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Event Agenda
13:00–16:00International Position Evaluation (IPE) meeting
Prior to the conference, we will be holding a complimentary International Position Evaluation (IPE) meeting at the same venue on 7 October 2015.
This event is open to IPE licensees and their current users only. Participation is free of charge.
16:30–18:30Mercer Global Members Network Meeting
Exclusive meeting for our global membership clients (by invitation only).
19:00–20:30Welcome Reception
09:00–10:00Registration and Refreshments
10:00–10:15Conference Welcome
Chris JohnsonMercer
10:15–10:45European Business Outlook: What Drives Business Decisions?
This session will explore how HR / Comp & Ben professionals should respond to the economic; political and social; and demographic shifts across EMEA.
Chris JohnsonMercer
Antonis ChristidisMercer
10:45–11:45Keynote Speech: Postcards from the Future — Tomorrow's Global Citizens and Purpose-driven Leadership
Anne Lise KjaerFuturist and Author
11:45–11:55Intermezzo #1: Metrics and Analytics in High Tech
Julia HowesMercer
11:55–12:55Maintaining a Competitive Advantage with Data-driven Decisions: Using Analytics in Compensation, Recognition and Manager Development
This session focuses on how people decisions at Google are supported by science and data. The session will focus on three scenarios in which Google has used analytics to enhance its compensation programmes, recognition programmes, and manager development.
Ajit NambiarDirector — Compensation, Google
Julia HowesMercer
12:55–14:10Lunch Break
14:10–15:10Workshop Sessions A
Compensation Trends in Europe
In this session, we will provide valuable insights based on first-hand client experience and Mercer data. We will also examine salary increases and projections for the region and cover applicable regulatory updates to provide an overview of current trends in compensation and benefits in Europe.
Antonis ChristidisMercer
Compensation and Benefits Trends in Energy and Natural Resources
In this energy workshop, we will examine the latest industry compensation and benefits trends and information across EMEA, and cover salary forecasts for 2016 in key energy markets. We will also cover various spot poll results on how HR teams are responding to the current price of oil.
Milan TaylorMercer
Compensation and Benefits Trends in the Life Sciences Industry
As the life sciences industry landscape continues to shift, the role of the HR function is more pivotal than ever in the successful management of change as organisations reshape themselves.
The objective of this industry roundtable is to foster open discussion around key industry themes and the impact they have had on compensation and benefits in the life sciences sector in recent times, including:
- The rise of generic pharmaceuticals and sustainability of the business model.
- The commercial environment and the pressure to streamline.
- Mergers and acquisitions, and their impact on the C&B function.
- Life sciences companies and employee mobility.
Peter StevensonMercer
Workforce Analytics for Reward Professionals: Why Should I Care?
It is virtually impossible today to avoid references to workforce analytics and how the practice will change the way that HR and the business work together to make decisions about the workforce. Yet, according to recent research conduct by Mercer, only 31% of organisations say that they have had a successful experience using workforce analytics. Mercer's perspective is that to be successful, the analysis needs to be targeted to answer the right questions. For reward professionals, this means looking at the actual impact of reward design and practices on the assumed outcomes, such as retention, performance, and diversity. In this presentation, we will provide case studies and examples of how workforce analytics can be used to influence reward design decisions.
Julia HowesMercer
Mobility: Key Expatriate Challenges
Ever-increasing globalisation and the pressure to reduce costs while securing talent attraction and retention have spurred business managers to revisit international assignment policies and segment the diverse assignments and compensation models to make them fit for purpose. However, implementing a segmented international assignment policy may not always be easy, because:
- The corporate mobility team aims to guarantee international assignees equity, consistency, and transparency globally in order to facilitate mobility of expertise and talent.
- Business managers prefer to pay international assignee as close as the local market rate as possible.
- Employees want to ensure that their families will maintain a good standard of living overseas, including medical coverage, social factors, and pension programmes.
In this session, we will look at key challenges and elements to consider when implementing a segmented international assignment policy, as well as potential pitfalls to pay attention to.
Yvonne TraberMercer
Workday Implications for Reward Professionals
Workday and other SaaS enterprise HR information systems are expanding and are likely to become the norm, driven by cost and globalisation issues. This session will focus on the SaaS HRIS solution from the point of view of the reward professional. Led by Workday and reward experts, this session will demystify SaaS and help participants understand the significant implications for reward and HR. Finally, building on our experience, we will help attendees recognise the possibilities it presents and wrestle the initiative from the IT function!
Christian AdlungMercer
Chris CharmanMercer
Employee Value Proposition and Total Rewards
David WrefordMercer
15:10–15:35Coffee Break
15:35–15:45Intermezzo #2: Employee Value Proposition
David WrefordMercer
15:45–16:30Employee Value Proposition in a Non-profit Organisation: Learning from and Discussing the Experience of MSF
Anne-Louise JacqueminInternational Compensation & Benefits, MSF
16:30–17:15The Mars Case Study: Living Wage – Challenge or Opportunity?
Mars prides itself on treating all associates (employees) fairly. The high-profile debate around fair compensation and a living wage prompted Mars to conduct a study to verify that the lowest-paid worker in the organisation could reasonably be described not just as earning a living wage but as making a good living. This presentation will look at why Mars believes fair compensation is important and the challenge of establishing reasonable standards.
Andy StevensGlobal VP of Rewards, Mars Incorporated
17:15–17:25Intermezzo #3: Big Data About Vienna
Sebastian KarwautzMercer
17:25–17:35Wrap-up of Day One
Chris JohnsonMercer
19:00Offsite Gala Dinner
08:00–08:30Registration and Refreshments
08:30–08:40Welcome to Day Two
Chris JohnsonMercer
08:40–09:40Keynote Speech: Digital Disruption (and Its Discontents)
Tom ChatfieldBroadcaster, Technology Theorist, and Author of How to Thrive in the Digital Age
09:40–09:50Intermezzo #4: Benefits Prevalence Across the World
John HallMercer
09:50–10:35SMART Benefits: Re-thinking Benefits in Visa Europe
Visa Europe's SMART Benefits programme is a shift in paradigm from how employee benefits are traditionally viewed and provided. This innovative approach is about driving value and engagement — giving employees more control and more choice to ensure more of the benefits they receive better suit the divergent lifestyles and priorities of a multi-generational workforce.
Bola OgunGroup Director of Reward & Performance, Visa Europe
10:35–11:05Coffee Break
11:05–12:05Workshop Sessions B
Executive Remuneration: Trends in Europe — Innovative Development
Executive remuneration continues to attract headlines and be a concern for society. In this workshop we will present examples of companies which have introduced new thinking to their executive pay plans in order to balance the interests of shareholders, employees and executives.
Mark HobleMercer
Edward MottleyMercer
Currency Fluctuation Challenges
Political and economic events have an impact on the compensation practices of organisations, including currency fluctuations, accompanied by periods of inflation or deflation. In this session, we will investigate the measures organisations take in the event of currency fluctuation and high inflation to mitigate any negative effects. Specifically, we will explore the effects that currency fluctuations have recently had against the US dollar and euro in the CIS and Swiss markets. We will present general trends as well as specific examples relating to these markets and encourage discussion.
Ana KekeziMercer
Stephan PieronczykMercer
Compensation Trends in Europe
In this session, we will provide valuable insights based on first-hand client experience and Mercer data. We will also examine salary increases and projections for the region and cover applicable regulatory updates to provide an overview of current trends in compensation and benefits in Europe.
Antonis ChristidisMercer
Engaging Employees Through Strategic Communication
We have seen well-designed reward programmes fail to meet their objectives because of poor levels of employee understanding, engagement, and as consequence participation. Today's reward programmes are often increasingly complex, making communication of the benefits and choices to employees more difficult. In this session, we will look at how developing a strong brand, understanding your audience, and planning implementation carefully can help you increase employee understanding, appreciation, and participation to maximise the success of your programme.
James ChristopherMercer
When Women Thrive: Addressing Gender Pay Equality
Gender equality and diversity issues are getting significant attention today with increased legislation at the national and European levels. We will share our leading global research and explain how employers can be significantly more effective in rising to the challenge. The litmus test for diversity has often been the gap in pay between men and women. Using examples of experiences in Sweden and the UK, we will share our insight to give you a head start on assessing the issue, and highlight how the heart of a lasting solution requires reward professionals working outside their function. In this context, we will discuss the growing business case for diversity and how building a diverse and inclusive culture is critical to gain the benefits.
Charlotte HardingMercer
Rikard LindMercer
Chris CharmanMercer
Benefits Trends in Europe and How the Rest of the World Compares
Though company-sponsored benefit programmes in any given country depend on local environment and practices, corporations face the same challenges everywhere, including pressure on social programmes due to an ageing population; the necessity of managing multiple generations, each with its own needs; cultural differences; varying local pay practices; and the need to promote diversity. Companies respond to these challenges by segmenting their benefits programmes, offering benefits choice to their employees, incorporating benefits design in their employee value proposition, and adapting to changes in legislation. In this session, we will illustrate trends among multinationals in EMEA and compare them with what we see in the rest of the world.
Charles-Antoine RogerMercer
Reward Governance: Distributing Responsibility and Encouraging Advocacy
David WrefordMercer
Rediscovering Job Evaluation
The latest trends in HR management have renewed interest in job evaluation, leading to a redefinition. Building on tradition applications, job evaluation now incorporates greater transparency and supports a wider spectrum of HR initiatives in the talent space. Job evaluation has become a key tool for HR to position itself as a strategic advisor, supporting business decisions based not just on finance and operations, but also on people. There is a significant interest today in implementing job evaluation frameworks that promote fairness, bring consistency, and control cost. In this session, we will highlight actual trends and practices.
Mark BonselsMercer
12:05–13:15Lunch Break
13:15–14:00Moving Beyond Market Anchors and Compa-ratios: Using Level-priced Pay Ranges to Drive Fair Pay Differentiation at BAT
Today's multi-generational workforce requires redefinition of the performance equation beyond the traditional merit matrices and associated market anchors. Paolo and Marko will share how BAT is adopting a new way of setting the pay ranges and managing individual salaries, even in a world of no performance ratings.
Marko LahtinenGroup Reward Functions Manager, British American Tobacco
Paolo CiucciRewards Strategy Manager, British American Tobacco
14:00–14:10Intermezzo #5: A Fresh Look at Performance Management
Most of the performance-management processes in use today have been incorrectly set up and focus too much on the past and on weaknesses ("areas of improvement"). For truly improved performance, employees must change their way of working (i.e., their working habits). Organisations can achieve such a change by fostering a growth mind-set and a focus on strengths, which requires a whole new approach to how performance management is conducted
Dr Philipp Riesenkampff, MBAGroup Compensation & Benefits Expert, Borealis AG
14:10–14:55Nestlé Pension Cross Border Case Study
Nestlé is the first organization in Austria who managed - with fantastic and highly professional support of Mercer Austria – to implement successfully a cross-border pension plan together with Nestlé Germany.
We are now regarded as the Pioneers in cross-border solutions both internally and externally. The Nestlé Pension fund in Germany was founded in 2008 and with July 2015 it could be extended to Austria where approx. 1.000 employees benefit from.
Gabriele StaubmannHuman Resources Leader, Nestlé — Austria
14:55–15:25Global Total Reward Trends Trivia
A short, interactive session with fun and interesting total rewards facts from around the world!
Antonis ChristidisMercer
Puneet SwaniMercer
15:25–15:35Conference Close
Chris JohnsonMercer
Companies Speaking
2014 Related Resources
See what was discussed at last year's event in Stockholm.
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Timber Floor Sanding
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Floor pioneered an industry leading process in Brisbane, explained below…
Preparation: To get the timber floor ready for sanding the team at Floor can pull up carpet and underlay. We also punch nails and fill nail holes. This gives the Brisbane sanding team the right surface to start reviving your timber floors.
Brisbane Floor Sanding: The sanding process…
- Starts with a coarse angle cut with the Galaxy floor sander to remove excess dirt or build up & bring the timber floor back to bare timber. They repeat this step with medium grade sandpaper angled back the other way.
- Then your timber floor requires a medium grit Trio to get the floor 30% flatter than belt sanding alone.
- We then use a fine sandpaper on the Galaxy in the direction of the grain to remove any cross-grain scratches.
- The next cut is with a fine Trio to remove any chatter marks left by the drum sander.
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The Shredder
Date of Joke: Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
A young executive is working late one evening. As he
comes out of his office about 8 PM he sees the Big
Boss standing by the shredder in the hallway, a piece
of paper in his hand. "Do you know how to work this thing?"
the older man asks. "My secretary's gone home and I don't know how to run it."


