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One Line :- This article has been told about opening the repair workshop and later you can earn thousands from the house sitting.
1 What is the name of businessThe name of this business open a shop for repair workshop of car,motorcycle,bus,scooter.
2 Training
It is not difficult learn to this work, if you work hard then you can learn this work comfort with six months. this you can learn this work in Vehicle agency.
This work do not related with age, if you are age 40 year then you can learn this work comfort
4 Study
There is no need to study for this work, but your tenth pass is important.
5 Will you have to pay for learning workYou do not worry about this,you will not take money to learn any work from you
6 Need to take the license
You do not have take any license for this work.
7 Where opened workshop
If you have learned work then you can open repair workshop in the house.if there is no room in your house.then you can open workshop near city. it would be nice if you opened the workshop near bus-stand college school.
8 AdvertisingYou can publish advertisement of workshop's name and put the setreet and markets,doing this will make people know about you.
9 Ways to draw customers on your side
1 Design the shop in such a way that the customer was drawn to your workshop.
2 keep the newspaper for time pass in workshop.
3 Keep good books.
10 Good behavior with customers
Customer is like god so you good behavior with customers.
11 Earning
In this work is good income,if you repair one motorcycle and and you got 500 thousand rupees from the customer,If you save 300 rupees by throwing out the expenditure, then your one day earnings will be 300 rupees.
12 Monthly earning
1 one day earning - 300.
2 Monthly earning = 30x300.
3 Total monthly income = 9000
So your earnings of one month is 9000,I have only given you an example. Friends, you can earn more than this.
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" No leniency [1]." That was the warning from Bahrain's crown prince last week as government forces continued cracking down on protesters, activists, journalists and doctors.
It was issued alongside yet another promise of reform by the Bahraini government.
The warning was also met with silence from the United States.
The U.S., which has long considered Bahrain a key ally [2] in the region, condemned [3] the violence in mid-March, and two weeks later noted that arresting bloggers " doesn't help [3]" promote an inclusive national dialogue.
But so far this month—as reports of increasing intimidation, censorship and brutality emerge—the U.S. doesn't seem [4] to have had a public response. In one of the State Department's last statements, spokesman Mark Toner told reporters [5] on March 22, "Our position towards Bahrain is crystal clear. We're going to continue to work with the Bahraini Government."
We called the State Department to ask why the violence in Bahrain hadn't been broached in recent press briefings. "We respond to reporters' questions," a State Department spokesman told me, noting that "there's a lot going on throughout the entire Middle East."
Human rights groups have reported that at least 26 people [6] have been killed since the Bahraini government declared martial law [7] in mid-March. At least three activists have also died [8] in police custody. More than 400 have been detained and dozens are missing.
One of those missing people is a human rights activist, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja. His daughter, Zainab Alkhawaja, witnessed her father [9] being dragged down a flight of stairs and "beaten unconscious in front of me" by masked men. She described the incident yesterday in an open letter to President Obama, posted to her blog. "Tyrants, with US support, can live happily ever after," she wrote [10] on Twitter.
In the annual human rights report [11] released on Friday, the State Department noted that Bahrain's government had previously been accused of torture and the arbitrary arrest and abduction of Shia men, particularly around the elections last fall. In recent days, however, the U.S. has focused its condemnation on events in Yemen [12], Syria [13], and the Ivory Coast [14] while continuing its military involvement in Libya. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon is currently traveling [15] to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain's Gulf neighbors.
Journalists in Bahrain, meanwhile, have been deported [16] and questioned by prosecutors [17]. Accused of torture, the government has said that photos of the body of one dead activist—bearing bruises and multiple cuts— was fabricated [18]. (CNN reported that most of the activists and bloggers it had arranged to interview for a documentary had disappeared, and CNN crew was also detained and questioned by masked gunmen [19] and released after six hours.)
Police and security forces have also entered hospitals and beaten patients and Shiite doctors [20], according to Reuters. Doctors Without Borders has alleged [21] that the Bahraini government is using hospitals as "bait to identify and arrest" protesters seeking treatment. Several doctors have disappeared.
Similar reports have been coming out of Egypt as well. Egypt's military leadership announced over the weekend that they were prepared to use force [22] to end the continuing protests, and they made good on those threats. When a core group of protesters reoccupied Cairo's central square to protest the rule of leaders who they see as being no different than Mubarak [23], the army cracked down, attacking protesters with live ammunition and electric batons [24]. An Egyptian military court also sentenced a blogger to three years in prison [25] for criticizing the military—"a dangerous precedent," according to Human Rights Watch.
The U.S. Embassy in Cairo issued a statement [26] acknowledging "the disturbing reports of the use of excessive force" and said it was "looking into the situation." It urged Egypt's military leaders to conduct an investigation, presumably to hold its own soldiers accountable.
This article originally appeared at ProPublica.

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How To Build A Functional Core For Fighting
I enjoy multi-purposed tools, especially in fighting. These 'swiss army knife techniques' tend to find themselves fitting into cracks that are too tight for other tools.
It ought not come as a surprise then that I find enjoyment in developing core muscles. Developed proper, they look nice, aid in movement, act as a great natural body armor, and, thus, all our bases are covered. Actually…not quite.
Picking one trait to develop is easy, for instance: getting a 6-pack. Diet properly and the fat will melt like polar ice caps and the 6-packs will rise to sea level. But what good are looks if they do not function? We're going to try to piece this puzzle together and have you reap all the good fruits it has to bear.
Intense 7-Minute Ab Workout For Fighters
How will you know if you have a strong, durable core unless it is tested in both terms of movement and strike absorption?
Testing movement is rather simple, but testing durability? Less so. Sure, a strong core can defend against powerful strikes, but only if you're on guard.
