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No papers are scheduled on the middle day of the IAHR Congress, which is set aside for meetings of the International Committee and the Executive Committee. For those not involved in these meetings, excursions have been arranged in Dunedin, on the harbour and in the surrounding areas.
These excursions cover a varied range of activities and sight-seeing opportunities, showcasing some of the best of what Dunedin and the surrounding areas have to offer.
On this page you can find information about the excursions on offer. Bookings can be made through the registration page, either at the time of registration or at a later date.
Get a behind the scenes look at the state-of-the-art 5000L brewery and 1200L workshop. You will be taken through every step of the brew process, from the malt room, to the fermentation, bottling, and most importantly, tasting.
As you cruise the length of the Otago Harbour, the skipper will show you Careys Bay historic fishing village, Port Chalmers' busy wharves and the harbour's beautiful bays, hills, farmland and forest. You'll learn about the harbour's volcanic geology and its Maori and European history. Take in surrounding sights with a hot or cold beverage or snack from the fully licensed galley.
Enjoy this fascinating tour around Taiaroa Head and the surrounding coastline of dramatic cliffs, experiencing uninterrupted views of the only mainland nesting place of Northern Royal Albatross in the world.
Your skipper will expertly manoeuvre the vessel whilst you watch the NZ Furseals play and swim near their breeding colonies. Out at sea you can spot rarely seen ocean birds including other albatross species and petrels, and you may see penguins, dolphins and other marine mammals.
Take a wonderful journey back in time with our guide, for a tour of New Zealand's only castle, built in 1871. See the magnificent carved ceilings, antiques and craftsmanship. Learn the scandalous, exciting and tragic history of Larnach Castle and William Larnach. Climb the parapets for 360° views, and enjoy the beauty of the gardens of international significance.
Following the guided tour you will have time to personally explore or re-visit areas of the castle before meeting back with the bus & guide and continuing along the scenic Otago Peninsula roads.
Join the invigorating Wildlife Cruise around Taiaroa Head, the world's only mainland nesting place of Royal Albatross.
Cruise into the stunning Lighthouse Bay and watch as NZ Furseals play and swim near their breeding colonies, then head out to sea where you can spot up to 20 species of rarely seen ocean birds including other albatross species and petrels, and you may see penguins, dolphins and other marine mammals.
Take a guided tour of Olveston Historic Home, built for Dunedin businessman, collector and philanthropist David Theomin, his wife Marie and their two children Edward and Dorothy. Designed by acclaimed English architect Sir Ernest George, Olveston was built as a family home furnished with fine art, furniture and artefacts purchased from all around the world.
Opened as a historic house museum in 1967, Olveston is a time capsule as little has changed inside the house since it was occupied as a family home between 1906 to 1966. Olveston is an authentic and original historic home depicting the life of a wealthy merchant family in the early part of the twentieth century.
See over 141 years of brewing history as guides take you through the interactive brewery tour. Focus on the history of this Dunedin icon, by exploring the brewery from top to bottom. Along the way you will learn about all of the ingredients that go into our award-winning brews and hear about our state-of-the-art brewing process used today.
And no tour would be complete without sampling the fine product. In the tasting room you will be able to pour your own tastings from the Speight's range.
Jump on your bike and ride around the Otago Peninsula, one of the the world's most scenic trails.
On this 4 hour tour, you will experience the remote beauty of the Otago Peninsula. Bike the quiet gravel roads, witness spectacularly rugged landscapes, and walk along deserted white sandy beaches.
The serpentine route twists pleasantly along the shore, providing tremendous ocean views, and the terrain is made for cycling. The route consists of flat roads, including gravel roads with very little traffic, but also some hills!
Choose between a regular mountain bike or a battery powered E-bike.
Join a guided Street Art Walking Tour and explore the colourful side of Dunedin on a two hour walk at a moderate pace, mostly on the flat around parts of Dunedin not usually seen by tourists or locals, experiencing city life along the way.
This walk visits the most impressive art creations within the city centre and stops at each wall long enough to discuss the imagery and take photographs. Your tour guide will be very well informed, having seen the walls being painted, talked to the artists and documented their process. Stories about artists and their artwork will be shared in a fun, educative way.
We suggest you wear comfortable walking shoes, the terrain is mostly city pavements. Don't forget to bring your camera and please dress for the weather on the day.
Surfers in Dunedin are spoilt for choice with miles of beautiful coastline.
This lesson gives you a great introduction to surfing for beginners. And for those who have surfed before it also provides a fantastic opportunity to improve your skills.
You will learn about beach safety, surfing equipment, paddling technique, board control and the other skills needed to ride the waves.
This is a fascinating journey into some of New Zealand's most iconic scenery and history, where passengers are amazed at the engineering feats of New Zealand's early pioneers, set among the stunning landscape of the gorge.
Negotiating the winding gorge, the comfortable train travels through ten tunnels and across numerous bridges including the famous Wingatui Viaduct – the second largest wrought iron structure in operation in the world.
Enjoy refreshments from the on-board café, or take that must-have photo from one of the open air platforms, all while the train manager shares fascinating stories about the environment and history of New Zealand's gold rush era.


