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For all the incredible and fantastic elements of the Global Positioning System (GPS), there are a few…gaps. For example: Ever tried to get your GPS to work under a bridge? Or inside a building? Mine launches a full assault against productivity when that happens. Even a parking garage seems to be a bit too much for the device to process.
There's a reason for that. Well, there's a reason for the G in GPS. It's not designed to see through walls or under waters or in buildings. The LocataLite, however, is.
"Locata has invented a device, it's the size of a videocassette," says Nunzio Gambale, co-founder, chairman of the board, and the CEO of Locata. "We call it a LocataLite. The LocataLites are like a satellite except they're ground-based and they're completely under our control."
I know you might be thinking, "Oh, sensors. Neat." And you'd be right, but it's more than just a sensor. The LocataLite puts certain things in perspective. Specifically, where the GPS can't go.
And that could make all the difference for the military. So let's do a little GPS-101, shall we?
The GPS is, at the core, all about time. Literally. As the clocks in the satellites go around the world twice a day, their clocks are updated against the master clock that's on the ground. There's also an incredibly complex station of bases around the world where the satellites fly over and their clocks are synchronized.
If you look the GPS up, Nunzio says, you'll just get a lesson from beginning to end about atomic clocks. And this is because without the synchronization component, the GPS doesn't work. LocataLite is different. "LocataLite goes through a new process we've invented. It's called TimeLoc," he explains. "TimeLoc is absolutely the secret sauce. Time lock allows us to wirelessly synchronize these devices currently — and I promise you this is true — currently to better than 1 billionth of a second. And we don't use an atomic clock."
The word "revolutionary" has been used to describe this new technology, and I think that might not be far off. This is basically the thing that fills the holes for the standard GPS – going where it cannot go.
It's a positioning system augmentation, in a sense. It's also affectionately referred to as "your own GPS", because it's considerably more accessible for just about anyone to create their own network from the ground, Nunzio says. "The future of GPS is any frequency, any power, any density, anywhere," he says. "So Locata now allows systems to work inside malls, warehouses, all the places where GPS was never designed for."
I know you might be wondering what this kind of thing is doing for the military. It turns out, the military is using LocataLite to see where they could not see before.
"The U.S. Air Force is now deploying a network across White Sands [Missile Range]," he says. "It should be operational towards the end of this year or early next year. There we will have a LocataNet that covers 2,500 square miles. That's 78 times the size of Manhattan. And in that area, what the U.S. Air Force is doing is that they're jamming GPS and they're continuing to position using Locata."
So why is this significant. Well, for all the GPS-based directions, signal transmission and direction, is it a good idea to put a device that's easily manipulated – like a GPS could be – in a place where we keep and/or control missiles?
"GPS was designed in the '70s. Missiles, aircraft, they never imagined a world of iPhones or personal computers or wanting to find a forklift inside a warehouse. That just wasn't in the cards [when the GPS was invented]. So they designed a fit-for-purpose technology which was very much military-based."
Which worked great…when it was used primarily or exclusively by the military. The problem now is that 99.9 percent of all GPS applications are civilian.
"We're not trying to replace GPS," Nunzio says. "It's exquisite. It's one of the greatest technologies of the 20th century. The technology has been stretched out far beyond where the original designers thought it would go. The problem with GPS now is it's a 1970s technology trying to cope with 2020s computing and electronics. Now, for the military that's a problem because that's a race it can't win."
Specifically, he means, the issue of GPS jamming.
One of the things that the military have to cope with is that, in the battlefield, there's the possibility for GPS jamming. In the 1970s, creating a jammer for a CB-made signal like this was a really, really difficult exercise. Now it's so easy it's almost comical, Nunzio says. "You can buy these things online. It's something the size of your thumb that plugs into a car's cigarette letter," he says. "It's got a big, red button at the back that when you press the button it lights up, and GPS for six blocks just disappears."
I'm sure you could see where that would be a problem for military operation. Not knowing where you're going really gums up the works, if you will. This technology will allow military organizations to keep track of things without having to worry about having their signal disrupted.
Although, if signal disruption was the point, that's a different story.
The 746th Test Squadron (TS), also known as the Central Inertial and GPS Test Facility (CIGTF), is the DoD's designated lead test organization chartered to test and evaluate GPS user equipment and integrated GPS based guidance and navigation systems. Basically, they are the guys who break down every part of this equipment to understand every strength…and every weakness.
