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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Why a Changing Heart?
I feel excited but also sad, because this means these days are my last days in this company. I have so many good memories here with my co-workers.
As a business development or someone who assist the CEOs to make decisions, I feel that expanding my knowledge horizon is very important. We must become a generalist, not a specialist. That is one main reason why I will accept the job in that company.
I already had certain knowledge about transportation industry, including 3PL and operating lease from my current company. If there is an opportunity to know other industries, I think I will take it.
In this case, I will get the opportunity to learn about CPO [Crude Palm Oil] industries. The CPO company itself is a major vertically integrated agribusiness group with principal activities that span from research and development, oil palm seed breeding, oil palm cultivation and milling to the refining, branding and marketing of cooking oil, margarine, shortening and other palm oil derivative products. The Group is also a producer of Crude Coconut Oil in Indonesia.
My position as a financial analyst will be much likely the same, assist in drawing in-depth conclusions and make recommendations to Board of Directors from financial, operating and planning data; also involve in some projects to acquire or build new business units.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
My Comfort Zone
"I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.
The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I'd never done before,
But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.
I said it didn't matter that I wasn't doing much.
I said I didn't care for things like commission checks and such.
I claimed to be so busy with the things inside the zone,
But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.
I couldn't let my life go by just watching others win.
I held my breath; I stepped outside and let the change begin.
I took a step and with new strength I'd never felt before,
I kissed my comfort zone goodbye and closed and locked the door.
If you're in a comfort zone, afraid to venture out,
Remember that all winners were at one time filled with doubt.
A step or two and words of praise can make your dreams come true.
Reach for your future with a smile; success is there for you!"
Working in my company right now is like being in the comfort zone. I know my work very well and the people I work with are very predictable. I don't say that work here is not challenging, I learn a lot last year. But ever since this company strategy is changing from expand the business portfolio to only maintain it, I feel that my learning curve is mature, and it's time to move on.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Survival Books in The Corporate World
I will tell you to read books that are not theoretical, not boring; in fact it will be the most fun books you've ever read.
I like to read witty and humorous books about corporate world. Sometimes I need that to understand our CEOs perspective or to analyze what's going on in the board room. What are those books?
What would Machiavelli Do? By Stanley Bing
This book is brutal, witty, to the point, and sarcastic. Don't ever be too serious in practicing what's in this book. Use this book as your guidance to understand some weird act of your CEOs. Maybe they have been practicing one of Machiavelli method.
I keep this book as my 'bible' to sail the corporate world, especially as the 'CEO Prompter'.
- He would realize that loving yourself means never having to say you're sorry He would feast on other people's discord
- He would establish and maintain a psychotic level of control
- He wouldn't exactly seek the company of ass-kissers and bimbos, but he wouldn't reject them out of hand either
- He would kill people, but only if he could feel good about himself afterward
- He would use other people's opinions to sell his book!
The Dilbert Principles, By Scott Adams
If Stanley Bing writes how to be a Machiavellian leader, Scott Adams writes from the workers point of view. The "Dilbert Principle" say that the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.
Chapters include such titles as "Pretending To Work," "Machiavellian Methods," and "Engineers, Scientists, Programmers, and Other Odd People." The book is full with such advice as "The worth of any project is how it will sound on your resume" and "Never walk down the hall without a document in your hand". He stresses the importance of using the business jargon as often as possible and discusses the value of computers in pretending to be busy. We all familiar with this cynical, satirical story of corporate life. This book is very funny.
The World is Flat, By Thomas L. Friedman.
You can come out from your 'cubicles' and see what's going on around the globe by reading this book. Soon, how the world works will be changing dramatically and of course we don't want to 'miss the train'. We must change how we think and how we act, because the world is also changing rapidly.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Must Have Internet Software
We can't depend on books and training, it is obsolete. Internet is the new world, and with it we can change how we work, how we think, and how we deal with problems. I usually just goggling someone or something that I want to know.
There are some software that you need if you want to safe your time researching the internet.
- Internet Download Manager
A must have one, because it is faster and reliable, and you also can retrieve the entire website if you want with IDM.
- AVG Anti-Virus Software
There is a free edition for this software that you can download in its website, but it is better to buy the complete package. Internet is also risky with new kind of viruses or Trojan. You never know what hits you until all your data are lost.
- Internet Explorer 7 or Mozilla Firefox
The IE 7 and Mozilla are the faster and more secure way to surf the web. It can prompt or give a warning if there is some program force to download.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
You must have this software in order to read some documents downloaded from the net.
- WinZip or WinRar
Some documents that are in .zip or .rar format needs to extract with this software.
- Flash Player
Surfing the net is not fun without Flash Player. You can make some presentation in Flash Player too for more interactive performance.
The lists are still long if you want to have an advanced experience surfing the net. Maybe you can help me add some.
Network Planning & Development Project
This day, with fierce competition in operating lease business, it is possible to build a new branch of course, but we must act more carefully to estimate the initial investment, payback period of that branch, sales target, and many things else.
I think the company didn't think or concern about this earlier because our CEOs background mostly from sales or operation. Usually they just see from the opportunity but didn't go detail about the financing concern.
We highlight this concern in Business Process Reengineering [BPR] project. Network Planning & Development is one of the projects that still on going in my company.
The idea is if we have potential market in one area, we can't just decide to build a branch there only based on market study. We must consider the financial study and make a feasibility study.
The global concept is like this:
So, the output or deliverables in this project are:
- Branch Classification
We made a branch classification matrix based on Unit in Operation numbers and percentage of sales dealing. We follow-up this classification to define the branch man power standard, office and building facilities, benefit and employee level for every branch class.
- Man Power Standard
Together with HR department, we made a Man Power Standard. Each branch has different class, therefore we define different standard for them. Example, a 90% sales dealing and a big branch can't have junior administration head; it must have a senior and maybe an assistant too.
With this, we also can make their career path, they can start from branch that has lower classification and then climb up to higher branch class.
- Office Facilities Standard
Building and office facilities will be varied depend on the branch classification.
- Template of Feasibility Study
Now, this is the difficult one. The effort to build this template has to make me learn again about Excel function in more advance way.
Generally, I am proud of the project result, because right now, it is possible to make a financial projection to build a branch.
The Feasibility templates will calculate:Profit and Loss Projection for 5 year; Cash Flow projection; Loan Payment Schedules; Sales target and Cost budgeting; Payback period [for op lease branch 5 year pp is not enough ^_^]; IRR; and NPV.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Knowledge Management Portal
As a 'CEO Prompter' like everybody said, I don't have the accurate analysis of why this thing happen. Many factors have caused it; hijack from our competitor and not satisfied with the leadership maybe are the major reasons with the leave.
New employee needs to be taught about how this company works. They must learn the operating procedure, monthly performance report, department policies, job descriptions and many thing else.
Sometimes the transfer knowledge from the former employee is not completed. So, this new employee has to learn from the start. They must even build again some simple analysis or report template because they don't know that it had been done before.
We suggest our CEOs to build a knowledge management portal in the intranet. So everyone from all over the branches can have an online learning portal about the procedure, policies, job descriptions, and even can download some work templates.
The idea of this portal is simple. We just design a user friendly intranet where user can browse everything they want to know. We put all the documents, templates, and procedures in the portal, so authorized user can download it. There will be no hassle, no repetitive work, and new employee can make a productive work immediately.
The follow-up idea for this KM portal is to make a 'dashboard' for everyone so they know the company performance and have a broad view outside their department.
Of course there is some concern about data security. What happen if the employee got hijack by our competitor and they brought all this knowledge?
But my answer is this; the competitor can have all the documents, policies, operating procedures, and even the employee; but in the service business 'the brand image', the work culture, and the system can't be easily copied.
If we consider the risk and benefit, like my favorite CEO one said, "I worried more about calculating the wrong cost structure because our sales lack of knowledge, compare to that knowledge steal by our competitor". Organization and its knowledge are always changing and evolving, so today solution is a tomorrow problem. Why we must worry?
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Order Generation & Customer Analysis
Our way of selling the services, which are: car for long term leasing, car rental, and driver services, is the proven way until recently. Today, our consultant for BPR brought a new idea about selling [not so new because many companies had already done this, ex: IBM]. They told us not to 'selling boxes' anymore, instead we must transform to 'consultative selling'.
Selling boxes is to sell what we have to customer and pay little regard to what they need. Example: we have Toyota or Daihatsu brand, so that's what we offer to customer. We don't care about helping our customer reach the cost efficiency in their fleet management.
Consultative selling in the other hand is we observe the customer problems first, and then offer the right solution. We answer their problem using our expertise in fleet management.
The results for this method are our customer will have more efficient fleet cost, reduce lead time, transfer the transportation risk, and fewer headaches. [But more headaches and risk in us ^_^]
Of course we charge management fee for this 'added value' services, and we can create bigger profit for this services because the customer can't compare the price to other competitor. If we still selling boxes, then the customer are always choose the cheaper one.
Our CEOs are very interested in this concept, so do our divisions head.
They don't realize that this concept was already proposed by our former boss last year and the year before. [Maybe that's why he quitted ^_^]
My conclusion is, for a concept or an idea to become acceptable, all depends on who is the 'singer'. The consultant in this case, is the stranger with a briefcase; we have more trust in outside appearance than in the inside.
Maybe after this, I'll work with Consultant, so my voice will be heard even tough I'm 'singing' the same song. ^_^!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
P2P: Pay to Perform
A company can get a low pay employee to do a job, but don't expect a high quality result.
Actually, the salaries in my company is not bad, many people say it is above average if we add other benefits beside money. For example: the 8 to 5 working hour, rarely overtime, internet access, no fierce competition among co worker, etc.
What I learned after working for several companies is this, if the company doesn't have the accurate tools to measure your performance, it is better to negotiate the salary as high as possible on the first time. It is because later you cannot be sure how you can climb the corporate ladder or get a salary raise, so better to get what you want from the start.
There are some big companies that still don't have a KPI for every position. In this case, when doing the performance analysis for employee they tend to be subjective or they measure the 'wrong' KPI, like lateness, absence report, etc.
How can you perform, if the only measure for your salaries future is the absence report? That's why you must put everything in early salary negotiation.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Standard Costing & Pricing
So, estimating how much we want to sell for our services depend on how much the cost [cost plus method]. Also, for some companies, they also decide by seeing who the customer is [cost to serve method].
Cost estimating and analysis is challenging for many companies including mine. We got a long term impact from the risk in doing wrong cost estimation. Operating Lease business is a long term contract and we feel the impact, if we are wrong in setting the price, in the end of the contract.
One of our BPR project is to make standard calculation for costing and pricing. So every branch will have the same method when they calculating the cost and the price. We made standard of how to calculate all the cost factors not on the pricing itself.
We also going to record the cost structure in our system [SAP], so every key person knows how much the budget for each customer. The objective for this is to control the margin. For example, if we set a maintenance cost for US$ 5000 a year, then we can compare it with the actual cost in that year.
This is an important project and very complex because we must combining ideas from the entire key person. Also, changing the culture and made people do the new calculating standard is even more challenging.
I just hope that our CEOs have a commitment to make every one doing this. We are just the CEO prompter; the one who assist with the concept and do the paper work; in the end, it is the CEO who must 'sing' the concept to everyone.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Microsoft Excel - The blood of BD Analyst
As a business development analyst, I deal with a lot amount of data. Our job is to make that data useful information to make decision. Sometimes, if we already know what we are going to do with that data, it is a simple work with Excel. But many times, I must clean up the data, think about what kind analysis is the most appropriate, and build the modeling calculation in Excel.
I must say that Excel has help me a lot and I am still try to use it to the fullest.
Kinds of analysis or modeling that I usually made:
- Feasibility Study : this was the most comprehensive one I ever build.
- Capital Budgeting : for make decision to buy or lease a machine or vehicle or any kind of investment.
- Corporate Valuation : to decide whether how much the value of one company, usually we use this if we want to buy or sell a company.
- Incentive design : I build this for our new sales incentive scheme.
- and much more [I usually start some simple analysis and then develop it to a more complex one]


