature of the usage of the images.
What will the images be used for at some point? You should vary your pricing depending on the intended use for your images. As much as possible, read up on license rights and usage rights. If you can get some kind of training on these technicalities, then even better because the truth is that you will need every little bit of knowledge that you can ever get your hands on. Just like in portrait photography, the amount of expertise and knowledge that you have will also oftentimes dictate the amount of profits that you will be able to bring in to your business.
Learn the art of expert quoting.
You need to make sure that you are realistic when you are coming up with your price quote. Consider all of the other contributing variables when you are generating your quote. You have to take into account the time that you pour into the project, the effort, and perhaps even the expenses that you will be spending for out of pocket. If you think that you will need some kind of guidance at some point, you should seriously consult with a photographer who has been there and done that in the field. You need to look for someone who will mentor you and teach you the things that experience has failed to teach you because it is something that you lack.
Do not quote too outrageously because if this is something that you do not consider with prudence and with enough sensibility, then you might end up turning future clients off. You do not want to start turning clients off especially if you are just learning how to make your business grow and thrive.


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Billy Joel once wrote, "Honesty is such a lonely word." Billy may be right, but honesty is the mantra of the day (randomly selected from Daily Inspiration at http://www.elsajoy.com.)
Today's Save the Word randomly selected word is a verb. (Oh, I love verbs, don't you?) The word is labascate. This word, which has fallen out of usage since 1727, means to begin to fall or slip.
Well, we've all been there, haven't we?
Labascate seems to suggest that the outcome is not certain. It is the moment when you begin to fall or slip, but you might be able to right yourself before you take a tumble. I know I've labascated on wet floors and icy side walks and, on occasion, still managed to stay upright. I've always heard that pride goeth before a fall, but somewhere between pride and the fall, cometh the labascating.
Elton John recently made a public statement about his concerns for the way Billy Joel keeps labascating back into drinking. Elton, who should know, recommends rehab. Elton says when he went to rehab he had to clean the floors, but Billy always goes to rehab that has televisions and he needs something tougher. Billy Joel, who says "honesty is hardly ever heard" didn't seem upset about what Elton said. Of course, I haven't heard whether he is going to heed Elton's advice or not.
If I take this mantra to heart, does this mean I have to be excruciatingly honest with everyone I encounter today? Does that mean don't lie, or does it also mean just blurting out whatever is on my mind. "Where did you get that dress? Not Dress Barn, so much, but an actual barn? I must tell you, in all honesty, you look terrible." Sure, feelings could get hurt, but how virtuous I will feel knowing that I have been ever so honest.
Of course not. That's not honesty, that's just mean (yet fun to imagine…)
I have a meeting with someone today that will require some honesty. Sometimes I use diplomacy. I've tried that already with this person and I am not getting through. Now it is time to "bottom line it"–as in, "the bottom line here is…"
I had a conversation with a friend yesterday on the subject of seeking the approval of others and whether being an approval seeker is a flaw as a character trait. People who care too much about what other people think are liable to be less honest, I think. Certainly the Dress Barn line is not something you'd say if you were overly invested in having the other person like you.
I am realizing that as I get older, I do care a bit less what other people think about me. To a certain segment of the population, thanks to the magic of time (age), I am invisible. Can't worry about what they think because they can't see me anyway. Just call me Claude Rains.
As for the people who can see me–yes, I want to be liked. I have just lost the impulse that requires me to try to figure out what it is I need to say or do to make another person like me. Oh, I"m still cordial and if we hit it off, all the better. But not seeking the approval of others, so much, is truly a gift that comes with age and I figure you should embrace every gift that comes your way.
I honestly hope that you have a day filled with sure-footedness and do not find yourself labascating. But if you do slip or fall, just pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and don't bother to check if anyone else saw you fall.
Happy Wednesday.