They're also working with Locata and their technology right now, as a fill-the-gap solution to some of the obstacles that the GPS is not designed to face. "When the GPS goes away they actually need some sort of truth system that tells them whether things are functioning as they should. To do that they need a ruler against which to measure it. Locata is that ruler."
They are also using this technology to develop new capabilities built around the satellite-less signal.
Nunzio goes on to say that having a LocataLite network could effectively prohibit wide-scale jamming in places as large as cities. "To jam it you have to put out more power than the transmitters. And by the way, if you're still being jammed, you can just dial up the power, turn it up."
But this technology goes beyond the scope of just thwarting the bad guys who want to turn off the maps. This is something that could transcend to turn-by-turn directional positioning. That is, knowing where your people are down to a few inches of accuracy.
A pair of LocataLite transmit antennas overlook a section of the vast area of the White Sands Missile Range blanketed by the Locata high-precision ground-based positioning system. (Photo provided by Locata)
"You could put the transmitters on Humvees in Afghanistan," he says. "As they're moving around, the GPS bubble follows them. It doesn't matter what the jammers are doing, you'll know where you are."
As for the future of this kind of technology? Nunzio says it could easily take to the skies. The FAA is looking at flying unmanned aerial vehicles in controlled airspace along with civilian aircraft.
LocataLite could provide the directional awareness that they would need, without the fear of losing sight, so to speak, due to jammers or satellite-driven devices. "At White Sands, with an aircraft traveling 350 miles an hour – at 30 miles away – we're positioning it to better than 2-1/2 inches. That's the width of a business card at 30 miles."
There's nothing like it, Nunzio says. "It's just never been seen before."
It looks like the ground-based non-GPS positioning system could be the next thing in directional strategy for the military. From the satellite to the ground, we've got it covered.
Source: Armed With Science


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You'll mainly use the trains, flights, carpooling and buses of British Airways, Air France, Jet2.com, Eurolines, Blablacar, OUIBUS, Eurostar or National Express to reach Lyon.
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Manchester to Lyon bus
Bus stops in Manchester
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Train Manchester to Lyon
Is there a direct train for the Manchester-Lyon route?
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How to organize and store outgrown baby clothes.
Just before having a baby the expectant mum usually receives many baby clothing from family and friends at their baby showers. Besides, a new mum usually does a fair amount of baby shopping and all those coupled with hand me downs usually result in a huge amount of baby clothes. Babies outgrow their clothes very fast, at times before they even manage to wear them and a new problem starts. Storing them!
So how do we go about storing the baby clothes that the baby has outgrew?
There are several ways to store the baby clothes for your next baby. If you have the space, you may decide to leave them in an unused closet or in an unused section of the baby's closet. However the hangers may take up a lot of space and fill up the closet quickly. In which case, it may be wise to use a Hanger Cascader. Holding up to 6 hangers, the hanger cascader will maximize your storage space and fit in a lot more clothes in the closet especially since baby clothes are usually small and do not reach the bottom of the closet anyway. A hanger cascader also spaces out the clothes so that they do not rest against each other and wrinkle.
Besides organising with a Hanger Cascader you may want to create dividing sections to help you sort out the baby clothes according to sizes. Closet Dividers will allow you to sort, store and retrieve the baby clothes in a very easy and effective way. If you are crafty, you may even try to make your own personalized closet dividers by painting over thin pieces of pre cut wood or cardboard. They are pretty easy and fun to make especially while waiting for the Baby!
If you prefer to fold your baby clothing rather then hanging them (and some of the clothing is so tiny, you cannot hang it properly anyway), you may wish to have more shelving in the baby closet. Shelving will be very convenient for smaller baby items like onesies, socks, hats, bibs etc. In this case, an aditional canvas shelving unit may be very welcome in the baby's closet. This kind of shelving unit requires installation works and usually hangs around your existing closet rod with Velcro. It is important to choose a good quality shelving unit because if the fabric used is low quality it will collapse easily under the weight of the clothes.
If like me your closet space is precious, you may need other storage solutions. I find that one of the most effective way of storing the clothes my baby has outgrew is in vacuum storage bags. You simply place the clothes in the bag an vacuum all the air out. The result is that the clothes will take up way less space and are sealed so you can place in the garage or attic or wherever without worrying about mildew, insects etc. The drawback is that the clothes will wrinkle up so you will have to wash and iron them again once opening them. However, most of the time, you always end up washing clothes again before a new baby wears them so it isn't really that much of a drawback.
