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Filmmaker Ian Winters is collaborating with composer Evelyn Ficarra and experimental flutist Heather Frasch to create an immersive work for live music and digital video: short films about water / submarine premiered in 2008 and has toured internationally. Inspired by a shared fascination of things above and below water, and the passage of time the films observe up to 12 sites around the globe where sea meets land meets history, and which may submerge in coming years. The project is embedded in the age-old (and present) fascination with sea – visually and sonically mapping place-specific worlds of water, shipwreck, geography, listening and loss.
bill hsu with moe! staiano
Electronic musician, pianist and educator, Bill will debut new work for interactive video and sound based on his interest in real-time performance systems that have some of the live, tactile qualities of good human musicians playing acoustic instruments. Bill's work mostly involves using gestural interfaces to control synthesis, and building systems that interact with human performers.
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Musician and documentary filmmaker Tim will premiere new video work based on recent experimentation. He has been working in the medium of live electronic and computer sound for many years, performing, exhibiting installation works and recording in North America, Europe and Japan. His work has largely been concerned with exploring the emergence of life-like properties in complex systems of interaction. In addition, he is a well known performer in the world of improvised music, having performed on his electronic improvisation instruments with hundreds of artists and groups, including Chris Brown, John Butcher, Eugene Chadbourne, Fred Frith, Gianni Gebbia, Frank Gratkowski, Luc Houtkamp, Yoshi Ichiraku, Joelle Leandre, Roscoe Mitchell, Gino Robair, ROVA saxophone quartet, Elliott Sharp, Leo Wadada Smith and John Zorn.


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Inside Reason: Working with Serum VST (read: make trance)
Updated: Jul 26, 2020
"Xfer Serum - A Hip Hop producer mentioned this on Twitter one day and that is how I learned of this instrument."
These are fun to make! Feel free to reach out if you have technical questions. But really, it is all space ships!

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Wisdom: The Dark Moon is the time of the Moon's cycle where the Moon shows no illumination. It is the darkest of any phase.
During the Dark Moon, you are invited to go into the abyss, the void, the place of no time or space or separation, the Great Cosmic Womb. There is a nothing-ness and an all-ness. This Dark Moon Essence will journey you into your own dark, into the deepest place of your subconscious to weed out limiting beliefs and old imprints that still have a hold on your system. You are offered a pathway to journey as deep as you can so that when the smallest fraction of light returns with the New Moon, you will return to the living, to the created. You will have gone to the Underworld, pieced yourself together and returned with a sense of Wholeness. Because of the dark you traverse and all that is experienced here, the Dark Moon is a time for deep rest and rejuvenation.
Experience: Shake before using. Enjoy 3 drops sublingually 3 times each day regularly until bottle is finished; or put a ½ dropperful in your water bottle each morning and drink throughout the day.
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On behalf of the Investment Agency of the Republic of Moldova, it is my greatest pleasure to invite you to attend the 7th edition of Moldova Business Week to be held on November 19-20.
MBW-2020 will take place in digital format, ensuring a safe online space for participation, reconceptualized to enhance the awareness of the Republic of Moldova globally as a hidden gem for investment, offering an experience that creates connections.
By joining this unique platform to explore investment, trade and economic opportunities of the Republic of Moldova you'll enjoy a new level of engagement and interactivity between participants, keeping networking at the core of the event experience.
This year's program will focus on harmonious combination between the global knowledge' sharing regarding megatrends and FDI, while local companies from strategic economic sectors: ICT, BPO, R&D and Electronic Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Fashion and Agrifood, - will spotlight their investment profiles for the perfect international matching.
The Government panel will give an insight into investment-related proactive policies aimed at supporting business climate, leading the Republic of Moldova towards a digital economy. Top challenges, innovations and technologies adjusted to a new economic reality will be addressed by inspirational leaders, insightful experts and visionary entrepreneurs.
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Here Comes The Love of Your Life
To say that working with MaryEllen and Kenny was a pleasure might just be the understatement of the year. You see, theirs was the second wedding where our Special Moments Event Planning team worked with MaryEllen's family. And now they just hired us for wedding number three for later this year; the last of the…Read More
A Historic Wedding
"We wanted something that was local and embraced some of the historical themes of Tampa." Catherine and Adam's wedding was exactly that. They chose the beautiful, historic Floridan Hotel, now on the National Register of Historic Places as The Floridan Palace Hotel. Originally opened in 1927, the hotel is the only Tampa hotel on the…Read More
Happy Accidents
Sometimes, you meet people when you least expect it, things just click and you know it was meant to be. That is exactly what happened with our Special Moments Event Planning team, Skotti, and her mom; two months before Skotti and Leo's incredible wedding at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay. Here is what Skotti had…Read More
A Bold And Brilliant Wedding
Audrey & Jeff | Avila Golf and Country Club The Special Moments Event Planning team loved infusing bold, brilliant colors and stunning details into this Tampa Bay area Moroccan wedding with a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony. Bright shades of purple, fuchsia, pink, and gold tones filled the entire Avila Gold and Country Club space. Prior…Read More
Gold, Silver and White Wedding
Christine + Kiel | Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa Christina wanted a wedding design that was gold, silver and white with beautiful draping to separate different areas within the reception; however, it seemed not everyone she met understood her vision. Fortunately for Christina, Kiel and Christina's mother Coleen, who was at times…Read More
Tracy & Nick / Bella Collina Wedding
Last week we gave you a glimpse into Tracy and Nick's wedding through their First Look; we knew that Dustin Prickett of Sunglow Photography shared way too many breathtaking images for just one blog post. Just northeast of the Tampa Bay Area is Lake County, named for its many beautiful lakes, surrounded by rolling…Read More
Vanessa & Ivan | Opal Sands Resort
While the team here at Special Moments Event Planning works with couples planning all kinds of weddings, intimate weddings hold a special place for us; in many cases couples can splurge on the details with a smaller group that they might not be able to focus on with a larger wedding. Vanessa and Ivan had…Read More
Recycling at your Wedding
Recycling? What ??? Where ??? How??? Just wait and you will see. Last week I promised to share with you about our Special Moments Team adventure at Powel Crosley Estate. This was a beautiful Fairy tale wedding. It was my first time at the venue, all the details and history is just stunning. …Read More


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Come November, it looks like Colorado voters will be asked to raise marijuana taxes to support after-school initiatives intended to close the education gap created by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Colorado Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress (LEAP) campaign seeks to raise recreational marijuana taxes by 5% in the state — from 15% to 20% — to fund after-school programs, tutoring and summer learning activities for low- and middle-income families through $1,500 stipends.
