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I am currently planning to start to publish my online newsletter in English, entitled "A Psychonaut's Monolog."
In fact, I have been publishing an NLP related online newsletter in Japanese since 2003, and the total number of published issues is 386 to date (you can read the English translations of the initial 12 issues by clicking here).
I have been also publishing another online newsletter in Japanese for the subscribers of the closed membership (the latest issue No. is #48); I therefore already have rather a plenty of materials to translate into English, though I for obvious reasons will not be ready to translate everything I have written in these newsletters.
I would like to enumerate below what kinds of topics are expected to be covered in the forthcoming newsletter:
1) I would like to go through all the pages of the NLP related newsletter (a total of well over 1,000 pages), and pick up important and relevant discussions for translation, if and as necessary, which I will regard as hopefully interesting to the fellow English speaking psychonautical travelers.
2) I would like to do the same with the other more recent newsletter which was started in March 2016. In the different issues of this newsletter, I detailed the epistemological discoveries I had made after I left the NLP industry a few years ago and started to work as an executive life coach for my individual clients.
These discoveries are mainly related to a) how Western "pre-NLP" people (I am especially thinking of the participants of the Human Potential Movement in the sixties) came to recognize that everything they were experiencing may be only projections from the past, and that in-built programmings do exist in their own brains which determine their daily behaviors – I have succeeded in making explicit as a learnable set of exercises this very process which Western people probably are never able to make conscious by themselves – and b) how "pre-NLP" Westerners came to be able to "relativize the reality."
With regard to the latter finding of mine, I have come to realize that all NLP and related exercises/techniques presuppose the "Choice Point," a term which John Grinder, a co-founder of NLP and a friend of mine, used in his workshop held in London in 1988, in which I met him for the first time, and was literally flabbergasted by his highly refined epistemological teaching. The choice point is something like an imaginary fixed point of view in a virtual reality museum software in which operating the mouse can navigate you to go forward, to the left or to the right, enabling you to go into various rooms of the museum as you like, to scrutinize the paintings hung in each room, or like a virtual point of view in the Google Map system.
It is interesting to note that, in both cases, you can have a number of alternatives at a certain choice point, but "helplessly" cannot do anything between successive choice points (because there is no recorded data between them in the first place).
Grinder indicated at that time that human beings have a certain number of choice points in their daily life, that the reason why they repeat the same behavioral patterns again and again (possibly as part of their "Karma" repeated reincarnation after reincarnation) is that they have forgotten all the alternatives but one at each choice point, though they were initially available to them, and that NLP is a set of tools enabling its users to flexibly increase the number of alternatives at their disposal at each choice point (he further wisely pointed out that, if one has only one choice, one remains stuck, with two choices, one finds oneself in a dilemma, and, with three choices or more, one becomes free, because if you happen to find yourself in a dilemma, you can always go for the third choice!).
Now, I am now honestly not sure whether what I wrote in the last paragraph above is the literal transcription of what Grinder actually said in the workshop, or whether it is what I later came to understand in my own way after much trial and error – probably the combination of both was the case – but, in any case, this model did bring the most decisive and long lasting effects on me; retrospectively speaking, I even can go so far as to say that the single element that made me eventually decide to dedicate my whole life to NLP was the almost divine-like revelation I came to arrive at in Grinder's workshop in question that I could become free and liberated in not a philosophical but a practical sense, solely by increasing the number of alternatives I can select – and fortunately three choices should always turn out to be sufficient – at each choice point in my real life.
Incidentally, I can add that the Choice Point model presupposes three things; one, human beings behave on the basis of the TOTE process. This well known "Test – Operate – Test – Exit" model proposed by George Miller, Eugene Galanter, and Karl Pribram, means, simply put, the black box-like behavioral process of "Input – Programing – Output" (this "Input" neatly corresponds with Grinder's choice point).
Two, we can ascertain that we have a set of programmings at each choice point, which will be endlessly and forever repeated, unless we can have more than one alternative at each point, in which case the existing programmed patterns are bound to be interrupted. NLP turns out to be a very efficient set of tools which enables us to increase the number of alternative behavioral patterns.
Three, in order for us to become aware of the fact that we have a set of programmings at each choice point, we necessarily need to go into the "Meta Position," meaning the Observer or Witness position, from where we can look at ourselves in an objective way, not unlike the "Out-Of-Body Experiences." (The concept of Witness, which ancient Indian Vedanta sages say is the highest possible state of human consciousness, will be expounded in detail in the forthcoming newsletter in due course.)
Incidentally, with regard to this third presupposition, Stephen Covey, a personal development consultant, quotes a very interesting maxim "Between stimulus and response there is space," in his well known book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" (it appears that the original author of this saying seems to be an Indian guru, whose name I have not yet identified).
According to my own understanding, the more one is in the Meta position, the more space one can find between stimulus and response, and the more flexible alternatives one has in the space in question; this in return means that one is said to be purely like an automated and preprogramed robot, when one finds no space between stimulus and response, while one is said to be an enlightened and liberated person, when one can put infinity in the space in question (!).
Now, although the Choice Point model was the most important single factor in my whole studentship of NLP, Grinder mentioned this model only a couple of times in his London workshop in 1988, and, as far as I remember, I have not heard him mention it any more in his subsequent workshops and courses I took part in during the eighties and the nineties.
This must mean either that he stopped mentioning it because this model had turned out very trivial epistemology-wise, or that it has been so deeply and thoroughly ingrained in the Western NLP practitioners' mind that they unconsciously have come to take it for granted in a matter-of-course way.
I of course believe that the latter is the case, and indeed I myself have never expounded this model in detail in my own courses and workshops held in Japanese after casually mentioning it a couple of times a la Grinder, because it had already entirely become part of my unconscious and automatized mentation, and also because I sincerely believed, that is, wrongly, that my Japanese students were able to understand the model sufficiently easily to start to take part in the NLP exercises while unconsciously assimilating the model. Of course, I can now say that it was not the case at all.
I came to consciously know that the Choice Point model is a literally crucial aspect of the process of self-transformation, only after discovering that "Japanese people in general believe that their reality is an absolute entity (as something which exists in an a priori way), which they are not supposed to to be able to change in any way (one of my executive clients went so far as to make the comment 'How can a human being dare to try to change the "sacred" reality given to us by God?', which, by the way, may be the most aptly epitomizing the attitude of Japanese people vis-a-vis this issue)," as I wrote in one of the recent posts published on this blog site.
Namely, Japanese people who have not gone through any "pre-NLP" disciplines apparently can never conceive of choice points – they typically cannot make head or tail of them, even they are given left brain oriented logical explanation about the model – and this sadly means that Japanese people in general who are devoid of the Choice Point model cannot possibly be made consciously aware of the TOTE process, the existence of the programmings, nor the Meta position, because these three things are something which is presupposed by, and implied in, the model in question alone – while general Western NLP practitioners, whose mentality is amenable to such cognitive expansionist paradigm as Counter-culture, seemingly can accept the model as naturally as they breath air.
In this connection, I can incidentally add that, when I said to Grinder, whom I met again in his workshop in Tokyo in 2016, that he had mentioned the choice point in the 1988 workshop in London no more than a couple of times, he, after agreeing with me about the crucial significance of the model, began, the following day, to very frequently mention and emphasize the model in front of his Japanese students (!). Also, when I indicated to Grinder that, because Western NLP practitioners have been accepting the Choice Point model in a totally matter-of-course manner, they may begin to laugh at me rather in a contemptuous way to hear that I had to dare to make explicit for Japanese people what even kindergarten children in the West may be unconsciously doing, he replied that other Westerners may laugh, but that he himself would like to congratulate me on my epistemological work by saying "Bravo."
Here, I can conclude that why Japanese people cannot relativize their reality is finally demystified (!).