If your babies are close in age you may find that storing them in a vacuum bag only to have to take out a few months later is just not worth the effort. In this case, you may wish to place them clothes your baby outgrew in a wicker basket, hamper or storage bench that will also double up as a decoration for the bedroom or nursery. This will provide easier access to the clothes when you need them, and you can move them to the main baby closet when its time to use them.
When you have decided on the best way to store your baby clothes, you need to figure out how to sort them. There are many ways to choose from and each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
- By size - Storing clothes by sizes makes the sorting process an easy one but on the downside, your baby may not necessarily fit into the appropriate size guide. Although my 2 year old is tall for her age she is thin and still fits into some of her 12-18 month T-shirts.
- By season - Sorting by season means that at the end of a season you simply store the current lot and take out another. This will result in a lot of work at the end of the season and going through a whole bunch of clothes that may not be right size-wise.
- By gender- Those families that have only had one baby may decide to sort the clothes by gender putting the unisex clothes apart from the gender specific clothes in case they have a baby of the opposite sex. Many onsies and jeans are usually unisex and it may be worth storing these apart to avoid having to go through lots of clothing should the need arise.
- By type - Another popular way of organizing clothes is according to type. This means putting trousers together, dresses together etc. That way if you are looking for a particular pair of jeans you know where to find it rather then having to go through all the clothes in that specific size.
- By condition- Some of the clothes you will have may still be new with tags while others may be decorated with that banana mash stain (which incidently is impossible to take out, let me know if you have found an effective banana stain remover!)
- Combination - If you have a lot of clothes you may find that using a combination of these methods will work out best for you.
Even though you may be done with babies or with a particular set of baby clothes, you may still wish to hang on to them as keepsakes. I have seen some gorgeous memory blankets/quilt covers made out of baby clothes. Simply cut out squares out of the baby clothes and sew together. That way your baby's clothes are on display for years to come. Alternatively, you may do some clothes swapping and trade them for clothes in larger sizes. Here is an interesting hub on how to make money by organizing a clothes swap.
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My friend, you have wonderful ideas about how to organize and store baby clothes. I learn many things from. I'll bookmark this one and I'll share with my cousin. Thank you very much. Take care!
Can't you give away the ones that you cannot use anymore? I mean, the not-so-used ones among them?
Helpful tips to bring some order to the chaos. Thanks for sharing them.
Great tips. Your tips can be used for any age. Thanks for sharing.
I would be in a bad way without wicker baskets for storage.
I have several throughout my home and filled to the brim.
Thanks for your useful and very helpful hub. Voted up, of course!
What a great hub! I love these organization tips and categories. Babies grow out of clothes SO quickly!!
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Published on Fri Jul 24, 2015 by David J Colbran
Like most established photographers I've got a large archive of images from work assignments and various trips around the UK and beyond over the years. And while the prices of stock images continue to fall, there is still a large demand for quality images and my stuff keeps on selling. One tip that I tell every photographer, is to always carry a camera with you, everywhere you go - you never know what you are going to see and it might just be a scene that will pay you again and again.
I crack on preparing, editing, keywording and uploading images to rights-managed agencies, during quiet periods between shoots. I always see the monthly credits to my bank account as a nice little bonus, rather than an income stream that I rely upon.
Being creative with keywords and classifications is essential, as you are trying to guess what picture editors are putting into search boxes. However I'm always surprised what gets used and picked out ... and of course with agents you are never 100% sure where they have been used.
Anyway a few recent ones below;
A simple set of photos of a FBI takedown notice on the original Silk Road site, that is still selling. Latest sale was for an academic book in the States - pushing my earns in to 4 figures for a set that was quite straight forward to create (even if finding it was tricky via the dark web). They have appeared in numerous publications now since 2013 - read more on a previous blog post - Silk Road photos used in press - and they continue to be the biggest earners from my archive.
Perhaps not the most exciting of pictures but it was used across 2 pages in an academic book and commanded a nice licencing fee. It was from a shoot for paramedic training session here in Liverpool.
These images were licenced to a small business, relocating to Regents Square, just off Euston Road, Camden, London. A quick couple of general views, while waiting for the train back to Liverpool. General views are usually well covered in most photo libraries - unless like these they are new and you are the first to get images online. Also making sure they are keyworded correctly - including details like architects, full postcodes etc - means they can be found easily and appear high in the search rankings.
And just around the corner, the newish hotel at St Pancras - views of the facade of the hotel / station number in to the thousands, so I went with some funky angles of the sign and waited for people in the blurred background to appear. This was used in an international travel magazine.
