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Funds to focus on species under pressure in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
The European Commission and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) signed this week a EUR 12 million agreement to minimise the poaching of flagship species in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
The programme called Minimising the Illegal Killing of Elephants and other Endangered Species (MIKES) has a duration of 50 months and will generate regular and reliable information on the status and threats to elephants and other flagship species based on law enforcement benchmarks and ranger-based monitoring systems. The European Union, in partnership with the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, have played a vital role to strengthen global efforts to combat wildlife crime. The European Commission announced its decision to support MIKES in December 2013 during an elephant summit held in Botswana.
"The fight against the criminals who are decimating wildlife through illegal trade will be won or lost on the front lines. This project will provide practical and real time support to the brave and committed rangers who are serving in the field in selected sites, which is exactly where more support is needed," said John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES
"The European Union has been a long-standing and steadfast supporter of CITES and its effective implementation at the country level, which is further reinforced by this timely and much needed initiative." added Scanlon.
This major programme builds on the highly successful Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Programme, which has been developed and implemented by CITES in collaboration with African elephant range States, with the support of the European Commission and key partners, from 2001 until the present day.
MIKE was designed to generate reliable and impartial data on the status and trends in African elephant populations, illegal killing and illegal trade in ivory, as a basis for international and range State decision making and action concerning elephant conservation.
The MIKE Programme has documented alarming increases in levels of elephant poaching and highlighted the urgent need for further action to reduce the increasing threat to elephant populations across Africa as a result of the escalating international illegal trade in their ivory. The need for action extends to other CITES-listed species facing similar threats.
MIKES will respond to this need by leveraging the strong foundation established and successes achieved by MIKE over the past decade, but with an expanded focus to include other CITES-listed flagship species threatened by international trade.
The CITES Standing Committee (7 to 11 July in Geneva) will assess MIKE figures and eight countries' National Ivory Action Plans (China, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda and Viet Nam) and will discuss the next steps to stop illegal ivory trade, including whether additional countries should develop National Ivory Action Plans.
The Committee will also consider the roll out of a wide-range of enforcement-related decisions taken by CITES in March 2013 on other species being pressured by illegal trade, including elephants, rhinos, pangolins, great apes, as well as a study of the legal and illegal trade in wild cheetahs.


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Chicken Quesadilla Recipe
Here is a different take on the chicken quesadilla. Chances are this is probably not the type of chicken quesadilla you are used to cooking/eating but don't worry this is something much better. This chicken quesadilla consists of chicken, cheese, red onions, bacon, tomatoes and barbeque sauce. Sounds delicious right? If you have some left over chicken that would be great for this but even better, I seasoned the chicken and cooked it in a grill pan. Some people choose to stack the tortillas but I prefer to just do a simple fold. I find this method a lot easier than trying to flip the entire thing. If you are looking to try a different take on the chicken quesadilla, give this delicious recipe a try. Enjoy.
2 flour tortillas
2 tablespoons butter
1 ½ cups cooked chicken (diced small)
4 slices cooked, crispy bacon (crumbled)
½ cup fresh tomato (diced)
2 tablespoons red onions (finely chopped)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
4 tablespoons barbeque sauce
Step 1: If not using left over chicken – cook chicken by preferably grilling. Dice cooked chicken into small chunks and set aside.
Step 2: Butter the bottom of a flour tortilla. Place buttered side down in a nonstick skillet.
Step 3: Sprinkle tortilla evenly with cheese. On one side of the tortilla evenly sprinkle chicken, bacon, tomatoes and onion. Drizzle with barbeque sauce. Fold one side of the tortilla over the top and press down with a spatula. Remove from pan and repeat with the second.
(Makes 2 Servings)
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I also like to fold it. Having the one folded edge makes it easier to eat without squishing everything out.
The combination of bacon, chicken, and BBQ sauce sounds delicious! I'm getting hungry just thinking about it! I like the fold as well, makes for less mess!
My girlfriend has been bragging about her quesadilla skills and has challenged me to a competition. I think I may use this recipe as the guide to beating her in an nontraditional way. Thanks 🙂
Sounds really simple to make by just folding it. Even I can give it a try!
wow… Chicken my favourite and believe me i couldnt read your whole posts just for the pictures lol.. they are captivating me everytime i scroll away from them!!
This is one of my favorites, we do love the combination of bacon, chicken and sauce.
it says bbq sauce but it dosent say in the recipie when and where to use it?
Hi again! I had a taste of quesadilla only once. It had chicken but the taste was somewhat bland. I think the marinading and the grilling fixed this. I will cook quesadilla this weekend with barbecue sauce and lots of bell pepper. My youngest daughter doesn't like red onions much so I'll go easy with it. I'll smother my quesadilla with a lot of cheese though so I might as well call it 'quesodilla'. lol. Thank you for sharing such wonderful recipes.
I have a George Forman Grill with the Quesadilla insert & plan to use this recipe tonight.
Never thought of adding the bacon.
Another great and easy recipe. Grilled the chicken witth bbq sauce and then drizzled some more sauce in the quesadilla before heating it up. works great in the George Forman Grill!
This recipe does sound really good. Going to try it later. Thanks for posting this.
it was my first time preparing this meal it was introduced to me by my boss i tried it and me and my whole family and friends enjoyed it.thanks for posting continue.am from jamaica.
Omg this was delicious!!! I wanted something out of the ordinary & this was just the ticket!!! I tried it with wheat flour tortillas n added ranch dressing and mozzerela cheese. DELICIOUS!!! thanks 🙂
I made these last night and they were fantastic! I made a few changes: (1) used some low carb flour tortillas, (2) sauteed the red onions before I put them in, (3) used a package of pre-cooked grilled chicken, and (4) used a combination of cheddar cheese and monterey jack cheese. It came out wonderfully! It's so great to have in the fridge for snacks and the flavors are such a nice departure from the usual quesadilla fillings. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!