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Infrastructural Facilities
Loyola Library
A significant learning resource with a vision and mission.
Vision: Create and sustain good reading habits so as to develop an environment of library- centred education that encourages intellectual curiosity
Mission: To provide economically the right information to the right user at the right time.
Read more: library.loyolacollegekerala.edu.in
Loyola Computer Centre
The well-equipped Computer Centre offers courses to the students and staff in the latest word processing and data analysis packages. Internet and email facilities are available.
Separate hostels for men and women are available. Admissions to hostels will be made only after the student is admitted to the College.
Audio-visual Hall
An audio-visual hall with facilities of television, slide projector, LCD projector and overhead projector is available for the use of staff and students. Every two classrooms are provided with an overhead projector and is constantly used. A separate computer with multimedia facility is made available for classroom teaching and seminars.
Dr. Jose Murikkan's Hall
Dr. Jose Murikkan's Hall is a fully air-conditioned hall with a seating capacity of 35-40 persons is ideal for international seminars. The hall is fully equipped with all the audiovisual equipment including multimedia projectors, etc. The facility can also be used for various studies, seminars, conferences and workshops.
LES Hall
LES (Loyola Extension Services) Hall can be used to conduct training, seminars, conferences and workshops. The hall is well equipped with all types of audiovisual equipment.
The College has a spacious and clean canteen run by the women Neighbourhood Group. Meals, snacks and beverages are available at a subsidized price for students as well as visitors.
Other facilities
Facility for photocopying is available within the campus. To facilitate communication requirements of students and staff a telephone booth with STD and ISD call facilities is operated in the LES Block. A mini bus caters to the transportation needs of the students. A store supplies essential stationery within the college premises. Health rooms are available for both male and female students.