LEAP campaign members turned in some 90 boxes of signatures to Gov. Jared Polis's office on June 30, approximately 200,000 signatures. The measure requires 124,632 valid signatures to make it to the ballot.
But while the outpouring of support in signatures seems clear, not everyone is behind the measure.
"That this initiative is being pushed at a moment in Colorado when the cannabis industry is trying to create more equity and bring economic growth to marginalized communities harmed by the racist Drug War is especially tone deaf," Hashim Coates, executive director of the diversity-focused trade group Black Brown and Red Badged, said in a press release about the measure. "But that is to be expected when the backers of this measure are affluent white men."
"Let's just be perfectly clear: This is a regressive tax — which always harms Black and Brown consumers the most. This is going to a voucher program — which always harms Black and Brown communities the most," Coates said. "And it's targeting the marijuana industry as a magical bottomless piggy bank — which will devastate the Black- and Brown-owned cannabis businesses the most. Can we just let the Black community breathe for a moment after this pandemic before we start taxing them to death?"
Peter Marcus, spokesman for Boulder-based dispensary chain Terrapin Care Station, echoed these thoughts in an interview with Westword back in March, when the LEAP initiative was just starting to collect signatures.
"Generally speaking … we're seeing increased efforts to use the cannabis consumer as the piggy bank for state and local budget woes," Marcus said. "It's important that we maintain cannabis tax rates that won't empower a[n illicit] market. Cannabis is already taxed at a high rate; at some point, we're going to wake a dormant black market if we continue to tax cannabis consumers to fix local and state budget holes. State and local leaders should be working to fund long-term sustainable solutions for our budget problems, not Band-Aid fixes on the backs of cannabis consumers."
In June, the state's top teachers union, the Colorado Education Association (CEA), withdrew support for the initiative, citing concerns about the implementation of the out-of-school learning program.
CEA President Amie Baca-Oehlert told the Colorado Sun in mid-June that she was particularly concerned about whether rural Colorado students would have the same access to after-school programming as their peers in more populous areas of the state.
Still, the measure is endorsed by two former Colorado governors, some 20 sitting state lawmakers, several former legislative leaders and a number of educational organizations.
Advocates estimate that the measure will net $150 million in additional funding annually. While marijuana is the main funding source, the LEAP initiative also seeks to repurpose a portion of investment revenue from leases, rents and royalties paid for state-owned lands, estimated at around $60 million annually. The remaining revenue will come from the 5% increase in recreational marijuana sales tax.
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Work will begin in September 2016 and last four years. It will bring high speed connections to two-thirds of Moselle's municipalities and involve laying almost 3,728 miles (6,000 kilometers) of optical fiber.
VINCI is thereby supporting the Moselle department's digital development. The consortium is also planning to employ an average of 200 people for the duration of the project.
Very high speed networks play a vital role fostering local development and usher in a wide variety of amenities:
- Home care: as populations grow older, very high speed networks are providing essential vehicles to mainstream home-automation solutions using connected objects (remote surveillance, room temperature regulation, chronic disease management, etc.);
- Telemedicine, by fostering innovative public services (computer-assisted surgery, remote medical supervision and consultation, etc.);
- Education and training, with digital schoolbags, online content, MOOCs, e-learning;
- Culture and leisure, by connecting people to cultural attractions (virtual visits) and entertainment.
High-speed networks also help narrow the digital divide between urban and rural areas, and allow communities to tap into the benefits that connected cities enjoy.
Sogea Est is one of the leading players in eastern France's underground utilities sector in general, and in the water management and treatment segments in particular. It has also built a solid reputation for its expertise in digital network deployment, with the Moselle network since 2004.
In a world undergoing constant change, VINCI Energies focuses on fast-tracking the roll-out of new technologies to support two major changes: the digital transformation and the energy transition. With its brand Axians an expert in information and communication technologies driving digital transformation in businesses and other organizations VINCI Energies works side by side with communities, bringing them the FTTH capabilities they need to take their digital development to the next level. Its teams have connected over 2 million outlets to date.


