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Off soon again to Japan.
A winter trip this time (not skiing) and a chance to see old things a new way.
It is a bit odd packing forJapan's winter in 30 degree heat here, but a cold snap a week or two ago helped remind us to take it seriously.
My one consideration is bags (what another one? No). My concern is really a lot of small things, but they are real enough to warrant a search.
1) Insulation. The bags that I usually buy are for comfortable "temperate" environments with little thought put into any other considerations other than rain. This makes for a cupboard full of thin walled canvas bags.
2) Secure access, closure with possibly gloves (no fiddly clasps) and weather proofing that is not dependant on a scrupulously closed bag. Thin flaps, buckles, poor rain proof flap designs are all things that will realistically be a problem if I am cold, wet and in a hurry.
3) Vanity knocking,. My winter clothing is generally well considered, modern and synthetic. My camera bags tend to be transitional season, jeans and a T shirt style, meaning I will have a trendy, rustic and faux worn or actually worn looking bag that looks out of place (because it is) over black nylon etc. As I said, pure vanity, but I am also keen as ever to blend in.
The answer (review coming) came in a chance encounter with a recently discontinued Crumpler bag, the "Leaked Memorandum". I will go into more detail later about my search for the perfect Crumpler, but for now a quick and dirty image of the new bag.
It is basically a "Flock of Horrors" style, fold over sleeve, lap top satchel (a favourite that I could never pull the trigger on for various reasons), without the annoying clasp strap and with two useful front pockets. Note the way the top flap folds forward (or backwards) for easy access, instant security and weather protection. And it was only $85 direct from Crumpler on clearance!
More to come.


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Lincoln County Warming Centers
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Kelly 106: Wilbur's Fake Book Demon Greeks, MGM Pig Farm Equity, Paddock's Serco Digital Fires
General John F. Kelly
White House Chief of Staff
Washington, D.C. 20528
Open letter from the Cloud Centric Crime Scene Investigators of Abel Danger
October 7, 2017
Dear General Kelly:
Please accept Brief 106 from Field McConnell – the United States Marine whistle-blower and Global Operations Director of Abel Danger (AD) – on Wilbur Ross's Greek Life associates in Kappa Beta Phi who have allegedly been embedding Serco's Demon face recognition software in the federal bridge certification authority to create fake Facebook identities and attribute long-range assassination or mass-casualty events to patsies.
McConnell alleges that Ross, Serco's former investment banker at N M Rothschild and Sons Ltd., placed the late Gen. Alexander Haig as a director of MGM Mirage and a Special Investor in the CAI Private Equity Group to develop pedophile or cannibal oath-taking ceremonies at a B.C. pig farm (1996-2002) and use face-book images of child pornography or sadomasochistic sex to blackmail actors in Serco's Greek Life extortion racket.
McConnell alleges that Ross authorized Serco's Marine Corps Digital Fires Instructors to seed the MGM Mandalay Bay Hotel crime scenes with bump stock semi-automatic guns and ammo and instructed Facebook COO Sheryl Sanberg (Phi Beta Kappa) to inject fake identities into Facebook and the federal bridge to trick f##k the public into believing the late 64-year old CSUN alumnus Stephen Paddock was responsible for the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history.
McConnell alleges that Ross used CAI Special Investors led by the late Gen. Alexander Haig to inject images of Osama Bin Laden into the Global Guardian war game of September 10-12 2001 and trick f##k the public into believing a sick man on a dialysis machine in Dubai, UAE, was responsible for what Dr. Thomas Barnett described as "the first live broadcast mass snuff film in human history" on 9/11
McConnell alleges that Ross's Greek Life and private-equity friends believe you represent a threat to Serco's long-range blackmail and extortion rackets and their deep state's control of various industries including "Banking & Financial Services, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality, Healthcare, Logistics, Utility, Retail & Manufacturing, Telecom, IT & Online services, Media, Education and Entertainment."
Call Field McConnell to learn how to dismantle Ross's Deep State and Serco's Bridge of Demons
Stephen Paddock Modified His Semi-Automatic Into A Machine Gun
Las Vegas Gunman Grew Up In LA, Attended Cal State Northridge
All Pledging Activities Terminated At CSUN After Possible Hazing Incident
Las Vegas Gunman Stephen Paddock Had At Least 10 Weapons Inside Hotel Room | CNBC
SERCO GROUP PLC: List of Subsidiaries AND Shareholders! [Note agents for Northern Trust and the Teachers (TIAA) Pension Fund would have met with agents of the government of Saudi Arabia on the 47th floor of WTC 1 on 9/11]
General Kelly wake up! Abel Danger wants to know who has custody of the presidential Red Switch terminal.
Yours sincerely,
Field McConnell
P O Box 39
Plum City WI 54761″
"Digital Fires Instructor Serco – [Marine Corps Base] Camp Pendleton, CA Uses information derived from all military disciplines (e.g., aviation, ground combat, command and control, combat service support, intelligence, and opposing forces) to determine changes in enemy capabilities, vulnerabilities, and probable courses of action."
"Jim Murren attended Roger Ludlowe High School in Fairfield, Conn., where he played football and baseball and was a member of the National Honor Society. Murren received his undergraduate degree at Trinity College, where he studied art history and urban studies and attended Cesare Barbieri Center in Rome, Italy. He joined the Wall Street firm of Cyrus J. Lawrence as a securities analyst, and earned the Chartered Financial Analyst certification in 1991. He was elected a member of the firm's Board of Directors, becoming the youngest member ever of the company's board. During his career on Wall Street he brought about a pivotal recapitalization of MGM Grand, Inc. in 1996, and served as a Managing Director and the Director of U.S. equity research for Deutsche Bank."
"Among the company's [MGM's] management ranks, more than 38 percent are minorities and nearly 43 percent are women.[21] The company continues to receive wide recognition for its diversity and inclusion initiatives, such as: 40 Best Companies for Diversity (Black Enterprise Magazine),[22] Top 10 Companies for Latinos (DiversityInc Magazine),[23] Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality (Human Rights Campaign Foundation),[24] Top 10 Regional Companies (DiversityInc)[25] Top 100 Companies for MBA Students (Universum Global) and Top Corporation for Women's Business Enterprises (Women's Business Enterprise National Council).[26] FORTUNE magazine has named MGM Resorts one of the World's Most Admired Companies.[27]"
"MGM Mirage announced today that Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr. has resigned from the company's board of directors. Gen. Haig has served as a director and consultant for the company since May 1990.
"We are tremendously honored that Gen. Haig has played a key role in the direction of our company for the past 19 years," said MGM Mirage chairman and chief executive officer James J. Murren. "His knowledge and expertise have been instrumental in the success and development of MGM Mirage, and we are deeply indebted to him for his contributions to our company."
Gen. Haig is chairman of Worldwide Associates, Inc., an international business advisory firm, and formerly served as the host of "World Business Review." a TV show that aired worldwide on CNBC TV.
Gen. Haig formerly held positions as vice chief of staff of the US Army (1973), White House chief of staff under Presidents Nixon and Ford (1973-74), Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces (1974-79), and the 59th Secretary of State under President Reagan (1981-82). He was a candidate for the Republican nomination of President of the US during 1986-1988.
Gen. Haig is also a former director of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., America Online, Inc. and Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc".