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This is about how to be a tennis champion and pick up babes, Novak Djokovic style. It involves nipple tassels. Be prepared: It also involves a little granny-on-Novak action.
A certain dignity is required of tennis champions. It must be. We've seen it forever.
Djokovic doesn't have it, doesn't behave like any tennis champ we've seen before. I'll just say this …
Thank God.
We've had cranky champs (John McEnroe), and flashy ones (Andre Agassi). Usually, just well-behaved ones who are a little stiff.
When Djokovic won the Australian Open Sunday, I started replaying so many of his antics. A personal favorite: a video he did in 2009 to promote his new Head racket.
At Wimbledon, they think you should wear a coat and tie no matter where you are or what you're doing. Djokovic wears nipple tassels.
For the past several years, we've had Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal at the top of the game, and then Djokovic, at the next level, as sort of the court jester.
Now, he's on their level.
That's not to knock Federer and Nadal. Both are incredibly classy.
I don't see either of them doing a video like the one Djokovic did.
Or, doing the impressions he became known for a few years ago. The best one was of Maria Sharapova, pulling back her hair and bouncing the ball high and deliberately before her serve.
Djokovic has everyone's mannerisms down. And that ticked off plenty of other players.
Of course, he also bugged players with all of his ailments, whether real or imagined. Andy Roddick jumped on him for that at a U.S. Open, saying he thought Djokovic had "a back and a hip and a cramp, bird flu, yeah, Anthrax, SARS, common cough and cold."
Djokovic then beat Roddick and got defensive about the comments to the crowd, which booed him.
"Like it or not," Djokovic said, "it's like that. They're already against me because they think I'm faking everything. That's not nice anyhow (for Roddick) to say in front of this crowd that I'm faking and have 16 injuries."
Amazingly, the class clown suddenly became known as a grump.
But in the 2009 U.S. Open, after one of his matches in the night session, Djokovic called McEnroe down from the announcers booth, imitated McEnroe and then played him a few points.
On Saturday, Djokovic had a press conference to preview his final against Andy Murray. When the conference moderator accidentally called him "Andy," Djokovic stood up calmly and walked off, saying he can't do this and pretending to be upset.
At a press conference in Cincinnati last year, he walked into the room, and only three or four of us were there. He went on and on about how nervous he was speaking in front of such a big crowd, and how honored he was to be there.
Last year, on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon, the off-day, he and Robin Soderling played a tiebreaker on a practice court. Soderling ran Djokovic off the court for one ball, and when Djokovic couldn't quite get to it, he kept running, pulled back and threw his racquet across the two courts next to him.
In the end, Djokovic won, Soderling took money out of his wallet, crumpled it and threw it at Djokovic.
A few minutes later, Djokovic pulled the money out of his pocket, straightened it out, showed it to me, kissed it and said "My work is done here."
At one point, Djokovic cut out the impressions, saying that they were bothering other players. If he still does them now, it's rare. So here's to hoping Djokovic doesn't become, well, tennis-ized now that he's on the game's top level.
There are dozens of great stories about him. Only one, though, involves nipple tassels.
At least, as far as we know.
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Here are some feature suggestions submitted by an anonymous ADM user via e-mail:
001 is most important!!!!! !!!
001 Add pattern chaining. Please look at how it works in the
Microtonic VST. This is the
best way to do it. Drawings will follow, but imagine uTonic's
pattern chaining panel
placed instead of ADM's prescale indicator pane.
Motivation: current techno production requires 2x-8x longer
patterns than currently
possible with ADM.
002 add something to the CY channel to make it more useful.
003 add shorter decays to the CY
004 909 kick: make it better
005 808 kick: snappy...
005a make it possible to completely turn off the 'snappy' at the
lowest end of the spectrum.
005b at the highest end of the spectrum, make the snappy overdrive
in a hard clipping
fashion. at 3/4 you get maximum snappy without overdriving, and
going higher than
that you start overdriving the transient only (not the actual
body of the synth)
006 Clap/shaker: add decay setting. It will be the gate lenght for the shaker.
007 Claps: add attack
008 CB tuning...
008a rename current tuning knob to 'timbre'
008b create real oscillator tuning knob
010 add 606 MT
011 fix 606 toms. they're not interesting enough.
012 PCF: add separate output channel option
013 fix output channels in Sonar. Currently, the 'single outputs' from
the ADM menus go to
the left channel of stereo pairs. Not a Sonar bug.
014 Add volume knob to PCF
015 Add PCF resonant HPF
016 Make switching between PCF LP/BP less glitchy
017 Add option: 'keep knob settings' - will keep knob settings between patterns
018 Add 32x more event space for PCF
019 fix the tuning knobs, they're broken and do not reflect the actual tuning
020 Add option: spread pattern. When you click it, the first 16 steps
of your pattern
get spread over every second step, giving you a 32-step pattern
that will allow you more
dense patterns. The prescale gets changed from the 'normal tempo'
setting to the 'double
tempo' setting.
021 Add option: negative shuffle
022 Add: different PCF drive, softer. The one that's in right now is
great but not for making
the kick fatter.
023 Add: kick drum volume envelope tension
Motivation: easy way to make the kick drum fatter and more
prominent without overdriving or
compression that add artefacts and destroy ADM's sweet sound.
024 Create: version of ADM that has 10 kick drum channels. Seriously,
I use at least 5 at every
moment in every song.
025 Add: PCF 'types'...
025a Type that's based on plate echo + delay and not filter + distortion.
025b Type that's based on normal EQ + comb filter (comb filter's
delay has to go into long
values like 1 second: the Pioneer DJM600 mixer has the best
comb filter for this kind
of thing, please copy 1:1)
025c Type that's based on DJ-style isolator
025d Type that's based on 303-style synth (hint hint)
026 Add: Clap amp envelope tension parameter
027 Add: 'MIDI Pitched mode'. What happens is that every of the
channels gets a separate MIDI
channel assigned to it: Kick drum gets channel 1, SD channel 2,
etc, up to and including
the PCF. The notes incoming determine the pitches of the voices.
028 Add: CR-series drums. Seriously now!
029 Add: emulation of JoMoX bass drum, it's very good
030 Add: more skin colors. A yellow one like the ABL and a red one
with blue metal showing under
the scraped off red paint!
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:44 pm
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Hm. Some of these suggestions are quite good actually. Chaining the patterns like Microtonic is not a bad idea - I'm quite fond of how it's done in MT.
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There are some good ideas there. Don't think it needs all the differnet filters request etc you can use third party plugs for those. And no need to add more drums sounds as these can be done by the user with samples.
Although, i guess (and this could be impossible i have no idea form a programming point of view). In a similar way you have pattern detect in ABL. Can such a feature be developed that if you load a sample and could say to the program this is a kick drum it could try to synthesis something similar?
I agree with all the additional tuning and decay setting would indeed be very useful.
I think to implement this would be like a whole new version of adm though ...ADM+
That is some list of requests though
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re: 024: I want an ADM with *20* kick channels
More seriously: a lot of good ideas. Re: all the suggestions for expansion of the range of ADM's sonic capabilities: I've stated before that I am in favor of pretty much anything going in that direction (especially when they are optional, since it can't hurt usability if it can be switched off), under the almost self-evident condition that the emulated machines' capabilities should still be easily reproduced and clearly recognizable as such.
To me 001 definitely seems *not* to be the most important one, as (by definition) we can only use the plugin within a host, and in most half-decent hosts we can chain patterns by sequencing MIDI notes in a much more flexible manner than any pattern chainer could do. That said, I am definitely not against adding this.
027 is very useful, I also love this function on the µTonic; but on the ADM it would rather strain the parameter model limits, if I remember Mike's previous explanations correctly. Then again, imho broken stuff can sound nice too
I'd love to see > hear how far it can be strained until it breaks. And, even with rather limited tuning ranges (e.g. as it is now), this type of setup still has another important advantage: mapping a musically accurate tuning onto the MIDI keys.
012 is also very useful; note that it would make 014 redundant.
022: we've been there before (still cherishing a particular beta with a particular funky effect ;-P)... I'd love some more experimentation with it too, aiming for that type of overdrive/distortion which is so sweet on especially bassdrums (and toms).
030 seems unnecessary: we can/did do that ourselves, and it would bloat the default install package. I may take up your suggestion of red paint scraped off blue metal
017 is also unnecessary; "just uncheck "Load knobs with patterns" in Options > Preferences.
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Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story did not have the correct title for Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Troy Clark.
Regina Preetorius can no longer hide behind a failed business venture. What she did was criminal, a federal court jury determined Tuesday.
The jury deliberated for more than seven hours before convicting Preetorius of 10 counts of wire and mail fraud and three counts of money laundering. The jury acquitted Preetorius of four counts of mail and wire fraud.
Following the verdict, U.S. District Court Judge J. Randal Hall ordered that Preetorius be held in custody pending sentencing. She faces a sentencing range of around 15 years.
"She fought to keep it covered up as long as she could," Assistant U.S. Attorney David Stewart said of Preetorius in his closing statement. If Preetorius was devastated by the collapse of her business and the financial ruin in her wake, it was because she got caught, he said.
Preetorius used her company, SDA & Associates, to obtain the properties of financially distressed homeowners - promising to keep the homes from failing into foreclosure and selling them to other people under rent-to-own contacts. She convinced others to invest in her company by promising 12 percent interest on investments with guaranteed safety.
"The defendant lied, she cheated and she stole," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Troy Clark.
Preetorius used the SDA investments, down payments and rents, and properties as her personal piggy bank, Clark argued. And she continued taking money from others when she knew financial institutions would foreclose on the properties because she wasn't making the mortgage payments as she promised, Clark said.
And though she stopped paying the mortgages, she made the monthly payments on her Mercedes Benz, paid for visits to nail and hair salons, paid for dog grooming and paid thousands to herself while investors, homeowners and renters were unknowingly poised to lose millions of dollars in property and cash.
Defense attorney Charles Portz of Houston argued to the jury that the prosecutors failed to prove intent because Preetorius never intended to defraud anyone. She ran SDA successfully for four years until she was ensnared in the real estate and banking crisis that overtook the whole country, Portz said.
"In her mind she believed she didn't do anything wrong," he argued. "This is a failed business venture, nothing more."
What she did, the prosecutors countered, was run a Ponzi scheme. The lies, tricks and deceit got her what she wanted - other people's money, Stewart argued.
"She'll say whatever it takes to keep the money coming in," Stewart said to the jury. "The truth has to come out ... Don't let her hold you off any longer."


