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Putting yourself out there, or meeting the writing gods halfway – Barbara Davis
By Barbara Davis
As a writer, paying your dues can come in many forms, and there are an infinite number of forks that may appear along the road to literary success, depending of course on what success looks like for you. This is how it worked for me.♥
In 2009 I was working for a national jewelry retailer in upper management, pulling in a salary with quite a few zeros and all the little perks that go with it. Naturally, I had a mortgage and car payment to match. Unfortunately, when the Great Recession hit full stride I was informed that the company I was working for would be closing a portion of its stores and that my position was therefore "geographically unnecessary." (yes, apparently, it's a thing)
There was some severance, a few weeks of paid vacation and unused sick time. But mostly, there was terror. And it wasn't about how I would pay that big fat mortgage. It was about who I was if I wasn't that job? In one day I went from being on the phone nonstop to my phone not ringing — at all. I was unmoored, untethered, unnecessary. I was also relieved.
It didn't hit me for several days, but when it did I realized I was burnt out and that I had been for a long time. But I needed a job, right? The kind where the checks come every week and keep the lights one. Needless to say, I was in full-scale meltdown mode.
Luckily, my husband was there to point out that I'd been given an enormous gift — a chance to change gears, to do the thing I had longed to do since I was old enough to hold a pencil. We'd figure it out. We'd get by. Somehow.
And so, I went for it. I began writing the novel that had been banging around in my head for almost five years. Then about halfway through, I decided it might be a good idea to find out if I was onto something or just wasting my time. And so I did the thing that scares most of us to death — I put my work in front of other writers and asked them to tell me the truth. I was terrified, sure that I was going to be told to shelve my dream and go get a real job. I seriously thought I might throw up.
And then that night in the cafe of Border's bookstore, I was given another gift. I found myself sitting across from a woman who said she was there to simply observe. I thought it was odd at the time, but I was too anxious to pay much attention to anything but my nerves. Thankfully, the feedback was positive and by the time the meeting ended enough blood had returned to my legs to actually stand up and walk to the door.
That's when the mystery woman approached and introduced herself as Nalini Akolekar, an agent with Spencerhill Literary Agency. She said she was there scouting new talent. She liked what she'd heard and wondered if I would let her read the rest. Two weeks later I had an agency contract. A short time after that I had a two-book deal with Penguin. And none of it would have happened if I hadn't felt the fear and, well… you know the rest.
So on the surface it might look like I backed into success, and sometimes I actually find myself feeling a few guilt pangs about how "easily" it all happened for me. I dodged the anxiety of pitch sessions, query letters, and stacks of rejections. What I often have to remind myself is that success favors the prepared mind, and over the years I had taken great pains to prepare mine. By reading good books by good authors, studying every book on craft I could get my hands on, asking for and acting on feedback, writing, rewriting, and then rewriting some more — by doing the work and putting myself out there, I had put myself in a position for the Writing Gods to find me.
Bottom line, you have to be willing to do the work, to put in the time, to shed the blood, the sweat, the tears, that will eventually put you in a position to be successful. And I'm not talking about needing an MFA. But you do have to study your craft in whatever ways are open to you, books, seminars, classes at your local community college.
You have to seek solid feedback as scary as it may be, (not your mum or your BFF) and then be willing to apply that feedback. You have to be willing to go back to the drawing board — as many times as it takes. And then there's the business end of things, knowing how to properly format a manuscript, write a query letter, locate an agent who represents your genre. You have to school yourself on how "it" works. All of it. But mostly, you have to be willing to stick it out, to be scared witless and keep on going, because then and only then can the "Writing Gods" find you.
After spending more than a decade as an executive in the jewelry business, Barbara decided to leave the corporate world to finally pursue her lifelong passion for writing. Love Alice is her forth novel. She currently lives in Rochester, New Hampshire, with her husband Tom, and their beloved ginger cat, Simon, and is working on her next book, anticipated in October 2017.


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Problem encountered in the design of solar water pump is about the cost of making the solar water pump by considering two variables, namely the cost and effectiveness of solar water pump when installed. The case studies raised regarding Indonesia perspective to be applied well in Indonesia. The solution offered is the design of the solar water pump system by considering aspects of cost and effectiveness carefully. The result is a plan to build a solar water pump which was suitable for use in all conditions and situations in the area of Indonesia.
Keyword: Effectiveness, solar water pump, Indonesia.

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Solar panels for a green shack
If you want to power something in a green shack, you will need solar panels. There are many different types of them and all of them are useful. Here are some of the recommended solar panels.
• 60 Watt Solar 12V Power Generator Kit is the best choice for you. It is perfect for cabins and green shacks and remote destinations. Everything you need. It is made by ABS plastics (very durable) and amorphous solar cells. The best side about this solar panels is that it can harvest energy even during cloudy days. It can function when the temperature is in the range: -40-176 degrees Fahrenheit. The dimensions are: 38x13.5x0.75 inches, and the weight is 63.4 lbs.
• The Sunforce 1.5 Watt Power Sports Charger isn't designed for this purpose, but you can use it because it is cheap. It will help you recharge 12V batteries using the sunlight. It is made from amorphous solar cells and ABS plastics. You won't have problems installing it, or with its maintenance. Also, it is easy to connect. The dimensions are: 14x4x0.25 inches. The weight is 1.6 lbs.
• 10 Watt Utility Solar Panel by SunForce is ideal for remote locations. It is also more powerful and efficient than aforementioned model. It is made from durable aluminum frame so it is light but strong. Solar cells are amorphous. You won't have any problems with its installation or maintenance. It also includes CLA adapters, battery clamps and screws and brackets for the installation. The dimensions are: 26x14x2 inches. The weight is 9.2 lbs.


