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The other week we had a look at what dynamic discounting means and why it matters. This week, let's get behind the curtain of an even newer term on the block: enhanced discounting.
A quick recap on dynamic discounting
For those who have forgotten, or don't want to read the full blog post, dynamic discounting is where a supplier elects to take early payment on an approved invoice in return for a discount. The reason that the word 'dynamic' is in there is because the size of this discount varies according to how early the supplier wants to get paid.
How is enhanced discounting different?
Enhanced discounting is almost exactly the same as dynamic discounting but with one crucial difference: with dynamic discounting, the buying organisation funds the discounting programme with their own cash. This is great for organisations that have a significant amount of money on the balance sheet and are happy to invest it in their supply chain.
But what happens if the buying organisation doesn't have much cash on their balance sheet? Or is sensitive to Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) i.e. the amount of time between receiving an invoice and paying it? These are two examples of cases where it would not make sense for an organisation to use its own cash to fund a discounting programme.
This is where enhanced discounting comes in. Quite simply, organisations can choose to fund the discounting programme with third party cash rather than their own cash -- still capturing a discount in the process.
Isn't this just Supply Chain Finance in another guise?
What is supply chain finance? Through SCF, companies inject third-party cash into the supply chain to pay suppliers early, leaving DPO untouched or extended, and keeping cash on the balance sheet for the buying organisation.
So in one sense, yes, enhanced discounting and supply chain finance are similar.
However, in another sense they're very different. Traditional supply chain finance programmes are set up and administered by banks in partnership with the large buying organisation. The banks provide money directly to the suppliers early in exchange for a 'discount' or percentage return.
However, because the banks need to have a direct relationship with the suppliers to provide money to them, they have to undertake full Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, which are expensive and have significant administrative burden. Consequentially, traditional supply chain finance programmes normally only apply to the top 50 to 100 suppliers where the cost of setting up a programme is more than offset by the returns.
Enhanced discounting is different. Here, finance is extended to the whole supplier community through the use of the technology enablers like a supplier portal and eInvoicing. The KYC check is undertaken on the basis of the buying organisation having an ongoing and auditable relationship with the supplier.
From the supplier's perspective, the ability to offer a discount to the buyer in exchange for an early payment is exactly the same for enhanced discounting as it is for dynamic discounting--the cash just comes from a different source.
How It works
When the supplier elects to take an early payment, this cash comes from a third party funding source such as a bank, pension fund or hedge fund. The buying organisation then pays the invoice on the normal due date, but instead of paying it to the supplier, it pays it to Taulia.
The neat part about enhanced discounting is that the returns from the early payment discount are then split between the third party funder and the buying organisation. So even though the buying organisation isn't using its own cash, and has no exposure in terms of reduced cash on their balance sheet, it still financially benefits from introducing a discounting programme into its supplier community whereas in the case of supply chain finance, the buyer gets no share of the discount.
It all feels too complex!
There's no doubt that there is more complexity in an enhanced discounting programme than a dynamic discounting programme since a third party funding source is introduced. However, the principles are exactly the same.
Cash is used to fund a discounting programme for suppliers who agree to offer a discount in exchange for early payments -- earning the buying organisation a return on that investment and freeing up early, cheap and convenient cash to suppliers.
To learn more about enhanced discounting, check out this interview with Taulia CEO, Bertram Meyer and this article by Purchasing Insight Managing Director, Pete Loughlin.


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Safety and Effectiveness of Two Different Formulations of an HIV Vaccine in Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women
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|Biological: Aluminum hydroxide Biological: QS-21 Biological: MN rsgp120/HIV-1
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|A Phase I Trial of the Safety and Immunogenicity of MN rsgp120/HIV-1 With the Adjuvants QS-21 and Alum Compared to MN rsgp120/HIV-1 and QS-21 in Infants Born to HIV-Infected Women
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Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
HIV Preventive Vaccine
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
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May 13, 2010 --A Deerfield man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend's mother pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Lake County courtroom.
Daniel Baker, 20, could face the death penalty if convicted.
Police say Baker attacked Marina Aksman on April 1st with a baseball bat because she was trying to break up his relationship with her daughter.
Prosecutors say after killing Aksman in her Vernon Hills home. Baker fled with the victim's daughter Kristina and about $2,000 in cash.
They were arrested five days later in Montana.


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When setting up Response Groups in Lync, you might want your callers to hear ringing rather than some sort of hold music (either the default provided by MS or custom). I've seen people looking for a solution in the forums without much success.
What I did in this situation was to download a .WAV file of a ringtone (known as "ringback" in telephony lingo) and set that as the hold music for the hunt group. Lync will play back the file continuously, so an audio sample of a single ring will suffice. The ringtone I downloaded had no pause in it, which meant the caller would hear a constant ring without a pause. That was fixed by inserting a silent stretch into the .WAV file. Remember to save it as an 8 or 16 kHz, mono 16-bit WAV file. Here's a sample for North America (right-click and Save-As for best results).
File this under "So-simple-and-why-didn't-I-think-of-that".


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"Hey STUPID! Yeah, you with the iPod, and you who is thinking about buying an iPod! Want to know just how STUPID you really are? Commere, lemme show ya."
Thatis the message the nice folks at Napster are pitching to iPod and potential iPod owners with their iDo The Mathi ad campaign. Basically they are saying that youire stupid to buy or to think about buying an iPod, then download music at 99 cents a pop when you could pay $15 a month for all the music you can eat.
Of course, they donit tell you, unless you do some digging, that you never actually own anything with their subscription service, even if the music is on your Napster To Go compatible music player. If you want to own the music, so that you can play it anywhere you want, you have to pay the additional cost for the song or album.
So, in essence, subscribing to Napster is akin to subscribing to one of the satellite music service, like XM or Sirius, except that you pick what you listen to instead of getting spontaneous programming. Some might see that spending an extra $5 a month (the difference between a service like XM and Napster) is worth it; it is for sure that subscription services have their fans. But is it istupidi to not want to subscribe?
In a word, no, but I will refrain from making allusions to the perceived intelligence of those who came up with the Napster campaign. You catch more ants with sugar than salt, my grandma use to say. She use to also say that honesty was always best. My grandma didnit originate those witticisms, they are widely known in one form or another, yet the folks at Napster do apparently not know them.
Napster?s iDo the Mathi campaign never accounts for the fact that many of us stupid iPod owners already have stacks of CDs that we rip into our Macs or PCs and play on our iPod, nor does it account for the notion that we may want to use a song as background to a slide show or movie; if we subscribe then we can?t use the song in that way unless we buy it first. And, if we subscribe is it really OUR music? Sure, we get to play with it, move it around, and listen to it as long as we pay our $15, but what if I get tired of paying? All of my playlists, are null and void, useless because the music in them was never mine to begin with.
I don?t know about you, but I still buy CDs, even though I download music from Apple?s iTunes Music Store. I buy them because I like the physical aspect of CDs, I like listening to the whole album as the musicians intended it, and I know I can do whatever the heck I want to with the music.
iPod plus iTunes Music Store is definitely a case where 1 + 1 is far more than 2.
Yet, I will admit that there?s one advantage subscription services have over the iPod/iTunes combo; they make it really easy to discover new music.
If I have to fault the iTunes Music Store for anything it is its silly 30 second song previews. Music is not some dollop of an edible concoction that is offered up on tiny plates in a supermarket by some hairnetted grandma; music must be enjoyed like you would a fine meal at a fine restaurant, or all 7 courses if you?re into albums like I am.
While Napster?s subscription model makes it easier to find new music because you get to listen to the whole song or album, it isn?t necessarily the best way. Finding new music is an exercise in discovery, and discovery is best when you are surprised by what you find. Regular radio use to be the best way to discover new music, but nowadays broadcast radio is weighed down by men and women with verbal diarrhea, and commercials that insult your intelligence. I don?t want to wade through inane commentary and screaming ads to listen to a song that I might like.
A better alternative is satellite radio, like Sirius or XM. I pay my monthly subscription bill and I get surprised by music in the genre I want, wherever I want. AND NO COMMERCIALS! Now that?s cool.
The only thing cooler would be to have my iPod play satellite radio, and have button that lets my iPod remember the song title and artist that just played. The next time I dock my iPod it will download the saved info into iTunes. ITunes would then automagically find all the songs and ask me if I want to buy them, allowing me to pick and choose which I want to pay 99 cents for.
Now THAT?s cool!
I read that some believe that Apple and a satellite radio service are in talks to do something similar to what I?ve proposed. If they do then Napster may as well close shop and call it a day, because satellite radio + iPod is a killer combination.
In the end, no matter how you dice it; it?s about my music, stupid!