text: 9 Leadership Exercises To Help Your Confidence Jonathan Herrick We have a secret to share with you. Not everyone is born with the confidence to get up in front of a room full of people and inspire. Not everyone is born to lead. In fact, most of the skills required to be an effective leader need to be taught or developed over time through practice and perseverance. And often it means learning from mistakes, picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and getting right back on the horse. If confidence doesn't come naturally to you, there are some exercises which can help you thrive despite your fears or personal concerns. Do these on a regular basis, and soon you too will have people believing that your confidence comes naturally. Until then, we'll keep your secret, and you can fake it until you make it. Create a blueprint It's so easy to focus on the negative when things are not going your way. But instead of going into a negative spiral, put together a plan ahead of time, mapping out how you want to respond in turbulent situations. Think about these questions. When you are confident, how will you act? What will change between now and then? What will you do differently? What kind of words will you use? How will you come across to others? Once you have your blueprint mapped out, you can start to put your plan into practice. After all, life isn't about what happens to you but how you respond to it. Practice Speaking Remember that old 'practice makes perfect' adage that your mom or dad may have mentioned at least 100 times during your childhood? Well, it turns out it is true. The trick to coming across as confident is to practice any discussion beforehand. Whether you are speaking to a handful of people in your boardroom or talking at a significant external event, practice what you are going to say beforehand. Don't be dismayed if it doesn't sound perfect, that will come with time. Start with the small tasks first Overcoming small challenges can do great things for your overall confidence. So create a list of small tasks to stretch you out of your confidence zone. Arrange to have lunch with someone. Strike up a conversation with a stranger. Join your local meetups to widen your circle and improve your leadership skills. Take up a new hobby. It doesn't have to be much; but, whatever you jot down, make sure you do it! If necessary, give the list to a trusted friend or colleague to keep you accountable. Record your voice A big part of coming across as a natural leader is having an ability to project your voice with confidence. Want to see if your voice is on target? Try recording it. I know what you're thinking: I sound terrible when I listen to my own voice. No to worry. It doesn't matter how you think you sound when you record your voice, studies show you process the sound differently than someone listening to you speak. However it's still helpful for you to hear if you are using lots of "ums" or speaking way too fast. Ask yourself, are you pausing enough? Is your speech clear? If you are too slow, you risk putting people to sleep and losing engagement with your audience. Smile often It may sound a little strange, but when we're nervous we stop smiling. Smiling conveys confidence and also makes you appear approachable – both great traits in a leader. The truth is you'll improve in the areas that you work on. And yes, that even means your smile. Practice smiling in front of the mirror, so your smile appears natural. Too forced and you may come across as a little overwhelming. When you smile as you communicate, people will be drawn to you and more willing to listen to what you have to say. Record your body language Utilizing body language in your communication is a big part of coming across as confident on the leadership stage. Any speech or presentation can be improved by appropriate body language and hand movements. Recording your body language will help you pinpoint those gestures which signify nervousness such as touching your hair or clothing, swaying back and forth, and highlight the ones that work to boost your verbal language. Adopt good posture When people slouch or slump they look unprofessional and nervous. Good posture, on the other hand, will make you appear confident and improve the tone of your voice. Keep yourself in check by holding your head high and rolling your shoulders back. Regular stretching or yoga exercises can be very beneficial in ridding you of poor posture habits and improve the way you carry yourself. Use positive affirmations As Stuart Smally once said: "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it people like me." Telling yourself you are confident and successful can work wonders for your mindset. Use positive affirmations on a daily basis to boost your inner confidence so you can radiate that confidence from the inside out. While affirmations alone won't make you a great leader, they can inspire you to try your best each day. Positive thinking can go a long way toward building up your self-confidence and encouraging others. Mentor others Mentoring an individual is a great exercise to build up your confidence. It puts you in the position of teacher where you can share your knowledge and wisdom with others. Also, when you help others succeed it not only feels good but will boost your communication skills. In the end being respected and valued is a huge confidence booster—helping others to see you as a natural, self-assured leader. Build Your Marketing Stack Build Your Stack


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HOME DESTINATIONS Mussoorie
Pull on a costume from the bygone era and click a memorable experience of being carried in a private 'Dandy', surrounded in the backdrop of the majestic Garhwal ranges of Mussoorie.
Dandies were once a common and often the popular form of transportation used by the British, especially the women. Hiring a Dandy for a trip atop the hills was a common practice. While these dandies are rare in rest of the India, even today, they are still used as one of the forms of transportation in hill stations where the terrain is difficult and non-commutable by a vehicle.
Each Dandy could carry one person seated comfortably in a wooden seat in the centre and was moved by four coolies (porters) lifting the four wooden logs on their shoulders.
Pull on a costume of the bygone era and experience a moment of being carried up in a private Dandy.
This life-size installation of the dandy promises to spark a moment of nostalgia in the backdrop of the charming Doon Valley.
Other Attractions
Kempty Falls : Afternoon Tea with a View3hrs
A picturesque waterfall near Mussoorie, Kempty Falls is a treat for the eyes! Known to be a favourite amongst the British gentry, the beauty of the falls is ethereal.
Cambridge Book Depot : Where Mussoorie comes alive for the Book lovers3hrs
Mussoorie is home to Ruskin Bond. At Cambridge Book Depot, a nondescript bookstore on Mall Road, you'll find everything about what inspired this prolific author of children's literature, and a chance to meet him!
Kandi Lodge: Witness India 's Checkered Colonial Past3hrs
Kandi Lodge and Punishment Point are completely off the tourist beat. Just a short walk away from Sterling Mussoorie, these places hold dark secrets of the British Raj.
Lal Tibba: The Blushing Peak of Mussoorie3hrs
The climb up to Mussoorie's highest peak, Lal Tibba, is a quiet walk past cemeteries, churches, old cottages and thickets of pine.
Gun Hill: Time-Keeping, The Traditional Way3hrs
A charming place with a quirky history, Gun Hill is just a short hike from the Mall road. It has a carnival-like atmosphere where Mussoorie comes out in all its glory.
Landour: When it was Meat Instead of Potatoes3hrs
Landour is the original British settlement, which expanded into Mussoorie. Charming stone cottages, old churches and schools are still in good shape as is the spirit of the place.
Lambi Dehar Mines: A Trek into the Haunted Past3hrs
A haunted mine where you can supposedly hear the cries of 50,000 dead mine workers. Defintely not for the faint-hearted.
FLIGHT OF FANCY1hr
Tread with care! This flight of stairs is embellished with traditional 'Pahadi' Art developed by the weavers of the Bhutia community over several centuries.
THE WAR OF 18141hr
Did you know the Anglo-Nepalese War or the 'Gurkha War' led to the then British Army recruiting a regiment of Gorkhali and Kumaoni warriors into the Armed services? This is one 'bloody' history story you wish you knew.
FEEDER ON WHEEL1hr
Speckled Piculet, Brown-Headed Barbet, Coppersmith Barbet, Himalayan Flameback, Lesser Yellownape are some of many feathered guests staying with us. Meet them here!
FABLES OF MUSSOORIE ON THE PRAYER WHEELS1hr
Spin the prayer wheels to read about some lesser known legends and fables from the land of Dev Bhoomi.
THE VINTAGE WALLS1hr
Welcome to 'Mansuri'. Join us in a visual walk into its history and memories captured over time. Let's flashback to the 1800's!
LEOPARD ON A TREE1hr
In a world of people, the skin can be black, white and Leopard. Know more about this majestic feline and don't forget to say Cheese. Click! Click!.
FAMOUS CUBES1hr
Re-arrange the cubes and get to know the 'Who and What' about these famous locals.


