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About MeMy name is James Cook, I'm 31 and I've been working as a Senior Design Engineer in API's SSIA-UK (Secure Systems & Information Assurance) group, which makes the SST product line, for just over seven years.
Having been inspired in my childhood by my grandfather who flew with the RAF for 27 years, I grew up fascinated by aircraft, especially the design and operation of them. I took a degree in Aerospace Engineering but realised that although my interest in aircraft was unchanged, a design role within an aerospace company would not necessarily lend itself to the design creativity that I enjoyed. I found that creative outlet seven years ago when I joined SST, and since then I've been lead in a number of design projects.
One of the advantages SST has is the confidence that our key customers have in our design abilities. I have been able to get involved from the start of a project, working with the customer to identify and prioritise their requirements, and then interpreting these into a robust, attractive, and commercially viable design.
I am always mindful of cost to the customer but also cost to SST! For one of my projects, I took a commercially available rugged laptop and modified it to accommodate specific connectors and interfaces. Knowing that I have designed equipment that helps to protect data and aid communication, sometimes in difficult environments, is very rewarding.
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About MeMy name is Greg Dussek and I've been working as a Design Engineer at SST for just over 2 years since graduating from Bournemouth University with a first class degree in Product Design.
Thin Client SV510TF DesignDetailed below is an overview of my latest project and how I managed to fulfil the design brief and meet the cost expectations of the Sales Department.
The project brief was to design a TEMPEST Level A Thin Client using the HP510 OEM with the main objective being to keep the unit as small and good looking as possible. My utilisation of right angled connectors and small back shells meant that I was able to keep the final size not much bigger than the OEM donor unit. A risk when striving to minimise the product size is that assembly may prove impossible. I found that the best way to ascertain if production grade assembly would be possible was by using the triad point on parts in Solid Works and manuvering them into position as they would be done on the shop floor. Once all components are mated in position the Interference Validation test is a useful tool which highlights any parts which are touching or overlapping.
We are always trying to produce the most attractive products possible but I was also mindful of the cost associated with doing so. Often in our line of work aesthetics very much come second to function but on this occasion the SV510TF Thin Client was a great opportunity to design a stylish yet cost effective product. By adding an oversize radius on the top front of the box I was able to give it a more interesting form – but still maintaining a simple stylish look.
Adding this feature did increase the manufacturing cost, however by working with our supplier I was able to reduce costs in other areas to compensate. The welds were moved inboard to make it easier and quicker to manufacture and the silk screen was merged onto one screen to halve the cost.
In the design of TEMPEST products cooling is paramount. A wave guide beyond cut off strategy is adopted with our hole sizes/position relative to each other to allow for cooling. I then shaped these holes on the top and front faces to arrow like shapes pointing centrally down the unit giving a symmetric effect. These "arrow" shapes also point towards the user interaction with the product, mainly the power button and USB ports.
The entire unit is made from 3 sheet metal parts and one simple machining. Reducing component quantities is a great way to reduce build time and save money. Where ever possible larger, heavier items were kept at the bottom of the unit (PSU, fibre optic transiver, IEC) to try and make the unit more stable. As a further option I designed a simple stand, this is unobtrusive to the design but provides even better stability.
All in all it's a nice clean simple product. It looks brilliant and does the job required of it. The SV510TF is now CFTCS certified to TEMPEST level A and available through www.sst.ws with a variety of options.
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India vs Australia 2017, 3rd Test, Day 1: Who Said What: World reacts to Smith and Maxwell's masterclass
The Australian cricket team ended on top after the first day's play against India at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi earlier today. Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell put on a superb batting display with an unbeaten partnership of 159 amongst themselves with Smith scoring his 2nd century of the series and 19th overall. Maxwell provided incredible support at the other end as he ended the day unbeaten on 82 off 147 deliveries with 5 fours and two sixes to his name.
It was Australia who won the toss and opted to bat first. They got off to a brisk start with David Warner and Matt Renshaw putting on a 50 run partnership in 9 overs. However, the tide turned in India's favour soon after that as they picked up three quick wickets. Ravindra Jadeja picked up Warner's wicket with a loose delivery while Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the wicket of Matt Renshaw and Shaun Marsh respectively.
Umesh continued his impressive bowling display by picking up the wicket of Peter Handscomb with a peach of a yorker. Australia were in a spot of bother at 140-4 but the innings was soon revived by a magnificent display of batting by Maxwell and Smith.
Indian captain Virat Kohli hurt his shoulder when he landed awkwardly trying to save a ball from going to the boundary. He felt pain in his right shoulder immediately and was monitored by the Indian physio Patrick Farhart before he left the field. He did not come back out onto the field, but was seen in the dressing room wearing his jersey.
Extra Cover: India vs Australia 2017: Virat Kohli leaves the field after hurting his shoulder
Steve Smith on the day's play:
Obviously for 4 for 300 had to form a couple of partnerships" Maxi played beautifully. Stuck to his plans and struck the bad balls. It is a good pitch so we will need all the runs we can get. The bounce was consistent, hasn't really spun, and we will need as many as we can get in the first innings. You cannot control the past. I came out and said I made a mistake and moved on from there, and 4 for 300, we will take that, but tomorrow is going to be a crucial day for us. I would love to be batting almost this tomorrow might, that will be great.
Here is how the cricketing fraternity reacted to the first day's play:
Former England captain Michael Vaughan:
Bloody he'll @stevesmith49 is some player .... Another player who doesn't play to the text book ... a lesson to all coaches ... #IndvAus— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 16, 2017
Australian legend Shane Warne:
Maxi has no demons playing Ashwin, you can tell in his body language & his intent to score. Maxi to change gear any min @StarSportsIndia !— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) March 16, 2017
Cricket expert Harsha Bhogle:
This Steve Smith is such a wonderful young player. Been a joy seeing him bat.— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 16, 2017
Former Australian cricketer Damien Fleming:
19th Test for the Skipper Steven Smith— Damien Fleming (@bowlologist) March 16, 2017
Tick to leadership, patience and sticking to your game plan#GoBigNow#IndvAus
Former Australian speedster Jason Gillespie:
This is fine batting by Smith and Maxwell. India under pressure.#IndvAus— Jason Gillespie (@dizzy259) March 16, 2017
Cricket commentator and expert Ayaz Memon:
Two centuries in 3 Tests on bowler friendly pitches where no other batsman has reached three figures. Take a bow @stevesmith49— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 16, 2017
Indian spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi
No real demons n Ranchi wkt..OZ'll rue bad batting..Indns sticking 2 job v well..am bit wary o modern defensive tech..irrespective o pitch!!— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) March 16, 2017

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Egypt sentences 529 Muslim Brotherhood members to death
Ruling is biggest mass death sentence handed out in Egypt's modern history
An Egyptian member of the Muslim Brotherhood Safwat Hegazy flashes the four-finger sign, referring to the sit-in dispersed by security forces in August, during his trial in Cairo. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA
An Egyptian court sentenced 529 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death on charges including murder today, a defence lawyer said, in a sharp escalation of a crackdown on the movement.
The ruling was the biggest mass death sentence handed out in Egypt's modern history, lawyers said.
Turmoil has deepened since the army overthrew Egypt's first freely elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, in July. Security forces have killed hundreds of Brotherhood members in the streets, and arrested thousands.
Most of the defendants at today's hearing were detained during clashes which erupted in the southern province of Minya after the forced dispersal of two Muslim Brotherhood protest camps in Cairo on August 14th.
Islamists have also stepped up attacks on the police and army since Morsi's ouster, killing hundreds and carrying out high profile operations against Interior Ministry officials.
"The court has decided to sentence to death 529 defendants, and 16 were acquitted," lawyer Ahmed al-Sharif said. The ruling can be appealed.
The charges against the group, on trial in Minya since Saturday, include violence, inciting murder, storming a police station, attacking persons and damaging public and private property.
"This is the quickest case and the number sentenced to death is the largest in the history of the judiciary," said lawyer Nabil Abdel Salam, who defends some Brotherhood leaders including Morsi.
State television reported the sentences without comment. A government spokesman did not immediately respond to calls.
Only 123 of the defendants were present. The rest were either released, out on bail or on the run.
"When the trial starts on Saturday and it is just a procedural hearing, and the judge doesn't listen to any lawyers or witnesses and doesn't even call the defendants, you are before a group of thugs and not the judiciary," Walid, a relative of one of the defendants, said by phone.