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Herman Cain's sin: stupidity, not bigotry
13 Comments · Posted by David Hume in politics
I get tired of Left-liberals who yammer on about "bigotry" because people are concerned that candidate X is Mormon/Muslim/etc. A person's whole background matters, and when you are judging someone politically you are engaging in an act of discrimination based on your values. Some conservatives play the "religious bigotry" game too, but they're being self-interested hypocrites, as I suspect most conservatives don't have an issue with individual discrimination based on religious orientation as such (e.g., last I checked conservatives were overrepresented among the set of Americans who wouldn't vote for an atheist for president).
The differences on this issue have cropped up in the Herman Cain Arab-doctor-chemotherapy story. Some people bring this up as evidence of Cain's overall bizarre stupidity. But others see it as more evidence of his anti-Muslim bias. The reality is that I think anti-Muslim bias as a general matter isn't necessarily bad. Just like anti-atheist or anti-Evangelical bias isn't necessarily bad. I wouldn't want my daughter marrying an Evangelical or a Muslim. And so on. But if I had cancer I really wouldn't care if my doctor was a Muslim, Evangelical, or pagan worshiper of the three-horned-god! What I'd care about is whether my doctor knew their medicine! Yes, I know Herman Cain is joking…but there's way too much evidence that this guy is just a plain joker. People do, and should, take all aspects of background into account when judging he character others. But they need to do this rationally and effectively. At least if they want to be president of the United States of America.
Addendum: I apologize to Sarah Palin for thinking she was ignorant or dull. The curve just got re-centered.
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gimpyblog · November 22, 2011 at 12:39 pm
The reality is that I think anti-Muslim bias as a general matter isn't necessarily bad. Just like anti-atheist or anti-Evangelical bias isn't necessarily bad. I wouldn't want my daughter marrying an Evangelical or a Muslim.
Evangelicals are a Christian sect, Muslims are not a sect. Individual sects within Islam vary in their beliefs and tolerances, just as individual sects do in Christianity.
Anti-Muslim bias is therefore discriminating against an entirety of a religious group encompassing a vast range of behaviours, whereas anti-Evangelical bias is discriminating against a particular defined set of behaviours. This can be quite reasonably be referred to as anti-Muslim bias as it treats the range of belief seen in Islam as different from that seen in Christianity.
gimpyblog · November 22, 2011 at 4:48 pm
So I can improve myself, would you mind explaining your disagreement with my comment?
Clark · November 22, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Also isn't "sect" a bit more organized than the broad Evangelical movement? (Which includes baptists, methodists, and a whole slew of "non-denominational" groups)
I can't quite figure out Cain. He's obviously smart. Even if you aren't a particularly good mathematician the mere fact you can get a degree in that tends to say you are well above most people in smarts. Further he's gone on and been remarkably successful in business. Yet he also has these huge swaths of ignorance. And he's not just ignorant. He seems proudly ignorant.
It's as if he knows he's smart in some areas and has the hubris to believe that means either he can master any new area and that if he doesn't it must not be important. I suspect that accounts for not only his inexplicable dismissals of foreign policy (arguably the place we ought worry the most about a President) but also some anti-Islamic statements that I think pretty well are bigoted (and I think that gets thrown around a bit too loosely).
Like you I don't mind people voting their values. I can completely understand why some Evangelicals and even secular liberals might not want to ever vote for a Mormon. I might think it a bit ignorant, but I can understand why someone might do that rationally and justifiably. However I'm not sure Cain's comments rise to that level in that I think there's a kind of informed ignorance we might understand for a particular person. But then there's the kind of ignorance where we recognize someone really ought know better even given their background.
Cyg · November 22, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Razib Khan? That sounds foreign–not that I have anything against foreign bloggers–but this sounds too foreign.
What? He was raised in New York and Oregon? How do I know he isn't a sleeper-cell blogger?
He's an atheist? And a scientist? Heck, that ain't no conservative!
Kidding aside, I am no fan of anyone whose pre-packaged world views dictate their actions without regard to reason, so I understand Razib's general bias against Muslims and Evangelicals.
But, as Gimpy rightly (not retardedly) observes, this position lacks nuance. Fareed Zakaria and Keith Ellison cannot be lumped in the same category as Nidal Hassan or Richard Reid. Should I discount the sacrifice of Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan or the policy pronouncements of Robert D. Crane just because they are Muslim? For someone whom I'm guessing is regularly forced to explain that he isn't a Muslim, Razib doesn't seem like the guy who ought to be promoting "a general bias" against Muslims.
Turns out I'm probably going to vote for a guy who believes Jesus is Satan's brother, that Yahweh lives near the planet Kolob, that you can baptize dead people, that it was impossible for black people to go to heaven before 1978, etc., just because he is closer to the center of the political spectrum than Obama. Heck, everybody running believes in virgin births, walking cadavers, talking snakes, etc. What am I gonna do? Sit home and not vote?
CJColucci · November 22, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Those of us who adhere to no religion must generally choose from among candidates who are, at least nominally, of some religion or other. I would have real trouble with a candidate who held to extreme views relevant to issues that the candidate would have to deal with as a public official based on any religious system. I don't think, however, that most nominal adherents of most reasonably widespread religions hold such extreme views. So while Islam, Mormonism, or Presbyterianism all strike me as, at best, mistaken, I have no issue with the common run of Muslims, Mormons, or Presbyterians. It does seem to me that people who object to Muslims, Mormons, or Presbyterians as such, without regard to their detailed views, are usefully described as bigots, even if it would be completely rational to object to jihadists, etc.
CJColucci · November 23, 2011 at 3:51 pm
we're defining "bigotry" down….
Maybe. But can you suggest a more useful shorthand phrase for someone who objects to a Presbyterian simply because he is a Presbyterianism, without any knowledge of whether the particular Presbyterian holds to some Presbyterian-influenced values or is likely to engage in some Presbyterian-induced behavior that the objector, given his own values, would rationally object to?
j mct · November 23, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I think if Cain actually wins, he'll have a sane reaction to the prospect of actually being president. He'll demand a recount! I think he's a much better 'not Romney' guy than Gingrich, since I'm not at all sure that Gingrich will demand a recount if he wins, but hopefully he will.
Since Perry flamed out, it looks like it's the Rockefeller Republican, Romney, and there doesn't seem to be a Goldwater Republican. I'd just like to take a fmri of Romney's brain when he's watching this videao though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEuiI2PbSWQ.
Narr · November 23, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Cyg asks if he should just sit home and not vote, to which I answer, why not? It's not as if a single person's vote has any weight, and one can always tell people that one voted for whoever the winner turns out to be . . .
I've sat out many a vote, but never taken that second step.


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Can you solve a challenge and save Halloween?
Halloween is coming and also disaster. But there is hope.
Download: Google Play / Opera Mobile Store
If you can solve a mathematical challenge, you can avert disaster. The world needs your math skills. Can you solve a Halloween challenge and save Halloween?
The game Halloween Challenge test your imagination and mathematical ability. How many mathematical challenges can you solve?
Firstly, I wanted this game for kids. But my adult friends had more fun with game like kids. I decided that the game will be for them. Because Halloween is coming, I choosed this theme for game too. This game was created in less than 48 hours, so it's my record! 🙂


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People will once again make their way to a tiny village in Northamptonshire for a popular fete and dog show.
Winwick Country Church Fete and Fun Dog Show takes place on Sunday, September 3, from 2pm.
One of the organisers, Sue Sherman, said: "It looks like being the biggest since Winwick first started holding fetes more than 70 years ago.
"Back in those days, in addition to stalls and attractions, the afternoon gave local children a rare opportunity to see a film, with straw bales to sit on, and the flickering screen projected onto a large white sheet."
Fast forward 70 years, and the fete's nod to nostalgia is still in evidence with visitors in 2017 having the opportunity to win a trip in a 1914 Vauxhall. In addition to arts and craft stalls, a coconut shy, a human fruit machine, bouncy castle and welly wanging.
"In addition to more than 70 stalls, visitors will also be able to watch duck races in the brook and enjoy tea and cakes whilst listening to Lutterworth Town Band and Guilsborough singer, Emily Faye," added Sue.
"This year Winwick Manor Gardens will also be open, with a unique opportunity to visit the gardens and take gourmet tea on the Manor Terrace (extra charge applies).
"There really is something for everyone."
Dog classes include waggiest tail and most appealing eyes.
Admission is £2.50 for adults, OAPs and children over 12 £1. Children under 12 Free Proceeds to The Church.


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There are some very good recipes for a White Russian drink, such as the recipes found on the Esquire and Drinks Mixer websites. The Esquire site has the classic White Russian recipe that consists of three ingredients, which are Kahlua, heavy cream and vodka. A White Russian is a sweet drink that is typically served in an old-fashioned glass with some ice in it.
The Drinks Mixer site has a similarly recipe for a White Russian, but this recipe uses light instead of heavy cream. This site has six other recipes for this drink, which can be found by using the drinks search option.
The history of the White Russian drink dates back to the early 20th century. From that time to the present, there have been different variations of this drink. such as the Russian Bear cocktail drink.