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Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction―The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift is a major exhibition drawn primarily from the paintings, sculptures, and works on paper donated to The Museum of Modern Art by the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1997 and 2016. On view from October 21, 2019, through March 14, 2020, Sur moderno dedicates an entire suite of galleries on the Museum's third floor to the display of artists from Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Uruguay. The exhibition highlights the work of Lygia Clark, Gego, Raúl Lozza, Hélio Oiticica, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Rhod Rothfuss, among others, focusing on the concept of transformation: a radical reinvention of the art object and a renewal of the social environment through art and design. The exhibition is also anchored by a selection of archival materials that situate the works within their local contexts. Sur moderno is organized by Inés Katzenstein, Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research Institute for the Study of Art from Latin America, The Museum of Modern Art, and consulting curator María Amalia García, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)–Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina, with Karen Grimson, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art.
The exhibition is divided into two main sections based on the concept of transformation. The first section, "Artworks as Artifacts, Artworks as Manifestos," presents a group of works that subverted the conventional formats of painting and sculpture. Cuts, folds, articulated objects, cut-out frames, and experiments that question the autonomy of the art object are some examples of these artists' material explorations. One of the first works visitors encounter in the exhibition, Willys de Castro's Active Object (1961), fuses the materiality of painting with the principles of free-standing sculpture, inviting the viewer to circle around a painted canvas. Another work in this section, Gyula Kosice's Articulated Mobile Sculpture (1948), questions the grounds of traditional sculpture by combining strips of brass to create a movable structure that defies classification. The exhibition's inclusion of Spatial Construction no. 12 (c. 1920) by Aleksandr Rodchenko highlights the influence of Russian Constructivism on South American art. Similarly, images of Piet Mondrian's works were widely circulated and had a great impact on the development of abstraction in the region. His Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942–43), on view in the exhibition, inspired investigations of kineticism among artists such as Jesús Rafael Soto, whose Double Transparency (1956) is an attempt to transform the two-dimensionality of Mondrian's painting into a three dimensional experience.
In the second section, "Modern as Abstract," the language of abstraction is displayed as both a product of and a catalyst for the transformation of the artists' surroundings. The geometrical principles of abstract painting carried over into the everyday, where artists and architects recognized one another as allies, leading to a shared operation and set of ideals. Here, María Freire's Untitled (1954), for example, is displayed alongside archival materials and works from MoMA's Architecture and Design collection, in an exploration of public sculptural projects and furniture design.
The final part of the exhibition is dedicated to the grid, one of modern art's central motifs of experimentation. Gego's Square Reticularea 71/6 (1971) and Hélio Oiticica's Painting 9 (1959) are two examples of works in the exhibition that approached the transformation and expansion of the rational grid in different ways. Oiticica disrupted the strict geometric system with his rhythmically arranged rectangles, while Gego warps and deconstructs the reticular structure.
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Last Week's News from Kraft Heinz is a Shot Across the Bow for Legacy CPG Food Companies
Are food and beverage products infused with hemp seeds, hemp seed oil or CBD, a solution for legacy brands with stagnant growth?DENVER, CO, USA, February 24, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- When 3G Capital bought Heinz, it initiated major cost-cutting to improve price margins. Many rival food companies followed its lead, cutting costs to avoid being a 3G Capital acquisition target.
Last week 3G Capital's Kraft Heinz operation was forced to deal with reality when it wrote-down assets including its Oscar Meyer and Kraft brands by a whopping $15.4 billion.
There was no single reason for this massive write-down. It included underinvestment in Kraft Heinz's existing brands. The company's management was also asleep at the wheel by ignoring the decline in interest in legacy food brands by consumers. Americans are ignoring the brands that they grew up with. They are instead increasingly focused on healthier products, including those with organic and natural ingredients.
Jorge Paulo Lemann, a co-founder of 3G was quoted in the Wall Street Journal as publicly-stating at a Los Angeles conference last April, "I'm a terrified dinosaur. I've been living in this cozy world of old brands (and) big volumes….All of a sudden we're being disrupted in many ways." Lemann also was quoted as saying, "We bought brands and thought that they would last forever. Now, we have to totally adjust to new demands from clients."
Stagnant growth is a nightmare for most CPG food product CEOs, not just Kraft Heinz. While revenue growth is a challenge, it is a difficult time for the industry. Revenue growth for CPG companies has only been slightly more than Gross Domestic Product (CDP).
Consumers are switching to on-trend products with more-modern and healthier ingredients. Are food and beverage products infused with hemp seeds, hemp seed oil or CBD, a solution?
Both hemp and CBD have become America's coolest ingredients in food and drinks, and both have become part of the trend in wellness.
Michael King- Sadick, CEO of Phyto Intel, a consultancy focused on enabling CPG food companies to enter and succeed the market for products formulated with hemp or CBD stated, "In December, when the Farm Bill was signed into law, hemp was removed from its Schedule 1 status as a controlled substance. This enabled American-grown hemp seeds and hemp seed oil to be used as additives in food and beverages. While the Farm Bill also legalized CBD, the ability to produce and market CBD-infused products is waiting for the FDA to formalize regulations."
King-Sadick also stated, "We are encouraging CPG food brands to proceed in developing, manufacturing and marketing products including hemp seeds or hemp seed oil today. We are also suggesting that brands formulate and develop food or beverage products infused with CBD today so that once the FDA clarifies its regulations, the products will be ready to manufacture and market."
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In java language, parseint Java is a method for converting the string value to integer value.
In java language, there is a method for converting the string value to integer value. But what is the point in doing this task when you can take input directly in integer form?
As we are familiar with many different datatypes in programming languages, if we keep all the big database data in all traditional datatypes format, then it would be difficult for a new person to predict the datatype of particular data and this will be very frustrating. So, may database engineers keep the data in the form of strings, all the different types of data is converted so that it would be easy to retrieve data.
So now, let us think of a database with all values as strings. Now, we need to retrieve a value whose data type is an integer, for doing so we have this method parseInt(). It will convert the given data to integer datatype.This method belongs to Integer class in java which comes under java.lang package. So, with the help of parseInt method of integer class, we can have type conversion of data. There are similar classes and methods for every other datatype as well, but we are going to mainly focus on parseInt java.