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Brand New Bag: Redesigning the Musette part 3
Designers Guy Holbrow and Matt Hurley are given the following brief for our new musette:
- Semi-rigid strap to prevent tangling? Stronger.
- More efficient closing across opening, but still needing easy access.
- Visibility: the musette needs to be in team colours, but they are hard to pick out when approaching at speed, with between 20 and 40 soigneurs packed into a small area. Make them stand out from the crowd.
- Unit cost: professional teams get through thousands of musettes in a season. The design needs to be economical.
We asked for a radical rethink on the musette. And we certainly got one. The early sketches from Guy Holbrow's notebook indicate a circular structure to which the feed bag's contents attach externally – not so much thinking outside the box as outside the bag.
At the core of Holbrow's thought processes lies a frisbee, or an Aerobie, to be precise – a 1980s successor of the original flying toy that caught on in the 1950s and has sold in its millions ever since. The Aerobie holds the Guinness World Record for a thrown object: 1,333 feet, set in 2003 by Erin Hemmings. Souvenir hunters at feed zones may have some walking to do to retrieve these musettes…
"The Aerobie was there from the start," Holbrow explains of his initial thinking. "The first idea was more of a rucksack-based approach, something to be carried for a time. The frisbee's main purpose was structural, as something flat to lie across the back, but also to grab hold of and then be discarded."
Product designer Matt Hurley came on board at this point to refine the raw ideas and develop a more practical bag. "I think from a design perspective, it was intended to be easier for the rider to both see and grasp," says Hurley.
"The function of the frisbee, irrespective of it becoming a toy afterwards, was to give the opportunity for the soigneur to not have to hold it by the strap, but pretty much anywhere around the bag's circumference."
Hurley and Holbrow put their heads together and a more usable solution began to emerge, with the Aerobie placed inside a circular musette, providing a non-spinning handle for the rider to aim for and enabling the contents to be placed inside – the earlier exterior-loaded version having proved less workable. As for team sponsors, this idea provides a double hit from the advertiser's side.
"As we started looking at it, the design gave a broad brand opportunity for the colourways to go on," Hurley says. "From a structural perspective, the Aerobie gives rigidity and strength, but also the branding and the souvenir for the roadside spectator to take home and remind them of their day.
"Also, we didn't want to produce anything too radical, making it difficult for the guys to buy into. That was one of the key elements.
"It would be a big step-change to produce something completely different from what has gone before, whereas in effect we still have what is recognisably still a musette."
The design has come a long way from Holbrow's original concept. The prototype the guys lay before me could actually work, with some minor adjustments.
I express some reservation regarding the opening: the Aerobie holds the top of the musette taught by necessity – too taught to be able to have a good rummage around in the bag to unload its contents, I fear. A rider will usually swing the musette round the front of their neck, empty the bag whilst riding one-handed and be rid of it, all in the space of less than a minute. It was hard to see this happening with the new design.
"If we had some additional material either side of the frisbee at the opening, it could hold that opening apart," Hurley says. "But every additional function that we add is additional cost, unfortunately,"
And there's the rub. With an Aerobie already sending us way over budget per unit, we may have hit a stumbling block.
We'll worry about that when we come to it. For now, over to the end users to get some feedback.
Matt Hurley: hpdd.co.uk
Brand New Bag: Redesigning the Musette part 1
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After a weekend of rain and a Sunday with continued rain and torrential downpours, I huddled in my favorite chair with my laptop, a current writing assignment, and my favorite word game, Every Word. It was nearing midnight which is not unusual for me to greet the early hours of the new day. I had long since abandoned my writing and thinking and was mindlessly playing my word game when the house went completely dark as the power went out. I admit as I had listened to the heavy rain and had experienced intermittent breaks in the electric power, I had kind of figured that this might happen. I sat for a moment in the quiet and complete darkness.
I heard the usually quiet little creek next to our house roaring loudly and I could only imagine in the darkness how badly it might be overflowing its banks. The sound of the continuous rain pelting the roof did little to convince me otherwise. I was interrupted from my thoughts by my sweet old grand-dog, Snickers, a husky-retriever mix, who had been curled up by my legs on the ottoman. I could feel her restless movements and could tell that she was confused by the sudden darkness. I patted her side and reassured her all was okay and that it was time to go to bed. Seeming to understand, she got down and I could hear the familiar click-clack of her paws as she headed to the bedroom.
Meanwhile I felt my way into the bedroom to retrieve a flashlight so that I could see to shut things down and put things away. It wasn't long, however, before I heard the click-clack of Snickers' paws again as she came to find me. She stayed close on my heels as if needing to be assured that things were okay. When I finally made it back to the bedroom and slid into bed beside my sleeping husband, I realized that Snickers had followed me to my side of the bed. Instead of stopping at her dog bed, she had continued on my heels and, in the darkness, I could feel her front paws on the side of the bed waiting for my okay for her to jump up. I patted the side of the bed, signaling it was okay, and felt her lurch her frame onto the narrow spot on the side of the bed.
Now, Snickers is not a small dog. She is normally content to sleep on the floor where she has plenty of room. On those occasions when she does join us, she usually waits to be petted, and will then gravitate toward the foot of the bed. But not last night! Instead she lay down right next to me, resting her head against my arm. I heard a contented sigh as she dozed off. I lay there for a while in the darkness before going to sleep myself and I thought about God.
You see, Snickers is a big dog. She's a sweet dog and well behaved (which we owe to her parents). But she is also a dog who scares easily. When we Skype with my son and daughter-in-law, she runs and hides – there is something that unnerves her about the voices in the computer. She is afraid of storms and can get spooked by something as simple as a new cap my husband wears or a sound with which she is unfamiliar. I knew that Snickers had been unnerved by the sudden darkness, not to mention the roaring water and pelting rain. Yet she found solace, safety, and peace by coming to me and staying close by me.
Thinking about Snickers made me think about me and God. What do I do when I'm scared? What do I do when I'm worried about something I don't understand? What do I do when I don't know what to do? God's Word is abundantly clear.
"Hear my cry, O God;
Attend to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
For You have been a shelter for me,
A strong tower from the enemy.
I will abide in Your tabernacle forever;
I will trust in the shelter of Your wings."
(Psalm 61:1-4)
God has more than proved Himself faithful in my life. He has shown me time and time again that He is a God that can be trusted. Instead of succumbing to fear about things that are going on in the world, instead of fretting over things I don't understand or worrying about things which I cannot fix or control, I need to run straight to that Rock. Like the psalmist, as I cry to Him (come before Him in complete honesty)….abide in Him (seek Him and His way, read His Word, obey Him)…. and trust in Him (surrender everything…my fears, my doubts, my worries, what I just can't understand), He will shelter me (provide a harbor for me in my storm, give me refuge, be my sanctuary).
Just as Snickers sought me in her fear, I need to seek my Master and listen to His voice. I need to stay close on His heels for direction and guidance. And just as Snickers found safety and contentment curled up next to me, I, too, even in the middle of the darkness or the storm can find peace and refuge in the shelter of His wings.


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Mitch Winter Blog From Spain - Days 9 to 10
From Sports Information Director, May 29, 2015 | Men's Basketball
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
Day 9 (5/27/15) - Today the St. Norbert College men's basketball team traveled to the mountain of Montserrat. Montserrat has breathtaking views, and reaches a height of 4,051 feet. As a team, we also toured the Basilica of Montserrat, which has been an important pilgrimage site in Spain for many centuries. After the tour, the team had free time to shop and continue to explore the mountain.
After visiting Montserrat, we headed back to Barcelona. We had free time for the rest of the day, so everybody did whatever they wanted to do. Some players went to tour the inside of the Sagrada Família, some laid out on the beach, and some went shopping. It was a beautiful last day in Barcelona.
Day 10 (5/28/15) - Today the team started the long journey back to the United States. Most players stayed up all night because we had to leave our hotel at 2:30 a.m. We flew from Barcelona to Amsterdam to Chicago. After literally a day of traveling, the players, coaches, and family members were relieved to make it back, but saddened to have left such an amazing place.
I believe I speak for all the players and coaches when I say this trip was awesome. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go to such a beautiful country and do the things we did, so I would just like to say thanks to everyone who was a part of it. Whether you sacrificed time, effort, money, or all of these things for us to go to Spain, it means so much and this trip is something we will remember for a lifetime. Thanks again.


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I am not a warm weather person. Hot and sunny days I tend to spend indoors with a vague sense of guilt unless lured outside by antique or craft shows, a project that requires heat, or occasionally, a shady corner to read or paint.
It seems like there are a handful of canine summer sayings, hot as a dog, dog tired, dog days… The dog days of summer have a long history.
We've inherited them from the ancient Romans, who associated the season's hot weather with the star Sirius because it rose at about the same time as the sun. Sirius is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major and they believed it was adding its heat to that of the sun and causing the brutally hot weather they thought lead to drought, plague and madness.
They called them the dies caniculares and would sacrifice a dog in the spring, before the weather started heating up, in the hopes of appeasing the star and lessening the heat and the evils it brought with it.
While some thought that the combination of sunlight and starlight from the brightest star made the heat worse, others already understood that it wasn't really plausible. Geminus, an astronomer in 70 BCE observed that Sirius merely marks the hot season of the year, an excellent case of correlation does not equal causation.
In Roman times the dog days were normally the end of July through the end of August.
Now, with everything in the universe moving, Sirius's rising nearly in conjunction with the Sun is around to July 3rd through August 11th.
Thousands of years before Rome, Sirius was the Nile Star. 5000 years ago the near conjunction fell at the end of June, around the time that the Nile would flood its banks. The Nile's floods were generally not violent, but flooded the farmlands and brought fertility back to the fields. This inundation was the start of the year in the Ancient Egyptian calendar. So in Ancient Egypt Sirius predawn rising was a harbinger of the New Year.


