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Thursday, November 16th
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Learn about Gensler's global practice, receive career advice and information on internship opportunities.
Pizza will be provided at 1:45.
Marc Bruffett (BAED '92) joined Gensler in 2010 and quickly became known for his successful leadership and global client engagement. He serves dual roles as the northeast regional leader for Gensler's consulting practice area and as a studio director for Gensler New York. In his practice area role he is responsible for the strategic vision guiding Gensler's 50 design strategists and analysts in Boston, New York and Toronto. He is recognized for his leadership on complex alternative workplace, change management, and portfolio strategy projects. In addition to his UB degree, Bruffett earned an MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Read a recent Q&A with Marc Bruffett and fellow UB alum and Gensler principal Eric Ginsburg (BS Architecture '01)


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A man who was stopped by police for not wearing a seatbelt while driving managed to charm his way out of a ticket by singing. TJ Bristol, a gospel singer in his local church and chaplain of Orange County Jail, was stopped by police in California.
Capturing the entire incident with a camera on a selfie stick while getting out of the car, Bristol said: "The craziest thing just happened to me - I'm being pulled over by police officers. I'm gonna pray my way out of this one."
He initially engaged two female officers, Corporal Ricks and Deputy Hoagland, in polite conversation, according to a Sky News report. When they asked what he does for a living, Bristol explained that he sings at his local church. After promising them that he will wear his seatbelt in future, Ricks asked Bristol to sing a song for them.
He happily obliged, serenading them with Joe Cocker's classic You Are So Beautiful, before telling them: "You all stay safe out there." Turning back to the camera, showing he had heeded their message, he said: "Buckle up, y'all".
Writing on their Facebook page, the Orange County Police described the incident as "heartwarming".

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Parking & Car Parks
1066 Country is on the southeast coast of England, close to the ferry ports and the European rail link.
See our location map and directions to help you find 1066 Country.
Coach parking
There is parking for coaches in all of the 1066 Country towns, see below for details:-
A coach park is available at the top of Battle High Street, next to Budgens supermarket. There is space for 12 coaches.
There is an official coach park at Wainwright Close (off Beeching Road). Free parking for coaches is available here. Coach pick-up and drop-off points are available at the De la Warr Pavilion and Manor Gardens in Bexhill Old Town.
Hastings and St Leonards
Official coach parks are available at Falaise Road and Sea Road. Download your map here.
Set down/pick up points are provided in the Old Town on both sides of the A259, near to the boating lake.
Coach set down/pick-up points are located at Warrior Square (St Leonards), East Beach Street (Old Town), East Parade and Priory Road.
Pay and Display machines will be in operation at all sites with the exception of Sea Road (unlimited coach and bus parking 8am to 6pm everyday) where there will be no charge:
Falaise Road: 24 hour coach and bus unlimited parking everyday - £1.00 per hour
East Beach Street/East Parade: maximum stay 30minutes in a 2hour 30minute period - 50p per 30 minutes; 8am to 6pm everyday
Telephone 01424 451111 for more information.
Pevensey Castle car park.
£3.50 for four hours.
Rye railway station.
£14 all day.
Hastings is within easy reach of the main sea ports used by cross-channel ferries and is not far from Eurostar terminals in Ashford or London.
Website: www.eurotunnel.com
Website: www.eurostar.com
DFDS Ferries
Dover - Dunkerque Ferries
Website: www.dfdsseaways.co.uk
P&O Stena Line
Cross Channel Ferries
Website: www.posl.com
Transmanche Ferries
Dieppe - Newhaven Ferries
Website: www.transmancheferries.com


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Can a Rosey sound fast?
This year marked the 66th edition of the Portland Ad Federation's Rosey awards, and to make it super special, it landed right in the middle of Design Week Portland. The Dig1 crew is no stranger to either of these events, so between DWP open houses, we cruised over to Polara Studios to partake in the award show mayhem (and photo booth). The spectacle did not disappoint when a stripper handed us our third consecutive Rosey award for sound in just as many years.
What work garnered said attention? Well, our friends at Nike and Must Be Something entrusted us with the sound design for a series of videos to launch the new Zoom Air Elite 8. Nike worked with some of the fastest athletes in the world to create short content that captured the essence of fast. Needless to say, fast visuals call for fast sound design; so we got busy making the sounds that say fast–the whoosh of a rocket, crack of a slap shot–all the subtleties and enormities that the storytelling requires. Do they sound fast? Take a quick listen:


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BERLIN (Reuters) - Two thirds of Germans oppose Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to allow prosecutors to pursue a case against a German comedian who mocked Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, a poll published on Sunday showed.
Merkel announced her decision on Friday after Erdogan demanded that Germany press charges against Jan Boehmermann after he recited a sexually crude satirical poem about the Turkish leader on German public broadcaster ZDF on March 31.
A section of the German criminal code prohibits insults against foreign leaders but leaves it to the government to decide whether to authorize prosecutors to pursue such cases.
This put Merkel in an awkward position as she has been the driving force behind a European Union deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees into Europe.
Sunday's survey by pollster Emnid for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper found that 66 percent of those questioned opposed Merkel's decision to allow prosecutors to pursue the case. Only 22 percent said she was right, with 12 percent undecided.
Emnid polled 500 people on Friday afternoon.
Merkel's decision had already divided her ruling coalition and prompted accusations that she failed to protect free speech.
The chancellor travels to Turkey on Saturday and her center-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners, who had wanted the Turkish request to be rejected, urged her to champion freedom of opinion and of the media on the trip.
"Without these basic liberties, democracy is not conceivable - the Turkish government must recognize that too," SPD Secretary General Katarina Barley told the Bild am Sonntag.
Under the EU's deal with Turkey, Ankara will help manage the refugee crisis and be rewarded with financial aid, visa-free travel and progress in its EU membership negotiations.
ZDF has said it will help Boehmermann fight any case brought by prosecutors for mocking Erdogan. The comedian said before reciting the poem that he was intentionally going beyond what German law allowed.
The broadcaster said the cult comedian is taking a break from producing his program until May 12. He is reportedly under police protection.
Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle