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Here is a four minute monologue on reactions of people to my gender shift. Feel free to share this with anyone it may help!
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It took a time period of more than 5 years for the company Nikon to announce the successor of Nikon D300S, which was announced in July 2009.
After seeing the superb specifications of the Nikon D500 comparative to its predecessor Nikon D300S, the delay of its announcement doesn't, matter.
Undoubtedly the camera Nikon D500 is the winner in all sections compare to Nikon D300S and other current APSC flagship DSLR.
The Nikon D500 sports 20.9MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor which is larger than12.3 MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor placed in Nikon D300S.
It has the advanced EXPEED 5 Image Processor while Nikon D300S comes with EXPEED Image Processor. It can shoot continuously at 10 fps with a 200 shot buffer for Raw images which is better than the Continuous Shooting Up to 7 fps by Nikon D300S.
The Nikon D500 can capture 4K UHD Video recording at 30 fps, which is comparative superior than HD 720p Video Recording at 24 fps by its predecessor.
The Nikon D500 has native ISO 51200, which can be further extended up to ISO 1640000, while the predecessor has the limitation of native ISO 3200, which can be extended up to ISO 6400.
It also features 'SnapBridge', a constant connection to a smartphone using Bluetooth , supports built-In Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity, which are absent in Nikon D300S.
Hence much delay of Nikon D500 has definitely fruitful for those willing users who were waiting for the replacement of Nikon D300S for long time.
The users can get D500 at the cost of $2000 from March, 2016.
- 9MP DX-Format CMOS Sensor
- EXPEED 5 Image Processor
- 2″ 2,539k-Dot Tilting Touchscreen LCD
- 4K UHD Video Recording at 30 fps
- Multi-CAM 20K 153-Point AF System
- Native ISO 51200, Extend to ISO 1640000
- 10 fps Shooting for Up to 200 Frames
- Built-In Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC
- In-Camera Time Lapse, Up to 9999 Frames
Press release:
The Highly Anticipated Resurrection of the DX-Format Flagship Gives Photographers the Best Combination of Speed, Reach and Connectivity
LAS VEGAS, NV (January 5, 2016) – Today, Nikon Inc. announced the D500, a DX-format DSLR with pro-level features that gives photographers nimble handling, speed and extreme processing power in a compact and lightweight body. With amazing imaging capability, robust build quality and lightning fast performance, the D500 is sure to satisfy as the highly sought-after successor to the venerable D300S. Like its sibling the D5, the D500 benefits from Nikon's latest technological innovations such as the totally new, blazing-fast Multi-CAM 20K 153-point AF system and 4K UHD video capture, yet adds a fun new way to share photos with Nikon SnapBridge built-in.
"Nikon has answered the call from photographers to once again re-invent this camera category and offer an unmatched combination of performance and value that is hard for any photographer to resist," said Masahiro Horie, Director of Marketing and Planning, Nikon Inc. "When paired with the amazing imaging capabilities of legendary NIKKOR optics, photographers can capture intimate portraits, mind-blowing macros or action from extreme distances– the possibilities are endless."
Pro-Level Image Quality, DX-Format Versatility
The D500 imagines the best of both worlds, offering advanced enthusiasts and pro photographers all the benefits of DX-format, such as smaller form-factor and lens crop, combined with many of the same advanced pro features found in the new Nikon D5. The new Nikon D500 features an all-new 20.9-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor that renders images with outstanding colors and gorgeous tonality. This new sensor is coupled with Nikon's new EXPEED 5 image processing engine, affording low noise and maximum processing power with a surprisingly small footprint and superbly balanced body.
The benefits of the DX-format are evident for long-distance applications like wildlife and sports photography, where telephoto ability is at a premium and weight reduction is welcome. With Nikon's legendary FX or smaller-sized DX-format NIKKOR lenses, the sleek D500 is the ideal companion for wanderlust. When mated with the new AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens, the D500 offers a remarkable 350-750mm equivalent focal range for a lightweight, yet super-telephoto duo.
Because amazing images can happen even when the sun goes down, the D500 is capable of excellent low-light performance, with an ISO range of 100-51,200, expandable to 50-1,640,000 equivalent. From low-light cityscapes to action sports under the lights, the D500 is ready to tackle any imaging challenge.
Performance Meets Portability
Within the streamlined body of the D500 is a formidable processing powerhouse. Whether photographing sideline sports for the home team or animals in exotic destinations, a super-fast 10 frames-per-second (fps) burst speed with full AF and AE will help nail nearly any shot. This extreme speed lets users capture every fleeting moment in exceptional clarity, while a generous buffer allows for up to 79 shots (14-bit, uncompressed RAW/NEF) to be captured, so the moment won't be missed.
To keep pace with the action, the D500 is fitted with the same AF system as the Nikon D5, the Multi-CAM 20K AF sensor module, with a separate dedicated processor for AF function. On the D500's DX format sensor, the 153-point AF array fills the frame from side to side, letting users flawlessly track and lock-onto subjects from the edges of the viewfinder. Like the D5, the D500 utilizes the new 180K RGB Metering system and Advanced Scene Recognition System to help ensure balanced exposures and fantastic color rendition in nearly any shooting situation.
Controls and Rugged Construction Worthy of a Flagship
The D500 features an enhanced level of robust build quality, offering the same amount of rugged weather sealing as the Nikon D810. The durable body is a monocoque structure composed of magnesium alloy for the top and rear, while the front is reinforced with lightweight carbon fiber. The shutter mechanism has been tested for 200K actuations, helping to ensure maximum endurance. For further durability, the D500 excludes a pop-up flash, yet is compatible with Nikon's newest radio frequency capable flash, the SB-5000 Speedlight (with optional WR-R10 & WR-A10)1.
It's easy to compose and view images on the D500's bright 3.2-inch, high resolution (2359K-dot) touchscreen LCD, which lets users interact with photos in playback, control the camera and operate menus. When mounted on a tripod or shooting from creative angles, landscape and event shooters will appreciate the reinforced tilting LCD screen, similar to that of the Nikon D750. Additionally, images are rapidly written to either a fast XQD card slot or to the additional SD card slot for maximum workflow efficiency.
Constant Connectivity with the New Nikon SnapBridge
The D500 marshals in a new way to share photos wirelessly with the new Nikon SnapBridge, making the camera's built-in connectivity easier to use than ever before. SnapBridge allows for Bluetooth2 supported connection between your camera and compatible smart device, thus making automatic upload of your images possible. Once enabled, the camera stays connected to the smart device and transfers photos, eliminating the need to re-connect devices. Those looking to share images from their travels or from the field can also tag images for transfer in camera and can password protect their connection for added security. As an added benefit, the D500's built-in Near Field Communication (NFC)3 capability easily connects the camera to a compatible smart device with just a tap, while built-in Wi-Fi3 capability allows for faster wireless image transfer.
For those looking for an even faster transfer solution, the D500 is also compatible with the new optional WT-7A Wireless Transmitter, enabling wired or wireless transmission of files to an FTP server or computer at faster speeds.
Advanced Video Features
Just like the D5, the D500 has the ability to capture striking 4K UHD video at up to 30p (3840×2160), as well as Full HD (1080p) video at a variety of frame rates. Ready for any production, the camera sports a host of pro video features derived from the D810, including uncompressed HDMI output and Picture Controls, but adds even more great features. These pro-level creative video features include the ability to create 4K time-lapse movies in-camera, Auto ISO smoothing to provide fluid transitions in exposure during recording, and the capability to record 4K UHD video to the card and output to HDMI simultaneously. When capturing 1080p Full HD content, the camera also has a new 3-axis electronic VR feature that can be activated regardless of the lens being used. Challenging video exposures are no problem for the D500, as it also adds in Active D-Lighting to Full HD video to balance exposure values within a scene to help prevent blown-out highlights
Price and Availability
The new Nikon D500 DSLR will be available in March 2016 for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $1,999.95* for the body-only configuration. A kit will also be available, bundled with the versatile AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR lens, for the SRP of $3,069.95*. The MB-D17-battery pack will also be available in March 2016 for the SRP of $449.95* and will add extended battery life and facilitate vertical shooting. The WT-7A Wireless Transmitter will be available in March 2016, for the SRP of $934.95*.
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"Dear children! Also today I am carrying my Son Jesus to you and from this embrace I am giving you His peace and a longing for Heaven. I am praying with you for peace and am calling you to be peace. I am blessing all of you with my motherly blessing of peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."
A Little Reflection (by Sr. Isabel)
Today, we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. Is it any wonder that Our Lady stresses the peace which only He can give? She has given us Jesus to be our peace.We know that true peace will only come about for us when we are united with her and her Son in the eternal kingdom. Meanwhile, we strive for inner peace midst a troubled world in which peace seems to be unattainable.
We pray for peace, personal peace, peace in our families, peace in our communities, peace in our parishes, in our cities and in the entire world. It is encouraging that Our Lady is praying with us and for us. Holy Mary, Mother of the Infant Jesus, our Prince of Peace, intercede for us so that we may be instruments of peace in the world in which we live. Thank you for you Motherly blessing.


