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|Now "Fever". You only have to look at it and know what to do.
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|Sadly have read in the Shropshire Star today that this dive will be re-opened by the bar chain "Bar Fever", so more of the same, just instead as part of a national bar chain! Still, there's always Montgomery's Tower, the Armoury and the Salopian Bar all nearby.
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|Called in yesterday to check out the refurbishment. The toilets have been painted and generally cleaned up. There�s new carpet all around the place apart from the �dance floor� of course which doesn�t seem to have had any attention. It�s also been newly wallpapered throughout. So what we now have is a newly wallpapered and carpeted chav ridden dump with clean toilets.
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The world of artists has long been a poor and lonely world. Only the very lucky few would get recognised during their lifetime. The majority would not get recognised at all. This is because the world of art is small and select. Now, however, we live in a digital age, which means that we also have the opportunity to do many things differently and to showcase our art all over the world. By using an online art portfolio, this is made even easier.
How to Use an Online Art Portfolio?
An online art portfolio, very simply put, allows you to upload images of any work of art that you have created. It is up to you to decide in what order to place these, or how to categorise them. However, most online art portfolio websites will give you fantastic hints and tips on how to make the most of your portfolio.
Once you have uploaded your images, it is time to share it around the world. Social media is a very strong tool and you should most definitely link it to your personal Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn page. You should also have a link to your portfolio in your online signature.
The wonderful thing about the internet is that you can now send your portfolio to art agencies, managers and art enthusiasts all over the world. You can send a link to your portfolio to a gallery in Hong Kong or to a buyer in Peru, without having to set foot out of your door. This opens up worlds of possibilities and gives you a much greater chance of becoming the next Andy Warhol, who achieved great fame during his lifetime, and not the next Van Gogh, who live his life in avid poverty.

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According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), with three million at risk every year. FGM is defined as the removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons (whether complete or incomplete) and today is carried out in many countries across the world: most instances occur in Africa, Asia and the Middle East but it is also carried out in Australia, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand and North America.
Often characterised as a rite of passage within the context of cultural, social and religious tradition, FGM is an act of discrimination and violence to control the sexuality of girls and women: it removes agency, stigmatises the female body and constitutes a violation of their rights and dignity. It has no health benefits and causes numerous and serious issues, including constant pain (and pain in the course of sex), infertility as a result of infection, bleeding, cysts and abscesses, incontinence, increased risks during labour and childbirth and depression, and can even result in death. Yet it continues and in many societies young women are conditioned to believe that they will be unclean, unhealthy and unmarriageable unless they undergo cutting.
In January 2019, the Guardian covered the arrests of 16 men and 3 women for aiding and abetting FGM in eastern Uganda after reports of gangs attacking as many as 400 women in the region. Despite the fact that FGM was banned in Uganda in 2010, it is still carried out (in this instance by a gang of 100, consisting of elderly women and men with machetes) and campaigners say there is much more to be done to eradicate the practice, especially amongst rural communities. According to Livingstone Sewanyana, executive director of the Foundation for Human Rights Initiatives, what is needed alongside enforcement of the criminal law is education within communities to encourage sustainable cultural change: "A collective public education campaign by state institutions and civil society organisations, alongside local leaders, would offer a more effective and deterrent solution".
On 1 February 2019, a woman was convicted of the offence of FGM for the first time in the UK. A sentence of eleven years was imposed on the mother who mutilated her child on 8 March 2019: the same date as International Women's Day. FGM has been illegal in the UK since 1985 and the relevant legislation was strengthened in 2003 to criminalise the act of taking a girl abroad to undergo cutting in another jurisdiction. The case makes clear the need for continued and concerted action and enforcement of the ban on FGM. Analysis of Department for Education data by the National FGM Centre shows a major increase in FGM cases: it was a feature in 1,960 social work assessments by councils in 2017-18, compared with 970 cases in the year before. Anita Lower, the Local Government Association lead on FGM, said that the figures demonstrated the "worrying prevalence" of FGM, "which is child abuse and cannot be justified for any reason."