It was not possible to confirm his account of the proceedings independently.
The government has declared the Brotherhood a "terrorist" group. The Brotherhood says it is committed to peaceful activism.
Analysts say some of its members could turn violent if the state keeps up pressure on the movement, which won the vast majority of elections since an army-backed popular uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
Egyptian authorities make no distinction between the Brotherhood and hardcore militant groups based in the Sinai peninsula who pose a major security challenge to the state despite army offensives against their fighters.
Mursi and other top Brotherhood leaders, who are on trial on a range of charges, accuse the military of staging a coup and undermining democracy.


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There are some countries who do not allow people (mainly women) to speak their minds. I strongly oppose that idea. Instead, I believe people should freely express their thoughts and feelings.
Some people hide their feelings or may not even know how to express them. I believe they should appropriately say what they feel, no matter how it comes out, and be glad to know they have a voice that can be heard. I have had problems of not speaking up for myself. But when I get a little encouragement, it goes a long way. It makes me bolder and gives me more confidence to face the people I interact with.
I believe self confidence contributes to expressing thoughts. Without self confidence, many people feel timid and shy. Feelings are not heard, thoughts are not spoken, and people fell controlled when they don't have a say in things. Many times I have been in situations that were overwhelming and people were controlling. Since that is very uncomfortable for me, I tend to quietly listen instead of speak up for myself and possibly others. Although it isn't the best way, I am sure others do it too. That is why I believe people should speak up for themselves. Deep down inside, that person knows what they want or need and to get it done correctly, they need to stand up for themselves and get the job done.
I believe people should listen to one another, even if they do not share the same idea. When people acknowledge my point of view based on possible assumptions, I am grateful I was heard, even though it might not have been accepted. Even if it is later disposed of, I am thankful they listened to me first rather than dispose of it immediately. Being listened to contributes greatly to the way people react and feel. It boosts up my self confidence and allows me to state my thoughts without having the concern of being laughed at or interrupted.
Sure I will have those days where I mess up, but there is always a fresh, new day just waiting for me to express my feelings confidentially and freely.
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Jormungand. The World Snake. Encircler of the globe and a being who once saw the very rays of the sun blocked from view. If you believe the legend. But what place does such a mythical tale have in a world of gun runners and warmongering? Is it the terrifying nom de guerre of a sinister foe? A warning for those who choose to listen? Or something more?


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I realized that with the timing of the arrival of these three, they got a little over-shadowed by Easter and all associated busy-ness and festivities. I feel like I didn't give them a proper welcome. And that's not how we roll.
Afterall, these babies were a long-time planned and waited-for. We live on a small (7500 sq ft!), suburban lot, and we already have our three grown hens, so I agonized for quite awhile over whether adding more was the right thing to do. But, at the end of the day, we just weren't getting quite enough eggs, and we felt like six hens would be perfect (and be the absolute maximum that was even remotely sane for us to have on this property). Here's hoping (crossing fingers and toes while knocking on wood) for all hens, because we can't keep roosters here. Here's also hoping for a couple of blue or green egg-layers!
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I would be remiss if I didn't give out a shout-out to Dare 2 Dream Farms for these pretty babies. This is a gorgeous farm located about 3 hours north of Los Angeles in the Santa Barbara wine country. You just must take a look (follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!) and see their beautiful farm, upcoming CSA, as well as, all their stunning, lovingly-raised chicken breeds.
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SHE'S had a rare talent for moving film audiences since her early teens, but not until an Irish emigrant's coming-of-age tale did Saoirse Ronan find the role that spoke to her
'Oh it's so nice to hear a Scottish accent," says Saoirse Ronan, greeting me with disarming warmth. "I haven't heard one all day. Thank god there's a Scot here."
I'd like to return the compliment. Ronan's Irish accent isn't quite as emerald green as it is in her new movie – the low key but rather magnificent Brooklyn – but it would still count as a brogue. And if one word features more than any other as she talks, it's "feckin". A girl after my own heart.
Has there been an onslaught of journalists asking her tricky questions? Her eyebrows rise, those trademark light blue eyes growing wider. "It's only the first day," she says. "Listen, I'm not going to moan about it because it's great that we're doing so much press for this film, but I turned to my publicist and said, 'F***, this is only the first day'." She hoots with laughter.
"You know what it is," she says, "it's just hard talking about yourself constantly. That's what I find. After a day of press it's like I've just talked about myself for the entire day." She shakes her head. I wonder what the best activity might be to set her right again after such an ordeal. "What would you do?" she wonders aloud. "Go to a f***ing homeless shelter. Give something back."
There's a phrase Ronan uses a lot when she speaks – "You know what it's like". And sometimes I do know, for example when she's talking about the way that the Irish, like the Scots, use humour to cope with grief and loss; or when she's remembering her feeling of wanting to move away from home to stand on her own feet.
Yet the suggestion that – like me – Ronan is ordinary couldn't be further from the truth. The 22-year-old has been appearing in movies since she was 11. She made her debut in a prime-time Irish TV series called The Clinic, in 2003. She played Michelle Pfeiffer's daughter in I Could Never Be Your Woman in 2007. Then it was on to the adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement as Briony Tallis, the girl whose confusion and misunderstanding of the adults around her leads to tragic consequences. Ronan was nominated for the best supporting actress Oscar in 2008 for her role.
But still, here she is, tucked in the corner of a sofa looking like any one of the young women I've just walked past on Oxford Street on my way here. Low-key is probably the way to describe it. Or off-duty. I'm used to meeting actresses who appear to be primed and ready for a high fashion photo shoot (even when they're meeting journalists who look like they've just cleaned out the garden shed) replete with heels there'd be no way they could walk in if they dared to get up from the plump sofas upon which they sit. So when you interview someone who comes across just like anyone you might see in a coffee shop or on a bus, and sounds like them too, it's noteworthy.
Maybe that's why Ronan is so luminescent as Eilis Lacey, the young Irish woman she plays in Brooklyn. "There's nothing extraordinary about this life," she says. "She's not a superhero, she's ordinary. But it's empowering because it's about her having the gumption and strength to take control of her own choices.
"It's encouraged me to look at the people in my life with a real sense that what each person is going through is momentous for them – it is as big as it's going to get. From the outside it might seem quite boring, but for them it's everything.
"It was a really important role for me to do because I didn't want to get to the stage where I'd done so many ethereal, other-worldly things that I'd lost connection to real life. That's what I like; I don't connect so much to sci-fi, I want to see real people."
Adapted from Colm Tóibín's novel and directed by John Crowley (best known for Boy A and Intermission) the film traces Eilis's transformation from girl to woman, mirrored in her journey from Ireland to America and through her relationships with two men, the open-hearted Italian plumber Tony (Emory Cohen), who is Brooklyn born and bred, and back in Ireland with Jim Farrell (Domhnall Gleeson), one of the loathed rugby-club boys who, it transpires, is really rather charming.
It is a nuanced, moving portrait not only of the immigrant experience, the dislocation and discombobulation of being pulled out of one environment as familiar as your slippers and thrown into another as strange as another planet, but also of what it is to grow up – the sadnesses and losses as well as the freedoms and fun. With a stellar supporting cast, including Jim Broadbent as the benevolent priest helping his countryfolk to settle in their new home, and a hilarious turn by Julie Walters as the landlady, Mrs Kehoe, the realities and loneliness of Eilis's new life are beautifully drawn.
Ronan is more proud and personally entangled with her latest movie than any other project on which she's worked. There are personal parallels and family connections, the themes have touched her more deeply than on any other movie, and so that's why she says unabashedly with this one she was a "basket case".
"It was overwhelming," she says. "There were times when we were shooting in Enniscorthy, which is 20 minutes from where I grew up. I used to go to the cinema there when the one screen where we lived didn't have the film on that we wanted to see. So I've grown up going to that place." Lots of locals were extras, and although Ronan loved the excitement it caused ("it's the first movie ever to be made there") it brought with it a kind of pressure.
"There were a lot of eyes on me," she says. "And there's a lot of tension there. There was one point one day when I felt it so much and I wasn't sure what I was doing. It was only a few days into the job, and I had to go into a corner and just hid for a second and blanked everyone else out. It was a lot.