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Every few years I get a couple that really inspires me, amazes me, reignites my fire as a wedding planner and I want them to become my new best friends. This year it was Lauren and Joseph! They were awesome to work with and I had SO much fun planning their wedding. It will go down in the books as my most favourite to date. There were so many fun, unique touches and their style was exactly the kind of wedding I LOVE to plan.
Here are the amazing photos from Shari + Mike Photographers. They came in from Vancouver to capture this fantastic Calgary wedding and what a job they did! From the beautiful church wedding where the brides parents were married, to the backyard cocktails and large tented reception they got it all. And this wedding had it all, dancing shoes, a lemonade stand, a photo booth, the most amazing sweets table, decor to die for and the food was out of this world!
Thank you for having me play a role in this amazing day, congratulations Lauren and Joseph!! xoxo
The dream team of vendors that made it all possible:
Photographer: Shari + Mike Photographers
Wedding Planner: Shannon Valente Weddings
Cake/Sweets table: Whippt Desserts
Caterer: Devour Catering
Music: Dj Fayyaz Khimani from Pez Productions
Rentals: Special Event Rentals
Lemonade Stand, signs, head table fence: DIY
Bridal gown: The Bridal Centre
Bridal party attire: Frocks
Groom's tux: Forman's Fashion Group
Hair: Bella Bridal Hair and Cocoon Hair
Flowers: Philip Chong Flower Bar
Stationery: Kennedy Ink
Shannon Valente Weddings – Creating amazingly fun, jaw dropping, memorable, stress free weddings in Calgary since 2006!


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Ancient Path, Present Moment: Discovering the roots of Buddhism & cultivating the heart-mind.
With Malcolm Huxter, February 2019
Ancient Path, Present Moment:
Discovering the roots of Buddhism & cultivating the heart-mind.
With Malcolm Huxter, February 2019
As we travel, Malcolm will provide short talks in relationship to the sites visited as well as guidance in Buddha Dharma and meditation.
With optional daily meditation and half day retreats, the tour will balance time to cultivate present moment self-understanding and serenity with the discovery of ancient Buddhism. All the teachings and meditations are optional – come along and do as much or as little as you like.
For more information about Malcolm and for access to free downloads of guided meditations go to: www.malhuxter.com
In accordance with Buddhist traditions, Malcolm will provide instruction and teachings as an act of dana. Dana refers to the economy of generosity where Buddha dharma teachings are given freely.
Scroll down for the full itinerary.
Ancient Path, Present Moment:
Discovering the roots of Buddhism & cultivating the heart-mind.
With Malcolm Huxter, February 2019
Delhi – Patna – Nalanda & Rajgir – Bodhgaya – Varanasi – Kushinagar
Fly into Delhi. Meeting and assistance on arrival and transfer to the Red Fox Hotel– a hotel near the airport for convenience.
Overnight in Red Fox Hotel, New Delhi
Fly Delhi (10:35) to Patna (12:00) and drive 100km (3 – 4 hours) in private coach to Rajgir, stopping en route at the 5th century Buddhist university of Nalanda.
At Rajgir check into to Hotel Indo Hokke, Rajgir.
Overnight in Hotel Indo Hokke, Rajgir
Morning meditation in the hotel's prayer hall, before a guided tour of nearby Vulture Peak. Evening meditation/discussion in the hotel's prayer hall.
Overnight in Hotel Indo Hokke, Rajgir
Morning drive 70km (2-3 hours) in private coach from Rajgir to Bodhgaya . Check into the Royal Residency and spend the rest of afternoon/evening at leisure.
Overnight in Royal Residency, Bodhgaya
Today we will explore Bodhgaya, visiting the Mahabodhi temple, the site of the Bodhi tree and the Buddha's nirvana, and other temples.
Overnight in Royal Residency, Bodhgaya
Overnight in Royal Residency, Bodhgaya
Retreat day at Bodhgaya
Overnight in Royal Residency, Bodhgaya
Afternoon train from Bodhgaya Gaya Junction "Mahabodhi Express" (14:20) to Mughalsarai Junction (17:30), a three-hour train journey, followed by a 20km drive to check into the hotel Palace on Ganges. The hotel is located in the old city of Varanasi, on the ghats of the river Ganges.
Overnight in Palace on Ganges, Varanasi.
Morning meditation on hotel rooftop, with a view of the Ganges. 14km drive to Sarnath, site of the Buddha's first teaching.
Evening see the aarti prayer rituals on the banks of the Ganges.
Overnight in Palace on Ganges, Varanasi.
Wake up early for a dawn boat ride on the Ganges. Rest of the day at leisure to relax and explore Varanasi at your own pace.
Overnight in Palace on Ganges, Varanasi.
A long drive today in private coach from Varanasi to Kushinagar. This 240km can take up to 8 hours depending on road conditions, so relax and take in the scenery.
At Kushinagar we will check into the Lotus Nikko Hotel.
Overnight in Lotus Nikko Hotel, Kushinagar
Morning meditation either in the Thai Temple or in the hotel's meditation hall. Visit Parinirvana Stupa, archaeological sites and temples.
Evening meditation/discussion in the hotel's meditation hall.
Overnight in Lotus Nikko Hotel, Kushinagar
A day for rest and retreat in Kushinagar.
Overnight in Lotus Nikko Hotel, Kushinagar
Drive 45km to Gorakhpur Airport and fly from Gorakhpur (16:30) to Delhi (18:25) and transfer to the Red Fox Hotel near the airport.
The airport and hotel are on the outskirts of Delhi, but we can arrange transport for a final evening in the city.
Overnight in Red Fox Hotel, New Delhi
Transfer to Delhi airport for international departure.
- Internal flights from Delhi to Patna and Gorakhpur to Delhi as per itinerary in economy class.
- Meals on Half Board basis (Breakfast and dinner)
- Accommodation as per itinerary in a sharing twin or double room or single room with en-suite facilities (Check-in is 1400 hrs and checkout 12 noon. Early check-in late checkouts are subject to availability).
- All arrival/departure transfers, long drives and sightseeing by a chauffeur driven private air-conditioned car or coach.
- Services of a local English-speaking representative for all arrival and departure transfers to assist you at the airports and railway station.
- Services of English speaking guide during sightseeing as specified in the itinerary.
- Train tickets reservations from Gaya to Mughalsarai as per itinerary in 2-Tier AC Class.
- Entrance fees to all monuments during sightseeing as specified in your itinerary.
- Mineral water while traveling
- Escort guide from Patna to Gorakhpur (days 2 to 13)
- Malcolm Huxter will provide meditation guidance & Dharma teaching on a dana (generosity) basis. You can choose to reciprocate the generosity, if you wish, with direct payment to Malcolm on completion of the tour
- International flights
- India visa fee. You can now apply for visa on arrival in India- please click here for more information. https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html
- Lunches not mentioned above
- Any expenses of a personal nature like laundry, telephone calls, beverages, gratuities etc.
- Camera fees at monuments and other places of interest.
- Travel Insurance: It is essential to have adequate travel insurance in place before your departure. This should be appropriate for your age, health and destination you are visiting.
- It includes comprehensive medical and repatriation cover
- It provides cover for your whole trip
- It covers you for all activities
- It covers all your pre-existing medical conditions
- Keep your Policy Number and Insurer's 24-hour Emergency Number handy with you
If you wish to book this tour, please contact us for a booking form. A non-refundable deposit of £400.00 per person is needed at the time of booking. Balance payments will be due 8 weeks before departure. You can make the deposit payment by debit or credit card or electronic transfers to our bank. Our Bank details are on the booking form.
To enquire or make a booking on this tour, please call: +44 (0)20 8901 7630 Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm (London time zone)