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Heroes of Chemistry Nomination Procedures
Nomination Package
Applications will be accepted from November 1, 2018 – February 1, 2019.
Each submission must include a completed nomination form accompanied by the following items:
Descriptive Summary: Provide a detailed narrative addressing the product's commercial use, its benefit to humanity, chemistry's central role, and the involvement of the nominee(s) in developing and commercializing the product(s). Please use clear, non-technical, concise language in this section; this information will be used to draft press releases, web content, and other materials, which will later be vetted with winning companies.
Impact: Summarize the market success, societal impact, and economic impact of the nominated product(s) in a financial summary.
Biography or Résumé/CV: A short biography or résumé/CV (max. two pages) should be submitted for each nominee.
Supporting Materials: Any brochures, articles, or press releases, etc. that describe the impact of the nominee(s) and/or the product being recognized are highly encouraged.
Nominee Contact Form: Include all relevant contact information for each team member being nominated on this form.
Note: Please carefully and properly fill out the contact information of each team member. This information may be used to contact winners and for sending important information such as invitations, awards, and promotional materials.
Eligibility Criteria
Any private or publicly owned for-profit company may nominate an individual chemist, biochemist, chemical engineer, or a team or scientists who played a vital role in the research and development of a commercial product that has had a dramatic impact on the welfare and progress of humanity.
Nominating companies may choose to include individuals from other companies, government or academic labs, incubators, or other organizations as members of the teams they nominate. Former employees are also eligible to be included in the nomination.
Selection Process
A panel of judges will select the Heroes of Chemistry on the basis of:
- The technical merit of the innovation, including the talent and foresight demonstrated by the nominee(s)
- The financial performance of the product(s), market share, lives affected and/or other measure of commercial impact
- The impact and benefit to humankind made by the product(s)
Each nomination should emphasize chemistry's central role in the development of the product(s) being highlighted.
All nominees will be notified by June 2019. The selected winners, along with executives from each winning company, will be invited to attend a black tie dinner ceremony that will take place during the fall ACS National Meeting in San Diego on August 25, 2019.
Corporation Associates member companies may prepare nomination packages, but their employees may not serve on the Award Selection Committee in years when their companies are nominated. The deliberations of the Award Selection Committee are confidential. The Award Selection Committee determines the number of Heroes of Chemistry Awards to be presented in a given year.


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Dubai-based festival Sole DXB has revealed new details and visuals for its latest celebration of footwear, fashion and all things streetwear.
Taking place from 20-21 November, the annual Sole DXB festivities offer up "a refreshing dose of street culture cut with distinctive Middle Eastern flair".
To tease the occasion, artist Hassan Hajjaj – aka the Andy Warhol of Marrakech – has produced a range of vibrant images, exploring the distinctive street style and artistry of the region, while giving fans a first look at this year's showcase.
Attendees can expect everything from exclusive pieces from the likes of Adidas, Puma and Adidas, and displays from hardcore streetwear collectors at the event when it takes place in Dubai this November.