"To work at home and be on an Irish film, the responsibility was huge. I put a lot of pressure on myself. Between myself and John [Crowley], we were like, 'We have to make this as authentic as we can.' Number one, there haven't been enough representations of real Ireland, there's been this diddly, idle version for so long. But also to see an Irish woman and her journey."
She looks at me and shrugs. It's a big deal to her, a big role, her first role as an adult even though it's a transition that unfolds on screen, and she lives up to it with some style. "There are so many scenes that could have been melodramatic, but it never is; everything is reserved, nothing is said verbally, it is all in their expressions and how they hold their fork and knife."
This kind of acting is Ronan's forte, of course. It's what Ian McEwan said of her way back when she played Briony Tallis: "She gives us thought processes right on screen, even before she speaks, and conveys so much with her eyes." There was something similarly still and yet immensely moving about her performance in Hanna with Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana. As one reviewer rather breathlessly put it, describing her performance in Brooklyn, Ronan "seems to have perfected an understated technique as emotionally devastating to audiences as icebergs are to transatlantic ocean liners".
When I compliment her, she is gracious and looks genuinely bashful. "He captures women, so feckin' well," she says, sliding the praise towards Nick Hornby, whose screenplay is perfectly understated. "I don't know how he does it, because he keeps it so subtle. It's never overly dramatic. In a way it was the hardest thing I'd ever done."
And the emotional demands of playing Eilis were all the greater because of the parallels with her own family's story. Ronan's mum and dad, Paul and Monica, emigrated to New York from Ireland when they were in their mid-20s. "Young enough" is how Ronan describes it. Ronan, their only child, was born in New York in 1994. The family moved back to Ireland when she was three. And there were other resonances too. "Day-to-day I felt more and more strongly about it because I realised it was my life, it was what I was going through and I've never had that before. Never."
Back in 2012, when she was 19, Ronan made the decision to leave home and head to London. When she signed on to Brooklyn she hadn't yet made the move, but by the time the film was being made, she'd had six months of living on her own. She was, she says, in a kind of grieving process.
"I was so ready to leave home. I was very aware of growing up in an industry where everything is done for you and everything is set out and planned; you don't really have to think for yourself when it comes to every day stuff."
Ronan was maturing but not in a "natural way" she says. She wanted to learn how to be independent, to do her own washing and pay her own bills. "The first thing that struck me when I moved away was if I was hungry and there was no food in the house, I had to go out and get it. And I had to use my money and take it back and cook it and eat it and clean up after." She laughs. "It's not as though I had a silver spoon in my mouth at any stage of my life but my washing was done for me and mam and dad made dinner and that's how it was. Suddenly I was dependent just on myself and it was scary. And it's also really simple and it sounds kind of petty, but you have to learn it."
So when it came to telling Eilis's story, Ronan had plenty to draw on. "I was very, very raw at that point. John was almost like my bloody therapist, listening to me every day. We couldn't believe how much Eilis and I mirrored each other. I was like an open feckin' wound when we were doing it. There were times in scenes like that one round the dinner table when you did want to sob, or you did want to make everything big and open and over-emotional, but we couldn't.
"This is the fascinating thing about women, and I think in particular Celtic women. We deal with things to the brink of falling apart. We deal with things until we just can't do it any more. To have that kind of stamina, to keep going like that, is a real female trait. To have that emotional strength, which is really quite different to how a man deals with things typically, is really fascinating to watch."
Ronan knows that for all the people like Eilis there was a finality to their separation that she's never had to face. But the losses and also the journey to becoming a grown-up isn't so very different.
"As soon as she got on that boat, it was possible that she was never coming back. When I think of the difference between then and how I travel now – I could FaceTime my mam right now or WhatsApp her or whatever and it'd feel like she was in the next room. So she never really feels that far away. But to literally be on your own. My mam is amazing. When she wanted to talk to her sister, my Auntie Margaret who she was very close to, she would have to get the right change, go to the local pub and use the payphone to talk to her. That was once every few months.
"There are so many stories that she's told me and I've thought, 'Why didn't you just go home?' I've asked her so many times, 'Why didn't you just leave?' Her answer has always been that she couldn't give up and go back with her head in her hands. She had to 'tough it out'.
"I would've been the same. It was in her own spirit that she felt she had to stick it out and get through it and she did. They both did. Even when she had me, she wanted to have me in New York so that if I ever went back to America, which I did, I'd never have to go through what they did. It's amazing.
"I talk to my mam six times a day just to tell her what I'm doing, whereas she just had to get on with it."
It's moving to watch Eilis grow up, transforming from a girl who is catapulted into the adult world reluctantly but who survives. It's also interesting watching Ronan playing this part, because in a sense we have watched a lot of her growing up, on screen at least.
"Film has been a huge part of my childhood," Ronan says. "I was never a Hollywood kid and when people used to say 'We've watched you grow up on screen,' I was like, 'No, no you haven't, there's another part that you guys don't know about which is true.' But film has been a huge part of my life."
Brooklyn may be a watershed moment in Ronan's career. It's not that it's the first fine performance she's given – and with an upcoming role in the Ivo van Hove production of The Crucible on Broadway alongside Ben Whishaw and Sophie Okonedo, it's unlikely that it will be the last. But it is her first role as an adult.
"I haven't stopped thinking about it since I made the film," Ronan says. "It's like that favourite book that you read when you were a teenager that completely spoke to you. I started reading I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings the other day, and Oprah has written the foreword. She went through all the same stuff that Maya Angelou went through when it came to abuse and where she grew up and all that stuff, and that was her book, it was what spoke to her. And I feel like I had that really significant experience with a film that I've been involved in. It's amazing."
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Locate32 is a desktop seach tool that lets you search for files and folders on your hard drive and other locations with lightning speed. It uses databases to store information about directory structures and then utilizes them when you search for something. If this rings a bell and makes you think about Windows Desktop Search or Google Desktop, then you are not far wrong except that Locate32 is a lot faster and lighter.
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How To Take Care Of Your First Vehicle?
Your first vehicle is likely to be a momentous undertaking as well as a considerable challenge, but you can rise to the occasion with grace and flair if you are familiar with all the necessary processes. If you happen to be buying your first car, you will need to follow several steps and procedures in order to ensure that it lasts longer and survives in a good enough condition to provide a useful service. However, ensuring that your car lasts for a suitable period of time can also drain a lot of money, so you will need to familiarize yourself with things like car maintenance, insurance, as well as registration in order to safely maintain your car. With these considerations in mind, here are some tips on how you can take care of your fist vehicle with ease.
Learn vehicle maintenanceTaking care of your vehicle requires that you possess at least a few of the skills that would enable you to take care of your vehicle by yourself. This means that you should absorb a greater range of skills during your driving lessons in Butler that range from how to ensure the care of your engine as well as the exteriors and interiors of your vehicle. Vehicle maintenance should be intensive and thorough, since you will need to ensure that your car lasts long enough to give you a good enough return on your investment. Minor vehicle maintenance tasks will help you ensure that you do not need to spend exorbitant amounts of money on mechanics, and you can ensure that small problems with your vehicle do not become unmanageable.
Learn car safetyKnowing about car safety would also require that you have tailored lessons in handling your own vehicle, so make sure that you take automatic driving lessons if required. This will help you become more familiar with your own vehicle, which can help when you have to handle your vehicle on the more dangerous sections of the road. It will also make you aware of the fact that all cars are different, so their braking and other mechanisms are likely to be different. For better practice at car safety, take some time to get to know your car first, and avoid going on long drives until you know how your car handles itself on the road.
Maintain a budgetA proper and efficient budget is an essential part of maintaining your first vehicle, since you are likely to run into unexpected costs during the course of your ownership. Since this is your first time owning a car, you are likely to be unprepared for many budgetary needs, so make sure that you research properly first.
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text: By Lori Shenher Congratulations on your new – or not so new – addition to the family! Like most women who've recently given birth, you may have questions about what activities are okay and which should be approached with caution. Aside from a few words of caution below, you are free to get back to… Continue Reading


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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Two Years Ago
Very hard to come up with words regarding what happened two years ago and after that. What I can say is it's sad that not much has changed with many of those in "charge" of things both there and here.
Last July went out to Agate Beach. It was very windy which made it difficult to film. But I strongly wanted to. I felt in a way seeing this dock that came all the way from Misawa represented the many lives that were lost and all of those that were altered.
Maybe one day I will get to go to Misawa and see where it came from.