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During the 1970s, the national headquarters of the South African Students Organisation (SASO), and offices of the Black Community Programmes (BCP) were housed in a cluster of buildings on this site, owned by the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa. Under the leadership of Bantu Stephen Biko in 1968, black students broke away from the multi-racial National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and formed SASO, as a radical national body for activists in racially and ethnically segregated university campuses reserved for black students under apartheid law, referred to as "bush colleges" by the students. Working from these offices, Steve Biko, Barney Pityana and other SASO leaders developed and promoted the ideology of Black Consciousness, marking the defiant resurgence of overt, revolutionary political activity since the Sharpeville massacre, bannings of the ANC and PAC, and the countrywide arrests and bannings of activists. The increased radicalisation of students resulted in strikes at all the "bush colleges" in 1972 and 1973, while SASO mobilised the formation of a new political organisation, the Black People's Convention (BPC), in July 1972. In retaliation, on 26 February 1973 the apartheid government banned the leaders of SASO and BPC. Steve Biko was banished to King Williams Town, while increased state repression saw ongoing expulsions, bannings, arrests, detentions and torture of hundreds of student activists. Over the following years thousands fled into exile. On 19 October 1977, SASO, BPC and allied Black Consciousness organisations were banned and their leaders arrested following widespread national unrest and international outcry over the torture and death in detention of Steve Biko five weeks earlier.
United Congregational Church of South Africa, Beatrice Street
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent their first missionaries to the British colony of Natal in 1835 to work among the African people of this region. Their mission stations at Amanzimtoti and Groutville were established in 1836 and named after two missionaries, Dr Newton Adams and Dr Aldin Grout. The early missionaries were not only interested in founding new churches. From the start, they fought for the rights of the indigenous peoples and established educational institutions. Many future leaders of the South African liberation struggle came from families who lived on these missions, or were educated at Adams College. During the first 150 years of their work in southern Africa, the American Board, London Missionary Society and churches of the Congregational Union of South Africa worked closely together and had a very clear stance against racism and the evil system of apartheid.
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1. What are aldehydes?
2. what is the electronic structure of carbonyl group?
3. Show the structure of ketonic group.
4. What is the difference between a simple ketone and a mixed ketone?
5. What is the common system of nomenclature of aldehydes?
6. What is the IUPAC system of nomenclature of aldehydes?
7. What is the common system of nomenclature of ketones?
8. What is the IUPAC system of nomenclature of ketones?
9. What is the system of nomenclature of aromatic aldehydes?
10. Discuss the chain isomerism in Aldehydes and Ketones.
11. Discuss the position isomerism in Aldehydes and Ketones.
12. Discuss the functional isomerism in Aldehydes and Ketones.
13. Discuss the metamerism in Aldehydes and Ketones.
14. What are methods of preparing aldehydes and ketones
a. from alcohols
b. from carboxylic acids
c. from acid chlorides
d. from Grignard reagent
e. from reduction of alkyl cyanides
f. from geminal dihalides
g. from alkynes – by hydration, by hydroboration
h. from alkenes
15. Methods of preparing aromatic aldehydes and ketones
a. oxidation of alkyl benzenes
b. from grignard reagents
c. reamer tiemann reaction
d. Gattermann Koch reaction
e. Rosenmund reaction
f. Aromatic ketones from Friedel Craft's reaction
16. What are physical properties of aledehydes and ketones
a. Physical state and smell
b. Boiling points
c. Solubility in water
15. Chemical properties or reactions of aldehydes and ketones
1. structure of carbonyl group
2. relative reactivity of aldehydes and ketones
3. Addition of hydrogen cyanide
4. Addition of sodium bisulphate
5. Reaction with Grignard reagents
6. Addition of of alcohols
7. Addition of ammonia derivatives
i. hydroxylamine
ii. hydrazine
iii. phenylhydrazine
iv. 2,4-dinitrophenyl hydrazine
v. semicarbazide
8. reaction with ammonia
9. reaction with primary amines
10. reaction with phosphorous pentachloride
11. Oxidation of aldehydes and ketones
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Aldehydes and Ketones - Conceptual Questions
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text: I have never had any luck with women; I'm 17 and I've NEVER had a girlfriend. Justly, my self-esteem is dragging the ground all the time. I am depressed, neurotic, and in need of your help. I may only be 17, but trust me, it has felt like a much longer time than that. I take Paxil for the depression, and I've talked to psychiatrists, but they don't help. I'm still lonely, but don't think I'm only trying to get a girl for sex. I'm of a different breed of adolescent; a breed that will take sex if it is offered, but will not date only for that reason. Companionship has something to be said for it, too. I'm 6'8" and 320 lbs., but the height makes me only have a gut. Maybe that is why the chicks don't dig me...maybe not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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|In 2010 the United States enacted the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act provisions (FATCA) which are contained in the HIRE Act 2010. These provisions are aimed at reducing tax evasion by US citizens and entities.
FATCA requires financial institutions outside the USA to pass information about their USA customers to the US tax administration, the Internal Revenue Service. The legislation allows for a 30% withholding tax to be applied to the US source income of any non-‐US financial institution that fails to comply with this requirement. This caused a number of issues for UK financial institutions not least of which was how they could comply with the requirements of FATCA without breaching data protection restrictions.
On 12 September 2012 the UK and the USA signed a Treaty to implement FATCA in the UK – "The UK-‐US Agreement to Improve International Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA" (the US IGA). Legislation at section 222 Finance Act 2013 provides HM Treasury with powers to make regulations to give effect to this and other similar agreements. The US IGA was brought into force by the Tax Compliance (United States of America) Regulations 2014, which were subsequently incorporated into the International Tax Compliance Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/878). These regulations impose obligations on UK financial institutions to identify, maintain and report information to HMRC on financial accounts held by US citizens and entities. There is an also a requirement under FATCA for Reporting Financial Institutions to report payments to Non-Participating Financial Institutions (see FATCA Guidance paragraphs 2.5 and 9.4). Provided these financial institutions comply with the requirements of the legislation they will not be subject to the 30% withholding tax on US source income.


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The United Parcel Service said, this week, it has begun the testing of drones for use in emergency delivery of medical supplies. The inaugural flight took place in rural Massachusetts and the company hopes, of course, this is just the beginning of a much larger project to receive federal approval as a regular option for delivery.
Danvers, MA-based drone maker CyPhy managed the flight, on Thursday, delivering a small package from Beverly, a town located roughly 25 miles to the northeast of Boston to Children's Island, which is a summer camp for children located 3 miles off the Atlantic coast.
UPS owns a small stake in CyPhy, so this project makes a whole lot of sense. However, until now, CyPhy has only manufactured tethered surveillance drones that can remain airborne for many hours to stream reconnaissance data that cannot be intercepted or jammed in any way.
The drone, painted UPS brown, of course, made this maiden voyage in a matter of 8 minutes. CyPhy chief technology officer Helen Greiner comments, "This demonstrates a drone is the best and most efficient way to deliver a package in a medical emergency in a remote location."
Of course, UPS now has to overcome the present Federal Aviation Administration restriction as covered in its rules published last month that insist drones must only be used while in sight of the operator. Indeed, UPS senior vice president of global engineering Mark Wallace confessed that he hopes this test flight will persuade the FAA to further test such uses for drones, eventually allowing UPS to offer these emergency deliveries as part of their regular services.
Now, you may already by aware that online retailer Amazon has been testing drones in the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Canada, while Wal-Mart stores have also been using drones to help manage inventory, though only in its warehouses.
Greiner also makes sure to note "Drones aren't going to take the place of all delivery, but there are places where you have inaccessible location, an emergency situation where the infrastructure is down, you want or need the package quickly—these are the areas where drones will be the best way to get a package to a location."


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In the Criminal Minds episode 'Mirror Image', a man who claims to be the brother of Dr. Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler) comes into town and reveals that he knows everything about the Lewis family. Lewis is freaked out — she can't reach her real brother — so the BAU opens an investigation. While they interrogate Gabriel (Terrence Terrell), Lewis turns to her father Albert for help.
Albert Lewis is portrayed by Stan Shaw. He's known for his roles on Murder, She Wrote (Det. Sgt. Vince Lofton), Wiseguys (Major Vernon Biggs), and in the TV mini-series Roots: The Next Generations (Will Palmer), among others. Shaw is also well recognized for his roles in the films Rocky (Dipper), The Great Santini (Toomer Smalles), Harlem Nights (Jack Jenkins), and Fried Green Tomatoes (Big George). Criminal Minds airs Wednesdays at 9pm on CBS.


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I did it! I finished an adult lap blanket it ONE WEEK!!
Here I had only just started the pattern the Thursday before July 4. Aren't the colors fun? :)
I brought this blanket with me on our mini vacation to Bristol, Rhode Island to visit a former roommate and experience the longest celebration of Independence Day. During the 4 and a half hour long parade I accomplished an entire segment (yellow, green, variegated, pink, and back to yellow)! Yes, I did get quite a few "compliments" on my "knitting," i.e. "Isn't it a bit too hot to be knitting?" one soldier joked. Why yes sir, it is merely 88* in the sunshine, but that is why I am not keeping it on my lap, but next to me. :)
It was a wonderful day of amazing period costumes and many military veterans along with local business owners and organizations' floats.
I can't believe I get to say it is already complete but I do and what makes it even better is I get to display it for the Toledo Art Walk that I am participating in tomorrow! If you are in the area, I hope you'll stop by and say hello. :)
I have a few other new goodies that are awaiting their close-up, like a few braceletes and soap savers, and I hope to post about them soon.
Happy Fourth!