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Asmerom Yakob has over 10 years of experience in Information Technology as well as Information Security and He is member of Incident Response team in his current role . He earned his MSc of Computer Science with concentration in Information Security and Assurance from George Mason University , Fairfax ,VA and holds GCFA , GCIA and CISSP. He is passionate what SANS training has to offer to students to sharpen skills in order to cope with modern cyber threats and decided to join mentor program to share the knowledge and experience in cyber security. Asmerom is an active member of the infosec community and looks for every opportunity to both learn and encourage others to gain a deeper understanding of the challenging field of Cyber Space.


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Broadside entitled 'Dreadful Fire in London'
This report begins: 'Full and correct account of that dreadful and awful Fire which happened at the house of Lord Walsingham, in Cavendish Square, London, on the morning of Wednesday last, when his Lordship's body was burned to ashes, and Lady Walsingham, to save her life, had jumped over [i.e. out of] a window, and her mangled body was found in the back yard, and she died in a few hours.' The publisher of the broadside is not noted, but its source is given as the 'Caledonian Mercury'. The sheet was priced at one penny.
The broadside refers to a fire at 55 Upper Harley Street, London, that claimed the life of Lord Walsingham at the age of 55. Contemporary sources, including this report taken from the 'Caledonian Mercury', report that George de Grey, the third Lord Walsingham (1776-1831), and his wife Matilda Methuen both died as a consequence of the fire in the early hours of 27 April 1831. An inquest which took place later that day concluded that the deaths of the deceased had been 'caused accidentally and by misfortune'. It was subsequently revealed that Lord Walsingham had been in poor health and on medication, and may not have been in a fit state to save himself when the fire broke out in his bedroom.
Broadsides are single sheets of paper, printed on one side, to be read unfolded. They carried public information such as proclamations as well as ballads and news of the day. Cheaply available, they were sold on the streets by pedlars and chapmen. Broadsides offer a valuable insight into many aspects of the society they were published in, and the National Library of Scotland holds over 250,000 of them.
Probable date published:
1831 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.74(085)
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Chassis number: SCAZD42AIDCX05961 Registration number: WRD236Y 15,000 miles from new & in absolutely stunning condition. The car was supplied new to Los Angeles where is saw scant use emerging just occasionally from its climate controlled garage. After bine imported to the UK the current owner kept the car garaged at his southern Spanish Property & as a consequence the car has remained utterly corrosion free. The car has clearly been maintained without regard to expense; Indeed the last service bill by Stewart Walker limited in 2012 was for £3332.49 The service included the all important hydraulics. Mileage then was 15,230. Mileage now is 15,470. Having been always garaged the woodwork is in perfect order with no bleaching or de-lamination. The dark brown hide seats are also in lovely order & are piped in cream with similar colours to the carpets. The exterior is silver sand with a matching beige convertible top, all of which is in lovely condition. On the road the car drives like new. The engine is silent & the gear changes imperceptible. The ride is soft, undulating & absolutely as a Rolls Royce ought to be. The convertible top glides up & down quickly at the touch of a button. I
1982 rolls-royce corniche convertible left-hand-drive silver leather rolls royce rwd luxury 4-seater 2wd
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Councils issue tax bills warning
Dozens more local authorities in England are set to send council-tax bills to low-income households for the first time because of a £1 billion-plus shortfall in Whitehall funding, town-hall bosses warned.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said a squeeze on budgets had landed councils with an "unpalatable choice" of ending discounts for the worst-off families or making further deep cuts to vital services.
It said even more would start receiving bills or face larger demands unless ministers restored funding levels.
Responsibility for council-tax benefit was switched to 326 individual authorities in April 2013
But the switch away from a national assistance scheme was defended by the Government, which said it had increased incentives on authorities to become more efficient.
Responsibility for council-tax benefit was switched to 326 individual authorities in April 2013, with the central funding provided to support it cut by 10% as ministers sought to cut the annual £4.3 million bill to the taxpayer.
The LGA said that with councils already being asked to find £2.6 billion savings in 2015/16 due to a cut of 8.8% in overall government funding, they were left with "little choice" but to recover more cash from poor families.
Only 45 still offer the same discounts as they did before 2013 - 13 fewer now than last year - with the number now billing every household for at least some tax rising 15 to 244.
In total, 14% planned changes this year.
Pensioners are protected from the changes.
The LGA also linked the reforms to a rare drop in collection rates last year.
LGA chair David Sparks said: "Government reduced funding for council tax support by hundreds of millions of pounds when it handed the responsibility for administering it to councils.
"As a result, councils would need to find £1 billion by 2016 to protect discounts for those on low incomes. At a time when local government is already tackling £20 billion worth of cuts, this is a stretch too far.
"Many councils have been put in an impossible position. This cut has taken millions of pounds out of funding for local services and increased the cost of living for some of society's poorest.
"No-one wants to ask those on the lowest incomes to pay more. But faced with significant cuts to the money we receive to look after the elderly, protect children, repair the roads and collect the bins, many councils have had little choice but to reduce the discount.
"Councils know how tough things are and are doing their best to protect those affected the most, whether through introducing hardships funds or changing the way we collect unpaid tax. But these measures can only go so far in alleviating the burden.
"To address this unfairness, government must give local areas the full amount of funding required to provide council-tax support to those who need it.
"Otherwise, it is almost inevitable that further cuts to local government funding in the coming years will further force up bills for those who can least afford to pay."
Local Government Minister Kris Hopkins said: "Spending on council tax benefit doubled during the last decade, costing taxpayers more than £4 billion a year - equivalent to almost £180 a year per household.
"Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit this Government inherited and our reforms to localise council-tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote enterprise and get people into work.
"We are returning fairness to the system and making work pay."
Jonathan Isaby, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group, said: "Council tax has nearly doubled in the last 10 years, so it isn't fair for local authorities to ask residents to plug the gaps in their finances.
"What's more, council tax already hits the poorest hardest and a tax will only make matters worse for families struggling to make ends meet. Instead, local authorities must wage a war on wasteful spending and prioritise essential services."
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I received a copy of the new book released by my online buddy Mathew Sylvester. Refer to Mathew's Practical Taekwondo Facebook group for more info. From my quick 5 minute overview of the book, I am happy to see really good solid practical concepts and a fantastic open-minded approach -- more or less similar to how I have designed my syllabus and how I conduct classes. I would highly recommend this book to all students and instructors of Taekwondo. The price of 23 pounds is worth it. Good work, Mathew! Colin
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Over 30 years of experience working with diverse teams of researchers and teachers developing deeply interactive software and hardware for all kinds of learners. My recent focus has been on developing high-performance web-based computational simulations and visualizations. Helped found the Concord Consortium, an important educational non-profit focused on math and science education. As Director of Technology led the development of re-usable open source architectures/frameworks for education and managed and hired a team of programmers. Am an enthusiastic public speaker and deeply committed to helping teams of people make, teach, and share what matters to them.
Extensive experience with web-based application/visualization technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, SVG, Canvas) and related open source frameworks (D3.js, jQuery, JQueryUI, CoffeeScript, Cherrio, Pixi.js, Underscore, Modernizr, MathJax, ...) as well as back-end server programming in Ruby, Java, and Node.js, and Amazon cloud-based server setup and administration.
Professional Experience
Created web application for managing and facilitating in-person collaborative brainstorming and planning for: Maverick and Boutique, a consulting firm that helps organizations and their people discover and implement the most effective ways to think, act and interact to achieve their goals. The web application was inspired by and derived from functionality in their legacy Java application.
Maverick and Boutique have not yet released the web application publicly. If you are interested in more information or a demonstration contact them.
- Rails v5.1.6 with Postgresql and Redis backend data stores.