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How to use Integer.parseInt java method?
Java parseInt method is a method of class integer, so to use it, we use the dot operator. Here, Integer class is a wrapper class, which means that we use an object of the datatype class to store the value. As java is an Object Oriented Programming language, we use objects in every place. For datatype, we use wrapper class which is the class of datatype and we can store value in the object of that datatype class.
So for example, if we have a string "10" for the integer value and we want to convert it to an integer, then we can use parseInt method as:
Int x = Integer.parseInt("10");
// x will store the integer value 10
As we can see that using dot operator we used the parseInt method of Integer class for converting the string value.
Let us use it in a code to understand it better
import java.util.Scanner;
public class Example1
public static void main(String[] args)
// We create a scanner object to take input from the user
Scanner myObj = new Scanner(System.in);
// we take input of a numeric value as a string
String s1 = myObj.nextLine();
// print the input numeric value plus 10
System.out.println("Before using java parseInt: " + (s1+10));
// Now we convert the numeric input value to integer and store in variable a
int a = Integer.parseInt(s1);
// The integer value is displayed after type conversion plus 10
System.out.println("After using java parseInt: " + (a+10));
Before using java parseInt: 10010
After using java parseInt: 110
This is a basic program to understand the use of parseInt method. First, we took the input of the numeric value as a string and displayed it by adding numeric value 10 to it. But as it was in a string format, it took "+" sign as concatenation operator and joined the number 10 with the input 100 giving output 10010. This type of errors can occur in real-time, so to avoid such mistakes by using the parseInt method and converting the string to integer, we can add any number to get the desired output as we got here as 110 after the use of java parseInt method.
What errors can occur while using java parseInt method?
The java parseInt method only works when we pass the string of the numeric value, but if we pass a character value in the parseInt method then it will raise a NumberFormatException. So, we need to make sure about the value we pass to the parseInt function. It is not always the case as we can have character value but for that, we need to learn about the other parameter that we can pass in the parseInt method.
Parameters of java parseInt method
As we already know about the first parameter of java integer parseInt method is the string value, the second parameter is the radix value. We can specify the number system we want to convert a string to. So using the second parameter which is radix we can use a character value and can convert it to some valid number system. For a character or string value, we can use radix value 29 and convert it to a numeric value.
So, in this way, we can choose the radix in which we want to convert a string value in.
public class Example2
public static void main(String[] args)
// Using parseInt to convert value with radix 8
int a = Integer.parseInt("123", 8);
System.out.println("Value of 123 with radix 8: "+a);
// Using parseInt to convert value with radix 16
int b = Integer.parseInt("123", 16);
System.out.println("Value of 123 with radix 16: "+b);
// Using parseInt to convert value with radix 12
int c = Integer.parseInt("123", 12);
System.out.println("Value of 123 with radix 12: "+c);
Value of 123 with radix 8: 83
Value of 123 with radix 16: 291
Value of 123 with radix 12: 171
In this example, with the string value, we also specified the radix value in which we want our output. So for the string value "123" we got output 83 in radix 8, 291 in radix 16, 171 in radix 12.
Radix 8: 1x8^2 + 2x8^1 + 3x8^0 = 83
Radix 16: 1x16^2 + 2x16^1 + 3x16^0 = 291
Radix 12: 1x12^2 + 2x12^1 + 3x12^0 = 171
//This example is for using radix value 29
public class Example3
public static void main(String[] args)
// Using parseInt to convert value with radix 29
int a = Integer.parseInt("a", 29);
System.out.println("Value of a with radix 29: "+a);
Value of a with radix 29: 10
As the number system with radix 29 has alphabetical values after 0 to 9 which start from "a" and goes on till "s". So, we can only use character value or string value if it is in the range of radix value 29.


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Molybdenum (0.3–4%) and nitrogen are added to improve corrosion resistance, while nitrogen also increases strength. The duplexstainless steel grades LDX 2101 and 2304 are sometimes referred to as lean duplex stainless steel grades, while the duplexstainless steel grades 2507 and 4501 are also called 25Cr super duplex stainless steel grades. Due to their ferrite content the duplex stainless steel grades are magnetic.
The austenitic stainless steel grades are the largest stainless steel types, and can be divided into five sub-groups:
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Knowledge has become a corporate asset that may be the principal competitive advantage in the global economy. The potential for success of the companies is closely tied to their ability to innovate and to develop their ways of production; all this is based on the knowledge assets possessed by the company [Davenport & Prusak, 1998]. The current focus and study of knowledge management is not for the sake academics only, but a realization that knowing about knowledge is critical to business growth and business survival.
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Essex: The Whale Hunter launches in 2023 for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Switch and PC
Ultimate Games S.A. has announced the release of Essex: The Whale Hunter, a whaling simulator inspired by "Moby-Dick", for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One. The game will also appear on PC and other consoles: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
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The new project by 3T Games and Ultimate Games S.A. is one of the very few games that directly refer to the classics of American literature. The creators explain that their goal is to combine the fascinating world depicted by Herman Melville in "Moby-Dick" with attractive and varied gameplay.
"In Essex: The Whale Hunter, players will embark on a unique journey through a world that no longer exists. The bulk of the action will take place on the Atlantic, but we will also visit the island of Nantucket, which could be described as the Wall Street of 19th-century whaling. Herman Melville's masterpiece serves as our main inspiration during development, and we're striving to properly capture the unique nature of this multi-dimensional novel" – said Rafał Jelonek, CEO at 3T Games.
Players will have to face many challenges and start with the very basics, such as recruiting the optimal crew. Proper maintenance of the ship will play a crucial role. While the game will, naturally, focus on the search and hunt for whales, it will also include economic elements and allow you to trade the gathered resources.
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All of President Trump's foreign policy can be summed up by two themes, making the world safe for Israel and controlling the price of energy.
He calls the latter "Energy Dominance." And to those who still believe Trump has a plan, these two things are the only ones consistently in evidence.
His reactions to things contrary to his plan, however, are purely limbic.
These two themes converge completely with Iran. Trump wants Iran neutered to force Jared Kushner's now-delayed again, "Deal of the Century" onto the Palestinians while also taking Iran's oil off the market to support surging U.S. domestic production in the hopes of taking market share permanently.