FGM is an extreme form of violence that robs women of the control they should have over their own bodies and an infringement of their rights and dignity. As it receives more attention in the international media, educating communities and dismantling the systems that allow the practice to continue will be a necessary step for advocates and human rights defenders working to eradicate it.
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Just recently, everyone in Central Indiana had to learn to use 10 numbers instead of seven when calling anybody. Local calls now require the area code. This is because there are so many phones these days that one code is not enough. There are now two area codes for our part of the state, and everyone has to dial a full 10-digit number to reach their party. Of course, we don't use the word "party" anymore to designate the person we are calling. They may be at a party, but they are not a party just because they answer the phone. And, of course, most of us don't actually "dial" or "push" numbers anymore. They are programmed on our phone.
A century ago the chances were that you did not have to know any phone numbers. You simply picked up the receiver and called "central." The operator would do all the dialing for you.
It wasn't too long before numbers were assigned to each phone in town. Sometimes it was just a couple of numbers, but before long it was four or five. When the number reached six, the folks at the phone company decided that it would be helpful if they made up names for the various exchanges. They figured their customers could more easily remember a name and four numbers instead of a string of six numbers.
That began the romantic age for phone numbers.
From the 1920's through the 1960's, a telephone in America had not only a number but a name. That name gave it a persona that amounts to nostalgia for those of us who remember. The phone number at our house when I was a child was IDlewood 4245. My mind has that number bundled up with party lines, Captain Midnight Secret Decoder Rings, the ice man, and Dick and Jane readers. For folks who like to reminisce, the old telephone numbers can ring up some fond memories.
Veteran Greenwood residents might remember their old TUcker numbers. Many Franklin residents will recall the REdfield exchange. Whiteland phones all answered to a KEllogg number. In Bargersville it was GArden, and MAyfair jingled the phones in Trafalgar. Providence numbers must have rung poetically to the TEnnyson calls, and Marietta folks must have felt quite regal with their PAlace numbers. Columbus phones answered to DRexel digits, and Shelbyville had the EXpress exchange. I can still recall many of the phone tags in the Indianapolis area during the 1950's: FLeetwood, BElmont, IRving, ATwater, MElrose, WAlnut, and GArfield. Do any of those names ring a bell for you?
In those days a phone number could conjure up all kinds of images and impressions. An IRving person lived on the near east side of Indianapolis, and a BElmonter was from way out in Speedway. An ATwater girl was ritzy, residing on the north side of town. You knew she would never consider dating an IDlewood guy. A MElrose number was very often a business. The Morris Plan company centered its whole advertising campaign around its MElrose 11-3-11.
Some phone numbers became nationally-known because of the media. Radio and television programs often used Murray Hill numbers from New York City. Dedicated "I Love Lucy" fans will tell you that Murray Hill 5-9099 would ring the bell at the home of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Another New York exchange, BUtterfield 8, took on a more passionate mood after the 1960 release of a steamy movie of the same name starring Elizabeth Taylor .
During the Swing Era, Hotel Pennsylvania on 7th Avenue in New York was a popular stopping place for the big bands. It was right across from Penn Station and just around the corner from the Empire State Building. Glen Miller and his band played there often. They liked everything about the place, including the telephone number. The 1940 Miller recording of "Pennsylvania 6-5000" made it the most famous phone number in history.
During the 1960's and 70's, the phone company fazed out the old exchange names in place of straight numerical digits. It seems the names were not standard-enough across the nation and were causing a lot of confusion in foreign countries. Thus, the ATwater 7 girl became a bland 357. Instantly her romantic northside elegance vanished.
There were those who resisted the change. The members of the Anti-Digit-Dialing-League fought the good fight. ADDL members wrote letters to their editors and petitioned telephone companies across the land. One protester cried, "Give me LIberty or take the darn phone out!" Progress was not to be stopped, however, and all the friendly phone names, the PLazas, the GLadstones, the WOodlawns, were banished to the land where old telephone books go.