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If standup comedian and author Evan Marz has his way, the world is about to become a more graphically enlightened place in terms of the darker side of sex. For his inaugural coffee table tome "Dirty Sanchez Nation: The Ultimate Illustrated DICKtionary of Obscene Sex Terms," Marz scoured the furthest reaches of his filthy mind (and of like-minded perverts) to share a "Mudslide" of men`s room wall audacity that simply must be perused to be believed.
Eons beyond Mad Magazine and just south of Hustler, this book plunges head first into the bowels of sexual depravity in the name of "Educational and Offensive Purposes Only." The scatological terminology and accompanying cartoons are categorically NOT for the squeamish or olfactory-challenged.
Page for eye-popping page, Dirty Sanchez Nation is an inspired piece of writing, offering Equal Opportunity Offensiveness to all. "It was after enjoying a vigorous morning session of `Rear Admiral` with my `{M}ILF` that it dawned on me how cool it would be to have a dictionary of all the nasty names for sex acts I`d done or read about since my school days," Marz recalls. Celebrating his brainstorm with a rootin` tootin` reprise of `Reverse Cowgirl,` Marz deviously set to work on his mission of decadence, listing all of the terms he could remember off the top of his head, then polled his most trusted fiends (sic), consulted urban dictionaries and cribbed from other such listings he unearthed. Before you could say "Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation," Marz had over a hundred entries.
The list ranged from relatively common terms such as "Trannys," "Beaver," "Deep Throating" and "D.P. (Double Penetration)" to more colorful and obscure terms such as "Gerbling," "Bag-Piping," "Glory Hole" and "Purple Mushroom." It all went downhill from there as the references and acts sank deeper and deeper into an abyss of absurdist raunch `n roll, much of which may cost the reader their lunch in addition to the cover price. For how many people on the planet are apprised of such degradations as the "Cleveland Steamer," "Space-Docking," a "Pterodactyl," a "Rusty Trombone," a "Blumpkin," a "Lawnmower," a "Tony Danza" or - Heaven forbid - an "Abe Lincoln." You`ll shudder! You`ll guffaw!! You`ll toss your cookies (which is better than suffering the anty-up for "Cream the Cookie"...trust us on this one).
With his list still coming and growing, it was time to bring these outrageous terms and acts of perversity to life in pictures. "The longest and hardest task (pun intended) was finding the right illustrator," Marz confesses. "The style of cartooning required is called `Low Brow.` Not everybody can draw that stuff, nor are they willing to. I had a couple of people bow out of the project before they even began. One guy was all set to go, so I sent him a starter challenge of four of my milder terms: `Camel Toe,` `Facial,` `Spiderman` and `Bukkake.` He emailed me back, `My wife thinks this might be too offensive and jeopardize my career so I`m gonna have to decline.` This was a guy who responded to an ad on Craig`s List...what career?!?! Do you think you`re Walt Disney? I crossed him off the list.
There was one woman that also applied but was way overpriced. Honestly, I didn`t believe she could handle it..." So I put up another relatively generic ad that read, `Cartoonist wanted for Sex Humor Book,` and got over 50 responses. This time my comeback was straight to the point: `If you, your wife or anyone you know has a problem with you drawing a picture of somebody taking a dump into somebody else`s mouth and making a funny cartoon of it, don`t bother with this!` The next day, I got an email sketch from a guy of what is now page 38 of my book - a `Hot Lunch.` I wrote back, `You`re hired!`" The illustrator`s "nom de draw" is Steve Buddy to protect the guilty. "He could only do 10 to 20 cartoons a week, which ate up most of the 5 months it took me to conceive and selfpublish Dirty Sanchez Nation. About the book`s title, Dirty Sanchez Nation - a take-off on yet another sordid term within the text - Marz explains, "I felt it was mainstream enough yet all-encompassing of the general sense of depravity in the book. I firmly believe there are men and women all across the nation - from governors to grade school teachers - that will find my book hilarious and pledge allegiance as my virtual Dirty Sanchez Nation of true believers. I am determined to unite us."
Evan Marz, a.k.a Evan Zaremba, b.k.a. "Senor Sanchez," reared his head from his mother`s loving snatch as the `70s gave way to 1980 in old New Jersey. Contrary to what one might expect after thumbing through his book, Evan was raised positively normal. "I`m an only child, raised by both my middle class parents that are still together to this day," he shares, "so, no, I don`t have any `mommy/daddy` issues.
In fact, I had a pretty sheltered and conservative childhood." He attended Widener University in Chester (The Molester), Pennsylvania where he majored in chemical engineering and joined a fraternity from which he got scads of the material for Dirty Sanchez Nation. Marz lived in China for two and a half years before returning to Philadelphia where he got into real estate. "Whatever I was gonna do in life, no way I was going to work for somebody else," he states. Always fancying himself funny, Marz jumped into stand up comedy with all the free time his shameless slum lord lifestyle was granting him.
A child of the Comedy Central and "Jackass" generation, Marz started giving open mics burning sensations at the Helium Comedy Club, the Pocono Brewing Company, Comedy Cabaret, and the Raven Comedy Lounge. Now with his book on the market, Marz has stepped up his stand up game with fresh material based on Dirty Sanchez Nation. Not surprisingly, Marz has been featured in Hustler Magazine, interviewed by Lisa G of "The Howard Stern Show" (also appearing on the Stern Channel`s "Miserable Men"), was profiled on public access` "No Offense But" and the internet`s "Stickcam", "Goom Radio", "Cringe Humor Radio" and "Syndicate Radio." Evan Marz insists he`s more than just a dirty stand up and does do comedy material suitable for general audiences. However, he also insists that it`s a new day in the funny business.
"You`d be surprised by how man kids in high school already know the stuff in Dirty Sanchez Nation," he laughs. "Today, the new `third base` is having a threesome! I had a man come up to me after a show to buy my book saying, `I just have to get one of these for my 16 year-old boy!` It`s so heartwarming that I can bring a father and son together like that for special moments of bonding..."
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MINE! is Susie Lee Jin's first picture book, with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (January 2016). This week, SVA children's book teacher and author-illustrator Monica Wellington interviewed Susie about her publishing journey. To read about the making of MINE!, please visit susiestudio.com or Monica's Blog.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
MINE! by Susie Lee Jin
2 comments:
- Di said...
YAY -Susie! Huge Congratz!!!
- February 26, 2016 at 2:23 PM
- Deborah Cuneo said...
Congratulations Susie!!
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Reel South: Eat White Dirt
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Discover the oddly spellbinding personal, cultural and scientific history of the deeply transgressive and often misunderstood practice of consuming earth, a phenomenon known as geophagy. The film collects and combines the experiences, processes and explanations of people who eat white dirt with information from the scientists who study the phenomenon.
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Animated map shows the location of the Watauga Mission efforts of the Lutheran Church, near Boone, North Carolina. View of the Reverand J.A. Yount ascending stairs of one of the seven churches in the Watauga Mission area, which are served by the Board of American Missions. Pastor J.A. Yount preaching at the pulpit of the church, with the altar in the background. Cora Pearl Jeffcoat organizes Bible Schools, Missionary Societies, Light Brigades within the Watauga Mission. Children seated outside a church receive education from Cora Pearl Jeffcoat. Sign reads 'Clark Creek Camp', one of the camps organized by "Miss Cory." Teenage girls at a camp gather on the porch of a simple wooden home. The girls read together, sitting on a rock, and then set a cooking fire outdoors, cook food, and then wash dishes at a raised basin.
Appalachian men and women make handcrafts for sale, with assistance from Watauga Industries, part of the Watauga Mission of the Lutheran Church, near Boone, North Carolina. Mr. H.C. Ford, of the mission visits appalachian carpenters who are building handmade chairs. View of a carpenter planing wood for a chair and shaving wood from a cylinder part of the chair. A completed chair and bench. An elderly woman separating cotton fibers using two wired brushes, then weaving the cotton into a blanket at a hand and foot operated loom. Two women holding up the finished blanket. Mr. H.C. Ford brings money to one of the carpenters, earned from the sale of chairs.
Nurse Amy Louise Fisher arrives at Watauga Mission in the southern Appalachian Mountains near Boone, North Carolina. In her car she passes a man leading an ox that is drawing a loaded wooden sled or skid behind it. Children and parents outside a church, part of the Watauga Mission sponsored by the Lutheran Church. Toddler weighed on scale by Nurse Fisher. Nurse Fisher gives vaccination injection to toddler. She makes a house visit to see a newborn. Miss Fisher assits a mother bathing her little baby. A dentist, coordinated by Nurse Fisher, holds a "party" offering tooth extraction services. Appalachian men and women take turns sitting on a chair on a wooden porch and having teeth extracted. View of the dentist's various instruments laid out on a table. View of a woman having her tooth extracted by the dentist.
Depicts services of the mission church in the southern appalachians led by Lutheran missionary Kenneth G. Killinger. Map depicting growth of churches in southern Virginia and northern Tennessee and North Carolina, also the Konnarock Training School, and the Iron Mountain Boys' School. View of Killinger driving on mountain roads, into a more rural area, crossing a primitive footbridge and visiting a sick girl in a rural mountain home of Smyth County. He offers to take her to his health clinic since no doctors are local. He carries the girl out to the 1930s sedan that is waiting. View of the girl being carried into the clinic, (possibly located in Smyth County on the Killinger farm in the Mill Stone area, north of Attaway. Possibly the nurse standing by is Ms. M.L. Crosby). The girl smiling in bed in the clinic. Image of a $100 bank check drawn on the First National Bank of Zanesville Ohio. It is made out to the Killinger Mountain Clinic Fund and signed by The Luther League Synod of Ohio.
The Pan American Highway Commission officials received by Cameron A. Morrison, Governor of North Carolina. Governor Morrison and the delegates pose for a photo on steps of a building. The commission visits the Highway Equipment Depot near Raleigh and inspects the machinery. They proceed towards University of North Carolina. Traffic signs and direction boards on road sides. University of North Carolina college students give a cheer and greet the group. The commission buses, cars, motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecars are seen traveling on highway roads in North Carolina. The commission members observe road machinery and try out the machines including early tractors, graders, scrapers, and plows, trench diggers, and steam shovels. Two delegate members ride in the bucket of a steam shovel. They halt at the newly completed Wilcox Bridge spanning the Yadkin River near Spencer, North Carolina. A view of the caravan on the open-spandrel (open support system) Wilcox Bridge over the Yadkin River and then in a North Carolina town. The group entering Bessemer city in North Carolina, where a welcome banner spans the roadway.
Wright brothers being honored after 31 years of the invention of an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. U.S. planes go aloft on anniversary. An Army airship in flight over the Wright Brothers Memorial at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina and a wreath being dropped from the airship. Two wreaths at the front of the Wright Memorial. The engraved name plate "Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright" on side of memorial. Orville Wright standing beside the memorial. Several men turn an early Wright pusher aircraft to the left. Wright pusher aircraft engine, running. Wright pusher aircraft takes off and flies. Formation of P-12s in flight over New York City. P-26s in flight. The first three aircraft peel off. A formation of P-l2s in flight to the right in the background. Formation of P-l2s in flight.