Everything Trump does is in support of these two themes while throwing some red meat at his base over China, Mexico and the border.
It was never his intention to leave Syria back in December, really. Look how easy was it for John Bolton and the Joint Chiefs to convince him to stay because how else would we cut Iran's exports to zero if we didn't stop the land route through Iraq?
This is why we're still harboring ISIS cells in the desert crossing around Al-Tanf at the Jordan/Iraq/Syria border, to stop Iranian oil from coming into the country.
This feeds right into hurting all of Syria's allies to strengthen Israel's position.
To paraphrase the song from Aladdin, "It's stupid, but hey, it's home."
If the average Trump voter truly understood the lengths we are going to starve the Syrian army from having enough energy to finish wiping out the Al-Qaeda-linked groups in Idlib and Homs provinces they would burn their MAGA hats and stay home next November.
But they don't so Trump's approval rating keeps climbing.
On the other hand, people mostly understand exactly what the "Bay of Fat Pigs" operation in Venezuela was all about, protecting domestic oil production and getting control of Venezuela's.
The sad truth is that many Americans consider this comeuppance for being stupid enough to elect Nicolas Maduro President.
But this is the guts of Trump's "Energy Dominance" policy. Use tariffs, sanctions, threats and hybrid warfare to destroy the competition and therefore MAGA.
It would be sad if it wasn't so pathetic.
And the irony is that the whole plan is predicated on sustainable and nigh-exponential growth of U.S. domestic production.
There's only one problem with that. It's completely unsustainable.
The greatness of the U.S. production story is evident if you only look at the number of barrels produced. But that story turns into a nightmare the minute you look one inch deeper to see what the cost of those barrels are and what profit, if any, they produce.
From Zerohedge via Nick Cunningham at Oilprice.com comes this beauty of an image:
Heading into 2019, the industry promised to stake out a renewed focus on capital discipline and shareholder returns. But that vow is now in danger of becoming yet another in a long line of unmet goals.
"Another quarter, another gusher of red ink," the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, along with the Sightline Institute, wrote in a joint report on the first quarter earnings of the shale industry.
The report studied 29 North American shale companies and found a combined $2.5 billion in negative free cash flow in the first quarter. That was a deterioration from the $2.1 billion in negative cash flow from the fourth quarter of 2018. "This dismal cash flow performance came despite a 16 percent quarter-over-quarter decline in capital expenditures," the report's authors concluded.
So, higher cash burn rates at high sale prices (remember Q1 here) and lower capex costs as the rig count hits a fifteen-month low.
You can't hide a lack of profitability forever with financial engineering folks. Even Elon Musk is beginning to figure this out. And, once that reaches critical mass, to quote one of my favorite philosophers, The Tick, "Gravity is a harsh mistress."
What was that old joke?
"So if we're selling dollars for ninety-cents how do we make money?"
If that doesn't sum up where we are today in the energy space I don't know what does.
All of this is a product of the Fed's ridiculous zero-bound interest rate policy allowing energy drillers to issue obscene amounts of low-quality shares and lower-quality debt packaged in such a way to yield the magic 7.5% most pension funds need to maintain their defined benefit payouts without going broke.
This cycle is only partially derailed by the Fed raising rates a couple of points to 2.75%.
All Trump cares about is getting a 4% GDP print before next year's election to prove his critics wrong. This is why he wants the Fed to lower rates.
It will keep the shale boom going pumping massive amounts of oil which we can't ship to the coasts to sell to people who don't want it.
And even if all of the new pipeline capacity alleviates the internal glut that doesn't mean there's a market for more of it. Remember, shale produces ultra light sweet crude which most refiners have to blend with heavier feedstock so there really is an upper limit as to how much of this stuff the market wants.
The current and persistent discount of West Texas to Brent, which is still over $9 per barrel is a measure of this since most oil is priced in relation to Brent, even heavy sour grades like Russian Urals, which we're importing more of to feed domestic refineries strapped for stock now that we've embargoes Venezuelan oil.
If the shale boom is so sustainable why are frackers flaring off obscene amounts of natural gas that comes along with it? Why are they wasting what should be salable energy? Maybe because there's no market for it?
Rystad puts it into context, noting that the most productive gas facility in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico – Shell's Mars-Ursa complex – produces about 260 to 270 MMcfd of gross natural gas. In other words, the most productive gas project in the Gulf of Mexico only produces about 40 percent of the volume of gas that is being flared and vented in West Texas and New Mexico every single day.
Given this situation I think we've reached that part of the story where someone just let a really big one rip and no one is willing to acknowledge it.
Dood… Natural Gas is Awesome!
This is classic overproduction based on time-preference mis-coordinating the use of capital due to artificially-low interest rates. It has nothing to do with a normally functioning market.
But this situation can go on a lot longer thanks to the realities outside of the U.S. shale industry.
When the Fed finally does lower interest rates it won't be to save the energy producers in North Dakota. It will be to save the banking system from a dollar liquidity shock that will implode Europe.
The market's reaction to Friday's horrific jobs report was pure front-running that rate cut mixed with safe-haven behavior knowing that the global growth story is dead.
The U.S. yield curve imploded another 6 basis points. Gold popped to a 2019 high, the Dow put in a major reversal and the euro rallied after a massive run-up in euro-bonds before the New York open reversed some of that.
And there's Trump demanding lower oil prices on Twitter which is just feeding the problems of the shale drillers already underwater. Rock meet hard place.
Dollars for eight-five cents? MOAR volume!
So Trump has gotten what he wants but not for the reasons he wants it. With growth dying thanks, in part, to his random acts of financial terror, oil prices are now in free fall.
I identified the signals for my Patrons in a Market Report on May 26th, noting a back-to-back-to-back set of reversals I deemed "hugely bearish." Sometimes, it's just that easy. More often than not the market is telling you what you need to know, if you would only turn off the spin-machines and read the tape.
But the sad truth is that once the Fed lowers rates the drillers will be encouraged to go back to the credit well one more time because there will be even more demand for their crappy paper. In a yield-starved world everyone is trying to stave off the day of reckoning for as long as possible.