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The many faces of alienation
'Abhayarthikal' written by G. Sankara Pillai, which was staged in Kochi, has many parallels with Ibsen's 'Doll House.'
Photo:Vipin Chandran
Modern interpretation: 'Abhayarthikal.'
Who is a refugee? The play 'Abhayarthikal,' written by G. Sankara Pillai in 1965, and directed by Chandradasan, attempted to answer this question. The play was staged recently at the Changampuzha Park, Edappally.
The language used in the play was old, at times archaic, Malayalam but the diction was contemporary. It seems that the director of the play stuck to the original text and the dialogue, but attempted to interpret the play in a modern context.
Disintegration of society
"The play has parallels to Ibsen's 'Doll's House' and its philosophy. It is about the disintegration of social structure and failure of the concept of family," says Chandradasan. The play is set at night in a railway station, when three different persons await the train. It has Janaki breaking free of the family bondage. She takes the initiative to get her husband and his lover married and then leaves the family behind. She finds an old man who is waiting for his son to return. The endless waiting for his son, who died as a soldier, has taken the man beyond the world of reality. So is the youth who is searching for his love – the daughter of a porter at the railway station. The youth refuses to acknowledge that she has been married off to someone else. Janaki is shown empathising with these two. But Janaki's problem is her clash with the real world and the struggle to leave it behind. Like Ibsen's Nora, Janaki too refused to listen to her husband's pleas to return. The similarities between the two characters were loud enough, making the sound of a door closing at the end of the play, an obvious reference to Ibsen's play, redundant.
"The original text had a suggestion that Janaki jumped in front of the train, ending her life. But we used the sound of the door to signify that she is moving on with life," says Chandradasan.
A significant presence in the play is a group of refugees. The director used the proscenium at the venue as the stage for the refugees, while the main performing area was shifted to among the audience. But with the gypsy group remaining alienated, with their gibberish and having no particular connection in the progress of the narration, it did not have much relevance as such. The play attempts to convey the message that even within a family, those who have lost the link with realities end up as refugees – though not physically.
Madhuben performed well as Janaki, supported ably by Harikrishnan S. as the porter and Sajeer Khan as the mentally-challenged youth. Chandradasan also attempted special lighting to highlight the play of light and shade. "Only spot lights were used to accentuate the expressions of the actors," says Chandradasan. Prof. Sankara Pillai pioneered experimental theatre in Malayalam. The play was staged in association with Changampuzha Samskarika Kendram and Vyapari Vyavasai Ekopana Samithi, Devankulangara, Edappally, with financial support from Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.
Note. Courtesy Friday Review of The Hindu Thiruvanathapuram, o9 cotober 2009
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Executive Director, NIELIT-Chandigarh, Shimla, Kurukshetra and Ropar Centre visited NIELIT-Kurukshetra on 9 February 2017 to review the Centre's ongoing activities.
During visit, NIELIT – Kurukshetra team briefed about meetings done with Haryana Government officers in context to inauguration and commencement of training activities. Team put up the training material prepared and provided the workshop details of D.C. office staff on implementation of digital payment system in Government departments.
In address, Executive Director advised the team to prepare the list of invitees, media personnel and other guests in advance and have at least one meeting with them. The team was also guided to concentrate on latest technologies especially Cloud Computing, Big Data and also work for digital literacy programs for masses. Sir guided the team to reach the masses and spread the role played by NIELIT towards IT literacy and capacity building of youths and Haryana Government officials.
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The name Corgi literally means "dwarf dog" in Welsh. Dwarfism is a dominant gene, therefore when crossing dwarf dogs, such as Corgi's, with non-dwarf dogs, the gene takes over. Here are some examples of what the results can be…
Corgi / West Highland Terrier (Westie)
Corgi / Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkie)
This one below is not a cross-bred Corgi, but is so fluffy and cute… and is winking! I had to include it:


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We sat down with harness racing trainer/ driver Lance Justice and asked a few questions on how to choose the next group 1 horse in your stable. Lance Justice has trained 19 group 1 winners in his career with horses such as SMOKEN UP NZ, SOKYOLA NZ, WHIRLEY DREAM and UNCLE PETRIKA NZ. You could say he has proven track record for identifying raw talent. "Choosing a horse that's ready to run is a less hit or miss way of identifying the next champ." Lance stated. But he still has a keen eye for a well conformed yearling with a nice temperament and great bloodlines.
Below are 5 tips Lance gave us to choose your next Group 1 winner…
1.A HEALTHY HORSE… When you're assessing your next potential horse, its important to assess the overall health of the horse. Things to look for are, hoof health and condition, coat condition , evidence of parasites and oral health . Any issues with these can mostly be overcome when you take ownership, but will take time and patience to rectify. Some health issues, for example any issues with airways, can be more cause for concern when choosing a new racehorse. A vet check is recommended prior to purchase.
2.TEMPERAMENT… All of the greatest race horses seem to have one thing in common , they have an arrogance about them, they know they are the best. Choose a horse that is sensible , willing and has brains.
3.CONFORMATION… A strong shoulder , deep girth, a strong well developed hindquarter , and clean legs. The ideal horse has good clearance between the front legs and that comes from having a decent chest width and proportionate sized knees.
4.CLEAN GAIT… a natural pacer or trotter, one who is set in their gait. With no brushing of the knees and a straight body and neck when navigating bends. Astute trainers will know how to adjust the gait with aids and corrective farrier work but starting with the least problems is recommended.
5.HIGH SPEED… All of the best and most successful racehorses have the ability to cruise at a higher speed than a normal horse, so inevitably this attribute is crucial. If a horse has high speed but can't sustain it for long periods its possible that fitness is a factor, inhibiting the horse from running to its true ability. Choose a horse with natural high speed, and train them in a way that will enable them to sustain that speed for long distances. This combination is devastating to the competition. SMOKEN UP NZ is true testament to this.
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Russia and Eurasia
Russia & Eurasia
|Earth's and Russia's largest forest made up of coniferous trees
|vast, treeless plain north of Arctic Circle with average temps below freezing
|permanently frozen layer of soil beneath surface of ground
|Ural Mountains
|Range/boundary between Europe & Asia rich in iron ore, oil, natural gas; separates developed from developing Russia; physical barrier between Eurasia & Asia
|Lake Baikal
|Earth's and Russia's oldest, deepest lake; holds 1/5th of world's freshwater
|radioactive waste
|contamination of water and air causing pollution from nuclear waste and weapons of mass destruction residue
|wide, grassy plain with dry summers & long cold winters, rich chernozem soil, located in SW/SE Russia, Eastern Europe, parts of Mongolia
|pollution causing chemicals which run off into lakes & rivers, used to kill crop-destroying rodents & insects
|rich black soil good for agriculture in Northern European Plain where 75% of Russia's population lives
|3 characteristics of Russia
|1-largest country in world 2-formerly U.S.S.R. [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; now a unified country 3-formerly communist with command economy; now an independent republic with market economy
|period from 1922-1991 when Russia was part of U.S.S.R. and communist
|people who share feelings of pride and common language, religion, customs, beliefs
|satellite nations
|Eastern European countries formerly controlled by U.S.S.R. superpower after World War II
|belief based on Karl Marx's ideas; called for overthrow of government and wealthy ruling class and creation of new society of workers
|"self rule"; an independent nation has sovereignty but Russia's satellite nations did not have sovereignty
|command economy
|government run, communistic economy where resources [jobs, housing, businesses, production] are controlled by a central authoritative government
|market economy
|based on "free enterprise" with private ownership by individuals/companies, and production is based on "supply and demand"
|when government owned companies change over to privately owned companies
|government policy that encouraged people to speak Russian & practice Eastern Russian Orthodox Christianity to exclude non-natives from living in Russia [such as Jews & Muslims]
|belief in economic equality [all land is public and wealth is shared equally] in society proposed by Karl Marx
|Bolshevik Party
|Revolutionary group led by Vladimir Lenin to overthrow the czars in 1917-1922 and create the U.S.S.R. communist government
|Soviet-era government officials educated in technology & politics, considered the "intellectual elite" in U.S.S.R.
|Shatter Belt
|Region marked by conflict & aggression due to location "stuck" between opposing [cultural/political] groups
|means "openness" in Russian; allowed free exchange of ideas in post-Cold War period
|policy of economic reforms ["restructuring"] by Pres. Gorbachev in order to move Russia toward a democratic, free enterprise economy
|Capital city of Republic of Russia and country's industrial center; home to Kremlin
|home of government in Russia, located in Moscow, official name is "Russian Federation"
|leader and "supreme ruler" in pre-Soviet-Era Russia
|Soviet-Era farms worked by farmers who shared some of the profits
|Soviet-Era farms that were run like factories with farmers who were paid wages only for work done and no profits
|peasant-type worker who is bound to the land and controlled by nobility landowners
|Chernobyl Disaster
|Fire in nuclear reactor in 1986 killed & displaced thousands of Russians causing international pressure to shut down dangerous reactors
|Trans-Siberian Railway
|6,000 miles long connecting Moscow to Vladivostok in interior of Russia
|Slavic type of writing used primarily in Russia with unique lettering and symbols
|movement proposed by czar Peter I [Peter the Great] creating stronger military, education & trading to bring Russia into the modern age
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If you're a Windows Phone user and have the Facebook app installed, chances are that you've been facing an issue where the social networking app on your phone kept crashing. There is an update that fixes the continuous crashing issue, and it comes less than a day after users began to complain about the issue.
Facebook pushed out yet another app update that bumped the app for Windows Phone 8 up to 22.214.171.124 and for Windows Phone 7 to 2.9.1. Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft employee tweeted, "Thanks to our friends at Facebook: a new FB app update is now in Store. It addresses a crash some people were hitting in the last update".
The frequent crashing seemed to have been affecting users of Windows Phone 8. Those who were on Windows Phone 7 seemed to be safe from the headache of crashes. The good bit about this is that the app update was out within a day of these problems springing up.
The widespread bug didn't seem to be too good for the app's reputation as the Windows Phone Store was filled with one-star, negative reviews. "Worthless application. Everytime I try to look at a post it shuts the whole program down," read one review, while another said, "It is horrible. Please make a better app!" If you scroll down, you will find plenty of one-worded comments that seemed to have been censored by the Store itself, showing just how widespread this problem had been.
It's interesting to note that the Facebook app for Windows Phone in question is published by Microsoft and not Facebook itself. Users of the platform have been hoping Facebook would take the reins and develop an app for Windows Phone that puts it in the same bracket as its iOS and Android apps, but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.
Facebook seems to be in a very giving mood on the whole. It revealed Facebook Home for Android, a launcher skin, only a week ago. Available on select smarthphones like Samsung's Galaxy S3 and Note II, and HTC's One, One X and One X+, the launcher personalises your phone to wear a Facebook skin.
Cover Feed on Facebook Home lets users view their News Feed posts as soon as they turn their phone on. They can swipe through these posts to view more, double tap to like a post and then can comment on a post from the cover feed.
Up next is Chat Heads and Messenger. Home users can install Messenger on their devices to send and receive texts and Facebook messages at the same location. Then there is the ability to move in and out of conversations while, say, watching a video or browsing the web. It is possible to type replies right from chat heads. Alternatively, users can choose to move them around, in case they don't want to respond to it right away.
Earlier this week, Facebook launched Chat Heads for the Facebook app on iOS too. You will be able to hold multiple conversations from within the Facebook app without needing to run to the Messenger or open the messages tab. The Chat Heads will line up neatly on the iPhone or iPod Touch screen. On the iPad, the Chat Heads will come arranged vertically on the left of your screen.
With so much love for Android and iOS, we wonder whether Facebook will be able to sprinkle some of it on Windows Phone too.
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Agneeswarar Temple, Neyveli, Thiruvallur
Agneeswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Neyveli Village near Poondi in Thiruvallur District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Agneeswarar and Mother is called as Sri Lalithambigai. It is believed that Presiding Deity is being worshipped by rishis and siddhars every day. This place is considered a Siddhar Adhishtanam with lot of mystic events are taking place. It is said that once upon a time, the temple was surrounded by paddy fields on all four sides and hence the name Nel veli but in due course, it came to be called as Neyveli. This Temple has similar spiritual significance to that of Kalahasthi for the Sarpa Dhosham remedy.
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The Temple
There is an entrance arch is on the south side. The Rajagopuram is yet to be constructed. The temple is facing east. The Temple is situated amidst paddy fields and an approach road has been laid with the donation of lands by many villagers for easy access. Presiding Deity is called as Agneeswarar and is facing east. He is a Swayambu Moorthy. Mother is called as Sri Lalithambigai. Mother is housed in south facing shrine and she is in standing posture with four hands. Lotus on two hands and other two in abaya hastham and Vara hastham.
There are shrines for Radha with Krishnan, Ganapathy, Valli Devasena Samedha Subramaniyar, Vana Durgai, Sandikeswarar, Naga Devar and Naga Devathai with a Child (It was believed that if one worships naga Devathais they will be blessed with Children) and Dhakshinamoorthy is under the Kallala Tree facing south in the outer prakaram. Sthala Vriksham is Kallala Tree (banyan tree that does not put out roots). It is believed that Yakshis are living in the tree hence the tree itself treated as sacred. There are some Laterite stones are seen in between the roots of the tree. These stones might have been used in the original temple.
Theertham associated with this Temple is Agni Theertham and it is situated in the North-Eastern part of this temple. It is believed that the Agni Theertham was created from the third eye of Lord Shiva. It is believed that a holy dip in this pond and worshipping Lord Shiva will eliminate the Sarpa Dhosham. This Temple has similar spiritual significance to that of Kalahasthi for the Sarpa Dhosham remedy.
Agneeswarar Temple,
Neyveli – 602 023,
Thiruvallur District
Phone: +91 44 24729660
Mobile: +91 99403 98648 / 94450 04908 / 98407 89096
Mobile: +91 9843685562 / 9710709301 / 94450 04908
The Temple is located at about 2 Kms from Neyveli Bus Stop, 4 Kms from Poondi, 10 Kms from Thiruvallur, 12 Kms from Thiruvallur Bus Stand, 14 Kms from Thiruvallur Railway Station, 53 Kms from Chennai and 58 Kms from Chennai Airport. From Thiruvallur, take the road towards Thiruthani / Thirupathi. After 2 Kms, there will be a road (bus route) to Poondi / Uthukottai on the right side which goes along the periphery of the Poondi reservoir (on the left). After 7 Kms on that road, there will be Poondi Junction (Poondi Koot Road). From there, the temple is around 1 Km on the village road towards right.