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If anything good came out of yesterday's news that Jon Favreau has passed on Iron Man 3, it's this: confirmation that David Fincher is directing the remake of Disney's classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Although reports of Fincher's involvement first emerged as far back as May, there had been no verification until yesterday, when the Los Angeles Times spoke with Favreau about his decision to depart Marvel's successful Iron Man franchise for Disney's family fantasy-adventure Magic Kingdom.
In the article, Favreau and Disney confirmed that Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) will direct the adaptation of the Jules Verne classic that inspired the landmark 1954 movie -- it was Disney's first science-fiction film -- and the popular theme-park attraction. Presumably, Fincher will tackle 20,000 Leagues after he completes his adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Informant!) is writing the screenplay.
In addition to Fincher's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Favreau's Magic Kingdom, Disney is developing a movie based on its Haunted Mansion attraction, to be co-written, produced and possibly directed by Guillermo del Toro. Given the runaway success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, who can blame them?


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This blacklist has been created for HARDLINERS. It can, and probably will cause collateral damage to innocent users when used to block email.UCEPROTECT-Level 3 lists all IP's within an ASN except those approved and clean IP's that are registered at ips.whitelisted.org if more than 100 IP's, but also a minimum of 0.2% of all IP's allocated to this ASN got Level 1 listed within the last 7 days.
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It mostly corresponds to several hundret abusive IP's at smaller providers, and some thousands at middle-sized or big providers.
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Local jewelry artist, Liza Lentini, donated 1,000 new pieces of jewelry to raise awareness for domestic violence. she is donating her work in order to help those affected by domestic violence. She has created a campaign called "A Thousand for a Thousand." She hopes other artists will join her campaign for this worthy cause. She hopes to complete her donation by October, National Domestic Awareness Month. Her donation is going to Rosie's Place in Boston and Safe Haven of Pike County in Mildford, PA. Lentini has chosen genuine pearls of all varieties. she is using crystals and a variety of ...Read More »
Dante Aligheri Society to Host Open House
The Dante Aligheri Society will be hosting an open house for their Fall Trimester Language Courses. The open house will be on September 3, 2015 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at their Cambridge location. At the open house, students will be able to not only sign up for the Fall Trimester, but also speak with teachers, test their language proficiency, and etc. If you are interested in attending the open house, contact the Dante Aligheri Society at 617-301-8354.Read More »
Dante Aligheri Society To Host Wine Tasting
Wine_Tasting_Summer_2015The Dante Aligheri Society will be hosting a wine tasting in September. In order to attend, guests must make a donation to the Society either by phone or through Eventbrite. The wine tasting will be held at the Society's Cambridge location on September 9, 2015.Read More »
East Boston Savings Bank Finances Boston Marine Transport Projects
Joe DiCunzolo, owner of Boston Marine Transport Inc., displayed the company's newly purchased oil barge, NY 30. He also displayed a newly renovated tug boat, named the Pinuccia. They were exhibited in Boston Harbor last week. The NY 30 took a little over a year to build, and the tug boat was recently renovated. East Boston Savings Bank provided over $5 million to finance these projects. CEO and Chairman of EBSB, Richard Gavengnano, said: "EBSB continues to make advances in our efforts to deliver substantial loans and create a more efficient and succinct lending process for customers."Read More »
OSIA Holds Grand Lodge Of Massachusetts' 101st State Convention
The Order Sons of Italy in America hosted The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts' 101st State Convention from June 11 to June 14. This year, the annual convention took place at the Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Many attended the event, including the organization's newly elected officers. Among the officials was new State President Antonio Sestito. Two outstanding, committed members were awarded at the convention. Delia Bartucca and Mario Lucciola were awarded the Golden Lions Award, which is the highest honor a member can receive. The recipients were awarded because they demonstrated great commitment to OSIA and promoted Italian ...Read More »
Italian Teens Compete In Local Sailing Competition
From July 14-18, two Italian teen sailors from Scuola Vela Mascalzone Latino will compete against three well-known Boston-area sailing centers. The teens were honored to accept this invitation and will receive credit from the school for competing. The event starts at the MIT Sailing Center, and ends with a ceremony at MIT Pavilion. At the ceremony, Consul Nicola De Santis will present an award to the teens. This event is hosted by Professionisti Italiani a Boston and the Italian Consulate.Read More »
Italian Students From Medford Attend BLO's "Don Giovanni"
On April 29, 2015, Medford High School Italian classes attended the Boston Lyric Opera's final dress performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Shubert Theatre in Boston. The group was able to attend the show because forty free tickets were donated to them by the educational department at the Boston Lyric Opera. The money to pay for the bus to take to-and-from the theatre was awarded to the group by a scholarship fund of former Italian teacher from the school, Michelina Petrangelo. This fund exists because Petrangelo wanted students to experience Italian activities, and have access to scholarships. The fund ...Read More »
Local scientists Fava, Loda, Pandolfi knighted by Republic of Italy
Maurizio Fava, director of the Clinical Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Massimo Loda, director of the Center for Molecular Oncologic Pathology at the Dana Faber Cancer Institute, and Pier Paolo Pandolfi, director of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), have recently been knighted by their native country of Italy. Maurizio Fava Dr. Fava obtained his medical degree from the University of Padova School of Medicine and completed residency training in endocrinology there. He completed residency training in psychiatry at Mass. General Hospital (MGH). He founded and was Director of the MGH Depression Clinical and Research ...Read More »
Celtics to play in Milan as part of NBA Global Games Europe 2015
The National Basketball Association (NBA), Euroleague Basketball and RCS Sport announced today that the Boston Celtics will play a preseason game on Oct. 6 against Olimpia Milano in Milan, Italy, as part of NBA Global Games Europe 2015. "On behalf of the Celtics organization, we are proud to return to Milan for NBA Global Games 2015," said Celtics' President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge. "I have particularly fond memories of playing in Europe almost 30 years ago, and I am sure our current players will relish this unique opportunity." The 17-time NBA Champion Celtics will play the three-time Euroleague Champion ...Read More »
East Boston Kiwanis recognizes community leaders Ferrino, Lombardo and Nucci
On May 19, the Kiwanis Club of East Boston honored three long-time club members for their years of dedication and service to the community of East Boston and the children of the world. The honorees — Judge Joseph V. Ferrino Sr. (ret.) of Winthrop, Dennis Lombardo of Randolph and John Nucci of East Boston — were presented with Legion of Honors awards by the East Boston Kiwanis, a club founded in 1947 with the mission "to improving the world, one child and one community at a time." Retired Judge Joseph Ferrino was recognized for his 50 years of service in ...Read More »
Festa della Repubblica celebrated at Filippo Ristorante
Boston's Italian American community came together on May 31 to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Italy as a Republic. Rainy conditions shifted the annual celebrations from Christopher Columbus Park to Filippo Ristorante. Organized by the local COMITES chapter and the Federazione Associazioni Italiane e Italo-Americane New England, the Festa kicked off with the Centro Attività Scolastiche Italiane (Casit) awarding ten individual scholarships to as many students from the Boston area. Winning schools included the North End's Eliot School, Medford's McGlynn Elementary and Andrews Middle School, Wilmington Middle School, Winchester High School, Stoneham High School, Revere High School, and Medford High ...Read More »
BU's Alexa Cambi among six Italian American women selected for Italian national lacrosse team
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Background Image Shrinking on iPad
Recently I was building a site that had full page backgrounds. One of the pages had a long vertical background to accommodate the content.
Here is an example of what I am talking about:
body {
background: #fff url(img/my-really-large.jpg) top center no-repeat;
Example (view on Desktop)
There really is not an issue (aside from image load) when viewing on Desktop browsers. However, I would like this site to be compatible with the iPad as well. Unfortunately this simple technique will not work on the iPad.
The iPad uses Mobile Safari which, by default, scales websites to fit it's viewport. It does this to text, images and background images. It has to do with a resource limit put on the device from displaying large images. The maximum number is 1024 x 1024 x 3 which is 3,145,728 (result varies a bit depending on iPhone or iPad). However, Mobile Safari will scale your image accordingly to fit that size and your screen.
You will end up with something like this (view on iPad)
There is a simple fix and it has to do with some newer -webkit tags. Add the following to your body declaration in your CSS:
-webkit-background-size: 1200px 1900px;
(where 1200 1900 is the size of your image)
This will only render on WebKit browsers and fix the issue of scaling.
See here (on iPad please)
This will force the iOS device to load the full background.
This tip will definitely be coming in handy again.


