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|Specifying Composite Illustrations with Communicative Goals
|Doree Duncan Seligmann; Steven Feiner
|IBIS (Intent-Based Illustration System) generates illustrations
automatically, guided by communicative goals. Communicative goals specify that
particular properties of objects, such as their color, size, or location are to
be conveyed in the illustration. IBIS is intended to be part of an interactive
multimedia explanation generation system. It has access to a knowledge base
that contains a collection of objects, including information about their
geometric properties, material, and location. As the goals are interpreted by
a rule-based control component, the system generates a precise definition of
the final illustration. If IBIS determines that a set of goals cannot be
satisfied in a single picture, then it attempts to create a composite
illustration that has multiple viewports. For example, a composite
illustration may contain a nested inset illustration showing an object in
greater detail than is possible in the parent picture. Each component
illustration is defined by its placement, size, viewing specification, lighting
specification, and list of objects to be displayed and their graphical style.
Keywords: Image synthesis, Automated picture generation, Knowledge-based graphics
|The Cognitive Coprocessor Architecture for Interactive User Interfaces
|George G. Robertson; Stuart K. Card; Jock D. Mackinlay
|The graphics capabilities and speed of current hardware systems allow the exploration of 3D and animation in user interfaces, while improving the degree of interaction as well. In order to fully utilize these capabilities, new software architectures must support multiple, asynchronous, interacting agents (the Multiple Agent Problem), and support smooth interactive animation (the Animation Problem). The Cognitive Coprocessor is a new user interface architecture designed to solve these two problems, while supporting highly interactive user interfaces that have 2D and 3D animations. This architecture includes 3D Rooms, a 3D analogy to the Rooms system with Rooms Buttons extended to Interactive Objects that deal with 3D, animation, and gestures. This research is being tested in the domain of Information Visualization, which uses 2D and 3D animated artifacts to represent the structure of information. A prototype, called the Information Visualizer, has been built.
|Hands-on Interaction with Virtual Environments
|David J. Sturman; David Zeltzer; Steve Pieper
|In this paper we describe the evolution of a whole-hand interface to our
virtual-environment graphical system. We present a set of abstractions that
can be used to implement device-independent interfaces for hand measurement
devices. Some of these abstractions correspond to known logical device
abstractions, while others take further advantage of the richness of expression
in the human hand. We describe these abstractions in the context of their use
in our development of virtual environments.
Keywords: Interactive techniques, Virtual environments, Simulation
|Separating User Interface and Functionality Using a Frame Based Data Model
|Jan Wielemaker; Anjo Anjewierden
|The separation between user interface and functionality found in many screen editors is generalised to handle a data model based on frames and binary relations. This paper describes a User Interface Management System (UIMS) based on the data model. The UIMS is capable of maintaining different and simultaneous representations of the same application data objects. The functionality and user interface are implemented on top of a small object oriented programming system. This allows the UIMS to be simple and independent of the graphics software and hardware as well as the data representation used by the application programs.
|Standardizing the Interface Between Applications and UIMSs
|Pedro Szekely
|The user interface building blocks of any User Interface Management System (UIMS) have built-in assumptions about what information about application programs they need, and assumptions about how to get that information. The lack of a standard to represent this information leads to a proliferation of different assumptions by different building blocks, hampering changeability of the user interface and portability of applications to different sets of building blocks. This paper describes a formalism for specifying the information about applications needed by the user interface building blocks (i.e. the UIMS/Application interface) so that all building blocks share a common set of assumptions. The paper also describes a set of user interface building blocks specifically designed for these standard UIMS/Application interfaces. These building blocks can be used to produce a wide variety of user interfaces, and the interfaces can be changed without having to change the application program.
|An Architecture for Expert System User Interface Design and Management
|Jonas Lowgren
|From a user interface point of view, expert systems are different from
applications in general in that the reasoning process of the system often
defines the dialogue structure. This has several advantages, but there may
also be problems due to the lack of separation between functionality and user
interface. This paper investigates the possibility of treating an expert
system user interface as separate from the reasoning process of the system, and
the consequences thereof.
We propose that an expert system user interface can be seen as a combination of two different structures; the surface dialogue, comprising mainly lexical and syntactical aspects, and the session discourse which represents the interaction between user and system on a discourse level. A proposed architecture for a software tool managing these two structures is presented and discussed, with particular emphasis on the session discourse manager.
|A Procedure for Evaluating Human-Computer Interface Development Tools
|Deborah Hix
|Improving Usability by Sharing Knowledge
|Michael D. Coble; Elizabeth G. Hetzler; Steven W. Totten
|There has been great progress in the technology of improving the usability
of computer tools. However, the state of the art in the user interface field
is far outdistancing the state of affairs at many corporations. One reason is
that the knowledge is not effectively communicated, especially in large,
complex organizations.