"It also seemed to increase his [Haig's] taste for the administrative and political aspects of military life. In 1959 he enrolled on a military staff course and then went on to a further course at Georgetown University in Washington, where American diplomats trained. The thesis for his Georgetown master's degree showed how his ambitions were developing. It spoke of the need for a new breed of military professional occupying a prominent seat among presidential advisers. It also gave an early glimpse of his tormented prose, with incomprehensible references to "interpretive vagaries" and "a permeating nexus"."
"[Sheryl] Sandberg was born in 1969 in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish family,[9] the daughter of Adele (née Einhorn) and Joel Sandberg, and the oldest of three children.[4][10] Her father is an ophthalmologist and her mother was a college teacher of French language.[9]
Her family moved to North Miami Beach, Florida, when she was 2 years old.[9] She attended North Miami Beach High School, where she was "always at the top of her class", and graduated ninth in her class with a 4.646 grade point average.[9][11] She was sophomore class president, became a member of the National Honor Society, and was on the senior class executive board.[11] Sandberg taught aerobics in the 1980s while in high school.[12]
In 1987, Sandberg enrolled at Harvard College. She graduated in 1991 summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa[13] with a bachelor's degree in economics and was awarded the John H. Williams Prize for the top graduating student in economics.[14] While at Harvard, she co-founded an organization called Women in Economics and Government.[11] She met then-professor Larry Summers, who became her mentor and thesis adviser.[15]Summers recruited her to be his research assistant at the World Bank,[9] where she worked for approximately one year on health projects in India dealing with leprosy, AIDS, and blindness.[16]
In 1993, she enrolled at Harvard Business School and in 1995 she earned her MBA with highest distinction.[14] In her first year of business school, she earned a fellowship.[17]
Early career[edit]
After graduating from business school in the spring of 1995, Sandberg worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company for approximately one year (1995-1996). From 1996 to 2001 she again worked for Larry Summers, who was then serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. Sandberg assisted in the Treasury's work on forgiving debt in the developing world during the Asian financial crisis.[16]
When the Republicans gained the US Presidency in November 2000, Sandberg left her job. She then moved to Silicon Valley in 2001 and joined Google Inc., serving as its Vice President of Global Online Sales and Operations from November 2001 to March 2008.[18] She was responsible for online sales of Google's advertising and publishing products as well as for sales operations of Google's consumer products and Google Book Search.[19]
In late 2007, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, met Sandberg at a Christmas party held by Dan Rosensweig.[9] Zuckerberg had no formal search for a COO, but thought of Sandberg as "a perfect fit" for this role.[9] In March 2008, Facebook announced hiring Sandberg away from Google for the role of COO.[20]
After joining the company, Sandberg quickly began trying to figure out how to make Facebook profitable. Before she joined, the company was "primarily interested in building a really cool site; profits, they assumed, would follow."[9] By late spring, Facebook's leadership had agreed to rely on advertising, "with the ads discreetly presented"; by 2010, Facebook became profitable.[9] According to Facebook, she oversees the firm's business operations including sales, marketing, business development, human resources, public policy, and communications.[21]
In 2012 she became the eighth member (and the first woman) of Facebook's board of directors.[22]
In April 2014, it was reported that Sandberg had sold over half of her shares in Facebook since the company went public. At the time of Facebook's IPO she held approximately 41 million shares in the company; after several rounds of sales she is left with around 17.2 million shares, a 0.5% stake in the company, worth about $1 billion.[23]
In 2009 Sandberg was named to the board of The Walt Disney Company.[24] She also serves on the boards of Women for Women International, the Center for Global Development and V-Day.[21] She was previously a board member of Starbucks with a $280,000 annual salary,[25] Brookings Institution and Ad Council.
Other work and ventures[edit]
In 2008 Sandberg wrote an article for The Huffington Post in support of her mentor, Larry Summers, who was under fire for his comments about women.[26] She was a keynote speaker at the Jewish Community Federation's Business Leadership Council in 2010.[27] In December 2010, she gave a TED speech titled "Why we have too few women leaders."[28] In May 2011 she gave the Commencement Address at the Barnard College graduation ceremony.[29] She spoke as the keynote speaker at the Class Day ceremony at the Harvard Business School in May 2012.[30] In April 2013, she was the keynote speaker for Colgate University's second annual Entrepreneur Weekend.[31] In 2015 she signed an open letter which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.[32]"
"Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was a Cal State Northridge graduate, university confirms
By WES WOODS | Southern California News Group
PUBLISHED: October 4, 2017 at 7:00 am | UPDATED: October 4, 2017 at 7:57 am
Cal State Northridge students were mostly stunned Tuesday upon learning the man accused of fatally shooting 58 people and wounding hundreds more in Las Vegas Sunday night was a graduate of their university.
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"That's crazy man," said Sergio Martinez, 22, of Montebello, a senior who is majoring in business at the university. "I have no words to be honest … I feel shocked."
Late Monday, CSUN officials learned Stephen Paddock attended the university and completed a degree in business administration in 1977, campus spokeswoman Carmen Ramos Chandler said in a statement.
"Immediately, CSUN's Chief of Police was contacted, and university officials shared this information with investigators in Las Vegas," Chandler said.
Authorities said 58 people were killed and nearly 530 injured in Paddock's attack on the Route 91 Harvest Festival, where country music star Jason Aldean was performing for more than 22,000 fans.
It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The 64-year-old gunman killed himself in his hotel room on the 32nd floor before a SWAT team blew off the door of his room.
He had 23 guns with him at the hotel — along with devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic — and 19 more guns at one of his homes, authorities said."
"Third Cal State Northridge fraternity suspended over hazing allegations
Family and friends of Armando Villa, who died in a hazing incident, rally in July 2014 to call for an end to fraternity hazing at Cal State Northridge.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Veronica Rocha
Tau Kappa Epsilon suspended from performing fraternity activities at CSUN
A third fraternity at Cal State Northridge has been suspended after an investigation of hazing and sexual misconduct allegations, officials said.
Tau Kappa Epsilon was stripped of all its Greek duties and will no longer be recognized as a fraternity, CSUN spokesman Jeff Noblitt said. The suspension took effect Jan. 21 and ends July 20, 2018, at which time the fraternity's future will come under review.
"CSUN has a zero-tolerance policy for hazing," Noblitt said.
The suspension comes after school officials investigated a hazing incident that occurred during a fall 2013 retreat. School officials believe sexual misconduct also occurred during that time, but that it was reported later.
Noblitt said a pledge was asked to take a photograph of a female student with the fraternity's letter written across her chest, but he declined and reported it.
The latest suspension comes after CSUN banned all pledging activity on campus while school officials come up with a thorough plan for the Greek system.
The university's move to suspend pledging was done in part to "change the culture" within the Greek system, Noblitt said.
The news follows the death of CSUN student Armando Villa, 19.
Villa became dehydrated July 1 during a mandatory hike while pledging for Pi Kappa Phi, which has since been shut down. School officials said the hike was part of a hazing incident and that Villa had hoped to join the fraternity.
University officials also suspended the Zeta Omicron chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha in October over allegations of hazing.
The fraternity is banned from operating on campus for six years.