(By the way, my current impression I have after having taught a certain number of Japanese people my own new techniques developed by modeling Western NLP Practitioners is that they seem to need to be further taught how to apply these "one-level up" (i.e., more abstract) techniques to their inner reality. Namely, those who find themselves in a vicious circle seem not to be able to get out of it, even if they are explicitly taught subdivided or fractal (i.e., more abstract) versions of the escape method; they will always encounter a new situation where they come across something they cannot figure out in a still more subdivided or fractal way. Also, it is very interesting here to note that Western "cognitive expansionists" may begin to willingly try to comprehend the whole situation when they encounter what is totally new and ungraspable to them, while Japanese people in a similar circumstance may typically begin to shrink back, and may remain at a loss and immobile in a totally disoriented state.)
I indicated above that I have successfully developed my own unique exercises by modeling "how Western 'pre-NLP' people […] came to recognize that everything they were experiencing may be only projections from the past," as well as "how 'pre-NLP' Westerners had come to be able to 'relativize the reality'." This reminds me of the fact that native English speakers more often than not have great difficulties to logically explain the syntactic structures of the language they speak, while I, as a non-native foreigner who started to learn English as late as at the age of 12, later came to be able to logically analyze all the syntactic and grammatical aspects of the language in a, say, quasi-perfect way.
I believe that this IS the strongest USP (unique sales proposition) of mine, in the sense that I can give, say, unheard-of and/or out-of-the-box advice to Western masters of NLP as a Japanese epistemologist well versed in NLP, as well as to Western executive businessmen as a unique Japanese consultant well versed in cross-cultural communication.
My unique greatness, if any, can be found in the very fact that I can go out of the box to always look from outside at what the already innovative and/or genius Westerners are doing in a totally unconscious way, in order to successfully model it so that I may be able to provide them with an explicit set of learnable tools – they intrinsically cannot make their unconscious patterns explicit from within the box they find themselves in – which in turn will not fail to enable them to endlessly become more and more innovative and/or genius, through my further assistance with incremental modeling work given to them.
No wonder why the Japanese students I have so far taught my innovation modeling methodology in my courses and workshops have apparently not been impressed by it at all, all the more because they themselves were not up to the level of the targets of my modelings, e.g., native English speakers, Western NLP masters, etc., and were utterly unable to make sense of what these Westerners are doing within their heads in the first place.
Also, I feel that the fact that my works have turned out not to be so effective to Japanese people in the last 15 years is, as far as I am concerned, something like a valuable "medal of honor" for me, all the more because, paradoxically speaking, I have rather succeeded in making what the Western masters and/or geniuses do unconsciously and/or automatically transparent as a learnable set of psychological tools, SOLELY by contrasting the behavioral and psychological patterns of Japanese people (i.e., non-masters and/or non-geniuses) with those of the Westerners in question. It is very clear that, without my ill-fated but inevitable failure to "wake up" the sleeping Japanese people, I would have never been able to arrive at my recent important epistemological discoveries, which I hope will turn out to be both of great value and seminal to serious Western epistemologists, including both NLP masters and visionary business entrepreneurs seeking to become more and more innovative and ingenious.
Be that as it may, I might hopefully prove to be an exceptionally unique person who would be in a position to provide international VIP people with such an innovation modeling work.
I personally and stealthily am inclined to believe that the real values of my high level unique "innovation consulting services" might be properly grasped only by such visionary and genius entrepreneurs as the CEO's of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Tesla (!). I further clandestinely desire to be part of a think factory of such enterprises, so that I may exclusively work for them as an innovation modeling consultant.
If you happen to be interested in my consultancy work as described above, then please consider having personal coaching sessions offered by me, and contacting me through the Contact page of this site.
3) In the online newsletter in Japanese for the subscribers of the closed membership, I introduced the works of such important thinkers as Neville Goddard, Robert Scheinfeld, and Fumio Nishida, whose works I would like to elaborate on in the forthcoming newsletter in due course.
In brief, I found that Goddard's claim that you are within the godly consciousness, whenever you imagine as if your desire was already fulfilled, while you live within the sinful consciousness, whenever your desire is not fulfilled, and that to achieve the godly consciousness by imagining that your desire is already fulfilled does mean your redemption, is simply fascinating.
He further advises us to "think from [something]," instead of to "think of [something]." In the latter case, according to him, you are outside of what you desire, and therefore will never be able to obtain it, because you are continually sending your unconscious mind – or the whole universe, for that matter – the presupposed message that you don't have what you desire in the first place, while in the former case, you are already inside of what you desire, and therefore will not fail to obtain it, because you are continually sending your unconscious mind the presupposed message that you already have what you desire in the first place. I found that this position of Goddard must be very valid and extremely useful.
Also, when I read "Busting Loose From the Business Game" by Scheinfeld, I was simply stunned to know that a simple mantra (or affirmation) he devised can be used to deprogram, rather than reprogram (a la NLP), our behavioral patterns, so that we may approach the so-called divine consciousness which is intrinsically devoid of all programmings.
I have been using my own version of mantra based on the original version a la Scheinfeld since I came to know about his method a couple of years ago, and have been ascertaining that once the old programmings are gone through the mantra, they would never come back to me. It is true that, when I used to extensively practice NLP exercises during the nineties (when I was staying in the UK), I had a similar feeling that the old programmings never would come back to me, but I tangibly realize that Scheinfeld's "deprogramming method" has an "additional vertical" aspect; namely, while NLP, as a "reprogramming method," can enable me to achieve, so to speak, horizontal self-transformation, it seems to me not to be able to make me devoid of more and more of old programmings to approach the pure divine consciousness, that is, upward, like in the case of Scheinfeld's method.
Also, I am glad to say that I have succeeded in integrating NLP with Scheinfeld's method to create a magick-like new technique so that the phenomenal world and the noumenal (yonder) world may be vertically transcended and fused in a cyclic and endless way.
By the way, Scheinfeld regards the phenomenal world as a holographic world, following another important thinker, Michael Talbot, who wrote "The Holographic Universe," etc.
I will discuss the works of these holography oriented thinkers in the forthcoming newsletter.
Also, I happen to come across a quite interesting Japanese sports consultant, Fumio Nishida. I read nearly all of his books written in Japanese, mainly in oder to understand how the mind of ordinary Japanese people works, and came to know that unless one's "amygdala" begins to feel pleasure, none of one's efforts in the fields of sports, art, business, language learning, meditation, diet, desk work, etc., can bring any positive and enduring outcomes.
Unfortunately, Nishida never mentions any sources of his ideas either in the footnotes or in the bibliographies of his books – which I thought is quite unethical on his part and is not academic at all (he seemingly even goes so far as to recommend a kind of plagiarism to the readers (!); I think that his books would never be translated into foreign languages) – therefore, I had to begin to try to identify by myself who the worldwide authority in the study of amygdala is, and this search eventually led me to discover the name of Joseph LeDoux whom I will mention in the next paragraph.
4) I have published a total of seven recently written essays on my Japanese site. They mainly covered the topics related to my recent study of influential neuroscientists like LeDoux and Stanislas Dehaene, as well as to the important history books "Sapiens" and "Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari.
I intend to translate these seven essays in my forthcoming online newsletter in English, as faithfully as the original texts possible.
PS: I have been encouraged by an adviser to write a several thousand pages long book in English, bound in sheep-skin, about human consciousness. Well, I now think that I would like to write an at least several hundred pages long book on the history of human consciousness, in which the contents of the forthcoming newsletter will certainly be incorporated in some form or another. For this purpose, I may need to dedicate myself to scholarly research hopefully with some kind of sponsorship, which also should cover my current work as an epistemological modeler and/or innovation modeling consultant.


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Nia McCoy – What rights should people living in the U.S. have ?