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December 2015 | Volume 67, Number 12
Subsea Condition Monitoring: Does Effective Diagnosis Increase Availability?
The challenges encountered in deepwater development have led to the use of increasingly complex subsea systems. Consequently, operators have become more reliant on subsea monitoring equipment and instrumentation to provide field information for understanding production and equipment conditions.
01 December 2015 |
Improving Shale Production Through Flowback Analysis
Most shale producers in North America have given little thought to the flowback stage following hydraulic fracturing. Others have come to realize it represents a valuable opportunity to learn more about their wells.
Salty Flowback Research May Explain Fluid Movement in Shale
An area of great interest to those researching flowback is the interaction of water and salt inside the shale reservoir. After a well is stimulated, the flowback fluids tend to show a rising concentration of salt that falls back to near zero over time.
Letting It Soak In: Delaying Flowback Delivers Unique Results
On the far end of the flowback spectrum is a completion process called soakback. If the well has to be shut in until takeaway capacity is available, the completion fluids soak into the shale rock. Flowback analysis can help understand what happens in the formation.
Following Flowback With Chemical Tracers
Rising demand for flowback technologies to reduce uncertainties is leading to the creation of more hydrocarbon and water tracers. These chemical-based tracers may play an important role in the shale industry's effort to come up with more cost-effective fracture designs.
Treating Produced Water With Understanding
Produced water has become the largest byproduct in the oil and gas industry. Treatment and disposal or reuse of this byproduct requires a good understanding of conditions and options to devise the optimal strategy.
Drilling Wells Ever Faster May Not Be the Measure of Success
The standard for progress in shale development has been the drastic reduction in the number of days needed to drill a well, from more than 20 to less than 5 in some unconventional plays. But some question whether it has become a misleading metric for an industry needing more productive wells.
The Search for Measures of Drilling Imperfection
The only wells that are straight or follow a smooth curve are in the pictures in well plans. Real wellbores are shaped by the mechanics of directional drilling tools, the skills and attention of drillers, the force of gravity, and the path followed by hydrocarbon-rich seams of rock.
Upstream Opportunities in North Africa Depend on Advanced Technical Knowledge
The SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Cairo in September highlighted the upstream sector with a focus on Egypt and the opportunities offered in the region, despite its economic hardships and geopolitical risks.
Magnetic Resonance-While-Drilling System Improves Understanding of Complex Reservoirs
Reservoirs consisting of heterogeneous carbonates and shaly sands pose formation evaluation challenges for conventional logging-while-drilling (LWD) measurements. Magnetic resonance techniques hold promise for improving understanding of these reservoirs.
Nigel McKim
01 December 2015
Nigel McKim, SPE, has been appointed nonexecutive director of the board for MX Oil. He was most rece.......Read More
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Study Finds Surface Spills a Higher Risk to Groundwater Than Fracturing
Researchers at Yale University who analyzed groundwater wells in the Marcellus Shale area have determined that hydraulic fracturing is highly unlikely to be a direct source of contamination.
Statistics Point to Water Injection as Cause of Earthquakes, But Understanding Why Remains a Geological Puzzle
A surge in earthquakes tightly clustered in southern Kansas that followed the large increase in produced water injections prompted the state to cut the daily limits on disposal wells in that area to see if that will help solve the problem.
From Air to Sea: Introducing Crew Resource Management to the Offshore Industry
Despite a number of recent and high-profile jetliner crashes, commercial aviation has entered into a new era of safety. There is a lot the oil and gas industry can learn from their success.
Air Gun Inventor Creates A Lower Pressure Option
More than 50 years after inventing the air gun, Stephen Chelminski is working on a new version of the industry standard designed to be more in tune with the current needs of the industry and its regulators.
Drilling Competition Offers Real-World Skills Challenge
Vimlesh Bavadiya is leading a team of engineering students at the University of Oklahoma (OU) to repeat its victory in SPE's Drillbotics competition next year.
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Engineering Advisor, SPEC Services
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Drilling Manager, American Energy Partners
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What are the key properties to understand? Why are they important?
PetroWiki is a free resource from SPE to answer many basic petroleum engineering and operational questions. SPE professional members can contribute their expertise through updating or adding to PetroWiki content.


text: Horseshoe Canyon, formerly known as Barrier Canyon, is in a remote area west of the Green River and north of the Canyonlands National Park Maze District in Utah, USA. It is known for its collection of Barrier Canyon Style (BCS) rock art, including both pictographs and petroglyphs, which was first recognized as a unique style here. A portion of Horseshoe Canyon containing The Great Gallery is part of a detached unit of Canyonlands National Park. The Horseshoe Canyon Unit was added to the park in 1971 in an attempt to preserve and protect the rock art found along much of its length.