Sometimes there are strikes that you see coming, but can still catch you off-guard. We need safety nets, we need catching and countering…
3 Muay Thai Counters | How To Catch and Counter The Body Kick
A strong core isn't just about a strong core, it's about the entire body (we're talking stuff like harder shins, bigger forearms and tighter abs). Every limb shall have a role to play that either puts more pressure on your core, or releases the pressure. If you want to be immovable in your stances, then let us take a peek at Dieselnoi.
The man does indeed expose himself, yet he remains in control. How is that? Technique. No doubt the technique has made him a strong individual, but let's not discount that his strength also contributes to his technique. Watch this tribute from Lawrence Kenshin Striking Breakdowns, and see if you can pick out how he utilizes his core to create a vice:
Tribute to Dieselnoi: The Greatest Knee Specialist
Muay Thai and MMA fighters have some of the strongest abs in the world. Their 6-pack abs are as ripped and sculpted as it gets… but more importantly, they are FUNCTIONAL and durable too.
If you build a strong core you'll have more explosive KO power in all your strikes AND you'll be more resilient when it comes to taking knees and kicks to the body.
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Sandra Diamond Fox has been a journalist since 2005, working for The News-Times and The Redding Pilot prior to coming to the Daily Voice. She has a bachelor's degree in English from Stony Brook University and a Master's degree in publishing from Pace University. She married with four teenage children and is a competitive runner and avid exerciser.


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At the beginning of January, I had a day of cramps and general discomfort. It was a not very fun day, Jake was at work and I couldn't figure out if I was being labor-ish or not. When he came home that night and I told him how I was feeling, he made an executive decision that the next day we'd head to Phoenix to wait for the baby.
I was decidedly uncomfortable in the car during the drive down, but the closer we got to town and the more I relaxed, the better I felt. Once we were there and unloaded, I stopped having cramps, stopped feeling rotten and pretty much just reverted back to just being regular pregnant, not about-to-go-into-labor pregnant.
So, we hung out in my mom's two-story condo, with no yard, two big dogs and three kids who had been pulled out of their house without any warning. Every morning Adeline would ask me "Is baby Delilah here today?" and then be disappointed when I was still pregnant.
The more time that went by the more frustrated I got. We could have been home! I was fine, barely a twinge.
After we had been there a little over a week, my mom took the girls out for the day to give Jake and I time to just hang out and do whatever we wanted together (for, like, the eighth time since we'd been there. My mom is amazing.). We kind of putzed around for the afternoon, and I took the dogs for a walk before we headed out to do…stuff. We went to some stores-Jake's willingness to wander around Joann's with me never fails to make me all gooey inside-and then out to eat. The last time we'd gone out to eat, I'd had an anxiety attack in the restaurant and it wasn't so fun. This time, I was feeling similarly, and I though for some reason I had developed an aversion to restaurants. It was a dinner I had long been looking forward to though, so I ignored how I was feeling and although we kind of left in more of a hurry than we normally would have, we still ate and it was still nice.
I wasn't feeling a whole lot better when we got back to my mom's and I ended up falling asleep on the couch after everyone else had gone to bed. I got up and went upstairs, still feeling not great and there were cramps added in this time too. I read for a little while, and ended up falling asleep again. I woke up again with the cramps, and…my water broke.
Based on previous experience-my water breaking while the baby was actively being born-I was feeling a liiiiitle frantic. I woke Jake up and changed into different clothes so we could leave. He isn't the world's faster waker-upper, and I don't think I quite articulated my panic to him so it felt like he took foreeeeeever to get ready to go. I'm thinking, do you really need to brush your teeth? I told my mom we were heading out, and we paged the midwife to let her know too. She called back before we could even get out the door and let me know she'd be there with the tub ready.
The drive was uneventful, I had some cramps and maybe one or two contractions. I had been stressing out the entire week that I'd go into labor during a time of day that would force us to drive to the birth center during rush hour, and since it was Saturday morning that fear was gone, but the new fear of construction zones popped up. Luckily it was smooth sailing, and the light to turn left off the freeway was even green when we got to it. What are the odds?
We got to the birth center and…nothing. The tub was ready, the midwife was ready, Jake and I were ready, but apparently the baby wasn't. The assistant (apprentice? I'm not sure of her title) got there and we got settled in. The room is set up like a bedroom, there's a bed, chair and nightstand, and an attached bathroom. I swear that full tub was mocking me, because after all of my panic and rush, I wasn't even having contractions, cramps or anything.
So, we slept. I ate, we slept. We watched TV, I slept. I ate again, and slept some more. I went back and forth between waking up cheerful and optimistic (this will surely be the hour something happens!) to being discouraged and frustrated (calculating how many more hours until I'd be facing a hospital transfer). It was easier to just sleep than to worry, so I slept. Since I had left the house sure I'd have a baby in my arms by lunch time, as the afternoon went on I got more and more anxious. I kept thinking I should get up and walk, but the whole water broken thing made that very unattractive. My midwife kept pushing food, which I was so not interested in, like not interested to the point that I asked Jake to eat his breakfast outside because I couldn't stand the smell.
As it got later, we started discussing 'things to do' to try to get things moving. My midwife was sure that if I ate something substantial that it would help. I was resistant, so she told me I had a half an hour and if nothing changed then we'd try a good meal. She also told Jake that he should be laying in bed with me, rubbing my back and taking care of me. He politely agreed, but after three previous babies he knew better than to crowd me. After she left, my contractions started to pick up-just a little, like I actually had to think through them rather than just notice they were happening.
A few more contractions in, and I wasn't able to be laying down anymore. I had Jake refill the birthing tub, and a few more contractions went by and I was ready to get in. At this point I was kind of not aware of my surroundings anymore, but I remember the assistant coming in, and then telling them that the midwife should probably be there too, and then hearing her telling me she was right there. She turned on the jets in the tub this time, which we didn't have a chance to do with Hazel, and it was wonderful. After another handful of contractions, I was ready to push. It was three, maybe four pushes, and we had a baby. That first minute after a baby is born might be one of my most favorite feelings in the entire world. Delilah Joan was born at 5:59 PM on January 10th, weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.