I think people in the U.S. should have the same rights that they have now: Social, economical, and political rights. Such as freedom of speech, the right to work, and the right to work. Minorities and for the most part African Americans always struggled and fought for the same rights and opportunities as white people. The 13th Amendment freed slaves but left them in a sort of gray area, technically they were free but really could not do anything. They were free people who had practically no rights, which they were entitled to and deserved. It was not until the 15th Amendment when they got a FEW rights. I think that people are afraid of different from what they know. Therefore many are discriminated against for their race, religion, etc. These are issues that were present during the Reconstruction Era as well as now. Barack Obama talked to a group of Muslim people in a mosque. He was saying that the fear and how these people feel is just plain wrong. Many of them said they are afraid of being sent away simply because of their religion. They were often labeled as dangerous and terrorists just because of the violent acts of a few. According to a poll nearly half americans think Muslims are anti-american. This is wrong and it really shows the state of our nation. Back during the Reconstruction Era many people were not treated equal and with the same respect. This problem still exists but it has fortunately gotten better over time. Hopefully one day soon everyone would have the same rights and actually have them be applied to them. Many groups of people have protests and also have riots because of injustice and rights. All of the conflict and issues could be prevented if everyone received equal attention and had the same rights. Everyone in the U.S. deserves them as I have previously stated. The Reconstruction Era was supposed to benefit black people and help them transition from slavery. Many things that were meant to be helpful were not carried out and many racist groups and organizations were formed. Black people did nothing to receive the harsh treatment that they did. But I think because they were different white people felt as though they were lower than them and did not deserve nearly as much respect, rights, etc. as they did. If all the people were american citizens they all should have gotten and should get the same as everyone else. Everyone should have the right to work when they can. No one should get discriminated against and have fewer opportunities than others. Everyone should have the right to have and share their political views. All people living in the U.S. should be able to share their opinions. They should also be able to coexist in an environment with people different from them. People should be able to belong to a religion without any prejudice towards them.

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Staunton, Va
Noted for its architectural significance, as well as its significant ties to the African-American community in Staunton and statewide, Montgomery Hall Park is located in the southwest section of the City of Staunton. Originally an 800-acre plantation, the first Montgomery Hall was a Classical Revival structure built in 1822 by John Howe Peyton. By 1902 the property had dwindled to 150 acres and the new owners, Frank and Emma Walter, commissioned local architect T.J. Collins to design an addition. Before it could be built in 1906, the house was destroyed by fire. The Walters had Collins design a new house in the Colonial Revival style, based somewhat on the form of the original and built on the former foundation.
The City purchased the 148-acre property in 1946, and designated it as a park for the local African- American community, giving them full control of its operation and a small operating budget. The Montgomery Hall Park Recreation Committee was created and quickly established park rules, programs and fees to better fund the facility. By the late 1940s, the park included a swimming pool, playgrounds, horseshoe pit, and other recreational features. The park and its grand main building were a hub of social life for the community, hosting dances, swimming lessons, croquet, card games, flower shows, and bowling. As one of only a few designated African-American parks with such superb amenities in Virginia, the park gained statewide recognition. Groups from across the state made the day trip to Staunton, some even camping overnight. Visitation during the summer season from June to Labor Day often reached 18,000.
The Montgomery Hall Park Recreation Committee ran the park and served as liaison between the African-American community and city government until 1969 when it was integrated into the rest of the city park system. Today, Montgomery Hall is home to the Department of Parks and Recreation offices, and the park has been expanded and improved to include modern playgrounds, a swimming pool complex, picnic shelters, walking trails, basketball and tennis courts, several playing fields, and parking lots.
Montgomery Hall Park was recently listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Working with the City of Staunton, Frazier Associates conducted research and wrote the architectural description, as well as coordinated and submitted the nomination materials. In-depth historical research for the nomination was provided by Nancy Sorrells; and Dennis B. Blanton and the James Madison University Department of Sociology and Anthropology conducted the archeological survey of the property. Historic Staunton Foundation provided copies of drawings from their T. J. Collins archives.


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Frisbee Vlog
Traveling to foreign countries for longer periods of time is always a great experience, especially because you have a chance to really get to know the culture and to meet new people. Making friends abroad might often be a challenging task, however, it is easy if you play Ultimate Frisbee. If you still believe that playing frisbee means that people just randomly throw a frisbee in a park, you should better check the rules out…. Ultimate as a self-refereed sport is based purely on the Spirit of the Game and because it somehow brings together people with alike thinking it is so easy to make friends. All you need to do is literally shout out Ultimate Frisbee (… and maybe to check local Frisbee Facebook page).
Edinburgh Ultimate Summer League
My first experience with Frisbee in Scotland was a bit hectic. Just on a Tuesday evening I managed to join a pick-up team for the Summer league that was starting on Wednesday. So the next day I went to a park I have never heard of before, to play a match with a bunch of people I have never met before. Guess what? Yeah, we lost the game. Maybe also because we could barely recall each others names. To fix the problem with names and also to supplement the calories burned, we went to a pub for a burger and a beer. Over the next 5 weeks of the League we won 2 games, finished up 4th (out of 6 teams) and consumed dozens of burgers together.
Twice a week there are regular training sessions happening in Edinburgh. One restricted to women only and the other one open for anyone. These take place at Meadows park, a huge open-access park just in the middle of Edinburgh with a beautiful view of Arthur's seat as well. Surprisingly, all these trainings had a great quality and we got some highly experienced players to lead the trainings, everything for free.
Definitely the best part of Ultimate in Edinburgh is the beach. I have mentioned how beautiful Portobello beach in my first blog post and it gets even better if you get to play Frisbee on the beach. If the weather allows, there is a pick-up game happening twice a week, players of all levels are most welcome. As romantic as this sounds it also has a downside. By the end of the game you have sand everywhere, even in your ears usually and even a short swim in the North sea we had after each game does not really help to get rid of it.
My ultimate Ultimate Adventure
After a couple of weeks in Edinburgh, I thought that playing here only is not that adventurous any more and decided to explore the UK Ultimate scene a bit more. A frisbee friend of mine helped me to get in touch with the captain of the Reading womens team and just a week later, I took off from Edinburgh and landed at Gatwick to get a lift with Avril (who I've never seen before) to Edenbridge where the tournament took place. So the treat of this summer for me were actually the flight tickets. No regrets at all. It was amazing. Two days of high level Ultimate and unbearable heat, two nights in a sleeping bag on a floor in a Scout Hut, all with people I met for the first time in my life. Unforgettable experience!


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A software configuration management (SCM) system for client/server environments from CA Technologies. CA Harvest runs on all major platforms. Originally CCC/Harvest and developed by Platinum Technology, the company was acquired by CA in 1999.
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MARGOT ROBBIE Calls JOKER & HARLEY QUINN Movie 'Romantic in a Messed Up Way'
Margot Robbie has addressed recent rumors regarding a reported Joker & Harley Quinn movie, as well as reports of directors Glenn Ficara and John Requa helming the project.
"I heard that too," Robbie told ComingSoon, stopping short of confirming the reports of the film."They're great! It's fun working with a directing duo, and I love them."
Robbie added about Ficara and Requa, with whom Robbie previously worked on the films Focus and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, "I've obviously done two films with them so I think they're just brilliant."
As for what a potential Joker & Harley Quinn movie would look like, Robbie did outline her vision of the criminal pair's relationship.
"I'm personally a sucker for a love story. In any iteration. I think people enjoy seeing two characters who, in Harley and Joker's case, would die for one another. It's kind of romantic in a messed up way."


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Trackless Trolleys of Baltimore
Here is a great series of photos we uncovered on Flickr thanks to Kevin Mueller. He has some terrific photos, so check them out.
Vest Pocket Guide to Baltimore's New Trackless Trolley
Introducing Baltimore's new trackless trolley with vest pocket guide to the Caroline-Preston-Gilmor St. no. 21 line, in effect, March 6, 1938
Inside a 1905 Baltimore Streetcar
Photograph of the interior, from the front platform to the center, of a United Railways and Electric Company standard Brill semi-convertible car in Baltimore, Maryland.
Then and Now: Howard St. and Saratoga St.
