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Incoming Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Secaucus) and majority leader Lou Greenwald (D-Voorhees) said Monday in a joint statement with Wisniewski that they would appoint members for the committee, which will also have access to special counsel.
As chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, Wisniewski has thus far led the probe into the matter, issuing subpoenas to and collecting testimony from key players involved in the alleged cover-up.
Prieto said last week that he expected the investigation to continue into the coming legislative session and was seeking legal guidance on how to go about doing so.
"We have made great strides in finding out what actually happened here with this threat to public safety and abuse of power, but so many questions remain unanswered," Wisniewski said. "The evidence that has come out in recent weeks makes clear that this now goes above and beyond a transportation issue and goes into the highest ranks of the executive branch."
Wisniewski added that the new panel will begin where the transportation committee left off but will benefit from increased resources.
While the lane closures remain the focus of the committee, Prieto said it will equipped to examine the matter beyond just a transportation issue.
"An abuse of power like this is not something we'll stand for," Prieto said.
"A concerted and focused investigation with increased resources is now needed, and I look forward to continuing to uncover answers for the people of New Jersey with these new tools at hand," Wisniewski said. "This investigation will continue with increased intensity."
While Wisniewski indicated that the "two most likely" candidates for future subpoenas from the committee would be Gov. Chris Christie's former campaign manager Bill Stepien and ex-deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly, he declined to further speculate on who might be called to testify.
"I think it's premature to start creating a list," Wisniewski said.
Prieto said that the magnitude of the evidence that has emerged in recent days is what calls for the special committee to be formed.
"As the evidence in the case has unfolded, it's become clear the questions that need answering here are no longer just transportation questions," Prieto said. "They are now much bigger than that and we need a super committee led by Asm. Wisniewski armed with the resources he needs to build upon his progress and ensure all questions are answered."
Greenwald agreed with Prieto's assessment and said that he was "thrilled" that Wisniewski would be leading the panel.
"The evidence that has come out in recent days takes this to a new level and requires a ramped up effort, and that's what we're prepared to do with this special investigatory committee armed with the resources it needs," Greenwald said.
Though Prieto said the committee will be bipartisan, membership will be exclusive to lawmakers in the Assembly. A special session will be called on Thursday to authorize the committee.
But in a statement also released Monday, state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) said that Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) would call his own special session Thursday to consider a joint legislative committee.
"We need the combined expertise and experience of the Senate and the Assembly to get to the bottom of this," Weinberg said.
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Well okay then. This is my very first post here and I fully admit to having only the smallest bit of a clue as to what I'm doing (sense-smacking is welcome), but you all seem like a smart and friendly bunch, so here goes:
The Artist is Dead!
is a strange little thing cobbled out of ink and ripped paper that I started this July, to see if I could. It's done entirely by hand (except for the part where, you know, I put it on the Internet) and centers on a small group of self-aware drawings trying to grapple with their place in the universe, and also to deal with the unspeakable beast of hate and terror who killed the artist that scribbled them out in the first place.
It's messy and kind of experimental but there is a Plot and regular updates (guaranteed; you can hold me to that) every Tuesday and Friday.
I don't actually have much of an Internet presence (I reiterate the above parenthetical RE: sense-smacking) but this project has prompted me to try and rectify that. Like I said, this place seems to have a good atmosphere -- and if nothing else I'm sure I'll discover plenty of good new comics through it. I look forward to exploring everybody else's stuff!
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...Oh, and Chapter Three has just started, incidentally. This one's going to have monsters in.
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One of the best webcomics I've seen in a long while, I've got a terrible habit for starting to read comics then getting distracted but I intend to start reading this
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I haven't read the whole story yet, but I certainly like the experimental artwork using real materials.
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Thanks! It's great to hear your thoughts.
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i like this! well, i compulsively read all of it when i should've been doing something else, so i think that says a lot about the strength of this comics concept, and the pacing.
it reminds me of the cube (jim henson movie), and maybe the langoliers a little.
P.S. our comics are thematically linked i think
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Yeah I also went to the start and found myself reading straight through to the end. I love sketch-drawn dude. I get the premise but don't really understand the story but I get that it is unfolding and we are not supposed to get it all yet. I guess I'm wanting things to revealed to me a bit quicker, but it never stopped me from wanting to see the next one.
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This is nothing short of amazing. One of the best comics I've ever seen.
Maybe I'm just a huge sucker for the search for enlightenment, the quest for god, or whatever you want to call it, but I totally relate to this comic.