We hung out at the birth center for another few hours, and then packed up and went home. It was late-we didn't get back to the house until 11 or so, but Adeline was still awake. She got to meet her new baby sister, and then insisted on sleeping downstairs with me and the baby that night.
After a couple of days we were ready to come home, so after having the baby checked over by a pediatrician, we loaded up and drove back. My mom followed us up so she could help me while Jake works, and we're all working on settling in to a new routine and giving me a chance to recover.
I'm so happy to be home, and am feeling about 96%. My mom will be here for a few more days, so I'm back and forth between being excited to get back to normal and kind of terrified about doing it on my own when Jake's at work. This has been the longest I've ever given myself to recover after a baby, and I'm starting to feel a little bit lazy, and ready to be back in charge again. I have learned a lot about managing the kids from watching my mom with them though, and I hope I can remember everything that she did so I can start doing it too. Her methods are very effective, and more pleasant than how I've done things (she never, ever raises her voice. Ever.). But it is still hard to not be in charge, and I rather miss Hazel, who is in total YaYa mode right now.
So here we go on our next great adventure-family of six!


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By: Mir M.Hosseini
On 12 June 1980 the Cultural Revolution shut down Iran's Higher Education system for over a year to completely Islamize it, purging many students and faculty members. Only a few months after toppling the despotic Pahlavi monarchy, Iran was undergoing a systematic elimination of all voices of dissent. This was somehow a victory for dark powers working in-line with US imperialism that feared a progressive Iran would become a model eventually leading to regional awakening.
The so-called Cultural Revolution (1980–1987) was a period following the 1979 Revolution in Iran where the academia of Iran was purged of Western and non-Islamic influences to bring it in line with Shia Islam. Some of the masterminds of this bigoted ideological trend such as Ayatollah Montazeri and Abdolkarim Soroush later became victims of their own hypocrisy. Then started a wave of a brain drain that was unprecedented in the modern Iranian History; practically taking Iran decades back in terms of civil liberties and social justice.
Directed by the Cultural Revolutionary Headquarters and later by the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, the revolution initially closed universities for three years (1980–1983) and after reopening banned many books and purged thousands of students and lecturers from the schools. The Cultural Revolution involved a certain amount of violence in taking over the university campuses since higher education in Iran at the time was dominated by leftists opposed to the imposed theocracy.
Culture can be defined as the universal human capacity by which individuals are introduced to sets of values from which patterns are dynamically adopted and applied as lifestyle and therefore evaluated within courses of history. Culture seeks excellence in everything including arts and manners through constructive interaction. Anything that does not view collective wisdom and cannot honor the social mosaic as the framework of cultural development can be conceived as brainwashing propaganda of some minority usually perceiving themselves as the elite or chosen ones.
One of the main costs of the Cultural Revolution in addition to interrupting the education and professional livelihood of many, and striking a major blow to Iran's cultural and intellectual life and achievement was that; it contributed to a systematic brain drain.
In the 1977-1978 academic year, about 100,000 Iranians were studying abroad, of whom 36,220 were enrolled in US institutes of higher learning; the rest were mainly in the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Austria, and Italy. In the 1978-1979 academic year, the number of Iranian students enrolled in the United States totaled 45,340, peaking at 51,310 in 1979-1980. According to the Institute of International Education, more Iranian students studied in the United States at this time than students from any other country.
According to the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Higher Education, right before the revolution and subsequent closure of all the universities in 1980, there were 16,222 professors teaching in Iran's higher education institutions. When the universities reopened in 1982, this figure had plummeted to 9,042.
Similarly, the Iran Times estimated that one out of every three (5,000) physicians and dentists left after the revolution. In addition to the reduction of manpower, studies estimate that the flight of capital from Iran shortly before and after the revolution is in the range of $30 to $40 billion.
In the year 2000 alone, Iranians submitted 34,343 asylum applications, the highest rate since 1986.
At the end of 2005, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated there were 111,684 refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other persons of concern from Iran. The countries hosting the largest populations of Iranian refugees were Germany (39,904), the United States (20,541), Iraq (9,500), the United Kingdom (8,044), the Netherlands (6,597), and Canada (6,508).
In January 2006, the International Monetary Fund claimed that Iran ranks highest in brain drain among 91 developing and developed countries, with an estimated 150,000 to 180,000 educated people exiting per year. According to a 1999 study, the brain drain from Iran to the United States, measured by migration rates of the individuals with tertiary education, is the highest in Asia. The majority of those leaving are scientific scholars and university graduates. In fact, as many as four out of five of those who recently won awards in various international science Olympiads have chosen to emigrate to the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Among the factors contributing to the brain drain are economic well-being and better educational prospects abroad. The inability of the home country to respond to its citizens' needs, coupled with high unemployment rates and a general lack of intellectual and social security, all contribute to the brain drain. Additionally, self-censorship prevents people from thinking and writing freely, a limitation that makes both scientific and social science research extremely difficult.
Near the end of the 20th century as the World Wide Web evolved, Iranians became inter-connected and a cultural advancement began. One of the most widespread and effective means of group expression for Iranians has since become the creation of a virtual community through chat rooms and blog websites. Estimates suggest that Iran has more than 75,000 bloggers, making Persian the fourth most widely used language on blogs in the world. According to a June 2004 report by Reporters Without Borders, the Internet has grown faster in Iran than in any other Middle Eastern country since 2000. Despite restrictions of access both by Western countries and the Iranian government, some of the top online resources are created by Iranians from all over the world, taking the Iranian Cultural Revolution to the next level.