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It's been ages since I blogged last. Like two months.
In that time I have:
Had three pre wedding parties
Left my job
Found a new job
Got married
Gone to Hawaii
Moved to Cardiff
THR'd England Sevens
There were other things too, like I did some painting, but those are the main bits. You've missed LOADS.
I also realised (when someone asked me why I wasn't on skates at Sevens) that it's been nine months since I last skated. I really don't miss it. I'm surprised to see myself type that. I'm not sure how I feel about it.


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Before & After: Improving a Dated Dining Room Light
A few weeks ago, I asked for some advice on dealing with my dated brass and smoked glass dining room light. I appreciated both the sympathy and the ideas which sparked a few creative thoughts of my own. After a truly epic DIY fail involving coffee filters, vellum, and a malfunctioning glue gun, I put dealing with the dining room light on the back burner while deliberating my options. Then last week, I went to the mall and found the solution to my problem…
That's right, I found the perfect drum shade for the dining room — large, red and (because the store is going out of business) inexpensive. For only $35, and some admittedly frustrating moments wrestling with less-than-standard electrical fittings, I now have a dining room light that fits my style and my needs.
The shade was a little complicated to work with because it had a uno fitter filling the space in the middle. My initial plan was to simply cut out the bottom of this fitting to place the shade over the existing light, but it quickly became clear that the size of the existing light made it impossible to slip the shade up from beneath. Since the whole light had to come down anyway, my husband and I decided to take it apart to see if we could find a better way. A little trial and error, some colorful language, and we found a way to make the uno fitting work to our advantage.
The glass shade is in a closet for when we move out in two years, and we now have a much more attractive light that casts a more useful glow over the dining room table. Since this light is on a dimmer, we can now create actual atmosphere for a meal, and even during the day, the light is now a focal point rather than an eyesore. Not bad for $35 and an afternoon of labor!