- Extensive use of ActiveCable websocket framework to support interactive real-time visual and textual collaboration among participants.
- Interactive collaborative visualizations using D3.js.
- Administrative, authoring, participant collaboration, and reporting systems.
- Scripted deployment using Capistrano to AWS development, staging, and production AWS servers.
- Integrated with Bootstrap styling and components.
In 1995 helped Bob Tinker, internationally recognized as a pioneer in developing and adapting technology for constructivist education, create the Concord Consortium, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational research and development organization focusing on math and science education.
Directed technology development for the Concord Consortium, a non-profit educational research and development organization. My responsibilities include hiring, budgeting, technology acquisition and development, proposal development, and management of software and hardware development.
In November 2011 the Google Foundation awarded Concord Consortium a grant to develop an HTML5 version of Molecular Workbench, the award-winning Java-based physics simulation. Extended these goals and created a general framework called Lab for integrating both simulations running in multiple modeling engines and data collection from sensors and probes.
Lab Interactives are sharable, embeddable, and authorable components defined in JSON that wrap a model with additional inquiry-oriented user interface components such as buttons, checkboxes, sliders, graphs etc.
The Enhancing Engineering Education with Computational Thinking, (DRL-0918449); 2009-2013; focuses on studying how computational thinking, primarily through numerical simulation and computer-aided design tools, can enhance engineering education in high schools (see http://energy.concord.org for more information). Project developed Energy2D: a computational simulation modeling conduction, convection, and radiation and Energy3D: an application for designing buildings using a WYSIWYG 3D user interface.
The GENIQUEST (GENomics Inquiry through QuUantitative Trait Loci Exploration with SAIL Technology): Bringing STEM Data to High School Classrooms (DRL-0733264); 2007-2010; centered on the dragons and related organisms that previously served as genetic models in the previous Concord Consortium projects. Students were further supported in seeking out gene locations through the bioinformatics technique of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analysis. Results demonstrated increased student understanding of concepts such as genetic recombination and inbred strains, and that the software helped.
The Global Laboratory Project. Directed the technical and telecommunication efforts of the project. Responsible for setting technical directions, hiring, budgets, management, and project reports. The project supported 150 middle schools and high schools in 22 countries collaborating on investigations into local and global environmental change, sharing text, data, graphs, instrumentation for measuring and monitoring the environment.
Adapted instrumentation for measuring various environmental characteristics including total-column-ozone, ground-level ozone, soil moisture, air flow, relative humidity, temperature, and visible light. Developed stand-alone data-logging systems probeware interfaces, and may types of specific probes.
Bannasch, S. (2010). Innovator interview: Stephen Bannasch. @Concord, 14(2). The Concord Consortium.
Staudt C., & Bannasch S., Using sensors and models to answer discovery questions. (2006). @Concord, 10 (2). The Concord Consortium.
Tinker R., Bannasch S., Future technology in unexpected places. (2005). @Concord, 9(1). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch, S. (2002). Probing the unseen world: Advanced probe captures subtle changes in temperature. @Concord, 6(2). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch, S., & Tinker, R. (2002). Probeware takes a seat in the classroom:Educational impact of probes improves with time and innovation.@Concord, 6(1). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch, S. (2001). Wireless Computers and Probeware Support a New Science Curriculum: Using iPAQ Pocket PCs to study science fundamentals . @Concord, 5(1). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch S. (2001). Educational Innovations in Portable Technology. In Tinker R., & Krajcik, J. (eds.), Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context (121-141). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Bannasch, S. (2000). Beam me up, Scottie! Handheld computers extend the range of wireless communication in schools. @Concord, 4(3). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch, S. (1999). The electronic curator: Using a handheld computer at the Exploratorium. @Concord, 3(3). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch, S. (1998). Making smarter probes. @Concord, 2(2). The Concord Consortium.
Bannasch S., & Berenfeld B. (1996). Global Lab: From Classroom Labs to Real-World Research Labs. In Tinker B., Microcomputer-based Labs Educational Research and Standards (247-258). Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
Software Technical Skills
- Extensive work with Ruby, JRuby, Ruby Gems, and Rails. Developed several large Rails applications (see: github.com/concord-consortium/rigse).
- Author of Jnlp Ruby Gem: rubygems.org/gems/jnlp; contributed commits to over 30 external Ruby Gems.
- Regular use of RVM, Bundler, HAML, Capistrano, Rake, Compass, Sass, Devise, and behavior-driven development and testing with Capaybara, Cucumber, RSpec.
- Used Node.js, CoffeeScript, jQuery, JQueryUI, Cherrio, Pixi.js, Underscore, Modernizr MathJax, and a number of other JavaScript tools and frameworks.
- HTML and CSS developer including creating dynamic visualizations using HTML5 Canvas and SVG.
- Developed an integration of Mocha and PhantomJS to enable basic functional testing of the Lab framework on a developers computer as well as further tests that ran in multiple virtual OS/browser setups on the saucelabs.com service.
- 3-D visualization for learning about seasons: stepheneb.github.io/seasons/index.html
- Used Node.js, CoffeeScript, jQuery, JQueryUI, Cherrio, Pixi.js, Underscore, Modernizr MathJax, and a number of other JavaScript tools and frameworks.
- Video integrated with digital map: stepheneb.github.io/simple-orange-map.
- Scripted FFmpeg to transcode original video into multiple formats, sizes and bitrates for web delivery.
- Spanish subtitling using WebVTT: http://stepheneb.github.io/detroit-interviews/
- Moderate experience with PHP, Java, Maven and Eclipse and somewhat less with Python.
- Experience re-writing high-performance Java programs in JavaScript. Example: github.com/concord-consortium/energy2d-js a port of the 2-D Java computational fluid dynamics thermal simulation program Energy2D.
- Built multiple branches of the open-source Java codebase including the MLVM branch that explores extending Java to improve implementation and performance of dynanic languages.
- Experienced git and github user, additional experience with Subversion, Mercurial, and CVS.
- Setup and administered Moodle servers.
- Setup prototype edX server.
- Experience using both Moodle and Blackboard as a course instructor.
- Setup, configuring, administering, and customizing Apache, NGINX, Node, and Java Tomcat-based web servers including performance testing with HTTPerf.
- Setup stand-alone and cloud-based Linux servers.
- Experience with security, database setup, design, and administration.
- Created scripts using Chef and Fog to automate the generation of complete functional cloud-based Amazon servers.
- Setup and administered MySQL, PostgreSQLand Redis databases.
Hardware Technical Skills
- Digital, analog, and sensor electronic design, prototyping, debugging and manufacturing.
- Arduino and Microchip microcontroller development.
Contributions to External Open Source Projects
Over 200 commits to more than 50 external open source projects. Projects include: JRuby (Java implementation of Ruby), Rails framework and 30 more Ruby gems, 12 JavaScript projects and a number of miscellaneous projects.
For more detail: open-source-contributions.html
Teaching Experience
Students were in a masters program focused on using computers in education.
Older Independent Projects
Adapted mapping and video code from Cosmopolis: 49 Waltzes for the World project to create map of Orange NJ with clickable hotspots showing video and audio narratives: stepheneb.github.io/simple-orange-map.
Code: github.com/stepheneb/49waltzes-detroit and github.com/stepheneb/detroit-interviews
Architected and implemented the software for NYC-based video artists Roberta Friedman and Daniel Loewenthal's interactive video installation. Roberta and Dan shot short videos at 147 different locations in Detroit. The installation has a map of Detroit displayed on a large touch screen monitor. Tapping the map brings up the closest video in a separate monitor. Visible hotspots on the map representing viewed location slowly fade out over time. Implemented using browser technology and WebVTT for Spanish subtitling.
Worked with NYC-based video artists Graham Weinbren and Roberta Friedman to complete the design and programming of the editing and run-time software for an interactive video art piece in which viewers explore non-linear narratives by touching areas on the video screen. The run-time software controls the queuing and playing of video and audio from three videodisk players as well as reading viewer input from the touch screen. The editing software was designed to enable the film maker to easily specify the non-linear interactions. The software was written in Pascal and Z80 assembly language. 12/86-2/87 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,CA; 4/87-7/87 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Design and programming of educational software which integrates a prompted editor with a videodisk display system for the Apple//e. Written entirely in 6502 assembly language. Done for and distributed by SERESC Inc., 11 Peabody Rd., Derry, NH 03038.
Thesis Project: Monitoring and Analysis of an Experimental Passive Solar Envelope House.