I got shivers down my spine when "the world is a lie" was written on everything. I've gone through that...
Please tell me you're writing this from personal experience lol
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Being Someone Else's Bitch, Being Your Own Bitch... Or Making Others Your Bitch
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I'm constantly amazed at how many companies fail to recognize this, and build business models that rely entirely on a third party. This goes beyond just software companies, as well. We see it with content creators who rely on a single provider/partner as well, rather than recognize that success comes from building a sustainable model that doesn't rely on a single provider.
A few weeks ago, in response to some questions about Twitter's recent changes, which appeared to screw with developers who relied on Twitter as a platform, Twitter investor Fred Wilson told a conference audience: "Don't be a Google bitch, don't be a Facebook bitch, and don't be a Twitter bitch. Be your own bitch." Add to that a statement from a day or so later from Google's Eric Schmidt, in which he noted that if you want to be rich, you should build your own platform on which others build, rather than relying on others, and there's a bit of an important pattern to recognize here. Of course, this doesn't mean that you can't build on others' platforms -- everyone builds off of someone's platform, but the question is: who are you reliant on going forward?


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There was an interview on Fresh Air yesterday with a guy who's written a book about civilian massacres and other atrocities in the Vietnam War, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Apparently the received wisdom is that My Lai was an aberration. I actually didn't know that – I thought My Lai was just the one that got a lot of publicity but that there were plenty of others. It's the nature of that kind of war, and of that particular war. I even thought I remembered reporting on it from the time (yes I'm that ancient!), but the author, Nick Turse, says there wasn't much in the US. (But there was in the foreign press, he says. Hmm. In that case surely at least lefty outlets picked up on it, in which case I probably would have seen some of it, in which case maybe I am remembering correctly. Ramparts, In These Times, Mother Jones – I remember them as paying attention.)
There was a huge archive, and Turse grabbed it, just in time.
When I first found these records I was a graduate student. I was working on another dissertation at the time, and I was about 200 pages in, so I contacted a couple Vietnam War historians that I knew and tried to get them to work on it. … And one of them told me that he thought I should do this, that he was burnt out on the war. He had moved on to another project. … But this was something that I should do … that I should get down there right away.
So I went to my dissertation adviser and I said, 'Do you think that I can write a book and my dissertation at the same time?' And he told me that he thought I was crazy, but he said, 'You know, if it's that important, then you should shift to this topic.' And I said to him, 'OK, but I'll have to put together a grant proposal.' … I was a grad student at the time; I didn't have the funds for this project. He wrote me out a check on the spot and said to get down there right away before these records disappear.
So within 24 hours I was in my car, and I drove down to the National Archives. And I put every cent that he gave me into copying, and I would copy from the moment the Archives opened in the morning until they kicked me out at night. And because I put all the money into copying, I went and slept in my car in the Archives parking lot.
And I did this for a couple of nights, and by the end of it, I had the whole collection. And I thought my adviser was being a little paranoid, but it turned out to be excellent advice, because sometime after I published my first article on this, the records were pulled from the Archives' shelves. And they haven't been on the public shelves since.
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"We treat it that we're going to make the playoffs," interim coach Ron Rolston said Thursday. "That's how we treat it."
The Sabres host the Ottawa Senators tonight with a far different roster than if they'd met last Friday. Buffalo traded captain Jason Pominville and veteran defensemen Jordan Leopold and Robyn Regehr because management decided this year's disappointing club wasn't moving toward the ultimate goal.
"We made a determination that it was about the Stanley Cup," said General Manager Darcy Regier, whose team was in 13th place entering Thursday night's schedule. "Maybe we could have stayed in the race. Maybe we could have acquired a player. Maybe we could have made a run at it like we did last year, either got in or just out.
"But the reality is that the preference is to build for a Stanley Cup versus a playoff run."
Despite overwhelming odds against them – the Sabres have a 3 percent chance of reaching the postseason, according to SportsClubStats.com – the folks in the dressing room still dream of a postseason.
"We're not eliminated yet," defenseman Mike Weber said. "There's hope. It starts again with Ottawa."
The Sabres will skate into First Niagara Center after playing possibly their finest game of the year. They beat Pittsburgh, 4-1, Tuesday to snap the Penguins' 15-game winning streak.