For breaking news in California, follow @VeronicaRochaLA"
"Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) Contract Type Fixed Price Period of Performance 10/1/2008 to 9/30/2013
Project Overview: Since 2008, Serco has assisted DAC with the analysis, design, development, implementation, management/ administration, and evaluation of integrated, enterprise-wide and component-specific training, learning, knowledge management, and strategic human resource management interventions that are critical to achieving their mission. Serco holds an OPM TMA TO with DAC and also a contract through GSA Millenia Lite. When the GSA contract could not support all of DACs needs, Serco recommended the use of the OPM TMA vehicle. Through these contracts, Serco provides training program management support to deliver multi-faceted best practice solutions in training development and delivery, knowledge management, portal technologies, course conversions (ILT and CBT to WBT), mobile performance applications, and Learning Management Systems support. Serco applies the ADDIE model to all course development activities including ILT, WBT, and leading-edge technologies including mobile performance applications. Serco provided LMS support and also developed and continues to manage DAC's Ammunition Community of Excellence.""
"Serco Combined Resilience Exercising
Types of Exercise Workshop Exercises These are structured discussion events where participants can explore issues in a less pressurized environment.
They are an ideal way of developing solutions, procedures and plans rather than the focus being on decision making. Table Top Exercises These involve a realistic scenario and will follow a time line, either in real-time or with time jumps to concentrate on the more important areas. The participants would be expected to be familiar with the plans and procedures that are being used although the exercise tempo and complexity can be adjusted to suit the current state of training and readiness. Simulation and media play can be used to support the exercise. Table-top exercises help develop teamwork and allow participants to gain a better understanding of their roles and that of other agencies and organisations.
Command/Control Post Exercises These are designed primarily to exercise the senior leadership and support staff in collective planning and decision making within a strategic grouping. Ideally such exercises would be run from the real command and control locations and using their communications and information systems. This could include a mix of locations and varying levels of technical simulation support. The GoldStandard system is flexible to allow the tempo and intensity to be adjusted to ensure maximum training benefit, or to fully test and evaluate the most important aspects of a plan. Such exercises also test information flow, communications, equipment, procedures, decision making and coordination.
Simulation and Media Support The method of delivering an exercise is flexible and will be designed with the client to meet their requirements with options ranging from simple paper-based delivery through to full use of their real communications systems [Red Switch Network and Hawkeye onion router surveillance aircraft] and advance computer simulation [In Trump's death pool and war room suites]. In addition, media play can also be added in the form of news injects and the provision of experienced journalists and television crews to help test procedures and also assist in training key staff.
Gold Standard Emergency Planning College The Hawkhills, Easingwold, York North Yorkshire, YO61 3EG +44(0) 1347 821406 firstname.lastname@example.com www.epcollege.com"
"Robert William "Willy" Pickton (born October 24, 1949)[2] of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, is a Canadian serial killer convicted in 2007 of the second-degree murders of six women. He attended UBC and was a member of Phi Delta Theta.[3][4]He was also charged with the deaths of an additional 20 women,[5] many of them from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside; however, these charges were stayed by the Crown in 2010.[6] In December 2007, he was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years – the longest sentence then available for murder under Canadian law.[7]"
"Der komplette Artikel vom 21.8.99 (http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/news/990821/2754619.html) Shareholders in Starnet, an Internet gambling provider, react with a massive selloff. Police raided Internet gambling and pornography rovider Starnet Communications Inc. early Friday, alleging the publicly traded company was involved in illegal gambling, gaming, betting and distribution of prohibited pornography. .. But all that came crashing down Friday, when more than 100 police officers from the RCMP, Coordinated Law Enforcement Unit, Vancouver Police, and other agencies descended upon Starnet`s offices at 425 Carrall Street in Vancouver. The raid was a culmination of an 18-month investigation into Starnet's activities, including its Web-based gambling business and live Internet sex shows. Search warrant documents indicate the police believe Starnet was not only involved in illegal gambling and bet-taking, but also possession and distribution of obscene material and child pornography."
"In 1987, Sandberg enrolled at Harvard College. She graduated in 1991 summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa[13] with a bachelor's degree in economics and was awarded the John H. Williams Prize for the top graduating student in economics.[14] While at Harvard, she co-founded an organization called Women in Economics and Government.[11] She met then-professor Larry Summers, who became her mentor and thesis adviser.[15]Summers recruited her to be his research assistant at the World Bank,[9] where she worked for approximately one year on health projects in India dealing with leprosy, AIDS, and blindness.[16] In 1993, she enrolled at Harvard Business School and in 1995 she earned her MBA with highest distinction.[14] In her first year of business school, she earned a fellowship.[17]"
"[CAI Private Equity Special Investor] John H. McArthur Emeritus Professor John H. McArthur was Dean of the Faculty of Harvard Business School from 1980 through 1995. Since then he has been the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration Emeritus and Dean Emeritus. He was a member of the School's faculty from 1962, where he taught courses in corporate finance and related fields in several HBS programs while also engaging in research and course development in Europe and North America. In 1973, McArthur was appointed the Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management, and in 1980, the George F. Baker Professor of Business Administration. From 1995 to 2005 he served as Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank. He is currently Chair of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, McArthur earned the Bachelor of Commerce degree in Forestry from the University of British Columbia in 1957. At the Harvard Business School, he completed the MBA degree in 1959 and earned a doctorate there in business administration in 1963."
"Please find below the key company advisors to Serco:
Principal Bankers
Investment Bankers
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited
New Court
St Swithin's Lane
Tel: +44 20 7280 5000
Fax: +44 20 7929 1643
"Rothschild Investments [edit]
In the late 1970s, Ross began his 24 year career at the New York City office of N M Rothschild & Sons, where he ran the bankruptcy-restructuring advisory practice.[6][8]
Representation of investors in casinos owned by Donald Trump[edit]
In the 1980s, Donald Trump was in financial trouble because of his casinos in Atlantic City. His three casinos in Atlantic City were under foreclosure threat from lenders. Ross, who was then the Senior Managing Director of Rothschild Inc., represented investors in the casino. Along with Carl Icahn, Ross convinced bondholders to strike a deal with Trump that allowed Trump to keep control of the casinos.[8][9]
Establishment of WL Ross & Co.[edit]
In the late 1990s, Ross started a $200 million fund at Rothschild to invest in distressed assets. As the U.S. bubble began to burst, he decided he wanted to invest more and advise less. In 2000, the 62-year-old banker raised $450 million to buy out the fund from Rothschild and make further investments in distressed assets.[6] The new firm was named WL Ross & Co.[8][6] Staff included four top managers who, along with Ross, make up the firm's investment committee: David H. Storper, who runs trading; David L. Wax, a longtime workout specialist; Stephen J. Toy, an Asia expert; and Pamela K. Wilson, a J.P. Morgan & Co. veteran.[7] WL Ross & Co. was acquired by Amvescap (now Invesco) in 2006.[10] In August 2016, Ross agreed to reimburse investors $11.8 million and pay a fine of $2.3 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the overcharging of fees by WL Ross & Co. The company had self-reported the issue to the SEC and did not admit any liability.[11]"
"The National Crime Squad co-ordinated arrests of suspected paedophiles across 19 separate countries on 28 November using information supplied by Demon Internet.
The Internet service provider was approached by the National Crime Squad and agreed to allow officers to access its servers. This led to the recovery of data showing the activity of nearly 1,500 newsgroups during a two-week period.