Today the Hotel Pennsylvania is alive and well on 7th Avenue in New York. It has had several ownership changes and has been completely renovated and modernized. Nearly everything has been improved and changed with one exception. The phone number is the same one the hotel has had since 1919. The listing in the phone book says 736-5000. But everyone knows what it really is. Just dial the number and you'll hear the Glen Miller band shouting "Pennsylvania Six-Five-Oh-Oh-Oh!" in tribute to the days when a phone call was a nickel and every number had a name.
Hold the phone...for IDlewood 4245


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Today I'm back to work after attending training for the past two days. It's amazing how motivating getting away from work can be; it's like you're picked up out of a rut, suddenly armed with knowledge you didn't have before and ready to walk into work and take the office by storm.
The universe apparently agrees, as it's bright, sunny and unusually warm in Upstate New York today. Tomorrow is suppose to be even warmer!
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Happy Kwanzaa
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I had to do a little research on Kwanzaa for a group and boy oh boy, everything in that poem seems to be right on the mark.
I deleted a comment by guerillawarfareonu because of it's profanity.
The post could have been posted without such need of vulgarity.
No profanity has ever been tolerated, nor will be tolerated, ever on my blog.
I like other points of views to be posted, but only if done in a civil manner.
In Jesus, Mary, & Joseph,
Point taken. Nevertheless, none of what was said needed to be researched, as others here need to obviously do, but that is not why you took down that post. you will probably take this one down as well, though you will see it contains no profanity, only the same truth, which is the real reason you took that post down. dont blame your weakness of stance and perception on censorship; that is a weasel's way out. if u didn't like what i said, talking about "i want other perspectives", u should have claimed that that was the reason why you took my post down. people need to see other persepctives. people like you have for centuries prevented that because you fear what you do not overstand and you all know what you have reaped upon this earth, ancestrally. YOU COULD NOT STAND NOR DID YOU POSSES THE INTESTINAL FORTITUDE REQUIRED TO STAND UP TO WHOEVER GIVES THE THUMBS UP OVER YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS SITE, TO RISK THEM POTENTIALLY SEEING THE ORIGINAL TRUTH FROM AN ORIGINAL BEING THAT I ORIGINALLY POSTED. that is the real reason you took it down. Everything I said about Yeshua Ben Yosef, his family, Catholics and Christianity (by the way "penis" was the scientific term last time I checked; ursoweak), Karenga, and the relevance of his past versus the relevance of personal histories of people like george walker texas ranger bush and tricky dick cheney; and the Nguzo Saba and the true spirit of Kwanzaa which is of no real threat to anyone currently not celebrating it, or any other religion; nor is Karenga's impotent b-u-t-t; and other religions and the nautre of those who make up stuff like this site and that poem as opposed to people who dwell in the real world and right (yes, i meant that) stuff like this- ALL OF THAT WAS TRUTH FEW EYES HAVE HAD THE AWAKENING FROM THAT SLUMBER OF KINGU PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING. My point was that, as usual and of course shown naturally to only shine my point by yours truly, I exposed the truth, and then you made a mockery of that truth, just like goofy chick with the "duuuh, im clever" dittybop poem about kwanzaa, which is neither funny, nor amusing, nor clever. its just ignorant, and as i said, in the nature of destruction, that is all you guys ever do. you mocked what i wrote by censoring my right to post it. i just finished a graduate level arts media and law course dawg don't play with me. Don't censor, fascist! Shame on you...lol. America eats its young and looks the other way while the wolves come out to play. Look out for those snakes in the grass...white man scream, "Swim Starks Sharks!"...
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If you want people to read your screeds, kindly learn about the use of the "paragraph." My eyes glazed over.
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Just three months ago, Jason Neroni left Paul Hibler's Superba Snack Bar to take over the kitchen at a new Bill Chait project. Now comes word that Neroni is taking over Rose Cafe in Venice with Bill Chait, a project slated to open in 2015.
Neroni, the 2012 Eater Chef of the Year winner, hasn't spilled the beans on the new concepts, but legitimate rumors point to B-Side Pizzeria.