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Re: st: Logistic regression interpretation
Maarten buis <email@example.com>
Re: st: Logistic regression interpretation
Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:31:52 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Wed, 22/9/10, Dr. Bill Westman wrote:
> after the margins command, we have the four outcomes.
> The last line (1:1) in your example shows:
> 1 1 | .4279095
> _b[1.married#1.collgrad] in my example 17.87322.
> How do you interpret the 17.87 margin?
Given the way I used the -margins- command (with the
-exp(exp(xb()))- option), it will produce odds. This is a
measure of the likelihood of death similar to but not the
same as a probabilty. The 100*probability gives you the
expected number of people that died per 100 persons, while
the odds gives you the expected number of people that died
per person that survives. So 17.87 means that you expect
to find within the high risk treatment group 17.87 dead
people for every living person. (Assuming that your dependent
variable is coded 1 "died", 0 "survived".)
> Also - those two di statements at show the exact same odds
> - was this intentional?
Yes, odds ratios are literaly that: ratios of odds. My example
was intended to show that, and that this odds ratio is constant
regardless of whether one is in the high risk or low risk group.
Hope this helps,
Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
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The Amazing Star Gospel Connection of the USA and Israel, and the Zodiac in Bible Prophecy
Copyright 2007 By Helena Lehman
October 16, 2007 - There is an intriguing lead in determining where the United States figures in prophecy - a lead that no one to my knowledge has ever noted before, but that God has shown me. It stems from the fact that the continental United States consisted of forty-eight States from 1912 until 1959, when Alaska and Hawaii were added. Up until that time, the number of States was the same as the number of Levite cities in Israel, and constellations in the Ancient Mazzaroth! (NOTE: Mazzaroth = Hebrew word for "Zodiac") Could this be just a coincidence, or a highly significant clue into determining the destiny of the United States? Let's examine this clue to see what it may be trying to tell us.
Since Alaska and Hawaii are not physically part of the mainland appropriated by the United States, and do not share a common border with the other States in the Union, they are not part of the continental United States. There are therefore still only forty-eight States that make up the mainland United States. Could it be that these forty-eight States are meant to represent the forty-eight Levite cities, and constellations of the ancient Zodiac? One day, God gave me the answer to that question!
It happened while I was praying to God for help in finishing my book "The Language of God in Prophecy" (available for purchase at http://pillar-of-enoch.com, and Amazon.com). While in prayer, I had an amazing vision of the United States, and its role in history. In this vision, I saw a bright blue sky where cool, cloudy Alaska suddenly appeared superimposed over a big silver crescent, and the islands of hot, sunny Hawaii were superimposed over a big yellow Sun shape. (See illustration shown full size in the Adobe PDF file linked to below).
In the next instant, the forty-eight continental States were spread across the heavens beneath the Alaska Moon and Hawaii Sun. When the vision ended, it became clear to me that Alaska was being depicted as an allegorical representation of the Moon, while Hawaii was an allegorical representation of the Sun. Meanwhile, the forty-eight other States stretched out across the sky could only mean one thing: they must represent the forty-eight constellations of the ancient Zodiac!
This vision clearly showed me that the fifty States represent the forty-eight constellations, and the Sun and the Moon that pass through the Zodiac every year! Could this be why 50 white stars superimposed over an azure background represents every State on the US Flag? Uncannily, while researching the history of the US Flag for this book, I discovered that the thirteen stars on the original flag were intended to represent a new constellation! This means that what I saw in a vision was anticipated and symbolized in the US Flag from the beginning.
This suggests that, coupled with the US Flag, my vision is Yahweh's way of showing all Americans how important the USA is to Him as a nation, and a people "under God." Incidentally, the original US Flag had thirteen stars on an azure background, and thirteen stripes: seven red, and six white. The stripes stand for the thirteen original colonies, which became the first thirteen States in the Union. Interestingly, the total number of the stripes in one color, 7 and 6, also indicate the year that America declared its independence from Great Britain. To better understand my meaning, click on the following URL to see the Adobe PDF file with illustrations showing the USA's connection to the Mazzaroth, and the Original Flag of the USA with its 13 stars and stripes:
This idea that the United States is a symbolic representation of the Mazzaroth, and of literal and spiritual Israel is also substantiated by the dream that the patriarch Joseph had when he was a boy (Genesis 37:9-11). In that dream vision, Joseph was shown that the people in his life who were signified by the Sun, Moon, and stars would one day bow down to him. Like Joseph's Israelite family, the United States represents every nation on Earth, and one day every nation will bow their heads to Christ, including the United States! But on another prophetic level, Joseph's dream vision also suggests that the United States is truly viewed as a literal part of Israel in prophecy by Yahweh God, not just a spiritual part of it.
The association of the numbers thirteen and forty-eight with the United States are prophetically significant in several other ways. First of all, the USA's connection to the number thirteen signifies that it is symbolically connected to the Sun transiting the Twelve Houses of the Zodiac, as well as to Jacob and the Twelve Tribes of Israel, and Christ and the twelve apostles. Secondly, America's connection to the number forty-eight indicates that it shares a relationship with the Tribe of Levi, and the Gospel in the Stars.
Allegorically, the Tribe of Levi was the spiritual center of the nation of Israel, and - alongside the Bible and Yahshua (i.e. Jesus) our Messiah - the Gospel in the Stars should be a spiritual guide for the world. Since the number 48 is connected to the Gospel in the Stars, which recognizes 48 constellations, it is another clear indicator that America is meant to be a great source of spiritual light in this dark world. Based on the number of professing Christians in the U.S. population, and the many missionaries these American Christian congregations have sent out into the world, the United States is unquestionably the statistical world leader in both numbers of missionaries and churches.
Through Moses and Aaron, the Tribe of Levi inherited the priesthood. This suggests that, besides being considered a literal part of Israel, the United States is also being reckoned as the Tribe of Levi! This means that America is being called to give more spiritual light to the world than any other nation today outside of the nation of Israel. America, then, is the modern spiritual "navel of the world," just as Giza in Egypt is the physical "navel of the world."
As my friend Janice Moore pointed out to me, a navel is a scar left when a baby is severed from its mother by the cutting of the umbilical cord. It is therefore a potent symbol for the Fall of mankind, for this was when Adam and Eve were severed from their personal relationship with God. In addition, a navel is a symbol of our need for spiritual and physical redemption from sin and death. All professing Christians therefore serve to remind the unredeemed sinners in the world that they are damned without Christ. As the greatest bastion of Christianity in today's world, America is a symbolic navel of remembrance among the nations.
Stay tuned for more articles like this one, which is based entirely on exciting material taken directly from the book "The Language of God in Prophecy," the last book in the four-book encyclopedic Language of God Book Series, that explores the symbolic Language of God hidden in the Zodiac and the Bible, and the need to understand the connection between the two in order to correctly decipher Bible Prophecy.
Blog for the Pillar of Enoch Ministry - Web Home of the Language of God and Pillar of Enoch Trilogy books by Author Helena Lehman. Explore the Gospel in the Stars, Bible prophecy, wisdom from the Book of Enoch, antediluvian constellations, and messianic theology. Helena's books and essays reveal parable-like messages in the Great Pyramid, Great Sphinx, Desert Tabernacle, and rituals of the Jews. Visit this educational web site at http://pillar-of-enoch.com.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Posted by Pillar of Enoch Ministry Blog at 11:41 AM
Labels: Astrology, Astronomy, Bible prophecy, Christianity, Language of God, United States History, USA in Prohecy, Zodiac
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Nicole, your work is so beautiful! It was a pleasure to read more about your artistic journey through the class you took. I can't wait to see more of what's coming out of your creative soul!