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Jennifer Wilck's latest release is out and, well, I'll let her tell you all about it.
Take it away, Jennifer…
Addicted to Love is my first contemporary romance with The Wild Rose Press. It's the first book in an anticipated three-book series. While the story is a mainstream romance, the characters are Jewish, which I think adds some spice and variety to the story, especially the meddlesome-yet-loveable grandma and the food! The setting is Hoboken, NJ and New York City. And, like many of my other books, there is a child. In this case, she's a teenager. As the mom of two teen girls, I have a lot of experience in this area, and it was fun creating a relatable character that showcases the best side of teenage girlhood (and, of course, a few eye rolls, because, you know, teenagers!). I hope you enjoy it!
Blurb: Dan Rothberg struggled after an accident killed his wife and he nearly lost custody of his daughter. He can no longer allow himself to get attached to anything or anyone. Until he meets Hannah.
Hannah Cohen is a young executive with a meddlesome grandmother and a troubled brother. She'd like nothing better than to find her own Mr. Right, after too many Mr. Wrongs. A sexy older man with a teenage daughter was never in her plans.
As they navigate their relationship through adolescent attitudes and grandmotherly interference, they realize age is just a number and love can be right in front of them. But when the terrible truth of Dan's former struggles is exposed, Hannah must decide if she can get past his deception and allow love to conquer all.
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Jennifer started telling herself stories as a little girl when she couldn't fall asleep at night. Her favorite stories to write are those with smart, sassy, independent heroines; handsome, strong and slightly vulnerable heroes; and her stories always end with happily ever after.
In the real world, she's the mother of two amazing daughters and wife of one of the smartest men she knows. When she's not writing, she loves to laugh with family and friends, is a pro at finding whatever her kids lost in plain sight, and spends way too much time closing doors that should never have been left open. She believes humor is the only way to get through the day and doesn't share her chocolate.
She writes contemporary romance, some of which are mainstream and some of which involve Jewish characters. All are available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
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I actually had no plans to write about Friday's Battlestar Galactica episode, "Lay Down Your Burdens I", which I found decent but forgettable--certainly not an worthy counterpoint to last season's "Kobol's Last Gleaming I", which it was obviously meant to recall. Then last night I caught a rerun of the second season West Wing episode "Noël", one of the most harrowing hours of television I've ever seen, in which Josh is finally forced to confront the aftereffects of the trauma he experienced when he was shot at the beginning of the season. Like Chief Tyrol in "Lay Down Your Burdens I", Josh is aided in this struggle by a spiritual advisor--psychiatrist Stanley Keyworth, played by Adam Arkin. A comparison between these two retellings of the same story reveals, I think, quite a bit about what's wrong with Galactica these days, and what needs to be done to set things right.
The first thing that needs to be said when discussing these two episodes is that Aaron Sorkin doesn't own the copyright on the 'troubled main character is forced to confront their weakness with the help of a tough-talking, uncompromising spiritual advisor' plotline. It's a story that's probably been done dozens of times. In the comments to my previous post about the Life on Mars season finale, Niall Harrison made a very interesting point about the difference between predictability and inevitability: "the difference between stories that are diminished because you know what's coming and stories that are enhanced because you know." I suggested that the difference lay in the amount of story that one could predict--knowing how the story is going to end is not necessarily a hindrance to enjoying it; knowing precisely how you're going to get to that ending will usually ruin your enjoyment (the A plot of "The Captain's Hand" is a good example of the latter case). As Niall points out, however, there are stories in which knowledge of the plot's precise breakdown doesn't prevent the audience from enjoying it, and both "Noël" and the Chief Tyrol plotline in "Lay Down Your Burdens I" are that kind of story. We know exactly how the confrontation between the main character and the advisor character will proceed, if for no other reason than because we've watched television before--how our hero will rebel against the notion that he needs help; how the advisor will refuse to coddle and indulge him; how, at the crucial moment, the hero and the advisor will begin working together, struggling against their now common foe, the hero's illness.
That "Noël" is such a memorable and brutal piece in spite of its predictability can be ascribed to the both the actors and the script. The consistently superb Bradley Whitford brings an extra layer of prickly vulnerability to Josh's usual combination of intelligence and arrogance, but Adam Arkin more than matches the quality of his performance. In spite of the fact that he appears only twice over the series' run, Stanley is one of its most vivid, not to mention beloved, characters. In comparison, Dean Stockwell's character is, with only one exception ("Maybe I'm a Cylon and I haven't seen you at any of the secret meetings"), so by-the-numbers that I'm not even going to bother to look up his name--I'll just call him Al, in honor of a far more memorable performance.
Both the intensity and the subtlety of Sorkin's retelling far exceed those of Moore's. Last night was probably the fifth or sixth time that I've seen "Noël", and I still felt the urge to leave the room or change the channel when I realized that Josh was about to lose all perspective and start yelling at the President. If I ever bother to re-watch "Lay Down Your Burdens I", I know that I won't have that kind of visceral reaction to the Chief's attack on Cally. It was certainly a startling thing to watch the first time it happened, but without the element of surprise the scene is almost laughable in its crassness. Why is the Chief taking a nap--in his underwear, no less--on the floor of the inexplicably empty hangar deck? Why code Cally's search for him with the visual and verbal cues of a slasher flick? Why does the Chief look like if he's having a bad drug experience, not a nightmare?
Our heart breaks when we watch Josh first avoid and then confront the fact that he has been irreperably damaged by his traumatic experience. The episode's use of visuals and music manages to bring across the hellishness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder--how it prevents its sufferers from taking any joy in their normal, everyday life by constantly forcing them to relive its worst moments. The Chief's dilemma, on the other hand, can strike us in one of two ways--either we start to seriously wonder whether the character is a Cylon sleeper agent (and, can I just say, please no--the device is now officially overused), or we know that he's a nutter. I don't think the Chief actually believes himself to be a Cylon, but like many members of the fleet, the stress of his situation has taken its toll on him, and it is neither surprising nor unusual that he should revert to paranoid self-doubt and suicidal thoughts. The script and Douglas' performance, however, fail to make us feel the Chief's pain or pity him for it--which is remarkable when we recall that this is one of the few truly decent and lovable characters in the cast.
The purpose of this comparison is not to complain that Aaron Douglas and Dean Stockwell are no Bradley Whitford and Adam Arkin, or that Ronald D. Moore is no Aaron Sorkin (although I'm not sure that that last comparison is so unfair. Many reviewers have drawn parallels between Galactica and The West Wing, and at the top of their game I think that Sorkin and Moore, while obviously possessing different skill sets, are roughly equivalent in terms of their writing talent), or even that "Lay Down Your Burdens I" falls short of "Noël"'s brilliance. The crucial difference between the two episodes is in the amount of care and attention that Sorkin and Moore put into these plotlines. "Noël" was famously written because Bradley Whitford stopped by Aaron Sorkin's office one day and said "You know, I got shot." Once spurred to address this trauma, however, Sorkin essentially held up his entire season in order to give it the delicate, thoughtful treatment it deserved. The Chief's plotline in "Lay Down Your Burdens I" was obviously written in order to fill up space (which, at the very least, gives me hope that "Lay Down Your Burdens II" will be a packed and exciting episode, in much the same way that "Resurrection Ship I" was), and while we could have a long discussion here about the Galactica writers' problems with pacing, plotting, and just in general making effective and intelligent time-management choices (which would once again bring us to the issue of using the previouslys as a dumping ground for not one but two unseen scenes, including a tearful confrontation between Starbuck and a dying Roslin in "Epiphanies"--how the hell did that end up on the cutting room floor?), as far as I'm concerned the issue here isn't how the writers divide their air-time but what they do with it. There's nothing wrong with writing a plotline because you need to fill up space, but once you choose to do so, there is no excuse for giving it the perfunctory and unthinking treatment that the writers gave the Chief plotline in "Lay Down Your Burdens I".
Not that this careless attitude towards B plots, or even A plots, is new to the show. Moore has said that the abortion storyline in "The Captain's Hand" was something that he wanted to raise and not deal with too seriously, and the result was that he treated both his viewers and his most intelligent character like idiots. I've written before about the Galactica writers' tunnel-vision--they have one specific story that they want to tell, a 9/11 allegory about the political and religious struggles that emerge after a species-extinction event, and they concentrate on that story to the exclusion of all other aspects of their invented universe. In the winter season, however, the writers have offered us precious little in compensation for the stories that they've ignored. We don't have time for a sophisticated treatment of the Chief's psychological trauma, or for an intelligent debate about reproductive rights and obligations in the fleet, or for a believable exploration of Lee's existential crisis, or for any exploration at all of his burgeoning romance with Dualla, because we're too busy doing what, exactly?
The fact is that Al and the Chief's session is a tiny part of "Lay Down Your Burdens I", but with the exception of Kara and Anders' reunion (because it's just so good to see Kara--the only character, I might point out, who has had a consistent, believable, and prolonged character arc this winter season--be so happy after so much pain) it is the only part of the episode that has lingered in my mind a mere three days after watching it, and even that is only because while I was watching those scenes I kept thinking of Josh and Stanley Keyworth. A great deal happens in the episode, some of it quite important, but almost none of it with the emotional resonance that I've come to expect from this show. Roslin and Baltar's political struggles are unremarkable (it's not really the topic of this post, but at some point I'm going to talk about the wrong-headedness of the show's treatment of politics in the fleet. I understand why she wouldn't like to come out and acknowledge it, but Roslin isn't actually running for President--she's running for mayor of a mid-sized town. The distance that the show enforces between her and the electorate is completely unbelievable) and their outcome is a foregone conclusion. It was interesting, for about five seconds, to see how the discovery of a potentially habitable planet might affect the fleet, but the way in which Baltar used the planet as a political tool was predictable, and since the writers aren't interested in a debate over whether to settle or keep moving (a worthy question, in my opinion) they handicap the issue by making the planet only barely habitable--a fact which Baltar conveniently ignores and which Roslin fails to convey to her constituents (someone remind me why this woman deserves to be President?).
Simplistic. Predictable. Conventional. These are not words that I ever anticipated using to describe Battlestar Galactica, and yet over the recent weeks they have become the only applicable terms. It's been suggested that the writers are having problems dealing with the extended season--writing 20 episodes is a greater challenge than writing 13--but the problems that have been plaguing the show are systemic, not structural. There is no longer any indication that the writers are infusing Galactica with their heart and soul. Their plots and character arcs are desultory and unexciting, and with only a few exceptions the best that they seem to be capable of is a vague decency. Episodes like last week's "Downloaded" suggest that the old Galactica's fire is still burning somewhere, but wouldn't it be nice if the writers could grant their human characters even a fraction of the attention that they lavished on these Cylons?