On an interesting note, this marks Neroni's return to Rose Avenue in Venice after leaving Superba Snack Bar.
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The theme for this year's Met Gala is here, and Gucci and Balenciaga are joining forces. Stay up to date with the hottest international fashion news stories of the week.
Balmain Launches a Collaboration with Maluma
Balmain has released a limited-edition collaboration with Colombian singer, Maluma. The capsule finds its inspiration from Miami and features lush shades of pink, blue and tropical patterns. The logos for the French fashion house and musician splatter across T-shirts, sweaters, and pants, with a mix of palm trees and the addition of a striped blazer.
"It's been one of my goals to work with a respected fashion house on a collection, " shared Maluma in a statement. "My friend Maluma was quick to note that Balmain's new relaxed Miami vibe—with all those pastels and eye-catching patterns—was a perfect match for his distinctive style and addictive beat," said Olivier Rousteing. The collection is available for purchase online.
A Look at Cardi B's Reebok Collection
Cardi B is teaming up with Reebok for a collaboration project. The 90s-inspired collection features cropped sweaters, bold colors, and an athletic feel. The rapper has combined her love of growing up in the 90s in New York with its club scenes, beach workouts, and Coney Island styles.
This is the first apparel collection that Cardi B is completing with Reebok, following her two footwear releases. "I'm so happy to be releasing my first collection with Reebok," she said. The collection will debut on April 23.
2021 Met Gala Theme is Here
The theme for the Met Gala has been revealed, and this year will have a different date. Usually held on the first Sunday of May, this year it will take place on September 13 instead. The theme for this year's event is In America: A Lexicon of Fashion and will center around the innovations, stylings, and historic pieces by American designers over time.
For the first time, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a two-part exhibition for the event, with the Met Gala taking the spot as Part One. This will tie in with the closure of New York Fashion Week. Secondly, another show, In America: An Anthology of Fashion, will open on in May 2022 and will run until September.
Gucci and Balenciaga are Teaming Up
Gucci and Balenciaga are teaming up for their inaugural partnership. As part of Gucci's 100th birthday, the designer debuted the breakout project. This is not known as a 'collaboration,' says Allesandro Michele, the Creative Director for Gucci, but instead a 'hacking' of the two iconic brands.
The runway show, Aria, features a combination of the two distinctive styles. The film took place in a fictional venue called Savoy Cub – a clear nod to London's Savoy Hotel. Pieces included Balenciaga's Hourglass Tote combined with Gucci's interlocking logo and coats, footwear, shirts, and accessories following a similar pattern. While the two fashion houses are owned by Kerin, this marks the first time the two brands have intertwined styles and worked together for a collection.
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Although the merger between fashion and technology is happening now, many brands are still facing the challenge of being able to take their fashion tech project from idea to production. This is a problem that fashion tech company Neue Labs hopes to solve by helping universities, fashion councils, tech companies and brands connect clothes, wearables, and accessories to the internet. Most recently, the Stockholm-based company partnered up with renowned fashion school IFA Paris. The industry collaboration promises to make IFA Paris' 2nd year BA Fashion Design & Technology and BA Fashion Marketing students fluent in the language of fashion technology.
So far, the first phase of the project, which took place last month, involved fashion marketing students building on the strategic analysis of the Fusalp Brand. The second phase, which is taking place right now, is being led by both design and marketing students who are collaborating over a 16 week period to develop a 10-piece fashion tech capsule collection.
Creating Stylish Functional Garments Integrated With Tech
Assigned with creating garments and accessories for the urban consumer, under the theme Fusalp Futur, IFA Paris students were introduced to AUTOMAT. The hardware kit powered by Playground is Neue's proprietary software. They have optimised it so it can integrate tech functions into fashion. On their partnership, J-Baptiste Andreani, managing director of IFA Paris shared: "Working with Neue Lab is a great opportunity for our students to explore a different working methodology. This is the first step in our effort to change IFA Paris' overall teaching strategy and academic offer to reflect the cross-pollination between the fashion and high-tech industries."