And right now, U.S. pension managers are a shale drillers' best friend. And so is an ECB trapped like an egg in a vice between a faltering German economy and political system undermining what's left of growth across Europe.
But not a U.S. President intent on creating a world few want and fewer benefit from while wasting a precious energy by the cubic shit load for a couple hundred thousand votes more than a year from now.
MAGA bitchez.


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#61 Top 100 Santa Rosa Island Mule Deer Bucks JEFF BRASHER
The Brasher Family became great friends with us over the years. Jeff's brother Rob was highlighted at #90, his dad Jay came in at #98, and Jeff and Rob's brother-in-law is yet to come. What a great family. Their close friend Steve Fullmer originally brought Jay out. Steve began hunting with us in the early '90s. He is yet to show up in the Top 100 as well. Shooting a mule deer buck on the west end of Santa Rosa Island on Pocket Field is one of the unique experiences in all of North America. These bucks had learned to use the rugged coastline as prime habitat while affording plenty of hiding spots to disappear into. There would be days when you saw 20-30 bucks out there, and then the next day you might see 3 or 4. Where could these bucks go? If I remember right, Jeff had shot this buck pretty good, but it refused to go down, so I instructed him to shoot him again. He hit him high on the shoulder, the bullet went through the buck's body, and it ended up splashing in the Pacific Ocean. That's something that doesn't happen every day! Guiding on these bucks when they are shedding velvet can be a bit tricky. Is that velvet hanging, or it that a drop tine? More often or not, we all grew accostomed to thinking most of those hanging things were stripped velvet. Then every once in awhile, he realize that that thing isn't moving in the wind or as the buck is running. That's a drop tine! Out on the Pocket, these bucks would maintain their velvet longer since there really is no brush to rub it off on. We've had a few bucks harvested out there that were hard horned, but still had dried velvet completely covering their antlers.


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Back to Annual Meeting Page
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
Martin T. Donohoe, MD, FACP, Portland State University, Old Town Clinic, 3718 Rivers Edge Drive, Lake Oswego, OR 97034, 503-819-6979, email@example.com
The ongoing genocide in the Sudan, where 50,000 people have been killed and thousands of women and girls gang-raped by the government-supported militia, has focused international attention on the issue of rape in war.
Hundreds of thousands of women have been raped in wars in the last hundred years, including 100,000 to 200,000 so-called "comfort women" of World War II, 250,000 women during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and 20,000 women during the 1990s "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia. Rape in war includes both individual acts of sexual violence and the systematic rape of women and children as an act of genocide, to ethnically-cleanse a population.
Physical sequelae of rape in war include traumatic injuries, STDs (including HIV), and pregnancy. Emergency contraception, antibiotics, and access to abortion are extremely limited. Short-term psychological consequences include fear, helplessness and desperation. Long-term, patients experience depression, anxiety disorders (including PTSD), multiple somatic symptoms, flashbacks, difficulty reestablishing intimate relationships, shame, persistent fears, and blunting of enjoyment in life.4
Violence against women violates the right to life, equality, security, equal protection under the law, and freedom from torture, cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment. The UN Commission on Human Rights considers rape a war crime.
The medical community can confront the atrocity of sexual assault in war by documenting incidents of rape; using medical data to verify widespread rape; using techniques of medical science to validate victims' testimony; treating victims; preventing sexual violence in refugee camps; and pressuring governments and the UN to follow international law and prosecute offenders.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: War, Women's Health
Related Web page: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/491147
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.
Recorded presentation
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA


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This week, she's working hard for that money. Women in our picks are knocking down walls and kicking through doors to get paid and demand respect.
Plus, we're talking about our colorful work histories on landlines, cultivating covens of feral cats, and considering the benefits of sister wives.
And, don't forget to listen to the song that gave us our title, "She Works Hard for the Money" by Donna Summer.
Our picks this week:
Amy: The Whisper Network, Chandler Baker
Erin: A Good Marriage, Kimberly McCreight
Other Books:
Amy: Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own, Kate Bolick
Erin: Revolting Prostitutes, Molly Smith and Juno Mack (from Verso Books)
Pop Culture:
Amy: Alias (TV, Prime)
Erin: This is Life with Lisa Ling (TV, News)
Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. And one of the BEST podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, and so much more. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.
Visit us at www.broadsandbooks.com, and talk to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook!


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Posted November 04, 2020
We are excited to share that Neighborhood Healthcare, successfully raised more than $300,000 in their Annual Pace Setter fundraising gala. The achievement surpassed all previous records despite being the first-ever done entirely online!
"We're grateful for the support we received from so many organizations and generous individuals," said Rakesh Patel, MD, CEO of Neighborhood Healthcare. "This event exceeded all expectations and demonstrated how communities could rally around each other in these unprecedented times. Now more than ever, our mission to provide quality, comprehensive, compassionate care to everyone regardless of circumstances is greatly needed."
The event was recorded in entirety and is available for viewing:
The Speakeasy Soiree Watch Party took place on September 26, on YouTube. The Gala event included music, an online auction, messages from those that Neighborhood Healthcare has helped, and the opportunity to honor one of its board members, longtime Escondido resident, and former Escondido City Council Member Elmer Cameron.
The funds raised through the activities and donations will expand Neighborhood Healthcare's services throughout Riverside and San Diego Counties. These include behavioral health, dental care, women's health, podiatry, pharmacy, vision, prenatal, and other services in addition to primary care. The organization also offers patients assistance to enroll in Medi-Cal, Covered California, CalFresh food assistance, and social services.
Over proceeds raised from the event will support "Unfunded Care." These funds cover costs of items or services patients cannot pay for themselves including prescription medications, transportation to/from their appointments, outside radiology, and specialty care visits.
"We offer a range of programs and resources that address many of the barriers our patients face on their road to health and happiness," said Tina Pope, Director of Philanthropy and Patient Experience for Neighborhood Healthcare. "The support we received this past weekend from so many individuals and organizations will help us continue to bring positive change to our communities; change you can see firsthand in the smiles of the patients we serve." Thank you for having courage to step forward with us, as we continue to serve those most in need regardless of situation or circumstance.