At McDonnell Douglas Corporation we have formed the User Interface Share Group to enhance information exchange on user interface technology. This paper discusses the motivation for the group, its formation, its value to the corporation, and some specific lessons learned.
|Transformations on a Dialog Tree: Rule-Based Mapping of Content to Style
|William E. Bennett; Stephen J. Boies; John D. Gould; Sharon L. Greene; Charles F. Wiecha
|Scope: Automated Generation of Graphical Interfaces
|Clifford M. Beshers; Steven K. Feiner
|We describe the design and prototype implementation of Scope, a system that
generates graphical user interfaces for applications programmed in C++. The
programmer chooses application data objects and functions that define the
capabilities of the interface. At runtime, an interface design component,
implemented as a set of production system rules, transforms this semantic
specification into an interface built using a window system, an associated user
interface toolkit, and the hardware input devices available on the system. The
rules match application requirements against a semantic description of the
toolkit, selecting virtual devices for input, output, and layout. Thus, Scope
uses design rules to create interfaces from high-level programming semantics
that are customized both for the application and the run-time environment.
Keywords: User interface generation, User interface toolkits, Rapid prototyping
|Chisel: A System for Creating Highly Interactive Screen Layouts
|Gurminder Singh; Mark Green
|The UofA User Interface Management System (UIMS) generates graphical user
interfaces based on a high-level description of semantic commands supported by
the application. A main part of the UIMS, called Chisel, generates the
presentation component of interfaces. Chisel selects interaction techniques,
determines their attributes, and places them on the screen of the display
device. While doing so it is capable of considering device properties, end
user's preferences, and interface designer's guidelines. The aim of this paper
is to discuss in detail the design and implementation of Chisel.
Keywords: Software engineering, Design methodologies, Miscellaneous, Rapid prototyping, Computer graphics, Methodology and techniques, Interaction techniques, Design, Human factors, User interface design, User interface management systems
|Creating Graphical Interactive Application Objects by Demonstration
|Brad A. Myers; Brad Vander Zanden; Roger B. Dannenberg
|The Lapidary user interface tool allows all pictorial aspects of programs to
be specified graphically. In addition, the behavior of these objects at
run-time can be specified using dialogue boxes and by demonstration. In
particular, Lapidary allows the designer to draw pictures of
application-specific graphical objects which will be created and maintained at
run-time by the application. This includes the graphical entities that the end
user will manipulate (such as the components of the picture), the feedback that
shows which objects are selected (such as small boxes on the sides and corners
of an object), and the dynamic feedback objects (such as hair-line boxes to
show where an object is being dragged). In addition, Lapidary supports the
construction and use of "widgets" (sometimes called interaction techniques or
gadgets) such as menus, scroll bars, buttons and icons. Lapidary therefore
supports using a pre-defined library of widgets, and defining a new library
with a unique "look and feel." The run-time behavior of all these objects can
be specified in a straightforward way using constraints and abstract
descriptions of the interactive response to the input devices. Lapidary
generalizes from the specific example pictures to allow the graphics and
behaviors to be specified by demonstration.
Keywords: Software engineering, Tools and techniques, User interfaces, Computer graphics, Methodology and techniques, Human factors, User interface management systems, Interaction, Object oriented design, Direct manipulation, Interaction techniques, Programming by example
|Graphical Specification of Flexible User Interface Displays
|Scott E. Hudson
|This paper describes the implementation concepts behind the user interface editor of the Apogee UIMS. This editor allows many aspects of a user interface to be specified graphically without a conventional textual specification. The system supports the specification of flexible user interfaces -- ones that can adapt automatically to changes in the size of objects they present and that can adapt to specific user needs in a dynamic and responsive fashion. To serve as an implementation base for this editor, the Apogee UIMS supports an active data model based on one-way constraints. This model is implemented by a small object-oriented programming language embedded within the system.
|Defining the Presentation of Application Data by a Graphical Language
|Qijing Mao; Juwei Tai
|On the basis of a graphical language for defining a dynamic picture and the control actions applied to it, a system is built for developing the presentation of application data for user interfaces. This system provides user interface developers a friendly and high efficient programming environment.