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This weekend workshop is all about taking a professional photographer's workflow and digital image making skills and adapting them for video
Turner Falls, MA (PRWEB) March 08, 2012
The Hallmark Institute of Photography announces today its next weekend workshop – Intro to DSLR Video for Professional Photographers. Taking place at the Hallmark Institute in Turner Falls, MA, on Saturday March 17th and Sunday March 18th, this two-day workshop, taught by New Media/Video Instructor Dennis O'Clair, is ideal for professional photographers looking to learn or improve upon their DSLR video skills. Click here to register.
Attendees will benefit from Hallmark's newly created Video Production Suite where the workshop will take place. This new suite includes nearly 5,000 square feet dedicated to video production and editing. There is an editing lab, an audio recording studio and video production studio. Equipment includes Canon 5D Mark II cameras, Zacuto viewfinders, Manfrotto and Benro video heads, iKan location monitors, Rode microphones, Zoom H4n recorders, Cinevate accessories and sliders, Profoto, Lowel and iKan lighting, 24" iMac computers and Final Cut Pro Studio.
"This weekend workshop is all about taking a professional photographer's workflow and digital image making skills and adapting them for video," said Dennis O'Clair, Hallmark Institute's New Media / Video Instructor. "Attendees will walk away from this workshop with a solid technical foundation and creative inspirations they will need to start producing the professional video their clients are demanding and their competitors may already be offering."
Simplicity and adaptation will be the overall theme of this Intro to DSLR Video class. Through demonstrations, discussions, and hands on exercises attendees will learn the technical aspects of video capture, including camera set up, frame rates, picture profiles and white balance.*
Through hands on demonstrations in metering, focusing and exposure techniques, photographers will learn to adapt their photography skills to video capture. Additional exercises in lighting and camera movement in Hallmark's production studios will show attendees how to apply their creative skills to the art of video/film making. Audio will also be discussed and demonstrated, including dual system audio and syncing in post production. Workflow, file management and editing options will be demonstrated. iMac workstations will be provided for the workflow demonstrations. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own cameras and gear. However, equipment is not required. Hallmark can provide cameras and all the accessories necessary for a successful and fulfilling workshop experience.
This complete, two-day weekend workshop costs $450. For Hallmark Alumni the cost is $400. And for ASMP, APA, ASP, PPA, or WPPI members the cost is $400. For more information about this workshop visit: http://workshops.hallmark.edu/# or http://vimeo.com/34929473 . Registration is available online at: http://workshops.hallmark.edu/register.php . Lodging and dining information is available by clicking here.
*Camera demonstrations and technical discussions will revolve around the Canon 5D MkII (techniques and settings can be applied to other cameras).
About Dennis O'Clair
Dennis O'Clair has spent over 25 years providing imagery for advertising, corporate and editorial clients around the world. He also produces stock photography and stock footage for Corbis, Cultura and Getty Images. Since the introduction of the Canon 5DMkII, Dennis has thoroughly embraced the HD video capability of this camera and has concentrated on perfecting his video and film making skills. He is currently the video and filmmaking instructor at Hallmark Institute of Photography and is actively involved in several documentary film projects. Visit Dennis' Website.
About Hallmark Institute
Located in Turner Falls, MA, Hallmark Institute of Photography provides a real world, serious approach to professional photographic education, where training is completed within ten months. Our objective is to successfully educate and graduate professional image makers with the technical, artistic and business skills necessary for success. Upon completion of our program, graduates can expect to open their own photographic business or fill entry-level employment positions in the diverse and competitive marketplace of today's professional imaging industry. To fulfill our goals, we use only the most up-to-date technology, highly experienced and qualified staff, and a logical and realistic set of standards and processes, providing each of our students the tools they need to succeed. For more information visit: hallmark.edu .
Note: Image files are available upon request.
Dennis O'Clair
New Media / Video Instructor
Hallmark Institute of Photography
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Published by Malcolm P. Shiel on June 7, 2017
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by T.R. Bennington FOR ANY political movement that seeks eventual ascendancy, it is incumbent to engage in regular bouts of self-analysis. As a casual but sympathetic observer of the so-called far-right, I have compiled a list of what I believe to be some of the tactical errors and misconceptions made and held respectively by many […]
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Published by Ann Hendon on June 13, 2013
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June 2017
Vacation Bible School
The theme for Vacation Bible School this year is "Paul and the Underground Church". The children get to become part of history as they see, hear, and touch what it was like tolive in Rome during Bible times. Here are just a few of the photos from their time exploring today.
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Our Youth Group joined us at worship to talk about their Sierra Service Project in Chiloquin, Oregon. What an awesome group of young people serving the Lord! Many thanks to Taylor Wilson for organizing the trip and Ted Hugunin for going along as a chaperone.


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Pumpkin and egg
Easy lunch with stir fried pumpkin and egg. It is very easy to make it.
Ingredients (4 servings)
1/2 of pumpkin, cut into bite size
Soy sauce
1. Just put pumpkin in the pan
2. add a half cup of water
3. blanch it by covering for 5 minutes.
4. Season with soy sauce, mirin, and sugar to taste


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OXFORD Rugby League managing director Adrian Smith has urged fans to share's the city's "best-kept secret".
Smith has issued an open letter asking supporters to spread the word about the club, who begin their second season in England's third tier on Sunday.
Oxford host London Skolars in their Kingstone Press Championship One opener at Iffley Road (3), looking to build on a promising debut campaign.
"Everyone at the club is dedicated to continue establishing the team in Oxford and improving our success on the field," said Smith.
"But I have a feeling we are still a best kept secret.
"We are using all media channels available to us, but nothing is stronger than word of mouth and a positive recommendation to spread the word.
"So I'm seeking the help of all Oxford RL fans to introduce a friend, a work colleague or family to get down to Iffley Road and experience the greatest game."
Oxford were set up in 2012 as one of three southern clubs with the mission of spreading rugby league into new areas.
They reached the play-offs last season after coming sixth and are determined to improve on and off the field.
Smith said: "While the aim is to get the team in shape, it is also important to create a real local presence in the community."