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Welcome to the Word of His Grace Christian Fellowship, "The Healing Center." We hope our site, along with our mission and vision, will express to you the burdens that the Lord has placed upon us for those who are hurting and are in need of Spiritual Healing. In 2017, our theme is Honoring God is the Best Me." 1 Samuel 2:30 (KJV 1900). We believe that we are at our best when we honor God in everything that we do.
The Word of His Grace is a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church that is dedicated to the health and wellness of everyone that comes through our doors. When you join us for the first time, one of our greeters will make sure that you and your family are comfortable and ensure that your first experience with us is a rewarding one. We have services for children and youth every Sunday and Wednesday night. Our services start on Sunday mornings at 8:30 a.m. with Life Group classes and 10:00 a.m. Sunday Morning worship service and Wednesday night service starts at 7:30p. We invite you to join us here and have a personal experience in this anointed atmosphere. We look forward to seeing you when you choose to join our worship experience at The Word of His Grace Christian Fellowship!
Apostle Samuel L. and Velma Phillips
Apostle Samuel L. Phillips Sr.
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This is another post in the series about my 13 day camping road trip around Iceland, and I'm afraid we're still only on day two. We had done the hair-raising, simply petrifying whale watching trip and it was time to drive on to our next destination.
It was midday by this point and we decided NOT to go back to stay at Stykissholnmer again, as outlined in plan A. Instead we were going to press onto the next destination in the North West. So the driver headed back to the lovely (not) Borganes, to join Route 1, and we continued our clockwise adventure round the island. We drove on through more bleak scenery; I can't remember it being more memorable than that to be honest. It was just a really long and odious drive and as usual, took longer than we thought. Plus there were very little facilities on the way. We were pretty much out of food, so had to rely on the fizzy water, a couple of bananas and a tiny bag of overpriced peanut M&M's. By this time, hubby was tired and hungry which all equalled, grumpy. Oh joy, a nice long journey with a moody man.
Alas, we got to our destination, Saudikrokur on the jutting out bit of the North West – not the fjords, the bit over from that. We'd heard that this was a great place to hang out and drink with the locals and was the hub of the area. Hmmm, hub my ass. Perhaps it was, but I guess not up to my usual standards. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a city slicker, I was brought up in a working class environment in the country – but to be honest, I expected more.
The campsite was located between the school and the swimming pool on the school football field on the main road through the middle of the town. The toilets stank, like an old Icelandic woman may have died in there. The only upside was, that it was free. The bigger downside was, it was late and tomorrow was Monday morning, when all the town's kids would be out playing on the football field in full force. Not the kind of wake-up call I had in mind.
We concluded that this was not an option, but first we need to check out the famous wild hot pool that the Rough Guide raved about. Now that was another story, involved driving 25km along a rough track to the middle of no-where, but wow, was it worth it. I'm not going to get into that now, its longer than I think you have the patience to stand today, so next time…
p.s I've just realised I promised you in the last post, a story about hubby waking the whole campsite up by pressing his elbow on the car horn – that I promise, will come next time around. It's taking me longer to tease this story out than I thought.


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Hotel Amour
Where:Paris, France
Why:To show myself some amour.
When:April 2017
The iconic facade of Hotel Amour.
My room was overlooking the courtyard restaurant and a private terrace from one of the suites. It's a lovely spying view.
Neon pink ceiling! That made the room bounce pink light everywhere! Don't put you makeup on there, but it sure will get you in the mood for some Amour.
C.O. Bidgelow and Hermes products with some lovely peachy pink tiles.
ozy and classic Parisian restaurant in the courtyard is inside and outside. It opens up during the warm months and always has a fantastic atmosphere of locals and visitors alike. Intimate and closed off from the world with tons of plants. Parisian jungle anyone?
How can you come to Paris and not have the baguette. Would be a crime, am I right? The butter is from a local maker in the neighbourhood and is highly addictive. Watch out.
Believe it or not, feeling cozy with this colour combo.
My lovely Parisienne girlfriend joined me for dinner. I had a caesar consisting of practically only parmesan. How did they know?!
If walls could talk, they'd have some stories in this place. So shhhh…
Highs & Lows
The history of Amour previously being a brothel is felt thought out the corridors and rooms. It has an air of naughty lingering in the walls. I like it.
Intimate hotel and every room has a different design. You'll always feel special staying in one of Amours 24 rooms.
The courtyard and restaurant is in a classic Parisian brasserie style. You'll adopt a french accent after the stay.
One of my favourite locations in Paris. With Rue Des Martyrs and Pigalle around the corner you've got entertainment for days.
Some nooks and crannies might smell like old cigarettes. But hey, just smells like history to me.
The Barometer
- Design
- Website
- Life Changing
- Environmental Consciousness
- Overall Value
- Night's Sleep
- Service
- Amenities
- Takable Treats
- Refer a Friend
Important Bits
- Type
Boutique hotel
- Vibe
Former brothel...and that vibe still lingers.
- Location
Near Pigalle and Montmarte
- Rooms
- Music
French classics.
- Year Opened
- Designed By
André Saraiva, graffiti artist and entrepreneur.
- Pool/Gym
No, run uphill to Sacre Coeur.
- Restaurant
Yes, French.
- Bar
- Minibar
- Wifi
Yes, free for guests.
- Children
R Rated (leave at home).
- Price
Budget boutique