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There are stereotypes with everything and Indian tourism is no exception. When you plan a trip to India, there are certain places that you will visit because they are common and 'touristy' and everyone goes there.
However, if you wish to really explore the country, you should pick the road less treaded and find hidden gems along the way! We have lined up some interesting places you may want to add to your itinerary when discovering India!
Famed to be one of the biggest mangroves in the world, the Sundarbans in West Bengal are the face of the rich Indian wildlife. The population of Royal Bengal tigers is said to be highest here. However you need to proceed with caution as these creatures are infamous for being man-eaters. There are several guided tours available where you will not only be able to see these majestic animals in their natural habitat, but will also be able to admire the flora and other fauna of this magnificent jungle.
Butterfly Beach, Goa
Goa is undoubtedly one of the most popular tourist destinations in India. However, if you wish to leave behind all things chaos and commercial, you should visit this beautiful secluded beach which is nothing sort of sheer bliss. Located a little further from Palolem beach, you will have to take a ferry ride to reach there.
Majuli, Assam
This is the world's largest river island and is surprisingly one of the least visited places in the country. It isn't famous or crowded but is truly one of nature's blessings to humanity. It is UNESCO World Heritage Site, and when you visit here, you will know why! The simple life, the tribal people and the aesthetically blessed vicinity, this place is called the cultural capital of Assam for a reason.
Rann of Kutch, Gujarat
There is nothing more beautiful than this magnanimous expanse of dessert! The colourful clothes worn by local people here, the camel rides, the art, the culture, the folklore, everything here is rich and unadulterated. The Rann of Kutcch is one of the most underrated places in terms of tourism and you should definitely explore it when in India.
Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim
Northeast India, in general, is not one of the top regions that people visit when in the country. It is the lesser known heaven that this country has and to unravel the astonishing experiences in these places you must venture to explore them. You can see snow-capped mountains from around this unbelievably beautiful lake in Sikkim. The view of the majestic Himalayas and with most intense hiking trails around, you can have the best times here with your friends and family.


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Nobody says goodbye like Frank Sinatra. For his final album with Capitol, Ol Blue Eyes elected to croon an unforgettable selection of farewell songs marked with longing, sadness, and poignancy. To make the occasion even more special,
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On Dec 8, 1997, for the 17th anniversary of John Lennon's death, John Taylor went to the Strawberry Fields Memorial in New York City's Central Park. He kindly sent photos of his trip to share with all Bagism visitors. If you've never been to the memorial, hopefully these photos will give you a pretty good idea of what it's all about.
In addition to the photos, John Taylor also provided this report of his day at the Strawberry Fields Memorial.
"It's hard to comment about something that's almost indescribable. I think
what is most special about the day I spent there was that I saw so many
young people singing Beatles songs. Ones that weren't even born yet when John
left this world.
"One day I was sitting there and and a
father came walking by with his two children. One of them asked what
that was for (referring to the tile). He brought the children and had
them sit down and explained to them what it meant to him. He went through
the lyrics of the song Imagine and they were totally amazed by what he was saying.
I knew that they would grow to be some really wonderful people.
"There is
something about the words that John gave us that bring out the best in
people. And on October 9th and December 8th, everything really comes to a
head, a point when a multitude of dreamers gather together for a day of
peace, love and a whole lot of singing. There are people of all races, ages, creeds and
everyone is equal no matter what. Throughout the year, Strawberry Fields is
pretty much like that. There are letters, postcards, flowers and all kinds of
stuff left there. There's a lot of positive energy that flows around and it
catches on and brings out the best in all that accept it."
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The quest for a theory of vision: from the level framework (revised) to the invariances of the ventral stream
author: Tomaso A. Poggio, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
moderator: Pietro Perona, CalTech
published: Nov. 12, 2012, recorded: October 2012, views: 745
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STARTING TOK: "Ready… Fire, Aim!"
This popular unit of inquiry involves a field trip to a Kindergarten class. If this is not practicable students can perform the protocol at home with a kindergarten-aged relative or acquaintance. The unit provides a first-hand snapshot of some long forgotten and unexamined cognitive milestones of early childhood.
Prior to visiting the children, the TOK students are grouped into threes. Sets of apparatus are prepared and a scribe is appointed. Recording the responses of the small children will provide data for our discussion. After the visit groups will be called upon to report on their findings. Some precise anecdotes and verbatim responses from the younger children will be required.
Two sets of seven identical objects are arranged in two lines; one of the lines is significantly more spaced out than the other. The groups small children are asked, "Which is more?" The spacing of the lines should be reversed unhurriedly, in full view of the children, and the question repeated.
Two wide beakers are filled with identical quantities of water. The children are asked "Which one has more?" Next beaker A is set aside and the contents of beaker B is poured carefully into a tall, thin measuring cylinder. The measuring cylinder and beaker A are placed side by side and the children are asked again "Which one has more?" Repeat until interest wains.
Instruct the children, in turn, to "Count how many legs!" This should unleash some lively responses and possible bewilderment. Printable pdf.
The five-year-olds are shown a sequence of cartoons depicting age-appropriate, non-scary ethical situations. TOK students ask them "Is this Good, or Bad?" "Why?"
Ethical cartoons by Mara Lea Brown (2009) printable pdf
What happened? Were any initial assumptions or prejudgments about the children shattered? TOK students are usually fired up and ready to share their results and experiences after the classroom visit. The following guiding questions may or may not be necessary to solicit discussion of knowledge issues:
- Why did we standardize the questions?
- Were any of the responses of the children swayed by authority?
- Did we notice any peer pressure effects?
- Did the phrasing of the questions influence the data?
- What if anything can we conclude about developmental aspects of acquiring an ethical sensibility?
- Did the children learn everything that they know by experience? Justify your response.
- Imagine what would have occurred had you encountered a child who had been raised without human interaction?
- What have you learned today about your own knowing and the march of time?
This hands-on interaction and ensuing lively discussion will touch on many of the essential concepts in the introductory Knowing about Knowing pages. Students will be primed to tackle the feral children and octopus intelligence units.


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People Expecting a Free Chipotle Burrito Instead Accidently Texted a Random Lawyer
Where's my free burrito?
Hank Levine doesn't know, although hundreds of people texted him on Monday hoping to receive a coupon for a free meal from Chipotle.
"You didn't text Chipotle," the 64-year-old Bethesda, Md.-based lawyer responded to some messages, according to The Washington Post, before eventually giving up as his inbox exploded with more than 300 messages with just one word: "raincheck."
Related: Chipotle Is Giving Away Free Burritos to Any Customer Who Plays This Online Game
The onslaught of texts seemed to be the result of some confusion, as people tried to take advantage of Chipotle's offer of a free burrito to make up for its restaurants opening four hours later than usual on Monday. The accidental texts seemed to be the result of people in the Maryland area adding an extra digit to the number used in the promotion.
"Some people texted five or six times, almost in despair, so I responded to them," Levine told The Washington Post.
Even after the lawyer explained the situation, some people refused to give up. A few texts got a bit nasty.
"This isn't fit to print, but the text was essentially 'Get me my bleeping burrito you bleeping burrito, or I'll bleepity bleep you,'" he says in the article. "You learn what people are really like when you become a social media mistake."
Others were friendly, asking Levine about his life and how many people he's heard from because of the mixup.
In an effort to be a good samaritan, the lawyer did contact the company. Though it didn't say what its response would be, Chipotle reps did offer him coupons for four free meals.
The coupons would be in addition to the one he already received after texting "raincheck" to the correct number. It was the first thing he did after figuring out what was actually going on.
Hey, at least he got a free burrito … or five.
Related: After Numerous Health Incidents, Chipotle Has a Big Perception Problem