"It was not only remarkable how fast they learnt and adapted to our platform, but also how they quickly grasped the concept of thinking in digital functions, concepts, content and storytelling".
Turning the traditional fashion studio into a maker space, the workshop has been instructing the students on how to use the flows on the intuitive Neue Playground Mobile App so they can build QR Code reading functions, NFC sensors and electroluminescent light controls. On using Neue's technology Andreani said, "Integrating a tech element within fashion collections requires the identification of a precise issue to solve and develop appropriate concepts through iterations." Kim Gustafsson, Business Strategist of Neue added: "It was not only remarkable how fast they learnt and adapted to our platform, but also how they quickly grasped the concept of thinking in digital functions, concepts, content and storytelling".
Besides introducing IFA Paris students to technology, Neue has also been sharing new business models that could help shape the future of fashion consumption and production, towards sustainability. "The new business models boil down to three pillars: Transparency (production, raw material, fair trade, counterfeit, history), ownership models (redesign, re-use, rental, subscription, sharing, swapping), and user experience (design, personal wardrobe management, interactive shopping and gamification, entertainment, interaction with homes, cities, cars). Sustainability is, of course, present in all three," explained Gustafsson.
Miniaturised Electronics for the Fashion Industry
Neue has been educating the fashion industry and driving the market forward for a while now, so this is not the first time that they have worked with a fashion school. Back in April 2018, they partnered up with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City. The three-month-long workshop encouraged FIT Bachelor and Master students to explore the integration of technology into garments using NEUE's A2 fashion technology.
Neue's endeavours have been supported by the Swedish Fashion Council. So far they have worked with them on projects like the FIT collaboration, and most recently the Neue x IFA Paris project. "We have a great tech culture in Sweden. Combined with the legacy in fashion, that makes Sweden really strong when it comes to fashion, tech and innovation. That is why we are asked to set up projects all over the world", said Fredrik Timour, Swedish Fashion Council's Innovation Manager.
ALSO READ: The Time for Fashion Schools And Tech Companies To Collaborate Is Now
As Neue continues to invest in the importance of bringing wearable technology to the forefront through cross-industry collaborations, IFA Paris students can look forward to gaining insight, knowledge and inspiration which will help them understand how fields, such as, hardware, firmware, sensor tech, soldering, different connectors, networks, smart fabrics and AI all connect.
Founding editor-in-chief of FashNerd.com, Muchaneta is currently one of the leading influencers writing about the merger of fashion with technology and wearable technology. She has also given talks at Premiere Vision, Munich Fabric Start and Pure London, to name a few. Besides working as a fashion innovation consultant for various fashion companies like LVMH Atelier, Muchaneta has also contributed to Vogue Business, is a senior contributor at The Interline and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion, UAL.


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Tuesday, August 14
YEAR: 2018 | Arcada | Charles Sanders Peirce | Fatboys | grading
A3, Arcada, 12:54
I slept badly again last night; partly through coughing and partly through the varying temperature. I got up once to close the window, a second time to open it, and a third time to partially close it.
This morning I left with a cardigan but still in shorts. I walked from Kalasatama, past the nearly completed new mall which does not appear anywhere near as large as I had assumed. I stopped at Lidl on the way.
I spent the morning with a variety of tasks, all necessary but none especially exciting. I emailed my short biography to someone who wanted it, I wrote emails, I set up a Zoom workspace for Thursday, and I tried to help a student whose need for help appears endless.
At 12:25 Tomas suggested we go for a walk just as I had started eating my lunch. I asked if he could wait ten minutes but five minutes later he decided that he couldn't.
Lunch finished, I walk around Arcada to see what I can see. I notice that the workmen have almost finished making the new classroom by filling in the open space that I used to like and joining it to the adjacent small room. Ho hum, I think, and look to the end of the corridor where two of the now-homeless fatboys, that used to lie in the open space, lie against the window. They shine brightly in the peculiar light.