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Despite last week's news that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) was raising its Q2 and annual guidance primarily because of a surprisingly sound business PC market, make no mistake: Intel is still in the midst of a critical transition. The PC market isn't quite dead, as many suggested it would be, but a slowing decline isn't exactly a ringing endorsement of Intel's future, either.
When Brian Krzanich was chosen as the successor to outgoing CEO Paul Otellini a little over a year ago, he made it clear that Intel needs to adapt to changing technologies, including mobile and cloud computing. As for mobile, about the only good news for Intel so far is that the business PC market was better than expected. Exactly. But there's been one, consistent bright spot -- data centers -- and you can bet Intel isn't going to give up its dominant position to low-energy chip competitors like ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH) without a fight.
Bring it on
Much was made in the IT community of an announcement from open-source Xen Project that it had succeeded in upgrading its software to run on low-power server chips based on a design from ARM Holdings. So, what's the big deal? The software upgrade from the Linux Foundation engineers is compatible with ARM's 64-bit architecture.
The compatibility with ARM 64-bit technologies means large, data-driven companies will soon be able to manage their data centers using servers equipped with ARM chips. Why would an IT guru be interested in ARM over industry-leading Intel? According to Xen open-source aficionados, ARM-based servers are extremely power efficient -- a huge consideration for data centers.
Low-power consumption and a willingness to readily customize chips are compelling arguments for ARM Holdings. But, Intel isn't sitting idly by as ARM, and a bevy of other server chip providers, try to move in on what has always been Intel's territory.
Intel isn't new to customizing chips for large data center customers. Big hitters like Facebook require customized chips for their fleet of servers to address their particular data needs, and there are others. Intel said it will develop and manufacture over 30 customized data center chips this year.
Simply put, Intel has taken its field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) -- IT-speak for the part of a circuit that is customized to suit specific customer needs -- and combined it with its industry-leading Xeon E5, in the same socket. Generally, the two components are attached, but separate. Conjoining the two maintains the ease of customization that's vital to data centers and speeds up processing time dramatically -- in one fell-swoop.
While there are chips that combine an ARM core with a FPGA, Intel has historically been less responsive to customizing its data center chips. But all of that has changed, and now Intel has yet another arrow in its quiver to fend off ARM and others in the all-important data center market.
With its new, combined FPGA and chip offering, Intel is fighting quantity with quality. And it's a fight Intel must win, because data centers have been a star performer for Intel, even as other areas of the business falter. Last quarter, Intel's PC group was down slightly year over year, mobile was down 61% compared to 2013's Q1, and software and services also took a hit. But data center results bucked the trend, jumping 11% compared to last year, accounting for nearly 25% of Intel's total revenues.
Final Foolish thoughts
As noted in a recent article, the nearly 7% jump in share price after Intel announced its improved guidance for the quarter and balance of 2014 was great for long-suffering shareholders. But let's face it: If one or two years from now, Intel investors are still bidding up its share price based on results in the PC market, there's a problem.
Mobile, cloud, and continued growth and dominance in data centers should be the focus of Intel-related discussions. It's hard to imagine Intel not being successful in its transition to mobile and cloud computing, but it will take some time. Hopefully, recent rumors of a Samsung mobile device with Intel inside comes to fruition, but even that wouldn't be a panacea. The road to mobile dominance is a long one, which is why Intel's continued strength in data centers is so important: It buys time for Intel to kick its mobile chip efforts into high gear.