Finally, stock sales wouldn't be the same, without at least one Beatles / Liverpool related sale - this one was via a library and I don't know too much about it, other than licenced for 2 years and it made me £300. Crazy really when similar pictures are online with other photographers for micro-prices. But I'm not complaining !
Of course, I'm always ready for photo commissions - so if you have spent hours looking through stock library sites for an exact image and had no joy, it might be a better ROI to speak to me and I can shoot what you need and get it over to you with Dropbox or WeTransfer quickly. Just give me a call or drop me an email !
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Lucrative in what way exactly? If it's about money then Steem is a waste of your time. Unless you live in a third world country, a few cents here and there in upvotes are not going to make much difference to your financial situation.
The reason those posts get lots of upvotes and not much comments is because it's not real. It's called upvote bots, look it up on google if you want to know the details. The upvotes are paid by "the article writer" (or shitposter) itself.
It surprises me how much people don't know this is actually a thing. And naively wish/believe their content will be discovered some day without paying their way to the trending page. Not gonna happen.
But you can also ask yourself, how is a cirkel jerking, communist system like this supposed to work in the first place? How do you think that upvotes are financed? The community ends up paying the bill by inflation.
When Steem was created they thought people wouldn't abuse a system like that. It doesn't work out that way. Everything that can be abused will be abused, especially if it's as easy like sending some payments to bots.
So the system is broken. Instead of solving it "abuse fighters" are flagging small users to death for "abuse" while leaving whale "abusers" alone.
How corrupt can you be? Then people wonder, why is Steem declining? Why do you think? This place has been corrupt since it's started it's existence with the ninja mine. The only reason people stay around is lack of a good alternative.
But institutional investors don't like fraud. "He who can't be named" and other whales don't seem to understand that.
The following are reasons people don't comment anylonger on Steemit;
1. Low or lack of reward system
2. Massive rape of the reward pool
3. Lack of feedback on comments
4. Unnecessary flagging
5. No return post engagements
6. Low risk-benefit ratio
Low OR lack of reward system: The low reward system experienced by steem generally is as a result of the prolonged bear market and fluctuations in market capital value. There was a time people used to earn sufficiently on Steemit from just making comments. Comments got meaningful upvotes, sometimes almost equivalent to that of the said posts or some other posts. But now, most blog owners don't even care to read comments on their posts talkless of rewarding them. I wish there was a natural system or program on Steemit that naturally reward meaningful comments across comments.
Massive rape of reward pool: When people use bidbots to promote their posts to trending page and consistently make their target gain here daily by paying for the upvotes, it becomes easier at this point to not give a fuck about comments. Why?
Because the person is recking in dollars from weekly upvotes, your comments don't mean anything, so they keep raping the reward pool till it cums.
Lack of feedback on comments: The steem blockchain is supposed to be a social media, based on the cryptocurrency but we rarely see the social media aspect here. The social flow is almost dead here. Before, people used to make almost instant reaction or reply to all vomments made on their posts. This helped to sustain conversations. Currently, some people even get bored or angry when you comment on their posts. The feedback tradition on comments is almost extinct here.
To be continued.......
Making comments on people posts actually shows that you've really read such person posts comprehensively and you may decide to either make positive comments by commending such people for coming up with such great post or you make a negative comment which isn't really advisable maybe because you aren't happy or pleased with such posts. Making comments on posts also give rise to the asking of questions, criticism and positive commendation to people posts just like you may also intend to have the same.
From my little research on the Steemit platform, I think some people don't actually comment more on Steemit as a result of the below three reasons ;
1) LACK OF UPVOTES: The major reasons some whales tend to have more comments is as a result of their compassionate upvote rewards or generosity towards people who make comments on their posts. I am sure you won't want to miss that great reward or opportunity also. This explains the reasons we have more people making comments on whales posts and other influential Steemians with high SP.
2) LACK OF QUALITY CONTENT: How do you expect people to make comment on post that has no specific quality which can't catch the audience? This explains why making quality posts is extremely important on the Steemit platform. You need to know your audience and catch them with your posts such that they keep asking for more. Making quality posts will surely give you more comments on your Steemit blog and the lack of quality posts can lead to negative comments or no comments on your posts.
3) POST VISIBILITY: The more the number of people who can view your post on the Steemit platform, the more chance of you earning more comments provided your post is attractive and contains the required spices and quality. This is one of the reasons most people make use of resteem bots and other resteem services on the Steemit platform to enable more users read their post which leads to great increase in the number of comments.