From this data, officers established that almost 10,000 Internet Protocol (IP) addresses had accessed more than 30 of the Web sites carrying paedophilia. For operational reasons this number was whittled down to just over 400 addresses of those specifically distributing paedophiliac images.
The information was then distributed via Interpol to the countries identified with the suspects, and evidence packs on each of the targets were distributed to the relevant police forces
Detective Superintendent Peter Spindler, leading the investigation for the National Crime Squad, said: "With the assistance of Demon Internet and the support and guidance of the National High-Tech Crime Unit, we are able to show that those accessing these newsgroups did so regularly and with purpose.
"We also learnt, not surprisingly, that those abusing the Internet have learnt from recent police successes how best to protect their true identities," he added.
The National Crime Squad and Serco, its IT partner, have developed facial mapping software that they hope to use to identify the abused children featured on the paedophiliac sites."
"Serco Inc., a provider of professional, technology, and management services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a new contract to provide state-of-the-art Information Technology (IT) services in support of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Child Youth Services program. The contract has a five-year base period and five one-year option periods, and is valued at a total of $140 million, if all options are exercised.
The mission of the U.S. Army Child and Youth Services (CYS) is to deliver crucial technology, safety, and support services to the children and families of our fighting men and women, to ease the burden of ever-changing deployments. Serco will provide program management for engineering, designing, installing and maintaining technology and video surveillance services hardware; deliver Application Library Services, and ensure all accreditation standards for services and systems requirements are met. Serco will support 320 IMCOM facilities at 86 DoD locations across the U.S. and overseas.
"Serco has a 25 year history in providing military family support services and this contract places Serco at the forefront of improving the lives of Army families deployed to military installations around the globe," said Dave Dacquino, Chairman and CEO of Serco Inc. "We are proud to have the opportunity to support our leaders of tomorrow."
CHILD Youth Services. We know SERCO Cares(sarc)"
"A face book or facebook is a printed or web directory found at some American universities consisting of individuals' photographs and names. …. Colleges and universities in the United States have often published official or unofficial books listing their students, faculty, or staff, together with pictures and limited biographical data.[1] By the early 2000s, some face books were being published online offering a number of new features, including password protection, more detailed information, more advanced indexing and searching, and the ability for people to upload and enter information and photographs.[1][2]
In early 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, a sophomore at Harvard University, created an unofficial online face book at the website "thefacebook.com", the forerunner of the Facebook service, out of frustration that the university's official online face book project was taking too long.[2] The development of a campus-wide face book had previously been stalled by privacy concerns, many of which became prominent in November 2003 when Zuckerberg was accused of breaching security and violating copyrights and individual privacy. Zuckerberg had created a website, www.facemash.com, that used photos taken without authorization from Harvard House-based face books, using the photos in a system to rate the attractiveness of students.[3]
"VANCOUVER, B.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 29, 1995–MACDONALD, DETTWILER (TSE,VSE:MDA)
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Ltd. announced that its data communications unit, The PSC Group, has reached an agreement with Northern Telecom Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont. Under the pact, PSC is providing certain services for a new Nortel security product called Entrust.
The PSC-Northern Telecom relationship is part of a new trend, called functional outsourcing, that is helping PSC to achieve rapid growth. Outsourcing allows independent consulting firms like PSC to provide training and other support for the customers of large multinational computer and communications companies.
Over the past two years, PSC has developed its first outsourcing relationship, with computer network equipment manufacturer Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif. Under this relationship agreement, PSC has become a leading trainer for customers of Cisco around the world. Cisco itself is growing quickly. Its sales nearly doubled in 1994 to $1.2 billion (U.S.) and customer demand for training is very strong.
The pact with Northern Telecom is PSC's second outsourcing relationship. Under this pact, PSC ensures that Entrust software meets the highest quality standards. In addition, PSC provides post-sales service to Entrust customers worldwide, including product installation, training and ongoing support.
PSC is currently negotiating several other outsourcing pacts, under which it would provide training for other major computer equipment manufacturers. An announcement regarding one of those pacts is anticipated soon.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 1995, PSC received nearly $6 million of revenue from its Cisco outsourcing relationship. That represented about 5 percent of MacDonald Dettwiler's total revenue of $110 million. With continued growth from Cisco, and with Northern Telecom and other relationships under negotiation, PSC expects its outsourcing revenue to approximately double during the current fiscal year.
With a staff of about 120, PSC specializes in consulting and training related mainly to computer networking. PSC helps customers design and implement networks so that computers can communicate faster and at less cost.
PSC's training is conducted from offices in Toronto, Washington D.C., London and Sydney, Australia. In addition, PSC sends instructors and portable laboratories from city to city to provide courses at locations convenient to customers. PSC has the capacity to teach in English, French, Spanish, Russian and several other languages.
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates provides technology-based solutions and services which address basic societal needs in earth observation, air navigation, defence applications and data communications markets.
CONTACT: Alan Bayless
Corporate Communications
"SERCO: 'The biggest company you've never heard of'
21st Century Wire says…
As politicians asset-strip the public's portfolio of properties, infrastructure and services, one multinational corporation has grown as a result – and its scope and reach may shock many people who have not been paying attention.
All around the globe, our governments are busy outsourcing public-sector services like health, education, police, prisons, money delivery and military – to the esteemed private sector. It's sold to the public as a solution to avoiding higher taxes, while retaining better services. But it's simply an accountancy shell game, where the government kicks the can down the road by spreading the bill to the taxpayer over a longer period of time, in order to avoid any large upfront payments – all the while, allowing a private corporation to extend its influence over society. This, by definition, is fascism.
They are called SERCO, and they run countries…
The Biggest Company You've Never Heard Of
As well as thanking God for his success, CEO Chris Hyman is a Pentecostal Christian who has released a gospel album in America and fasts every Tuesday. Coincidentally he was in the World Trade Centre on 9/11 on the 47th floor addressing shareholders."
"CIA agent alleged to have met Bin Laden in July
French report claims terrorist leader stayed in Dubai hospital
Anthony Sampson
Thursday 1 November 2001 03.17 GMT
Two months before September 11 Osama bin Laden flew to Dubai for 10 days for treatment at the American hospital, where he was visited by the local CIA agent, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.
The disclosures are known to come from French intelligence which is keen to reveal the ambiguous role of the CIA, and to restrain Washington from extending the war to Iraq and elsewhere.
Bin Laden is reported to have arrived in Dubai on July 4 from Quetta in Pakistan with his own personal doctor, nurse and four bodyguards, to be treated in the urology department. While there he was visited by several members of his family and Saudi personalities, and the CIA.
The CIA chief was seen in the lift, on his way to see Bin Laden, and later, it is alleged, boasted to friends about his contact. He was recalled to Washington soon afterwards.
Intelligence sources say that another CIA agent was also present; and that Bin Laden was also visited by Prince Turki al Faisal, then head of Saudi intelligence, who had long had links with the Taliban, and Bin Laden. Soon afterwards Turki resigned, and more recently he has publicly attacked him in an open letter: "You are a rotten seed, like the son of Noah".
The American hospital in Dubai emphatically denied that Bin Laden was a patient there.
Washington last night also denied the story.