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Dear Middle School Family,
We're hitting the rapids this week: Lots of fun and excitement is going on as we complete this school year's journey.
We've just finished reading Lord of the Flies. Most of the students really got into it! I was particularly impressed with our conversations, and the deep connections the students have been making between the book and the BANDS simulation we've been running all year. Government and 'civilized' society are systems we take for granted. We started the BANDS simulation from scratch with 5 small groups of hunter/gatherers, and have slowly grown the need to make managerial decisions about how to live and cooperate. The book is a perfect wrap-up to the question: why do we need governmental systems?
Next year, we'll continue to deepen the simulation with larger populations, trade agreements and negotiations between nations, and immigrants (7th graders!).
This week (May 29-June 1), we'll be wrapping up most of our academic work. We're writing an essay about Lord of the Flies, pulling the pieces together for our small systems of government, and finishing up math chapters and testing. I've attached all twelve of the Vocabulary Units to the "Mastery Test" assignment in Jupiter Grades, in case your student didn't save theirs, and wants to study.
The students are putting together a Masquerade Ball this Friday, June 1 from 6:30-8:30pm. The invitation should have come home last week. Sounds like a fun volunteer opportunity for parents...
Most of next week (June 4-7--no school Friday, June 8th) will be dedicated to preparing for Field Day on Tuesday (June 5) and 8th Grade Graduation on Thursday (June 7). We'll also be packing up the Middle School classroom and moving all the MS materials from the "Room of Requirement" to the MS classroom in preparation for the move.
We have to have the whole kaboodle packed and ready to go by end of the school day, Thursday, June 7.
The Adventure Trip to Opal Creek starts on Monday, June 11. We need to be at school by 7:15am. We'll be back in town at 3pm on Thursday, June 14. If your student chooses not to participate in the Adventure Trip, they must attend school that week. Please let me know as soon as possible if your student won't be attending the trip, so I can make arrangements for them (probably a lot of community service work, helping the lower el and kindergarten classes get packed for the move).
We sincerely need help from 7th grade families for the 8th Grade Graduation on Thursday, June 7 from 6:30-8:00pm. Our hope is to create a tradition of 7th grade families organizing this event so that graduates and their families can relax and celebrate together.
Right now, our plan for Graduation is to have a an ice cream sundae bar to go with the Variety Show the students are putting on. Jon and Carrie are working to put together the actual Graduation Ceremony. This is an important event. Please help us make it unforgettable.
Jon and Carrie


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Method to Resolve Samsung Galaxy S3 SIM and MMC Problem
In the following lines you will get to know about all the possible Samsung Galaxy S3 Sim Card and MMC problems as well as their solutions in the best possible manner.
However before you begin to solve Sim card and MMC problem in your Samsung Galaxy S3 it is really very important for you to identify them in first place. Below you can see the figure indicating which circuit is of Sim card and which is of MMC.
Sim card problems
Following are some of the common Samsung Galaxy S3 Sim card problems:
- Sim Fails to read
- It shows the error "Insert SIM Card".
- Sim not reading properly.
MMC problem
Following are some of the Samsung Galaxy S3 MMC problems:
- MMC not inserted
- Card corrupted
- Fail to read
- Hanging problem while inserting card.
Reasons of Problems
For Sim Card
- Sim card might be out of order.
- Sim contacts are not able to make proper contact with Sim card jacket's contacts.
- Sim card or card holder pins might be dirty, clean both of them and check.
For MMC Card
- MMC might be faulty or the content of the card might be corrupt.
- Viruses or bad sectors in MMC might also be the cause of this problem.
- Any of the hardware components might be faulty.
For SIM Card
In order to resolve all these problems, all you have to do is to follow the following steps:
- Use any other good sim card in your Samsung Galaxy S3
- Visually check SIM card holder for possible damage and also clean it
For MMC Card
- Use any other good MMC card, if the second one works fine then it means the previous card was faulty.
- In case the message is something like "Memory Card Corrupt, need to format" then it means that your memory card has viruses or bad sectors, and you need to format it in order to get it working.
Hardware Solution
For Sim Card
- Fix all the misaligned pins or you can also chose to replace PCB holder too.
- Check SIM voltage when the SIM card is inserted, it should be around 1.8v.
- Trace every VSIM, SIM reset, SIM clk and SIM IO and Ground pins (as shown in above Figure)
- Pin details as mentioned in above figure (from top right) includes: pin2 ground, 3 VSIM, 4 sim clk, 5 sim data.
For MMC Card
- Change MMC PCB strip and reinsert memory card and check whether it is working or not.
- If MMC is still not working then re solder MMC board connector
- Reheat or replace MMC IC which is mounted at top right of MMC/SIM connector this is surely going to resolve the problem.