text: Lake Elmo Bank is pleased to announce Marc Linaman has accepted the position of Trust Operations Officer. Marc joined the bank in 2014 as a Credit Analyst. As an accounting graduate from Minnesota State University – Mankato, Marc also holds an M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University with a concentration in accounting and finance. Marc joins the team of Trust Professionals who have been offering trust and estate services for more than 17 years.


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Markov arrival processes (MAPs) are used extensively in traffic modeling.
Consequently a wide variety of fitting procedures have been developed.
Most of these however are computationally demanding or not general enough.
To resolve this problem, a specific type two-step procedure have been made,
in which a phase-type distribution (PH) is fitted to static parameters
(to distribution or moments of arrival intervals) in the first step, then,
in the second step a MAP is generated from this PH, with fitting to dynamic parameters (autocorrelation, joint moments).
A general problem of these methods is that it may severely restrict the attainable range of dynamic parameters.
In this thesis I present an optimization method, that aims at providing a favorable starting point for the second step,
by using equivalent transformations of the PH that was produced by the first step.
During the transformations, the method maximizes a chosen goal function.
In this work I examine a couple of goal functions, comparing them with an other PH transformation method developed before.
I evaluate the results and mention a few possible directions of improvement.


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Christer Ericson on Shader Systems
Christer Ericson, author of the tremendous book Real-time Collision Detection, talks down on Shader Graphs in a recent blog entry.
I do think the points he brings up are good, but seeing as we use a similar system around here with the same reasoning I guess I am a little biased. While they might not always make up the bulk of the problems, tackling bugs or performance issues that spring from content broken due to misused tools is always frustrating since it can feel like someone is deliberately trying to cause you headaches.
On the other hand, using tools that don't allow you to do what you want, or even worse, do allow you to do what you whant but only in limited and weird ways is even more frustrating. I also know that to be truly creative you need to push the boundaries of the medium – even when you have to work around limitations in the tools.
I guess what I am saying is that there should be as many artists in this debate as programmers.