Photograph taken looking north at tracklaying on Howard Street at its intersection with Saratoga Street in Baltimore, Maryland. On the northwest corner at number 300 North Howard Street is Chas. Willms & Co., manufacturers and importers...
Amazing Lost Baltimore Streetcars
Incredible series of photos from 1915 showing Baltimore streetcars across the city. Published by the president of the United Railways & Electric Company.
Elevated Streetcar of Baltimore in 1943
This cool old image of Baltimore shows an elevated streetcar. Source: Library of Congress From my Googling around, it looks like this is near the 200 block of Guilford Ave. What do you think? Take a...
Streetcars in Towson Back in 1963
This great old photo shows the old streetcars of Baltimore running through Towson back in October of 1963. A short one month later, President Kennedy would be assassinated in Dallas.
Downtown Baltimore in the 1940s
This is what Baltimore looked like some time in the 1940s. The first one below is labeled Guilford and Fayette. Source: Flickr user Kevin Mueller This second one is Howard St. Source: Flickr user Kevin Mueller
Baltimore Streetcars in the 1960s
Here is a beautiful series of photos that we found on Flickr showing the city's old streetcars. The one below was taken just a few weeks before President Kennedy would be shot. Source: Flickr user hoteldennis
1910 Trolley Map of Baltimore and Suburbs … Wow
Wow. This is amazing. Click on it for a much larger version. Source: Johns Hopkins Sheridan Library
Park Terminal at Night in 1943
Check out this beautiful photo of trolleys at night. This was taken in April of 1943. Source: Shorpy
Ellicott City Trolley (1955)
Here are a couple cool old photos that we dug up on Shorpy. It's a vintage 1910s streetcar running in 1955. Source: Shorpy Source: Shorpy
Catonsville Streetcar Men Circa 1915
Here's an old photo of men that manned the Baltimore streetcars back around 1915.
Catonsville Junction in the 1950s
This is an excellent old photo of Catonsville Junction, the terminus of the old Baltimore Traction Company's streetcar lines. Source: Shorpy
Trackless Trolley to Roland Park
Check out this great photograph from 1943. It shows a group of people getting ready to board the trackless trolley to Roland Park. Source: Library of Congress
Cool Photo of Trolley Leaving Terminal at Night
What a cool photo. You should save this as your desktop wallpaper. It shows an old trolley leaving a terminal at night. This photo is labeled April, 1943. Source: Library of Congress
Cool Video of Baltimore Streetcars in 1960
At it's peak in 1929, Baltimore's streetcar system had over 400 miles of track. Sadly, like all great American cities, the system was shut down in November 1963 in favor of a bus system. Watch this...


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- 2 cups almond meal
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- Pinch sea salt
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As we draw 2017 to a close, and look ahead to 2018, we're already stocking our cupboards with the newest and most exciting food trends. We've researched far and wide to see what experts are saying we'll all be eating over the coming year, some sound appetising, others…. Not so much! Over the next month, we'll be sharing just how you can infuse your diet with 2018's hot list, for today, we're giving you our top ten food trends for 2018.
The Gender Pay Gap legislation : How will this affect the facilities management industry?
As of April 2017, all companies with over 250 employees must publish their gender pay gap within the next year. This will affect 9000 companies, employing 15million people. But what do we mean by a gender pay gap? And how will this procedure work, in practice? Never fear, in today's blog, we're sharing all you need to know about the gender pay gap legislation.
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Attracting and retaining Millennial Facilities Managers
Here at The Watercooler Today, we are keen on keeping up with the latest trends and changes in the Facility Management World. That's why today, we're considering the newest emerging force of Facility Manager, the Millennial. By 2025, Millennials will account for 75% of facilities managers. This seismic change will bring about transformative shifts in working styles, preferences, and principles throughout the industry, that is why it is so important to take the time now to understand this newest cohort.
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The impact of Brexit on Facilities Management
Today marks a historic day, the prime minister, Theresa May has triggered article 50, beginning a two year process that will result in the UK leaving the European Union, an institution we have been part of for 44 years. There has been much discussion about what this means, politically and socially, for the UK, but what does it mean for facilities management? We've undertaken some detective work to find out for you. Continue reading "The impact of Brexit on Facilities Management"
5 Office Design No-No's
It's simple to see when office design is done well, it's far more complicated to know how it is done, and, even more importantly, how not to do it. We've been talking to interior office designers, to gain a few hints and tips for how to design your office. They've provided us with their five office design no-no's, and we'll share them with you here. Continue reading "5 Office Design No-No's"
Promoting mental wellbeing in the workplace
Studies have shown that improving mental health in the workplace increases productivity, efficiency, and reputation. 21% of workers surveyed have called in sick due to workplace stress, indicating low employee engagement and high absenteeism. In today's blog, we'll be discussing some top tips to foster and encourage mental wellbeing in your office or workplace.
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What's next in the water industry?
Much like water itself, the water industry is fast moving and unpredictable. In order to help you keep up with what's going on, we've investigated the current state of affairs within the water industry, as well as what we predict will be happening in the coming months and years. Continue reading "What's next in the water industry?"
Keeping your workplace hydrated
Previously, we've discussed the importance of providing hydration within the workplace, and this week we'll be providing you with our favourite tips on how to ensure that your workplace is hydrated, happy, and healthy.
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Three steps to saving water in the workplace
It's an established fact that we use far more water than the earth is able to provide for us. Less than 1% of the world's fresh water is available for human use (the majority being frozen, underground, or salt water), and yet each individual uses around 150 litres of water per day. With the earth's population growing far quicker than is sustainable and global warming leading our rainfall to become increasingly erratic, it is everyone's responsibility to cut water usage.
We spend around 109,980 hours of our lives at work, and therefore, this is where we fulfil most of our water usage. Indeed, industries and public institutions use over 25% of water used in most major cities. Today, we're going to be discussing how to save water in your workplace. Continue reading "Three steps to saving water in the workplace"
Keeping hydrated whilst driving
Today, we'll be discussing something few of us ever stop to think about… staying hydrated whilst driving. We've previously given much thought to why you should stay hydrated in the gym, but why should you stay hydrated whilst driving? Bear with us, and we'll tell you why and how you should keep your hydration levels up whilst driving. Continue reading "Keeping hydrated whilst driving"


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On Aug. 3, 2005, the deadliest roadside bomb ever encountered by U.S. troops in Iraq detonated beneath a 26-ton armored personnel carrier, killing 14 Marines and revealing yet another American vulnerability in the struggle against improvised explosive devices.
"Huge fire and dust rose from the place of the explosion," an Iraqi witness reported from the blast site in Haditha, in Anbar province. In Baghdad and in Washington, the bleak recognition that a new species of bomb -- the underbelly, or "deep buried," IED -- could demolish any combat vehicle in the U.S. arsenal "was a light-bulb moment for sure," as a Pentagon analyst later put it.
Of the 81,000 IED attacks in Iraq over the past 4 1/2 years, few proved more devastating to morale than that "huge fire" in Haditha. At a time when coalition casualties per IED steadily declined, even as the number of bombs steadily increased, the abrupt obliteration of an entire squad -- made up mostly of reservists from Ohio -- revealed that the billions of dollars being spent on heavier armor and other "defeat the device" initiatives had clear limits.
Haditha provided a light-bulb moment for insurgents as well. During the next year, underbelly attacks just in the Marine sector of western Iraq would increase from a few each month to an average of four per day. By early summer of this year, the underbelly IED -- considered a specialty of Sunni bombers -- was killing more American troops in Iraq than all other variants of roadside bombs combined.
A bomb with 100 pounds of explosives detonating beneath an armored vehicle was equivalent to a direct hit from a six-gun artillery battery, but with an accuracy no gunner could hope to achieve. A single 155mm artillery round, which by itself can destroy a tank, typically contained 18 pounds of explosives. "That's just a damned difficult thing to defeat," said Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, the current chief of staff for the Multinational Corps in Baghdad.