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The first stage of an interview
You are going to be interviewed for the position you would like to get in one of the established companies. Be ready to answer the questions about:
- your family background;
- personal qualities;
- qualifications;
- experience;
- achievements;
- current salary;
- your strengths and weaknesses;
- the reasons for leaving your last job;
Interviewing can be carried out by individuals (e.g. supervisor or departmental manager), by panels of interviewers or in the form of sequential interviews by different experts.
Here are some of the key questions an interviewer can ask:
1. Can you tell me about your experience as a manager?
2. What sorts of projects did you participate in when working for your previous employers?
3. What do you like most and what do you like least about your present job?
4. Could you tell me how much you currently earn?
5. What do you know about the company you are going to work for?
6. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
7. How ambitious are you?
The second stage of an interview
The second stage of an interview involves personal qualities of a candidate.
Ideal staff wanted.
As a rule, employers prefer dealing with people, who possess such a very important quality as optimism. The questionnaire that follows presents twenty four apparently contradictory proverbs and asks you to indicate the one in each pair which most closely reflects your beliefs.
Instructions:Read each pair of proverbs and, at the side of the pair, write the number of the one you believe in the most. Do this quickly and as honestly as you can.
Scoring the questionnaire
Put a circle round the numbers you chose as most reflecting your beliefs, and then add up the number of circles. Be sure to add up the frequency of the circles and not the value of the numbers within them.
The maximum score is 12. Here are some interpretations depending on your mix of scores.
Optimist 12 – Pessimist 0
Amazing! You see the world through rose-coloured spectacles. The real test is whether you can continue to do so after a set back, or whether you are vulnerable because your expectations are so high.
Optimist 9 – Pessimist 3
A ratio of 3 to 1 is very optimistic. You are definitely a 'half-full' rather than a 'half empty' person.
Optimist 6 – Pessimist 6
You clearly fluctuate more or less equally between optimism and pessimism.
You need to work out the circumstances of when you tend to be one and when the other.
Optimist 3 – Pessimist 9
You are clearly far more often pessimistic than optimistic. There are two consolations. First, you can describe yourself as a realist; second, you are less prone to feelings of disappointment since your expectations are already somewhat low.
Optimist 0 – Pessimist 12
So what?
So now you know whether you are basically an optimist or a pessimist – so what? Well, the advantages of being an optimist and having a positive attitude are;
- You feel happier than you otherwise would
- You are more cheerful and outgoing
- You are prepared to take risks and have a go at things
- The people you deal with respond more positively to you
- You achieve more
- You influence other people to achieve more
- You look for the best in people
- You don't waste time being paranoid and suspicious
- You are better at bouncing back after a failure or set-back
- You are more likely to embrace change positively.
However, it is vital to be realistic. There is no point in wearing rose-coloured spectacles and living in a fool's paradise. This leaves you vulnerable to major disappointments and upsets. Even optimists feel pain and discomfort when they are moved on from the status quo. The point is they are more likely to respond positively in a shorter time than a pessimist.
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Declining Investment in Higher Ed Hurts Students
In the past three decades, college costs have risen significantly faster than inflation and are now at roughly 25 percent of the average household's income. This isn't true just for private schools. According to "The Great Cost Shift," a recent report by Demos, prices for tuition and fees at public, four-year universities more than doubled between 1990-1991 and 2009-2010, rising by 112.5 percent, while prices of two-year colleges rose 71 percent.
So what's causing tuition to rise at such a rapid pace? A major factor in tuition increases at public institutions has been the withdrawal of state and local funding.
According to "The Great Cost Shift," states' disinvestment in public institutions over the past two decades has resulted in "an irreversible slide of U.S. higher education being a collectively-funded public good to that of an individually purchased private good."
The report, which examines the impact of states' reduction and restructuring of financial support, is chock-full of statistics. Below is some of the more striking information:
- From 1990-1991 to 2010-2011, total state appropriations rose from $65.1 billion to $75.6 billion. But state funding actually declined in relative terms.
- If states had provided the same level of per capita support as in 1990-1991, they would have invested $80.7 billion in 2010-2011.
- If states had provided the same level of funding per public, full-time equivalent student as in 1990-1991, total appropriations in 2009-2010 would have equaled approximately $102 billion, an amount 35.3 percent higher.
- The proportion of their revenues that public colleges and universities received from state appropriations dropped from 38.3 percent in 1991-1992 to 24.4 percent in 2008-2009. Rising tuition, fees, and room and board represent a shift in support from the state as a whole to individual students and their families.
In addition, the financial aid system has failed to keep pace with escalating costs, forcing students and their families to rely on financing strategies that reduce their odds of completing school.
[Find out how to finish community college.]
- States reoriented their financial aid programs away from need-based assistance to merit-based aid, which favors wealthier students. Students not only pay more than they used to but also borrow more extensively.
As the report explains:
"The tuition solution is an imperfect one. Because state appropriations generally contribute a much larger share of public university revenue than tuition, any specific percentage reduction in state aid requires much larger percentage rises in tuition. Such increases price low- and moderate-income students out of higher education (while also eroding state support for higher education).
"Educational quality may erode, and some students forego higher education entirely."
So as you can see, it's not so easy for students to obtain a higher education without borrowing, and many factors are contributing to the dilemma. The Student Loan Ranger believes we all must recognize that students who are seeking this education are doing so at a much higher cost than in the past and are forced to find ways to pay.


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Bill Cosby can explain sex in your 70s, but he cannot "understand the intelligence of a moth."
That sentence doesn't even begin to describe the 77-year-old comedian's bizarre antics on Monday night's "Tonight Show" with host Jimmy Fallon.
WATCH: Jimmy Fallon Pelts a Ball at Julia Roberts' Face!
For example, Cosby greeted the audience by saying, "We're here! We're here on the Fallon show and we're waiting for the gas pedal and the clutch and the brake... Too many people have hit the deer, and the deer always win. But the ones I don't understand -- I don't understand the intelligence of a moth."
Viewers didn't even have time to let that strange sentence set in before the funnyman was talking about having sex with his 70-year-old wife for his birthday. "The most frightening things that you can hear from your wife on your birthday when you are carrying on ...is to hear her say, 'Keep going,'" he proclaimed.
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He then began to repeat himself and instructed Fallon on what to do when he said, "Keep going." Like the rest of the audience, Fallon didn't seem to get it. Cosby then got the floor and crawled around as a frantic Fallon pleaded with him to get up.
Check out the clip below to see the strange moment for yourself.