|Direct Manipulation or Programming: How Should We Design Interfaces?
|Charles Wiecha
|A Gesture Based User Interface Prototyping System
|Roger B. Dannenberg; Dale Amon
|GID, for Gestural Interface Designer, is an experimental system for prototyping gesture-based user interfaces. GID structures an interface as a collection of "controls": objects that maintain an image on the display and respond to input from pointing and gesture-sensing devices. GID includes an editor for arranging controls on the screen and saving screen layouts to a file. Once an interface is created, GID provides mechanisms for routing input to the appropriate destination objects even when input arrives in parallel from several devices. GID also provides low level feature extraction and gesture representation primitives to assist in parsing gestures.
|An Event Language for Building User Interface Frameworks
|Niels Vejrup Carlsen; Niels Jorgen Christensen; Hugh A. Tucker
|Languages based on the event model are widely regarded as expressive and
flexible notations for the specification of interactive graphical user
interfaces. However, until now, they have only been used to specify and
implement the dialogue control component of user interfaces.
This paper presents an extension of the event model. A computable notation, the event language, based on this is used to construct a complete user interface framework. The framework forms the run-time component of a UIMS.
The event language allows the modular construction of complex event systems. This is supported by the addition of a tagged addressing mode. Furthermore, the control structure of event handlers is extended with exception management, permitting unspecified events and thereby facilitating the use of predefined building blocks.
A general purpose run-time framework for user interfaces has been constructed using the event language. We present the architecture of the presentation component of this framework including the window manager and the I/O model.
Keywords: Software engineering, Tools and techniques, User interfaces, Computation by abstract devices, Models of computation, Automata, Computer graphics, Methodology and techniques, Languages, Design, User interface management, User interface design, Human computer interaction, Event based languages
|A Presentation Manager Based on Application Semantics
|Scott McKay; William York; Michael McMahon
|We describe a system for associating the user interface entities of an application with their underlying semantic objects. The associations are classified by arranging the user interface entities in a type lattice in an object-oriented fashion. The interactive behavior of the application is described by defining application operations in terms of methods on the types in the type lattice. This scheme replaces the usual "active region" interaction model, and allows application interfaces to be specified directly in terms of the objects of the application itself. We discuss the benefits of this system and some of the difficulties we encountered.
|Using GELO to Visualize Software Systems
|Steven P. Reiss; Scott Meyers; Carolyn Duby
|GELO is a package that supports the interactive graphical display of
software systems. Its features include built-in panning and zooming,
abstraction of objects too small to see, pick correlation, windowing, and
scroll bars. GELO creates a hierarchy of graphical objects that correspond to
the components of the structure being displayed. Five flavors of graphical
objects are supported, including those for simple structures, tiled layouts,
and graph-based layouts. This framework is powerful enough to handle a wide
variety of graphical visualizations, and it is general enough that new object
flavors can be smoothly integrated in the future.
GELO is easy to learn and to use, and is presently employed in two software development environments. Among its current applications are a variety of visual languages, an interactive display of call graphs, an interactive display of data structures, and a graphical representation of module dependencies.
|Unidraw: A Framework for Building Domain-Specific Graphical Editors
|John M. Vlissides; Mark A. Linton
|Unidraw is a framework for creating object-oriented graphical editors in
domains such as technical and artistic drawing, music composition, and CAD.
The Unidraw architecture simplifies the construction of these editors by
providing programming abstractions that are common across domains. Unidraw
defines four basic abstractions: components encapsulate the appearance and
behavior of objects, tools support direct manipulation of components, commands
define operations on components, and external representations define the
mapping between components and a file or database. Unidraw also supports
multiple views, graphical connectivity, and dataflow between components. This
paper presents Unidraw and three prototype domain-specific editors we have
developed with it: a schematic capture system, a user interface builder, and a
drawing editor. Experience indicates a substantial reduction in implementation
time and effort compared with existing tools.
Keywords: Object-oriented graphical editors, Direct manipulation user interfaces, Graphical constraints
|Ensemble: A Graphical User Interface Development System for the Design and Use of Interactive Toolkits
|Michael K. Powers
|User Interface Development Systems (UIDS), as opposed to User Interface
Management Systems or UI Toolkits focus on supporting the design and
implementation of the user interface. This paper describes Ensemble, an
experimental UIDS that begins to explore the electronic creation of interaction
techniques as well as the corresponding design processes. Issues related to
the impact on the components of the development system are discussed. Finally,
problems with the current implementation and future directions are presented.