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December 2003 Juniper Berry
The Juniper Berry magazine has a rich tradition in the communities of Middle Village, Maspeth and Elmhurst. It was first published in 1938. The quarterly magazine is an all-volunteer effort and contains articles on crime prevention, neighborhood issues, meeting reports and notices, neighborhood history and photographs, guest articles, editorials and more.Back to Juniper Berry Archives
Miracle Year for Juniper Civic
The year 2003 has been a banner one for the Juniper Park Civic Association. We had the zip code victory in January and now in November we have a real David and Goliath story to tell our children and grandchildren about the Keyspan 6 acre site on Grand Avenue and 79th Street in Elmhurst.Read More
Mayor Bloomberg at Juniper Civic Town Meeting & Party
The Juniper Park Civic Association is pleased to announce that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been named 2003 Man of the Year Award. The Mayor will accept the honor at the next JPCA Town Hall meeting on Thursday, December 11th, 7:45 pm at Our Lady of Hope Auditorium (Eliot Ave. corner 71st St.).Read More
The Name Game: Middle Village Street Origins
In the early twentieth century the Queens Topographical Bureau established an alphabetical series of street names for existing and proposed roadways in Maspeth and Middle Village. These roadways generally ran east-west (parallel with current Eliot Avenue) and intersected with Juniper Avenue (now 69th Street).Read More
The fight to save our neighborhood
Led by the Juniper Park Civic Association, the struggle to save the Elmhurst Gas Tanks site from commercial development, particularly a big box Home Depot store, was a fight to save our neighborhood. In the end it was a remarkable and stunning victory.Read More
Timeline of the Elmhurst Gas Tanks Property
August, 1996: Keyspan begins dismantling the Elmhurst Gas Tanks. Tells community it will use land for storage of vehicles. September, 2001: Keyspan announces plans to sell Elmhurst Gas Tanks Property.Read More
MAN OF THE YEAR: Mayor Michael Bloomberg
For his dedicated and innovative leadership as Mayor of the City of New York, and for his sensitivity to the needs of the communities of Middle Village, Maspeth and Elmhurst, Michael R. Bloomberg, is the Juniper Park Civic Association's unanimous choice for Man of the Year.Read More
Business Spotlight: Rashachy Salon & Spa
Well, we have a new business to welcome and I had the opportunity recently to meet the owners of Rashachy Salon & Spa on 82nd Street just off Eliot Avenue in Middle Village. This beautifully decorated, full service salon is owned by Rachel and Shahina and between the two of them they have close to 40 years experience in the beauty field.Read More
Juniper Juniors Have Been Very Busy & Successful
This coming March and April, when you come to enjoy Juniper Park, notice the hundreds of daffodils. These lovely daffodils were planted as a living memorial to all who perished on September 11.Read More
Sex Offenders in Our Neighborhood
In past issues, the Juniper Park Civic has asked parents to be aware of men bothering their kids in local parks. It's a reality these days that when men pay far too much attention to your kids they could be sex offenders.Read More
A Short History of St. Margaret's Parish
On October 30, 1853 Bishop John Loughlin was consecrated the first Bishop of New York, creating the Brooklyn Diocese. Shortly thereafter, he noticed that in the Middle Village area there were quite a few Catholics without a church of their own.Read More
Benjamin Schiff: A LIFETIME OF SERVICE
Benjamin(Ben) Schiff was born, at home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on May 5, 1927. His parents, Harry and Molly Schiff, and his older siblings, Max and Sally, were delighted to welcome this blond, blue-eyed, bouncing baby boy to the family.Read More
Letters to the Editor – December 2003
After 20 Minutes an ambulance arrived. I ask why so long? I was told they could not find this place!!! Eight minutes later (after the ambulance) finally a Police car came. This is really too long, don't you think so????Read More
Community News – December 2003
The Juniper Park Civic Association has arranged with the Juniper Juniors to remove snow for our senior neighbors. Seniors just need to phone the Civic's office: 718-651-5865.The Civic will contact a Junior who lives nearest to the homeowner.Read More
The Name Game – Middle Village Street Origins
In the early twentieth century the Queens Topographical Bureau established an alphabetical series of street names for existing and proposed roadways in Maspeth and Middle Village. These roadways generally ran east-west (parallel with current Eliot Avenue) and intersected with Juniper Avenue (now 69th Street).Read More
A Howling Good Time
This year's third annual Juniper Halloween festival was hugely successful and it continues to grow more every year thanks to generous donations from the community, help from the Parks Dept. and the 104th Police Precinct.Read More
Bye Bye Redbirds
On Monday, November 3, 2003, at approximately 10:15 AM, old 9546 took off from the Times Square Subway Station, unaware that a chance assignment would bring it a moment of glory, as the lead car of an 11 car, No. 7 train, the last Redbird subway train to operate in revenue service on the MTA.Read More
Detective Keith Casey Will Be Missed
With sadness, we mourn the recent loss of Retired NYPD Detective Keith Casey who was, until his retirement, the community "Graffiti Buster". All those who knew him regarded Keith as a dedicated cop and a terrific person.Read More
Neighborhood Hall of Shame, December 2003
Thankfully, the vast majority of property owners in Middle Village and Maspeth take pride in the appearance and well-being of our neighborhood. But a few property owners have a total disregard for the condition of their property. So we induct these properties into this month's Hall of Shame.Read More
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Maspeth-Middle Village Task Force's coalition strategy pays off
Mayor de Blasio announced a major policy shift on February 28th which will eventually end the City's use of hotels and cluster sites as homeless shelters. The City now plans to build shelters in individual communities sized to accommodate the number of homeless that originate from them. This means homeless families and individuals will be able to remain in their own familiar neighborhoods while they rebuild their lives.Read More
(June 7, 2016) Assemblywoman Margaret Markey is pushing a bill in the State Assembly that would extend the statute of limitations for civil claims brought by sexual abuse victims. (Interestingly, it does not attempt to toughen criminal penalties for sexual abuse.) The bill has been promoted non-stop by media such as the Daily News, which has vilified anyone who has questions about it or opposes it outright. However, what is not being discussed by the media is that Markey's bill has fine print with major implications: it targets religious and private institutions while granting exemptions to public entities, such as the Department of Education, which runs the majority of schools in our city.Read More


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Welcome to Eurotrek Group
|Eurotrek Group is Irelands number one wholesale distributor of leading bicycle brands in Europe. We are continually growing and developing our company by utilising the best business to business practices and supply chain management to maintain our high standards of exceptional products and professional delivery.
As one of the foremost distributors of high end bicycle brands in Europe we ensure that the European bicycle market has the latest products at the cutting edge of technological advancement. We have invested in our staff of 120 to develop a vast product knowledge base and technical expertise to consistently find new ways to maintain our competitive edge within our industry.
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Indie darling
Indie darling
When Michael McGowan's new film One Week was announced as a Gala for the Toronto International Film Festival, several critics in the room murmured that its storyline-a young man named Ben (Joshua Jackson) embarks on a transcontinental journey of self-discovery-seemed faintly reminiscent of Sean Penn's Oscar-nominated drama Into the Wild. There are worse films to be compared to-nobody wants their movie to be whispered about as "this year's I Know Who Killed Me" - but one of the film's stars has a problem with that connection.
"For me, Into the Wild was about a foolish forsaking of opportunity," says Liane Balaban, who plays Ben's fiancée, Samantha. "I had trouble empathizing with a character who saw his privilege as a burden. In One Week, the protagonist has done the 'sensible' things in life-college, getting engaged, having a career-but still feels that something is missing. The film is about his search for something deeper-his true self. Anyone who feels that they've settled and wonders 'What if' will identify with him."
As for her own role, Balaban credits McGowan with providing her with the vivid details that brought her character to life. "There was a 'what I love and hate about Samantha' montage in the script that revealed all of her idiosyncrasies: She has eclectic taste in music and a beautiful hip bone and makes an annoying jaw clack while eating."
Idiosyncrasy is probably Balaban's specialty: At 28, the Toronto-born actress is already a dab hand at inhabiting complicated characters. Most critics cite her performance in New Waterford Girl, but she was also terrific as a con artist in Seven Times Lucky and completely charming in her long-time collaborator Simon Ennis' Heritage Minute From Hell short, The Canadian Shield. Balaban says that she's excited about her role in Ennis' upcoming feature debut, You Might as Well Live, and her lead role in the CBC pilot Abroad. "It's about a journalist from Toronto who goes to work at a paper in London, England. In a nutshell, it's about a girl trying to fit in overseas - or, more succinctly, it's about a broad abroad."