Oxford's second match is at Gateshead Thunder before they visit Hunslet Hawks in the Tetley's Challenge Cup third round, having been paired with the west Yorkshire club in Monday's draw.
The club have announced a host of new signings over the close season, with Jordan Rice, Andy Winfield and Ed Hayles their latest recruits.
Rice, a 23-year-old loose forward and Scotland A international, joins from University of Gloucestershire All Golds.
Half back Winfield, 22, was part of the Cambridge University side, who lost to Oxford in last year's rugby league Varsity Match.
Back-rower Hayles, 31, is also a former Cambridge student, who has represented Elmbridge Eagles, Realmont, Lescure-Arthes and Gloucester Warriors.
He said: "I'm looking forward to running out at the historic Iffley Road ground, but I have to admit it will be strange to be wearing dark blue – even if it's not Oxford University!"


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The ten best Constantines songs
10) "Why I Didn't Like August '93" from The Believer June 2005 compilation
The Constantines love to perform covers and this take on Elevator To Hell is probably my favorite of theirs. (Though their version of The Clash's "Police On My Back" has to vie for a close second.) I largely appreciate this song for its lyrics, which summon up too-clear associations of a specific and complicated chunk of my early twenties. But the band adds some great personal touches like the "Ahhhh" backup vocals that always earn a smile and the great poppy interplay between the guitar and the drums. Of all the songs in their catalogue, this is the one that could've, in some more interesting universe, gone on to be a radio hit.
* MP3: "Why I Didn't Like August '93" - The Constantines
9) "No Ecstasy" from The Constantines
From that opening rollicking drumroll, the track kicks off urgently and never looks back at the collateral damage. It makes perfect sense as it's all about the charge of rebellion, of growing up too fast, of getting far away from the curfews and detention and unending tedium of ordinary life. As the lyrics sagely recommend: "If all roads lead home, then build a new highway, build a new highway, build a new highway, and you run run run run run away." To the hectic rhythm of a conspiring guitar, that sounds like the most seductive plan that's ever been proposed.
8) "Blind Luck" from The Modern Sinner, Nervous Man EP
"Blind Luck" is probably the best early indicator of the direction the Constantines would eventually take with Tournament of Hearts. It's more melodic and almost bouncy at times, even as the subject matter sticks to the defeated and downtrodden. It also hints at the focus on the working class Bry Webb would later take on. But even without its predictive power, "Blind Luck" remains an important deviation, confirming that the band had a range of talents and influences it was only beginning to tap into.
* MP3: "Blind Luck" - The Constantines
7) "Hyacinth Blues" from The Constantines
One of the great slow builds of our time, "Hyacinth Blues" starts out simmering and staggering before it finally explodes into a catatonic spelling bee. Every letter thrown out is another indictment, another damning epitaph, another shattered camera lens or torn-out microphone wire of the circling media vulture. It's also a nightly call-to-arms to the audience, to shout out alongside the band and register your rage in one tidal wave voice: "O-V-E-R-D-O-S-E."
6) "The Young and The Desperate" from Fits & Starts demo
Although never officially released, this song contains all the wild-eyed restlessness and clench-fisted dissent that'd later spill over into the self-titled debut. "This is not our country!" howls an apoplectic Webb for every outcast, exile and heretic who's had to observe his surroundings from the refuges of night-hour parking lots and back alleys. His use of the collective "we" and "our" in this "love song for the dispossessed" is especially inspiring, considering that he's the only one of us who apparently knows how to breathe fire.
* MP3: "The Young and The Desperate" - The Constantines
5) "Shine A Light" from Shine A Light
Without "Shine A Light," I wouldn't know what 2003 sounded like. Without the syncopated handclaps and thumping bassline, the fuzzed-out intro and the chorus that dares you not to sing along, I wouldn't have had a custom-designed anthem to light that fire under my feet. Barreling into the solitude of a late Virginia summer, Shine A Light and its title track took over my CD player so definitively that they're tattooed on most of that half-year's memories. Even now, almost four years removed, I can't help hear it without nodding along and tapping out the bridge and contemplating giving up sleep until I can leave some permanent and frenzied dent on the world.
4) "Soon Enough" from Tournament of Hearts
The Constantines have always been eminently quotable, but they've never hit upon a truth as simple or crystallized as the one at the core of "Soon Enough": "Work and love will make a man out of you." Dressed up in its finest country duds, it's almost profound enough to make the paycheck chase, forced co-worker chitchat and other daily humiliations feel bearable. It's also the Constantines' most visible symptom of an older, wiser band growing out of their idealism. On their first album, they would've advised ditching the job and running away; by their third effort, they're stuck punching the clock alongside us.
* MP3: "Soon Enough" - The Constantines
3) "St. You" from The Constantines
"St. You" will be the exit music to the film I've been writing in my head for years. Someone will be galloping off into the fuschia-streaked sunset or there'll be a last devastating aerial shot of an unsuspecting cityscape. Maybe there'll be a closeup on the lead actress's green eyes, closing in tighter and tighter until we fade into the oblivion of her pupils. It doesn't really matter what the closing image will be, because "St. You" is so steeped in pain and desire that it will crack hearts open upon contact. As the credits roll on by, the crowd will just sit there slack-jawed, soaking in this flawless song that explores the complicated communion between love and suffering.
2) "Young Offenders" from The Constantines
Sweat was glazing all five of their faces at the end of another draining set. Their postures hung down a little more drooped. They looked sort of like marathon runners limping into their last miles. Even the crowd was exhausted from all the screaming and singing along thus far. But then the Constantines reemerged for an encore, with Doug MacGregor smacking out a driving beat to initiate "Young Offenders." The band gave it all they had again; the crowd joined in reflexively. Then Webb choked out a rabid "Can I get a witness?" and suddenly, it all felt so holy, like an uprising, like gospel in a mosh pit church, like a baptism by sweat in which we were all being restored.