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US minors easily buy e-cigarettes online, study finds
Teenagers in North Carolina who try to buy electronic cigarettes online are likely to succeed even though selling the devices to minors is illegal in the state, researchers reported on Monday.
A 2013 North Carolina law required that online e-cigarette sellers verify customers' ages with a government database at the point of order. But more than 90 percent of vendors do not comply, researchers led by Rebecca Williams of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found.
"It is likely easier for many teens to buy e-cigarettes online than in a corner store, where they might be faced with a request for ID," Williams said.
The situation is likely similar in other states, she added.
While 41 states ban e-cigarette sales to minors, "they tend to focus on face-to-face sales," imposing fewer or no restrictions for online sales, said Camille Gourdet, a health policy researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago who was not involved in the study.
North Carolina is one of the few states that address remote sales, she said, and vendors shipping to minors there could be charged with a class 2 misdemeanor.
For the study, published online in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers supervised 11 teens ages 14 to 17 as they attempted to buy e-cigarettes online 98 times. They succeeded 75 times; 18 failures had to do with broken websites or payment processing.
Only five failures resulted from age verification measures such as requesting a social security number and date of birth, meaning 94 percent of the vendors failed to vet ages properly.
Other sites had some form of age verification, though they were ineffective, such as check boxes. None required drivers license numbers at the time of purchase.
"Without strictly enforced federal regulations, online e-cigarette vendors have little motivation to decrease profits by spending the time and money it takes to properly verify customers' age and reject underage buyers," Williams said via e-mail.
The packages were delivered by the U.S. Postal Service, United Parcel Service Inc, DHL Worldwide Express, or FedEx Corp, which do not ship traditional cigarettes to consumers under their own policies or federal regulation. None attempted to verify consumer age, and almost all left the packages at the door.
No federal law restricts e-cigarette shipping.


text: Finally we come to the final race of the season... at what is quite possibly my least favourite of all the races... I can't quite put my finger on it but for some reason I always preferred Rio for the GP back in the '80's. Bit late with this thread... there's only an hour to go before the start of the race... so quali predictions go out of the window for this race! Biggest surprise is to see Schu down in 18th, after a big accident in 2nd practice yesterday which resulted in him having to have a replacement engine (he's actually using the the mule) and as such demoted 10 places down the grid! Rubens had a simply storming lap though... and upholds the Scuderia's honour!! Both Monster and Kimi look very, very strong here... but I'm guessing on Kimi being stronger in the race than Montoya, knowing McLaren's preference to run more fuel at the expense of the best grid position... expect Montoya to stop a lap or 2 earlier than Rubens and Kimi. Anyway... according to the F1 site, there's 80% chance of rain due at 2.00pm local time, meaning that it's due right at the start of the race... hopefully it'll totally pi$$ it down to give Schu a helping hand and spice things up abit... but either way if it stays dry I hope he does more of a Monza than a China!! Race prediction. Dry 1. Rubens (finally wins his home GP) 2. Raikkonen 3. Button 4. Montoya 5. Schumacher jr. 6. Schumacher Wet 1. Rubens (finally wins his home GP) 2. Schumacher 3. Fisi 4. Kimi 5. Button 6. Alonso Thoughts??


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I found this today and it's too useful to not link to.
- A bundle for editing zsh scripts
- A terminal command for going to the directory the front textmate document resides in
I found this today and it's too useful to not link to.
Panic is looking for a bugtracker.
I've used Mantis to good effect. You can check out how Ardour uses it here.
You've read Refactoring. You've seen Prefactoring on the bookstore's shelf. Well, after you've fact'd it all up, it's time for Defactoring.
My new book, which introduces such techniques as overriding your framework's core eventloop and running dynamic_cast<> on each widget that passes through to see if it's the widget you're looking for.


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(1) C2 Exam Style Geometric Sequence and Series Questions (1) using logs
PLEASE NOTE: This video assumes a full understanding of the topic. These videos follow on from building excercises in the videos prior to it. Please go back if you are new or not sure on the topic. This video is not designed to introduce new learning.
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A choir in Doncaster will help inspire a generation to learn sign language during a national deaf healthcare charity's annual fundraising event next February.
On February 5 the Doncaster branch of Rock Choir will get involved in SignHealth's sign2sing record attempt for the most people signing and singing on the same day.
Kate Threlfall, Rock Choir Leader for Doncaster, said: "We are really looking forward to taking part in sign2sing.
"During the event all of our members will sing and sign True Colours by Cyndi Lauper. Learning to sign as well as sing will add a new and very interesting element to the song and we're all really excited about the challenge.
"We hope that lots of people will go along to their nearest Rock Choir session and join with us in helping to raise money and awareness for such a worthy cause."
Rock Choir was established in 2005, by award-winning singer and musician Caroline Redman Lusher. It is the UK's largest contemporary choir. There are no auditions and no requirements to read music, so everyone can join, and currently there are more than 16,000 Rock Choir members across the UK.
The members learn specially arranged versions of pop, rock and Motown songs, which they perform at various events, many of which help to raise money and awareness for charity.
sign2sing is SignHealth's annual world record breaking attempt for the most people singing and signing in multiple locations on the same day. The attempt takes place on February 5 and the charity is asking people to get involved in various fundraising activities during the week of the event too.
Linda Petrons, Events and Corporate Fundraiser at SignHealth, explained: "We're absolutely thrilled and very excited that Rock Choir will be participating in sign2sing next year.
"With the choir's support lots more people will have the chance to learn some sign language in a great, fun and memorable way."
Earlier this year 116,980 teachers and pupils from across the country and overseas took part in SignHealth's third sign2sing event and broke the Guinness World Records™. The previous record, which the charity also set was 114,277.
The charity hopes to break its own record for the fourth time and involve more than 150,000 people.
Linda continued: "People from Doncaster wishing to take part in sign2sing are invited to register at www.sign2sing.org.uk.
"People will have a choice of two sign2sing songs to learn for the record attempt. They will also be able to access free digital resources, including a special sign language tutorial to help them learn the songs.
"The songs, As One and Get Up and Sign, have been specially written, performed and produced for sign2sing by Tom and Pippa Gearing, Sarah Lindsey and James Hawkins from Bottle Top Music Productions. Pippa and James are also Rock Choir leaders.
"Alternatively, people can learn to sign True Colours. The lyrics, music and a sign language tutorial for the song can be found via www.rockchoir.com and they will also be able to find details about their nearest Rock Choir session. "
SignHealth's aim for sign2sing 2014 is to help inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals to learn some sign language and recognise the importance of good communication.
Linda added: "Deaf people often find it more difficult than hearing people to access healthcare and health information and because of this, deaf men, women and children are more likely to suffer ill health.
"By ensuring our next generation of healthcare professionals are aware of deafness and BSL, we will help to break down communication barriers and ensure equal access and opportunities for deaf people.
"We are hoping brownies, guides, scouts and other community groups and choirs as well as schools join in with sign2sing too."
SignHealth, which has been established for more than 20 years, works to improve the health and wellbeing of deaf people and help them to live independently. It supports a range of services and projects including counselling and improving communication between medical professionals and deaf people.
For more information about sign2sing, please visit www.sign2sing.org.uk or contact SignHealth on 01494 687600. Alternatively, people can follow sign2sing on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sign2sing and on Facebook via www.facebook.com/sign2sing.