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Using link exchanges has always been a popular method for building website backlinks. Link exchanges have been used for numerous years. However, things have changed because the search engines have gotten smarter when it comes to ranking websites and now value one way backlinks more.
But, this doesn't suggest that reciprocal linking does not exist. You just have to be a little more slicker about link exchanges and steer clear of the wrong sites. There are websites that were created for the sole purpose of creating links, but don't bother using them. Instead, exchange reciprocal links with sites that are in the same niche as yours.
For instance, you might have a blog in the martial arts niche that focuses on judo training. You can locate other blogs that also talk about judo training and determine if there is an interest in reciprocal linking. When you do this, the search engines will have to go along with it because it is above board and relevant to your website. One other way that's great for getting backlinks is to utilize the social voting websites like Delicious. These sites have become highly popular in the past few years, making them the apple of Google's eye when it comes to high rankings.
Plus, the content on these sites is updated all the time and it's usually quality. Google will take sites like these and will make sure all eyeballs can see them, because the sites offer information people can use. The search engines really look up to them these days. What you should be trying to do is get the most out of these websites without people thinking you're just sending spam.
Last but not least, the best technique you can do to get as many links as possible is to create the kind of content that others want to add their links to.
Those sites that have hundreds of websites and blogs linking back to them provide quality content that people enjoy reading. If you want to get a fair idea of this method, just logon to Digg.com and check out all those articles that got dugg the most. They are there because they offered high quality. If you can create content that's high quality and that people will find enjoyable, then backlinking will be one of the simplest things you've ever done. In summary, link building can be seen as a step by step process that gets complicated if you try to rush in and miss a few steps.
Dario Montes de Oca is an Internet entrepreneur who has studied and implemented countless online marketing strategies. Don't make mistakes that will KILL your business, go to http://www.BestBacklinksEver.com to claim the best backlinks ever for UNBELIEVABLE website ranking with SEO!
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Canine collar
Since my son left for college, leaving me with an empty nest, he's been urging me to get a dog. He thinks I need a companion in addition to our cat.
We live in Carmel, possibly the most dog–friendly town in America. So his suggestion does make sense. What doesn't make sense is owning the collar before we own the dog.
(dog collar, made in Guatemala, 1 inch wide, for medium-size dog?)
If you would like to have this item, please let me know in a comment. If you know someone else who might like it, I hope you'll share this and let them know.
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Not Forgotten from Donna M. Zadunajsky on Vimeo.
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Alexis has had big dreams all her life, and she's worked hard to make them happen! After college she married and had a beautiful baby boy, living her dream as "Mommy" until Colton was safely entrenched in grade school. She lands her dream job at NASA, and her supportive husband, Jay, takes the lead on raising their son. The perfect family, right?
Twelve years later with no warning and no reason, Jay commits suicide. Colton goes into denial and blames his mother; Alexis buries herself in her work.
Seven months later, Alexis's biggest dream comes true. She's going to be on the next space shuttle! Her victory is short-lived when she finds out she has breast cancer. As her health declines, Colton delves into the dangerous circumstances of his father's death.
"Family Secrets" crept into Alexis's life when she wasn't paying attention. Will she and her son ever find out the truth? Or is it too late?
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Text from "The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship"; Pg. 329 (Tone 1)
Troparion (Tone 1): Though the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldiers guarded Your most pure body,* You arose, O Savior, on the third day,* and gave life to the world.* And so the heavenly powers cried out to You, O Giver of Life;* Glory to your resurrection, O Christ!* Glory to Your kingdom!* Glory to Your saving plan,* O only Lover of Mankind.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Kontakion (Tone 1): You arose in glory from the tomb* and with Yourself You raised the world.* All humanity acclaims You as God,* and death has vanished.* Adam exults, O Master,* and Eve, redeemed now from bondage, cries out for joy.* "You are the One, O Christ, Who offer resurrection to all."
Now and for ever and ever. Amen.
Theotokion (Tone 1): When Gabriel uttered to You, O Virgin, his 'Rejoice!'* – at that sound, the Master of all became flesh in You, the Holy Ark.* As the just David said,* You have become wider than the heavens carrying Your Creator.* Glory to Him Who dwelt in You!* Glory to Him Who came forth from You!* Glory to Him Who freed us through birth from You!
Prokimenon (Tone 1): Let Your mercy, O Lord,* be upon us,* as we have hoped in You (Ps 32:22).
verse: Rejoice in the Lord, O you just; praise befits the righteous (Ps 32:1).
Epistle: (2 Corinthians 9:6-11): Brethren, the point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. As it is written, 'He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever.' He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us.
Alleluia (Tone 1):
verse: The God of gods, the Lord, spoke and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting (Ps 49:1).
verse: Gather to Him His devout ones, who with sacrifice make covenant with Him (Ps 49:5).
Gospel: (Luke 5:1-11): Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, 'Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.' Simon answered, 'Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets.' When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 'Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!' For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, 'Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.' When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens;* praise Him in the highest (Ps 148:1). Alleluia! (3x)
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Tiny Apartment Beautiful Space
I love small spaces. LOVE them. I once had a tiny studio apartment, and it was just the perfect size for me. I envy anyone that can make their tiny spaces look great.
The woman in this video has a teeny tiny NYC apartment, and it is GORGEOUS. I absolutely love the table that hangs on that wall, and her bed with all of the storage underneath. I might have to do that in my home.
What about you? Do you live in a small space? Any tricks to get it to feel and look gorgeous?
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Carrot #1: Sharemarket returns have historically been higher than the other major asset classes
Over the last 20 years, Australian shares returned about 9% yearly, on average (a.k.a equities). This compares to 7% for residential property 🏡, to 7% for bonds + 3% for cash (not cash under your mattress, think term deposits). NB: historical performance isn't necessarily an indicator of the future.
The % differences may not seem large, but over 20 years…?
$10,000 invested in shares would have grown to $56,000.
That's compared to $19,500 if you'd left it in a cash management account with the big 5 banks (RBA). Another example of the magic of compounding!
Carrot #2: Share investment is appropriate if you can put the money away for a long period of time. Think years, not weeks 🕰.
The flipside to these returns is you take on more risk. The worst 12-month return in the last 20 years was -42%, while the best was +86%.
So although the returns from shares are higher, you need to buckle in!
Having said that, if you looked at any five year period of the last 20 years, you would have only been in negative territory for less than 5% of all months:
Carrot #3: Your returns are made up of dividends + capital gains (or losses). The bulk tends to come from capital gains.
Buying a share gives you partial ownership in a company, like Woollies or Telstra. So it gives you a claim on the company's profits.
Unlike a term deposit where you know exactly how much you'll get paid, what you'll get for owning a share varies. There are two sources of returns:
- Dividend: the portion of company profits paid to shareholders
- Capital gain or loss: the difference between the price you pay vs. the price you sell for.
Carrot #4: It's strongly recommended that you diversify and don't put all your carrots in one stock.
Stock prices go up and down all the time. A key reason is how other investors ('the market') view the prospects of that company. This can change a lot, based on how the company is going plus the sentiment of the market (investors are people too, so they get skittish/optimistic like the rest of us) 😳😁.
It's possible for the value of a stock to go to zero, meaning investors can lose the lot. But it's also possible for a stock to go up in value by many times what you paid. So diversification is important!
Carrot #5: Outsourcing via fund managers or ETFs is probably less risky (+ less time-consuming) than D.I.Y. where you pick + trade individual stocks.
Individual shares
Buying + selling shares yourself requires a bit of work setting up, but after that it's fairly simple. You can start an online broking account through your bank + place an 'order' for shares to be bought or sold… for about $30 a go. You can also go through a broker or financial advisor, but it'll be more expensive.
Baskets of shares (portfolios) 🗑
Spending time researching + managing your individual stocks can be highly complex + time consuming. So there are two main alternatives:
- Fund managers offer lots of different products focusing on different investments. E.g. small companies, Australian shares or international shares. They invest your money according to certain rules, aiming to beat a pre-defined benchmark like the ASX200. A key benefit is that you have a ready-made diversified portfolio all in one package. This is known as 'active' investment.
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are increasingly popular. They're listed funds that don't try to beat a benchmark, but perform in line with it by holding a similar basket of assets. Fees are much lower, usually 0.2% to 0.4%. You buy or sell ETFs the same way you do individual shares, through an advisor, broker, or online. This is known as 'passive' investment.
These options will typically be less risky because the manager takes care of diversification. But it's still important to have a long-term horizon as volatility remains high.
Make sure you read the small print📄 in the product disclosure statement. It'll tell you what kind of stuff you're investing in, plus risks, fees + how to get your money out. Fees can make a big difference 💰.
One of the biggest mistakes that all investors make (including professionals) is getting too caught up in short-term sentiment.
Carrot#6: Shares are a long-term investment!
So, it's really important to resist piling into the market when things have been going up for a while and it seems like everyone is making easy money.
It's conversely important to avoid panic by selling at the bottom when the outlook is terrible. Investing in shares is a great way to build long-term wealth, if you keep that in mind.
David Boyle is a Portfolio Manager + Partner at Rockman Capital, an absolute return small companies fund. Previously David worked at large fund managers for 10 years + is a CFA charter holder 🤓.
Thanks David! Stay tuned for next week's Carrot, where we'll be dishing on bonds, another important pillar for investing.
NB: This article is for informative purposes only, it is not to be taken as individual financial advice.