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West Sussex County Council is the latest authority to award BT a rural fibre broadband deal, this one being worth £12.5 million to the supplier.
BT has won all the previous rural fibre broadband contracts that are subsidised with government cash.
In the latest deal fibre broadband will be rolled out to around 98 percent of West Sussex homes and businesses within the next three years.
The Better Connected West Sussex Broadband project builds on BT's on-going commercial fibre deployment across the county, and will provide broadband infrastructure to over 44,000 premises with speeds of at least 24mbps by the start of Spring 2016.
According to comms regulator Ofcom the county's current average broadband speed is 11.7mbps, whilst 9.7 percent of premises receive less than 2mbps.
West Sussex County Council is contributing £6.26 million to the scheme, with another £6.26 million coming from the government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) unit.
Lionel Barnard, deputy leader for West Sussex County Council, said, "West Sussex County Council is very aware of the problems that slow broadband speeds, or in some cases, no broadband at all, can cause local businesses and people working and running businesses from home.
"This was a key rationale behind the council's decision to invest more than £6 million to provide more access to better, faster broadband across the county."
Fibre to the Cabinet (boxes on streets) will be the main technology deployed. This can deliver wholesale downstream (access) speeds of over 24mbps (and in some cases up to 80mbps), and upstream (sending) speeds of up to 20mbps.


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Sol Mountain Backcountry Retreat 2018 #2
Women's Backcountry Mountain Bike Retreat at Sol Mountain: Beginner / Intermediate Focus
Includes lodging in the beautiful Monashee mountains (2 hours from Revelstoke), spectacular singletrack trails in the alpine, coaching to improve your skills, gourmet meals, yoga, and a whole lot of fun! Escape the every day trails and experience the magic of riding in the backcountry with a supportive group of women. Participants are responsible for getting to the Lodge either by driving themselves or arranging a shuttle. More information on shuttle options will be emailed to participants by April, 2018.
Full amount due at time of booking $943.95 ($899 + gst)
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Booking Policy:
All participants will be required to fill in a Release of Liability waiver before start or the activity
A detailed list of what to bring and other information will be emailed to participants within minimum 6 weeks of camp start.
Sweet Skills reserves the right to cancel activities due to inclement weather, insufficient bookings or for any events beyond our control. Alternate dates will be arranged in these cases, or a full refund will be provided.
Cancellation Policy:
90 days +: full refund less $50 admin fee
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0-30 days: no refund or credit available (can transfer spot to another friend)
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I managed to squeeze in the March Sew Kitschy block, so I am now all up to date. I love the feeling of mentally being able to tick another thing off the list!
Before sewing up this paper pieced block, I ran over all the lines with a tracing wheel in the hope that it will make tearing away the paper a lot easier. Some people sew over each line without thread in their machine to perforate the lines. A tracing wheel sounded a lot quicker to me (and means I don't have to unthread and rethread my machine!). I don't plan on tearing away the paper anytime soon, so we'll have to wait and see how if it makes a difference.
I adore the cherry fabric that I used for the bowl. The black fabric is also a favourite of mine. It didn't show up very well in the photos, but it actually has charcoal coloured dots all over it. I used the same fabric in the London cushion here. I should probably say that my brother in law and his wife loved the cushion!
Oh, and while I remember, look at what Zoe has been working on:
The squares are all 5". I'll update you as she progresses this quilt along!


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Suzanne Rodolico
Nursery Coordinator
Born and raised: I was born in Annapolis, Maryland and raised in Glen Burnie, Maryland. My father was in the Navy, and he was stationed in Misawa, Japan and Brechin, Angus, Scotland in the late '70s to the mid-'80s. Although I was young, I have many wonderful memories of living overseas.
Husband: Christopher
Kids: Anthony, Malia, Elyse, and Cara
Hobbies: Cooking, running.
Testimony: At the age of 25, I finally surrendered my life over to Christ after realizing my need for a Savior. Despite being raised in a church, I never sought a personal relationship with Him. I am forever thankful for His forgiveness and healing.


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A Brief Bio of Randolph Bulgin
I grew up in Franklin, NC as a fourth-generation worker of materials.
My great-grandfather, William Gould Bulgin, came to this country from England in 1854. He was an architect and a builder and three of his buildings survive and are on the National Register of Historic Places.
My grandfather, George Miller Bulgin, served a five year apprentice as a blacksmith in Chicago and returned to Franklin early in the 20th century where he operated a machine and blacksmith shop until his death in 1936.
My father, John Alexander Bulgin, and his younger brother, George Brabson Bulgin, ran the shop as Bulgin Brothers Machine Shop until the outbreak of WWII. My father at that time went to work for ALCOA as a power house mechanic and weldor and my uncle took employment with Utah Construction Company. My father died in 1995.
After graduating from US Navy Class "A" school for machinists in San Diego, CA in 1958, I served aboard the USS Fort Mandan, LSD-21 until 1962 operating a shipboard machine shop. For the next six years, my brother, Fred, and I operated a welding and machine shop in Franklin doing general repairs, mostly to logging and farming equipment, and steel fabrication of various types.
From 1968 until 1971, I worked as a weldor and welding supervisor for Duke Power Company in the construction of Oconee Nuclear Station in Newry, SC with certification in the SMAW and GTAW welding procedures. The crew I supervised was involved in the welding and subsequent stress relieving of high pressure weldments for nuclear power generation.
After a year as a machinist/tool maker for VETCO, Inc. in Ventura, CA working in the manufacture of off-shore oil drilling equipment, I returned to Franklin yet again and opened a shop manufacturing ornamental hand-forged iron products, including fire place screens and tools, hand railing, lighting fixtures and furniture.
In 1979 I took employment at ALCOA as a machine shop supervisor. The shop was involved in the manufacture and maintenance of rolling mill machinery. I became a manufacturing engineer for ALCOA in 1989, overseeing programming of CNC machinery and the general operation of a machine and welding shop. I took early retirement from ALCOA in 1995 and returned once more to Franklin where I now operate a one man machine and welding shop.
I was accepted for membership in the Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild in 1965 in the category of blacksmithing and I am a member of Mensa.


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We recently posted the CE 6.0 Virtual PC Binary BSP to the MSDN Code Gallery – I wanted to build something interesting using the Virtual PC BSP, so decided to build the obvious digital picture frame application with a twist. Virtual PC supports serial input either from a physical COMx port on your development PC…
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A new Embedded Blog – Fun with embedded development
David Shoemaker, a developer in the CE shell team has started a new blog on MSDN called Fun with Embedded Development – David plans to build something based on one of the SPARK kits It sound like this will be an interesting project – here's what David is going to cover… Device working, get an…
News from Embedded Systems West keynote.
There were a number of interesting announcements made at the ESC West keynote yesterday – Kevin Dallas, general manager of the Windows Embedded Business presented the general session. Here's a list of the announcements. MSDN Embedded Subscription Windows Embedded joins the list of existing MSDN Subscriptions – the MSDN Embedded Subscription gives you access to…
IE8 – Visual Studio Smart Device project issues.
The Visual Studio team have blogged about an issue with Visual Studio 2005/2008 after installing IE8 (Here's a link to the blog article). I've seen this issue when creating a Smart Device project in Visual Studio 2008, the fix is very simple, a change to your desktop registry. – Mike
Compact Framework – Understanding GC/Memory management
Abhinaba from the .NET Compact Framework team has been writing a series of blog posts on the subject of Compact Framework, understanding memory allocation, garbage collection, mark/sweep vs. generational collection, and more to come! Here's a link to the articles – and to Abhinabas blog homepage – I really like the embedded photos on the…
CE6 – Capturing .NET Compact Framework application statistics.
You've just finished writing the worlds most amazing .NET Compact Framework application running on Windows Embedded CE 6.0, the application does everything apart from making a nice cup of hot tea. But how well does the application perform? Writing .NET code is great, the class libraries make you super productive, and unlike C++ development you…
Want to learn C#? – Get the yellow book.
Rob Miles has posted a PDF of his C# Yellow Book on his blog – if you are new to managed programming or the C# language then this 185 page PDF file is for you. – Mike
What is Windows CE ? – Here's Dion with the answer.
Here's Dion Hutchings, Technical Product Manager describing Windows CE in only 5 minutes (but only if you play the video at 1.4x speed!) 5 Minutes to understand Windows Embedded CE – Mike
GigaPixel Panorama – Windows CE, ICOP eBox – Cool!
Here's another really cool project from Georgia Institute of Technology – the GigaPixel Panorama project – the project page has more information about the project and an image that clearly shows the ICOP eBox. – Mike
Slides from ESC Boston now available online.
Olivier Bloch has just posted all of the session slides from ESC Boston online – here's the blog post and session listing. Here are the two sessions I presented: Develop the next generation of Windows Embedded CE applications using Visual Studio and .Net or native code This demo heavy breakout session walks you through and…