"We finally put a 60-minute effort together," Weber said. "They can give you all the excuses they want – they had [Sidney] Crosby out, they had some D-men that were out – but we took it to them on a consistent basis. We stuck to our game plan, getting pucks deep, working their defensemen, cycling pucks, getting shots through, so we need to build on that to go forward here.
"Obviously, with the moves we've made, that's a huge momentum swing for our younger guys and for the guys that need to step into bigger roles as we go forward."
The Sabres will play the rest of the schedule without a captain. Rolston and his staff have decided not to name a replacement for Pominville.
Instead, Buffalo has promoted Steve Ott to alternate captain. The forward joins Thomas Vanek and Drew Stafford. Vanek may return tonight after missing four games with an upper-body injury.
"He looked pretty good, see how he's feeling in the morning and pregame skate and go from there," Rolston said.
Pominville was set to debut for the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night after leaving Buffalo early in the morning and flying to the game in Los Angeles. Though he realized a trade was possible, especially after Regier asked him to supply an eight-team, no-trade list, the veteran was caught off-guard.
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Vanek, who went to the University of Minnesota, gave his former teammate a brief synopsis of the area.
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Former Manchester teacher jailed for assaulting student, 6, with soap, pepperBy MARK HAYWARD
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July 30. 2014 10:08PM
MANCHESTER — A former teacher at Jewett Street School was sent to jail for seven days this week, after pleading guilty to three assault charges against a 6-year-old student. One involved putting pepper on the girl's tongue, prosecutors said.
Donna Varney, 55, is the second Manchester special-education teacher to plead guilty this year to misdemeanor abuse charges involving their students. Varney was also ordered to relinquish any teaching credentials, undergo a mental health exam, and accept no job or volunteer position that puts her in a position of authority over young children or handicapped people.
Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia LaFrance said the cases are the only two teacher-student assaults she's dealt with in her two years as the county's top prosecutor. Although both are from Manchester schools, she stressed there are only two and she has no evidence of a cover-up or systemic problem.
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sorry to hijack this thread, but do *ANY* of the VW dealers in Denver offer ecu upgrades?My initial inquiry came up as a no.Obviously there are some great shops out here, but there is that warranty issue.


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A condition that some MEN and only Men possess. Often mistaken for Genetal Herpes or Genetal Warts. A ring of small bumps will be found around the corona of the penis head. Can also be found on the shaft of the Penis in groupings. Perfectly harmless. They are a random genetic condition that are NOT medically dangerous or Contageous. Perfectly normal condition that around 1/3 of men possess. The shortening is PPP.
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Slow-Cooked Pork Tacos
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One of my goals for 2011 was to try more new recipes at home, rather than subsisting solely on old standbys like Linguine with Sausage and Broccoli or Roast Chicken. (Alas, even the best-loved dishes get stale after one too many encore appearances.) So I've been turning more to other publications for inspiration. Whether I stick to the original version of a recipe is another story, but I've found all sorts of great ideas in magazines and online over the past several weeks.
Last weekend, while checking out a cartful of home organization supplies at Lowe's (another New Year's resolution), I was mesmerized by a particularly gorgeous photo of bacon-wrapped meatloaf on the cover of a December issue of Fine Cooking (don't ask me why it was on the shelf in March, but it was), and in a fit of spontaneous consumerism, I chucked the magazine in the cart. The issue was full of treasures -- enticing one-pot meals from notable chefs, an article on ancient grains, and of course, instructions on how to make the meatloaf pictured on the cover -- but it was a photo of a pot of chili con carne, adorned with supple chunks of avocado and a spray of finely chopped red onion, that captured my attention. This recipe would be my muse for Sunday dinner.
We'd been eating a lot of beef recently, so I decided to try the chili with pork shoulder instead. Then, I thought I might reduce the liquid a little and get rid of the cannellini beans, so I'd end up with more of a thick stew than a soup. Maybe I should stuff the pork into corn tortillas, instead of serving it in bowls? And while I was at it, I might as well sub in aargersi's addictive, multi-purpose pickled onions for the plain old red onion, right?