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ZEEMLO is a food application . The word ZEEMLO comes from "JEEMAN" .
It is a Rajasthani word which means in Rajasthan we invite people to eat food at our home.
It's an app through which we are inviting people online to order the food and enjoy the taste of "Ghar ka bana khana" or we can say "Maa ke hath ka bana khana".
Eating is necessary but cooking is an art.
Everyone wants to eat Tasty, Healthy, Pure and Hygienic Food which has every quality of good food .
Restaurants and tiffin centres may provide food but we are not sure about the taste and hygiene some where, we get tasty food but hygiene is missing vice-versa.
All these qualities of food we get at one place ie "HOME" .
ZEEMLO comes with the idea to provide you home made Fresh, Pure, Tasty, Healthy and Hygienic Food from a Mother's Kitchen.
In today's life, We are very conscious about career. Everyday many people visit, travel and most of them live in other cities far away from their families. They are facing the same problem of homemade food. Mothers always worried about the food.
When the students or anyone goes out from their family due to study or for a job. The main issue is food, They does not get good food. They eat at hotels, or eat junk food and after a span of time they get ill, many diseases like food poison stomachache etc.
Now , ZEEMLO presents homemade food from the kitchen of a mother to reduce the worries of a mother who is away from their loved once.
By ZEEMLO , we are providing ghar ka khana which have every quality of good food . It is Healthy, Tasty, Pure and Hygienic.
Everyday we provide variety of food, which we are sure to you will love it.
(a) ZEEMLO comes with idea to provide you all qualities of homemade food .
(b) Every housewife has a different taste in their hands and you are getting a chance to enjoy all the different recipes everyday.
(c) It is a app by which we are inviting the people online to order the food and enjoy the taste of "GHAR KA BANA KHANA".
(d) ZEEMLO encourages, motivates and helps women towards self-reliance.
(e) "EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN" = Empowerment of Society.
3 things make our Zeemlo truly stand out as the best one
Homemade Food
We are delivering directly from the housewives kitchen to your door step. Which have every quality of good food. I.e. Fresh, Pure, tasty, Healthy and Hygienic.
Variety Indian Food
Healthy food "Ghar ka bena khana – ZEEMLO" can reduce your risk of obesity and illnesses. Eating a varied, well-balanced diet means eating a variety of foods.
Quick response
ZEEMLO team responds as sooner as we get your orders, and we promise to ensure your food will be good quality, hygienic and made by home chef.


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- xTalks: Digital Discourses
The xTalks series provides a forum to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere. We hope to foster a community of educators, researchers, and technologists engaged in developing and supporting effective learning experiences through online learning environments and other digital technologies. To sign up for the xTalks mailing list, click here.
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What is Best Learned Online & What Types of Students Benefit From Online Learning
May 20, 2015 4:00pm to 5:15pm
MIT Campus
Panel discussion with Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan, Inc.; Shanna Smith Jaggars, Assistant Director, Community College Research Center; and Dan Butin, Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy, Merrimack College. Moderated by Vijay Kumar, Associate Dean for Digital Learning, ODL.


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"What is the best cast iron cookware set?" that's the first question any first time cookware buyers would be asking.
No, there's nothing wrong with asking such question. But I can tell you that such question is very ambiguous. The answer you get depends on who you ask.
Instead, let's try to refine the question to this: "What is the best cast iron cookware set for $50?"
Notice that just by adding price into the equation, we end up with a much easier problem to solve.
In this cookware review, we're going to address the question from two ends of the price spectrum. Let me start with the high end of the price range before going to the other end.
Ready? Let's start!
The Undisputable Cast Iron Cookware Set Champion
#1 Cast Iron Set: Lodge Seasoned 5-Piece Set
By its very nature, cast iron rusts. But that doesn't mean you should shy away from cast iron.
When properly seasoned, you can be assured that the rust issue is not something that will come to haunt you. In the past, I remember how my grandma had to apply the oil and heat up her newly purchased black pan before she could start using it.
With hectic schedule and long list of tasks that seem endless, none of us had much time for 'days of seasoning' these days. I know few mom friends who would even start using their newly bought 'gadgets' even before they're done unboxing.
Not all cast iron wares sold as pre-seasoned. But Lodge manufacturing decided that the seasoning is probably a process that's best for them to handle (instead of trusting it to us, the buyers).
But I think they're right in every sense. When my cast iron cookware set arrives at the door, the next thing I want to do is obviously start using.
When you've heard others telling you what magic cast iron cookware can do to your cooking, you obviously can't wait to get your hands dirty. You're quietly hopeful that it will do wander to your favorite turkey breast recipe.
Based on my experience, I found the seasoning quality of the pots and pans included in the set to be great. It is so good that you don't even have to think about re-seasoning for years.
In my case, it's been more than 5 years since I bought my Lodge 5-piece set. I've not had to worry about re-seasoning until today.
100% Made in USA
I have to admit Lodge was not the first name that popped up when I considered buying a brand new cast iron set.
Unless you're a cooking ware veteran, I bet you wouldn't too!
After I was introduced to the brand, I decided to dig deeper review into the Lodge cookware brand.
One thing left me deeply impressed. Ever since its founding (more than 100 years), it has never moved out of its Tennesse root!
In today's highly competitive and fast-changing industrial landscape, maintaining such consistency is virtually impossible.
Can you name me another American manufacturing company with such track record? I believe most would be dumbfounded and scrambling to find the answer.
Why? Simply because such company as Lodge manufacturing is nearly extinct! Nearly every manufacturing company has moved their factories in lands far far away like China and Vietnam.
After using my Lodge cast iron cooking wares for years now, I can attest to its durability and longevity.
A Heirloom Set
Do you know why many manufacturers are unwilling to add cast iron cookware into their line-up of offering?
After all, you would argue that cookware manufacturers are not stupid and blind. If cast iron is really that good, these manufacturers would be flooding the market with their cast iron wares.
But it is exactly because cast iron wares are so good that makes the market less lucrative.
Think about this. If everyone decides to buy cast iron, most likely they will need to buy only once in their lifetime!
That's what happened to my grandma. Her cast iron wares lasted more than a lifetime.
Lifetime guarantee is what Lodge Manufacturing promises to their customers. It might not be the cheapest pot and pan set, but this is certainly a set that you can inherit to your next generation.
No Dishwasher, Please!
The only problem you have with a cast iron ware is dishwasher washing is not recommended.
It's not because your skillet will warp. It's not because your skillet will release harmful chemicals (like in the case for non-stick cookware).
The reason is because placing it in the dishwasher will remove the seasoning.
With the seasoning removed, you need to do seasoning on regular basis!
Let's put things in proper perspective. Cleaning your cast iron pot or pan is actually not that difficult.
What you need to do is simply pour some hot water and heat it up to around 212º F. That's good enough to sterilize your pan.
If you don't feel at peace without applying soap, mildly rubbing soapy water over it will be more than sufficient.
Let me mention this again. After years of using my Lodge set, I've never had to re-season it. And cleaning has been nothing a breeze.
The only problem with cast iron pots and pans that I can think of is their appearance. If style is important to you, you may want to consider enameled cast iron. Le Creuset Signature collection is something that everyone would dream of having.
What's in the Box
Lodge 5-piece cast iron set comes with 10.5-inch round griddle, two skillets of size 8-inch and 10.25-inch, a 5 quarter Dutch oven and a 10.25-inch iron cover to top it all.
I have to say while these 5 pieces can be used for about 80% of our cooking needs, they can't meet 100% of them. For example, I love making light soups during regular nights when I have little time to prepare hefty meals.
For dishes as such, I'd turn to the lighter pot that comes with my Cuisinart Chef's classic stainless steel cookware set.
The Budget King of Cast Iron Cookware Set
Best Low-Cost Cast Iron Set: Universal Housewares 3-Piece Skillet Set
You've now seen the best cast iron set in Lodge 5-piece set. Granted budget is not an issue, that would be the dream set that any cast iron fanatics would go for. You can buy once and expect it to last a lifetime.
But what if budget is a big deal to you? The economic downturn has hit many American hard. With millions of families still struggling to meet ends need, every bit of saving is something to cherish about.
Fret not. If you're running tight financially but insist on getting the best cast iron cookware sets, look no further. I've searched high and low for the answer so you don't have to.
After days of wrangling and sieving through all the cookware reviews shared by buyers, I narrowed down my candidates to only few of them. What I did with the list was to check with all my cooking buddies if any of them own of the set in my list.
Phew… I finally came up with what I think would be the best recommendation for low-cost cast iron set. My recommendation goes to Universal Housewares 3-Piece Pre-Seasoned Cast Iron Skillet set.
Mind you that the set includes only 3 skillets but not the Dutch Oven and Iron cover that was included in the Lodge 5-Piece set.
Final Pick for the Best Cast Iron Cookware is Yours
Now that you've seen my pick for the best cast iron cookware set, I'm excited to hear what you think of my selection.
If you are especially tight on budget, Universal Housewares 3-Piece Cast Iron will be the best cast iron cookware that your money can buy.
If budget is not a concern, I seriously think you should not be skimping on your cookware purchase. Lodge Manufacturing 5-Piece will be the no-brainer pick. While it may be more expensive than the Universal Housewares set, remember that this cast iron cookware will stay with you for a lifetime!
Are you all made up with cast iron? If you're still not ruling out other cookware materials, why not check out our pick for the best stainless steel cookware set or maybe if nonstick is your cup of tea, our winner in the battle for nonstick cookware supremacy throne.
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Summer Wardrobe Made Easy
Lindsey Calla
I'm such fan of June. I'm a raging moon sign with a really strong attachment to water and always celebrated my June birthday with an ice cream cake, because, summer! So I get most excited about and feel most at home in a summer wardrobe. Everything I have at this point is lightweight and versatile. Turkish linens from Loomed Nola or SU Paris... Some moon jewelry from a Charleston designer... Finishing it all off is easy summer sandals and waterproof accessories. I don't always live in workout gear but everything still falls in the comfort category. Light gauze, linen, hints of metallic to show off tan skin are all summer staples for me.
Obviously I talk a ton on this site about what I wear when Im active but when I'm in New Orleans summer is about gathering with friends at a pool and then maybe heading out for casual dinner. Everything is chill here. Thank goodness! To continue my partnership with Havaianas I wanted to show the other side of life a bit and how I take some of my staples and make it all work together. These are also staples that I travel with so in my upcoming trips I'll most definitely be packing these babies. It's SO hot here in summer and I couldn't imagine wearing anything more than this!
Water-Safe Clutch
Pool to Paddle board to Patio
Literally the best way to waterproof my phone, keys, and other necessities. My sunscreen fits in this as well and I love the gold color. It transforms into a clutch for night so well, especially in the gold color! I'll throw it in my yoga bag too so I can keep my small items organized.
Versatile Sandal
Unique, subtle shine, lightweight
The You Metallic is one of my favorite styles Havaianas has for summer. They create such a beautiful line for the foot because of the thinner band and little extra height on them. I love the neutral color options and how they dress up my more casual summer fabrics.
Fresh Mani
This is new for me!
Friends of mine just opened up a new nail art place in Nola (it's called Paint'd) and I've been hooked on trying new fun colors and styles out. It's actually keeping me from biting my nails which I'm pretty excited about! It's a good investment even just for that benefit alone!
Turkish Towel
A dress, a scarf, maybe a blanket
So obsessed with how versatile all of this is! These towels are make a perfect swim cover up and then can transform into a dress or the perfect neck warmer for airplanes. I'm just drawn to the clean stripes lately. It's a medium weight fabric too so it makes for a good option this time of year. The touches of metallic take it up a notch. This is about as dressy as it gets down here!
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I had a good ALA Annual Conference in Orlando the last weekend in June. Yes, it was really
hot (but not as hot as Las Vegas was two years ago), and event venues were pretty spread out (again, somewhat like the Annual in Las Vegas), but I still had a good time! I attended several meetings related to my new gig as NMRT Treasurer-elect, but I attended some other things as well, including the Beta Phi Mu meeting and the NMRT Annual Reception sponsored by Mango Languages (who did a nice job with the food and the venue).
On my first night in Orlando, several of us from the TRLN Management Academy cohort from 2014 enjoyed dinner at a local Cuban restaurant called Havana's. It was fun to get this group from across the country together for a meal to catch up on jobs and life.
My takeaways from this conference include learning more about the NMRT Treasurer position during this training year, and reading more about "transformational leadership," a phrase I heard in an ALCTS program I attended at the conference on changes in Technical Services.