1) "Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)" from Shine A Light
A concentrated blast, these four minutes distill everything that makes the Cons so great: the rough, nasty crunch of guitars, the life-on-the-line vocals by Webb, the proclamations of revolt and/or passion, the breathless momentum that drags you complicitly into the heart of the mess. This song sounds like shredded knees and busted lips, like student rioters and police batons, like Bactene swabbed on fresh scrapes, like absolutely anything is possible and within reach, even for a wild bunch of hapless punks like us.
* MP3: "Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)" - The Constantines
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Using the common hazard sign for road safety, the Mercedes-Benz Trucks campaign illustrates how the car company's new Active Brake Assist 2 system can detect hidden dangers for drivers. Since no one can be alert every moment of the day, not to mention that some accidents are completely unforeseeable, this new feature in Mercedes-Benz trucks can be life-saving.
Conceived and executed by Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH, an ad agency based in Germany, the Mercedes-Benz Trucks campaign centers around these unforeseeable accidents. From volcano-induced rock slides to brutal roadside animal traps, anything is possible. The illustrations themselves, created by Walter Ziegler, mimics the silhouette imagery used for hazard signs.
The Mercedes-Benz Trucks campaign was creative directed by Matthias Spaetgens and Michael Winterhagen.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Pareidolia is a Cognitive Illusion
12 comments:
- Amalie said...
omg, that is so cool. It's like once you see the face you can't see it a anything ele
- December 07, 2010 12:36 PM
- Dreaming again said...
you (and your blog) were quoted in my Intro to Counseling today... I saw your name and blog address on the power point and wished I'd had my laptop with me!
- December 07, 2010 1:23 PM
- Dr. Deb said...
Isn't it fun!
What?!! That's totally random and awfully amazing at the same time!! Thanks for letting me know.
- December 07, 2010 2:12 PM
- Von said...
Such fun!
- December 07, 2010 3:39 PM
- Ami said...
Love pic #1.
I have a picture somewhere in my old computer where I saw the face of an old man in a tree's bark.
Everyone in my family thought I was crazy. Until the pictures came back. Then they could all see it.
Do you think they caught my crazy?
- December 07, 2010 11:47 PM
- kenju said...
How fun!! I see them all and I love the spigot and faucets.
- December 08, 2010 12:03 AM
- PTC said...
I love these things. I look out my window and see a building that looks like a face.
- December 09, 2010 8:29 AM
- Dr. Deb said...
So glad you're all enjoying these!
- December 10, 2010 9:27 PM
- Angeliki Bogosian said...
I love the roof!
All pictures so funny :-)
- December 11, 2010 7:33 AM
- TK Kerouac said...
now I'll be looking for faces in everything!
- December 11, 2010 11:14 PM
- Kahless said...
Definitely the cloud is best
- December 12, 2010 6:36 PM
- Xmichra said...
I think my mind is prone to this. I remember when I was really young, we had put pink insulation in between our window panes, and i could swear I saw a burning at the stake kind of image. That haunted me for the winter, and then ever since. There are a lot of times where I see people or faces in nothing. Creepy.
- December 17, 2010 10:33 PM


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Raghuram G. Rajan, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, assumed charge as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Ministry of Finance. He takes over charge from Kaushik Basu.
Rajan was globally acclaimed in recent years as being one of the very few to have correctly predicted the 2008 financial crisis.


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April 10, 2017
by Kelsey Chong
As a product of a rapidly globalizing society, language use on the Internet has shifted immensely over the past two decades. According to research by the Foundation for Networks and Development, approximately 80% of online content was in English in 1996. [1] But by 2016, English made up a mere 35% of all Internet content—a number that will only continue to decrease in the future. [2] Today, most Internet users prefer to create and consume content in their native language, whether that's blogging on social media or purchasing items online. [1] [3]
Because the Internet serves as the largest platform for global communication, this massive shift in online language use has introduced a strong demand for the translation and localization of products and services. [2] In a 2014 survey by Common Sense Advisory on customers in 10 different non-Anglophone countries, 75% of customers reported a preference for buying products in their native language, and 60% reported rarely or never buying products from English-only websites.[3] Hence, for any company trying to expand internationally, translating and localizing services like websites, apps, newsletters, and customer service has become absolutely essential. [2]
"In a 2014 survey by Common Sense Advisory on customers in 10 different non-Anglophone countries, 75% of customers reported a preference for buying products in their native language, and 60% reported rarely or never buying products from English-only websites."
Recognizing the many benefits of translation and localization, many businesses are now hiring around the world, with job advertisements urging "native speakers" of various languages to apply. But does simply being a native speaker make an applicant a better translator than a non-native speaker?
In an effort to acquire the most natural translation possible, businesses often require that translators have native proficiency in the target language. This rationale is often referred to as the "native speaker principle": a rule that states that translators should only translate into their native language, based on the belief that only a native speaker can write a perfect translation in terms of fluency and grammatical and linguistic accuracy. [4] In other words, native speakers are thought to be the best translators, because they maintain proper grammar and are more aware of subtle nuances and cultural and idiomatic expressions. This standard has been adopted by the translation industries of various English-speaking countries, such as the US and the UK. [4]
However, this principle brings up an important question—what exactly is a "native speaker," and who qualifies as one?
According to Merriam-Webster, a native speaker is defined as, "a person who learned to speak the language of the place where he or she was born as a child rather than learning it as a foreign language". [5]
Although this definition may have been applicable in the past, it does not hold up well when applied under the new circumstances of today's global society. With advancements in transportation technology making international flight more accessible and convenient, more and more people immigrate to foreign countries to not only to pursue work and educational opportunities, but also to seek out better living standards or a new environment that better suits their personal living preferences. Consequently, the children of these immigrants often leave their nation of birth at an especially young age. In the process of conforming to an entirely new school system, language, and culture, immigrant children may often lose some degree of facility over their first language, and later develop higher proficiency in their second language. And immigrant children natively born into the new country often face a similar predicament: they are "native speakers" of their parents' language, using it informally at home, but have only been formally schooled in the language of their country of birth.