Two weeks after the Haditha killings, Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis, who headed the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, lamented the failure of American science to vanquish the roadside bomb. "If we could prematurely detonate IEDs, we will change the whole face of the war," he said. For "a country that can put a man on the moon in 10 years, or build a nuke in 2 1/2 years of wartime effort, I don't think we're getting what we need from technology on that point."
This installment of the series - with its detailed explication of the astonishingly raw firepower of the latest roadside explosives - really brings home the utter brutality of the IED threat to U.S. forces. To put it bluntly, this piece really captures the sheer horror of the war.
Also check this next quote on "explosively formed penetrators" (IFPs), the IED projectiles supplied to the Iraqi terrorists by Iran:
By late summer 2005, the explosively formed penetrator, like the underbelly IED, had become an appallingly lethal weapon for which there was no obvious countermeasure.
Although still a small fraction of all roadside bombings, EFP attacks since spring had increased from about one per week to roughly one every other day. When fired, the semi-molten copper disks struck with such violence that casualties tended to be higher and more gruesome than in other IED attacks. "This was beyond the capability of anything in our arsenal," an Army brigadier general said. "And, by the way, you can't armor your way out of this problem."
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Alpha Bugs (mini Edition): A Pop-up AlphabetReviews
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- English (Unknown)
- English (Original Language)
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Do you want to get hold of a book? Buy yourself a copy of Alpha Bugs, a pop-up alphabet by David A. Carter. Written by David A. Carter and the publisher is Little Simon. This child's book went on sale around June of 2006. The hardcover child's book is intended for ages 36 months and up, and is mostly about Toy and movable books and it is perceived as smart specimens. This version is the 1st reduced size ed. is 28 pages long and it comes with colorfully illustrated pictures. To pick up your personal copy of this child's book, visit the market link below.
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Trainee teachers will be trained to teach PE at both the primary and secondary levels. Professionally, this will help teachers to understand growth and motor development across the schooling years, and their implications on teaching and learning. Successful candidates' first school posting will be to the first teaching level indicated in their letter of offer. Candidates may be posted to the second teaching level assigned subsequently. School postings are subject to organisational requirements.
A passion for sports spurred Mr Aravinthan to become a Physical Education teacher.
He imparted values to his students through sports. His leadership style as Principal of Spectra Secondary School has also been influenced by sports.
Learn about Mr Aravinthan's journey in the Education Service and how he makes a difference.
Students learn life values through sports. Like being there for your team, giving all you've got, overcoming obstacles and carrying yourself with dignity whether in victory or defeat. Game enough to take on their challenge? Join us as our PE Teacher. It all begins with a teacher.
Mr Jonathan Leo Ng
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Formerly teaching Physical Education at Da Qiao Primary School
Physical Education (PE) lessons are experiential learning moments that go beyond the classroom. PE builds character, develops social skills, fosters teamwork and encourages fair play.
As a PE teacher, Mr Jonathan Leo Ng sees more Physical Education as more than just physical activity and sports. Having benefited from his own pursuit of sports, Jonathan sees teaching as a career that will enable him to help the future generation develop resilience, determination and respect.
PE at the primary level focuses on broad-based development, and the wide scope of activities helps to develop the fundamental movement skills of a child. Jonathan also believes that when students enjoy their PE lessons it kick-starts a love for and adoption of a physically active lifestyle, which will be an asset to students long after they have left school.
In 2013, Jonathan shared his pilot project on infusing Health Education with Physical Education lessons at the PE and Sports Conference and was given the opportunity to review the way Health Education was taught in schools. These opportunities gave Jonathan the chance to improve the quality of lessons beyond his own classes.
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About Us
I am very fortunate to be in the health and wellness industry. Although I frequently hear from clients how I have inspired them to lose weight, or be more active, or eat cleaner; the joy I get from them, far exceeds what I am giving out.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology and a Masters in Health Education. I have been in the fitness industry for 25+ years and still have the passion for it now, as I did when I first started. This industry is forever changing so it's easy to stay excited about teaching others how to move and live a healthy lifestyle.
I believe in balance. Life can't be all about work, with no play. I'm a real person who loves to exercise and find new, innovative ways to get others moving. I am proud of what we have created with URfit. It's a place where you can come and take classes in a small group, where you don't have to be intimidated, and where you will get personalized attention. You no longer need to join several studios to get the variety your body craves. URfit offers cardio, resistance training, and active recovery all under one roof.
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The one, the only, Lisa Tomlins & The Presidents Of Funk are back in town and bringing the party to the Rogue & Vagabond once again, this time in support of Oxfam NZ.
Presenting the finest, booty shakin' music around, by the Godfather of soul, James Brown!
Two of our funky presidents, (Rory and Lauren) are taking on the Oxfam Trailwalker in March and hiking 100km over 36 hours. They're raising money for Oxfam NZ which is a charity that focuses on the Pacific and Southeast Asia and working with communities to tackle the root causes of poverty.
They help people to access safe water and sanitation, to build a sustainable livelihood, to provide education for their children and to live free from persecution and violence.
Support the cause! Free entry but bring all those pesky golds and silvers or blues and greens and throw a donation our way on the night!
Come on through to the Rogue & Vagabond and get down to the brown! We'll see you on the dance floor. Turtle necks/70's attire encouraged.
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LaVerne J., PhD
/ Las Vegas, Nevada
LaVerne excelled as a property manager after graduating from high school. But at six months pregnant, she could no longer handle being on call 24 hours a day, and decided to go to college.
LaVerne and her son were covered by Medicaid while she finished her bachelor's degree in nursing. On graduation day in 1986, she called the Medicaid office to be removed from the program because her employer-sponsored insurance was kicking in. She was ready to give back to the community.
LaVerne's career took off, working as a clinical director before enlisting in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, where she served as a captain and head nurse of her unit. After retiring from the military, she obtained master's and doctorate degrees, which she uses to promote community health through consulting and ministry work.
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Baseball and Hope
It was spring and Baseball had started. I went to the Arizona Diamondbacks home opener and found a gentle renewal of hope. Even though they lost, blowing a middle inning lead in the sixth, the rhythms and optimism of the game, especially the first game of the season, were invigorating.
For me, spring baseball has always been about hopeful expectations. Your team may have ended the season in the cellar, but each new season brings new hope. Maybe this year we'll win the division. Maybe we'll top .500 for the season. Anything seems possible.
I've had a tough couple of months lately at work. I worked harder for less income last year and the winds of change coming out of the ACA and the insurance industry don't look friendly to the individual practitioner. We've had a run of tragic and difficult cases on the trauma service and I've lost some of my usual objectivity in the face of it. Things are changing in the hospitals were I work, and not for the better, but I can't seem to do anything to reverse or stop it.
I really needed a night out, and Opening Day was perfect. The grass was green, the uniforms were crisp and white, the beer was cold and the dogs were hot and all seemed right with the world. At least for a few hours, there was hope. Batter up!


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Apple Picks an Alternative to NFC in New iPhone Software
The developers who have an early look at Apple's new iOS7 operating system have found it supports the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), a wireless technology that some consider a longer-range alternative to Near Field Communication (NFC).
Apple's iBeacon uses BLE, which builds a beacon around a certain area so the app can be alerted when users enter, GigaOM reports. Apple's iBeacon has a large range, up to 50 meters, while NFC tags have a range of less than a third of a metermeaning a retailer could deploy fewer iBeacons to cover a larger area of a store, the article says.
PayPal's new Beacon mobile payment system, unveiled this week, also uses a BLE signal. PayPal users must have the company's app already running on their phone for it to initiate a payment through Beacon when they enter a store.
Apple, which did not return a request for comment by deadline, has provided very few details about iBeacon. It has been more outspoken about other new iPhone technology that it can use for payments, such as the iCloud Keychain and fingerprint-based payments. Apple has never built an iPhone with an NFC chip.