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GitHub Experiment: Mapping the civic tech community
In November 2015, Stefan Baack created a GitHub Scraper to explore the network dynamics of civic hackers on the platform. Recognizing that GitHub is just one of many community platforms utilized by civic tech organizations, he also leveraged data from the Poplus Community and his own work with the British civic hacking NGO mySociety. Baack's ensuing analysis revealed a follower network dominated by one key player, maxogden, as well as regional hubs; a list of the most popular repositories; and, a map illustrating the locations of civic tech organizations across the globe.
Image: Baack's original Follower Network Graph.
Following the publication of his analysis, the civic tech community pitched in and helped Baack develop a more encompassing picture of the global community. Significantly, a number of the original findings were found to be incomplete by the second analysis. For example, the updated network analysis showed that, although maxogden still held a central position, it was also possible to identify other key players within regions.
Image: Baack's updated Follower Network Graph.
We spoke to Baack about his experiences working on this experiment, and his resulting impressions of civic tech organizations and activists.
EJC: What drew you to map the global civic tech community?
Baack: I've been researching the practices and values of civic tech with a case study on the British NGO mySociety, one of the oldest civic tech organizations that pioneered several civic tech applications which have been copied in many other countries around the world (e.g. TheyWorkForYou or WhatDoTheyKnow). Even though I primarily relied on interviews with mySociety members, I realized that some sort of network analysis would be extremely interesting to get a glimpse of the civic tech community as a whole. Partly because mySociety is one of the founding organizations of Poplus, an international federation of civic tech groups interested in developing and maintaining reusable civic tech components that work across countries. How can we describe mySociety's role in this federation; and more generally how are their members connected? Who are the main contributors of this federation? Moreover, I was interested in expanding my qualitative research with some quantitative analysis, e.g. by checking which mySociety projects are most popular, or what tools or libraries mySociety developers are using to build their own applications.
You state that your project drew heavily on Liliana Bounegru, Jonathan Gray, and Stefania Milan's work that used GitHub to study data journalism. In what specific ways did their research inform your project? And now, having completed it, how does your understanding of their insights compare?
This project asked how GitHub serves as a transparency device for 'journalism in the making' and how it mediates, challenges or transforms journalism practices, products and values. The main task was developing and experimenting with new methods to scrape and analyze data from GitHub to answer these kind of questions. While the questions I addressed in my project are different, I drew heavily from the methodological experiments we conducted. During the summer school I learned a lot about writing scrapers, what is possible with the GitHub API, how the data gathered from GitHub can be analyzed, and the limitations that need to taken into account. My GitHub scraper reproduced some of the experiments we did at the Summer School and customized them to best suit my needs. My project largely confirmed the findings from the Summer School (in terms of methodology), but it also showed, I belief, how the limitations of GitHub data can be augmented by involving actors from the community we're looking at in the data collection and analysis.
You project uses GitHub as an "inaccurate proxy" to describe this community. Can you explain what you mean by this and how you mediated the challenges posed by this?
First, GitHub's social features like following or starring are poor indicators for how active or well-connected a user really is because these features are not necessarily needed to use GitHub productively – in many cases, not using them simply means that other channels are used to stay connected. Second, the civic tech community doesn't solely consist of developers. Non-developers are underrepresented on a platform like GitHub. Third, the locations of civic technologists are inaccurate because users can specify their locations in whatever way they want, if they specify it at all. And fourth, civic tech is very much a field in flux: what exactly 'civic tech' is (or isn't) is disputed. Accordingly, it is also hard to tell who belongs to the civic tech community. I sidestepped this problem by simply including every organizations that claims to be part of the civic tech community and has a GitHub account (more details on how I compiled that list below). The list of organizations I used to scrape GitHub is by no means complete and it's not always clear how the organizations in this list form a 'community'. In other words, my data doesn't represent the 'civic tech community' as whole, only a fraction of it – albeit an important one.
Being aware and transparent about these limitations is important. At the same time, it is also important to understand what the data gathered from GitHub does tell us despite these limitations. After all, GitHub is the most popular platform among civic technologists to share and develop their tools. Every civic tech organization I'm aware of does have a GitHub account, or at least some of its members are registered. However distorted, the data therefore shows some general tendencies which can be examined in more detail using other methods or additional data sources. This is where I see the main value of this project: not in how accurately it represents the civic tech community, but how it shows us patterns that raise new questions and guide further research. For example, the data I gathered raised interesting questions about the political economy behind civic tech: Mapping the locations of civic technologists shows a strong Western bias; and comparing the follower-network with the contributor-network raised questions about the role of African civic tech groups. The network analysis also indicated that European groups have stronger ties to Latin America than to the US, but is this really the case or just due to a bias in the data or my analysis?
Another way to mediate the inaccuracy of data collected from GitHub is expert knowledge about the subject, for example from previous research or by involving members of the community in the collection and the analysis of the data. The insights I got from my study about mySociety as well as my earlier research about the Open Knowledge Foundation in Germany made it easier to judge the accuracy of the results and helped in the analysis. I also got some very helpful comments from the community after I published the fist results on my blog.
After sharing your initial project, your updated version incorporated community inputs and ideas, and it is clear that some of your conclusions changed following this. For example, in your initial follower network visualization maxogden has a very prominent position. Whilst maxogden is still central in the updated version, it also reveals a number of other prominent actors. Can you please explain how the community helped you to create a more encompassing methodology?
Before I published the first article on my blog I shared it on mySociety's mailing list. I got some helpful suggestions (for example to map contributors) and comments from the community (including maxogden). Most importantly, I was contacted by some of the organizers of the Poplus federation, including Steven Clift from E-Democracy.org who already curated a list of groups in this field. He shared with me an internal, crowdsourced list of most of the members of the Poplus mailing list. This helped me to add a lot of civic tech organizations I wasn't aware of, but beyond that this list also helped me to judge the (in)accuracy of my data collection as it gave me a sense of the scope and diversity of the civic tech community.
Can you explain the how you developed the project's Scraper and how it could be used in other data driven projects?
Originally, this whole project started as a programming exercise. I was learning Python and got inspired by the Digital Methods Summer School. GitHub provides an easy-to-use API with a very good documentation, so it was a great platform to learn how to write scrapers. I started very small: my first goal was to get a CSV with all the repositories of mySociety's GitHub account. Then I added more details such as the number of contributors, created new CSVs to get the starred repositories of these contributors and so forth. It was an iterative and playful process that only later turned into a more serious research project, after I realized that the little tool I've created was powerful enough to answer some interesting questions.
The scraper can be used in any data driven project interested in the relationships between different organizations on GitHub: You can get CSV spreadsheets with detailed information about the projects and members of the organizations and GEXF files for network analysis in tools like Gephi.
Following your project, what insights have you personally drawn about the global civic tech community?
If there is a global civic tech community, it unclear what this community wants beyond open data, reusable tools and a vague sense of improving 'civic life'. The list I used and the internal Poplus list is a mix of for-profit companies, non-profit NGOs and all kinds of government institutions. These type of actors might align because they all profit from increased transparency and reusability, but eventually their interests might clash. For example, wanting public institutions to copy civic tech applications in order to change the relationship between citizens and these institutions (which is what European non-profits tend to favor) or wanting public institutions to 'step back' and foster ecosystems of for-profit services (which is often implied in the 'Government as a platform' metaphor) has very different implications for civic life. While there seems to be much interest among practitioners to point out similarities and to articulate a common cause, I think it is actually more important to emphasize the differences between actors who claim to do civic tech.
Explore the original version of the project here and the updated version here.