In the afternoon I will set about the complex process of grading the summer course, all but one of the students having now submitted their final assignment. I will download all the files, itself a lengthy process and sort them all into different folders.
I will feel happy that the system I established two years ago for this still seems to work. To my surprise I will find that I appear to know what I should do, and appear to have the tools at hand to do it.
I will take some time out to sort through various Peircian documents I have filed, and find two or three to find before my next conversation with Scott.
I will email Mats Bergman.


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With all the media coverage on how Millennials think of work compared to Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers, it may seem counter intuitive to suggest you hire a few to ramp up your business growth and productivity. Stay with me on this.
The construction industry has seen a flat line in worker productivity for over 40 years. Meanwhile, other industries, like manufacturing, have seen great gains by leveraging technological advancements such as computer automation, Lean Sigma, just-in-time supply delivery, 24/7 assembly lines with more robots than people, run by computers. Technology transformed and saved North America's manufacturing production, keeping it competitive on a global playing field.
Construction today looks a lot like manufacturing did in the late '70s through the early '90s, because robotics, early computers and assembly lines have not been portable to building sites. Old school systems of paper plans, three-ring binders, sticky notes, markers, 10 keys, and clipboards worked just fine back then and are still widely used. But, will they soon be obsolete with a retiring senior workforce coupled with a labor shortage?
Age isn't Just a Number
Age is a big factor in technology efficiency and adoption. The average age of construction company owners in the walls and ceiling industry is 56, according to a 2016 survey. Seasoned pros in the 55 to 64 age range make up nearly 40 percent and another 20 percent are 65 plus. Millennials—those 35 and younger—only account for 2 percent.
Here is the huge challenge—construction companies will sooner rather than later, go digital. Converting years of project data from bound ledgers, day planners, and file boxes, to digital data basis will be painful without help from Millennials. They are multitaskers and computer savvy. Millennials leverage technology for speed and efficiency. Studies show Millennials work as hard as the Baby Boom generation. They are always on, emailing and texting into the evening. You don't have to sell them on the benefits of software, the cloud, or digital plans. Many use their own laptops, tablets, and smart phones, (called BYOD, bring your own device). They live and breathe digital technology and know how it eliminates waste, such as printing, marking up, and storing paper plans, and the unproductive travel time and gas wasted driving back and forth to the office from the job site with revisions.
Today, 98 percent of construction workers have smartphones on the job site. Millennials are in constant communication with friends and family. They keep track of their favorite sports teams on smartphones. Apply that instant communication knowhow to the job. At the job site, a photo can be snapped and emailed or sent with a text to the office with a description of an issue. Cameras in tablets and smartphones can save a day by getting an answer in minutes. Eliminate delays from change orders using paper plans, which cause reworks and cost overruns that slice into your profit. Millennials are looking for jobs where they feel they can contribute. Technology is in their wheelhouse, while construction is yours. They understand the benefits of cloud computing. Do you?
Learning a Thing or Two
Collaboration is easy in the cloud. Millennials know this. The ability to save and access various files through the cloud enables employees in the office and on the building site to work on the same plans. Cloud collaboration tools, such as Google Drive, allow team members to upload, edit and comment on documents, which makes for fast, accurate collaboration. With cloud computing, you can access project files and plan revisions from any device, smartphone, laptop or tablet. No longer are files stuck on a single server back at the office.
Did I say they are quick studies? Construction estimating and project management jobs automated with software are a near-perfect fit. They can help empower your trusted employees, not replace them. Both generations can learn a lot from each other and your entire business will benefit.
Merge Millennials with your experts:
Place them on teams. Millennials perform best on small teams. Pair them with your seasoned pro with 25 years of experience. There will be quick tips and hacks to be shared between them.
Listen to their ideas. They will offer their opinions on ways to work smarter, including the use of tablets and smartphones. Try not to say "We don't do things that way around here."
Avoid "my way or the highway" management. Tough, top-down supervision may send Millennials looking for other jobs. One report said they think of themselves as products on EBay, and will easily jump ship to a more technically advanced company.