"If Apple had chosen to include NFC that would have bolstered the NFC cause, but I wouldn't say this is denting NFC at this point because Apple is not offering a competitive payment solution yet," said Rick Oglesby, a senior analyst at Aite Group, who says Apple is setting up a direct head-to-head competition between Bluetooth/geofencing and NFC. "[Apple] has lots of NFC patents so they may still deploy NFC at some point, but at the moment, Bluetooth appears to be their method of choice and NFC appears to be a fallback plan at best."
By using BLE technology, a merchant can be instantly aware of a shopper's presenceenabling location-based coupons, promotions or other services.
"PayPal and Apple both appear to be embracing Bluetooth LE as an NFC competitor," Oglesby says.
PayPal is a more immediate threat to NFC, since its product includes payments from day one, he says.
"But the stage is clearly being set for Apple to make a move into payments as well," Oglesby says. "They are taking a more measured approach, launching services such as AirDrop [Apple's file sharing technology] and iBeacon, and if these solutions gain some significant traction then payments will be an inevitable addition, most likely via AirDrop."
Other mobile payments efforts, such as Isis and Google Wallet, are more committed to NFC, though PayPal and Apple's moves suggest an escalation in the battle between wireless technologies.
Technology issues aside, Apple may face margin challenges if it enters the payments business, says Jim Van Dyke, CEO of Javelin Strategy & Research.
"The only way for Apple to make money in payments is for them to embrace a low-cost payment processing capability, similar to what PayPal did when they started to get broader adoption. I'm referring to ACH capabilities," he says. "Everyone is leaving out the profit margin issue when they ponder Apple's potential for a foray into merchant payment enablement."


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Broad Declines drag Baltic Index down
The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell on Tuesday on lower rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels.
U.S. Backs S. China Sea Bilateral Talks
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry says backs bilateral talks; Philippines says dispute does not involve United States. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday…
DP World's H1 Gross Volumes up 1.2%
DP World Limited handled 31.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals during the first half of 2016, with gross container volumes growing by 2.5% on a reported basis, and up 1.2% on a like-for-like basis. Growth in the first half of 2016 was largely driven by a strong performance from our European and Indian subcontinent terminals. Conditions in Australia and Latin America remain challenging while the UAE handled 7.4 million TEU…
Ecofix Filler Coat Cuts Rudder Repairs Cost
With an increasing trend for thruster and rudder manufacturers finishing their products with self-cleaning protective hard coatings, Antwerp headquartered Subsea Industries has introduced a filler coating for use with its award-winning Ecoshield hard coat system. Ecofix, specifically formulated to provide shiprepairers and Original Equipment Manufacturers with a cost-effective solution for the repair of corroded or pitted steel surfaces…
Wärtsilä REvolution system takes sealing technology to New Level
The new Wärtsilä REvolution system is a digital management system that controls, monitors, records and analyses the performance of seals autonomously in real time, increasing the predictability and reliability of sealing solutions in rotating equipment. Wärtsilä's new digital management system revolutionises sealing technology in the hydropower industry. The system incorporates machine learning, predictive…
MOL Makes Fleet-wide Migration to Fleet Xpress
26 July 2016: Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has announced that its partner JSAT MOBILE Communications has signed an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of the world's largest shipping companies, to introduce the newly-launched Fleet Xpress service across the majority of its car carrier fleet. Existing Inmarsat customer MOL says migrating its car carriers to always-on…
Bangladesh LNG Terminal Edges Closer
Excelerate Energy L.P. ("Excelerate"), Petrobangla, and the Government of Bangladesh executed the Terminal Use Agreement ("TUA") and the Implementation Agreement ("IA") for the construction and operation of Bangladesh's first LNG import terminal – Moheshkhali Floating LNG. Located offshore near Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal, the terminal will provide the crucial infrastructure required for the country to access natural gas from global markets.
Damen Fishery Research Vessel for Angola
The Damen Shipyards Group has received an order for a state-of-the-art, 74 m Fishery Research Vessel from the Angolan Ministry of Fisheries. This special vessel, which has Silent-A/F/R Class notation and features a basic design from Skipsteknisk. The Angolan Ministry of Fisheries has been a customer for many years and previously Damen delivered two 62 m Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessels 6210 and a smaller Fishery Research Vessel (FRV 2808).
Fuel Consumption, Emissions Monitoring Software Updated
As part of the ongoing Blue Star Delos Renewable Energy Innovation Project, Eco Marine Power (EMP) stated that the Aquarius Management & Automation System (MAS) installed on Blue Star Delos has been updated with new fuel oil consumption (FOC) and emissions monitoring software. This updated software combined with the Aquarius MAS hardware allows for fuel consumption data from all flow meters on the ship to be displayed and logged in real-time.
First LNG Vessel Transits Expanded Panama Canal
Today, the Panama Canal marked another milestone with the transit of the first-ever liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier through its expanded locks. Shell-chartered Maran Gas Apollonia—measuring 289 meters in length and 45 meters in beam—arrived Monday from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal on the U.S. Gulf Coast, signaling the arrival of the highly-anticipated segment to the waterway. "The transit of the first LNG vessel through the new Panama Canal locks is a milestone in the waterway's history…
Two SAAM Tugs Christened in Chile
In early June, after a traditional blessing ceremony held in Valparaiso, Chile where SAAM S.A. is based, the company officially puts two more new Robert Allan Ltd. designed RAstar 3200 class tugs Yunco and Huairavo tugs into operation. Representatives of local authorities, the Chilean Navy, key customers, suppliers, executives and staff of SAAM attended the ceremony. SAAM identified these tugs as the 'most powerful' harbour tugs in the entire West Coast of South America.
Will UK Maritime Traffic Rise or Fall on Brexit?
UK container traffic will see more muted growth than expected a few months ago, at least in the short term, says Drewry. Patrick Walters, Peel Ports' Group Commercial Director, believes that the bigger Brexit-related risk for UK container ports is a short-term negative impact on box volumes caused by economic and political uncertainty and GDP slowdown. According to the International Monetary Fund, the Brexit vote implies a substantial increase in economic…
Will Container Lines Skip UK Ports on Brexit?
British importers and exporters prefer direct mainline container services calling at their national ports and tend to dislike feeder services, says a Drewry report. Is there a risk that a politically isolated UK will no longer benefit from direct vessel calls, particularly as there is no longer any large British container carrier based in the UK to champion their cause? Drewry believes that the container lines will continue to call directly at UK ports.
Samil PwC Okays Hyundai's Management Improvement Plan
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is notified by Samil PwC, a local member of the global accounting firm PwC, that its 3.5 trillion won worth management improvement plan is good enough for HHI to make operating profits and secure liquidity even in the worst case scenario. The announcement is the result of due diligence that had been conducted by Samil PwC for 10 weeks from May 23 this year at the request of HHI's main creditor banks including the Export-Import Bank of Korea and KEB-Hana Bank.
CMA CGM Reopens Spain to Algeria Service
CMA CGM NAF Lines is re-opening a regular service from Barcelona to Djen Djen on EURONAF service with immediate effect. First Departure: m/v VEGA OMICRON voy. 001OGS ETS Barcelona on July 15th, 2016, ETA Djen Djen on July 19th, 2016. CMA CGM was the first line to launch a container vessel into Djen Djen in October 2013 in order to offer a solution without congestion to its customers used to import via Bejaia.
Piracy Drops to 21-year Low, IMB Reports
Piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen to its lowest levels since 1995, despite a surge in kidnappings off West Africa, according to a new report from the International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau (IMB). IMB's global piracy report shows 98 incidents in the first half of 2016, compared with 134 for the same period in 2015. When piracy was at its highest, in 2010 and 2003, IMB recorded 445 attacks a year.