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PlayStation Experience – New Bloodborne Gameplay Video Unveiled, Shows Fiery Boss
From Software unveiled a new Bloodborne gameplay video at the PlayStation Experience today, and you might want to watch it to see one of the game's boss, as well as the Chalice Dungeon.
What looks like a gigantic dog that has fire in his body, the player is joined by other gamers to take it down. In addition to that, we see some of the puzzle elements and scope the game's aiming for as well.
Stay tuned for more Bloodborne info here on PlayStation LifeStyle.


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What can students do to improve their learning and raise their overall attainment?
Regular independent study and homework brings enormous benefits in helping students to understand what they learn in the classroom and to gain confidence in tackling the next level.
Preparing to work independently is an essential skill for lifelong learning. Homework helps to develop that skill and gives students the important opportunity to share with parents what they are learning in school.


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|For Immediate Release
March 26, 2014
Peter Stamnas
Highway Design Bureau
(603) 271-3921
Public Information Office
(603) 271-6495
|Hampton Falls - Hampton PublicInformational Meeting
I-95 Bridge Project over the Taylor River
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation announces a Public Informational Meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, 2014 to update the Towns of Hampton and Hampton Falls on the current project status of the Taylor River Bridge project. This project proposes to replace the red listed bridge that carries I-95 over the Taylor River.
The April 9th public meeting for the bridge replacement project will be held at the Hampton Falls Selectmen's Meeting Room, 1 Drinkwater Road in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. Doors will open at 6:30 pm for viewing and discussion prior to the formal presentation at 7:00 pm.
The purpose of this meeting is to present citizens and public officials with information regarding the proposed project and to solicit public input in order to ensure that project decisions meet public transportation needs, community goals, and protect and enhance the environment. Accordingly, NHDOT assures that this project will be administered according to the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all related statutes to ensure nondiscrimination.
Any individuals needing assistance or auxiliary communication equipment due to sensory impairment or other disability, should contact the Bureau of Right-of-Way, NHDOT, PO Box 483, Concord, New Hampshire 03302-0483 – TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964. Notification for the need of assistance should be made at the earliest convenience.


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AT&T and Filip Technologies have partnered to bring the FiLIP smartwatch to the U.S. in the coming months. The device is primarily aimed at parents who want to keep in touch with their kids. The FiLIP functions as a simple phone that offers direct messaging, calling, and location tracking to five preset contacts.
Chris Penrose, senior vice president, Emerging Devices, AT&T Mobility, said that "FiLIP is exactly the type of device for which we formed the Emerging Devices team at AT&T. Filip Technologies is taking wearable device innovation in a new direction – going beyond the smart watch to solve a real problem for parents and make their lives easier."
The FiLIP smartwatch is the world's first smart locator and phone for kids. It provides all the basic functions that a kid will ever need to stay connected without the complexities of a full-fledged smartphone.
The four key features of this device include
- Call: Provides a powerful 2-way GSM voice capability with a quality matching that of smartphones
- Locate: Able to locate kids using different technologies such as GPS, cell tower location, and Wi-Fi triangulation providing the most accurate location information.
- Intelligent Emergency: An emergency button triggers a location beacon, ambient sound recording, and a direct line to emergency services.
- FCC Certified Antenna: The device has passed the strictest safety tests and FCC requirements.
An app that's available for iOS and Android devices allows an account to be created which will then be used to connect to the FiLIP smartwatch.
The device also allows parents to setup Safe Zones and triggers a notification if the kid leaves the designated area.
Jonathan Peachey, CEO of Filip Technologies, said that "Our goal with FiLIP has been to create a product that empowers kids to explore their world while remaining in touch with those who care about them the most. With their extensive wireless coverage, commitment to innovation and excellent customer care, AT&T is the ideal carrier to help us bring FiLIP to the U.S. market."
While no exact price has been set the device will not exceed $200. The exact pricing and service plan details will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Update: Since writing this blog I've learnt that there may be a better approach to this problem. These days, Neo4j allows you to make indexes on numeric properties and run range queries that use the index. We can take advantage of this for dates by storing them as millisecond timestamps, allowing us to perform date range queries without the need to maintain a time tree.
If you're aware of this and still vaguely interested in time trees from an academic point of view, by all means read on 😁.
The new and improved FT website, launching 5 October, has many exciting and engaging new features, one of which is the subject of my own team's focus: myFT.
myFT offers a means of curating a personalised FT newsfeed and email digest of specific topics chosen by the subscriber. One of the ways in which subscribers can find their preferred topics is via our recommendation engine, which we've developed by harnessing the power of the Neo4j graph database.
Neo4j is wonderfully suited to this sort of problem domain and we've thoroughly enjoyed using it.
The problem: travelling through time with Neo4j
Soon enough, we found ourselves in a situation where we needed to be able to select a set of nodes on a particular day or between two points in time. This proved to be surprisingly tricky using Neo4j.
Thus far, our approach to recording time had been to add a millisecond timestamp property to nodes and relationships. As explained in this excellent blog by GraphAware, when taking this naive approach, selecting events that occurred within a set time range requires a full scan of all candidate nodes. When the nodes in question represent FT article read events this can be a very expensive scan.
The solution: timetrees
The solution, as explained in GraphAware's blog, is to introduce a timetree structure into the database which allows units of time to be selected as nodes. The timetree nodes can act as the start of a localised search that takes full advantage of the strengths of a graph database.
After first experimenting with GraphAware's instant timetree plugin to generate the timetree on demand, we found our needs were more suited to building the timetree structure in advance. Following a blog by Mark Needham, we wrote a query to generate a timetree to the granularity of one day, including NEXT relationships representing the sequence of the days. You can see our finished query here. We can then represent the times at which events occur by adding relationships between the event and day nodes.
This is great! We can now select whole swathes of results between two dates with refreshing ease and efficiency. For example…
Selecting events by day
To get hold of all the events that happened on a particular day in our brave new timetree world, we can do something like this:
// returns all event that happened on 14/3/2016
MATCH (:Year {value: 2016})–(:Month {value: 3})–(d:Day {value: 14})<-[:at_time]-(e:Event)
RETURN e
I'll dissect this a bit. On the left-hand side of the MATCH clause we have this snippet:
MATCH (:Year {value: 2016})–(:Month {value: 3})–(d:Day {value: 14})
Starting from the Year node, this snippet traverses the timetree to select our desired Day node.
The rest of this query is concerned with matching and returning all event notes that have an at_time relationship with this Day node.
Selecting events within a range of time
To bring up data of the events that happened over a period of 3 days, we can do this:
// returns all events that happened between 12/3/2016 and 14/3/2016 (inclusive)
MATCH (:Year {value: 2016})–(:Month {value: 3})–(:Day {value: 15})<-[:NEXT*..3]-(days:Day)<-[:at_time]-(e:Event)
RETURN e
The first snippet of the query is similar to the start of the single-day query above:
MATCH (:Year {value: 2016})–(:Month {value: 3})–(:Day {value: 15})
We traverse the timetree to find the node for the day after our desired range.
The next snippet uses this day-after node as a starting point to find our range:
I mentioned earlier that our timetree has NEXT relationships linking its Day nodes. These allow the timetree to be traversed horizontally across days. The [:NEXT*..3] snippet uses variable-length relationship matching to select a three-deep chain of Day nodes that matches our desired range.
The rest of the query matches all event nodes that have an at_time relationship with any of the three nodes matched in the days parameter.
Room for improvement in performance and aesthetics
The timetree solution allows us to get hold of all of our events pretty darn speedily. However, there are drawbacks.
First of all, it asks us to compromise on our readability and DRYness principals within our timetree-using queries, in that we are required to repeat the sizeable year-month-day traversal for each one. (That's this bit: MATCH (:Year {value: 2016})–(:Month {value: 3})–(:Day {value: 15})).
We also took exception to the small but niggling overhead of the timetree-traversal query that had to take place for every execution, which we calculated as roughly 150 database hits per query.
Elegant time travel: the date string index trick
We came up with a solution to these problems that we're fairly pleased with. We indexed all of the Day nodes by a string representation of that particular date, allowing us to perform what are effectively the same queries using the following pattern:
// returns all event that happened on 14/3/2016
MATCH (e:Event)-[:at_time]->(:Day {dayString:'14/3/2016′})
RETURN e
// returns all events that happened between 12/3/2016 and 14/3/2016 (inclusive)
MATCH(:Day {dayString:'15/3/2016′})<-[:NEXT*..3]-(days:Day)<-[:at_time]-(e:Event)
RETURN e
Year-month-day traversal boilerplate? Gone. Readability of query? Through the roof. Unnecessary timetree-related DB hits? Poof!
Wow! Tell me how
We want our day nodes to look something like this:
And to do this we've written a query that you can take a look at here: https://gist.github.com/laurieboyes/7df68f0cf600411acdbfe2c9840b0a5f
You might notice that in this query we add a similar property to the Month nodes. This allows us to use the same approach to select all events that occur on particular months, as well as days.
Once this step is done, we make the indexes, and we're ready for time travel:
CREATE INDEX ON :Day(uuid)
The benefit of hindsight
There are of course, parts of this solution that we wish we had done differently, and certainly will do in the future.
'Order by'-friendly date format
One of these days we may go back and retrofit an opportunity that, unfortunately, we didn't spot at the time. You might notice that we've stored our date index property in little-endian format (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Date_format), e.g. 14/3/2016.
This makes the property really nice and readable (particularly if you're not from the United States). However, if we had stored the date in big-endian format with zero padding, e.g. 2016/03/16, we would have created a situation wherein it was very easy to order query results by date, with only a very slight compromise to readability.
Doing it wrong
Before the date string idea came along, we trialled a much less palatable solution to a situation that required us to make lots of queries starting from the Day node representing the actual current day.
Willfully flouting the recommendations laid out in the Neo4J documentation (http://neo4j.com/docs/developer-manual/current/cypher/#match-node-by-id), our approach was to query and cache the internal Neo4j ID of the current Day node once an hour and use this to look up that node to start each query.
In our defense, this was just as fast as our final solution, but it was also very fiddly and really rather messy, so we were pleased when a better idea came along and we were able to sweep this one under the rug.
Controversial property names
Finally, I do feel a twinge of regret when I remember that our date string properties all have the key 'uuid', as, clearly, they do not contain UUIDs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier).
This is a convention we adopted to fit our own identifiers around Neo4j's reserved id property, which makes a great deal of sense for our nodes that are indexed against UUIDs, but less sense here. We made the decision to keep the uuid property as a convention across nodes in our graph for consistency's sake.
Regardless, hooray!
You can sample the fruits of our labours on myFT at the new FT.com, and take comfort in the knowledge that the timetree-based queries under the hood read like poetry.