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Serves 4
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2 teaspoons ancho chili powder
- 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 pounds boneless pork shoulder (not too lean), cut into ¾-inch chunks
- Kosher salt
- Vegetable oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 1 poblano pepper, finely chopped
- 1 serrano chili, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup canned diced tomatoes, with their juices
- 1 1/2 cups chicken stock (homemade or low sodium)
- Corn tortillas
- 2 avocados
- Pickled Onions
- Cilantro
- Sour cream (optional)
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Akendi UX Certifications
Akendi offers a professional User Experience certification programs that will help to recognize your user experience research & design knowledge in your organisation. We offer UX certification in Canada and the UK:
Certification - 5 days + exam
Certification - 9 days + exam, UK only
UX Certification can be done as an intensive 5 day program plus exam or a few courses at a time over as long as two years. Akendi UX Certification requires the passing of a final written exam. The cost of the exam is included in the certification fee.
Participants that pass both the CXD exam plus the CXR exam qualify for our CXS designation.
UX Training Courses
Individual one and two day courses can be taken on specific skills or as part of an Akendi UX certification. Akendi offers the following UX training courses:
(3 hrs. written on-site)
Is this training right for me?
Our program is appropriate for practitioners and leaders who are involved in the creation of product and service experiences and want to learn more about a robust approach for creating successful experiences. The courses are not focused on how to use specific software applications like Photoshop or Axure.
Custom on-site user experience training courses
Akendi also delivers introductory and advanced corporate custom UX training courses to groups of 4 or more, either on-site or in one of our own training facilities. Participants will be provided with best practices, tools, techniques, examples, case studies and hands-on exercises. Custom course rates are available upon request, email at firstname.lastname@example.com
Join over 250 other organisations that benefited from our professional development programs and prepare your design and research teams to become more competitive, improve delivery to your mandate, better manage external UX resources and make customer & user experience design an embedded culture in your product experience creations.
Training Outcomes
- Gain a hands-on understanding of user experience practices
- Develop an overview of the many facets of user experience thinking and how they can improve your design culture
- Acquire a practical strategy for incorporating user experience into your organisation
- A course handout and a large-scale visual representation of Akendi's Experience Thinking(tm) process
We invite all past participants to connect with other Akendi UX Designers and Researchers on our LinkedIn group
Dominira Saul, Msc
Chief Experience Architect
Dominira believes that behind every well-designed product or service there is a thorough understanding of the actual users and their needs. Dominira Saul, having presented many influential research and design outcomes to clients at all levels of the private and public sector, is very adept at putting his beliefs into practice. Dominira remains focused on ensuring clear transfer of design recommendations and most importantly, rationale to our clients. Dominira is committed to working closely with clients to ensure their success. He is a fluently bilingual communicator who has lectured at the university level, and delivered many training courses.
Dom has an MSc. in User Interface Design from London Guildhall University, a BA in Psychology from Carleton University and over 12 years of usability research and interaction design experience in the UK and Canada.
Tedde van Gelderen, MA
Tedde infuses Akendi, its services and methodology with his drive to make customer and user experiences go beyond a singular product or service. Experience Thinking™ starts with the holistic experience customers and users have with an organisation over time, then guides the enabling technologies & content to create intentional experiences. In his view, Experience Thinking™ should become deeply rooted in organisation's creation processes, research usability testing and experience design in both public and private sectors.
Prior to Akendi, Tedde was a founding partner of Maskery & Associates in 2001. He has worked for companies including KPMG Management Consulting and Philips Design in the Netherlands and Nortel Networks in Canada.
Design Director
Athena Herrmann is Design Director at Akendi. She brings 14 years of expertise in print, web, brand identity, and mobile, software and application design.
From concept to completion, Athena possesses a rare combination of design skills. She works with an immaculate attention to detail, a clear grasp of the target and message as a whole, extraordinary creative talent, and the production skills to bring her ideas to life. Athena delivers projects within budget and time restraints while maintaining Akendi's consistently high standards. She has had the opportunity to work with some of North America's most respected organisations including The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, RBC, Whole Foods Market, SAP America, York Region, Blackberry, the Government of Canada, the Canadian Digestive Health Foundation and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.
Athena holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York and has earned the professional designation of Registered Graphic Designer, Ontario.
Shaun Illingworth, PhD
Vice President
Ensuring research is relevant and actionable is what drives Shaun day-to-day. With over 17 years of experience in both enterprise and startup technology companies, Shaun is an experienced business strategist, creative thinker and market research executive with a rare focus on user-centered design and its resulting business value.
With extensive North American and European market research and market development experience, Shaun has successfully built several marketing and business relationships from the ground up – borne from a focus on customer values and the user experience.
Shaun began his career in Boston as a product and market research consultant; he holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Northeastern University and is a professional moderator and workshop facilitator.