As a result, such heritage speakers (or others who grew up in a similar environment) may fall under the technical definition of "native speaker," but fail to have full professional working proficiency in the given language. Because their exposure to the language is predominantly in the colloquial home setting, they are often extremely articulate in oral speech with near-perfect or perfect pronunciation, but especially weak in aspects like formal language, advanced-level writing, reading comprehension, spelling, and grammar. On the other hand, a non-native speaker who has formally studied the language may be weaker in speaking and pronunciation, but have nearly flawless grammar, reading, and writing skills.
Even in the case that a native speaker was completely born and raised in the country of their source language, without the proper linguistic training, they will still likely lack the qualifications to provide an accurate translation. Rather than being a native speaker, it is an individual's specialized training in both the target and source languages, combined with a strong familiarity with the given subject, that contributes more significantly to the quality of his or her translation.
First, while the native speaker principle may hold true for more traditional types of translation, such as literary translation –where linguistic nuance and grammatical precision are crucial in conveying the aesthetic qualities of the original text – the same cannot be said about newly emerging fields of translation in sectors like business, technology, and law. [4] In these more specialized, technical fields, the accuracy of the actual message of the text overrides any stylistic or aesthetic values. [4] For example, when translating legal documents, the translator would not only have to be fluent in general legal terminology, but also adept at translating between two different legal systems. [4] In order to avoid fatal misunderstandings in court or critical business transactions, it would thus be safer to hire a non-native translator who is versed in the given field, than an inexperienced native speaker who could misinterpret the meaning entirely. After the non-native translator accurately reproduces the complete meaning of the text into the target language, a native speaker can then act as an effective editor to proofread and smooth out any potential stylistic or grammatical errors.
Despite high fluency in their first language, native speakers are also not necessarily proficient in the second language they will be translating in, nor skilled in translation more generally. In order to fully retain the meaning of the original text, the translator must be fully acquainted with both the source and target languages—not only their native one. Additionally, according to Elaine Chaika, even individuals with native proficiency in two languages, "may be able to switch rapidly from one to the other, but it seems as if they draw upon each as a separate system rather than trying to find the equivalents from one to another." [6] Because translation is not a direct word-by-word conversion process, the translator must be educated in how to draw equivalents between two languages based on context, and accurately convey ideas from one culture to another . [6] Unequipped with the specialized knowledge and tools to find these equivalents, even native bilinguals will end up sacrificing grammatical correctness and eloquence in vain efforts to bridge together two completely contradictory language and culture systems.
In today's globalized and technology-centric society, demanding that applicants are "native speakers" or "fluent" in a language is simply not enough.
Kelsey Chong is currently a third year at the University of California Berkeley, double majoring in Chinese and Japanese language with a Korean language minor. She intends to use her language skills to foster cross-cultural communications, specifically concentrating on Southeast and East Asia. Along with being an Editorial Intern at the California Management Review, Kelsey administrates her own Japanese language blog, Jvocab-of-the-day, facilitates both Japanese and Korean Language groups at UC Berkeley's Student Learning Center, and is the Co-President of UC Berkeley's East Asian Languages and Cultures Undergraduate Student Association. Her hobbies include tennis, international travel, and cooking. To view more of Kelsey's previous work experiences, feel free to visit her LinkedIn.
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2."Things to consider before hiring freelance translators" https://unbabel.com/blog/hiring-freelance-translators/. ↩
3."Market for Outsourced Translation and Interpreting Services and Technology to Surpass US$40 Billion in 2016" https://www.commonsenseadvisory.com/default.aspx?Contenttype=ArticleDet&tabID=64&moduleId=392&Aid=36542&PR=PR. ↩
4."The Native Speaker Principle and its Place in Legal Translation" http://juristische-uebersetzungen-rueckert.de/files/Inhalte/PDF/The%20native%20speaker%20principle%20and%20its%20place%20in%20legal%20translation.pdf. ↩
5.https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/native. ↩
6. "Why Multinational Companies Still Need Translators" https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-multinational-companies-still-need-translators-dan-blottenberger . ↩
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Okay, so we're Civ addicts. There's nothing wrong with that, is there? Especially when Firaxis is so willing to help us feed the 4X monkey with their upcoming expansion, Civilization III: Conquests. We've been running a series of developer diaries exploring the game's new scenarios. We're up to the final one in the series, The Rise of Rome. Check out the previous diaries for the other scenarios: Sengoku, Mesoamerica, Mesopotamia, The Middle Ages, The Age of Exploration, The Fall of Rome, World War II in the Pacific and The Rise of Napoleon.
Rise of Rome
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests, Firaxis' second expansion pack for the mega-hit Civilization III, features nine professionally created scenarios that introduce concepts never before seen in any Civilization title. This, the ninth and final designer diary in the series, provides a glimpse at the design process and decisions made during the development of the Rise of Rome Conquest. Charlie Kibler, a designer at Breakaway Games, had a hand in designing this conquest.
- "Alexander wept when he heard from Anaxarchus that there was an infinite number of worlds... 'Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that when there is such a vast multitude of them, we have not yet conquered one?'"
-- Plutarch, Greek biographer and philosopher
Evolvement of the Conquest
Like many of the Conquests, this one had several major evolutions during the design and testing process. In the original version, all represented tribes were playable -- including the Scythians, Celts, Goths and Egyptians. As you might imagine, playing as the Goths or culturally-spent Egyptians proved an unsatisfactory experience. In the next version only Rome was playable, thus giving the player perhaps the best shot at creating a Roman empire on the same scale as the historical one. That version featured a very strong Roman starting position, and somewhat weaker non-player civs. The third and final major evolvement of the scenario features four playable civs -- Rome, Carthage, Macedon and Persia. To the north the player will find three "barbarian" tribes (from west to east the Celts, Goths, and Scythians), and to the south the Egyptians still cling to an agricultural subsistence along the Nile.