Keywords: User interface design tool, UIMS, Interaction techniques, User interface, Dialog model, Rapid prototyping


text: × Customer Service Representatives Knowledge 43-4051.00 Have you had any transactional training on how to handle the various types of customer personalities? There are many techniques for handling various types of customers and the interviewer would like to know if you've had any of that training or experience. Expect questions about what you've learned both on the job and off, both in structured learning environments and what you've basically picked up or embraced on your own. If you've had customer training now is the time to bring that out, but if you haven't you should at least be prepared with some examples for handing different customer types. Being confident and able to convey that you know what you're doing allows the interviewer to picture you at their company in the position performing as a customer service representative. Be clear, be thorough and keep building your case.

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Lots of people have been asking on my social media what our favourite weaning products are and what we'd recommend. These are just a few of our favourite things that we've been using while weaning Megan.
We've been loving using our Bobo and Boo bamboo plate and bowl . I absolutely love these and love the idea of not using plastic. Plus they're really pretty, clean well and are really sturdy.
Megan isn't too keen on cups yet but I'm a big fan of the Tommy Tippee free flow cups. Harry used these and found them so much easier than the no spill alternatives so that's what we're using again. I'm also a big fan of the 360 cups and will try her with these once she gets a bit older.
Megan seems to be an independent woman who only wants to feed herself. She is pretty nifty already with these MAM dippers. They are much easier for babies to use than traditional spoons, hold yoghurt well and have the wide bit to stop babies pushing them too far into their mouths. We're big fans of these!
We also really like the spoon that came with our Easy Mat. It's got a really soft tip which makes it easy for Megan to use without poking her eye out.
Let's face it, a bib is just there to catch mess so whichever you choose I'm sure will do the job however I had to share these beautiful Nuby bibs. They're wipe clean and you can choose to have them as either long bibs or with a scoop bottom to catch dropped food. They're nice and lightweight, wipe clean and, lets face it, really pretty!
I also love the long sleaved bibs you can buy in most supermarkets. We got Harry's from Sainsburys and they're great for protecting clothes. They do need cleaning in the washing machine though which means you would struggle to use them for 3 meals a day unless you buy quite a few. We also had long sleaved Ikea ones but I'm sure I heard that they stopped making them. I'll have to look into that and let you know because they were really good!
High Chair
Both Harry and Megan have Stokke Tripp Trapp chairs. We love these because we love eating together at the table as a family. I also love how they grow with the child and mean that as they grow up they are always sat at the correct height for the table and have good posture while eating.
We got Megan's tripp trapp recently and Harry's face lit up when he saw that she could sit at the table with us.
When Harry was weaning I never saw the need to buy any fancy mats to put his food on. It went on a plate and him occasionally throwing it on the floor was just part of the experience. This time around we've used several different feeding mats, two of which I'd recommend.
We love our East Tots Easy Mat , especially the mini for out and about. It folds up really small, you can store your food in it whilst you're travelling and it sticks to most high chairs really well. We also use our Nuby 'no slip' mat, which stays put really well on our table cloth at home. I tend to use either of these at home, depending on which is in the wash and which is clean!
Recipe books
Obviously this is the ideal place to plug the recipe page on my blog! Generally, Megan will eat what Harry eats just cut in easy to pick up pieces. For specific baby led weaning recipes however I am a fan of Gill Rapley's Baby Led Weaning Cookbook It's great if you're new to Baby Led Weaning and want a quick and easy introduction to it along with some simple recipes. This was the first recipe book I bought when I started weaning Harry.
I also really like the recipes in Annabel Karmel's Baby Led Weaning recipe book and will definitely be using this for inspiration. Harry particularly liked the dips from this one and they were really quick and easy to make!
Honestly, for this one, I don't think you NEED anything other than the food you are feeding the rest of the family (Minus and salt or sugar). That said I am all for anything that helps to make your life easier. We didn't use many pouches or pre made foods with Harry and haven't at all so far with Megan, we did however use lots of the Ella's prunes pouches when Harry got a little 'bunged up' and they worked a charm so I'd definitely recommend them!


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This is when we met! Love at first sight!
Georgie when I brought her home!
Georgie now, she's so pretty and so big! =)
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Pictures, courtesy of George and Malcolm, of the Hunter out yesterday in and around the Toronto Islands.