Prior to joining Akendi, Shaun held a variety of senior management positions in strategic marketing, market research and business development, with companies like Nortel, March Networks, and Inuk Networks. ultimately be reflected in the products and service experiences.
Leo Poll, PhD
Technically everything is possible, making it work for people is where the real challenges are. Addressing these challenges from an end-user perspective in a way that makes business sense is what has driven Leo throughout his career.
With more than 15 years of experience he is able to bring an ability of strong lateral thinking combined with very broad domain knowledge of applications/markets and technical enablers.
Yvonne Shek, MSc.
VP User Experience
Yvonne is passionate about helping her clients make sound business decisions and meeting the needs of users and customers at the same time. This involves integrative thinking and using the most suitable UX methods for the situation. It sometimes even extends to creating new ways to solve problems. For example, Yvonne developed the "Scenario Description Swimlane Diagram" method during the time she worked with a government client. Since, this deliverable has been featured in two well-known user experience books: "Universal Methods of Design" by Bella Martin and Bruce Hanington (2012), and "See What I Mean – How to Use Comics to Communicate Ideas" by Kevin Cheng (2013).
Yvonne has over 20 years of experience in digital strategy, UX research, and interaction design; and ten years in managing teams of user experience consultants. She has worked with Fortune 500 and corporate clients, government agencies, universities, and non-profits. Yvonne often helps her clients make business and design decisions through workshops, facilitation, and coaching.
Prior to joining Akendi, Yvonne worked at Cossette, Sapient, and in recent years, partnered with Leo Burnett (Arc Worldwide). She worked at nForm User Experience Inc. before running her own consulting firm, Integri Consulting.
Yvonne has been the guest lecturer at various colleges and universities. Yvonne also attends and speaks at UX conferences and is an active member of the IA/IxD community. Yvonne holds a M.Sc. from University College London, and a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto. Prior to working in the private sector, Yvonne was a human factors research scientist at Defense Research and Development Canada in Toronto.
Daniel Iaboni, PhD
Principal Experience Architect
Daniel is dedicated to creating and improving software, website and interface designs to provide an exceptional interaction among users, their environment and their tools. To achieve this goal, Daniel applies knowledge and techniques from engineering, computer science, psychology and anthropology learned while completing a Doctorate in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo with a focus on human factors, cognitive ergonomics and user-centered design.
Prior to joining Akendi, Daniel was the user experience designer for Brock Solutions, and was instrumental in the design of software used by airports and airlines around the world. In addition, Daniel has provided independent human factors consulting services for several large and medium enterprises.
Hamilton Hernandez, PhD
Senior Experience Architect
Hamilton is a User Experience and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) advocate with over 8 years of experience in the field. He dreams of a world where technology allows humans to reach maximum potential in meaningful and enjoyable ways. Hamilton holds a B.A.Sc. in Computer Science, a M.Sc. in Engineering focused on HCI, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Queen's University where he focused on Human Factors and User Experience in the Gamification of exercise and rehabilitation.
Prior to joining Akendi, Hamilton was a User Experience Researcher & Designer for Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, where he used his skills in user-centered design, interaction design, usability testing and multidisciplinary research to research, design and build effective computer systems for therapists and children with motor disabilities. Hamilton has also taught courses in computer science and HCI at the university level for over 6 years and published highly cited articles about his work in top international conferences in HCI.
Amanda Billark, BDes
Visual Designer
Amanda brings 8 years of multi-disciplinary design experience to Akendi's visual design team. Studying fine art before completing her degree in Industrial Design at OCAD University, she has a deep understanding of how user needs translate into visual design. Equally creative and analytical, she loves strategic problem solving as much as creating. Her diverse background enables her to create visual designs that are equally beautiful and smart, matching user and business needs with stunning graphic design.
Not only a talented designer, she is also enthusiastic about teaching others about visual design and how it relates to UX. She brings an energetic approach to her courses, striving to keep the end user at heart as she shares visual design knowledge and theory with course participants.
UX Training & Certification Fees
|1 day Course
|5 day CXD/R Certification
+ Exam
|9 day CXS Certification
+ Exam (in UK only)
|CAD $675 + tax
|CAD $3095 + tax
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Training program cost is per person as stated with a minimum 4 participants per course. Akendi reserves the right to cancel a scheduled training session up to 5 business days prior to the training if a minimum class size of 4 participants has not been attained. Akendi is not responsible for any travel or other costs incurred as result of a cancellation.