Private planes owned by rich princes in the Gulf fly frequently between Quetta and the Emirates, often on luxurious "hunting trips" in territories sympathetic to Bin Laden. Other sources confirm that these hunting trips have provided opportunities for Saudi contacts with the Taliban and terrorists, since they first began in 1994.
Bin Laden has often been reported to be in poor health. Some accounts claim that he is suffering from Hepatitis C, and can expect to live for only two more years.
According to Le Figaro, last year he ordered a mobile dialysis machine to be delivered to his base at Kandahar in Afghanistan.
Whether the allegations about the Dubai meeting are confirmed or not, the wider leaks from the French secret service throw a worrying light on the rivalries and lack of coordination between intelligence agencies, both within the US and between western allies.
A familiar complaint of French intelligence is that collaboration with the Americans has been essentially one-way, with them happy to receive information while giving little in return."
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While scouring around for one of favorite things – artesian soaps – we came across Saipua, a Brooklyn, NY-based maker and seller of specialty soaps and flowers.
About Saipua: "Saipua has been making olive oil based soap since 1999…and flowers since 2004. We are a small family owned business located in Brooklyn. Our soaps are carefully crafted in small batches using food-grade vegetable oils, butters, herbs and extracts. Each bar is hand cut, air dried and cured in our workshop."
A quick visit to the Saipua website will demonstrate to you how cool and imaginative their soaps are.
We are going to order the Basil soap, described as: "scented with straight Hungarian pressed basil and sweetened with a bit of lime oil. The scent is deeply herbal; a bit on the masculine side." Sounds good to us.
The good news is that Saipua sells their soaps online. The bad news is their flower service is for special occasions – but check out the flower galleries on the Saipua website, you will be impressed.
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Series: The Mentalist Series #0.5
Author: Kenechi Udogu
Pages: 84 pages
Version: Ebook (ARC)
Rating: ★★★★
This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Kenechi Udogu!
Broken Ties is a prequel in The Mentalist Series about Gemma's father and mother, Paul and Nora. It's the story of how they met and fell in love with each other.
Broken Ties was such a cute and lovable novella. I couldn't stop reading it because it was so well written and I just had to know how Paul and Nora fell for each other. I think that I definitely would've read Paul and Nora's love in a trilogy and then Gemma and Russ' love in another trilogy!
Broken Ties was yet another amazing book in The Mentalist Series and I'm kinda sad that the series is over now. It was such a good series! I want to thank Kenechi again for giving me review copies because I'm so glad that I finally read the entire series!


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Fuel Pressure gauges also enable you to keep an eye on the level of the emission. Hence, it allows you to save more fuel that you can reserve for future use. Your car becomes environment-friendly because these gauges help in reducing the toxic gases produced by the automobile because the fuel injected to the engine is controlled. The fuel pressure gauges help you in determining the pressure of the fuel exerted into the engine. If you are driving on a maximum speed, you can easily check the pressure of the fuel applied during the drive.
The fuel pressure gauges also help you to prevent the pressure valves to wear at once. Once the valves are damaged, they will exert much fuel to the engine that may greatly affect the running performance of the vehicle. Any type of car has a required level of fuel pressure that should be injected to the engine and these fuel pressure gauges will surely help you monitor the pressure that is suitable for your car. This is very important especially in maintaining the speed level of the vehicle. Careful monitoring of the fuel pressure will enable you to drive the car at its normal speed.


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Month: October 2018
TrustAdvisor – Legit or Scam?
Today we are going to look at a relatively new site that keeps on popping up all over the internet when you search for something in Google so let's see if they are the real deal or just another fake review site.
The first thing I notice about this site is that they have an SSL certificate installed which makes it save to submit any personal information, it's not like they are selling anything directly (they are an affiliate site), so maybe this is overkill or it's just to stay in the good graces of Google.
From an SEO standpoint, it appears they haven't acquired a lot of backlinks yet, with a trust flow of only 6 according to Majestic. However, their rankings tell a completely different story as they rank for quite a few competitive keywords.
So how is this possible? A website with only a dozen links outranking sites that have been around for years. The answer is rather simple, they probably have some redirects in place to pass on the juice from one site to another and it's quite easy to hide that from Majestic.
The topics they cover are quite broad, they are active in the home & living niche, but they also cover reviews of more industrial style products, add some sports & leisure to that and a category named internet, plain & simple.
Now let's take a look at the actual products they are reviewing, first on their list are home cinema projectors. A rather expensive product and based on the quality of their reviews I could say this is a legit website with some very creative link building techniques.
The next topics they cover are related to Youtube and Instagram, it appears they are reviewing sites that sell likes, followers, views, and/or subscribers. Once again their reviews are thorough so I have no doubt about the legitimacy of the site, whether it's moral to review such services I leave in the middle.
Coinsquare, Coinroom, Bitshares, Coinbase, what's all that? I think these are cryptocurrency exchanges, a hot topic since bitcoin exploded in price late 2017. Bitcoin was trading at $20,000 at the time and currently it's stuck in the $6,000-$7,000 range.
The sites they are reviewing all appear to be legit and I'm sure they offer an affiliate program of some kind. After all, websites do need to earn money and what is a better way then writing reliable reviews to do so?
All in all Trust Advisor backs up it's own name and the extensive research they've done on products makes it one reliable source of information.


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Yes it is true I still love shooting with my Fuji cameras. It doesn't matter such one I use for a shoot they all rock. I use my XT-1 for most of my action shoots, and my son uses my XE-2 as well for sports shooting. When I am covering a car show or other events I use my X100T, shooting both RAW and JPEG. I set my JPEG to black n white, the images are stunning that I get out of that camera.
Not only are the images wonderful, but I can also send a few to my phone and the up load them to my social media sites. This way I am bearing the IPhone users with images, and better looking ones as well. The more I use these cameras the more I love them. I feel creative when shooting a event, I am not tired at the end of a shoot either. I stay fresh through out the entire shoot, it's great.
Shooting for magazines, newspapers, and my blogs, these cameras produce great images for all kinds of media. 16×20 prints look as fabulous as they do on a 27 in IMac display. People are screaming about Mega pixels, I say yes I understand, but the way most images are being enjoyed it doesn't matter. 12-24 mp work great for most anything needed as far as printing and on the web.
High ISO is great as well in these cameras. When I'm shooting action I need to have a fast shutter speed to stop the action. With the ISO performance I can achieve high shutter speeds without worry. Then I can clean them up a bit in Lightroom to get the look I need for that image. Both images below where shot at 3200ISO. I didn't want to use a flash because I wanted to show some motion. So I cranked the ISO and panned them as they went by.
I just wanted to do a follow up on my switch to Fujifilm cameras from Canon. These cameras are great for almost anything you want to shoot. I say don't be afraid to go out and buy one, you will love it.
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Make Your Own Body Products
July 4, 2019
On "So You Want to Be a Homesteader" Day 22, let's look at another way to DIY and save money! Get super clean, chemical free, fragrant, lovely, moisturizing beauty and body products by making your own for your homestead. That was the first thing that actually got us hooked on this lifestyle. In my early … More Make Your Own Body Products


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Hethersgill Vintage Club 27th Annual Rally Craft fair and Auction Sale will be held at Carlisle Airport, Cumbria on 1st May 2011. This popular … [Read more...]