- "What this country needs -- what every country needs occasionally -- is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends."
-- Ambrose Bierce, 15 February 1911
Blood Feuds
Another big change to the final version came when we decided to pit each of the playable civs in an unending war with one other civ -- its chief antagonist at the time -- thus we have Rome vs. Carthage, and Macedon vs. Persia. Chronologically, this is the first Conquest to feature one or more civilizations starting the game at war with another. These are fights to the finish; true blood feuds -- struggles that can only conclude with the successful annihilation of the enemy. To get the war wagons rolling quickly, each of the four playable civs begins with a pre-built army "shell", awaiting the arrival of troops, and ostensibly under the command of that civ's great leader; thus Carthage has Hannibal, Macedon has Alexander, Persia has Darius, and Rome has Caesar Augustus.
Confined to the Italian peninsula, the Roman player begins with a relatively small starting position, but has certain advantages (to be discussed later in this article) that -- under proper usage -- allow quick expansion and conquest, as our guiding design principle was to have a Rome capable of putting together an impressive empire.
Culture that Goes On and On
Even with all the starting advantages Rome has (e.g., powerful fighting units, fast settlers, cheap garrison units), testing indicated that a player (of any civ) was having a hard time amassing the proper amount of land. One reason for this was that each time a city was conquered, its once-booming cultural level would plummet to zero, thus shrinking the city's borders. Since the four player-controlled civs of this game were not really bent on the cultural destruction of their conquered cities and peoples (quite the opposite, actually, as shown by the cultural influence these civilizations had on one another), a new "toggle" was added to the editor especially for this Conquest to allow a conquered city to maintain its current culture level (i.e., the "Retain Culture on Capture" setting, now found on the editor's Scenario Properties screen).
- "I came, I saw, I conquered."
-- Julius Caesar, 48 BCE
The Units of Rise of Rome
As mentioned, a goal of this scenario was to give the Roman player a shot at recreating an empire comparable to the size of the historical Roman Empire. To do this, the Roman player would need some extra tools -- tools the other civilizations would unfortunately have to do without. The chief tool the Roman player is the Legionary, which now comes in three flavors of increasing strengths (see details in chart below). On top of that, like the Legionary of old, in his copious spare time he can be used to construct roads and build forts! Rome can also build "super settlers" (called Citizens), which have increased movement and reduced population cost. Finally, given Iron, Rome can also manufacture relatively cheap Garrison units with which to defend its (hopefully) far-flung empire. Garrisons have good defensive capacity, but offer little in the way of offense.
All players should find the powerful new Heavy Cavalry and Fire Catapult units useful for offensive operations. Furthermore, a city with access to ivory can "buy" Numidian Mercenaries. Since ivory is only available in Africa or the Middle East, this simulates the need for a link to those regions in order to hire Numidian Mercenaries. Finally, it was necessary to increase the offensive strength of the Macedonian Hoplite so that it could successfully compete with the powerful Persian Immortal.
|Required Tech
|0-0-1 [30]
|All except Rome
(generic settler)
|0-0-2 [40]
|Rome only
Faster, costs less population
|1-3-1 [20]
|Iron working
|Rome only
|Legionary I
|4-3-1 [50]
|Iron working
|Rome only
Upgrades to Legionary II
|Legionary II
|5-4-1 [70]
|Rome only
Upgrades to Legionary III
|Legionary III
|6-5-1 [90]
|The Republic
|Rome only
Best combat unit available
|3-3-1 [40]
|Iron Working
|Macedon only
|4-2-1 [40]
|Iron Working
|Persia only
|War Elephant
|4-2-2 [50]
|Carthage only
|War Chariot
|2-1-2 [20]
|The Wheel
|Egypt only
|Scythian Rider
|3-1-2 [30]
|Horseback Riding
|Scythia only
|Teutonic Warrior
|4-1-1 [30]
|Iron Working
|Goths only
|Gallic Swordsman
|3-2-2 [40]
|Iron Working
|Celts only
|Numidian Mercenary
|2-3-1 [30]
|Bronze Working
|Requires Ivory
Non-barbarian civs only
|Heavy Cavalry
|5-2-2 [60]
|Military Training
|Playable civs only
|Fire Catapult
|0(8)-0-1 [40]
|Siege Craft
|The ultimate in catapults
Values Key: Attack - Defense - Movement [Cost]
Climbing up the Tech Tree
Compared to the other Conquests, the tech tree of the Rise of Rome is fairly short and simple. Given the military bent of this conflict, most players will probably make a beeline for "Military Tactics" which allows one to build Heavy Cavalry. The Roman player certainly should consider doing this, as "Tactics" (the prerequisite of "Military Tactics") also provides the first upgrade to the Legionary. As the Roman, however, don't stop there, as you'll want to gain "The Republic", which provides a third (and final) Legionary upgrade, not to mention access to the Republic government. Finally (with visions of the opening scene of the Gladiator movie in mind), let us not forget the Fire Catapult unit, basically an improved catapult, which can be constructed once a player has gained the "Siege Craft" tech.
- "Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape,
Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine."
-- John Milton, Comus (1637)
Let them Party their Cares Away
The one new Great Wonder featured in The Rise of Rome is Bacchanalia, which becomes available once Philosophy has been researched. It's a powerful wonder (albeit expensive, at 500 shields), and its main effect is to make three citizens happy in each city owned by that empire (not just continental ones), which, as you might imagine, can be quite useful for any aspiring emperor.
The Road to Victory
One wins this Conquest by Domination: being the first to amass at least 20% of the land and 50% of its population. Although a player starts at war with one other civ, being skilled in the art of diplomacy (recruiting an ally, or at least, staving off a second front) can reap rewards.
Can you, as Caesar (or Alexander, or Darius, or Hannibal) conquer a vast empire...one that will truly stand the test of time?