Cancellation fee is 15% if you cancel more than 4 weeks prior to training start date. We provide a 50% refund between 4 and 2 weeks before a course. No refunds when cancelling within 2 weeks of course start date.
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All Akendi course materials are copyrighted and owned exclusively by Akendi Inc. Each participant of our training courses agrees not to copy, modify or publish training materials and handouts.
Akendi does not allow any audio / visual recording of any kind in our training sessions.
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This is our full program. Courses cover research, design and testing to give the UX specialist a deep and comprehensive understanding of UX process and the skills to apply it.
This course includes 9 full days of training and a 3-hour certification exam.
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This is our design program. Courses cover experience design to give the UX designer a deep and comprehensive understanding of UX design process and the skills to apply it.
This course includes 5 full days of training and a 3-hour certification exam.
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Most days, it's ok. It's life. It's just the way things are. But some days, some days it's enough to make this mama feel a little more than crazy. Some days it's enough to make me want to stay in bed all day with the blankets pulled up over my head. But I know all too well that avoiding the dishes only makes it harder to face the task, when every last dish has disappeared from the cupboard and made its way, filthy, to the sink. Avoiding the laundry means I'm stuck with a pile that I can never get to the bottom of. And I can't relax in bed, anyway, when there's laundry on my bedroom floor and the bed sheets are crinkled & begging to be washed.
When these days of overwhelm hit me, I force myself to find little things to appreciate. It doesn't always work, but dang, I do so enjoy hanging laundry on the line when the sun is shining and a soft breeze is blowing. And I do so love the satisfaction I feel when I gaze upon a basket of freshly-folded towels, crisp and smelling of the sun, just taken off the line.
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The first building in Kelowna built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards has now been certified by the Canada Green Building Council.
Okanagan College's Centre for Learning, a five-storey, 6,852-square-metre $28-million project, broke ground in 2006. The building was the first of its kind in the city to be designed and built to LEED Gold standards. It opened its doors to students in the fall of 2009 but was only recently certified by the Canada Green Building Council.
There is one other building in Kelowna that has achieved LEED Gold status – the Clinical Academic Campus for UBC's Faculty of Medicine on Pandosy Street.
"The certification process has been longer than anyone could have expected but it is a really important final piece of the Centre for Learning," said Steve Robinson, Director of Facilities Management for the College. "We designed and built the facility at a time when very few people were thinking along the sustainability path. We have had a few years to monitor the building's performance and have been so pleased with the technologies we utilized."
Canada's Green Building Council is a not-for-profit independent national organization that works to advance green building and sustainable development practices. In order to achieve LEED status, building projects must meet a series of performance criteria in the areas of design, construction and operation.
"We know the building is doing what it was designed to do," said Robinson. "We see it every day in our energy performance and in the efficiencies we can monitor. But it is very important to have the certification. Lots of organizations will build to LEED standards and point to equivalencies as a measure, but for us, it was important to demonstrate that we did meet our goals. Perhaps it is inherent in our nature as a learning organization – it's kind of like writing that final exam. Earning our certification feels like getting the A we have been working toward."
The Centre for Learning is Okanagan College's first LEED certified building. The College will be pursuing Living Building status from Canada's Green Building Council for its Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation – a designation with standards that exceed those of LEED Gold or Platinum.
The College has broken ground on its next major capital project in Kelowna – a $33-million renovation and expansion of its aging Trades facility. The College is aiming for LEED Gold as a minimum designation for that building as well.


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Summerlander wrote:He's the man and a man of reason. We are not talking about some author's beliefs here. Science is involved. His methods have been tested and verified. And where applicable, the theory is impeccable.
yes I know we are talking about someone experienced in LD and the opinions he's formed also be others experiences (probably lots of them started out as students of his). That doesnt mean he's still not learning new things or may end up having to correct something he's said.
LD is a tricky thing.. probably more tricky then the study of other things as we are dealing with subconciousness here and peoples own personal beliefs greatly affect this.
Groups of people studying something together.. one can experience something and then others if they now believe it too will all start having the same kind of experience when it comes to beliefs and how they affect subconsciousness and hence LD.
eg For example (im making this example up) say someone who is well respected in the LD field and has lots of people who admires him and his work goes and starts saying.. "you cant read during a LD". Suddenly all these others who read his stuff and are new to this and dont know better.. start trying to read in their LDs and find they cant.. as they believe they cant so they wont.