In conclusion, if you really want to make people commenting on your post then you need to start rewarding people who make comments with cool upvotes, ensure your post catch the audience by making quality posts and lastly, always ensure you make your posts more visible to other Steemians.
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps.
The community is dead.... people just come to post and rarely look out for interaction. The main cause is the low price in steem
People answer, bots don't.
In a tokenized community, people set their priority on the basis of how their comment or post earn. If their comment is earning very good then they will definitely keep that as their priority and if not they will simply find something else as their priority. That is what exactly the situation in Steemit is. As Steem is still hovering at multi year lows, the comment earning is no more lucrative. We should not also forget that the ecosystem of Steem in 2017 was different and what we see now is completely different.
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datahaze wrote:If you select the disks and do "scan" and "search for known file types", it will show a separate item that looks like a partition called "recognized files". That's the carved files. Photorec is also a good tool for this, which is free.
Jared wrote:Looks to me that the fusion was broken somehow. Most often I see this when they had gone to the Apple store first and the idiot tech there ended up formatting it or trying to re-install the OS on the SSD only (since the HDD isn't responding, only the SSD will be affected).
In Recovery Explorer can you browse and open files on just the SSD? My guess is they did something to the SSD.
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Recently, Vladimir Hrunov of Hrunov Promotions had won the purse bid for the Klitschko vs. Povetkin bout, offering $23,233,330.
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I agree that this number is hard to believe, especially when it's three times higher than the previous highest offer. Still, there are a lot of wealthy people in Russia, and if this fight takes place in Moscow, which is the primary plan, the arena will be sold out at very high ticket prices.
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ARLINGTON -- Reliever Tanner Scheppers is still alive and with the Rangers. He is not retired, he has not been cut and he has not been traded.Scheppers may be the forgotten man in the Rangers' overstocked bullpen, but the right-hander -- one of Texas' Opening Day relievers from 2014 --
ARLINGTON -- Reliever Tanner Scheppers is still alive and with the Rangers. He is not retired, he has not been cut and he has not been traded.
Scheppers may be the forgotten man in the Rangers' overstocked bullpen, but the right-hander -- one of Texas' Opening Day relievers from 2014 -- is still on the 40-man roster.
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So how is the health?
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So what is the mission?
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Scheppers was at his best in 2013, when he went 6-2 with a 1.88 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP and a .214 opponents' batting average over 76 appearances. The 1.88 ERA was the seventh lowest among qualifying relievers in the American League.
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"From every experience you go through, you want to learn something from it," Scheppers said. "I definitely broke down the year, analyzed everything I possibly could in order to make myself better. From there, I just want to improve … take that as an experience and go from there."
Scheppers chuckled when asked what the No. 1 lesson was from 2015.
"I think I learned how to pitch without my best stuff," Scheppers said.
The Rangers could have cut Scheppers loose earlier in the offseason. He is eligible for salary arbitration for the first time in his career and was considered a candidate to be non-tendered. That would have made Scheppers a free agent. But the Rangers tendered him a contract even though he might have a tough time winning a spot in the bullpen.
"A lot of guys who go through the [non-tender] process, sometimes starting somewhere new benefits them," Scheppers said. "But I really like this organization, nothing but happy with all the opportunities that I've been given. Now I want to be here. I'm very thankful for the opportunity."
That's quite a diplomatic statement, but it might be safe to safe to say that Scheppers has something to prove this Spring Training.
"Yeah, that's pretty safe," Scheppers said.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger and listen to his podcast.


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Ghostly Visitations in Contemporary Short Fiction by Women: Fay Weldon, Janice Galloway and Ali Smith
From the late nineteenth century onwards the genre of the ghost short story has served as a vehicle for the exploration of female concerns. Women's ghost narratives feature heroines haunted by spectral apparitions that give expression to the characters' inner tensions with their assumption of socially sanctioned female roles. This essay reads three stories, by Fay Weldon, Janice Galloway and Ali Smith, to show how the potential of the genre to question the norm and to give shape to personal, intergenerational and historical conflicts continues to be deployed by contemporary women writers. As in the stories of their female predecessors, the effects of the literary ghost's disturbing liminality vary in each of the cases under consideration here. Thus, the apparition in Weldon's "A Good Sound Marriage" (1991) works as a contested mouthpiece of traditional sexual ideology, the oneiric revenant in Galloway's "it was" (1991) is the figuration of unconscious desire, while the doppelgänger in Smith's "The Hanging Girl" (1999), despite her spectrality, inhabits a less empty and more amiable world than that of real flesh-and-blood people.