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Analysis of the Titan Panorama,
Joseph W. Rudmin, Physics Dept., James Madison University, firstname.lastname@example.com
and Joseph D. Rudmin, ISAT, James Madison University
Jan 23, 2005
We will display each step of the analysis, which was performed with widely available software, so that anyone may duplicate it if they choose. We start with the panorama as taken from the NASA-Goddard Astronomy Picture of the Day website: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050119.html
Then drop it into MS Paint and reflect it left-to-right. It then looks like this.
Now extract the middle of the picture:
We now notice that the picture has been badly pasted together. The structures on the right, which are the source of the "smoke plume", are too far to the right. We can see two structures which can be used to realign them. This next picture, generated with MS Paint, shows this..
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Now use MS PhotoEd to cut the right hand part of the picture, expand it 20%, and approximately overlay the duplicated scenery, and we get
Finally, compare it to the following map.
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And to this photo from http://www.navsource.org/Naval/helpers/ph201.jpg
With the help of the map, we can now name the ships in the
panorama. (Notice that the picture of "Titan" is a negative--the
ships are white, not black.)
In short, gentlemen, what is claimed to be a panorama of Titan, is in fact a collage made up from Japanese reconnaissance photos taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor, on Dec 7, 1941.
The only mystery now is "How did a photo of Pearl Harbor get into the Cassini?", and a related question, is "Cassini doesn't assemble collages. Who made the collage, and where did he get his photos?"
This prank or slip up is of no lasting significance. It was just one of those delightful distractions which gives us all a healthy chuckle, and harms no one. Was it perhaps the photo which was sent to Cassini by Engineer Boris Smeds when he was working to correct the craft's telemetry? Or perhaps careless staff left the Cassini's hard drive unsecured and exposed to hacking by the notorious Cal Tech students. In any case, it's time for the source of this entertainment to step forward and take a bow. We'll all enjoy this for months to come.
Joseph W. Rudmin and Joseph D. Rudmin, James Madison University.


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When Ted first mentioned the Internet of Things, for some reason my mind went to the future. It was only after further contemplation that I realised that the Internet of Things is now. I tried to think if I might be interacting with some of these objects on a day to day basis and how this affected my life. In the video below I demonstrate an object in my life that is connected to the Internet of things (please don't judge!)
While tracking your health and fitness could seem like an exciting concept, it's important to think about who else can see this data. In terms of Fitbit the company often sells information to third parties with the subject's name removed. Furthermore, this type of data has already been used in court, with one woman using Fitbit collected data in an injury claim.
Data from the body could be considered some of the most personal information, so it's certainly problematic that Fitbit is using it to make a profit. This also leads to the question of what else this information could be used for. Is the Internet of Things a road to further convenience or a decline in privacy?