Anyway.. that's the kind of observation I made with him.. he said something which wasnt true and which only then causes blocks for others as they now will believe the same and what belief is very important when it comes to LD as it certainly will affect what you can do.
Of course, cause I havent read his book all I have got is a few quotes here and there to go on of what he teaches about this but it put me off to read something which I knew wasnt true based on my own experiences (so that proves to me he must have some "mental blocks" which is making his experiences not as open as they could be to things.. blocking certain things from him). That being said.. we all probably have mental blocks around LD stuff so this post isnt certainly about knocking him down.
Im not saying his books are bad as most likely they would have a lot of good info in them, bound to do so if he has been in LD field for years but just saying those books may not be right for me and that shouldnt be taken as like gospel truth. I suggest people to not just read a book and think that must be how everything must be but to check things out for yourselves to find out how things work for them, not based on how another says it has to be or goes.
Anyway..cause of how much beliefs affect LD, this area isnt an easy study, due to dealing with the subconciousness different results will come up according to beliefs. Different cultures etc may have quite different experiences with it. (I myself didnt learn LD throu books so was doing this with no programming on how its supposed to be).


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BAKER — People who have had arrest warrants issued against them in Baker City Court may take advantage of an amnesty program during February to avoid unexpectedly winding up in jail.
City Court Judge Kirk A. Williams said people who have not responded to summonses to appear in court, paid outstanding fines or taken care of other obligations likely have had bench warrants issued for their arrest.
Police Chief Mike Knaps, who is the court's marshal, said more than 6,000 bench warrants are outstanding and police will form "round-up teams" in March to try to whittle down the backlog.
During February, however, anyone who has an outstanding warrant may come to the City Court Clerk's Office, have the bench warrant recalled and get a new court date, if needed, to settle their case, the judge and police chief said.
Williams said issuing a bench warrant adds a $50 fee to any fines and costs that a person may owe.
The amnesty program will not dismiss the $50 fee, but it will give the defendant extra time to pay it and the other costs, the judge said.
If someone with an outstanding bench warrant is cited for a traffic violation or arrested for another reason, the person would have to come up with all of the money owed to the court to be released from jail, Knaps said.
"This gives them time to pay without going to jail," Knaps said of the amnesty program, but he and Williams emphasized the program does not reduce the amount owed.
The court will hold extended hours, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., on Feb. 19 and Feb. 26, to assist defendants in resolving their cases, Williams said.
Anyone who is not sure if a warrant for their arrest is outstanding may check on their status by calling the Clerk's Office, (225) 778-1866, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, or the Police Department, (225) 775-6000, after 4 p.m.
The program will not extend to bench warrants issued in February, only those issued earlier.
Other agencies will join Baker police during the March roundups, Knaps said.
"This is your opportunity to help yourself," he said.


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a mythical creature from the Land of the Lost. These creatures are defined as being green in color, having large, black eyes, no fingers (thumbs and four fingers grouped as part of the hand), and webbed feet. They also emit a hissing sound when agitated. They are known to have evolved into a species that can communicate through speech. Enik was at talking version of a more evolved Sleestak Species.
Chaka was followed by the Sleestaks through the forest until a dinosaur scared the Sleestaks away.
by Brent Knox January 06, 2005
A last final emptying of the penile shaft, often resembling grain tumbling off the conveyor, resembles also the introduction to the TV series Land of the Lost, when the humans are tossed over a waterfall with some bad editing.
I was able to prop myself up to get a good sleestak, covering her landing strip with my UFOs.
by Pantaloon January 09, 2008
A Order taker At McDonald's is a sleestak
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Derived from the mythical characters from "Land of the Lost". It has evolved into a type of defensive posture used in playing basketball.
He drove the lane and dunked on the whole team. They stood there playing defense like a bunch of sleestaks.
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New Yadkin River Bridge to open Friday night
New Yadkin River Bridge to open Friday night
The new Yadkin River Bridge that will carry four lanes of Interstate 85 south will open on Friday night.
Crews will start to move traffic over to the new bridge at 10 p.m., and all four lanes will be open by 6 a.m. Saturday.
Both bridges will be officially named the "Yadkin River Veterans Memorial Bridge."
The original bridge was built in 1955 and had only four lanes and no breakdown shoulders to carry 60,000 vehicles each day.
The bridges are part of a $200 million project to widen roughly seven miles of I-85 near the Yadkin River. The entire project is expected to wrap up by late summer.