Have touch-base meetings. Offer Millennials some facetime. They are competitive and are keen on doing things better. Don't be insulted if they laugh at you for doing takeoffs from paper plans.
Adding fresh team members strategically sets your company on a path to winning more jobs, reducing errors, growing profits, and tips on "Minecraft."


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Strathcona Gardens to Receive $4.6 million in federal Gas Tax Funds
The SRD has received over $4.6 million from the federal Gas Tax Fund to install several new heating and cooling systems at Strathcona Gardens. This money will support the work in the planned upgrades and renovations proposed through the REC-REATE project and may help reduce the project cost.
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In this episode we will return to our mini-series on the experiences of ordinary soldiers with a focus on camp life, food, and recreation. For a majority of the men who served, military life was foreign. Experiences in camp and training molded these men into soldiers. Thankfully, due to a rise in literacy, we have a rich tapestry of memoirs, letters, and diaries that tell the stories of service. Take a listen!
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Discuss editing the Wine page here. Will be deleted again, if there's nothing to discuss.
Please indent your answers by starting your lines with n+1 spaces, with n being the number of spaces of the text you answer to.
About the recent change https://wiki.debian.org/Wine?action=diff&rev2=45&rev1=44
(I'll point its author to this here, jre):
1. "Wine on a 64-bit architecture - Windows x64 bit, Wine on a 32-bit architecture - Windows x32 bit"
--> I'm not sure what you exactly want to tell readers with that (but I'm too deep in the topic to see it with fresh eyes). Please explain.
2. "Wine and Wine-Development needs to be installed for best results (choose the correct version for the correct arch)"
--> That should be "and/or", because you don't need both wine and wine-development, they are alternatives. Further, "best results" is not exactly right - for most users it will be just unusable, because the files/links in /usr/bin are in that page. So again, what exactly was your goal here?
3. [Detailed, specific installation instructions]
--> While they seem to be exact and correct, I don't think we want them here.
The old instructions "apt install wine" and/or "apt install wine-development" give exactly the right result, as long as step 1 has been done correctly. The only difference is that the new detailed commands will fail if multiarch hasn't been enabled, while the simple command will still succeed.
My suggestion would be to revert the complete change, and then maybe add a few improvements to the old version. E.g. an explicit hint in step 2 that step 1 has to be done for it to work correctly. If this is really necessary. Feedback both from the change's author and other wiki editors is very welcome!
About citing wine-development package
I think it should be removed. It is available in Buster and Sid. The version in Sid is even older than wine itself. (7.22~repack-2 versus 8.0~repack-4)


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PODGORICA – Montenegro has no reason to be dissatisfied with conclusions of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Sofia. The European Union (EU) promised large investments in the region and the new summit in Croatia (in 2020), which is a good news, said secretary general of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Goran Svilanović.
Commenting on the expectations of some countries, such as Albania, that deadlines and dates will be determined at the summit in Sofia, Svilanović said that Brussels had already stressed the summit will not tackle the enlargement perspective, but rather networking.
"Let me remind you of the first summit held in Thessaloniki 15 years ago. So many years have passed and the EU is still committed to investing in the Balkans. The enlargement has been tackled in the context of the Union's internal changes, and given the new circumstances, the Europeans committed to revise their internal organization by 2015. We shall see which country is to accede the EU first. I would like to thank Bulgarians who did a great job, and it is very significant that we concluded to hold a new summit during Croatian chairmanship," said Svilanović.
As for the 'enlargement fatigue' in the EU, Svilanović simply explained good news from the region is absolutely necessary. "Recent attack on a journalist in Montenegro was just one more 'bad news' from Montenegro," added Svilanović.


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Spicy Noodles Beijing
- 1/2 lb fresh egg noodles
- 1/2 lb ground pork
- 1 cup yellow onion, diced
- 1 Tbsp canola oil
- 1/2 head Napa cabbage, julienned
- 3 cups bean sprouts
- 1 Tbsp ground bean sauce
- 3 Tbsp chili paste with garlic, or any chili
- Garlic sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp Chiangking vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 Tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 1/4 cup water
- Garnish
- 1/2 cup carrot, thinly julienned
- 1/2 cup cucumber, thinly julienned
- 1. Cook the noodles in a pot of boiling water until al dente. Rinse with hot water; drain. Transfer to a serving plate and cover to keep warm.