Nigeria Becomes Piracy Kidnapping Hotspot, says IMB
Despite global improvements, kidnappings are on the rise, with 44 crew captured for ransom in 2016, 24 of them in Nigeria, up from 10 in the first half of 2015. The Gulf of Guinea accounted for seven of the world's 10 kidnapping incidents, with armed gangs boarding vessels 30 to 120 NM from shore. Nigerian attacks are often violent, accounting for eight of the nine vessels fired upon worldwide. IMB says many further assaults go unreported by shipowners.
India Govt Subsidy for Ship Building Industry
Maritime Agenda 2010-20 has inter-alia set a target to increase percentage share of India to 5% in global ship building and 10% share in global ship repair for India by 2020. The Government of India had earlier extended shipbuilding subsidy scheme to all Indian shipyards on 25th October 2002. The scheme expired on 14th August 2007. Government decided in March 2009 to make payments for shipbuilding…
Boeing 767 Shipped by Barge
Marine service provider Marine and Towage Services Group Ltd. (MTS) has completed a charter to deliver a Boeing 767 from Shannon Airport to its new home at the Quirky Glamping site in Enniscrone, Republic of Ireland. MTS said it was selected for the work as its diverse fleet of 30 vessels includes a number of shallow draft tugs that are able to navigate estuarine waterways whilst towing large and complex loads.
New Ferry MV Woods Hole Delivered
The newly built ferry M/V Woods Hole has been delivered to serve Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Built by Conrad Industries of Morgan City, La., the Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) designed ferry is the naval architects' second design for The Steamship Authority. EBDG's scope for the project included extensive concept design, which proceeded to a design validation with CFD and towing tank development of the hull form…


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I had no problem using the F3 to repeat and also the F4 to enter a source in either TMG 8 or TMG 9- until I bought a computer running Windows 8. I have to combine the FN and F3 or FN and F4 keys to avoid the default for these F keys which is to change the screen brightness. This is very inconvenient- is there a way to reprogram the F3 and F4 keys so that th TMG functions are the default? Bev
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I had no problem using the F3 to repeat and also the F4 to enter a source in either TMG 8 or TMG 9- until I bought a computer running Windows 8. I have to combine the FN and F3 or FN and F4 keys to avoid the default for these F keys which is to change the screen brightness. This is very inconvenient- is there a way to reprogram the F3 and F4 keys so that th TMG functions are the default? Bev
Ages do not show in the details screen
Bookworm posted a topic in The Master Genealogist v8When I upgraded to v7 I could no longer see the ages, but ignored it. I just upgraded to v8 and still can't see them nor can I find a way to turn them on (or off). Bev
Thanks for all the help! I did go into Windows Explorer and change the way file names are viewed and then eliminated the extensions following .ged- and naturally got a warning from Windows that this would make things unstable- which, of course, did not happen. The reasoning of MS is inscrutable for sure. Makes genealogy look easy by comparison- Bev
Hi Michael- I tried all the things you mention, but still kept having a Whatever.ged.txt filename. In Explorer the TXT suffix after the GED suffix was invisible to me- but not to TMG. TMG kept telling me that it wasn't a ged file. I used the method Virginia suggested and it worked, but I do prefer to understand these things. I had taken a three year break from genealogy and gone through some software upgrades in everything, from Windows to Word to TMG, but previously I too had edited gedcoms in Word, saved them as text files and imported them into TMG with no difficulties. Thanks for responding. Regards- Bev
Thanks Virginia- that solved it. I can't help but wonder why after doing this for years in Word Perfect and several versions of Word and several versions of TMG it became a problem. I am grateful for the solution. Regards- Bev
Hi Terry- Using Windows Explorer was the first thing I tried when the "Save as" in Word didn't work. Despite renaming using Explorer and also trying to change the attributes (e.g., make it something other than a txt file and make it a file that would open in TMG), it still comes up as a text file and TMG won't open it. I just don't get it. Bev
Gedcom Imports
Bookworm posted a topic in Older Products and VersionsI obtained several gedcoms and cannot import any them. They are all plain text documents saved as whatever.ged, but all of them are saved as whatever.ged.txt, so naturally TMG doesn't import them. I have tried several editors (various versions of Word, Notpad), but can't seem to save them properly. I never had a problem doing this in the 4.x versions of TMG, but am getting nowhere fast with the 7.x version. What am I missing?
System Crashed- can't open TMG project
Bookworm posted a topic in Older Products and VersionsMy computer crashed while TMG (and several other programs) were running. Now I can't open the TMG project that was open when the system crashed. I get a series of error messages that offer me the option of IGNORE, ABORT or RETRY. When I choose IGNORE I get the following error messages: File_N not found, variable NPER is not found , SS1 is not found, nesting error, alias is not found, and other error message. I have "ignored" my way through all of these as a bar signaled a percentage of something was finishing, only to have them start again when the bar reached 100%. I am using TMG Version 7.04 I backed up two days before, but would prefer not to lose the hours of data I had been working on. Any suggestions?
Exporting data by date of entry
Bookworm posted a topic in Older Products and VersionsWhen I was using an earlier version of TMG I was able to export a gedcom that consisted of all the people for whom I had entered data within a certain period of time, e.g., on 6/20/2010 I could request everyone for whom I had entered changes between 6/10/2010 to 6/15/2010. I haven't done this in a while and haven't done it with 7.04 and simply can't figure out how to do it. Thanks for the support!
Focus Group Filtering
Bookworm posted a topic in Older Products and VersionsI have a large database and a cousin would like a GEDCOM of her family data, including all the spouses and children and descendants of those children, even those from other marriages. I can get all the direct ancestors and their spouses, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get the "extra" spouses and their children. I am using the Focus Group to collect everyone and then copying everyone to Project Explorer and then exporting the GEDCOM with all spouses. It works fine for the direct ancestral line. Can I just change the filter in the Focus Group (and change it to what?) or am I on the wrong track altogether? I did think of going to the top-of-the-tree people and filtering for their descendants, but there were a lot of them and it seems awkward. Thanks in advance- Bev


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27 Sep 2019
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Super Tinker Winter Magic
Victorinox is excited to introduce the new Winter Magic collection inspired by this sorcerous season. This year, the Super Tinker Winter Magic is the opening product for the annually recurring collection full of magic. As a brilliant detail, it comes with a charm in the shape of a star. Each year there will be another winter design and product reflecting "Winter Magic" moments.
The Super Tinker Winter Magic is not only a knife. It is a stickler for design with its charming multi-colored printed scale and a real charm in the shape of a star. This star is a pendant that can be attached to the key ring of the knife as well as to a bracelet or necklace as a fashion accessory, or in fact to any other object.
The Winter Magic Swiss Army Knife of this year is limited to 12'000 pieces and comes in a special gift box with a see-through window. It makes a perfect gift for Christmas and winter lovers, and for everyone with an eye for detail.
The intent for this year is to build on the success of the previous White Christmas collection. The new Super Tinker Winter Magic will be released on 30 September. The extraordinary printed scale and the charm of this knife are not the only details that catch the eye; the fourteen practical tools also boost its popularity. Whether you're simply moving through your day or journeying around the world, the Super Tinker is the tool for tinkers on the move. You never know what you'll encounter out there, but you know that you and your Super Tinker Winter Magic Special Edition will always be ready to build, hack or fix anything in style.
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The Goal of Buddhism and the Meaning of Life...
The Buddhist goal is the achievement of human perfection, which should be the real purpose of life. It is in this sense that life has meaning, and which should inform the most salient aspects of human activity. A person who has made good progress along the Buddhist path would have reached a high degree of happiness, contentment and freedom from fear. Sometimes material affluence is seen as the goal of many persons, but these do not necessarily bring about the happiness which the Buddha sought to promote. Many religions look upon the present life as a ground for laying the foundation in a future life after physical death. Some Buddhists also adopt this attitude and try to secure a good rebirth or even Nirvana without residue. Exhortations from the Buddha could be produced to this effect. But the Buddha also affirms that we must make use of the present life, of which we are sure, and that the pursuit of the Noble Eightfold Path is the best way of doing so regardless of any consequences that may happen after death.