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Fractured Memories provides players with an alternative method of leveling up their characters and acquiring new and better gear. It offers ever-changing content aimed at challenging the most common character builds.
The intent behind Fractured Memories is to present new challenges, while also providing a new way for players to compete for gear and prestige. To this ends, Fractured Memories includes a new ranking system, as well as unique costume rewards that change every few months.
- Players can enter Fractured Memories by talking to Maril in any town, starting at level 15.
- Players can also choose the difficulty level when interacting with Maril.
- Completing Fractured Memories at any given difficulty level unlocks the next higher difficulty level.
- There is no Rest Point cost for entering Fractured Memories, but it does cost Key Kritium Crystals.
- The village NPCs Ajax, Chiru, and Clodia can craft these Key Kritium Crystals.
- The higher the difficulty, the more challenging the monsters will be.
- When you defeat monsters, they drop souls, which players use to charge the Boss Counter.
- When the Boss Counter is fully charged, you'll encounter a boss in the next sector.
- Players can earn more rewards by clearing all stages in the allotted time.
- The sectors are determined randomly upon entry, as are bosses and monsters (along with some random buffs for elites and bosses, such as increased Speed, Attack, HP and so on).
- Defeating a buffed monster results in more souls dropping.
- Characters below level 65 receive bonus experience after defeating the boss monster, depending on the challenge level selected challenge level.
There are three kinds of rewards for completing Fractured Memories.
1.Lilis' Stranger Shop
- Fractured Memories bosses can drop Space-Time Hexagrams and Tarnished Hexagrams.
- You can use Tarnished Hexagram and Space-Time Hexagram to buy items that randomly provide gear, which ranges in quality from inferior to legendary.
- The higher the difficulty of the Fractured Memories sectors, the more of these materials that will drop.
2.Ability System
- The Ability system allows players to acquire special abilities for every character on the player's account.
- Players can choose from three kinds of Abilities: Offensive, Defensive, and Utility. Each Ability has levels, and player can increase their level upon clearing Fractured Memories.
- Players can earn 3 Ability Upgrade points for clearing Fractured Memories within 6 minutes.
- Players can earn 1 Ability Upgrade point for clearing Fractured Memories in more than 6 minutes.
- The probability of receiving an upgrade is low if the level of the Fractured Memories sector the player cleared is lower than the player's Ability level.
- The higher the player's current Ability level, the lower the probability of an upgrade.
3.Ranking Reward
- Rewards are handed out every 12 weeks for each rank field.
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What Are Your Buying Signals?
The USA Today quiz below, which makes a reference to a customer's "buying signals," got us wondering, what are our "tells" when we're in the store? It turns out there are all sorts of places online to help us with this bit o' self-knowledge.
"Whether our prospects like it or not, their bodies and words say it for them," writes Laura Laaman for Business First. She lists a few basic signals salespeople should look for, which you may be providing without knowing:
- Your prospect retakes possession of the product after your presentation.
- Your prospect takes mental possession of the product or service. She could, for example, ask about the warranty. A novice salesperson thinks, "She's concerned about the warranty."
- When one person asks permission of another. This can happen verbally or nonverbally. The reason a person initiates the "what do you think?" look is because he thinks it makes sense to move forward but wants reassurance from another person. If your prospect is shopping alone, he could look to you or ask for your opinion, and say something like: "Which model is most popular?"
Why is it so important to react to these buying signals immediately? Because they go away almost immediately. Buyers' remorse sets in quickly, so hearing and reacting to the buying signals instantly often is the difference between a sale or not. An exception to this rule is when a customer asks about delivery or installation time.
Changing Minds lists some basic behavioral patterns that may help you see yourself as retailers see you. For example, as a shopper I tend to linger over products a looonnng time, which almost always triggers a salesperson intruding on my headphoned cone-of-music. I will stop doing this in the future, because it's apparently a well-known signal to retailers that I'm thinking about buying, when what I'm actually thinking about is being a rock star and performing the song I'm listening to.
When they are not ready to buy
- Avoiding eye contact with you
- Making 'not now' excuses
- Casual handling of the product
- Looking at many different products
- Moving around quickly
When they are ready to buy
- Spending time looking at one product type
- Looking around for somebody to help them
- Asking questions about the detail
- Asking about price
- Using possession language
- Asking another person's opinion
- Body state changes
- Touching the money
Robert Gerrish at Flying Solo says some of the buying signals he learned from his used-car salesman days include:
- Visualising language abounds — In the car business this came across with phrases like: "I wonder what my neighbours will make of the colour?" or "I can just see the kids in the back."
- Going over things more than once
- Nudging your boundaries — Questions that challenge aspects of your procedures often indicate pre-sale playfulness. "You asked for a deposit of $2000. Would you accept $1000?"
- Almost all references to money
- Questions about timing
We came across several references to the money question—pretty much everyone agrees that if you start talking about the price being too high, what you're really saying is, "I want to buy this but need to be better convinced of its value."
"Learn customers' buying signals to make more sales" [Business First]
"Buying signals" [Changing Minds]
"Do you recognise buying signals?" [Flying Solo]
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We know what any church-going NASA employees will be praying for today: a soft-ish landing.
Our new Mini Cooper-sized and experiment-laden super-rover, Curiosity, will hopefully touch down on the Red Planet this weekend for the biggest rover mission ever conducted there, to search for a biological history of the planet.
That is, if it doesn't auger in instead. Dubbed the "Seven Minutes Of Terror" by it's team, Curiosity's Martian landing is going to be one heck of a nail-biter, utilizing jettisoned heat shields, maneuvering rockets, a giant parachute and a self-sacrificing Sky Crane—all preprogrammed and computer-controlled. With a 14-minute lag in communications between the two planets, mission control on Earth won't know immediately if they succeeded or have just given Mars a new 2.5 billion dollar crater.
But NASA doesn't plan to bite their nails alone. The Space Agency has announced it will broadcast the historic event live in Times Square beginning 11:30 p.m. Sunday. To prepare and stay calm, maybe we can all watch the video about the mission … narrated by William Shatner.
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"Housing Slump Hitting New England Harder"
The Newtown Bee reports from Connecticut. "2006 is shaping up to be the year the region turned into a buyer's market, with a housing slump hitting New England harder than most of the rest of the country, and predicted to stay that way through the decade's end."
"'Statistically, I just don't see prices coming down fast or far enough,' said independent Newtown broker Susan Washburn. 'When I attend open houses, frankly I'm shocked at some of the asking prices still out there.'"
"Ms Washburn is telling her clients that today, they cannot expect to get the same type of price as the highest selling similar home in their neighborhood, even if that sale was relatively recent. 'And I'm strongly advising clients not to go forward with new home purchases unless they have airtight contracts in place on their existing properties. Today, there aren't many people in a position to carry the burden of two homes,' she said."
"Every state in the region except New Hampshire ranked among the nation's bottom ten states in housing starts from 2000 through 2004, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston."
The Cape Cod Times from Massachusetts. "Record numbers of mortgage holders on Cape Cod and the rest of the state are in jeopardy of losing their homes. An analysis released yesterday reported 838 foreclosure filings in Barnstable County from Nov. 1, 2005, to Oct. 31, nearly double the previous 12 months."
"The spike in foreclosures on the Cape may be particularly high because of the region's disparity between home prices and incomes, said Nancy Davison, (who) counsels people facing foreclosure. The Hyannis nonprofit estimates the Cape's median home price at about $362,000 and the median income for a family of four at $65,800."
"Davison said the people who seek help do not always have exotic mortgages. Rather, they often simply cannot afford their payments after a sudden decrease in their family's income. 'I can't say the exotic is completely out of the picture, but it's not the driving force,' she said. 'There is just no wiggle room.'"
"Davison said that many of the borrowers facing foreclosure received mortgages from large, national mortgage companies, not local banks. That suggests the large mortgage companies may have been less careful about whom they chose to approve for a loan, and may have helped many people on the Cape get into houses they could not afford, she said."
"'It would make sense that the buyers would go to those lenders,' Davison said. 'They seem too good to be true. And they are.'"
"Charles Dowick, an East Falmouth real estate investor, said he receives about five calls a week from people facing foreclosure. 'It's just really expensive to get into a mortgage in the first place because the property values are so high on the Cape,' he said."
"Dowick said he anticipates temporary layoffs in the construction and other seasonal industries on the Cape may lead to even greater increases in foreclosures in January and February. Higher interest rates may also have an impact as loans with adjustable rates reset, he said."
The Patriot Ledger in Massachusetts. "Mortgage foreclosures are skyrocketing across the region, especially in such urban areas as Brockton and Taunton among immigrants and moderate-income people who used nontraditional financing to buy homes."
"Leo O'Neil, VP at Brockton-based HarborOne Credit Union, attributed the surge in foreclosures to 'exotic' or nontraditional mortgages that attracted marginal buyers during the past few years. 'The problem is escalating,' said O'Neil."
"Mortgage broker Don Lambert said the state has cracked down on mortgage brokers with questionable practices, shutting more than 30 in recent months. But, he said, much of the blame for the marginal mortgages rests with the 'stated-income products' that allow applicants to use income levels other than IRS W-2 forms, and to consumers themselves."
"Lambert said one consumer went to a nearby mortgage company and got a loan after he denied her. The nontraditional mortgages also allowed people to buy more home than they should, he said. 'Now, it's all coming home to roost,' Lambert said. 'The payments increase and they can't afford them.'"
The Boston Herald. "The real meltdown is happening at in neighborhoods like Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan. A silent plague of foreclosures is doing its own devastating work."
"As banks lower the boom, more condos and homes pour onto a market already glutted with units for sale. So far, Dorchester has seen nearly as many foreclosure filings this year, 412, as Boston as a whole saw last year, said John Anderson, who runs a data collection business."
"Just ask Chris Phelan, with a two-bedroom condo he bought near Savin Hill in 2004 for $245,000. Phelan, who wants a home now, not a condo, says he's ready to sell his unit for what he paid for it, or less, in order to move on. So far, he's received only 'ridiculous' offers, including one for $200,000."
"'It's tough,' Phelan said, adding 'there are 400 condos for sale in the Dorchester area alone.'"
"Condo prices in Dorchester peaked in April 2005 at $286,262 before sliding to $231,738 today, Anderson reports. Dorchester accounts for a large percentage of the 984 foreclosure filings in Boston so far this year, he adds."
"Another hard-hit area is Ward 18, which covers sections of Mattapan and Hyde Park and has seen 190 foreclosure notices to date, up from 78 last year. 'Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury, they are feeling the hit. The sellers are feeling the pressure of foreclosures,' said John Ford, head of a top downtown brokerage."
"The foreclosures are a sign of the larger real estate crisis gripping the ZIP codes where most Bostonians live. Builders found condo gold in humble Dorchester triple-deckers, and a host of rapacious, subprime lenders were only too eager to help make the unaffordable seem suddenly attainable, experts say."