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The Old Contemptibles – Birmingham
As the sun slips away for the evening it is fitting that we come across The Old Contemptibles public house in Birmingham. Positioned at 176 … [Read more...]
Winter Gardens restoration reveals secrets
Plasterwork designed by Andrew Mazzei has been found during the restoration of the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. The plaster had been covered up … [Read more...]
Heritage Crafts Association conference 2011
The Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) spring conference will feature an impressive line-up of speakers at the Victoria and Albert Museum in … [Read more...]
Tardebigge lock gate restoration project
Work gets underway to help protect and restore part of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal system. British Waterways is carrying out what it … [Read more...]
Ghost sign: British Paints in Carlisle
About half way along an alleyway not really used in our modern times, is possibly one of the best preserved ghost adverts in Carlisle. Painted … [Read more...]
Gubbins & SOE
General Colin Gubbins was in charge of SOE during World War Two. This is the first biography of a man who was destined to live his life in the … [Read more...]
The Crooked Stick – A History of the Longbow
Although the longbow is best known for its deployment during the Hundred Years' War, its origins lie with ancient Saxon seafighters and Welsh … [Read more...]


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Alex McGough leads FIU offense to spring game win
Given that last year's FIU spring game was canceled because of lightning just before kickoff, the 2017 version was a roaring success by comparison.
Playing at the newly renamed Riccardo Silva Stadium, FIU's offense defeated its defense 17-14 on Friday night.
This was the first time fans could watch Butch Davis coach FIU, and it was also the public debut of the new video board and turf field at Silva Stadium.
Highlights included Alex McGough's 81-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Owens and Anthony Jones' 15-yard scoring run around left end.
With starting running back Alex Gardner held out of the game as a precaution, Jones was the leading rusher with five carries and 30 yards.
"That kid [Jones] has got some burst, he's got some power," Davis said. "He showed some ability to get in the hole, jump cut and get to the sidelines."
The leading pass-catcher was Austin Maloney, who had five grabs for 56 yards. He stepped up when fellow receiver Julian Williams suffered a quad bruise.
"Maloney made some great catches on the sidelines," Davis said. "He was off the radar when I first got here. But every practice, he's gotten better."
McGough completed 14 of 21 passes for 202 yards, with no interceptions.
The only turnover in the game came on the final play when defensive back Chris White grabbed an interception thrown by walk-on Dominic Caldwell.
Defensive end Fermin Silva was the overall defensive star with a pair of sacks, although the quarterbacks were not allowed to be tackled.
"It hurts," Silva said when asked about being held back from actually hitting passers. "In September, first game, I will get a chance to bring a quarterback down."
This was the ceremonial end to spring drills, but the official last practice will be on Tuesday.
Either way, enough has happened to draw some conclusions — or guesses — as to who will be on the first team when Davis releases his first official FIU depth chart this fall.
FIU figures to be in three-receiver sets often with Owens, Williams and Tony Gaiter IV bidding to start. Maloney, Darrius Scott and Stantley Thomas are challenging.
The offensive line, from left to right is Kai Absheer, Dallas Connell, Neil Mars, Chris Miller and Daquane Wilkie.
FIU could have a falloff at tight end, where Jonnu Smith and A.J. Branisel are gone. Smith is an NFL prospect while Branisel left the team with one year of eligibility remaining.
Graduate student A.J. Sattinger, a transfer from Coastal Carolina, has been running with the first team.
On the defensive line, Silva and Newton Salisbury are at end and Jermaine Sheriff and Milord Juste are running with the first team at tackle.
Linebackers Treyvon Williams and Anthony Wint are the most obvious of starters on defense, and Sage Lewis could be the player to join them at the position.
Emmanuel Lubin and Isaiah Brown are holding down jobs at the corners. Niko Gonzalez and Xavier Hines, held out this spring due to injuries, are expected to enter fall as starters.


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Dan McCarthy just released his final print for the year. Concluding the 2012/2013 Print Club print series, this one is in remembrance of a dear friend he lost recently with a title that also pays homage to the famed Billie Holiday song. "I'll never be the same" is a seven color print that measures in at 18″ by 24″. In my opinion this is the best print to date and rightfully saved for last. As always, the monthly prints are $40 a pop. As a side note, last month I mentioned Mr. McCarthy's print subscription opens this month for the 2013/2014 season. Well it will actually be Monday December 2nd at 2 pm EST. [Link]
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I'm looking to find a plugin to upload my church's accumulated sermon mp3 files. I'd like one that posts the files to a page within my site for folks who have us bookmarked on the web AND can also kick out a feed url to give to iTunes.
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Online gambling, with each passing day, gets on more and more popular, that is why millions of players are engrossed to playing online casino games. As a result, they have become a favorite pastime
Bonus hunting has become a major problem for online casinos. Some countries have been banned from getting special advertising promos accessible to new customers since online casinos could not


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I realise I haven't done one of these for a while so I'm going to give you this fake album based on a real fictional band if that's clear enough.
Circle (as they're known amongst fans) are an intense metal act that often bleed on stage. I hope people understand the type of band they are, if not then you'll just have to sit this one out. There are plans somewhere down the line to record these songs, I'm just not sure when.
– Gimme Your Teeth
– My Heart Just Tastes of Blood
– Spit-Roasted by the Pain of Life
– All I do is Burn
– Agony of Life (pt.IV revisited)
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We at St. Stephen's have been blessed by our founders with a wonderful piece of property and a beautiful building. Recently, some serious events involving our light fixtures, electrical panel and generator have made it obvious that our wonderful building and property need some attention. Some work is necessary because the building is 50 years old, and some because some maintenance has been deferred. The Bishop's Committee has compiled a long list of projects, and with a lot of work on Claire Wachter's part, has approximate costs for completion of each.
In consultation with Bishop Sean, we have decided to move forward with projects that will total approximately $100,000. This is by no means the entire list of what needs to be done, but will address the most urgent. The Bishop's Committee has appointed a Property Committee to manage these projects. At least two, and preferably three bids will be obtained for each project. Authority to choose a bid and let a contract will remain with the Bishop's Committee. The money to fund the projects will come from our Property Fund and from the gift left to St. Stephen's by Jean Mertens. Additionally, we have applied for a Diocesan grant and will also welcome contributions from parishioners specified for these projects.
The list of approved projects includes:
- Replacement of two electric panels
- Replacement of Exit signs with battery operated units
- Replacement of the flat roof with a new roof with improved drainage
- Replacement of current fluorescent light fixtures with LED lighting (requires fewer fixtures and less energy to power)
- Replacement of ceiling tiles (many are stained and / or broken)
- Improve internet reception and wifi to all areas of the building
- Upgrade the kitchen with a three basin sink and backsplash to allow for application for a yearly food license from the Health Department
- Paint and replace deteriorating facia on building exterior
- Tree trimming and removal of evergreens along the north boundary of the property to improve the tree health and prevent loss of trees
A more detailed list with approximate costs will be posted on the bulletin board in the hallway outside of the sanctuary. As bids are accepted and work is scheduled, we will be communicating to all of you when the work is to be done, who will be doing the work, and the dollar amount of the contract.
Please feel free to speak with any member of the Bishop's Committee, or Claire Wachter with any questions or concerns you have. We are all excited to see these improvements and updates completed!