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There are in general two ways in which data can be reduced by perception and analysis. First, those aspects of data that are not relevant for whatever purpose one has can simply be ignored. And second, one can avoid explicitly having to specify every element in the data by making use of regularities that one sees.
Thus, for example, in summarizing the picture above, we choose to ignore some details, and then to describe what remains in terms of its simple repetitive overall geometrical structure.
Whenever there are regularities in data, it effectively means that some of the data is redundant. For example, if a particular pattern is repeated, then one need not specify the form of this pattern more than once—for the original data can be reproduced just by repeating a copy of the pattern. And in general, the presence of regularities makes it possible to replace literal descriptions of data by shorter descriptions that are based on procedures for reproducing the data.
There are many forms of perception and analysis. Some happen quite automatically in our eyes, ears and brains—and these we usually call perception. Others require explicit conscious effort and mathematical or computational work—and these we usually call analysis. But the basic goal in all cases is the same: to reduce raw data to a useful summary form.
Such a summary is important whenever one wants to store or communicate data efficiently. It is also important if one wants to compare new data with old, or make meaningful extrapolations or predictions based on data. And in modern information technology the problems of data compression, feature detection, pattern recognition


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RICHARD MCKAY'S BIOPICRichard is proud of his Scottish origins, but has lived and worked all his life in England. He has been a Roman Catholic priest of Clifton Diocese for 44 years, working for 40 years in very impoverished Outer Estate and Inner City parishes.
For over 13 years he was RC Chaplain at HM Prison Bristol. Influenced by both Charismatic Renewal and Liberation Theology he finds the reality of oppression and poverty the source for theology and mission.
Some years ago he was co-chair of an expanding project that established four houses for ex-prisoners, and is involved with racial justice and supporting people seeking safe sanctuary ('asylum') in this country.
Recently, working with others in the parish of St Nicks and beyond, he has been part of establishing a new charity, 'BORDERLANDS - from exclusion to BELONGING', in order to resource and secure the very costly service ministries of the parish, especially our work with refugees and those seeking safe sanctuary (or asylum) and the work with homeless people.
He has long been Chair of Bishop's Committee for Health and Healing and represents the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales on the English Churches Together for Healing.
With others in the diocese he pioneered the development of Child Protection (now called ʻSafeguarding') in Catholic Church both on a national as well as diocesan level and remains a member of the Diocesan Safeguarding Commission. Being adopted himself, he feels privileged to be Chaplain to the CCS Adoption (our Diocesan Children's Society).
Committed to working not only ecumenically but also across all faiths, he serves on Bristol's Multi-Faith Forum. He has a passion for the unity of the Church and its mission to bring justice, equality and freedom to the oppressed of our world.
His parish has over 60 nationalities represented in the congregation week by week, and the worship reflects this cultural diversity, eg singing in different languages, and a multicultural choir, as well as often the Scripture readings are in a number of languages. A major part of his Pastoral work is in support of those seeking safe asylum and sanctuary in our country.


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This sweet silver and black corset is made specially to flatter your body for that slimmer look, this printed floral corset is also accented with soft lace.
Made from gentle polyester and elastane trim, this imported Bel Niente lingerie deserves to be part of your shopping list.
The corset itself is tagged at US$98 while the matching thong is sold at US$38!


text: Jason Hill Jason is twenty-four and originally from Fayetteville, North Carolina but currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. According to his casting tape he attended Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina where he played football. He's straight and if you didn't guess he's a model. He was raised by a single mother and identifies himself as a Mama's Boy. [strike]I must say that he's excellent at hiding himself on social media because I've searched and came up with nothing.[/strike] Twitter Instagram


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Today I was explaining to someone how to create a web site as they wanted to create one of their own. What was interesting is that this was so new to them. They were first using Microsoft Front Page which is used by so many businesses – especially smaller ones.
In 2004 Microsoft Frontpage had a 60% market share according to Developeriq.com. I would guess that it is still the dominant web creation tool for small businesses.
The other part of this story is that I then introduced this person to how easy it is to create a web site via blogging tools. No thinking about "preview mode", HTML, publishing the file via FTP or etc.
This brings me to web development company Verio and their announcement today.
Traditional web hosting is important and web site building tools like Front Page, Dreamweaver and others will continue to be used, especially by professional web developers. Of course Office Live, Homestead and other companies have very good, easy to use tools for creating web sites via drag and drop hosted web site creation tools as well.
However, what's increasingly going to be used (and SHOULD be used) by smaller businesses is blog development tools. Why?
These tools enable easier web publishing and a whole host of more features that are integrated and part of their services that traditional web sites simply don't have. Syndication, RSS feeds, archiving, easy templates and simple web publishing are all part of the features blogging tools offer.
Verio is clearly ensuring that it offers its current customers these tools but also positioning itself to have these in demand tools for new customers.
Like Yahoo, Verio is now offering WordPress' blogging tools to its customers. WordPress is one of the best blogging tools. I use Blogger.com but will migrate to WordPress eventually.
Verio Gallery is an easy to use open source photo sharing Web application that gives businesses a simple way to blend photo management into their Web site, whether a smaller personal site or a large community site. Verio Gallery offers photo administration and editing capabilities, a selection of themes to apply to a site and a drag-and-drop photo upload system, and the ability to grant or deny viewing permission for specific visitors.
For example, a health club could create a blog for its members to share work-out and nutrition ideas, or to pose questions about health-related questions to the larger club community. A gourmet food shop could share cooking tips and recipes with its subscribers via a blog on its Web site. Many of Verio¬?s hosting customers¬? businesses could benefit from community-building exercises, such as the creation of a blog as a way to increase customer loyalty and improve site traffic.
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Valtra S 352
Farming simulator 2013 tractor mod
(download links and More Details&Photos click here "Read More» ")
– ES Limiter
– Painel info
– Manual Ignition
– Duels
– Work Lights
– Weight
– Operating Hours
– Lightung
– Honk
– Wheel Particle Spec
– Power Shaft Attacher
sgmods tested, it works
How To Install Mods:
ZIP : Downloaded zip file, My Documents> My Games> Farming Simulator 2013> Mods. Folder. Then, by logging in to the game, buy the mod Farm Shop
Download Direct Link – Hosted by Simulatorgamemods.com
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emma is your normal 18 year old. she is getting ready...
Highschool Sweethearts
- by Sodapop's Girl & ed_sheeran_4ever
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- Published: 22 Feb 2014
- Updated: 25 Feb 2014
- Status: In Progress
Kayleigh White and Rosalyn Ryan are, well average. They've been best friends since kindergarten when Kayleigh spilt juice all over Rosalyn and then apologized by helping her dig a hole to hide Troy Johnson, Rosa's bully, in. Attending high school sucks, until four boys stumble into their lives. Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin, the school pranksters. What happens when they notice Kay and Rosa aren't just Jaime's little sister and her friend? Will they fall in love or just wreck their lives?
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This recipe comes all the way from Egypt. Bassima is a very traditional Egyptian coconut dessert. I got this Bassima recipe from a very dear lady. She is my grandma's best friend and a relative too. I love you Tata Umm Abdo.
Since we tried this recipe, it has become a family favorite. Its easy to make and doesn't require too much time.
Once the Bassima is baked, its then drenched with sugar syrup or atir, then cut into serving sizes.
This might seem like a very sweet dessert, but it actually isn't. Try it and you will know what I mean. You will fall in love with it, specially if you are a coconut lover.
You can control the sweetness of this dessert by reducing or increasing the sugar syrup amount.
You will need:
- 3 cups unsweetened desiccated coconut
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup Sugar Syrup,
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients including the sugar. So add the coconut, flour, baking powder and sugar.
In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the vanilla. Then add the milk and mix well.
Add the melted butter to the wet ingredients too, mix until well combined.
Now add the egg mixture to the coconut mixture. Mix until well blended. You don't need to use any type of electric mixers, just mix it all with a spoon or a spatula.
Pour and spread into an 11 x 16 inch baking sheet pan.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until the edges are golden. If the top isn't golden yet then with the broiler on, bake until golden too.
There is this small rule about adding the sugar syrup, it says; either the Bassima must be hot and the sugar syrup cold or at room temperature, or vice versa. If both are cold or hot, then the dessert wont absorb the sugar syrup well. This time the syrup was at room temperature for me and I added it as soon as the the Bassima came out of the oven. Let it completely cool down after this.
Cut the Bassima recipe into bars and serve. .
Happy Baking, and as we say in Arabic "Sahha Wi Afia"