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The Landis Baptist Choir
The following is a history of the Landis Baptist Choir written by Elmer Phipps before he went to be with the Lord on October 18, 2009.
I am Elmer Phipps, former Music Director at Landis Baptist Church. I was asked to write a few lines about the history of the choir. I was able with Gods' help and the prayers of our church members to be Music Director for a total of forty years. After stepping down as Music Director, I have been singing in the choir for almost five years. Our choir has been, and still is, one of the best. We have talent that most churches don't have. Our people are dedicated to the Lord and God has blessed us in many ways.
Our church started with a revival in a tent, then an arbor was built. Our first church building was the Big White Church. Before moving into the Big White Church, the choir was started. Mr. Norris, who was the father of Brother Jack Norris, led the singing. The whole church sang hymns and due to singing schools we attended at church our choir sang gospel songs. The teacher who came here was Mr. Paul Collins from Lincolnton. This was a great thing in those days. When there wasn't much else to do in Landis. This was started in the late 1920's. In the 1930's Mr. Lester Williams of Rowan Mills had the Rowan Singing Convention. Our choir kept the banner most of the time. Our family was about the only family that had a piano. My sister played and there were quartets and trios that were at our house lots of time to practice. In the late 1930's radio became popular and there were quartets at every radio station. Our choir had some of the greatest teachers of gospel music. We could see the talent in the choir, quartets and trios started and our choir kept up with the latest songs published by getting a new song book about every six months. Gospel music was going great before WWII and then after.
We had some great leaders for our choir, good musicians and preachers that were behind each move we made with the choir. In 1950, Brother Bob McGalliard was leading the singing. Our nomination committee talked with me about leading the singing. For a while I was in a bad fix. I felt like I was being called to preach. One night by my bed I got the answer, I was called to lead the singing. In October of 1950 I took the Choir director's job. The Lord blessed us with some good singers. I told the choir lots of times that God gave me a talent to get the music out of the choir and He gave me some of the most dedicated singers in the world. We would try a new song, we would sing it over and over a couple of times then we were ready to sing it for a service at the church. While I am writing this, our choir is still like that. God has blessed us. I think the whole story of our choir is dedicated people doing what God would have them to do.
My prayer is that God will continue to bless the leadership we have today and continue to give us great musicians to play for our choir to sing.
Landis Baptist Choir 1963