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Labels Fourteen series. It reminded me of a keyhole.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Key To The Past
Labels Fourteen series. It reminded me of a keyhole.
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Gorgeous creation - love the use of the key, perfect with the 'keyhole' die!ReplyDelete
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Very cool piece - I like it a lot!ReplyDelete
This is really lovely, Kathy...I really enjoy seeing all of the varied pieces you used, come together so perfectly!ReplyDelete
How beautiful! I just love how detailed your jewelry is. It's so unique, and you can really see the love and attention that goes into each and every piece.ReplyDelete
Wow, very unique...and wonderful! LaurelReplyDelete
What fun stuff to work with...it turned out great! The woman's image adds a lot to the piece!ReplyDelete
What a beauty...you did a wonderful job. Thanks for coming by:)ReplyDelete
Kathy, what an awesome project. I love the keys and the copper die cut. You are like an architect when it comes to jewelry! Thanks for stopping by!ReplyDelete
Hi Katalina, great piece, love it. Thanks so much for swinging by, appreciate it! RikiReplyDelete
Really nice pieces, capable of catching the eyes right away. I liked the necklace the most amongst all of them, though all are pretty nice…ReplyDelete
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Daily Archives: February 10, 2010
Schedule for Traverse City's Fourth Annual Cherry Capital Winter Wonderfest
On February 12-15 Traverse City will host the fourth annual Cherry Capital Winter Wonderfest, a Michigan festival with events for the whole family. Here's the schedule!
Plan Your Presidents' Day Weekend in Traverse City
From Front Street to the Grand Traverse Resort Traverse City is on fire with fun this long winter weekend.


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Dr. Earle is Board Certified in Psychiatry as well as Child Psychiatry. He has been in practice for more than 20 years, including practices in both Billing, MT and in South Carolina. He is a graduate of the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (1981) and completed his psychiatric residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine (1982) and the University of Alabama – Birmingham (1983-85) and his child psychiatry fellowship at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (1985-87).
He is the Vice Chairman of Quality for the Deptartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine. He serves as the Program Director for the recently approved GHS/University of South Carolina Psychiatry Residency Program and is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for both University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia and Greenville.
Dr. Earle has a diverse clinical practice experience including consultation to residential treatment programs for children and adolescents in Montana as well as South Carolina, consultation to the Indian Health Service, Billings Area office, over 6 years of experience as a psychiatrist at the Greenville VA Outpatient Clinic for the Dorn Veterans Admin Medical Center. His areas of interest include: Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) throughout the lifespan, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the interface between psychiatry and primary care medicine, disaster psychiatry and emergency psychiatry.


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Apple iPad Sales To Hit 7.1 Million In 2010: iSuppli
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will hit 7.1 million in 2010, with sales more than doubling in 2011 to 14.4 million and hitting 20.1 million in 2012, but shipments could go higher if Apple soon adds Adobe Flash Web-video support, market research company
Sales could go even higher if Apple makes other feature enhancements sooner rather than later, iSuppli added.
In the U.S., Wi-Fi-equipped iPads go on sale Saturday, April 3, in Apple stores and select Best Buy stores, followed by U.S. availability of 3G + Wi-Fi version in late April. Outside the U.S., the company has announced that all iPad versions will be available in late April in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. The iPad will ship in additional countries later in the year.
This year's sales "will be driven by early adopters and others attracted to the iPad's unique touchscreen-based user interface," iSuppli said, but in 2011 and 2012, iPad sales will be driven by such factors as new applications, improved functionality and declining prices. Nonetheless, the iPad won't reach its full potential without Flash support, iSuppli contended, because one of the device's key use cases is Web browsing.
"Until Apple addresses this issue one way or another, its decision not to support Flash -- communicated earlier on by Apple CEO Steve Jobs -- will have a limiting effect on the iPad's sales potential," said analyst Francis Sideco. "This is because one of the key use cases of the device, as marketed by Apple, relates to Web browsing or consumption of online content. Absent Flash, iPad users will not be able to enjoy Flash-driven content, which is used in a considerable amount of Web sites as well as Web-based games and videos."
Given the lack of Flash support, "consumers could end up being disappointed if what they expect to be a great browsing experience from 'a magical and revolutionary product' ... turns out to be less than extraordinary," iSuppli added
Apple's decision to leave Flash out might be related to the company's focus on selling apps for device. "With so much Flash content available for free, Apple may be excluding support for the software in order to encourage users to pay for any content they use on the platform," iSuppli surmised.


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In 2010, Coffeetown Press released a work of historical fiction by Anne E. Beidler based on the mystery of the Nantucket ship Essex titled, Eating Owen: The Imagined True Story of Four Coffins from Nantucket: Abigail, Nancy, Zimri, and Owen ($15.95; 182 pages, 6×9 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60381-022-7). The Hollywood blockbuster In the Heart of the Sea tells another version of the same historical events. The eBook of Eating Owen is currently being offered exclusively on Amazon at a special price of $2.99.
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Eating Owen was the first novel of Anne E. Beidler, who lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband Peter. She has a doctorate in educational research and is a lifetime history buff. She is also the author of a biographical work: The Addiction of Mary Todd Lincoln.
Eating Owen is a tale of mystery. What really happened to Owen Coffin, the cabin boy on the Nantucket whaling ship Essex? In the autumn of 1819, the unthinkable happened. Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean a whale rammed into the Essex, sinking it within minutes (the event that helped inspire Melville's Moby Dick). The crew had no refuge except to jump into the three small and very flimsy wooden boats they carried on board to help them chase the whales. During the next three months, bobbing around aimlessly on the open ocean, the men suffered terribly. They ran out of food to eat, and some of them died. And some of them ate each other. Including Owen. The few survivors returned to Nantucket with the story that Owen had been fairly elected to be executed—before he was eaten. But no one knows for sure what happened. Or do we? Eating Owen is the story of Owen Coffin and his family before the Essex tragedy. It is a story about a family, a story about surviving and not surviving. A story about a whale's revenge.
Says the author, "My husband's ancestors are from Nantucket, so he is sort of—after all this time—related to the Coffin family from there. We have been to Nantucket many times. The sinking of the Essex inspired Melville, and the story certainly captured my imagination, so I'm not surprised that it has now inspired a hit movie, In the Heart of the Sea. How much of the story is true? The wreck, of course, is true. And the men in the lifeboats trying to survive on the ocean. One lifeboat was lost, and the other two were rescued, but many of the occupants were lost and/or eaten. Nobody living really knows what happened on Owen's lifeboat. The survivors, probably to avoid blame or trouble (did they have lawsuits back then?), told a party line about drawing straws. My version is made up, but seems more realistic to me."
Here are Anne Beidler's thoughts on the movie, In the Heart of the Sea:
In the Heart of the Sea certainly delivers the way a Hollywood blockbuster should: good camera work, lots of powerful sea, lots of ropes and whales and dirty men. An audience anticipating a rip-roaring adventure tale is bound to appreciate it. Rather than rating the movie according to my enjoyment or its overall merits, I prefer to concentrate on the historical perspective, which is always what fascinates me most—the focus the screenwriter chose to take and the portrayal of the characters: who is featured, who is not.
In the movie Thomas Nickerson is the narrator, telling the Essex story fifty years later to young Herman Melville, who used parts of it in Moby Dick later on. Thomas Nickerson was the cabin boy on the Essex, about fifteen, and the youngest person involved. In real life he wrote his story fifty years later and left out a lot. In the movie he is sort of the main character.
The movie stresses the conflict between Captain George Pollard of the Essex and his first mate, Owen Chase. By the end, they—as well as the narrator, old man Nickerson—have become wiser men. Very nice.
Whales generally did not sink boats—it was very unusual—but no one disputes that a whale sunk the Essex. However, nobody really knows what happened during the three months the survivors floated aimlessly in the middle of the Pacific in three flimsy little boats with few provisions.
The first mate, Chase, later wrote a long narrative of the incident, admitting to some cannibalism on his little boat, but in general making himself look pretty good. The captain, Pollard, also eventually wrote his own version, which concluded with a sad account of his life after the sinking of the Essex.
Taking all three of these accounts into consideration (including that of Nickerson), it is impossible to be at all sure who was eaten in the 'life' boats, how the victim was chosen, and who shot Owen.
There would have been many reasons to conceal the information about their cannibal behavior as they tried to avoid the nearby 'cannibal' islands. Chase and Pollard wanted to be hired again, for one thing, and needed the ship owners to trust them. Then, of course, since many Nantucket families were related (particularly, in this story, the Pollard and Coffin families), nobody wanted to admit eating their relatives.
In the movie, Owen Coffin has had a name change. (He is a very, very minor character called Henry Coffin.) For those who have not seen the movie, I do not wish to give away the twist. I would say that the movie tries to put a good light on the end of the tragedy of the Essex, but I do not. Though, of course, none of us knows.
My story is more about the whole Coffin family, especially certain ones, including Owen, and the effect of the whale's revenge (yes, the whale is a character) on the family. It includes the whaling culture on the island, the prevalence of opiate addiction, and the relationship to the whales.