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Websites are no longer optional to be successful in business. From the at-home freelancer to multinational corporations, websites are a must.
Big businesses always have big looking websites. They know that they have to portray an image. Their deep pockets afford them the ability to have over-the-top websites, but it doesn't mean deep pockets are the only way to deliver top-shelf websites.
Local website design companies are more nimble and capable of quicker delivery than large web design companies. As with any industry, bigger business means more red tape. By choosing a small web design company, you get more one-on-one communication, less red tape, more intimate interactions, and more accurate, professional web design results. A little research into what your local web design companies in Utah have to offer may bring you better results at more affordable rates.
Investing in an established, local web design company in Utah will give you peace of mind. With a little research, you can familiarize yourself with the track records of Utah website designers. More importantly, Utah web design companies are more understanding of local characteristics, giving your website a local appeal. If your business is specific to Utah, it is in your favor to use a Utah web design company versus national agency that is not familiar with the nuances of Utah.
If your goal is to reach customers in your area, as it should be, then your best move is to work with someone who can relate to and understand local trends. They can translate those local characteristics into website features that speak to your website's local customers.
After localizing web design concepts that should make your customers comfortable, it is important to bring those concepts to life. It can be beneficial during the final design process of a website to have the ability to meet face-to-face with Utah web designers. Choosing local web designers could pave the way for a smoother communication process.
But, of course, never settle for less just because it's cheaper. Always go for value-driven web design companies that deliver excellent websites at competitive rates. Trust your gut or ask for referrals. You'll know it if they have your best interest at heart. The Utah web design companies that thrive on repeat customers mean good results and quality customer service for a healthy, long-term relationship.


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Pinocchio's Fortune
Pinocchio's Fortune slot gives players the star treatment, and when we say it has amazing jackpots, you won't be seeing our noses growing. Everyone knows the tale of Pinocchio, but you've never seen it quite like this before, as it's been created in the slots world with stunning 3D graphics by Microgaming.
All of the characters from the original story make an appearance on the Pinocchio's Fortune slot's reels. You'll be seeing the Blue Fairy, Jiminy Cricket, and Geppetto too. Along with these symbols, you'll also see elements of the fairy tale, like books and snooker balls, so every part of the story is represented.
There are 30 fixed lines across the Pinocchio's Fortune slot's five reels and three rows, so there's not too much to tinker with. You can change the bet per line and the coin size with the sliders at the bottom of the screen, so you can switch up the game to suit your budget.
The Pinocchio's Fortune video slot is user-friendly and bright too, so it's a fun one to play. There aren't too many rules surrounding the gameplay either, so you can dive right in without getting too hung up on the various symbols.
The Pinocchio's Fortune slot can be played with as little as 30p, but if you want to wish upon a star and go for gold, you can increase this price to £90.
Wild Symbol
Pinocchio's quest was all about becoming a real boy, but in the Pinocchio's Fortune online slot he has become a wild symbol instead. In his puppet form, he can get the rewards flowing as he stands in for missing symbols on the reels to ensure that you get the most out of your spins.
Scatter Symbol
There are two scatter symbols within the Pinocchio's Fortune slot game, and they each unlock a bonus round as well as boosting your bonuses. These are Pinocchio and the Blue Fairy, which makes sense as they are the central characters of the tale.
Three Pinocchio symbols unlocks free spins for players in the Pinocchio's Fortune slot, and this will get you winning for nothing. Not only will you be getting free spins in this round, as his nose begins to grow you'll also get to pick boxes and unlock extra surprises.
Three of the Blue Fairy symbols will set players on a quest to find Geppetto, just like in the story. This one works like a board game and players will use the spinner to get Pinocchio moving across the game board. It will, in turn, unlock bonuses and get the prizes flowing into your balance within the Pinocchio's Fortune video slot, so play this one as often as you can.
Bonus Round
This bonus feature in Pinocchio's Fortune slot works slightly different than most, as it is unlocked when three symbols appear with the puppet overlay. These can be any symbols, but they'll have a tiny Pinocchio in the corner, and this will trigger the bonus. You'll get to pick from the three boxes to find a surprise waiting within, and these include everything from free spins to wild reels, so choose wisely.
Play the Prime Property slot or Genies Gems slot, also created by Microgaming.
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