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There is a joke going the rounds here that Singapore has become the ''land of the rising son.'' The son is Lee Hsien Loong, recently retired as No. 2 in the Singapore Armed Forces. And the father is Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who said this week that he plans to retire within four to five years.
In the past three months, Lee Hsien Loong has risen from the rank of colonel to brigadier-general, and as a reservist has been appointed political secretary to the defense minister.
Now he is one of 24 ''new guard'' candidates chosen by the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to run in this December's general elections. The ruling party hopes that Hsien Loong, the youngest candidate, will appeal to a younger, better-educated electorate. He is also the first military officer to enter politics.
The emergence of the younger Lee on the political scene at this particular moment has suggested to many Singaporeans he is being groomed for great things - such as stepping into his father's shoes.
PAP justifies the selection of Lee and the other 23 young newcomers as vital to ensure that after the retirement of the ''old guard'' - which saw Singapore through its birth pangs 25 years ago - there will be qualified people emerging to guarantee prosperity and stability.
A university degree or a solid professional record now counts more than political credentials, and several PAP old-timers without good academic qualifications have been persuaded to step aside this election.
The prime minister, while saying he will step aside when he reaches the age of 65 in 1988, has suggested the possibility of a constitutional change allowing for an elected president - an office he might seek himself. Lee has not yet named a successor, but has been grooming several younger men as possibles - Finance Minister Tony Tan, minister without portfolio Ong Teng Cheong, and Defense Minister Goh Chok Tong being the front-runners.
In a televised interview with several foreign journalists last month, the prime minister said the race would be tough now that his son had decided to enter politics.
He admitted his son would be an obvious choice to take over the reins of power, but he would have to work his way up by ability alone. Building a family dynasty was out of the question, he added.
In a recent interview, Lee Hsien Loong said it would be ''very presumptuous'' for the younger generation of members of Parliament to aspire to take over immediately. He refused to speculate on what post he might take, if asked, in the next government, saying, ''I have a lot to learn in politics and a lot to learn outside the Singapore Armed Forces.''
The PAP leadership is sensitive to suggestions of nepotism or the establishment of a Lee dynasty. Government ministers reacted angrily in Parliament recently when lone opposition member J.B. Jeyaretnam questioned the rapid promotion of the younger Lee.
Lee has spent 13 years in the Army, although five of these involved earning a mathematics degree from Cambridge University, and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.
Amid all the controversy, Lee Hsien Loong is telling the voters in his electorate: Judge me on my personal merit and record, not on my name.


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A step-by-step comprehensive guide teaching you all about Hemorrhoid
- Showing you how your diet can directly influence your hemorrhoids
- Giving you the comfort and hope you have waiting for
- Covering "all aspects of hemorrhoid prevention"
- Teaching you step by step all about hemorrhoids
- Showing you how hemorrhoids can be prevented
Is anyone buying it?Let's look at some hard facts now. We can turn to statistics provided by the payment processor. They release something they call the product's "Gravity". It's an indication of a product's sales rank. I've taken this amount and turned it into a rating out of 100. Products with a high rating are popular. Hemorrhoid Easy scores 71.60/100 which is about standard.
Your buying optionsBy now you've read through the summary of what the product's about. You've examined the user reviews on the right hand side of the page. Maybe you've even decided you might like to buy the product. So what next?
Option 1: Buy DirectYou click on the following link to http://www.hemorrhoideasy.com, and find their link to buy the product. From there you'll be linked through to the payment processor page and you can pay with a credit/debit card or PayPal. As of the time of writing this review the standard price for the product was USD29.
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Local Coastal Program Update Open House
Local Coastal Program Update: November 11 Open House & Release of a Draft Coastal Land Use Plan for Public Review
On Saturday, November 11, 2017, the City of Santa Barbara will host a Community Open House from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Chase Palm Park Center on the ocean side of Cabrillo Boulevard (236 East Cabrillo Boulevard). The purpose of the Open House is to begin public review of the Draft Coastal Land Use Plan (LUP) that has been prepared as part of the City's Local Coastal Program (LCP) Update. The Open House will include stations with information about topics covered in the Draft Coastal LUP, giving people an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about coastal planning and the review process. There will be no formal presentation, the public is encouraged to drop in when it's most convenient.
"Over the past four years, City staff consulted extensively with the staff of the California Coastal Commission to develop a Draft Coastal Land Use Plan that aligns with the Coastal Act as well as the local priorities of the City," said Renee Brooke, City Planner for the City of Santa Barbara. "I hope people will take time to review the draft and share their thoughts with us as this affects the future of our coast."
Commencing with the Open House, there will be a 60-day public review period during which the public can submit comments on the Draft Coastal LUP and there will be a series of commission and staff led informational meetings on different topics. The meetings are scheduled for November and December 2017, culminating with Planning Commission review and recommendations to City Council in spring 2018. The City Council is then expected to review the Draft Coastal LUP in late spring 2018. Following City Council adoption, the Coastal LUP will be submitted to the California Coastal Commission (CCC) for certification.
"This update demonstrates our continued commitment to provide access for all to the beach, as well as protection of our natural resources, built environment, and our vibrant public waterfront – all of which make our community so special," added George Buell, Community Development Director of the City of Santa Barbara.
The complete document will be available online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/LCP by November 11. Hard copies will also be available for viewing at the Santa Barbara Central Library (40 East Anapamu Street) and the City's Planning Division offices (630 Garden Street).
About The LCP Update
The City's Coastal Land Use Plan (LUP) is being updated to modernize the existing 1981 Coastal LUP, building upon the 2011 General Plan to implement standards that clarify the coastal development review process. For the most part, the new Draft Coastal LUP carries forward policies that already exist in other City planning documents and regulations. New policies document the criteria and interpretations already being used today for the review and approval of Coastal Development Permits, clarify development standards for complicated topics such as development near coastal bluffs and creeks, and address new and emerging issues for the City, such as sea level rise. The Draft Coastal LUP is part of a larger work effort to update the City's Local Coastal Program that is being partially funded by the CCC. In the coming years, this will include development of a Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan and Lower-Cost Visitor-Serving Accommodations Study. For additional information, please visitwww.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/LCP, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (805) 564-5470.


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The factors that contribute to the attitude of the best salespeople are focus, goal orientation, and resolve. When you visit a client, what do you take on board? Your specialised knowledge; that goes without saying, since that is the foundation on which to build your case. Next, your sales documents and the information you've gathered about your client, from A for area to Z for Zinfandel, her favourite wine. A suit that represents you as a sales professional, to be taken seriously. What else? A positive outlook, naturally, and the justified hope of a sealed deal.
Wait a second. What was that? The hope of a deal? No, you don't hope. You are determined. Mark my words: Hope is disappointment deferred.
The kind of optimism that you take with you to the client is a joyful resolve. A focus on selling, on results, and on closing the deal. If you are convinced that it is a good thing for the client to purchase from you, then you will do everything in your power to joyfully close that deal. Joy is precisely what you need to exude.
When I see the typical sales team before my training session, what I see is a drove of walking corpses. A funereal mood. Blank stares. Diffident body language. Hushed voices. Seldom do I see fun.
Unbelievable as it may sound, a customer once said that I was the "St. Paul of salespeople", meaning that my joy springs from my earnestness. From me you will never hear those dour and whiny mutterings that we hear from too many people these days. Nor will you hear the feeble stammering heard too often in sales presentations. I'm dead serious about salesmanship. Selling is not a playground to me; it is the solid foundation of my existence. Selling is my life, and I have dedicated my life to it. That is why I am as hard as granite when it comes to selling. Everyone takes me seriously. From this earnestness I derive endless joy. This joy simply means that I have a lot of fun doing it. Selling is not cool, calculated, and mechanical but highly charged and passionate. I ask you to compare this with your own attitude. Go ahead and be honest with yourself.
Born to Sell?
I can assure you that I was not born a sales professional. A born salesperson? There's no such thing! Just as there are no born street sweepers, tax collectors, or professional athletes. All nonsense. Just like everyone else, I sought out this meaning and purpose and made it my own. Anybody who wants a passionate attitude toward their vocation must simply decide to adopt one.
Unfortunately, most sales presentations perpetuate the notion of selling as personal injury. Dull technical mumbo-jumbo, reeling off memorised catch phrases, a craven kowtowing to the client as king – none of that has any place in salesmanship, and it is neither successful nor sincere.
You have to sell with enthusiasm; the client has to have fun with you. And you have to have plenty of fun yourself! Once the client has had a good laugh, he's more likely to buy.
Selling is an emotionally charged activity. After the sale is made, reason always finds a suitable justification for the decision our emotions have led us to. Emotion usually trumps reason. You can forget all of your meticulous arguments if you are not having fun in the process.
Once you have decided to have fun selling, then you'll win either way, regardless of the outcome. In fact, you'll be able to step into the ring as the winner. And therein lies a real mystery: Clients Only Buy from Winners—a powerful title of a book by H.C. Altmann. I fully subscribe to that.
What that means in practice is something you can learn too. Here's an example: When I travel by plane, I always take an aisle seat. That gives me a chance to have a little fun. On the typical half-empty flight during the week, there is usually someone in the window seat. Having the aisle seat means that they can't get away from me. For the whole flight. Beautiful. I've made five big business contacts on an airplane. That's a winner's attitude. How about you?
By Martin Limbeck, international sales authority and sought-after keynote speaker, dubbed "The Porsche of Sales." He helps sales professionals seal more deals. Martin has trained and inspired audiences in sixteen countries for more than twenty years. The Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) has been honoured as Top Speaker of the Year 2014, International Speaker of the Year 2012, and Trainer of the Year 2011 and 2008. He teaches at Reutlingen European School of Business, Steinbeis University Berlin, and St. Gallen University, and is the author of several bestsellers. His latest work is NO Is Short for Next Opportunity — How Top Sales Professionals Think.