Thank you to all donors, sponsors, volunteers, and employees who made this event a success. We are Better Together.
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The Advanced Composite Materials Research and Excellence Center (IKMAMM) was established by the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO) in order to contribute to the sustainability of the sectors that produce and use advanced composite materials and to strengthen the R&D infrastructure of the sector. The center, which was realized with an investment of 17 million lira in Demirtaş Organized Industrial Zone, will serve industrialists both as an R&D and test center.
İKMAMM, which was established by BTSO with the support of Bursa Eskişehir Bilecik Development Agency (BEBKA), within the structure of Bursa Technology Coordination and R&D Center (BUTEKOM), was opened with the participation of Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank. IKMAMM, which will play a critical role in the transition of Bursa industry to technological products with high added value and sectoral transformation, aims to make Bursa a technology base in the field of composite materials, which are considered as the technology of the future.
IKMAMM, which will lead R&D studies in the sector, will serve in a wide range of expertise from prototype production to testing and analysis activities. Offering prototype infrastructure with 20 different tests and 5 different methods in the field of composites, the center draws attention especially with its strong equipment in the field of sample production. In the center, there are devices such as clean room, autoclave, RTM molding, thermo-plastic molding presses, curing oven, pre-preg machine for composite materials.
Turkey's combustion laboratory located in one of the most comprehensive İKMAMM, rail systems, made in Turkey will enable the testing of combustion equipment used in the automotive and aerospace industries. Industrialists will be able to carry out these tests, which they previously had to carry out abroad at high costs, with much more affordable costs, quickly and reliably at İKMAMM.
IKMAMM will undertake an important mission in terms of developing university-industry cooperation. The center will allow companies that produce composite materials to develop specific projects within the scope of university-industry cooperation. The Ministry of Industry and Technology will provide technical support to 3 SMEs from IKMAMM in the next 25 years to develop and commercialize advanced technology products. In addition, within the scope of TÜBİTAK Industry-Doctorate Program, 23 PhD students will work together with the HRMAMM team, which are experts in R&D and production processes.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the center with GUHEM, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank said that composite materials will be used extensively in many sectors such as automotive, textile, defense, aviation and rail systems in the coming years, as they are high-strength and environmentally friendly. Noting that developing composite materials requires a very serious knowledge and R&D infrastructure, Minister Varank said, "We established IKMAMM so that the Bursa industry can acquire new capabilities in developing these materials. Firms will have the opportunity to develop R&D, which they cannot perform in-house, by using the infrastructures here. We need to see this place not only as a research center but also as a new model organizing the composite industry. We will accelerate the commercial development of companies through the center channel. Therefore, we are bringing an infrastructure that offers much more than R&D. In other words; We both improve the existing capabilities of the industry and enable it to acquire new capabilities. said.
Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman İbrahim Burkay said that since the day they took office, they took decisive steps with the aim of creating a leading Bursa that produces high technology and added value. Stating that they implemented more than 40 macro-scale projects in this process, Chairman Burkay stated that they are proud to bring the Advanced Composite Materials Research and Excellence Center to Bursa. Burkay stated that they aim to improve the production capability of industrialists in Bursa in the composite materials sector, which is a very strategic field with IKMAMM, and said, "With the vision we have put forward as BTSO, we direct our industrialists to high value-added business areas. In addition to our traditional sectors such as automotive, textile and machinery, we aim to make Bursa a global player in sectors such as rail systems, composite, aviation and defense. At this point, IKMAMM is a very important investment in the future of our city. In the composite sector, which is called the material of tomorrow, our companies will have the opportunity to develop these technologies today. " said.
Noting that IKMAMM, the second center of excellence that BUTEKOM brought to Bursa after the Textile and Technical Textile Center of Excellence, has a strong R&D infrastructure required for the production and development of original products in the composite sector, Chairman Burkay said, "We expect all industrialists to benefit from the facilities of our center. . I would like to express my gratitude to our Minister of Industry and Technology, Mr. Mustafa Varank, for their support to our project. We aim to bring two more centers of excellence to our Bursa in the fields of nanotechnology and micromechanics-microelectronics. " said.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011
Holy Heart Attack
All I could do was look at him. And look at him again to make sure it was REALLY him. "Porter," I said, almost questioningly.
He kinda did a giggle and said, "What?" with his cute little smile. Crystal clear...he was nervous.
"How did you get home?"
"I walked."
"You WHAT? With who? Why?" I was confused, shocked, and about every other discombobulated emotion. This wasn't making sense at all.
Come to find out, Porter had left after school, before his enrichment class and WALKED HOME ALONE. Which means crossing a major major street. ALONE. We're talking about the boy that when we say, "Porter, look for cars," he looks at the brick wall and declares, "Nope, none are coming." This is the child that gets lost when he's standing right next to me. And somehow this same child managed to get himself home, and home safely. Thank goodness.
Scary day for me. I think some angels were walking him home. Or he's more mature than I give him credit for. Either way, you can imagine that many chit-chats ensued. And many hugs and kisses.
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Whew!! I think we do underestimate the ability of our children and their maturity, but walking home?!? In a big city?!? Talk about scary!ReplyDelete
oh my goodness i would be freaking!ReplyDelete
The other day Kylee was at a friends house and then the Mom text me saying she was going to walk home. 10 minutes later I went looking...and looking and looking. No Kylee and no answer to my call. 45 minutes later I found her at another friends house. The Mom let her in (she doesn't speak English very well) and didn't call or ask me to see if it was okay. Heart attack like you! We almost had the police involved! Those darn-lovable kids of ours! Glad Porter was safe (and hopefully our kids have learned their lessons).ReplyDelete
That is crazy!!! And a little bit awesome all at once. I have one question, where were the teachers during his little hiatus? I would be a little worried there.ReplyDelete
- rachel cowanDecember 2, 2011 at 11:14 AM
insane and upsetting! happy he made it home safely. that will probably be a story that is repeated for years!ReplyDelete
oh my scary! i would have died. I'm so glad that darling/naughty boy made it home!ReplyDelete


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