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Manage apprenticeships on behalf of employers
This service is for training providers registered with the apprenticeship service to work with employers to:
- recruit apprentices
- add details of the apprentices they're going to train
- manage details of the apprentices they're currently training
Before you start
You need to have an account with the government's Information Management Services system (IdAMS) to use this.
If your organisation doesn't already have an IdAMS account, you'll get your account details when you register as an apprenticeship training provider.
If your organisation does already have an IdAMS account, an account super user from your organisation will need to give you access to the apprenticeship service.


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Here is another smart lamp that you can control from your smartphone to change your mood. The ZuziLite has a dimmable light that supports 16m colors. You can use it for reading, sleeping, camping, romantic occasions, and parties. The light is portable and has 10 hours of battery life. You can charge it via USB.
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The lamp has app and capacitive touch control. It supports iOS and Android devices.


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Growthpoint Properties has posted results for the year to 30 June 2019 with distributable income growth of 5.3% and dividends per share up 4.6%, outperforming its market guidance marginally.
Growthpoint Properties today announced 5.9% growth in distributable income to R3.1bn with revenue from the group increasing 4.3% for its half-year to 31 December 2018, representing dividend growth of 4.5% per share for investors.
Growthpoint Properties continues to grow internationally with a further ZAR908 million investment in Australia.
Growthpoint Properties has completed the R44 million first phase of its new development at Mill Road Industrial Park in Cape Town, which includes a 5,000sqm facility for Laser Logistics.
Growthpoint Properties today announced distribution growth of 6.5% per share for its full year to 30 June 2018 for investors, delivering a solid set of results that match its market guidance.
Growthpoint Properties (Share Code: GRT) shares began trading onA2X today as it became the first property company and tenth counter to join the exchange with its secondary listing.
Total returns from Growthpoint Properties Australian investment, Growthpoint Properties Australia (GOZ), have significantly outpaced the major Australian REIT and share market indexes.
Growthpoint Properties has renewed four leases with Scania, extending its relationship with the global company that offers sales of trucks, buses, and services in more than 100 countries.
Growthpoint Properties has launched South Africa's first unlisted healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), Growthpoint Healthcare Property Holdings.
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SAMPLES is proud to be a part of the community and to spread our love of comfort food and craft drinks. Whether at our wonderful restaurant or out on the streets in our food truck, SAMPLES is ready to spread joy. Join us at one of our many events coming up this month!


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While we all are ready to open a new ballad in the form of 2020 to achieve success & prosperity, I am quite sure your journey with Mi Community has also been one of the crucial parts of your life. Because it's Mi Community that keeps us connected on a day to day basis. From the launch of the amazing devices to the exciting ecosystem products, either your favorite MIUI 11 or the surprising offers, Mi Community has been the prime communicator for all these updates. With Mi Community, we have created many wonderful memories, be it offline meetups, launch events or online activities. This amazing platform has given us the opportunity to establish a strong relationship.
Mi Fans!
With this note, it's time to look back to all the moments and memories we have created together. Did we help in 2019? We asked this some of the frequent contributors amongst you, here's what they have to say about how 2019 has been amazing for them, let's have a look at it below. And if you just want to know how to get the time-limited medal then go straight to the end of this article.
Also check out the global recap of Mi Community: https://in.c.mi.com/thread-2104199-1-0.html?t=1577955597776
How can we forget our admins? We asked the same question to our beloved admins as well to have some insights on what to expect from 2020? Well they seemed pretty positive (meaning so much more to come in 2020). Let's have a look below on what they have to say:
Sangat Desai (a.k.a - R0user) - Mi Community Team
Ashutosh Prasad - Mi Community Team
How to participate? | Win 'Celebrating Togetherness' medal
It's your time now to let us all know! Tell us how Mi Community has helped you in 2019? It can be anything from making friends offline or online or attending any launch events and if you are very active on community, you have some numbers to flaunt like these moderators. It can be any memory as long as it is related to being a Mi Fan or related to Mi Community.
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ServiceMaster Environmental Health & Safety Statement
We live and work in the same communities as our customers, who trust us with their homes and businesses tens of thousands of times every day. That trust depends on our responsibility to do no harm, and to protect and maintain the safety of the environment, our employees, our customers, and our communities. We value that trust, and our reputation depends on living up to our commitments. Our reputation is only as good as the last customer service we deliver.
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I had no interest in seeing this movie. My husband bribed me with popcorn, an action he probably regretted, since I spent the movie spewing it at the screen.
I'll be up-front: I was a Joe fanatic in my pre-teen days. But I got off that train a long time ago, and I could tell by the trailer that the movie was a loud, frantic, emotionally immature, sloppily-scripted, overly-CGI'ed wankfest. I wasn't wrong.
The casting was fairly highbrow for a movie of this caliber, and the actors did the best they could with the material. Channing Tatum has taken critical flack for being wooden, but he didn't bother me. Damon Wayons also failed to annoy me for the first time in his career. The banter between the two of them was relaxed and natural, if not terribly original.
Arnold Vosloo, who I have only ever known as "The Mummy," was a dead-on Zartan--intense, gleeful, and slightly twitchy--and I sure wish there had been more of him on the screen. His "Mummy" costar, Brendan Fraser, gave me the biggest (and only) fangirl thrill of the movie when he appeared in an uncredited cameo as Flint (on IMDB.com the character is called "Sergeant Stone" but I know better). And Sienna Miller was a perfect Baronness, insomuch as the writers allowed her to resemble the Baronness of old.
Dennis Quaid, on the other hand, was just BAD. I had expected him to be a worthy General Hawk. But he approached the role as if doing a mid-afternoon stage performance for a group of kindergarteners--blustering, growling and over-the-top. Every word that came out his mouth made me wince.
The costumes were a real mixed bag in this movie. On a set where everything is over-the-top, the costumers were under real pressure to make the characters stand out visually. And they succeeded, but not always in a good way.
First, the bad:
Scarlett: Hair too red. Makeup too bright. Curls too tumbling and artful. Where did she find time to apply the curling iron? No woman with long hair knowingly goes into battle without some ponytail holders. And what was with the molded breasts and thong on her black body armor? Weren't these people present for Batman Forever a/k/a Nipplegate?
Snake Eyes: Ridiculous molded lips on his mask. Visor protruding from his face like the prow of a battleship. Appalling polysterene body armor with fake muscles which I'm quite sure are not as impressive as Ray Park's own physique. Hey guys--let's take one of the most physically impressive guys in Hollywood and swaddle him in black rubber. Awesome.
The Doctor/Rex/Cobra Commander: Joseph Gordon-Levitt spends the whole movie buried under latex scarring, breathing mask and plastic neck-corset. To compensate for the loss of any means of physical expression, he gasps and groans and chuckles menacingly. Gordon-Levitt is supposed to be this renouned actor, but I kept thinking that David Bowie wouldn't have needed all the aparatus to pull off a crippled madman--nor would he have allowed it to get in his way.
Storm Shadow: Rendering his white ninja suit in leather was a bad idea. It was bulky and weird. The coattails were stupid--remember Edna Mode's diatribe against capes? Plus he looked kind of like an Imperial Storm Trooper on Hoth.
The Good:
Storm Shadow's white three-piece suit: Delicious. Sleek, leonine, classic. Byung-hun Lee was so stunning in white with his dark hair and catlike features I immediately wanted to see him playing an amoral but conflicted Tong crimelord who'd decided to go straight. Heck, maybe he's already done that role. Be right back....
The BARONESS. A fairy-gothmother collection of decadent leather catsuits with assorted details and texturing. I particularly liked the one with the black crocodile V-inset at the bust and the low-slung leather belt. Her constant costume changes made sense for the character--she was essentially a Bond villianess--wealthy, plush, and hedonistic. The only time she failed to look stunning was in the hospital scrubs at the very end. Sienna Miller should seriously consider keeping her hair black.
Destro/McCullen: Impeccably tailored wool/silk suits. Pinstripes. Silk ties. Slurp. His acting wasn't bad, either. I could've been quite happy with him remaining as the lead bad guy and Cobra Commander blowing himself up.
Scarlett's civilian garb whilst in Paris: Perfect. Can we have more of this, please? Rachel Nichols is a gorgeous woman and probably not a bad actor. When she was in a sleek tan leather jacket and jeans she looked fabulous. There was no reason to tart her up.