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Is It Better To Love Or Be Loved?
"Oh, that is so common", you may think.
I agree that the statement above is really used. We are often asked this question "Is it better to love or be loved?" and most of the time, we answer "It is better to love, same as it is better to give than to receive".
I know some of you may answer "Nah, it is better to be loved". If you did choose the latter answer, then I bet some of our readers may disagree with you. They may think you are selfish ;D Don't worry, if that is your opinion, then so be it... but I am hoping you can share details why you think that way. Thanks ;D
In my opinion, it is better to love... simply because if you don't love at all, then no one will love you back. Remember our topic about "Give a little love and it all comes back?" As I said on that post, we should spread love without expecting someone will love us back. Loving is Giving... and if it is returned back, then that is appreciated. If the one we love doesn't love us back, then that is fine. Just love him, and just think it this way, "Someone may be loving us too".
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Meet the Graffiti Grip: an app controlled tumbler handle that lets you send and receive messages from others. This interactive tumbler handle is wireless and rechargeable. Its app is available for iOS and Android devices.
The Graffiti Grip lets you show your support for a team, send someone a compliment, or ask for things. You can find it on Kickstarter.
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Breakfast first, business next
The Rose and the Ring (1855), Chapter XI
Love and pity
The world is full of love and pity, I say. Had there been less suffering, there would have been less kindness.
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MV Lord of the Isles shivers out her wide wake
from Oban to Coll, paralleled by diving gannets.
A whale's jawbone swallows us into port
where the pony-man is waiting on the pier
but pretends not to be as he darts about
among the outgoing ferry queue.
Horses do that too
it's called displacement behaviour.
Finally he makes eye contact
stunning me with blues
while his long fingers roll a cigarette
like a perfect flute of kelp
left by the sea.
He takes my toolbag, this widower who thrives
on unfiltered cigarettes and black coffee and salty air.
The tight twists of his hair radiate out in all directions
his long beard shines silver-white
like the sheeps' wool
that gestures from the fences all over this island.
He takes me in a Landrover – full of Radio1 crackle –
to the fields of grazing Eriskay ponies:
a vast velvet-muzzled dark-eyed herd left behind by his wife;
their whites and grays decorated
with zebra stripes and trout spots.
Some of the ponies have died
leaving areas of loss.
We touch and tame and trim hooves
the rasp grows blunt
nippers blister the fold
where my thumb opposes my fingers
and all day long we hear the bird calls:
goose and peewit
skylark and heron
gull and stonechat.
Yet there's a poultry-shaped silence
The otter came, took the chickens three a night until they were all gone
says the pony-man, looking away.
The peacocks – who rest their plump breasts high on roof ridges at night –
celebrate in an orgy of wide-spread eyes;
their man-feathers rattle like pebbles.
A great blue heron flies to roost
the pony-man sits with a cup of tea
legs crossed, one long foot
wrapped around the slender ankle of the other.
Even then he still has leg left spare;
that's what comes of eating just an egg a day
or perhaps a crab.
I wonder, what does it feel like to have wind
sing through your bones and liver.
Leonie Charlton is studying on the Creative Writing MLitt at Stirling University. She is studying part time and says, 'I thrive on hills and horses, food and friendship, music and films and the smell of the sea. I love observing the surreal in our every-day lives and the less-surreal in whatever I am reading.' Leonie's beautiful prose piece 'Bath Fatigue' was featured in both the print and online version of our first issue. You can read it: here.


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Our schematics are sold as is, where is, and there are no returns or refunds. While North Coast Music has made every reasonable attempt to make every part and line readable on these schematics, they may be instances where this is not the case, as the originals were flawed.
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This blog can and will contain anything I fancy at the moment, from recipes to travel, photography to entertaining.
I once did one of those Dream Dinners things and had a hard time because everything was measured precisely and came from a tested recipe. I rarely measure anything, except when baking. Even then, if the recipe calls for something I like, I often add more.
To me cooking, and life for that matter, are best measured by taste, altering as you go.
I once read an article by a chef that said something like, "Always add more bacon, chocolate or cheese than the recipe calls for," I couldn't agree more.
When I was a kid, we were poor, so the food we had was cheap and often came in bulk. This is the source of a number of things:
- I am incredibly resourceful in the kitchen. I can make a meal out of anything and I am completely willing to combine ingredients in strange and curious ways. Waste not, want not.
- I can cook for lots of people, but not for two people. Growing up with 5 brothers and two sisters, I was basically raised to be a line-cook, and there were never leftovers. Now, I have trouble scaling down, and prefer to cook for crowds, which is why I love our dinner parties.
- I learned the basics very early on. When all you have are the basics, beans, rice, whole veggies, grains and whatever was on sale for the deli, you learn how to chop quickly, work with raw ingredients instead of kits and mixes, and how long things take to cook. I only knew how to make chicken stock from scratch for the first 20 years of my life, it came from chicken soup, which came from chicken carcass and vegetables. I didn't know what bouillon was, and for that matter, I still couldn't name a single ingredient in it. Strawberry daiquiris are made from strawberries, margaritas are made with lime. Call me a purist, but everyone should know what's in what they're making.


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Malta AI & Blockchain Summit 2019
Following the success of its first edition in 2018, Malta AI & Blockchain Summit will take place between the 23-24th of May 2019.
After three days of networking, exhibiting and deep learning, the Malta A.I. & Blockchain Summit came to a successful and somewhat enchanting close. Over 8,500 attendees, including the father of blockchain, Scott Stornetta, Sophia, the world's first robot citizen, the Winklevoss twins, Malta's Prime Minister the Hon. Joseph Muscat, Abu Dhabi's Royal Highness, and the legendary John McAfee!
In 2019, they will be increasing in both size and scope, reflecting the hypervelocity of advances and immense opportunities that the sector has seen over recent months. Due to increased demand, they are hosting two shows this year:
- The first in May, 23rd and 24th
- The second in November, 7th and 8th
Why should you attend?
- The attendees: 5000 attendees, 300 exhibitors, 700 investors and the world's leading mind in both A.I. and blockchain industries.
- Bigger location! They hosting both events at a new location in Malta, which can hold the 1000s of visitors and exhibitors. With so much interest in the show, they going to need a bigger venue.
- A favorable ecosystem. Following the success of Malta AI & Blockchain Summit '18 which established Malta as The Blockchain Island, the government is now focusing on a national legal framework for Artificial Intelligence that will be hosted during the summit attracting more and more companies to the island.
- Quality content: The conference agenda will present expert keynotes & tech Influencers, interactive discussion and practical applications of today and tomorrow's technologies.
- Networking opportunities
In a few words, from keynote experts, lavish networking events and an exhibition focus on Blockchain, AI & IoT; the AI & Blockchain Summit is your one-stop-shop to explore the convergence of these deep technologies.
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by Groundswell Social Ventures cohort member, Trixie Ling
In the past few months at Groundswell, we have been challenged to test our assumptions, validate our ideas, deepen our personal growth, and experience the joys and hardships of building social enterprises. We have been inspired by the fundamental paradigm shift of thinking and operating in a capitalist economy to a sharing or collaborative economy. One of the biggest shifts is how we view our "capital" and place value on the vast resources and gifts around us.