They cruised around the point to MCC and met up with Chris and Lisa - on their new folkboat - had lunch at the club then off boating. Some of it was slow going with the rollers coming in but as long as you pick a line you can make out pretty well. Everybody in the Hunter got wet but it was warm! Lovely day! Boated until about 4:30 or so.
How you guys managed it is beyond me!)


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When Tomario Pleasant was four years old, his father sat him down and asked him if he wanted to play football.
In saying yes to that question, who would've thought he was going to become a three-time state champion with the Brentwood Academy Eagles out of Brentwood, TN?
The Brentwood Academy Eagles finished the 2017-18 season undefeated with 12 wins overall and six wins in Division II-AAA play. To win their third state title in as many seasons, the Eagles beat Montgomery Bell Academy (10-3, 4-2 Division II AAA) 28-14. These two teams have faced each other in the championship game each of the last three seasons and the Eagles have had the upper hand the last three years.
"I mean it's just a place where the football team is held to a high standard, so every Friday night we just try an uphold the legacy," Pleasant said about the dominance he has been a part of with Brentwood Academy.
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The 5'11, 185 pound running back from Antioch, TN knew that he had the talent to play football in eighth grade when he first touched the ball in a game and scored a 70-yard touchdown.
Tomario Pleasant has only one offer from Arkansas Tech and he finished the 2017-18 season with 1,500 rushing yards and 24 touchdowns.
Right now, he has high-interest Penn State and the University of Kentucky.
"Penn State because it's a great football tradition, University of Kentucky because they have struggled and I want to help turn it around, and UK just because they have always been in my ear since a freshman year."
With his senior year coming in the fall, he plans to make his commitment decision on National Signing Day in 2019.
On what he enjoys most about playing the running back position, putting his team in a better situation and doing what he can to help the team win.
Even though Tomario Pleasant believes his vision when running the ball and energy that he brings to the team are the best parts of his game. Off the field, he also understands that grades are a key part of being a student-athlete.
"I will miss playing with the guys I have built relationships with. I want to be remembered as a leader and someone who defeated all odds."


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The Cornell Daily Sun: "About seven miles off the coast of the Maine and New Hampshire border lies Shoals Marine Laboratory, a model for sustainable living. From wind and solar power to on-island composting, SML harnesses Appledore Island's limited resources with maximum efficiency.
Operated jointly by Cornell University and The University of New Hampshire, SML offers students a wide array of courses and internships in marine biology, ecology and sustainability, with choices expanding each summer."


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Russian Agent Sentenced to 10 Years for Acting as Unregistered Russian Government Agent and Leading Scheme to Illegally Export Controlled Technology to Russian Military
Alexander Fishenko, a dual citizen of the United States and Russia, was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and ordered to forfeit more than $500,000 in criminal proceeds following his guilty plea on Sept. 9, 2015 to a 19-count indictment. Fishenko pleaded guilty to acting as an agent of the Russian government within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General, conspiring to export and illegally exporting controlled microelectronics to Russia, conspiring to launder money and obstruction of justice.
The sentence was announced by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin and U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers of the Eastern District of New York.
Fishenko, 10 other individuals and two corporations - ARC Electronics Inc. (ARC) and Apex System LLC (Apex) - were indicted in October 2012. Five defendants previously pleaded guilty, three individuals were convicted in October 2015 after trial and three individuals remain at large. ARC is now defunct and Apex, a Russian-based procurement firm, failed to appear in court.
"Alexander Fishenko illegally shipped millions of dollars of high-technology products to Russian military affiliated actors in clear violation of United States law," said Assistant Attorney General Carlin. "Export laws exist as an important part of our national security framework and protecting national assets from ending up in the hands of our potential adversaries is one of our highest priorities."
"U.S. export laws exist to check the proliferation overseas of dangerous military technologies but Fishenko, while working illegally as an agent of the Russian government, flouted these laws in order to line his pockets," stated U.S. Attorney Capers. "Today's sentence sends a powerful message of deterrence to others, who like Fishenko and his co-conspirators, would be willing to sacrifice the national security of the United States for their personal financial gain."
In 1998, Fishenko founded ARC and also served as an executive of Apex. Between approximately October 2008 and October 2012, Fishenko led a conspiracy to obtain advanced, technologically cutting-edge microelectronics from manufacturers and suppliers located within the United States and to export those high-tech goods to in Russia while evading the government licensing system set up to control such exports. These commodities have applications and are frequently used in a wide range of military systems, including radar and surveillance systems, missile guidance systems and detonation triggers. Russia does not domestically produce many of these sophisticated goods. Between 2002 and 2012, ARC shipped approximately $50 million worth of microelectronics and other technologies to Russia. ARC's largest clients - including Apex subsidiaries - were certified suppliers of military equipment for the Russian Ministry of Defense.