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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A third live-action movie based on the cartoon TV series "Scooby Doo" will be released in the United States in DVD format, The Hollywood Reporter says.
The prequel "Scooby-Doo: In the Beginning," which will also will be shown on the Cartoon Network during its 2009 DVD release, follows two "Scooby" theatrical movies that were released in 2002 and 2004, the entertainment publication reports.
The movie will tell the tale of the dog Scooby Doo and his human mystery investigators during their younger years.
While the new "Scooby" film will feature live actors with computer-generated characters, it will be without the stars of the earlier films.
Instead of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr., the new edition will feature a group of relative newcomers.
The Reporter said the movie also represents part of the Cartoon Network's attempt to become a legitimate cinematic and live-action producer.


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The attempted murder of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in England on Sunday would provide dramatic fodder for a Cold War espionage series on Netflix.
The one-time double agent has been living in Britain since gaining his freedom from a Russian jail as part of a prisoner-spy swap with the West eight years ago. Now he is in a critical condition in hospital, along with his daughter, after being poisoned with a nerve agent. A police officer who was one of the first on the scene is seriously ill.
Such suspected lethal clandestine operations on foreign soil were supposedly consigned to the dustbin of history after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1991. History, according to some, "ended" at that point. The ineluctable march of the Western model of free market economies combined with democratic polities seemed inevitable. Whatever contingencies might arise, at least we would never live in the shadow of a nuclear holocaust again.
Now Russia has returned as an assertive, expansionist power with a substantial nuclear arsenal, though without Marxism or Leninism. Its leader considered the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century. Those events made an indelible impression on Vladimir Putin, who was stationed in Dresden as a middle-ranking KGB officer. His personal sense of grievance and humiliation plays an inordinate role in framing the strategic behaviour of the resurgent Russian Federation.
The Western alliance has been slow to respond to the rise of China and the re-emergence of Russia as a disruptive power. This has been a dangerous collective failure, the roots of which are structural and cultural. The hubris that mistakenly classified the collapse of a single political system for permanent triumph of our way of life is obvious with hindsight. Having been a military professional for much of the period since the Vietnam War, the perils of prediction are obvious to me.
Remember when the "inevitable" rise of Japan and the eclipse of American hegemony was the central issue of the US election campaign in 1992? Remember Tony Blair in Chicago in 1999, nobly but naively proclaiming the universal right of the West to intervene to stop genocide anywhere in the world? Then the long war against Islamic extremism, which would consume our attention and resources for the remainder of the 21st century?
It is easy to scoff at failed predictions. However, strategists and policymakers are obliged to try to forecast the immediate and long-term future. Such imperfect speculation shapes policy - and the diplomatic postures and military forces that are required to execute them. If the future defies meaningful prediction, what lessons does history offer?
The eminent military historian Azar Gat has correctly identified a decline in state-on-state warfare since the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. However, when conventional state-versus-state war does erupt, it is catastrophic and exacts a toll among non-combatants that is unprecedented in history. That would obviously be the case in the event of nuclear exchange between states.
In December 1989, I joined Bob Carr, his wife Helena and former NSW treasurer Michael Egan to walk through the chill mists towards the clinking of thousands of pick axes being wielded against the Berlin Wall. Through sheer coincidence we were attending the German Social Democratic Party Congress in Berlin. We passed through Checkpoint Charlie into an eerily dark and deserted East Berlin, whose residents had, en masse, flooded into the West to buy consumer goods denied to them for so long. All of us had lived through the era of Mutually Assured Destruction. That at least seemed to be behind us.
Yet as Azar Gat also concluded in his panoramic scan of war through the ages, the last time two autocratic capitalist powers threatened the international order, a global conflagration ensued. Germany and Japan possessed dynamic economies under authoritarian regimes and decided to break the shackles of the liberal democratic order. Their failure now looks "inevitable".
The United States has belatedly accepted that China and Russia are also not status quo powers and that they constitute a greater threat to its interests than Islamic terrorism. In one of the few decisions which reflects any credit upon him, President Donald Trump ordered a nuclear posture review within a week of his inauguration. The US arsenal has shrunk and has lost deterrent credibility. Putin has invested heavily in Russia's tactical and strategic nuclear forces. Last week's demonstration of Russia's capacity to strike the continental United States was not hollow posturing.
Under Putin, Russia has deployed about 2000 tactical nuclear warheads on the frontier with NATO. It has upgraded its strategic bomber forces to be capable of launching nuclear missiles against the United States, from Russian airspace. Its declaratory policy on the use of nuclear weapons is remarkably sanguine when it comes to escalation and de-escalation of theatre nuclear conflict in Europe.
In light of their brazen and sustained use of cyber capabilities, comprising both computer network operations and political influence activity, against Estonia, Ukraine, and even the United States, we should not doubt Putin's resolve to use nuclear weapons.
A man traumatised by the collapse of a wall is confronted by a US president who wants to erect one. Trump's declaration of a trade war last week, when he said he would impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminium, demonstrates even more starkly than his inertia against Putin's direct interference in his own election the institutional crisis in the Western alliance.
Our rejection of aberrant Russian and Chinese behaviour was legitimised by an appeal to a normative system of liberal values and institutions dating back to the end of the last global war. But as Trump puts up the walls again, this time with tariffs, do we even believe that narrative ourselves any more?
Catherine McGregor is a Fairfax Media columnist.