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Nissan Note Review
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Loads of space for luggage and legs; economical to run; wide range of safety kit
Noisy diesel engine; not very exciting to drive;scratchy interior plastics
The new Nissan Note is more environmentally and family friendly than its predecessor, with added safety features, loads of space and low carbon emissions. The entry level Visia is the one best avoided as it lacks sliding back seats, a moveable boot floor and it costs more to own and run. The Nissan Note will be competing with the Ford Fiesta and VW Polo, amongst others, and should prove a worthy opponent.
Nissan Note performance varies across the range of two petrol and one diesel engines available. If economy is your priority you will probably go for the 1.5 litre, 89 bhp diesel version, which claims a fuel consumption of 78.5 mpg and can do the 0-62 mph sprint in 11.9 seconds. For slightly better acceleration and a quieter drive you might want to opt for the supercharged 1.2 litre, 97 bhp petrol engine; this will take you from 0-62 mph in 11.7 seconds and has a combined fuel consumption of 65.7 mpg. Last, and on this occasion, least, of the Nissan Note engines is the entry level 1.2 litre, 79 bhp, petrol. It's the least powerful and thirstiest of the three, and falls into the highest tax band.
The new Nissan Note offers passengers a more comfortable ride than its rather bouncy predecessor and it settles down immediately after dealing with a bump in the road. It's not an exciting car to drive, but it is responsive enough – there's not a lot of body roll on bends and this, together with the steering, is partially dealt with by the addition of the Ride and Handling Pack, available with the 1.2 DiG-S engine.
Nissan Note passengers will be comfortable as far as their legs and heads are concerned – there's ample room at each end – but the seats are a bit flat with little in the way of lumbar support. The diesel engine can also be a bit noisy at low speed, but that seems to settle once on the motorways.
The Nissan Note is sleek and distinctive, and compares well with rivals such as the Renault Clio and Ford Fiesta. It has smart creases down the sides and a sweeping profile. It is lower and wider than the earlier Note, giving it a more dynamic appearance. Wide angular headlights grace the front; and the Dynamic Styling Package which is available with the top of the range Tekna model will bring an extra touch of class.
A new glossy black centre console goes a long way to improve the look of the Nissan Note's interior, but it's a shame that there are no soft touch materials included anywhere and that you don't have to look far to find the cheaper, scratchier stuff. Having said that, the Note's dash is, on the whole, well laid out with clearly marked dials and switches – although there are a few which are less accessible and easy to read.
Practicality is where the Nissan Note comes into its own. It's 325 litres of luggage space expands to 411 with the rear seats pushed forward and to a massive 2,012 litres with them folded flat. The entry level Visia model doesn't allow for the seats to slide though, and also lacks the facility, found in other models, of a multi-level boot floor. There's loads of leg and head room all round, which means a tall adult can sit behind another tall adult, and both will have plenty of wriggle room.
When choosing your Nissan Note, you can select from the entry-level Visia, the Acenta, the Acenta Premium and the Tekna. It's pretty well kitted out throughout, with plenty of electronic safety systems as standard in the Visia, along with Bluetooth connectivity, cruise control, electric front windows, daytime running lights, speed limiter, tilt adjustable steering wheel and idle stop/start. Next up comes the Acenta, which adds electric rear windows, steering wheel audio controls, a height adjustable driver's seat, manual air con and rear privacy glass. The Acenta Premium throws in front fog lamps, climate control, automatic headlights and wipers and Nissan Connect sat nav and audio system; while the top of the range Nissan Note Tekna has innovative Safety Shield Technologies, a CD radio with six speakers, keyless start, part leather seats, 16 inch alloys and a leather covered steering wheel.
The Nissan Note achieved four stars in its Euro NCAP safety test. Six airbags come as standard along with a range of safety systems – and the range topping Tekna model has Nissan's new Safety Shield System (which also available as an optional extra with the Acenta). Amongst other things this alerts you to a moving object behind you when reversing, has a blind spot warning, a lane departure warning and an around view monitor. Nissan normally does well in reliability surveys, so that should not be an issue with the Note.
Buying & Owning
For the money you will have to pay, the Nissan Note represents good value compared with the rival Ford Fiesta which costs about the same but is not so well equipped. The engines are all economical, the diesel being particularly wallet-friendly with frugal fuel needs and no road tax. The petrol version is the only one which gives anything to the tax man, and that will only be in the region of £20.00. Nissan offer a 3 year/60,000 mile warranty.
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Important and/or distinctive aspects of recruitment legislation in Germany
General aspects
Generally, the high standard of privacy protection under German law sets narrow limits for conducting background checks. The employer's legitimate interest in gathering personal data must be so great that the protection of the candidate's data rights is in comparison less important. Background checks via third parties are only allowed if the trustworthiness of the candidate is of particular relevance, and the candidate's knowledge and written consent will be required in any case.
We would recommend that employers provide detailed information to the candidate on the intended background checks to ensure cooperation.
Candidate's identity
The employer has a legitimate interest in knowing the identity of a candidate. Therefore, the candidate may be asked to provide an identification card (Personalausweis), social security number or certificate of birth. If the candidate does not provide these documents, the employer may decide not to hire the candidate.
Education and employment history
The employer may confirm a candidate's education history by requesting original documents (or certified copies) directly from the candidate. The employer may also contact schools, universities etc. if the candidate has given written consent. In the case of a breach, the candidate can claim damages. In addition, the German Data Protection Act provides for a penalty fee of up to EUR 300,000 in relation to unlawfully obtained and/or used personal data.
Credit checks
Potential employers may only demand limited information on a candidate's financial situation. Questions are only allowed if relevant for the advertised position. Credit checks conducted by the employer (e.g. asking SCHUFA for information) are not permitted under the German Data Protection Act.
If a works council exists, the works council has a right to be involved when general principles on background checks are established. This right applies to any formalised and/or standardised collection of information regarding candidates as well as existing employees. If a data protection officer is established under the Data Protection Act, they will also need to be involved when background checks are implemented.