To induce manufacturers and suppliers to sell these high-tech goods to ARC and to evade applicable export controls, Fishenko and his co-conspirators provided false end-user information in connection with the purchase of the goods, concealed the fact that they were exporters and falsely classified the exported goods on export records submitted to the Department of Commerce.
Ultimate recipients of ARC's products included a research unit for the Russian FSB internal security agency, a Russian entity that builds air and missile defense systems and another that produces electronic warfare systems for the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Today's sentencing took place before Senior U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. of the Eastern District of New York.
Assistant Attorney General Carlin joined U.S. Attorney Capers in extending his grateful appreciation to the FBI's Houston Field Office and the Department of Commerce for their leading roles in the investigation.
The government's case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office's National Security & Cybercrime Section. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Richard M. Tucker and Una A. Dean of the Eastern District of New York and Trial Attorney David Recker of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. Assistant U.S. Attorney Claire Kedeshian of the Eastern District of New York is handling the forfeiture aspects of the case.
[Source: DOJ, Office of Public Affairs, National Security Division (NSD), USAO, New York, Eastern, 21Jul16]
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?May I present the fluffiest vegan Rhubarb Crumble Cake ever! This cake has everything you want: a super simple one-bowl vanilla base, soft rhubarb pieces in the middle and perfectly golden homemade streusel on top. The sweet vanilla base and streusel will balance out the rhubarb's tartness. This is the ultimate spring goodness cake. Cut the rhubarb in small pieces and sprinkle them with sugar. Let them sit for about 20 minutes. In this time, the rhubarb will get softer and lose some of its water. Drain the rhubarb before pouring it onto the cake batter. Here's everything we need: Rhubarb on the
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A Great Day at the Kingston Expo 2017
The Kingston Expo now in its fifth year was held at Kingston University's Business School, on Wednesday 14th June.
Starting early with a very civilised networking breakfast, the WSM team were once again thrilled to have a stand at the much anticipated event.
Adam and Doug from WSM Marks Bloom were there to offer advise on Insolvency from our Kingston offices and Annie and Dave from WSM Advisors representing and giving good tax advise from our Wimbledon office.
The event was officially opened at 09:30am by returning MP for Kingston and Surbiton, Sir Ed Davey, and was attended by over 500 visitors who had the opportunity to meet the exhibitors, engage in some speed networking, attend workshops and be inspired by great speaker sessions. Fortunately we held a good location in the event and we were able to meet lots of new contacts and converse with local businesses and entrepeneurs as they were exhibiting their businesses.
The day concluded with a drinks reception sponsored by Russell Cooke, with returning MP for Richmond Park (and North Kingston), Zac Goldsmith, attending to close proceedings.
For more information on the Kingston Expo, please visit their website www.kingstonchamber.co.uk
Thank you to the Kingston Chamber for hosting a fabulous event which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
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Love farming simulation games on Facebook? Then Family Farm Hack v2.50 will suit you perfectly! If you take the wise call and decide to use this hack program, note that your gaming experience will never be the same. You will be able to generate infinite amounts of currency for the game in a matter of minutes. Family Farm Hack is free and also safe to use. You have no reasons to wait guys! Live your farming experience as you should!
Felicia, a high-experienced farmer, will help you with anything you need. From the basics to the end, you will need to learn how to plant and creat a complex of products from basic ingredients. Go and decorate your very own farm as you please and live the endless special missions that will help your farm get bigger. Do you have what it takes to make a big farm? We know you do, but there might be a slight problem – the in-game currency called Ranch Cash and Coins. But Family Farm Hack is here to help you with that. This hack program is able to generate infinite amounts of Ranch Cash and Coins for free! That's so cool!


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I've been cleaning my studio!
For the last twenty years or so, I've been avoiding throwing stuff away, so walking into my studio was akin to entering an archaeological dig. I'm not actually a hoarder, and I don't have anything dirty (well, dusty, mebbe) or smelly (I checked) hanging around in piles, but the piles were getting awfully high and it was becoming difficult to "swing the cat" as they say. I had been able to only s-q-u-e-e-z-e into some studio areas for years.
|The view from my desk
So you haven't heard from me in quite awhile because I've been busy getting rid of stuff. I've semi-donated about a hundred books to the Coyote Trails Jefferson Nature Center down by Bear Creek. I say "semi-" because I actually sold them to the center for 50¢ each, but since some of them are worth $25-$30, that's pretty much giving them away.