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I would lay it down as a basic proposition that the primary task of the Church is not to educate man, is not to heal him physically or psychologically, it is not to make him happy. I will go further; it is not even to make him good. These are things that accompany salvation; and when the Church performs her true task she does incidentally educate men and give them knowledge and information, she does bring them happiness, she does make them good and better than they were. But my point is that those are not her primary objectives. Her primary purpose is not any of these; it is rather to put man into the right relationship with God, to reconcile man to God. This really does need to be emphasised at the present time, because this, it seems to me, is the essence of the modern fallacy. It has come into the Church and it is influencing the thinking of many in the Church—this notion that the business of the Church is to make people happy, or to integrate their lives, or to relieve their circumstances and improve their conditions.
Spiritual Depression Book Trailer
In the previous post I mentioned a new edition of Spiritual Depression. Granted Ministries has provided a video promo for the book on youtube.
Here it is:
Dr. Lloyd-Jones on altar calls
Early in the 1970s Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones was the speaker at a ministers' conference in the USA and at a question session was asked the following question:
Q During recent years, especially in England, among evangelicals of the Reformed faith, there has been a rising criticism of the invitation system as used by Billy Graham and others. Does Scripture justify the use of such public invitations or not?
A. Well, it is difficult to answer this in a brief compass without being misunderstood. Let me answer it like this: The history of this invitation system is one with which you people ought to be more familiar than anyone else, because it began in America. It began in the 1820s; the real originator of it was Charles G. Finney. It led to a great controversy. Asahel Nettleton, a great Calvinist and successful evangelist, never issued an "altar call" nor asked people to come to the "anxious seat." These new methods in the 182Os and were condemned for many reasons by all who took the Reformed position.
One reason is that there is no evidence that this was done in New Testament times, because then they trusted to the power of the Spirit. Peter preaching on the Day of Pentecost under the power of the Spirit, for instance, had no need to call people forward in decision because, as you remember, the people were so moved and affected by the power of the Word and Spirit that they actually interrupted the preacher, crying out, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" That has been the traditional Reformed attitude towards this particular matter. The moment you begin to introduce this other element, you are bringing a psychological element. The invitation should be in the message. We believe the Spirit applies the message, so we trust in the power of the Spirit. I personally agree with what has been said in the question. I have never called people forward at the end for this reason; there is a grave danger of people coming forward before they are ready to come forward. We do believe in the work of the Spirit, that He convicts and converts, and He will do His work. There is a danger in bringing people to a "birth," as it were, before they are ready for it.
The Puritans in particular were afraid of what they would call "a temporary faith" or "a false profession." There was a great Puritan, Thomas Shepard, who published a famous series of sermons on The Ten Virgins. The great point of that book was to deal with this problem of a false profession. The foolish virgins thought they were all right. This is a very great danger.
I can sum it up by putting it like this: I feel that this pressure which is put upon people to come forward in decision ultimately is due to a lack of faith in the work and operation of the Holy Spirit. We are to preach the Word, and if we do it properly, there will be a call to a decision that comes in the message, and then we leave it to the Spirit to act upon people. And of course He does. Some may come immediately at the close of the service to see the minister. I think there should always be an indication that the minister will be glad to see anybody who wants to put questions to him or wants further help. But that is a very different thing from putting pressure upon people to come forward. I feel it is wrong to put pressure directly on the will. The order in Scripture seems to be this – the truth is presented to the mind, which moves the heart, and that in turn moves the will.
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Ozzy Osbourne has amassed $50 million in merchandising sales over the last decade, new figures just released reveal.
The massive sum is a record for a metal performer and has seen the Prince Of Darkness pull in $35 million from selling merchandise at concerts like his Ozzfest roadshow and $15 million at retail, reports Reuters. Among the best-selling
products are black Ozzy Osbourne
T-shirts, slippers and action figures.
Signatures Network, the firm who
look after merchandising rights for Ozzy Osbourne , said new material was on the way, including branded fashion jeans, jackets,
boots and accessories as well an Ozzy Osbourne slot machine.
"I think the 'Ozzy for President' and the 'Passion Of Ozzy' shirts we just released will be some of the best selling and most popular among his fans," said his wife and manager Sharon Osbourne. "Of course, I love Ozzy Osbourne so much I sleep with one of his shirts on every night."
Signatures Network holds the
worldwide merchandising and marketing rights to over
100 other major artists including
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What color to choose for the child – asks all parents, furnished rooms for a child, and for children of school age. Of course, when it comes to older children, you can simply ask him which color he likes most. But if the child is designed for very young children or children has no preference, the choice of colors allows you to use a scientific approach, namely the three methods of selection of shades: through temperament, conscious impact on the psyche of a child and coloring, which is dependent child's age.
through temperament
Color quite profound effect on childbirth, so when choosing colors wallpaper, furniture or curtains should be guided by advice and recommendations from psychologists are considering each child's temperament. Correctly selected colors will create a sense of harmony and improperly chosen color can cause irritation or discomfort.
From psychology, four temperaments – one of the possible systems for assessing psychological functions, but that it has traditionally been used to write functions in nature and children's behavior.
melancholy: preferably gray, brown and yellow. Melancholy prone to constantly experiencing different events, he reacts to external factors. The rooms of melancholy are psychologists recommended using a neutral background and living accents that help raise the activity of melancholy.
phlegmatic Recommended shades of orange and red colors in combination with muted tones of green. Flegmatically slow, taken, has strong desire and mood, apparently saving expression of emotion. Orange associated with warmth, joy and happiness, it is uplifting and inspiring.
Sanguine will feel more comfortable with purple knicks of purple. Sanguine lively, warm, moving people with often changing impressions, with a quick response to all events happening around him, simply tolerate failures and worries. Purple color song-wise space should be used in small quantities, such as long-term exposure because it can cause fatigue.
cholera substance best fit blue, blue and green. Choleric fast, hacky, but it is quite unbalanced, with dramatically changing the mood with an emotional outbreak, getting tired easily. Blue and green colors are soothing qualities, they are directly related to nature.
psychological effects
Color gives a clear effect on psychologists. Below is a table of colors, describing the possible consequences of each color of the person. It should be noted that this interpretation – just one of many theories about tsvetopsikhologii.
Red is a stimulating effect on the psyche, can cause hyperactivity, fatigue, nightmares, in a small number of positive influences on children sluggish and phlegmatic.
Blue depressive nervous system: in prolonged exposure may cause depression and fatigue. A similar effect is reduced blue associated with nature: air, water, but still present.
Green – helps to relax and calm down, has a calming effect, promotes good mood, concentration.
The yellow color is not as aggressive actions, as red. It gives positive feelings, increases visual acuity, but is not suitable for overmagnetization and neuralgia.
Orange – is excitement, but in large amounts causes fatigue. Improves appetite.
Also worth mentioning is the well-known theory of color vision – a theoretical foundation for the Lüscher color test, which provides a basis for interpreting human subjective relationships with the different colors.
According to color theory by age
For older children match colors It can be based on color theory the ages Rudolf Steiner. According to this theory, have a specific color, where the child feels comfortable every age group. This does not mean you have to annually glue wallpaper or paint furniture, you can easily complete the interior of the room, the accessories are in the respective colors:
6 – 7 years – red, dark pink;
8 years – orange;
9 years – yellow;
10-12 years – yellow-green, green;
13 – 14 years old – teal blue;
15-16 – clear blue, blue;
17 – Purple
Asking the question about the color of spacecraft children, keep in mind that everything should be in moderation – combine colors, combine colors, apply different patterns – the only way the room becomes a comfortable seating, school and childrens entertainment. And, of course, listen to the child's opinion, in fact, recommended by color just can not like him.
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- Chablis, Chablis, Burgundy/Beaujolais FRANCE
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- Closure Style
- cork
- Maturity
- ready
- Bottle Size
- 75cl
- Case Quantity
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- 93-95 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, October 2011
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From a .41 ha parcel located at the bottom of the hill in Les Clos). This is reduced to the point of being unreadable. Happily the reduction does not extend to the spicy, intense and overtly stony broad-shouldered flavors that coat the palate with dry extract on the hugely long finish. While the Clos des Hospices is not necessarily always superior to the regular cuvée, in 2010 there is clearly more underlying material. 2017+. 93-95 points