In the world of business, gaining financial capital is often seen as priority and has the highest value for a successful venture. But in an interconnected economy and community, our capital extends far beyond money and reaches out to the people, networks, and environment around us. The rich networks and layers of resources around us include social capital, cultural capital, knowledge capital, spiritual capital, place capital, natural capital, and experiential capital. While many of these cannot be quantified, they hold the key to building and maintaining a successful and sustainable venture. In the world of social enterprise, these resources and networks help to create positive systemic changes and build inclusive, vibrant and healthy communities.
In this season of learning about social enterprises, I have developed a deep awareness and gratitude for the gift of social capital, which has supported, encouraged and inspired me as I envision my purpose, goals, and ideas with others in my local and global community. Social capital can be seen as the networks, shared values, and understandings between people living and working together. In a highly individualized society, we need strong networks and links to our neighbourhood, community and city to build cooperation, connections and social innovation.
Through my personal development work at Groundswell, I have discovered the rich and diverse networks that I have built and gained over time through school, work, church, traveling and volunteering in neighbourhoods and communities. In the last few weeks, I have expanded my social capital by connecting with others who have similar passions, shared values and understandings about the powerful links between food, cultures and stories. This humbling, challenging and meaningful process of building networks involves making cold calls, emailing strangers, and going to many coffee meetings. Along the way, I have met inspiring leaders in my community, built strong partnerships in neighbourhoods, and connected with social entrepreneurs across Canada, United States, England, Scotland and Australia. I am very thankful for the leaders, mentors, alumni and current cohort in Groundswell, who are part of my social capital and family in the sharing economy.
As I develop my social venture to support and empower immigrants and refugees to share their diverse cultures, stories and food with others, I hope to help newcomers build up their social capital and develop a stronger sense of belonging, connections, inclusion in communities. While it takes time, trust and commitment to create social capital, the connections are rich, nourishing and long-lasting. As social entrepreneurs, we need supportive networks and relationships to keep us grounded and accountable for our work, and encourage us to continue making a positive impact in our community.


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How to Make the Best Venison Stir Fry of Your Life
Put all your other stir fry and wild game recipes on hold, this venison stir fry will become your new favorite.
We have several go-to meals at the firehouse when D-Shift is cooking on Truck 23 in Baltimore City, however this is one of our favorite. The recipe basis comes from my "first acting man" on shift, and leaves each member full and overly satisfied.
Much like firefighters, food is baked into our culture as outdoorsmen and women. Aside from conservation and the love of the outdoors, we hunt and fish as a means to provide food for our families. As an outdoor community, along with sharing stories of our journey and travels, we love to eat and share, some, of our secret recipes. Do your tastebuds and bellies a favor, grab some venison and the rest of the ingredients below and get ready to make yourself your new favorite venison stir fry for dinner.
Venison Stir Fry
- 1 lb venison top round cut into 1/2"
- 1 green pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 large sweet onion, sliced
- 2 crown of broccoli (or approx. 4 cups of frozen broccoli)
- 2 mandarin oranges, peeled and separated (or 4 oz can)
- 1/4 pineapple, cut into 1 inch squares (or 15 oz pineapple chunks can)
- 1/2 cup of shredded carrots
- 2 tbsp fresh garlic, finely chopped (or minced garlic)
- 2 tbsp fresh gingers, finely chopped (or minced ginger)
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbsp cup of soy sauce
- 4 cups of cooked rice
- 2 cups of teriyaki sauce (I recommend Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki for flavor)
- 1 cup of milk (Optional - helps to remove the gamey taste)
- 2 tbsp of canola or sesame oil
- 4 teaspoons of cornstarch
If you are preparing the meal for yourself or someone who does not like the "gamey" taste of venison, you can remove the gamey taste by adding 1 cup of milk to the meat in a container and letting it sit over night in the refrigerator.
Combine Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, one tablespoon of ginger, one tablespoon of garlic, and teriyaki sauce and mix together. Add the venison strips and allow meat to marinate for three to four hours. Refrigerate while marinating. For best results, marinate overnight.
Heat stir pan, or wok if you have one, on high and add one tablespoon of oil. For best results your pan should be very hot, this is the one time, if you are like me, you can get away with cooking on high. Coat the pan thoroughly. Remove the venison from the marinate and add to pan.
Do not discard the marinate, we will be using this later. Cook four to five minutes on each side or until the venison is cooked thoroughly. Once cooked, remove the venison and allow to sit keeping it covered with aluminum foil.
Reheat the pan to high heat and add another tablespoon of oil. Coat the pan with the oil then add the peppers and onions. Let cook for one to two minutes stirring halfway through. Next, add broccoli, carrots mandarins and pineapple and let cook for four minutes stirring occasionally.
Add one tablespoon of garlic and one tablespoon of ginger and let cook for one minute. Continue stirring occasionally. Remove all vegetables and fruit from the pan, cover and keep warm.
Add cornstarch to marinate and stir. Add marinate to the pan and bring to a boil. Boil until the marinate begins to thicken. Once thickened, add cooked venison and vegetable medley back to the pan and put on medium heat. Heat and stir occasionally for 3 to 4 minutes, then serve over a bed of rice.
If you enjoy a spicy stir fry like me, add 2 tablespoons of Sriracha sauce to the marinate before bringing to a boil in Step 4.
To save time, I prepare all my vegetables ahead of time as it is essential to add each at the correct time while maintaining continuous stirring, hence the term stir fry, to prevent the high heat from burning any of the ingredients.
You can use this recipe with beef, chicken, venison or any wild game you seem fit. We use this recipe at work and at home, and the combined ingredients give it a sweet, robust flavor that will make this your go-to recipe when it comes to cooking with venison.


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Communication it often thought to be just sending oral or written messages. Owing to the growth of social networks and instant messaging services, the concept of communication is often misunderstood. True and effective communication takes place when a transmitter sends a message to a receiver, who is expected to interpret it in the same direction, and with the same intention the first one had; there is successful communication when both transmitter and receiver have the same conceptual map.
Communication is crucial to have an effective leadership within an organization; the leader must influence and assertively communicate with their work team. Assertive communication allows us to show our feelings, so the person who receives the message understands our true reasons and establishes empathy, a necessary quality to achieve collaboration in a work team.
Assertive communication consists of transmitting a message clearly and accurately. It implies firmly conveying ideas, together with the corresponding actions. This way, our ideas are appreciated and there is no passivity. However, they should be no imposition on the receiver. It boils down to the other person's understanding our position in connection with a situation.
Leaders who achieve assertive communication are those who prefer to solve problems by holding a conversation. They are sure of themselves when they make decisions, not afraid to express their opinion, either positive or negative, and say "no." Based on non-verbal communication, their main tool is visual contact. This feature allows leaders to have an influence on a group, who achieves positive results. Assertive communication is a personal skill, developed beyond the scope of the working environment.
In conclusion, I emphasize that assertive communication is a skill that stands out in good leaders, and enables them to achieve goals, while developing stronger bonds with the rest of the team. This individual ability should be hand in hand with additional personality traits.
At present, there is no assertive communication when people establish links through instant messaging, because the key non-verbal communication does not take place. We must know the purpose of our communication and choose the kind of message accordingly, if we want to successfully reach our aim.


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A very special thanks to:
Chris Wang, Allen Harrison Multifamily Fund I Investors
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