Keywords: ghost story; short story; women's writing; Fay Weldon; Janice Galloway; Ali Smith
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Most of you know how much I adore the Hunter Valley… it's where I started to document weddings and where I find myself drawn back to time + time again – for work and play! So, when Sarah told me that's where she first met James – I had to know more… and it turned out that it was at the wedding of a mutual friend, she was bridesmaid and James was the MC – how perfect!
Fast forward a couple of years and it was their turn to become husband and wife… and my goodness, what a celebration it was!
Here's a peek into their wedding day story:
Sarah and her bridesmaids got ready at a beautiful hotel here in Brisbane, the Alex Perry. Oh my goodness, this place is honestly a photographers dream for bride prep – it's super pretty, with white walls and loads of great natural light… I'd highly recommend it for the morning of a wedding day!
When I arrived, Sarah and her girls were getting their makeup done at MAC, so I got started on all her pretty details… and tried to fight the urge to try on her incredible Karen Willis Holmes wedding dress while I was there on my own (don't worry, I would never – but I can't say I wasn't tempted!)
I'm also a little bit in love with this photo of her Engagement Ring – I'm using her veil to create that white blur in the corner and on the left side of the frame… how pretty is it! (another reason why I love it when my JFL brides decide to have a veil – they come in super handy!)
Before long all the girls arrived back, along with her lovely mum Ruth and it was time for Sarah to get dressed and ready for her Wedding Ceremony… what a stunning bride she makes!
Meanwhile James was getting ready at the stunning Yungaba House… I have to say, so often less importance is given to where a groom gets ready, so this gorgeous venue was like music to our ears for James's prep photos and video!
James + his groomsmen were certainly relaxed and enjoying the lead up to the Ceremony as much as the girls were… and yes, a beer or two certainly helps with any pre-wedding nerves!
Before we knew it, it was time for Sarah + James's Wedding at Blackbird Restaurant on the Brisbane river… the talented Gemma from Inspired by Love Events had created a stunning flower arbour, just making the backdrop that much prettier!
The lovely celebrant Natasha from Hills Celebrant Services led Sarah + James in a lovely Ceremony, full of touching personal sentiments… and ending in a brand new husband and wife!
After they were introduced as Mr + Mrs Hill for the very first time, we made our way back to Yungaba House for their bridal portraits! What a perfect location to take their first photos as a married couple…
This black + white image makes me go weak at the knees… gosh, it's just so romantic, don't you think!
I always allow about 30 minutes with the bridal party and another 30 minutes with just the bride + groom… I find this guarantees that we have enough time with the bridal party but also gives the newlyweds some time on their own as well! Often this is the first time that they get to pause and reflect on the fact that they are now MARRIED!
After we had finished using the grounds of Yungaba House, we wandered inside to use their stunning foyer – it also made the perfect opportunity for Sarah + James to share a glass of champagne and rest their weary feet. This getting married business is hard work!
As the sun set, the finishing touches were being done to Sarah + James's Wedding Reception back at the stunning Blackbird Restaurant… their night would be filled with wonderful speeches, delicious food, love, laughter and plenty of dancing!
Congratulations again Sarah + James! Thank you so much for trusting me to document this time in your lives… it honestly was such an honour and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you both… all my love, Kylie x
Bride Prep Venue: Alex Perry Hotels, Brisbane | Wedding Venue: Blackbird Restaurant
Stylist & Florals: Inspired By Love Events
Celebrant: Natasha Hill: Hills Celebrant Services
Videography: Fable House Films
Wedding Dress: Karen Willis Holmes
Bridesmaid Dresses: Brides of Sydney
Suits: Ferrari Formalwear & Bridal
I'd love to hear what you think! Leave me a comment below – and I'm sure the newlyweds would appreciate some kind words to:


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South Sudan accelerates ICTs in all sectors
The first South Sudan Information Communication Technology for Development Conference (ICT4D) was held in Juba, South Sudan culminating with key recommendations to accelerate the integration of ICTs in all the sectors of South Sudan. The three day conference from 25 – 27 February, 2015 brought together over 200 participants, including experts from other countries, all drawn from ICT organizations, academic institutions, senior government officials, IGOs, NGOs, private sector, civil society, diplomatic community, media practitioners, as well as bilateral and multilateral donors.
Speaking during this conference, Hon. Rebecca Joshua Okwachi, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services (MoTPS) informed the participants that information and communication has become an indispensable pillar for competitiveness as well as a cross-cutting growth engine especially in socio-economic development, job creation and poverty alleviation, wealth generation including citizen access to government services.