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Fallen Empire Records. Not only has Mike turned Fallen Empire into a go-to distro for a lot of hard to find European metal releases (at better than reasonable prices), but he's also released a shitload of great metal. New releases are coming out this weekend, so I thought this a good time to remind you all how awesome Fallen Empire is.
What is posted above is a sold out cassette by The Rain in Endless Fall titled La Oscuridad Doth Dar La Inmortalidad. Sadly, I missed out on getting the cassette, and haven't seen it pop on on discogs, so I am forced into making a download work for me. What's nice is that you can do the same, as Mike has put it up for free streaming and download on the Fallen Empire Bandcamp. I really wish I had this tape, and really can't wait for the full-length that's due out in 2013. The black metal these folks from Portland make is sick - nearly monolithic in its heavy and fast-paced approach to black metal, with a dense, claustrophobic atmosphere that will pummel you down. It's hypnotic and addicting. You can download it free of charge, but you're encouraged to show Mike some love either by naming a price that is not $0, or by buying some goods from the store. If downloads are all you're gonna do right now, I highly recommend the sold-out cassettes from Hermóðr, Desolate Winds, and Tardigrada. All amazing.
Besides his own releases, Mike's got some amazing distro finds - the Mutiilation LPs are all in stock, along with some great shit from Triangulum Ignis, the self-titled Ygg LP, the newest Khors LP, and sooooo much more. So keep your eyes open for the new releases this weekend, and do some shopping. You'll be very pleased that you did. If it's in the Fallen Empire shop, it's worth owning.