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Pros: Quad-core performance for under $200, loaded with kid-friendly software but also runs stock ICS out of the box, removable bumper is colorful and adds protection, future accessories promise extensibility.
Cons: A little thick and heavy compared to competitors, no Google Play access, pre-production software a bit unstable, lacks rear-facing camera.
Bottom Line: For under two hundred bucks, a tablet the whole family can share – so long as you don't mind the chunky, colorful styling.
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Less than a week ahead of Google's expected unveiling of the Nexus Tablet, Fuhu has beaten Google to the $199 punch in unveiling Nabi 2. Fuhu? Nabi 2? You heard right: The first 7″, Tegra 3 powered tablet on the scene features a kid-safe browser and comes wrapped in a bright red rubber bumper. Southern California's Fuhu, Inc. released the kid-friendly, parent-approved Nabi last November and has followed it up with Nabi 2, which will hit Best Buy and Walmart at the magic $200 price point (To be fair, since Nabi2 won't actually ship until July, Nexus Tablet may well beat it to consumers' hands. But still…).
I had a few days with an almost-final Nabi 2, and in general I came away impressed. Jim Mitchell, the company's CEO, calls his new baby, "the fastest, most powerful seven-inch tablet in the category," and company PR touts a handful of big name partnerships with technology, entertainment and education companies. Along with a chunky, colorful industrial design, Nabi 2's calling card is its kid-optimized mode. Kids mode consists of a cartoonish launcher with large icons, a parent-configurable Apps whitelist (the better to keep junior away from gaming during homework time), and Maxthon's kid-safe browser. The browser literally locks users out of unapproved URLs while offering a button-based bookmarks list on launch. Additionally, Nabi 2 comes pre-loaded with a plethora of content and links deemed okay for the youngin's, ranging from standardized core curriculum activities from Sunburst Education to Cookie Jar Entertainment's "kid-safe" streaming video portal (accessible for $2.99/month). An integrated mini-HDMI port makes it easy to turn Nabi 2 into a media center capable of playing all that video on a big screen HDTV.
All of the child-oriented software and content on Nabi 2 is bright, easy to read, and driven by large, easily targeted UI elements. If you're going to give your kid a tablet, Nabi 2 certainly seems like a solid choice in terms of both ease of use and parental controls. No other tablet I've seen in recent memory comes right out of the box with a kid safe mode, let alone a "Chore List" app to keep your familial laborers on task. And while I didn't have nearly enough time with my review sample to thoroughly evaluate the Fooz Kids University, "mom-approved" App Zone 2.0, or hours upon hours of available music, video, and animated content, it definitely seems to tend more towards "potentially useful" than "bloatware." The possible exceptions I noticed are the perplexing inclusions of Moron Test and the controversial animated series, Veggie Tales.
Take Nabi 2 back from your offspring and a password is all that separates you from "Mommy/Daddy Mode," aka stock Android – minus access to the Google Play store (apps are instead available via AppZone). My device came with ICS 4.0 pre installed, and its Tegra 3-fueled performance was generally top-notch. The 7″, 1024 x 600 display was crisp and responsive – if not quite state of the art – and the 4-plus-1 core CPU and 1GB of onboard RAM was plenty to keep graphics, transitions, and video playback generally smooth. I did experience a few stutters while playing the demo version of Hockey Nations 2011, but all was smooth sailing during Riptide (pardon the pun). Crashes were a bit more frequent in kid mode, but I'll chalk that up to the pre-production software.
Battery life is a minor concern, as Nabi 2's 3,850 mAh battery isn't quite as big as those found in the similarly sized Kindle Fire or much larger iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1. That said, I got just under five hours of constant use out of the device, which is far longer than any kid should spend in front of a tablet in one sitting (not that anyone asked me). Also, while the included rubber bumper provides some protection against bumps and drops, it won't do much to prevent the inevitable water, juice, and milk spills associated with kids of a certain age.
Fuhu says a line of Nabi 2 accessories is coming in short order, including themed bumpers and an array of Nabi Grid-compatible gizmos. Nabi Grid is a rear panel for the tablet that's outfitted with an array of slotted connectors meant to accommodate accessories ranging from car mounts to external cameras. I've yet to see any Grid gear, but it's an interesting concept that no doubt let Fuhu keep Nabi 2's price down by making the aforementioned rear camera an optional add-on.
All in all, Nabi 2 is a compelling idea that combines top-shelf Android specs with a user experience that's tailored to whole-family use right out of the box. If you're looking for an Android device you can share with the kids – or have the cash to buy the little ones their own tablet – Nabi 2 is worth a look. Just remember that Nexus Tablet promises even better performance at the same price point, minus the kid stuff, and should be unveiled this coming week at Google I/O.


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Printed Cushion Cover
Level: Medium
All that is required to create this beautiful hand printed cushion cover is using a few key products and a little patience!
To download this project as a PDF, click here.
What you need:
- 100% Cotton Fabric
- EC Paint Stamp Effect
- Liquitex Acrylic Paint
- Liquitex Fabric Medium
- Palette Knife
- Tear Off Palette
- Masking Tape
- Best Protect Wipes
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Sewing Machine
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- Cushion Filler
What you do:
- Take a piece of cotton fabric that is twice the length of the cushion you want to cover and a little wider. E.g. For a cushion that is 40cm x 30cm, you will need a piece of cotton fabric that is 90cm x 40cm.
- Lay the fabric on a flat surface and secure with masking tape to make taut, ensuring there are no creases. (It is not necessary to hem the edges)
- Combine equal quantities of Liquitex acrylic paint colours and Liquitex Fabric Medium on a tear off palette. You can use a plastic spoon to measure out the quantities. Use the palette knife to mix together. (You might find it easier to make up smaller batches. This will help avoid overloading the stamps and the paint drying out).
- Before you use the EC Paint Stamp Effect Set, you need to decide on the designs you want to create and the order you want to print them in. Next, carefully dip in the paint (you can use a piece of paper to test the print and ensure the paint is not overloaded on the stamp). Lay the stamp face down onto the fabric 3cm from the edge of the fabric, gently remove and repeat the process with the other stamps until you have one complete row of a printed design.
- You may find it useful to lay a ruler onto the fabric as guide to print a straight design. The paint will dry quite quickly so by the time you have finished one row you should be stamping on the second row
- For the second row, alternate the order of the stamp designs so you are not repeating the same design on each row. Continue printing the designs row by row until the fabric surface has been covered.
- Once the paint is dry, take the fabric and fold in half so the printed design is on the inside. Pin the two long edges. You want to create an overlapping panel so that it resembles a pillow case. (Note that no heat setting is required)
- Next stitch along the length of the fabric on both sides, 2cm from the edge of the fabric. You can then turn the fabric the correct way out and put in your cushion.
- The cushion cover can be washed inside out on a gentle cycle.