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Baby, when it's cold outside, and there's inches and inches of snow outside (right now the snow is melting away, but it's still there and icky), you sometimes must make a trade-off between chic and warm/dry. I thought I'd forever be bundling up in thick coats, looking like the Michelin Man in my puffer jacket and ugly-ass Timberland snow boots that make me look like the daughter of a Sherpa. That is, I thought so until I got my The North Face belted parka and remembered that Hunter Wellington boots are both waterproof and warm, and thereby all their more affordable knock-off sisters are thusly cozy as well! Before some of the craziest blizzards of Michigan February blew in with their sturm und drang, chaos and other general turmoil, I snagged a pair of rubbers from DSW.com and bought a pair of Steve Madden fleece boot liners, which keep my tooties toasty, whilst shielding me from having to purchase a pair of Uglies (Uggs).
(I still believe that, despite the vast array of abhorrent footwear out there, Uggs will always be epitomé of absolute lack of taste. I get that they're comfy and warm, but they are ugly as fuck. If you want toasty warm and waterproof, get a pair of Merrill or North Face or Patagonia waterproof boots from REI.)
Anyway, another way to stay warm in winter while wearing skirts is to layer your tights. Wearing teal opaque tights under thick lace crocheted tights is just as warm, if not warmer, than work trousers, and you don't have to worry about bunching or discomfort in the crotch due to long johns. Super easy, super chic. Wear two tanks, and a nice drapey sweater, and you're good to go.
(I always feel silly when someone else takes my photo.)
Did I mention, these boots are awesome?
I highly recommend them.
PS. if your feet are small enough, you can buy Hunter Wellies at a fraction of the price by getting a pair in the Nordstrom kids' shoes section. A boy's size 4 is a woman's size 6 or 6.5, size 6 is a women's size 8, and they offer them in sizes 4, 5, and 6. Win.
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Aims & Objectives: Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in research important so that everyone has the opportunity to take part in research. Involving patients in research will improve both the deliverability of research and patient outcomes. The Building Research Partnership training has been designed to inform and educate research professionals about some of the ways they can use national PPIE initiatives to engage with patients to raise the profile of research in primary care settings and in research delivery.
Course Summary: This training will provide you with information on the current NIHR PPIE initiatives and explore ways that these initiatives can be delivered within your research and within your organisation.
Attendees will be asked to make short and long terms pledges about how they will involve and engage with patients and the public in the future, in order to raise awareness about research and improve deliverability about research.


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Watergate, Pentagon Papers Figure among UW Law Week Speakers
Egil "Bud" Krough, the Nixon administration lawyer who served prison time for ordering the break-in of Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, will be among speakers during University of Wyoming Law Week Oct. 24-28.
The Wyoming Supreme Court will hear oral arguments during the week's activities.
Sponsored by the Potter Law Club, Law Week events are free and open to the public in the College of Law building. The complete schedule of events can be found on the College of Law website. Continuing legal education credits are available at all events. For more information, contact Courtney Gilbert, email@example.com, phone (307) 766-6416.
Krogh's talk is at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Room 178. Nixon aide John Ehrlichman made Krogh head of the White House "Special Investigation Unit" charged with investigating information given covertly to the press by administration staffers. Krogh and his associates were known as the "Plumbers" -- a secret team of operatives charged with fixing "leaks." When the administration decided to pursue the Pentagon Papers leakers, it was Krogh who approved the September 1971 burglary of the office of Lewis Fielding, the psychiatrist seeing Daniel Ellsberg.
Krogh pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiring to violate Fielding's civil rights and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. He was sentenced to two to six years in prison, though he served only four and a half months.
The Law Week Schedule:
Monday, Oct. 24, noon -- Rural Law Center/Career Services Panel examines issues and ethical considerations rural practitioners confront in Wyoming.
7 p.m. -- Big Horn River adjudication and Western Water Rights panel discussion.
Tuesday, Oct. 25, noon -- James Huffman, former dean of the Lewis and Clark Law School, discusses competing land use and development problems on public lands, Room 170.
5:30 p.m. -- Krogh discusses "Good People, Bad Choices and Life Lessons from the White House," Room 178.
Wednesday, Oct. 26, noon, -- "The Minority Perspective from the Bench," Administrative Law judges Dickie Montemayo, Social Security Administration, and Lucilia Rosas, Equal Opportunity Commission, Room 170.
6 p.m. -- Attorneys Bryony Heise and Bobbie Masters discuss "U-Visa: Assisting Victims of Crime," Room 170.
Thursday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m. -- Wyoming Supreme Court Oral Arguments in the cases of: Landeroz v. Wyoming (link: https://efiling.courts.state.wy.us/public/caseView.do?csIID=15172) and Bedessem v. Cunningham (link: https://efiling.courts.state.wy.us/public/caseView.do?csIID=15363), followed by question and answer session, Room 178.
Friday, Oct. 28, noon -- Dhaivat H. Shah discusses the current securities litigation issues stemming from the 2008 market turmoil, Room 170.
1 p.m. -- Robert Q. Lee discusses barriers to international transactions faced by American lawyers with a special emphasis on China, Room 170.


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An Encounter with Ernest Greene aka Washed Out
Photo by a complete stranger.
To celebrate the release of Ernest Greene (aka Washed Out)'s latest album "Paracosm," Ernest hosted a few activities around the New York area. I attended a pool party at the Thompson Hotel where we were treated to a DJ set by Washed Out. The set was not too far removed from the "chill wave" style of music that Washed Out plays. "Paracosm" has been streaming on the net and if you like Washed Out's older stuff, you'll definitely like the new record. Thanks Ernest for being super cool!
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Thursday, June 20, 2013
Spring blossoms ~Stuck on U Sketches~ June 21 sketch
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Wonderful job using the sketch .. and fab, fab flowers!ReplyDelete
Beautiful layout and gorgeous flowers..:) xoxoxReplyDelete
Love love love the use of punches and that Prima stencil!ReplyDelete
This is gorgeous! You are so creative (and patient) to make all those flowers! Love this layout!ReplyDelete
Gorjuss indeed. Those flowers are amazing and I love your layout its sooo pretty.ReplyDelete
Fabulous layout! The flower sprays are so, so pretty! Like the stenciling too!ReplyDelete
Totally loving your handmade flowers Bonnie - they look so "real" - beautiful. The stencil work is awesome too. Gorgeous page... Hugz xxReplyDelete
This page and all its details is amazing in its own right but as a last minute job? You rock!ReplyDelete
I DO think this turned out REALLY cool!ReplyDelete
I adore your take on the sketch and the details are the best
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Hope your time off is going well....we're off on a wee vacay
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Buffets Completes Restructuring and Emerges From Chapter 11
Buffets, Inc. announced that it has completed its restructuring and that it has emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization, six months after its pre-negotiated filing on January 18, 2012. Company officials announced the emergence at a strategic planning session with all of its field leadership team members in Atlanta, GA, heralding the development as an opportunity to reinvest in its restaurants facilities, food and fundamentals.
As part of the reorganization, the company eliminated all of its outstanding pre-petition term debt, totaling approximately $255 million, as well as annual interest expense of more than $35 million, and closed approximately 140 underperforming restaurants. With its emergence from Chapter 11, the reorganized company's outstanding stock is wholly owned by its pre-petition lenders.
"We have achieved all of the restructuring objectives we announced in January, and completed the process both quickly and successfully," said Mike Andrews, CEO of Buffets. "We have emerged with significantly less debt, a much improved balance sheet and a sustainable capital structure, all of which will allow us to leverage our strong brands as we make investments in the future success of our restaurants."
In conjunction with its emergence from Chapter 11, Buffets has secured $50 million in exit financing. This financing enables the company to satisfy its Chapter 11 Plan obligations and provide working capital for ongoing operations. Some of those funds would be used to address deferred maintenance as well as a top to bottom training program for all employees.
Buffets, Inc., a steak-buffet restaurant company, currently operates 357 restaurants in 35 states, comprised of 347 steak-buffet restaurants and 10 Tahoe Joe's Famous Steakhouse(R) restaurants.
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I love stripes on my nails. They give a very very edgy look. I feel them to be very sexy. And they are easy to do. If you are used to drawing straight lines, then you can master this art.
This time I have created striped nail art with a difference. I have combined two coloured striped and whoaa a new nail art..
This can be done on any base except black and white. Because I am doing stripes in two colours that is black and white..
Step one paint your nails with a red colour nail paint..
Draw three stripes with a white nail art pen in the left hand side of the nail.
Then draw three stripes with a black nail art pen on the right side of the nail. Try and make them match on the upper part.
Now you are done. You will get edgy nails in minutes.


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Ever wondered how the National Trust keeps everything in tip top condition indoors and out?
Here's a golden opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes at Kedleston Hall and get closer to nature with crafts and outdoor skills activities during February half term.
Most activities will happen daily from 11am – 3pm from February 7-22 (closed on Fridays) but a full schedule of activities can be found at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kedleston