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BUSHWICK — Jeff Kurzon spent Tuesday morning standing in front of a handwritten sign reading, "Meet Your Future Congressman," and asking people walking by the entrance to the Flushing Avenue J/M stop if they were registered Democrats.
Kurzon, a 37-year-old lawyer, is running for Congress in New York's 7th district. With the primary election coming up in June, he is trying to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot. His selling point is simple: Kurzon is the only federal candidate in the country refusing to take money from political action groups or lobbies.
Kurzon is challenging Nydia Velazquez, who has represented the area for 22 years, and has significantly more funding and political experience than Kurzon. However, he is steadfast in his commitment to campaign finance reform.
"Right now the way our elections are done in New York City is fairly fair, where each candidate can raise money and get matching funds. But at the federal level that doesn't exist, so politicians finance their campaigns thorugh PACs and lobbyists, and those PACs and lobbyists are working for big banks and big corporations," Kurzon said.
"If the only way to stay in power is to get money from PACs and lobbyists, then the system really needs to change because Congress is not working for the people."
Tuesday was Day 13 of a 30-day push Kurzon has initiated to meet people throughout the district and collect signatures. Each day he spends morning and evening rush hours standing outside different subway entrances.
When his sign fell down Tuesday morning, Kurzon took a roll of tape out of his backpack to reinforce it, only to smile as it fell again several minutes later. Those who gave him their signatures received a sticker and Kurzon's cellphone number.
New York's congressional primary vote is scheduled for June 24, but the candidates' deadline to file is April 10. The names appearing on the ballot will not be confirmed until that day.
Kurzon has no political experience, save for campaigning on behalf of President Barack Obama in 2007. Although he is confident he will have enough signatures to get on the ballot, he knows his lack of experience and inability to match Velazquez's fundraising mean his chances of winning are slim.
"Statistically they're 5 percent," he said. "But if you ask a young married couple what their chances are, you'd say statistically it's 50 percent, but everyone thinks it's higher, so I believe I'm going to win."
The 7th District is the only one that includes neighborhoods in three boroughs. It runs across North Brooklyn, encompassing Bushwick, Williamsburg and Cypress Hills, and along the Brooklyn waterfront, covering Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, and Sunset Park. It also includes Little Italy, NoLita, the Lower East Side and Chinatown in Manhattan, and Ridgewood in Queens.
Kurzon lived in Little Italy for several years, and has resided in Bushwick since 2012.
"It's where I consider home," he said of the district, adding that he also believes it is one of the areas in need of the most help. According to Kurzon, nearly 30 percent of the district lives at or below the poverty line, and the unemployment rate is a few points higher than the national average.
"The median income is about $40,000, which is 20 percent lower than the national average," he said.
After spending Tuesday on Flushing Avenue, Kurzon will move on to the Broadway G stop on Wednesday, spend Thursday at the Marcy J, and then move into Manhattan Friday, starting with the Delancey-Essex stop. When he talks to potential voters, he focuses on his convictions about campaign finance, rather than his biography.
"I don't know that I'm more or less interesting than anyone else in the district," he said. "Maybe I'm a little more crazy than everyone to be a candidate."


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Opening of Wallsend Boys' Club's new pitches
On Friday 24th June 2011 Wallsend Boys' Club held the official opening of their new pitches at Bigges Main. Having been based at Wallsend Sports Centre, Wallsend Rising Sun, Hadrian Park School, Western School,DSS Sports ground, Benfield School and St Peters Road over a period of 45 years Wallsend Boys' Club football section were finally moving into their own ground. Having taken three years to complete the project it was a momentous day in the long history of the club. The great and the good of sport and politics met as 150 specially invited guests attended the occasion. Speeches were... Read More