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We all have 'em. Some we like, some we hate. Some we mind, some we break.
To quote Thoreau {but not agree with him}:
"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."
And, to break any and every rule my journalism professors ever taught me by stating my position up front (the writing portion of the TAKS test would be jumping for joy at what I'm about to do):
We're going to talk today about Facebook etiquette.
Remember when Facebook was just for college kids? That was fun. I remember getting my "invitation" (because in 2005, you had to get an invitation to join) from Stephanie on my now-bulky Dell laptop. It was college kids posting about college things: parties, what dorm you lived in and what classes you were going to take. There were no photo albums, you only had one picture and "Facebook me!" was the new "Call me!" "Facebooking" became a verb.
And then, non-college networks could join. And then parents joined, followed by grandparents. Followed by creeps. And so, after much thought, here are my rules for Facebooking, which are completely unassociated with Facebook and not designed to hurt anyone's feelings.
1. If you don't know a person, don't add them on Facebook. That's weird, and it wastes my time figuring out why I have 3,000 (or 0) friends in common with you. And then it makes me waste even more time by checking my privacy settings again. I have an "ignore" button and I'm not afraid to use it.
2. If you're 12, I'm not going to be your friend. I don't care that you're my brother's ex-girlfriend. If I don't know you, I'm not going to be your friend. See above.
3. Don't post passive-agressive statuses. If you're mad at someone, call them. Don't start fights via Facebook because of your Maya Angelou quote. "Lamebook" exists for a reason.
4. I promise that it will be okay if you didn't post 17 statuses a day. Get Twitter if you want to do that. I got Twitter and it changed my life. On that note, please don't link your Twitter to your Facebook. That's annoying.
5. On that note, I really don't want to know your daily schedule via your numerous check-ins. It's dangerous. You might as well put a status (in all caps) that says: "I AM NOT HOME! COME ROB MY HOUSE!"
6. Don't give everyone ridiculously detailed details of your pregnancy or child's birth. If I wanted to know that information, I'd watch One Born Every Minute 24 hours a day. I really don't want to hear about your water breaking, or how many stiches you got (ew) or how long you were in labor. I want to see pictures of your newborn AFTER IT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP with a cute little hat on its head and the child swaddled in a blanket. You want to talk about weight gain, swollen ankles or the baby moving? Fine. But don't start that status with anything related to bodily fluids.
7. If you even have to question, "Should I put this on Facebook?" The answer is 'no.'
8. If you can call and/or text someone with what you're posting on Facebook (e.g.: the size of clothes your children wear), just call or text. I promise that we don't all need to know that your child is a 2-T. Send a Facebook message!
9. Facebook doesn't have spell check (unless you're on a Mac). So, let me give you non-Mac users some helpful hints: you're and your are two different words. You're means "you are;" your means it belongs to you. To, two and too are also different. So are they're, there and their. I know you think, "Oh, it's my Facebook, it doesn't matter." I get that; just trying to help a sister (or brother) out. It's hard for me to understand you when you don't use the correct word.
10. And lastly, don't stalk your ex-girlfriend (or boyfriend) on Facebook by sending them creepy messages, posting creepy things on their wall and getting their e-mail address from Facebook to e-mail them. (Yes, this happened to me! Gotta love the privacy settings.) There's a block feature on purpose, and like the "ignore" button, I'm not afraid to use it. Just enjoy looking at their photos, (hell, even do what I do and laugh at their photos and think, "Wow. I am SO glad I didn't marry you!") be happy for them and yourself and move on. Life's too short.


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International visitors
We are delighted to host two international visitors this summer. Dr Claudia Pia Ferreira will be visiting from São Paulo State University, Brazil. She is interested in Dengue epidemiology as well as the evolution of hospital-acquired infections. Dr Seyed Moghadas is from York University, Canada and is known for his expertise on dynamical systems theory, especially mathematical and computational epidemiology.
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New Play Area in Hayes Square Officially Open
A new play area in Cranbrook's Hayes Square was officially opened by 5 year old Ellie Trussler, on Friday 29 April.
The new play area design was chosen by more than 380 children, parents and carers from Cornerstone Baby and Toddler Group and St Martin's Primary School.
As the second play area for children in the new town, the new play area opened early, much to the delight of local children.
Ellie Trussler, aged 5, is a student at Cranbrook Education Campus. She cut the ribbon to official open the play area after her name was picked out of a hat on behalf of Cranbrook's young people.
Councillor Helen Parr, Vice Chairman of East Devon District Council, said:
"What better way to give children a play area they want and will use!
"This new facility gives young people a park where they will want to play outside for longer, keeping them happy and healthy."
Councillor Iain Chubb, East Devon District Council's Portfolio Holder for the Environment, said:
"We're thrilled that the new play area is ready for local children to use earlier than expected. Cranbrook's young people can now enjoy lots of different play equipment at Hayes Square.
"The children have been involved right from the beginning which means they can have fun playing on equipment they requested, for many years to come."
Councillor Kim Bloxham, Chair of Cranbrook Town Council's Amenities Committee, added:
"Hayes Square provides a beautiful setting and a safe space, where children including toddlers will be encouraged to take part in active and healthy play. It's a safe place for toddlers to play because the park is not for ball games, bicycle riding or dog walking.
"As an attractive area with the original hedgerow full of birds and wildlife, it is a great spot for parents and carers to sit and enjoy the surroundings, at the same time as watching their children in the play area."
Nick Duckworth of Hallam Land, speaking on behalf of Consortium partners Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey Homes, commented:
"We take great pride in funding the delivery of amenity facilities at Cranbrook and are pleased to see the completion of this scheme for the younger folk of the town. We look forward to continuing to work closely with EDDC to provide more facilities over the coming months."
East Devon District Council consult the community when spending any Section 106 funding for sport and play throughout the district.


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This lovely claro walnut bowl has great figure. The shape has a Japanese influence, particularly the style of the foot. Claro walnut comes from the west coast, primarily California. It is known for it's wonderful figure.
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Alexander Witt
A native of Chile, Alexander came up through the ranks of the camera department and has gained huge amounts of experience working on big budget feature films, becoming the go-to-guy for directors such as Matthew Vaughan, Doug Liman, Jan De Bont, Ben Affleck and Sam Mendes. He has been trusted by Ridley Scott on countless films including Robin Hood, American Gangster, Black Rain, Thelma and Louise and the multiple Oscar™ winning Gladiator.
Alexander Witt is now one of Hollywood's premier second unit directors and, chances are, if you've been amazed at a breathtaking action sequence over the past fifteen years, you were watching Alexanders work. His credit list has a box office total that adds up to billions of dollars: Gladiator, The Bourne Identity, Pirates of The Caribbean, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Town, X-Men: First Class, Fast & Furious 5 and his work on the James Bond series for Casino Royale, which rebooted the series with Daniel Craig and the critically lauded/action packed Skyfall. Bond collaboration number three arrived with the swaggeringly successful Spectre, which was released in October, 2015.
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Describe device and connection options for connecting to the Internet, as well as some considerations to keep in mind when selecting an ISP.
Devices that can be used for connecting to the internet include desktops, notebooks, and mobile devices. For each of these devices a connection is needed. For desktops a dial up connection via the phone line or a direct connecetion where the internet is always on are suitable. As Notebooks can be carried around from place to place a wireless connection like a Wi-Fi system would be appropiate. Mobile devices such as phones or handheld games can connect via 3G which is a wireless connection.
When one is selecting an ISP they should consider the following:
What are the Services like? (how much web space or email hard disk will I be entitled to), How fast will it be (both upstream and downstream speeds), How much support is available? (who can I can call if I have a problem? how long will I be on hold), How affordable is it? (free phone number? installation fees?)


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Meet Justin Amash (R-MI), the coolest congressman that you've never heard of. He doesn't grab headlines the way Michele Bachmann, Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul or some of the other more notorious members of Congress do, but in his short time as a U.S. congressman, Amash has done a lot of things that– agree with his positions or not– most Americans would probably agree are just plain cool...
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Internal Consultants: Your Organization's MVPs
It's spring time, and you know what that means in America? It's time for baseball—America's greatest pastime! For those who are enthusiastic about the sport, discussions about who will be the "most valuable player" (or MVP) in baseball will soon get underway. For sure, similar debates will rage in other sports too, which all have their own form of MVP.
We all can relate the MVP concept to the corporate world as well, and for me those who are pushing real change in organizations today have an "internal consultant" dimension to their role. When one thinks of consulting, the external consultant immediately comes to mind—where subject matter expertise, cross-industry awareness, diligence, objective opinions and methodology are all part of the consulting value proposition, (albeit with bill rates to match!).
For sure, there is ample literature on how to work with consultants on the internet and this site, especially given this month's theme. Yet can the same be said for the unsung heroes of the corporate world today: the internal consultant? Does the lack of a "bill rate" in hard dollars downplay the great value-add they provide to their employers?
I left an eight-year consulting career just as Y2K was wrapping up, and ever since then I've been in the FTE world. Even though I don't work in
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