This was echoed by Mr Salah Khaled UNESCO Country Representative, who abhorred the lack of ICT facilities especially internet access outside the urban areas of South Sudan and recommended support to establishment of community learning centers and community owned and managed radio stations.
The conference was organized by UNESCO, the Youth Technology Development Organization (YTDO), the Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal services with the support of UN Women, Huawei, Ericson, and Forcier Consulting.
Delegates identified the ICT gaps, discussed solutions and made recommendations on the way forward. Participants also deliberated on key aspects of the role of ICTs in development including:
- concerns over ICTs penetration in South Sudan,
- the fundamental Infrastructure,
- level of uptake of ICTs by Government ministries, institutions and parastatals in service delivery,
- lack of human and technical capacity,
- innovative ways of use of social media to promote peace and development; and
- the role of ICTs in promoting gender equality
Mr. Thomas Muto, YTDO Chairperson emphasized the importance of this conference, noting that being the first South Sudan Youth ICT for Development Conference is ground breaking for YTDO as a youth Organization for the young people, who are a backbone of this new and young nation and at the same time, it helps put a foundation stone to the nation.
A key highlight of this conference was the presentation and demonstration of skills acquired by 43 South Sudanese youth, who have been undergoing training supported by UNESCO and Zain, on mobile applications development and use of Innovative technology.
Ms Martha Chumo, Director of The Dev School (Kenya) and the trainer on mobile raised great concern over lack of equal number of women and men venturing into technology, stating that "the gender disparity in technology only becomes apparent as learners get into high school and one sure way to ensure gender equality in technology is to introduce concepts such as mobile apps development, game development and hardware hacking to children while they are young and build a learning environment that both girls and boys can excel in".
Concerns were raised over the limited use of information technology in South Sudan due to the low penetration rate of personal computers as a direct consequence of the very low level of household income, computer illiteracy and the very limited broadband infrastructure.
The participants also deliberated on the importance of use of ICTs to empower people with disabilities in South Sudan. Dr. Toyin Aderemi working with the light of the world, outlined accessible ICTs for people with disabilities and called on the government to develop & update ICT, disability & education legislation and policies to include accessibility and integration of Sign language interpretation in newly developed educational plans, including Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET). In this regard, the conference participants urged the policy makers to promote and mainstream inclusive education at all levels.
Calls to establish an Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in South Sudan and having a neutral institution to champion and facilitate the establishment of an IGF chapter in South Sudan and to also serve as a secretariat was one of the key recommendations.
UNESCO's call for the dire need to establish a technology innovation hub for the youth was strongly recommended by presenters and participants. In this regard, UNESCO committed to spearhead and mobilize partners to support this initiative as a laboratory to incubate information and technology ideas and with a view to creation of jobs and youth self-employment.
UNESCO Contacts:
Lydia Gachungi,
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UNESCO Juba.
Tel. +211 922066002 +211911066002,
Email: l.gachungi(at)unesco.org
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Prof. Kilner is B.C.H.Steele Professor of Energy materials, former head of the Department of Materials and former Dean of the Royal School of Mines. He has been involved in research into ionic and mixed conducting ceramics for 30 years and has published over 350 papers in this and related fields of materials science. He is currently European Editor for the Journal Solid State Ionics and a councillor for the international Society for Solid state Ionics (ISSI). He is the holder of a number of patents relating to fuel cells and gas separation devices and the co-founder of a successful spinout company CeresPower Ltd. Prof.
Kilner is primarily interested in studying the exchange and diffusion of oxygen in oxide ceramic materials for applications in devices such as fuel cells, oxygen separators and sensors, and has been instrumental in the development of isotopic exchange-SIMS techniques to study these phenomena. Much of his work is now centred upon the development of the Intermediate Temperature Fuel Cell, Solid Oxide Electrolysers and Lithium batteries. He is now working on an improved understanding of surface and interfacial phenomena, which is crucial for further development of these devices. In 2012 John was awarded the IOM3 Platinum medal for his outstanding services to the discipline.
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HOUSTON -- Right-hander Jerome Williams and the Houston Astros have finalized a $2.1 million, one-year contract.
The 32-year-old was 9-10 with a 4.57 ERA in 25 starts and 12 relief appearances last year for the Los Angeles Angels, including a 4-0 record in five September starts. He has a 42-47 record and a 4.35 ERA in eight seasons with San Francisco (2003-05), the Chicago Cubs (2005-06), Washington (2007) and the Angels.