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Berwick suffered their second successive home League Cup defeat when they were beaten by neighbours and rivals Edinburgh at Shielfield.
Craig Cook was the star of the show for the Monarchs, racing to a flawless 15-point maximum, which included one tremendous race, heat five, when he burst through from third to first after being taken wide on the first bend.
With Sam Masters only dropping one point from five starts, in his opening ride, when he was beaten by Claus Vissing, Edinburgh had two riders who looked well up for the fight.
And with Kevin Wolbert and reserve Robert Branford also chipping in with valuable points, the Bandits again had their work cut out to contain the opposition.
Berwick made a decent start with Vissing winning his first two rides, Kevin Doolan and Alex Edberg also contributing well as the home side edged an early lead at 22-20 after heat seven.
But with Ben Barker still looking in some pain from his hand injury as he made his comeback earlier than expected, the meeting turned in heat eight when Justin Sedgmen and Branford made the gate and held off Doolan and Edberg for a 1-5 which saw the visitors hit the front for the first time at 23-25.
Masters then won in nine and with the Monarchs taking two successive 2-4s in 10 and 11, Edinburgh suddenly found themselves in the driving seat.
Doolan won in 12, but a 1-5 from Cook and Masters over Barker and Vissing in 13 guaranteed the Monarchs victory on the night.
A 5-1 from Thomas Jorgensen and Edberg in 14 restricted the damage, but there was no stopping the visitors' top two of Cook and Masters who led from start to finish to give Edinburgh an away bonus point to boot.
Berwick: Doolan 11+1, Edberg 8+1, Vissing 8, Jorgensen 7+1, Barker 6+1, Crang 0.
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Time To Go Fly A Kite
I went to the annual kite festival on the Smithsonian mall with my family over the weekend. We watched master kite flyers dip and soar their sleek, colorful contraptions into the cloudy sky. Although many festival-goers brought their own snazzy kites, we showed up empty-handed -- having stopped by the festival at the last minute after an early-morning, soggy tour of the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin.
My kids were apoplectic that they should be denied the right to launch something into the air so we stopped by the arts-and-crafts booths to see what we could invent. With help from a kite enthusiast, we managed to fold a piece of paper this way and that. With some paper streamers taped to it along with something resembling a pair of chopsticks for support, we got that simple kite flying. In fact, it soared high into the sky and far surpassed anything we thought possible.
It reminded me of many of the stories you've shared with me over the last two years. Plain and simple ideas that take flight with perseverance -- even in a crowded field.
I've been honored to share your stories and pass on your lessons learned. If you've read my blog for a while, you've probably caught on that I've always been something of a policy geek. I took full use of my vantage point in the nation's capital to bring you politics and policy issues pertinent to small firms and their community.
It's with great sadness that I report that today is the final post for washingtonpost.com's Small Business Blog.
if you're interested, I'd be happy to keep you apprised of what I do next. I'll let you know via my Web site, www.sharonmcloone.com, or you can always find me on LinkedIn. I've also started a new Twitter account: @smallbizwatch.
You'll still be able to find excellent reporting, resources and access to my archives at www.washingtonpost.com/smallbusiness.
Thanks for your readership and support.
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Review : Clinique Blended Face Powder and Brush
|this picture is taken after 5 hours wearing the product as setting powder! Notice there only few place to be blot.
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Mak foto e kq di dapur? =.=ReplyDeleteReplies
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Vacancy: The eligible list established as a result of this examination will be used to fill vacancies which may occur in water and sewage treatment plants whose personnel functions are administered by the Cattaraugus County Civil Service Commission. A single eligible list will be established as a result of this examination and will be used to fill vacancies as they occur. Candidates who are successful in this examination and who have the proper grade certificate issued by the New York State Department of (Environmental Conservation) or (Health) will be certified for appointment at the Operator level. Other eligibles will be certified at the Trainee level and will be advanced to the journey level without further examination upon satisfactory completion of the certificate requirements.
Fee Changed January 1, 2013: The State Civil Service Law requires our office to collect a processing fee from each applicant. The amount of the fee is fifteen dollars ($15) per applicant for each examination applied for, payable at the time of filing of the application form, by check (personal or certified) or money order, payable to the "Cattaraugus County Treasurer". Cash Will Not Be Accepted. Applicants whose personal checks are returned for insufficient funds will not be considered as candidates for this exam or subsequent exams until such time as restitution is made. Applicants must record the Examination Number(s) and Title(s) on their checks. Refunds of fees will not be issued to applicants who are disqualified for not meeting the minimum qualifications for admittance to the examination, or who do not appear for testing on the scheduled test date. Therefore, Do Not Apply for an examination if you are not sure that you meet the minimum qualifications. Application Fees shall be waived for candidates that are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household or are receiving public assistance and may be downloaded from our website at: www.cattco.org/jobs.
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If you have applied for both State and local government examinations, you must take all your examinations at the State examination center. You will be advised by letter when and where to report for your examinations.
If you have applied for another local government examination with another local civil service agency, call or write each civil service agency to make arrangements. You must notify all government civil service agencies with whom you have filed an application of the test site at which you wish to take your examination.
Eligible Lists: Candidates who are successful in this examination and who meet the qualifications will have their names placed on the eligible list in order of final score, regardless of the date on which they filed or on which they took the examination. The names of qualified candidates will remain on the eligible list for one year. Review of questions or appeal of ratings will not be allowed as the opportunity for retest exists.
Subject of Examination: Written test will cover knowledges, skills and /or abilities in such areas as:
1. Mechanical Aptitude-- These questions test your ability to identify and understand how basic mechanical instruments such as motors and gears work.
2. Safety Practices--These questions test your knowledge of basic safety practices.
3. Tools and Reading of Scales and Gauges--These questions test your ability to recognize or identify basic tools and their common uses and to make accurate readings of various types of dials, scales and gauges.
4. Basic Mathematics--These questions test your ability to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve basic arithmetic problems that might be encountered in water and wastewater treatment plant operations. Questions may also involve the use of fractions, decimals, averages, and percents.
5. Understanding and Interpreting Written Material--These questions test how well you comprehend written material.
6. Elementary Chemistry and General Science--These questions test your knowledge of basic processes and concepts in chemistry and general science.
Candidates are recommended to use quiet, hand-held, solar or battery powered calculators. Devices with typewriter keyboards, spell checkers, personal digital assistants, address books, language translators, dictionaries or any similar devices are prohibited.
Guide for the Written Test for Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Trainee is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm
Applications: You may obtain an application from the Civil Service Commission website: www.cattco.org/jobs. Mail or bring completed applications to 303 Court Street; Little Valley, NY 14755.
Saturday Sabbath Observer-Handicapped Persons: If special arrangements for testing are required, please indicate this on your application.
Candidates Please Note: Your application for this test is part of the examination process. Applications must be completely filled out with all pertinent information stated. The Commission does not refer to other applications on file for additional information. Applications which do not show training and/or experience to meet minimum qualifications will be disapproved. Vagueness and ambiguity will not be resolved in your favor.
Veterans: Disabled and non-disabled war veterans who are eligible for additional credits must submit an application for veterans' credits. Candidates who wish to claim veterans' credits on an examination should request an application and information sheet from the Cattaraugus County Civil Service Commission. Veterans' application forms will also be available upon request at the examination center. The completed forms must be received before the eligible list for the examination is established in order to utilize additional credits.
Effective January 1, 1998, the State Constitution was amended to permit a candidate currently in the armed forces to apply for and be conditionally granted veteran's credit in examinations. Any candidate who applies for such credit must provide proof of military status to receive the conditional credit. No credit may be granted after the establishment of the list. It is the responsibility of the candidate to provide appropriate documentary proof indicating that the service was in time of war, as defined in Section 85 of Civil Service Law, and that the candidate received an honorable discharge or was released under honorable conditions in order to be certified at a score including veteran's credits.
In conformance with Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law, children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive an additional ten points in a competitive examination for original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent has served. If you are qualified to participate in this examination and are a child of a firefighter or police officer killed in the line of duty in this municipality, please inform this office of this matter when you submit your application for examination. A candidate claiming such credit has a minimum of two months from the application deadline to provide the necessary documentation to verify additional credit eligibility. However, no credit may be added after the eligible list has been established.
Cattaraugus County - An Equal Opportunity Employer
Reissued: August 2013
Complete Job Description & Qualifications
Download the following file for the complete job description and qualifications for the Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator/Trainee #865 position.
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On Tuesday I put the almost finished Freaks! cover up here, saying that it was a couple of tweaks away from being the finished article.
It's such a relief and a joy to have a cover, and illustrations, that I'm as proud of as I am the stories and the book as a whole.


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Cloud Cover Episode 14 - Diagnostics
Join Ryan and Steve each week as they cover the Microsoft cloud. You can follow and interact with the show at @cloudcovershow In this episode: Learn about the Diagnostics capabilities in Windows Azure. Discover how to remotely configure each instance


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Working with artists, curators, galleries and museums in the manufacture and installation of neon art and sculpture across the U.K. and Europe.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Fritz Lang's Metropolis Shows Early Neon Sculpture.
Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece Metropolis shows some interesting examples of early experimentation with neon as a scuptural medium. Seen here on the desk of scientist Rotwang is a large inverted vortex showing off some fantastically big electrodes.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Ok not Bambi but more deer pictures. They were so cute today I couldn't resist. These two are likely siblings. The little one was born this year and the other last year. Often the momma is not far behind, I didn't see her there but I'm sure she was around.Here is what I have spun up from the Cornucopia roving so far. It's gorgeous and fairly nice to spin. It's really soft. I don't know if I like it so much as the bfl, but it's smoother. Then again I like the crimp the bfl often has.
Obviously the colors are a bit off. When I get a full bobbin I'll take pictures during the day to show off the real tones.
I've gotten pretty far on my Marilinda socks. I am to the heel finally! Here's a picture of the length. These are longer than I would normally knit a leg, but I think it's fine.
And here is another picture. I stretched the sock over the foot of my sock blocker to show off the pattern. Isn't it pretty??? I like it so far.Lastly here is a picture of my princess mitt in progress. It's Bernat Cashmere natural blends, which I picked up at Michaels when I got the yarn for my MIL's princess mitts. It matched my coat, so I figured, why not? I really love this pattern though, I think I'll make another pair after this too. This is at the end of the thumb gusset, where I'm about to put those stitches on waste yarn. It's such a fast knit. I can't wait to finish.Well those are my pictures for today. I'm off to bed, I've got work early.