Buddhism recognizes no creeds whose uncritical acceptance is expected of its followers. Instead the Buddha enunciated certain basic laws and truths whose veracity he invited his followers to test for themselves. One of the traditional epithets of the Dharma is "ehipassiko" (meaning literally "come and see") which is an appeal to the empirical verification of the Dharma. In his very first discourse the Buddha identified Four Noble Truths as forming the core of the Dharma. These four Truths have since become a convenient way of stating the fundamentals of the Dharma. They are often regarded as the most basic teaching of the Buddha. In addition, the Buddha proclaimed several other doctrines, the most important being those of karma and re-birth. The validity of such doctrines is more difficult for an ordinary person to verify, but their dogmatic acceptance is not expected as a fundamental requirement of those who go for refuge to the "Three Gems" (Buddha, Dharma,Sangha) of Buddhism .
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Tifosy, proud sponsor of TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Summit 2015 explained to us more about their exciting crowfunding idea.
In modern football, clubs need to win on the pitch and be successful businesses too. In the past fifteen years the world's biggest sport has undergone huge change. Clubs are increasingly recognising the enormous potential for commercial growth in the €120bn sports market and football's governing bodies have implemented regulatory changes to drive clubs towards sustainable financial stewardship.
So what does a club need to be successful? The answer lies in finding the balance of focus between its activities on and off the pitch. To win trophies or secure promotion requires high quality playing staff and management and to attract them you need the financial clout to pay transfer fees and an ever-increasing wage bill. In the short-term, an answer can be found in securing the backing of a multi-millionaire, but those guys didn't get rich handing out cash on demand, so a more sustainable approach is needed.
What clubs have failed to do, for the most part, is involve their fans in the development. This doesn't need to mean supporter-owned clubs or even giving up part of the equity (although it can) – there is enormous potential to create partnership between club and supporters towards achieving a common goal, such as developing club the infrastructure to generate higher commercial revenues (improved stadium, quality training facilities, conferencing facilities etc.), or in improving the academy or building the budget to attract better talent.
Crowdfunding, n. 'The practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.'
Crowdfunding really got going in 2010, fuelled by two US companies Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Growth has been extraordinary – the industry, worth $10bn in 2014, is projecting to hit $35bn in 2015 and will overtake Venture Capital as a source of funding in 2016. Tifosy believes that football fits crowdfunding perfectly, especially if there is a meaningful reward and a return for the fan. That could come in the form exclusive signed merchandise, player experiences or ownership of a share or bond in the club.
Founded by Fausto Zanetton in 2013, Tifosy's first venture was to raise £270,000 for Portsmouth FC to fund 2 pitches for the Academy at their new training centre at Roko. Prior to launch, Zanetton engaged former Juventus and Chelsea great Gianluca Vialli to join the business and he lent his support to the Portsmouth campaign, helping to drive it over its £250,000 target in only 8 weeks. Portsmouth's CEO Mark Catlin was impressed: "The campaign was a runaway success story. I have no hesitation in endorsing the Tifosy Fanfunding concept and should Portsmouth FC consider running another project of this type in the future, I'd have no hesitation in asking Tifosy to run our campaign again".
Vialli says he was attracted to Tifosy by two things: the opportunity to help drive football towards sustainable commercial growth and helping to strengthen the relationship between clubs and their fans: "I believe it takes fan engagement to a brand new level and can change the future of the game. This is a football revolution and I am proud to support it."
With the average European club spending 59% of revenues on player salaries – rising to 97% in the English Football League – the needs and opportunities to help clubs are endless. Over 65 stadium projects are being planned all over Europe, the majority of which still need to be financed. In England 88% of clubs have training facilities of Category 3 or worse and 3G pitches are in very short supply – an issue widely publicised by Greg Dyke, Chairman of the FA, who sees the lack of facilities as central to the issue of developing young talent for the English national team.
The success of a campaign depends on three pillars: a large audience which can be reached through email and social media; a clear and motivating goal for the money being raised, and attractive rewards. Those rewards can be financial, such as a bond or equity, but they also have to carry "money can't buy" value. Fans care about both types.
The biggest funds can be raised through debt, as illustrated by the mini-bonds recently issued by Surrey County Cricket Club and The Jockey Club. Through debt, investors lend money directly to the club and in return earn regular interest payments during the life of the bond, typically three to five years.
Side benefits are numerous for the clubs. Parts of the interest on the debt can be paid in the form of discounts or vouchers to be spent in the club shop or on food and drink at the stadium – in this way a campaign can be used to drive up attendance on match day.
Right now, Tifosy is running a campaign for the newly formed Parma Calcio 1913, which has taken the place of the famous club of Zola, Asprilla and Cannavaro after it went bankrupt in March. The campaign is going well. Zanetton commented : "We have shown with an English club and now an Italian club that fans are very willing to get behind these projects. We're working hard on the next wave of campaigns and looking forward to unveiling some exciting ones soon".
Football finance has a new voice, and that voice is Tifosy's.
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#throwback to an idea from BCM112; the produser. Remember all that about how the consumers are now becoming the producers? yep that's it.
This is idea of the produser is due to the freedom of the internet. Legacy media is seen as high risk, exclusive, costly and has a strong quality filter, hence why the possibility of mass consumers being producers of content as well was non existent back then. But for the internet, something pretty much everyone in the third world engages in is no risk, no cost and no filter. And through those elements that the internet holds for the mass consumers, we are now able to create content as well as immerse ourselves in content.
So how this idea play into this week's topic? It is pretty much an underlying aspect of the increasingly free nature of internet content, as we produce content and immerse ourselves in content, the reality now is that it is difficult to earn money through production of content as well as it very easy to get free copies of other content.
"The internet is a copy machine. At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it. In order to send a message from one corner of the internet to another, the protocols of communication demand that the whole message be copied along the way several times"
This is relevant in film making industries as eventually a film will always be released online through torrents, and once this happens, sales will be scarce. But the time window wherein the company would have money coming in is when the film is released in cinemas. The appeal of the content is what drives those to want to see the movie as soon as possible, and on a big screen with a big atmosphere. Such example is Star Wars: The Force Awakens release. Ain't no way any star wars fan gonna wait months for the torrent to come out, they'd see it straight away. But then end up waiting months for the torrent to come out and re-watch it over and over.
To put it simply, with so much free copies of content being available in the internet, when it is so easy to access this content and without cost, this content becomes less valuable. And as a result, content that is more exclusive and scarce become more valuable. This obviously affects content producers as once upon a time, it was about selling copies of content, and with free copies that can be easily accessed, making money selling copies is A LOT harder.


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I am never happier when my local garden center, Mahoney's, opens for the season. They close temporarily each year just after the winter holidays and then reopen in March. I confess to feeling like a child on Christmas morning as I drive past and see the tulip-emblazoned "WE'RE OPEN!" banner draped over the entrance and billowing in the early spring breeze. It beckons to me to enter for my annual sensory recalibration. After weeks of drowning in dull, drab hues my eyes are treated to a vibrant palette of annuals and perennials. And the scent I have been longing for: mulch. I adore mulch's earthy fragrance, not to mention it's deep, rich brown tones.
The first flowers I must purchase are pansies. I have always loved pansies, and admire how hearty they are. We still have some chilly nights, and days, this time of year in New England, but these happy faces manage to survive winter's final frosty blasts.
Daffodils trumpet the arrival of spring, too. Their bright yellow glow never fails to bring a smile to my face. When I was a child, my father read all of A.A. Milne's work to me, and I remember his poem Daffodowndilly, and our special time together, with great affection.
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead."
— A.A. Milne
(Photo bomb courtesy of Thoreau and the Language of Trees by Richard Higgins. I went to see a talk given by the author at our local bookstore last Thursday night and now I can't help but examine every tree I pass. Slice coming soon about this!)
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