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Catering for vegans at barbecue parties can seem daunting, but with a bit of planning and preparation it's easy to create some mouth-watering dishes to keep both vegetarians and vegans happy.
The traditional barbecue is often a carnivore's delight, with piles of sausages, burgers, barbecued ribs, kebabs, and even slabs of full English breakfast if the chef is feeling adventurous – after all, the full English for the barbecue takes six hours to cook! And there are plenty of vegetarian options usually on offer too including veggie burgers and sausages, potato and green salads.
But if you're wondering what to feed your vegan friends at a barbecue, we have some vegan BBQ ideas to get you started. Soon you'll realise just how easy it is to cater for everyone at a barbecue.
You can grill vegan burgers on the barbecue. Meat-free burgers made from mushrooms or other vegetables are packed full of flavour and cook nicely over the coals. For example, try making Portobello mushroom burgers. Simply cook a large, flat Portobello mushroom, brushed lightly in olive oil, on the grill, fry some onions, and add to a fresh bun with some vegan cheese, rocket leaves and barbecue sauce.
Or try chickpea and carrot burgers by blending 375g of carrots with a tin of chickpeas, chopped onion, spices, and lemon juice. Fry 375g of carrots and add to the mix with some more lemon juice, 100g of bread crumbs and 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds. When all mixed together, shape and grill on the barbecue until ready before adding to a bun with salad, sauce and vegan cheese.
Tofu is a great barbecue food because it grills well, has a lovely consistency and works well with strong flavours. In addition to marinating tofu in rich barbecue sauces and grilling on the barbecue, you could try making a special date barbecue sauce for the tofu – spicy and sticky, this sauce really brings the tofu to life.
To make the date sauce, you'll need: 1 finely chopped yellow onion, 60ml olive oil, 60ml tomato paste, 720ml vegetable stock, 60ml lemon juice, 10 large dates, 4 finely chopped garlic cloves, 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon water, 1 tablespoon ground coriander, 1 teaspoon of ground cumin, smoked paprika, ground ginger, ground cinnamon and salt, and ½ teaspoon pepper and cayenne pepper. Add the olive oil to a pan, then cook the onion for 10 minutes before adding the coriander, cumin, paprika, ginger, cinnamon, salt and pepper and cooking for 5 minutes. Next, add the garlic, tomato paste, vegetable stock, sugar, cayenne pepper and water, and turn the heat up for 10 minutes to encourage the sauce to thicken. Add the pitted and finely chopped dates and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the lemon juice.
Brush the sauce on the slices of tofu and grill for 5 minutes each side before serving with a good dollop of the date sauce on the side.
Other flavoursome vegan barbecue ideas include stuffed peppers. Let your imagination run free with these recipes, selecting delicious herbs, spices and vegetables to fill the peppers. For example, try stuffing peppers with cous cous mixed with raisons, spices, pine nuts, and sliced olives and sundried tomatoes, and grilling on the barbecue, serving with a green salad. Or make some vegetable kebabs, using marinated tofu to alternate the likes of red onion, peppers, courgettes and cherry tomatoes.
In addition to salads and corn on the cob, you could make some vegan garlic bread as a side dish. Mix some olive oil with finely chopped garlic, place on cut ciabatta slices and grill on the barbecue.
For pudding, fruit is a fantastic option as it tastes so good when grilled. Try pineapple rings, apple slices or barbecued banana to round off a delicious barbecue party.


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Housing the coolest avant-garde brands, Atelier New York is moving their digs this summer. What does this mean for us? Designer discounts! And a whole lotta it! Starting tomorrow, the West Chelsea multi-brand retailer will offer up to 70% off on hip "it" brands like Vetements, Balmain, Chloé, ACNE Studios, Maison Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester, Yohji Yamamoto, Rick Owens, and more. All of the discounted merchandise will be from S/S '16 collections and will include womenswear, menswear, handbags, and shoes. The sale opens at 11am everyday and will run until the 14th. Happy Shopping!
Where: 210 Eleventh Ave. (bet. 24th & 25th St.), Suite 1003
When: Friday, August 5th through Sunday, August 14th. 11am~6pm
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Aug 4, 2016
*SALE HUNT* Atelier New York
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- AnonymousAugust 6, 2016 at 10:21 AM
Has anybody checked out this sale ? Please let us know if it's worth heading over. Love Atelier but their prices start off really high - even at 70% off it's still pricey.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 6, 2016 at 11:19 PM
I went friday afternoon and here's my take.. pricey but near new quality. Going in mindset should be.. it is not a sample sale but more of a department store sale in terms of price and quality. More men's stuff but interesting women's stuff too.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2016 at 9:12 AM
Thanks !Delete
- AnonymousAugust 8, 2016 at 10:49 AM
I wonder if there will be further markdowns. 70% off is worse than department store discounts.ReplyDeleteReplies
I will definitely let you know if I get word of a price reduction.Delete
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Regular MPH applicants should use the following guidelines to apply to the MPH program.
Regular MPH applicants may only apply for admission in the Fall semester. Application deadlines are as follows:
- November 15 (priority consideration)
- Supplemental materials are due by November 30.
- January 15 (regular consideration)
- Supplemental materials are due by January 31.
- April 1
- Supplemental materials are also due by April 1.
- Final application deadline for international applicants
- June 15
- Supplemental materials are also due by June 15.
Required Materials
- Online application. Applicants should select the MPH program.
- Personal statement, 1-2 pages, uploaded in the online application.
- Resume or CV, uploaded in the online application.
- Transcripts from any institution other than Virginia Tech from which you received or expect to receive a degree. Please upload scans of your transcript in the online application. Please mail or email your official transcripts to the department.
- 3 academic or professional letters of recommendation, to be completed in the online application, or mailed or emailed to the department.
- GRE Scores. The institution code is 5859, and there is no department code. There is no minimum score for MPH applications; however, to ensure competitiveness, applicants are encouraged to have at least a score of 150 on the verbal section and 150 on the quantitative section.
- English language test (TOEFL or IELTS). Required from most international applicants. Please visit the Graduate School's website for more information.
When possible, application materials should be submitted electronically. If you need to submit paper materials, please send them to:
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OverDrive is one of Boopsie's most popular content partner integrations—74% of the libraries utilizing Boopsie's mobile platform offer the OverDrive integration to their patrons. Across the thousands of library locations that Boopsie serves, OverDrive is the third most used app-channel, only preceded by the "My Account" channel and the library's catalog. The OverDrive API on just one of Boopsie's library apps has already processed over 10,000 queries to the OverDrive eBook database.
Heavy use of the OverDrive-Boopsie mobile integration originates from the seamless user experience. Boopsie successfully transferred most of its libraries to the new OverDrive API, which allows OverDrive users to access their downloaded eBooks and eAudioBooks without generating a cumbersome Adobe ID, taking multiple steps out of the process, and reducing the percentage of users who abandon the checkout process. Users of OverDrive in Boopsie's library-branded mobile apps can now simply log into their OverDrive account after selecting an available title, select the book from their account and automatically launch the OverDrive Media Console.
Boopsie and OverDrive have worked together to integrate OverDrive's revolutionary embedded reader on Apple and Android mobile devices. Users of Boopsie apps with OverDrive eBook integrations will be able to seamlessly read their OverDrive eBooks right from their library-branded app, without being required to download the OverDrive Media Console or any type of third party reader. A user can simply select the book they want to read, log in to their OverDrive account, and then select the title in their "My OverDrive Account". Boopsie expects the improved user experience to more than double checkouts of OverDrive eBooks. Screenshots of the streamlined embedded reader user experience are below.
This embedded reader feature is OverDrive Read, an online reader from OverDrive that allows you to read EPUB eBooks in your web browser. The service allows users to read eBooks across all platforms and sync between devices while they are connected to the Internet. OverDrive Read doesn't affect the eBooks and eAudioBooks a patron already has checked out; it simply provides a simplified vehicle for eBook delivery.
If you're attending ALA's Annual Conference, be sure to visit Boopsie and OverDrive at their booths, 2032 and 1317, respectively. There are several new features that will be demonstrated at both booths.