The deal was completed Thursday, two days after the sides reach the agreement.
In addition to the guaranteed salary, Williams can earn $1 million in performance bonuses -- receiving the greater amount he earns for either starts or innings. He would get $200,000 apiece for 12, 15, 20, 25 and 30 starts, and $100,000 each for 120 innings and every 10 additional innings through 210.
To make room on the roster, the Astros designated infielder Brett Wallace for assignment. The 27-year-old, a first-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2008, had spent four seasons with the Astros and hit .221 last year, when he set career bests with 13 homers and 36 RBIs.


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Cognitive biases get the most attention when they're applied to areas of science and statistics. Biased questions are a leading cause of inaccurate surveys, and hidden biases of researchers must be accounted for in a well-designed experiment.
Because of this association, you may not think of your own biases getting in the way of your job as a content marketer. Unfortunately, most of us are highly susceptible to the vulnerabilities and flaws of our own minds—unless we're aware and observant enough to compensate for them.
One of the most notorious biases in content marketing is confirmation bias, but with the proper understanding, you can make up for this otherwise glaring weakness.
How Confirmation Bias Works
Confirmation bias happens when you instinctively overestimate the value of information that falls in line with your previously held expectations or assumptions. Like it or not, you form assumptions on a near-constant basis, sometimes with almost no evidence to go on. These are your instincts, your hunches, and your working hypotheses. If you see information that seems to confirm those suspicions (hence the name), you'll highly value it, and you might downplay evidence that seems to deny those suspicions.
For example, if you've already made up your mind that climate change is a hoax, you might selectively filter out scientific evidence that demonstrates climate change in action but disproportionately value the minority of scientists who question these effects. This is partially why so many conspiracy theories have risen to popularity; people latch onto evidence that falls in line with their suspicions or assumptions, and ignore any contrary evidence – even when it's overwhelming.
The true power of confirmation bias lies in the fact that it's hard to detect. You aren't consciously favoring any piece of evidence over any other; instead, you're subtly directed by your own subconscious.
Confirmation Bias in Content
So how can confirmation bias interfere with your content marketing efforts, specifically?
Confirmation bias can work in a number of different ways, but it always distorts the objective truth, which compromises your ability to draw accurate conclusions and take the right actions accordingly.
Fighting Back
It's clear that confirmation bias can wreak havoc on your content marketing campaign, especially in your measurement and analysis, but what can you do about it? These strategies can help:
There's no way to "cure" yourself of confirmation bias; it's a natural byproduct of the way our brains work. We aren't perfect thinkers, and probably never will be, but we can recognize our own weaknesses and make a conscious effort to make up for them. Striving to remain unbiased won't make your strategy perfect, but it will put you in a position to make better decisions.
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My Success Story – Daniel Mupindurwa
Daniel enrolled in our Residential Eco Consultant course in Johannesburg in July 2016.
How did you find out about Terra Firma Academy?
I was exploring the internet looking for any institutions that offered training in "going green" related subjects. Terra Firma Academy was listed by Google search and then I followed the link.
What drove you to search for training in the first place?
As a founding member of the Green Building Council of Zimbabwe and also a business operator within the facilities management sector in Zimbabwe, I needed to be well informed and stay ahead in terms of anything that has to do with my line of work. I really wanted to differentiate myself and at the same time learn new skills that would help grow my business in a very strategic way.
What was your expectation of the training, and was it met, superseded or not quite what you expected?
As a person who knew a bit on the subjects that I wanted further training for, I should say the training met my expectations. I got what I really wanted.
Have you done any similar short courses, and if so, how did they compare?
It was the first short course I undertook particularly for the subject
What is your success story – how did the training help you achieve your goals?
After the training, I managed to introduce a new service for my company, eco-auditing. The skills I acquired during the training made it easy for me to deal with my clients as I managed to effectively demonstrate how to reduce energy and water consumption, something that directly benefited the clients at their homes. Eco-auditing has provided a competitive edge for my company.
Did the training you did come up in your job interview?
Have you managed to use the learning and insight you gained from the training in your job?
I should say that my company is now known as "the greenest ones".
Now that you have experienced the benefits of training to 'get ahead'/find a job, what is your next step in terms of your career?
As a business owner, I hope to do anything that will "keep me ahead". I have started on a new path for my business, green building consultancy, of which eco-auditing is a key area. I hope to get everyone on the team to train and acquire the same skills I have. This will help my company to prosper.