I found a home for my wildlife magazine clip files ~ seventy-six 3-ring binders, which took up a total of 140" of library shelf space, to a wonderful wildlife artist in Eugene ~ Dan Chen ~ who says he will cherish and use them forever. I have been taking box after box of other items to the Goodwill store for redistribution. And now, I can swing the cat in as big a circle as HE wants. Wahoooooo!!!!! It is incredibly FREEing!
And that leads me into my next topic, which showed up during the cleaning.
|Tree Hyrax
Half a lifetime (my lifetime, at least) ago, I went to Kenya. That was in 1977, and I took my sketchbook and journal and sketched and journaled for more than three weeks. I rented a car and drove all over the place. I settled in Nairobi at the edge of Nairobi National Park, spending time there and visiting Mombasa, Lake Naivasha, Tsavo and Amboseli National Parks, and Aberdare Forest. It was my first trip out into the world all alone, and I had a scary, wonderful, enlightening time.
When I got home, my life got busy, I divorced, built a house, supported myself giving school talks, remarried, became a nurserywoman, divorced, traveled and lived a lot of life ~ and the Kenya sketchbook and journal got shoved under a desk for decades. Three decades.
Last week I pulled it out and scanned all the sketches into my computer, and yesterday I started typing up the journal. Next, I plan to rearrange the journal and sketches into the format of one of my sketch/journal series with tutorial.
|Bateleur Eagle
My sketch/journaling was done differently then ~ the journaling was done in a separate ledger with lined paper, the drawings were made in a big 12x18" sketchpad on cheap paper (it's yellowing badly). But I will take information from the journal to enhance the sketches, change the shape, and do whatever is possible to create a new journal that is true to the old one. So in a sense, it will be a fabrication, but in another sense it will simply be a distillation of my Kenyan journey.
As with my other sketch/journals, there will be a tutorial using the photographs I took during the trip. The photos I have are actually slides, and I will have to copy and import them into the computer to use them. To do that I've ordered a slide-to-digital converter (which I expect to arrive this week).
I plan to blog the copying process as well, because there are a lot of people with slides in their closets and no idea what to do with them. I have more than 5000 slides, and almost all my 1980 decade images are on slides and thus missing from my photo archives. My experience copying slides-to-photos is zero, and I've heard awful stories about machines that work poorly or not at all.....so this may get interesting. Maybe I'll get lucky.
|Madrone flower page ~ this is #100!
I've also started spending an hour or so every day as I did last summer, sitting out in the woods sketching, trying to catch all the wildflowers in my sit-spot sketch journal before they fade (I only began sketching the woods in mid-July last year, so I missed them all then). It's been a chilly prospect, with temperatures in the 50s so far mostly, but to date I've captured Shooting Stars, Pacific Hounds Tongue, Madrone flowers, and several other little gems. I just wish spring would come already!!!
I have several other things on my plate as well, including a safari to Crater Lake and another one to South Africa, which I will blog about soon.
Big blog plans, huh? I'll really try to keep up! Thanks for your patience with my spotty blogging!


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The suede structure of the carpet is divided into two types: cashmere and cashmere. As long as the structure of the same carpet is different, the appearance of the carpet is very different from the feeling of the hand. If the monochrome carpet is changed on the suede structure and the height of the suede, there will be a unique and implicit pattern effect.
1, cashmere carpet
The surface structure of a velvet carpet pile shape, delicate suede, soft touch, villus length is generally between 5-30mm. Short hair carpet has good durability, strong practicability, brisk walking, but the lack of a sense of luxury, comfort and poor elasticity. Long fluff carpet soft plump, elastic and warm, comfortable, with gorgeous style.
2, cashmere carpet
The textured surface of the velvet carpet is made up of a retaining ring with a certain height. It has a neat and uniform velvet ring. The hardness of the carpet surface is moderate and smooth. It has the characteristics of comfortable walking, good abrasion resistance and easy cleaning. It is suitable for laying in a lot of places. If there is a change in the height of the cashmere circle, or cut down a part of the cashmere circle, the pattern can be displayed. The pattern is elegant and elegant.


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Clear-cut distinctions between Utility Software as well as Driver Softwares
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Are there clear cut distinctions between Utility softwares and Software Drivers in computing? What are the roles of each of these softwares as well as what goes into the structural programming of these kinds of software? Is it possible to have a Utility software functioning as drivers for another device? Thank you.