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Start Date
23 May 2016 5:30 pm
End Date
23 May 2016 6:30 pm
An Institute for the Study of Social Change and School of Land and Food seminar
presented by
Associate Professor John Carr, University of New Mexico
This research presentation seeks to begin to offer a preliminary normative framework for what a spatially just society might look like. My analysis is based on the premise that current destructive patterns of consumption and production have faced few serious political or cultural challenges in part because of a lack of compelling alternative approaches to producing fair, equitable and compelling societies. And as well documented by human geographers, the barriers to creating a truly fair society are formidable precisely because human geographies are inherently unequal – with every place having unique and uneven accessibility to scarce resources, exposure to hazards and cultural meanings. Accordingly, I draw upon existing geographic scholarship to offer conceptual cornerstones for what a spatially equitable vision for human thriving might look like.
John Carr is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of New Mexico. He received his PhD in Geography at the University of Washington, and his J.D. at the University of Texas. His research focuses on the politics of urban public space, with a focus on legal and urban planning processes. He is particularly interested in the ways that place-based cultural resources can offer directions forward for sustainable economic and environmental development. He recently completed an Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury.
Monday 23 May 2016, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Harvard Lecture Theatre 1, Centenary Building, Sandy Bay Campus
Dr Louise Grimmer for more information or directions to the venue


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Getting off the Rollercoaster via Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is defined as the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically. It's the ability to get a good read on your feelings and the feelings of others. There are many ways to fine-tune your emotional intelligence or EI. Although, what I have noticed lately is people don't seem to know how to handle conflicts and or disagreements. The distress signals flare up for those people faced with confrontation, and they want to run. I was guilty of this myself, but I learned how to deal by taking steps to dismantle my need to be right.
Awareness of Yourself and Others
Awareness comes with responsibility. If you know something and you don't do anything to improve upon your experience or those of others, then you might be careless. Remember what we said about people responding with an I'm doing FINE to the question, "How are you today?" If it is said with an attitude then fine is far from the truth. We can tune in to others and help the situation go smoother if we are aware of what's really going on around us. EI involves taking action based on your conclusions or tactfully removing yourself.
Sometimes we can have this keen awareness of our thoughts (as with anger or fear) that produce emotions or vice versa, but there are other times it's as if we are literally sitting beside ourselves and detached from our feelings. We are then in a state of indifference or apathy. To develop a better awareness of others, it is essential to have a sense of what's going on within yourself first. You may want to serve others who need your help personally and professionally, but if you don't know how to connect with yourself, how can you connect with them? This requires practice, and who better to start with than yourself? It's good to ask questions and get curious. You can ask why am I feeling this way? Or what is going on inside me right now? And then the awareness you have will help you express your needs, feelings, and wants.
Control Under Pressure
For me, control can be a synonym for stress; if I try to manage and control things, I'm usually trying to get my way. However, our aim here is self-control rather than trying to control others. That's what we have the most control over anyways – ourselves. Controlling your emotions in response to a stressful provocation is imperative in interpersonal relationships. If there comes a time where you're out of control with your feelings, the situation is then about your adverse reaction and you lose the point or your objective in having the conversation in the first place. I liken this to a rollercoaster. The rollercoaster is anything that causes tension or heightens your fight or flight response. The rollercoaster will come for you at some point and in some way. You can choose to get on the ride or not. If you decide to get on, then you're more or less deciding to put on the verbal fighting gloves. You can also choose to disengage in a confrontational scenario and say something that diffuses the situation with kindness. When you are caring rather than hostile, you are then taking control over the raging waves that may be within you. Now that is self-control. Let them have the rollercoaster and choose not to ride the crazy cyclone.
Empathy and Intuition is the Way Out
It's easier to be empathetic to someone that is downtrodden and having a hard time rather than someone who is irritated or even furious. Usually in these kinds of situations I can take it personal, but it's really not. It is a function of what's going on their mind, and it's really fear masked as anger. However, applying empathy to a difficult situation will most likely diffuse it. It is usually a situation where you can be sad for them but not in a pitying kind of way. Living in the present moment or "the now" and being in a state of watching your thoughts can get you out of tough struggles. Letting go of your ego and the need to be right or the need for someone else to understand you is the key out of sticky situations. Use your intuition here. Intuition is trusting your heart, mind, and gut instincts. The way out of some trying scenarios is to be understanding rather than to be understood. This is not easy, and it requires that you detach from thinking you are the sum of your thoughts. Let your mind run away if it wants to, vent to an understanding friend, but get off the rollercoaster. People who are hurting tend to hurt people. You will not win the battle with someone's ego if they're stuck in the need to be right.
Interpersonal relationships can be hard, but navigating them doesn't have to be when you have the right tools in your toolbox. I always say it doesn't need to be a confrontation, but rather a conversation instead. Whether in a professional or personal capacity, we can help you make molehills out of what seems to be mountains.
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Posted by Erik Svensson
I hope everybody have enjoyed the summer and has had some time to relax. It is time to start this fall's EXEB-meetings, and suggest we meet and discuss this recent beutiful paper on the evolution of Batesian mimicry between coral snakes and king snakes by Allison Rabosky and colleagues. The paper is open access and can be downloaded here. This paper contains a nice mixture of phylogenetic comparative methods, macroevolutionary questions, colour evolution, mimicry and herps! What more could one ask for? Abstract is appended below.
When: Tuesday August 16 at 10.00
Where: "Argumentet", 2nd floor, Ecology Building.
I will bring "fika" :)
Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes
Alison R. Davis Rabosky, Christian L. Cox, Daniel L. Rabosky, Pascal O. Title, Iris A. Holmes, Anat Feldman, Jimmy A. McGuire
Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11484 doi:10.1038/ncomms11484
Batesian mimicry, in which harmless species (mimics) deter predators by deceitfully imitating the warning signals of noxious species (models), generates striking cases of phenotypic convergence that are classic examples of evolution by natural selection. However, mimicry of venomous coral snakes has remained controversial because of unresolved conflict between the predictions of mimicry theory and empirical patterns in the distribution and abundance of snakes. Here we integrate distributional, phenotypic and phylogenetic data across all New World snake species to demonstrate that shifts to mimetic coloration in nonvenomous snakes are highly correlated with coral snakes in both space and time, providing overwhelming support for Batesian mimicry. We also find that bidirectional transitions between mimetic and cryptic coloration are unexpectedly frequent over both long- and short-time scales, challenging traditional views of mimicry as a stable evolutionary 'end point' and suggesting that insect and snake mimicry may have different evolutionary dynamics.