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Without each and every one of our employees giving their all every day, we could not do what we do. Thank you to our employees for being "The Apple Advantage"!
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Music, music in my soul. I dance, dance 'round, whip myself, grind, grind, grind into the ground.
Dancing used to be so much a part of my soul, that the mere idea of not dancing regularly for a long period, almost an era… an epoch that began from my move to Detroit, where, as I was unaware of at the time I moved, intense indoor smoking was unregulated. At first I thought, a little–or a lot–of smoke, lung tar, or what have you, wouldn't stop a hardcore House music-head.
Except it did.
It's not that I went to dance halls, dark lounges, and clubs for sport, to browse through the sweating, writhing masses for a future mate, or a wry, tawdry tousle between the sheets. It was all about the music. The melodic thrum, the beat thudding in syncopation with my heart, soothed my raging, angry brain, my restless, endless thoughts. I danced to sooth, smooth, move, flow. I danced for forgiveness. I danced for forgetfulness. I danced to celebrate… I danced to elevate my soul.
I haven't danced the way I used to, like the floor was mine three nights a week. But things inside me have been stirring since I found myself last December. Though the pulse of anger still ripples through me now and then, it eventually fades to a sweet undulation of satisfaction and even a jubilant calm.
I might not dance again the way I could when I was a young thing of twenty two and twenty three, the way I moved seven years ago, with my hands in the air, and the flashing lights moving just for me. But in other ways, I'm more elevated than I ever was, and I only have higher to go.
{ Outfit Architecture }
*Denotes Eco-stylin' piece
Pouf-sleeve striped dress, Forever 21. [SIMILAR]
Cognac flounce, circle skirt, J. Crew. [SIMILAR, SIMILAR]
Patent leather, faux "gater" belt, Forever 21.
Jeffrey Campbell style cage heels, Miss Me. [SIMILAR, SIMILAR]
Watches: Marc by Marc Jacobs locket heart watch (gifted), Target Merona Boyfriend style watch.
Wendy Mink Hammered Gold filigree cuff.
*Alex and Ani repurposed gold bangles*, via Charlie and Lee (gifted). [Same brand]
Rings: Wire-wrapped ring, Miss Selfridge's; Architecture ring, Modcloth.
Necklace: UO.
Feather earring: UO. (Yes, I'm only wearing one.)
{What makes my heart dance}
My family. Yeay. Win.
PS. Some of my outfit photography from 2011 was streamed live at a fashion event this weekend in The Bay Area with the help of La La Valentine. Second feature! Yeay!!
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Reclusive author J.D. Salinger will be given the full biography treatment, thanks to Shane Salerno, David Shields and Simon & Schuster. Shields and Salerno's "The Private War of J.D. Salinger" will be published by Simon & Schuster in September of this year.
The author of "The Catcher in the Rye" famously withdrew from public life in 1953 and for more than 50 years closely guarded his privacy, including suing to prevent one biographer from using material from his unpublished letters. He once turned down a biographer's request by writing he had "borne all the exploitation and loss of privacy I can possibly bear in a single lifetime."
Simon & Schuster publisher Jonathan Karp said in a statement, "We are honored to be the publisher of what we believe will be the foundational book on one of the most beloved and most puzzling figures of the 20th century." He added, "Many of us who read 'The Catcher in the Rye' have, at some point in our lives, wished we could know the author better. Now, we finally can."
PHOTOS: Walking through Holden Caulfield's Manhattan
In addition to the book, a new documentary by Salerno, "Salinger," will appear as part of PBS' "American Masters" series. A 2010 Newsweek article about the project indicated that something was in the works but details were not known until today.
The biography includes interviews with 150 friends, colleagues and scholars of Salinger. As the Newsweek magazine article indicated, it brings a new focus to his experience as a soldier in World War II.
Salinger published just four books: "The Catcher in the Rye" (1951), "Nine Stories" (1953), "Franny and Zooey" (1961), and "Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters, and Seymour, an Introduction" (1963), along with a few additional stories. Many have speculated that he may have been writing -- but not publishing -- during his years away from the public eye.
This biography may not shed any light on that, but co-author Salerno promises, "The myth that people have read about and believed for 60 years about J.D. Salinger is one of someone too pure to publish, too sensitive to be touched. We replace the myth of Salinger with an extraordinarily complex, deeply contradictory human being. Our book offers a complete revaluation and reinterpretation of the work and the life."
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ActiveX Controls: The Definitive Guide
ActiveX Controls: The Definitive Guide
ActiveX Controls: The Definitive Guide
Add a file to the current project.
Add a network drive.
Add your AddIn to the VBIDE Some simple connect code.
Adding events to the NT event log.
ADSI for beginners
Anything to Declare?
This article is designed to help beginners get to grips with some basic functions in VB.
Beginning databases
Beginning Objects in VB: Part 1
Beginning Objects in VB: Part 2
Beginning Objects in VB: Part 3
Active Visual Basic Make Visual Basic Active with this book from MS Press!
Beginning Visual Basic 6 Database Programming
Beginning Visual Basic 6 Objects
Objects made easy in VB6.
Code Complete: The complete guide to your code.
Designing and Using ActiveX Controls
IDG produces a useful guide to ActiveX controls.
Developing COM/Activex Components With Visual Basic 6
Dan Appleman's book is a real winner! It helped me, so why don't you try it.
Doing Objects in Microsoft Visual Basic
If you are just starting with VB, you must get this great book.
Elements of User Interface Design
Make your GUI sing with style!
Enterprise Application Architecture
The BEST book for anyone creating distributed, enterprise applications.
Game Developer's Marketplace
If you're writing games, check out this book.
GUI Design Essentials
The essentials of what you need to know if you are making a Graphical User Interface.
Hardcore Visual Basic
Truly hardcore: COM interfaces, subclassing, type libraries and more.
Learn to Program Visual Basic Examples
Need some examples? This book is ideal for new beginners.
Learn to Program with Visual Basic 6
The BEST book for learning to program in VB6. The author really keeps you interested - I suggest you get a copy now.
Murach's Visual Basic 6
Although more of a database book, it still provides you with some useful info on deployment and the internet.
Professional Visual Basic 6 Databases
A professional look at the secrets of database programming.
Professional Visual Basic Project Management
Think you don't need managing? You do, so get this book and learn exactly how.
Programming Visual Basic 6
What a huge book! This book includes just about everything you need to know to program in VB and program well in VB.
Ready to Run Visual Basic Code Library
Over 170 prime VB examples ranging from simple to advanced.
Sams Teach Yourself Internet Programming
The Internet is a great place to make money, so learn how with this book.
Tricks of the Game-Programming Gurus
Slot in a few sneaky tricks to make your game the best around with this book.
Understanding ActiveX and OLE
A new book on ActiveX from the experts at Microsoft.
Visual Basic 6 Internet Programming
A very very useful look at Internet programming under different protocols.
Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to the Win 32 API
The all time legendary book of the API. Get it or be left behind.
Communicating over a Network
Create a Hotkey for your Application
Create a Progress Bar using the API
Create a registry control.
Create a Status Bar using the API
Creating a Gradulated Title Bar
Detect the keyboard's right click button
Dot Net - dot what?
Hide the desktop
Life of a VB Programmer
Make a file association
Make a light chart control
Make a resizing control
Make a reusable database class
Make a simple setup program
Make a spell checker
Make your own control: Part 1
Make your own control: Part 2
Making a POP3 Client
Making Microsoft Outlook Useful
Making Microsoft Outlook Useful: Part 2
Making your first Addin
Making your own custom control
How long is a piece of string? In this article article you will learn to how to find the answer in Visual Basic.
Posting to CGI scripts
Programming Windows NT with Visual Basic
Sendmail with attachments
Service your applications
Show the find and replace dialogs
Simple INI file class
Size up your applications with subclassing
Subclassing: What's it all about
Switch from DAO to ADO
Top tips for developing components for ASP
Using ASP with VB components
Using the Internet Transfer Control: Part 1
Using the Internet Transfer Control: Part 2
Using the Internet Transfer Control: Part 3
Using the Sysinfo control
Using VB to build your web site
VB and the Web
Verify the Windows password.
This code allows you to simulate the label editing in Explorer.
Anyone for WAP?
You can add a little extra panache to your application by using animated cursors. When that program is busy whizzing and whirring, why not impress your user by displaying a spinning globe, a wiggly starfish, or a floating rocket? Now you can with this chunck of code.
Use Visaul Basic to tile a bitmap in a picture box.
Show the add new printer wizard within Visual Basic.
This treeview tip again uses the SendMessage API call to find the edit window in the treeview and then send a message to it, the ES_NUMBER message to only allow numbers.
This sample again uses the GetWindowLong API call and the GWL_STYLE constant.
Tile an image across a standard Visual Basic form without using the API.
In the third part of this tutorial, we continue to learn more about the treeview control. In this part, learn to add features such as track selection and checkboxes.
Use Visual Basic to trim a selected character from a string.
Trim all spaces from a string.
Perform two frame animation using a timer.
Use Microsoft Word to spell check your work.
Using 'What's This?' Help
Launch control panel from your program.
Microsoft Internet Explorer now supports this cool feature - add it to your applications using this tip.
Using header track selection in a listview.
You may still need to use INI files in your applications - this Visual Basic tip shows you how.
Manipulate the registry through Visual Basic.
An exciting product, WebZinc, promises to solve our web parsing, dialing, FTP'ing, editing, managing and many other problems associated from reaching the web from a program! Check out the review...
This is the second part of the Treeview code series. This week we use API calls to change the background colour of the treeview control, and a few other settings.
A beginner's guide to COM interfaces.
The basics of using the treeview control.
Beginning Visual Basic 6 If you are a beginner, I suggest you take a look at this book.
As you build larger and more powerful programs that are going to be used by more people, you will soon realise that your program needs to use the least amount of memory as possible, and, as a must, release it all after if finishes.
This Visual basic code works by accepting a credit card number and then returning the last number.
Shell the fonts folder.
Shell the printers folder.
If you've ever wanted to perform a true POST operation from Visual Basic to a CGI script, then this module includes everything you need.
Show the add new hardware wizard.