text: KEO SOEUNG SOPHAN grapples daily with the most explosive dilemma facing postwar Cambodia: land ownership.In this decayed provincial capital along Tonle Sap lake, the veteran civil servant slowly untangles land ownership snarls left by two decades of war. But Mr. Sophan's job as provincial land tenure administrator has become formidable, even dangerous. Two years ago, the communist government in Phnom Penh began disbanding collective farms and rebuilding a formal system of private property ownership. Now, on top of other duties, Sophan must find land to resettle 4,000 refugee families expected to be repatriated from border camps in Thailand, 1,500 internally displaced families who fled fighting and attacks by Khmer Rouge guerrillas, and thousands of victims from severe flooding earlier this year. Ominously, the Khmer Rouge has seized the issue of land as a way to gain further support in rural areas. Embroiled in individual land disputes, the Marxist radicals have evicted people from contested property and attacked Sophan's village meetings. "There are great difficulties," Sophan said, seated in his office in front of a huge map of Kompong Chhnang province. "Even if I am afraid, where can I hide?" Land distribution is the linchpin of success of an ambitious peace plan for largely agricultural Cambodia. Property issues will shape the resettlement of almost 500,000 Cambodians who fled to border camps in Thailand or inside the country. Facing an unprecedented task of overseeing the refugees' return and administering Cambodia before elections, the United Nations is sending a special mission next week to investigate land use. Land ownership is among the most pressing issues for UN administrators and the interim government comprised of the four rival Cambodian factions, whose leaders already are arguing over their own personal property. "It's a tricky issue and the biggest issue that stands in the way of repatriation going smoothly," says Scott Leiper, director of the UN World Food Program. "It is not a problem just in the rural areas, but also in Phnom Penh." Equitable land distribution is crucial to Cambodia's political future, Western observers say. Already, the two-year-old land reform program has broken up more than 120,000 collectives into smaller plots. As a result, agriculture production has jumped and self-sufficiency spread among farmers. The new system of issuing deeds has begun to simplify claim conflicts and to rebuild a formal ownership system. Yet, there are also shortfalls. Without the collectives' safety net, Cambodia's most disadvantaged could be further marginalized, and the disproportionately large number of families headed by women face new difficulties. Like many aspects of Cambodian life, corruption and political influence cloud the system and can determine who gets the best pieces of land, Cambodian observers say. Still, UN officials and international aid workers say the land program is a solid step toward rebuilding institutions and checking the disarray that could be exploited by the Khmer Rouge. "What other country in the world has gone through anything like this?" asks Steve Troester, a field director with the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization that is assisting the land tenure program. "This provides an overall stability so that people people know the land they are farming today will be theirs 10 years from now." A visit to the city of Kompong Chhnang underscores the enormity of the task. Buildings are ramshackle and streets overgrown and potholed. The provincial governor has resigned, leaving a political vacuum, and many civil servants have not been paid for five months. In the countryside, production is only two-thirds of that during the 1960s. Just one-sixth of irrigable land receives water. Materials to build roads and irrigation structures are often diverted to fuel Phnom Penh's building boom. While land is not a problem in Kompong Chhnang, access to good land is. Returnees who can receive up to 12 acres under Phnom Penh rules will get, in effect, far less. The southwest corner of the province is inaccessible because of Khmer Rouge control and land mines. Recently, the government discovered that an area designated for returning refugees had been mined. STILL, that has not stopped a land rush. Sophan says that 185,000 claims have been filed for the 218,000 land parcels in Kompong Chhnang province. Because of disputes, lack of access to land, and inadequate staff for surveying, only 433 formal deeds have been issued. With no functioning legal system, the official relies on a local consensus to solve disputes. But in recent months, the Khmer Rouge has begun interfering. In one instance, three families enlisted the Khmer Rouge's help to force off five other intruding families. The five families then displaced other families in what became a chain reaction affecting 20 families. Sophan recalls when he went to a village to resolve a disagreement. The Khmer Rouge attacked the outdoor meeting three times, shooting over peoples' heads and forcing them to take cover in their huts and in the forest. With no villagers available, consensus was impossible. And when Sophan supplied applications for formal land deeds to a group of internal refugees, guerrillas confiscated the forms and prevented Sophan's return. "A family may want to claim an occupied parcel and has a son in the Pol Pot group," said Sophan using the name of the notorious Khmer Rouge leader. "They can send a message [to the guerrillas] and put pressure on the landowner."


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TWO sets of brothers who were tragically orphaned in separate drowning tragedies have struck up a remarkable friendship after being brought together by Aled Jones.
Last summer, Aberdeen teenagers Sam and Jordan Walker were left heartbroken when mum Julie and their six-year-old brother, Lucas, were swept to their deaths by a freak wave.
Sam, then 13, was dragged from the water after trying to rescue his brother.
The youngsters believed no one would ever be able to understand their heartache.
But Aled introduced them to Rob and Paul Forkan, who were just 17 and 15 when their parents were washed away in the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, while on a family holiday in Sri Lanka.
Now the two pairs of brothers – brought together for a deeply moving TV show which airs tomorrow morning – have become close pals.
Rob, now 30, says: "Sam and Jordan are us 12 years ago.
"Meeting them was so emotional. We will be friends for rest of our lives."
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In BBC's Going Back, Giving Back, Sam tells for the first time the horror of the day last August when his mum Julie and brother Lucas lost their lives.
Sam and Lucas were playing on the esplanade near Aberdeen when a huge wave crashed into the sea wall, dragging them into the icy water.
In tears Sam, 14, remembers hearing Julie, 37, scream "No, my babies" as she dashed in to the sea try and save them.
Sam said he lost Lucas in the water after they were hit by a second wave.
He told the Forkan brothers: "I don't know where he went. I couldn't see him after that.
"Then my mum screamed 'No, my babies'. My mum ran down and tried to come in but she got pushed into the water too.
"Me, my mum and Lucas were stuck in the water. I couldn't see Lucas for the life of me.
"People started to try and pull me up. I finally saw my mum upside down and floating.
"I was in the ambulance and everyone told me it was going to be okay 'Your mum and Lucas will be fine'.
"But I'd already seen what happened in my own head. I haven't been near the water since."
His brother Jordan, 17, was at football practice at the time and returned home to discover he was an orphan.
It was months before Jordan felt able to visit the beach where Julie was killed.
He said: "It was terrible going down there to see it. I just wanted to say a few things to my mum.
"I wanted to tell her I loved her and stuff. I think she heard me because she's supported me through everything.
"She's made me the person I am today. I think of the good times because it's so much better."
Sam told the Forkan brothers how he dreams of hearing his mum's voice again.
He says: "Mum was just such a loving person. She was so determined. She put everyone in front of her.
"She was such a big character and so was Lucas. Lucas was such a character.
"He had no evil in him at all, but he did have a little evil grin when he'd done something. He was such a cheeky chappy.
"I still dream of hearing their voices one last time."
Jordan adds: "She would have done anything for us.
"I miss that boy so much. He was so funny and his smile was incredible. He was so cheeky."
Rob and Paul Forkan were teenagers when their parents Kevin, 54, and Sandra, 40, died in the 2004 tsunami.
The Forkan family were on a Christmas holiday when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean causing the massive tsunami which stuck 14 countries, killing 280,000 people.
Rob and Paul's parents died saving their younger siblings Matt, then 12, and Rosie, then nine, from giant waves that swamped Sri Lanka.
Rob and Paul, now 28, have since set up successful flip flop company, Gandys, to raise money for survivors of the tsunami.
Sam and Jordan talked to the Forkan brothers about how they have struggled in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Rob and Paul – who travelled from London to Aberdeen where Sam and Jordan live with their grandparents – gave the boys advice for the future and pledged to help them as they grow up.
Aled Jones says: "Meeting Sam and Jordan it is clear that they are still suffering intensely from the loss of their brother and mother.
"It was wonderful to see how they benefited from meeting Rob and Paul and how they were able to open up for the first time about the extent of their trauma.
"I hope this friendship is something that sustains them for a long time to come."
Going Back Giving Back is on BBC1 tomorrow morning (Tues) at 9.15am.


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If you were "blessed" with big breasts you know what I mean when I say that finding a bra that fits well and comfortable is a pain in the behind. Its not a fun experience to go bra shopping with your girlfriends when every 'nice' bra in the shop isn't in your size and you are left with basket ball nets that make your boobs look like that are either enormous or tee pee's. Being a woman myself with a chest that is a curse of droopy, heavy, stocking type things, I haven't had fun in the bra department at the shops.