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As one of the "youngest" buildings in the National Register of Historic Places, the postmodern landmark structure, renamed 700 Market, was originally designed by Philip Johnson. Because of the dramatically sloped grade, Johnson's style of designing buildings on a clean, flat plane, where they can meet the site, had not been realized. The design team's challenge was to redevelop the site to meet the needs of the new users within while preserving the character of this iconic building.
To resolve the grade issue, the design creates a grand flight of stairs leading to a formal entry plaza. Immaculately detailed in concrete and simple forms, this entry plaza honors Johnson's original vision.
Tucked into the grade of the site, the east courtyard creates intimate meeting areas along the side of the building. With a lush backdrop to the city, this space gives building occupants respite from the public realm.
An 18,000-sq.-ft. rooftop garden courtyard on the building's fifth floor offers space for collaboration and socialization. This terrace provides sweeping views of the Gateway Arch and St. Louis skyline. The green roof's vegetated planter trays, trees, shrubs and sodded lawn area help insulate the building and conserve energy while managing the stormwater. Highlighted by a dynamic lighting system, the terrace features a fitness path, programmable lawn and paved event space that accommodates corporate or civic functions.
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If you haven't met Henry, click here.
Henry woke up this morning to white out conditions.
Henry put a warm hat on, and at first, only wanted to look at the snow from the porch. After all, Henry is originally from the tropical jungles of Africa and is not used to this kind of weather.
Then Henry thought, "Well, I'll shovel a little snow off the steps."
"Well, maybe I'll make a snow monkey."
Henry had the hat and carrot to make a snowman, but there just wasn't enough snow. Disappointing.
Henry spotted Reed's slide and had to climb on.
Henry predicts this will be an awesome slide.
Whoops. Henry slipped.
And face planted in the ice.
And kept going. Into the wall. Not so awesome.
Henry doesn't want anyone else to have an accident.
Henry thinks riding the 3-wheeler might be fun.
He forgot he was one wheel short of 4-wheel-drive and wrecked immediately.
Safety first.
Henry thinks he'll sit out the rest of this snowstorm.


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Having my Dad staying with us for a few days gave us an excuse to become tourists in north west England where we live. On our way to Southport for a blast of sea air we stopped at Crosby Beach for a look at Anthony Gormley's sculpture, "Another Place". The sculpture consists of 100 cast iron figures which face out to sea, spread over a 2 mile (3.2 km) stretch of the beach. Each figure is 189 cm tall (nearly 6 feet 2½ inches) and weighs around 650 kg (over 1400 lbs).
Watching the tide move up the beach submerging the figures creates slightly eerie feeling, probably because it shouldn't be happening – like cream cakes that shouldn't be left out in the rain – cast iron statues shouldn't be left on the beach for the sea to cover.
Beyond the slight eeriness induced by the incoming tide there is also a sense of hopelessness and, perhaps, weariness as though they are fulfilling a long standing obligation to look out for something coming over the horizon irrespective of the consequences. The consequences are repeated twice a day and will be, presumably, until nature completes its corrosive course. Watching the statues emerge as the tide recedes is likely to produce quite a difference effect and I wonder if it might be more positive and optimistic.
In some ways a lone figure produces a more powerful effect, adding solitariness to hopelessness and weariness. With the water just lapping around his feet the figure creates some discomfort in spectators by standing and facing the tide instead of turning and walking or running away.


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Katherin + Chuck | New York, NY
Manhattan maestros Katherin & Chuck weren't exactly the poster-kids for wanting a big city wedding, but once they got in the swing of planning a Manhattan party with all their friends and family they definitely warmed up to the idea! Fast forward 12 months to all of their best and dearest gathered on a wild old boat circumnavigating Manhattan in preparation for the next day's insanely hip shindig on the terrace of The Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District. The wide Hudson River on one side, the Highline Park on the other, and all of the world's beautiful people milling around down below. Surrounded by immaculate styling, carefully thought-out details, and the most wonderful group of friends and family – not to mention a drone flying around the Standard, a glass-enclosed hotel room perched on the very edge of the building, and Highline tourists stopping in delight to drink in the view – this was definitely one amazing (and classic) New York summer celebration to witness.