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Jason Louis Wilmert is being held in the Kern County Jail on charges alleging animal cruelty and using a pet or domesticated animal for food. Both charges are misdemeanours.
Neighbours called sheriff deputies when they heard cats wailing and screeching at the 36 year-old's house.
When the deputies arrived at the house to investigate the strange sounds, they were alarmed by what they found.
Ray Pruitt, a spokesman for the Sheriff, said he had "never seen anything like this."
Reports in the US suggested a number of stray cats had been skinned and then grilled, with one neighbour reported as saying: "The lady right here saw him holding a tail, skinning it. It is still alive ... I heard a cat cry really, really loud. And I came outside, because I'm an animal lover."
Investigators found evidence that led them to believe "he had the intent to use a cat for food," but the spokesman couldn't comment directly on the evidence.
It is unclear how many cats were involved in the alleged incident and whether any were saved.
The case has been sent to the district attorney.
Wilmert is scheduled for arraignment on Friday.


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These five key messages embody the story of Sacred Heart. They distinguish us from our competitors and represent the greatest strengths of the university.
The key to communicating the SHU brand is knowing and understanding these traits and how to express them in your messaging and writing in a consistent, confident voice. Rather than simply repeating these messages verbatim, look for creative ways to demonstrate and prove them.
An important aspect of the SHU brand voice is its relationship to the student. The reason for the changes and growth at the university are all driven by the aspirations and successful outcomes of the students at SHU.
People will connect with the SHU brand more deeply if the brand is approachable on an individual, personal level. Prospective audiences look at the people of SHU - their beliefs, their convictions, their ideas, their values, their accomplishments, their results - and the SHU experience in deciding to align themselves with the University brand.
The Promises of the SHU Brand
- Dedicated to the Transformation and Growth of our students, the institution and the SHU family.
- The Strength of the Individual Emboldened by the power of the SHU community.
- Pioneering in practice, spirit and thought to create new futures.
- Committed to Passionate Service to each other, our communities and the world.
- Creating, building and leading communities of academic excellence and intellectual exchange.
The primary messages for the SHU brand to communicate to stakeholders are as follows:
|The people of SHU are-
|And the SHU Experience is All About-
|committed to providing transformative opportunities
growth. A rich history and deep commitment to growth. That commitment is reflected in the physical growth of the campus, the growth of the academic programs and the growth of its students.
opportunity. Giving students, faculty and communities a chance to make their lives richer and more successful, from athletics to academics to careers.
realizing your full potential. The discovery, nourishment and celebration of the strength of the individual.
breaking new ground. An inspired, modern, Catholic education, focused on providing real experiences and opportunities for passionate learning.
leading thinkers to new ideas. Being part of a community that is engaging in and leading new thinking and innovation in the context of community, faith and education.
|making a difference
engaging in the world with purpose. Finding powerful, effective ways to improve the lives of others.
|a supportive community
helping students flourish. Being part of a vibrant learning community of faculty and students who both mentor you and challenge you to grow.
|concerned with the whole person
growing in body, mind, heart and spirit. Exploring what it means to be human, how to live a life of meaning and purpose, and how to work for a more just society.
|genuine and real
being yourself. No need to pretend to be something you're not; the freedom to explore and express yourself honestly in a supportive community.
preparing for success in the real world. Giving you the skills and real-world work experience to excel in your career.


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January mornings have been mostly gray, with little bits of sunshine. The big oak looks like an etching or a pen & ink drawing in the sky. The buds on the branches of the big oak are waiting. Spring will come. All in good time, I tell myself. Besides, I've yet to place my seed order ...there is a forecast for an icy mix. And I've been spinning flax to linen.
When the sun shines in through my kitchen window, I reach for my sitting distaff. I spin on the spindle. I wrote an article for the Spinning Wheel Sleuth about my Guzaly..and it was published in the recent issue.
The spindle (that came with the distaff) has two whorls. I keep both of the whorls on when I begin spinning. The extra weight is helpful. As I fill the spindle, and the weight is no longer needed, I take one of the whorls off. Look at these beautiful lines, left by the maker.
I have been reading about different folklore customs..... tales that have to do with spindles and spinning. Some of the lore is interesting. ...and sets me thinking about the origins...the where and how and why these customs, traditions and stories started out...
...for instance..one of the customs involves putting a spindle in the cradle of an unborn child for which a girl is desired. If a boy is wished for, onions would take the place of a spindle. hum. why onions?
I wonder.
I also read about a ceremony that would take place for a new home. The new owners would throw a ball of yarn through the doorway and into the house. Then, the oldest member of the household would cross the threshold, holding onto the "guiding thread". This would insure good fortune and happiness in the new dwelling.
Some of the customs involve tying herbs and bells upon your distaff. So ...of course...I saw fit to play along.


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Marnans overviewWhatever your interests are, Marnans has something for you. Though there might not be many well-known attractions to visit in Marnans, you don't need to go far to find places to visit like Parc Naturel de Chambaran and Musee de Bressieux. You can take some time to discover the surrounding area and sights like Chateau de Bressieux and Hector Berlioz Museum.
Where to stay in MarnansA welcoming city for everyone, Marnans has a variety of hotels to choose from. You can shop as many as 59 deals for Marnans accommodations on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 32%. We have room prices as low as 25 USD per night and here you'll find a breakdown of hotels by star rating in Marnans as well as in the surrounding area:
- • 14 4-star hotels from 67 USD per night
- • 46 3-star hotels from 48 USD per night
- • 27 2-star hotels from 41 USD per night
How to get to MarnansFly into Grenoble (GNB-Grenoble - Isere), 6.3 mi (10.2 km) from the heart of Marnans. Lyon (LYS-Saint-Exupery) is the next closest major airport, 30.9 mi (49.7 km) away.
What to see around MarnansHere are some recommended places to see in the surrounding area:
- • Parc Naturel de Chambaran (1.6 mi/2.6 km from the city center)
- • Musee de Bressieux (2.7 mi/4.3 km from the city center)
- • Chateau de Bressieux (2.7 mi/4.3 km from the city center)
- • Hector Berlioz Museum (7.2 mi/11.6 km from the city center)
- • Musee des Liqueurs Cherry Rocher (7.2 mi/11.6 km from the city center)
When to visit MarnansWondering what time of year to travel or what you should pack? Here are some seasonal norms to help you with your planning:
Seasonal temperature averages
- • January-March: 56°F day, 29°F night
- • April-June: 76°F day, 38°F night
- • July-September: 82°F day, 50°F night
- • October-December: 67°F day, 32°F night
- • January-March: 9.09 inches
- • April-June: 9.72 inches
- • July-September: 9.80 inches
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Happy Birthday Nazli
Happy Birthday to Nazli!
According to Gozde Teyze, Nazli says, "Do you know what, it is my second special day ever in my life, but I can't remember the first so I promise that I'll try to keep in mind this year :S "
By the way, this post is a suprise to mom from one of her best friends Gozde Teyze
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