I'm really excited to share with you that Triumph have a brilliant range of bra's for everyone and they are all pretty. I've been wearing triumph bras for the past few weeks and they are so comfortable, I can't stop raving about them to everyone. Comfort for me is key and having something that looks nice is always a winner as its just nice to feel that bit pretty.
Besides the fact that I love Triumph's range of bra's for women of every shape and size, I absolutely love the that Triumph has created an animation that brings to life the magic of finding the perfectly fitting bra with the first ever cartoon model. Its adorable and it makes it fun, and lets be honest mums; finding "the one", the perfect bra is like finding gold right?
Triumph is excited to announce the launch of its Find the One short animated movie that brings to life the magical, fulfilling experience of finding the perfect fitting bra. Created to accompany the Find the One campaign, the movie uses animation to tell the emotional story of finding the right bra in a beautiful and innovative way. Not only is animation very of the moment, its use in this context is groundbreaking: it is the first time a lingerie brand has used this format to convey the life changing experience of finding the right bra and the first time it has animated one of its models.
Nicola Hodgson, Head of Brand at Triumph says: 'It is really important for us to find new ways of bringing to life the bra finding journey so that we continue to inspire customers to go for a bra fitting. By transforming our global model, Hannah, into a cartoon we are treading new ground and by doing so, we aim to create a compelling visual experience that captures the magical feeling of finding the right bra that transforms your life – "The One."'
The animation follows the animated Hannah and her two friends – Mara and Tammy – on a captivating journey to finding "The One", and features the wondrous moment that Hannah finally finds it. Playing on the classic fairytale search for "The One", Triumph cleverly exchanges Hannah's perfect man for her perfect bra. Together with Hannah's faithful companion, Fred the Frog, the three make a charming bunch who enliven the story of the journey to find "The One."
Music is central to the animation, carrying the story with a score specially composed for Triumph by Tony award-winning American musical theatre composer, Jason Robert Brown, and the vocal performed by three acclaimed Broadway singers. Prague's Filmharmonic Orchestra, one of the most sought-after orchestra's in Europe having worked with everyone from Celine Dion to The Streets, performed the enchanting musical accompaniment.
The innovative animated movie takes viewers on an emotional journey with Hannah and her friends that capture the joy of finally finding the bra that is just right for you; a bra so special, so pretty and supportive that you will spend the rest of your lives together – it's a life changing moment.
View the animation at triumph.com/findtheone. I highly recommend just dropping in for a fitting or booking an appointment online to find 'The One'.
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I'm sure Target Corp. knew a few people were not likely to be happy about its decision to open on midnight Black Friday.
But I doubt the company expected this much blow back. A online petition started by a Target employee in Omaha, Nebraska to protest the move has now collected 175,000 signatures. And Change.org said Seth Coleman, a local Target employee, will deliver those signatures to CEO Gregg Steinhafel at Target's corporate headquarters on Monday.
"We haven't heard from change.org that they plan to deliver a petition," Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said in an e-mail. "We respect our team members' right to express their opinions."
The petition won't change a thing. Target's great Black Friday machine is already in motion and nothing short of an alien invasion can stop it. But the petition will attract a lot of attention and continue to make Target look like the Ebenezer Scrooge of Thanksgiving.
My problem isn't necessarily the midnight openings. We knew this was going to happen sooner or later. When you open stores at 6 a.m. one year and then 4 a..m. one year, logic dictates midnight would be just around the corner.
No, my main beef is how retailers publicly justify their decisions.
"People want to shop through the night," a Macy's executive was recently quoted.
"Our customers told us they would rather stay up late to shop than get up early, so we're going to hold special events on Thanksgiving and Black Friday," Wal-Mart chief merchandising officer for U.S. stores Duncan Mac Naughton said in a statement.
"We know our customers like to get an early start on their Black Friday shopping, so we're offering more savings than ever and providing even more hours to save by opening our stores at 9pm on Thanksgiving night," Greg Ahearn, Chief Marketing Officer, Toys"R"Us, U.S, said in a statement.
That's right folks. Retailers are doing this for YOU. You spoke, they listened. Opening at midnight or earlier was not a calculated move to capture a bigger slice of an ever shrinking sales pie. Retailers had no choice but to give customers what they want.
Call me cynical but I have a hard time believing customers were flooding the phone lines of retailers, asking, no DEMANDING, they open at midnight.
What annoys me about this spin is that retailers are abdicating any skin in the game. Instead, they're passing responsibility (or is it blame?) to the shopper.
In a way, they're right. Target would not open at midnight unless they knew people would show up. But let's not confuse the order of things. Retailers do something, customers respond. If customers like, retailers will keep doing it or do more of it.
If customers really drove things, then retailers should dispense with door busters and simply give away laptops, iPads, and flat screens at no charge. Heck, throw in a free ride home as well.
Not all retailers are following the pack. Sears, the country's largest department store chain, will stick to its 4 a.m. opening though its Kmart chain will retain its 6 a.m. Thanksgiving Day opening.
And at least Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn was more straightforward about the retailer's decision.
"We recently had to make a difficult decision," Dunn recently told a conference. "We were going to be open at a much more civilized hour. At Best Buy we need to be where our customers are. The market has moved to a midnight hour."
"I feel terrible because it will change some Thanksgiving plans for our employees," said Dunn, who will also be at the stores.
Dunn's contrition is both refreshing and, unfortunately, besides the point. He may feel bad but the hoards of retailers rushing to midnight and earlier clearly overruled his empathy.
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November 6, 2000
California State University Channel Islands Site Authority
Regular Meeting
Monday, November 6, 2000
11:30 a.m.
California State University Channel Islands
Banquet Room
One University Drive, Camarillo, California 93012
Phone: 805-437-8400
R. J. Considine, Jr., Chairperson
Frank Schillo, Vice Chairperson
Charlotte Craven
J. Handel Evans
Laurence K. Gould, Jr.
Kathy Long
Richard P. West
John Flynn
Manuel Lopez
Douglas X. Patiño
Call to Order (Chair) and Roll Call (Carmen Smith)
Approval of Minutes October 2, 2000, Meeting
Public Comment Period (Pursuant to Government Code section 11125.7)
President's Report (Member J. Handel Evans) INFORMATION ITEM
Progress of campus projects will be discussed.
Project Progress Report and Selection of Contractor (J. Patrick
Drohan and Brad Wells) ACTION ITEM-RESOLUTION ATTACHED
A progress report on the near-term capital projects (demolition, infrastructure and update on East Campus residential development, including financing plans) will be presented. The selection process for the contractor for the residential construction will be described and the Board's approval of a recommended developer will be sought. An agenda item further describing the contractor selection is attached, with a proposed resolution.
Member Forum (Open discussion for members, including any requests for matters to be considered at future meetings)
The chair or body may recess for lunch or other convenience
at suitable times as they determine.
For information on this or other meetings you may contact: Carmen Smith, California State University Channel Islands, Administration Building, President's Office, One University Drive, Camarillo, CA, 805-437-8400.


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Interbike Mini Review: Breezer Venturi
By Josh Patterson
The Venturi has worn the Breezer logo for three decades. The latest incarnation of this classic road bike melds Joe Breeze's fanatical devotion to the finely tuned ride qualities of steel tubing with modern accoutrements such as an integrated headset, hydroformed tubing, and press-fit bottom bracket.
The Venturi's top and down tubes are hydroformed to increase stiffnesss. A press fit bottom bracket shell is also used to bolster stiffness. Breezer opted not to use the BB30 or PressFit30—the two most common oversized bottom bracket shells. He instead chose to use Shimano's BB86 shell.
Here's why.
BB30 and PressFit 30 shells offer more surface area to mate large diameter carbon or aluminum tubes, but that's not as much of a concern when building a frame with steel tubing. Breezer chose to use a BB86 bottom bracket because of its additional width. Eighty-six is a designation of the bottom bracket shell's width; BB86 is 18mm wider than a traditional road bottom bracket shell. This additional width gave Breezer's engineers more real estate to work with when spec'ing oversized, asymmetrical chainstays. The non-drive side chainstay is particularly large for a steel frame.
The seatstays are constructed from much smaller gauge tubing and bow gently outward in an effort to add compliance.