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Ok, I know that they exist in Melbourne,but cant seem to find anywhere to buy/aquire them......
Does anyone know where to buy the Peronii's in Melb? Perhaps you know of someone who has a few too many?
Had them a few years ago, and really keen to re-establish my colony.. Looking for 6-8 mebbe....
Many thanks fellow croakers
Peron's in Victoria ???
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Hi, i also am looking for a few more Peron's Tree Frogs as i have two at the moment and desperately want more. If anyone has information on how to get them, or who is selling them please notify me.
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travelling to Adelaide weekend after this (7-8/12). Wondering if anyone has any KNOWN male Peronii's for sale....tia
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The Tajikistan Free Market Centre (TFMC) was founded in 2010 based on the ideas of free markets, tolerance, and individual responsibility; and it promotes these ideas through research, education, and social events. TFMC provides an alternative voice for social and economic policy to the status quo in the country. One of its main initiatives is its monthly "Living Library" series, which is a non-economic project based on the principles of tolerance, pluralism, and non-violent conflict resolution through open dialogue.
Each Living Library event is set up in a face-to-face format and seeks to overcome prejudice and negative attitudes toward marginalized groups of society. Referring to participants as "living books" with stories to tell, each Living Library features a wide diversity of individuals, and each "book" takes 15-20 minutes to tell his/her story. The fourth Living Library in the city of Dushanbe took place on February 17 and featured a Roman-Catholic priest, a victim of xenophobia, a female scientist, and a deported labor migrant, among more.
"Being an alumnus of the 2016 'Promoting Tolerance' program hosted by AJC and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, I was inspired to start the 'Combating intoleration, stigma and hate speech through the living library in Tajikistan's project," said Aziz Timuroff, executive director of TFMC. "The project demonstrated great success, and now the TFMC is known as organizers of Living Libraries events rather than just our Free Market Clubs."
Timuroff and TFMC believe that stereotypes can be overcome by face-to-face communication in its Living Libraries. Instead of reading a book the way one would in a traditional library, "reading" in the Living Library consists of asking each "living book" any questions one may have. TFMC's press release for the fourth Living Library captures its purpose succinctly: "Do not judge a book by its cover – read it."
"Our main focus is education and [promotion] of free market and free society ideas," Timuroff continued. "There are two main vectors: economic and non-economic ones. In the first way of activity we organize traditional 'Free Market Clubs' and discussing the current issues and challenges in Tajikistan's social and economic policy. The topics of the Club is quite diverse, ranging from currency regulation, [the] banking crisis, and tax policy to education policy and the role of religion to economic development in the country." The Living Library series helps constitute TFMC's non-economic vector of activity.


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San Francisco police arrest alleged "Rideshare Rapist"
SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - Police say they have arrested the man they call the Rideshare Rapist, He is charged with raping four women while posing as a rideshare driver. Investigators say he first struck in 2013, then three more times this year.
"These assaults were violent rapes committed by a serial rapist. A sexual deviant predator who was not going to stop until he was caught," said San Francisco police Commander Greg McEachern.
Police say DNA from the man who attacked four female victims matches that of 37-year-old Orlando Vilchez Lazo of San Mateo.
Officers arrested him Thursday at his home on numerous charges including four counts of rape, kidnapping, assault and rape with a foreign object.
Investigators say the rapist first struck five years ago, then again in February, March and June of this year. Each time police entered the attacker's DNA into a national database. Police formed a task force which included plainclothes teams working weekend nights.
Then on Saturday July 7, just before police say they were going to issue a public warning about the rapist, the case broke wide open.
"Investigators in uniform and plain clothes were south of market conducting undercover operations when they observed an individual whose behavior and description matched the behavior of the previous sexual assaults," said McEachern.
The DNA matched and Vilchez Lazo is now in jail. His bail is $4 million. Police are still trying to determine if Vilchez Lazo ever actually worked for a rideshare company.
Uber tells us he did not work for them. Women rideshare passengers we spoke with say they try to ride with someone they know.
"I always make sure the license plate matches who is in the the app. That they know my name. I have a picture of them in my app. That's the only way I'll get in one," said Michele Barreuthes of Walnut Creek.
Police believe there may be more victims out there, and hope they come forward.


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At some point in time (1970s?) the global culture collectively decided that it would turn to Japan for its bizarre/limit-pushing/hilarious pop culture. It's a role that creative and design industries in Japan have taken up with zeal, and the writers at Pink Tentacle are building a fascinating chronicle of Japan obscurities.
Covering everything from found futurism to unique design concepts, it's my preferred libe break. Enjoy.
Just as Superman was retconned back from the dead, so too is The Carl Online being restored to working order after an academic year of uneventful hibernation. No longer will Carls desperate for original writing about campus life, arts, and literature be slavishly bound to paper and ink.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Filed under: Misc., Music, Politics | Tags: Christmas, Christopher Hitchens, Fairytale of New York, The Pogues
I've expressed my fondness for Christopher Hitchens before on this blog. In a time when political commentators are judged largely by who among them can shout the loudest, it's hard not to like someone who's such an unabashed stylist. Hitchens is maybe our greatest living polemic writer, and it's as much because of the control he exerts over his prose as anything else. His favorite target is probably organized religion, and in this recent Slate article -http://www.slate.com/id/2206713/ – he vows to write a fiercer anti-Christmas column every year. Now while I think Hitchens makes a great Grinch – calling the holiday a "moral and aesthetic nightmare" is an example of the elevated purple prose no one does quite so well – I don't really buy his argument this year, that the U.S. "turns itself into the cultural and commercial equivalent of a one-party state" at Christmastime.
I'm a lapsed Catholic who plans to celebrate Christmas for the rest of my life. Part of why I'm at ease with this is because the holiday as it is today seems like a bright, shining triumph of the secular. At it's core, Christmas is indisputably Christian, but do we really see Christianity casting a shadow over all American institutions each December? Or do we see market capitalism using the holiday for all it's worth, with Christians and non-Christians alike buying and selling lots of junk they don't need? (Less cynically: when Christmas gives Americans a pretense for family gatherings and gift-giving, I'd imagine those acts of gathering and giving are more important than the pretense itself for many people.) Organized religions aren't going anywhere, Christianity included, but seeing one of the two most popular Christian holidays fixed in such a secularized form should be, for someone like Hitchens, a source of holiday cheer. And speaking of cheer, I've had this on repeat lately:
– Greg Hunter
Filed under: Misc. | Tags: eyeballing game
How well can you eyeball, dog?
Filed under: Misc. | Tags: Batman, Dow Jones, Economy, Explanation, Nikkei
Many of you probably know this already, but the Dow Jones Average is down about 100 points right now, and after an early morning panic (The Dow dropped below 8,000 in the first few minutes of trading, the first time it's closed so low in god knows how long), such a small loss is pretty comforting. This big initial loss seems to have been the market responding to the huge drop in the Asian markets (see graph below for the Nikkei's 12% plunge in the first minutes of its trading day). That's globalization for you. America drops, Japan drops, and the next morning America drops.
What's causing this tanking of the market? Obviously, a lot has to do with bad mortgages that are now as worthless as the credit of those who got the loans, but really, what we've been calling the sub-prime mess is only an initial bang in what is becoming a much larger problem. We're now dealing with the most serious disease a capitalist system can face, a liquidity and credit crisis. America only grows because people are willing to lend other people their money. That's what allows everyone from huge corporations to make investments in factories to average homeowners to buy a house. No one is lending anyone else money! And that's not all! A sign of how serious and how frozen the economy has become is that banks are willing to lend to other banks. The London Interbank Offered Rate, the rate that banks in London charge each other to lend money, has increased. It never increases, literally never because banks are such trustworthy institutions. But look below, LIBOR sat at just under 3% for the past three months. Now its inching towards 5%. Statistics in the US are the same.
The answer to this problem is an extreme one and three months ago utterly unthinkable, but the Federal Government is moving towards it. They're thinking of partially nationalizing the American Banking system. It's happened with AIG, America owns a stake in that bank. It's gonna happen with many other banks. Since the government and Federal Reserve are the lenders of last resort (no matter how bad it gets, they'll be keeping the economy going. If they fail, we'll have a much much bigger problem on our hands, won't we!), people will trust them. If owning a partial stake in the banks doesn't encourage enough trust, the government may move to insure large swaths of lending.
All of this is designed to get people lending other people money. Whew. I hope you feel as confused as I do, this ain't simple stuff.
-Alex Sciuto
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-Dan Sugarman
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One last chance to figure out the Jonah's puzzle. Tomorrow, we'll post the answer.
-Alex Sciuto


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Turner Broadcasting System Promotes Shields
Jill Shields, vice president of promotions marketing and sponsorships for Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, was named senior VP, marketing and promotions for Turner Broadcasting System animation, young adults and kids' media (AYAKM).
In addition to Cartoon and Adult Swim, Shields will now be responsible for online gaing site GameTap.com, as well as new-media properties.
Shields is based in Atlanta, reporting to Brenda Freeman, chief marketing officer for AYAKM.
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