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I am Lecturer in Networks and Security at the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. I also lead the Node for Cybersecurity and Usable Security inside the Human-Centred Technologies cluster.
One of my goals is to make the Sydney area a great place to do R&D in computer security. To this end, I am also Contributed Staff to Data61|CSIRO and a member of the NSW Cybersecurity Network.
My research interests revolve around security and network measurement, with a decidedly empirical approach. My current interests are:
My theme is real-world security: security is achieved only by technology that supports its human users. No matter how brilliant the technology, if humans find it hard to operate, it will be insecure. Similarly, technology is always used in a context (at home, in finance, etc.) and this context is important in understanding how a technology must designed.
I have been appointed as a Theme Leader in the Sydney Nano Institute, responsible for developing the research fields nano communication and security, including quantum computing and security.
My term as coordinator for SSP/TSP has ended. From 15 Dec 2017 on, Dr Vera Chung will take over.
My student intake for 2018 for Honours and Master Coursework is already complete, sorry.
Our SecuriTea reading group is open and meeting every week. Join us! Drop me a line and I'll add you to our Slack, or just show up every Wed 4pm on L4W, The Lounge™.
Our paper Mission accomplished? HTTPS Security after DigiNotar has won the IMC 2017 Community Contribution Award! Check out the dataset here. At 412GB, artefact is a bit of an understatement.
I hold a PhD from Technical University of Munich. I did both my post-grad and under-grad studies at Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen, one of Germany's classic universities.
I also am a Visiting Academic at Technical University of Munich. As contributed university staff, I frequently collaborate with Data61 (CSIRO), Australia's premier innovation group.
My full CV can be found here.
One of the best parts of being an academic is working with students who share my passion for security. I generally offer a range of topics in the area of security and network security. Open topics can be found here.
I also offer scholarships/internships within three programmes:
If you want to do a PhD with me, please contact me several months before the application deadline and read the admission criteria carefully. If you are unsure whether you meet the criteria, you may contact Ms Evelyn Riegler to clarify. Please take the time to find out what I am working on.
Prospective PhD students must meet the admission criteria of the University and be competitive for a scholarship. For domestic students, this generally means a very strong High Distinction; international students are expected to have a converted GPA of 3.8 or better. A strong background in computer security and networks is required. Prospective students will need to draft a research proposal that clearly outlines the proposed research, its relationship to my own research agenda, and how it advances current knowledge and the state of the art. Please consult my list of publications to understand my research agenda better.
Once you are sure you meet the criteria and have a good idea of what I am working on, please do contact me. You can start out on your research proposal if you already know what you want to do, but I am also happy to answer emails about possible directions - I always have one or two ideas. Please do not forget to include a transcript and CV in your email.
Note, however, that I delete emails with generic enquiries where it is clear the sender made no attempt to understand what I am doing, how their proposed work would fit with mine, or the admission criteria are clearly not met.
I currently work with and advise the following students:
I am going to teach the following units in S2 2019:
In the past, I have taught and coordinated the following units:
I was a co-lecturer at the University of New South Wales in 2016 and 2017:
I run SecuriTea, a reading and discussion group for students and staff interested in all aspects of computer security. I bring tea, coffee & biscuits, and participants bring a mug and a passion for security. The goal is to grow the security community at USYD.
There is no fixed topic; we follow our interests, the setting is semi-formal. We often choose a paper to talk about for every meeting, but we then often broaden the scope. We also chat about recent events. Recurrent topics include, but are certainly not limited to, blockchain and measuring security with Internet scans and passive traffic monitoring.
Our SecuriTea reading group is open for all and meets every Wednesday, at 6:30pm, on Level 4 West, Building J12 (School of Computer Science), in The Lounge ™ - turn right at the entrance and walk to the end of the hallway.
Join us! You can just turn up or drop me a line and I'll add you to our Slack, where we coordinate.


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Question:Regarding the Gentiles who repented of their wickedness and converted to Judaism (such as Ruth, and the 120,000 of Nineveh that repented), were they commanded to follow all the laws and commandments the same way as all Jews were? Did they then worship in the same way, offer sacrifices, etc.?
There were provisions in the law of Moses for Gentiles to convert and become a part of the covenant. However, it wasn't for the purpose of obtaining forgiveness of sins. There were several classes in the law:
- A foreigner, or Gentile, was person who was of another nationality, but was temporarily in Israel. A foreigner was expected to abide by the laws, but was excluded from the worship of God.
- A sojourner or stranger was a person who was of another nationality, but was living on a permanent basis in Israel. A sojourner was expected to abide by the laws, but was excluded from the Passover unless he became circumcised. However, he could choose to offer sacrifices to God if he so desired.
- A circumcised sojourner (called a proselyte in the New Testament) was equivalent to an Israelite in every way except he did not have a part of the land inheritance. He was expected to keep the Passover and sacrifices required of an Israelite.
"And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you" (Exodus 12:43-49).
"All who are native-born shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD. And if a stranger dwells with you, or whoever is among you throughout your generations, and would present an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD, just as you do, so shall he do. One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you" (Numbers 15:13-16).
"And if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God" (Leviticus 19:33-34).
Concerning the judicial law: "You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the LORD your God" (Leviticus 24:22).
By marrying Boaz, Ruth became the equivalent of a circumcised stranger. Those in Nineveh were foreigners. While they heeded God's warnings and repented of their sins, nothing indicates that they converted (Jonah 3).