During my brief time on the Venturi I did not have the chance to test the frames ability to withstand flex on out-of-the-saddle climbs, but I did a fair bit of pedal mashing on the Vegas strip. The Venturi accelerated well and cornered with confidence, all while retaining the classic ride that steel frames are known for.
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Monday, November 3, 2014
Basement Goodness
I just wanted to share some pics of my workshop. It's mostly finished, just a little more furniture to add (a comfy sofa and some more storage) and some art which I'm sure I'll accumulate over time.
We sealed the floor with a specky product and discovered that we actually quite like the colour and texture of it so it's staying for the time being.
Just to remind you of the basement's progress, here are some before shots when we bought the house...
Poky and dirty and sad. Oh my!
And then we knocked it down and started over...
And now, here it all is. Six months on and it's now my happy space...
Not a bad place to spend some time really. Poppet often has her bath down here at night time too, which gives me a little more stitching time. It's a lovely warm and cosy space, which is not bad considering the dungeon it was before.
This week I start hosting some friends for a regular boozy, crafty night. Because booze and craft go together like peanut butter and jelly. Right?!
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what a wonderful space. i know how much hard work goes into something like this, congrats and well done!ReplyDelete
thanks erin! it's been so much work but i'm surprisingly not turned off doing it again. it's very satisfying, although we still have a ways to go all over the house so i shouldn't speak too soon!ReplyDelete
I am so jealous! What an awesome space!ReplyDelete
Thanks Melinda. It's my favourite part of the house. Which is good considering how much time I spend in it!Delete
Hi, Jen. I met you at the Toronto One Of A Kind Spring Show and really enjoyed your makes. Thus, I featured you in my recent post at www.meandmyveritas.wordpress.com. All the best to you, Jana from Me & My Veritas.ReplyDelete
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The U.S. economy grew faster than previously thought in the third quarter, helped by exports and government spending, but a sluggish global demand and belt-tightening by Washington looks set to put on the brakes again.
Other data on Thursday showed factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region picked up this month, while home resales in November were the best in three years, indicating the economy retained some vigor early in the fourth quarter.
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However, a rise in first-time applications for unemployment aid last week suggested job growth remains modest.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said. It was the fastest pace since late 2011 and more than double the second quarter's 1.3 percent rate.
A month ago, the department said GDP grew at 2.7 percent pace during the July-September period.
Millan Mulraine, a senior economist at TD Securities in New York, said the factors that boosted growth in the third quarter probably did not carry through the final three months of 2012.
"I don't think it changes the narrative that this quarter will be very weak. The fact that we had an upward revision means that it's a higher hurdle in the fourth quarter to get above the current best case of 1 percent (growth)," Mulraine said.
Economists say businesses have hunkered down in the current quarter out of worry that currently stalled budget talks in Washington will fail to steer clear of a $600 billion "fiscal cliff" that could tip the economy back into recession.
Even if a deal is reached to avoid the brunt of the blow, a tighter fiscal policy and cooling global economy are still likely to weigh on U.S. growth in coming quarters.
A Reuters poll of economists earlier this month showed a median forecast for GDP growth in the fourth quarter of just a 1.2 percent annual pace. Economists expect GDP to expand just 1.9 percent next year.
In a second report, the National Association of Realtors said sales of previously owned homes surged 5.9 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million units. It was the fastest sales pace since November 2009 and confirmed a housing recovery was strengthening.
KB Home, the nation's fifth-largest homebuilder, reported a 20 percent rise in quarterly revenue in the latest quarter as selling prices rose, although higher costs still squeezed its margins.
Separately, a factory gauge from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank showed activity in the mid-Atlantic region turned up this month after slipping in November, a finding that should ease fears of a hard landing for U.S. manufacturing.
"The sky is not falling on manufacturing," said Robert Dye, chief economist at Comerica in Dallas. "The contribution from housing-related manufacturing is making a difference."
In a fourth report, the Labor Department said initial claims for jobless benefits increased 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 361,000 last week, in the low end of the range they held before Superstorm Sandy struck in late October.
The data covered the survey period for the government's report on December nonfarm payrolls and suggested another month of modest employment growth. Job gains so far this year have averaged 151,000 per month, not enough to significantly lower unemployment.
U.S. stocks ended higher amid optimism over the budget talks in Washington. Prices for U.S. Treasury debt were flat, while the dollar was little changed against a basket of currencies.
In the third quarter, the economy was also buoyed by a big inventory buildup, which added 0.73 percentage point to GDP growth. Economists expect inventories to weigh in the fourth quarter.
"It could be that businesses will want to continue to accumulate inventories but that seems unlikely," said David Berson, chief economist at Nationwide Insurance in Columbus, Ohio. "It's the same with federal government spending, it's very unlikely to continue."
While growth in consumer spending, which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity, was raised by 0.2 percentage point to a 1.6 percent rate, it was little changed from the second quarter's pace.
Exports grew at a healthy 1.9 percent rate, rather than the 1.1 percent reported a month ago, while imports fell for the first time in more than three years in a sign of sluggish domestic demand.
Government spending was revised to a 3.9 percent growth rate from 3.5 percent, with spending by state and local government growing for the first time in three years.
Taking out the boost from inventories and government, demand in the economy remained weak, rising at just a 1.5 percent rate - the slowest since the end of 2009 - and a step down from the 1.9 percent pace logged in the second quarter.
"It suggests that growth this quarter could be somewhere between 1.2 and 1.5 percent, if we don't have outsized contributions from government and inventories. That's very suboptimal growth," said Berson.
(Additional reporting by Jason Lange in Washington and Richard Leong in New York; editing by Andrea Ricci, Tim Ahmann and Leslie Gevirtz)


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Today marks the beginning of a brief hiatus in my writing here on fabricecalando.com. I decided a break was necessary because I'm not thrilled about the direction this site has taken. A writer publishes to be read and the readership has steadily gone down over the past few years. I have a few dedicated readers and I'm grateful for that, but the truth is, writing here used to pretty much be the highlight of my professional day and now it's a chore; almost an annoyance. It's gotten to the point where I'm completely ignoring the health of this site. It got hacked over the holidays and I feel I've barely put a band aid over the wounds.
But the declining readership is only a symptom. There's more to it…
A brief history
When I first started writing regularly, 5+ years ago, social media marketing was really taking off and I was working for a prominent advertising agency here in Montreal. We were often recommending blogging to our clients, but truth is none of us really knew what that entailed. So I took it up myself to understand what I was proposing.
From that point on it became a learning tool. I got to experiment with writing schedules, different topics, web analytics, SEO and SEM, social media marketing and frankly it was great. Even though the "writing about social media and marketing" space is crowded, it propulsed my career to new and greater places. I was known in the industry here. I got a lot of inbound requests for expertise, speaking gigs and more. On top of that, I got to meet great people like Ray, Jeff and Chris down I'm Atlanta to name just a few. I got to meet and exchange with Julien Smith and other heroes of sorts: Chris Brogan, C.C. Chapman and others.
Then I stopped working in the advertising/consulting space and made the conscious decision to stop writing about social media and marketing to focus on business in general as well as what it takes to push through and do work that matters.
That was a mistake.
It's a broad topic dominated by kings, and slowly but surely, it has gotten me away from the initial purpose of learning and furthering my knowledge.
And I think that's why writing has gotten to be a chore. The adventure and discovery is gone.
What's next
I'm not looking to return to what was. I'm different: I have more experience now, more knowledge. I've seen and lived more. But truth is I'm a marketer. I'm good at what I do. Most of what I propose and implement works. But I feel the new direction has thrown me off my game. I'm spending too much time reading, writing and listening to topics unrelated to what I am at the core and I need to focus on what sets me apart not add a sprinkling of this and that.
Some things I need to think about:
- What do I want to write about? Does the world really need another marketing blog?
- If I had to describe the site in a sentence or two, what would it be? Would that description be unique? Something that would be missed if I stopped?
- Should I continue powering the site with WordPress or do I switch to a platform like Squarespace that will allow me to focus more on the writing and promotion of the site and less on the technical.
- Should I just switch everything over to a platform that already has an audience, like LinkedIn or Medium?
- Do I want to continue with shorter form or do I want to write more substantial pieces?
- I currently write on the train, on my way to work. Does that still make sense?
My goal is to be back up and running in no more than a month.
I want to thank all of you who continue coming back post after post. If you have any questions, just hit reply…