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This piece of furniture was printed (in pieces) on a 3d printer (MakerBot Replicator). The table is 21 inches high and the top is a 24 inch diameter piece of glass. Total weight of the frame is about 500 grams--plastic cost about $25.
This proves that you can design and print your own furniture; choose your own colors and shapes. The top could be cut from plexiglass or cardboard (with cardboard, you could change the shape and color frequently).
I had shrinkage issues with the red plastic, so I wound up joining the pieces with acetone instead of snapping them together. Total print time was about 40 hours.
Printing furniture, lamps, picture frames, art, etc. could elevate the usefulness of 3d printing. A combination of available designs, shrink free printing and downward printer costs could combine to make "in house manufacturing" more desirable.
Here are the files for this table:
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I started with an idea on paper, then I printed a small version of the table.
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Convinced that it might be possible, I scaled up to larger pieces. The almost hollow structure (10 percent fill in this case), reduces the plastic content while retaining reasonable strength.
Step 3:
Here's all the loose printed pieces, before being snapped and glued.
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These are the uprights after being put together.
Step 5:
I couldn't print 12 inch long cross pieces, so I joined two 6 inch ones.
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I added the cross supports to the white piece.
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After adding the red piece, the table structure is complete. Choose your own top--I selected glass so that the structure would be visible.
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Here's the table next to an office chair (for size comparison).
The dog on the table is made from cardboard and felt (full description in my book, Amazing Rubber Band Cars).
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Here is the model sitting on the "real thing."
I love the little table sitting on the big table :D


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As a promotions intern with Press Communication, I was exposed to industry technology and programs, while setting up sound systems at various venues, while promoting Thunder 106, B98.5 and 107.1 FM radio stations.
At The Outlook, I am accountable for covering weekly stories, photography, interviewing students, faculty and community members who participated in the events and submitting stories on a deadline. I also worked with the newspaper editor for copy editing and assigning stories to writers.
While with WMCX, I have developed a weekly Hip-Hop show devoted to hip-hop, and local hip-hop talent. I was responsible for music programing, managing the sound board, controlling sound levels, playing promos, paid advertisements and doing live reads. I was also responsible for the operation of telephones and adhearing to FCC regulations.


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Having a vending machine is a really important thing today. It is because there are lots of offices today that have vending machines on them. Why is that? It is because vending machines have proven to be very efficient and helpful when it comes to selling food, beverages and other items as well. That is the main reason why vending machines are very important nowadays. There are also lots of people today who are looking forward to investing their money in vending machines. It is because vending machines can earn a lot of money if placed in the right building or area. That when it comes to vending machines, people need to do some research first before they even think of investing their money on vending machines. It is also a fact that vending machines are sold by vending machine companies all over the world. It is because vending machine companies are the ones that build and sell vending machines to their customers all the time. Now when it comes to finding a good vending machine company, there are a few things that people should know about them first. The first thing they should know about vending machine companies is that they need to be licensed in order for them to properly sell the vending machines. Dealing with a vending machine company without a license can mean fraud and trouble at the same time. That is why when it comes to licenses, it is really important to check for them. Another thing to know about vending machine companies is the fact that they are usually selling old and new vending machines to their customers. It is because there are some models of vending machines that are older but they are cheaper to buy. There are also newer models that are expensive because they are new but they also have a lot of technology with them. That is the main point of buying newer models because they are the ones that are better when it comes to services to the people that use vending machines. It is also worthwhile to know that vending machines that are sold by vending machine companies need to make sure that they have warranties for their vending machines so that they can be fixed if any problems arise from the vending machines which will not put the owner of the vending machine in any trouble whatsoever.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine
Vending Machine Companies: Things to Know About Them


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Pamela Strayer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pamela Strayer serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Plantronics. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of the company's financial management in addition to managing the Information Technology, Legal and Investor Relations organizations.
Strayer joined Plantronics in 2012 and has more than 20 years of experience managing financial operations, accounting and compliance responsibilities. She spent seven years at Autodesk in a series of increasingly senior financial management roles, ending as Vice President of Finance and Principal Accounting Officer. Her previous roles include senior finance positions at Epiphany, including Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller; Senior Manager of Worldwide Revenue Recognition at Informix Software; and positions in audit services for KPMG and Price Waterhouse.
Strayer graduated from The Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.