- 2. While the noodles are cooking, heat a wok until hot. Stir-fry the ground pork and onion in 1 Tbsp canola oil until the onion is translucent. Add the cabbage and bean sprouts and stir-fry for 1 more minute. Add the bean sauce and chili paste. Season with the sesame oil, vinegar, sugar, and dark soy sauce.
- 3. Add cornstarch to water. Add to sauce and heat through until sauce thickens. Adjust seasoning.
- 4. Top with carrot and cucumber and serve immediately with cooked noodles.
6 servings
serving size
1 cup
nutritional analysis
|Total Fat
|12 g
|Saturated Fat
|4 g
|45 mg
|25 g
|4 g
|3 g
|16 g
|640 mg
|365 mg
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Managing Director at Kissinger Associates; Author of "The Age of the Unthinkable" & "Seventh Sense"
Joshua Cooper Ramo is Managing Director at Kissinger Associates, a strategic advisory firm. He is the youngest Managing Director in the history of the firm. Prior to entering the advisory business, Ramo was an award-winning journalist and the Senior Editor and Foreign Editor of TIME Magazine. Among his nearly two-dozen TIME cover stories were the 1997 Man of the Year profile of Andy Grove, an award-winning profile of Kofi Annan, and most recently, reports on unemployment in America and China-U.S. relations.
Ramo, a Mandarin speaker, divides his time between Beijing and New York City. The World Economic Forum has called him "one of China's leading foreign-born scholars." His papers on China's development, including "The Beijing Consensus" and "Brand China," have been widely distributed in China and abroad. In 2008, Ramo served as China Analyst for NBC during the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Trained as an economist, Ramo holds degrees from the University of Chicago and New York University. He has been a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Asia21 Leaders Program, a member of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders and Global Leaders for Tomorrow, an advisory board member of the Leaders Project and co-founder of the USâ€China Young Leaders Forum. He has spent two sabbaticals working at AIDS hospices in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. An avid flyer, Ramo wrote a book, No Visible Horizons, about his experiences as a competitive aerobatic pilot. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Starbucks.
His most recent book, The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It, was published in April 2009 in seven languages.
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How to Start and Grow a Staffing Agency
Temporary staffing agencies have the potential to grow fast and become profitable under the proper management. However, they have too many moving parts and to own/manage one, you need to be an expert in a number of areas.
How Do You Make Money with a Staffing Agency?
Basically, a staffing agency leases employees to businesses that require staff. They pay these employees a percentage of what the businesses pay and the difference is their profit. The margins vary depending on location, demand, supply and industry.
Some companies prefer to work with staffing agencies because they can get employees as needed. Staffing agencies are also beneficial to employees. The work environment is flexible and they get lots of new opportunities.
Start and Grow Your Staffing Business
Here are nine steps to guide you.
1. Assess Your Skill Set
If you want to be successful, there are skills that you must have. You should be knowledgeable about:
- Finding clients
- Finding employees
- Matching employees and clients
- Managing employees/personnel
Each of these skills is important. They are all necessary for growing your business. If you are missing one, you should hire someone who is good in that area.
2. Focus on the Right Industry
Evaluate the needs of the market and find a way to fulfill them. Make sure you fully understand the demand and supply cycles of the industry you select.
A staffing agency generally involves three segments:
- Professional/technical
- Industrial
- Office/clerical
Whatever industry you choose, narrow down to a specific industry. It is wise to start small and go from there.
3. Calculate the Start Up Costs
There are operational and establishment costs. Establishment costs are for setting up the business. Most of them are one-time.
Operational costs are those needed to find clients, employees and deliver services initially.
4. Understand Cash Flow
When you have a staffing agency, you have to pay the employees on a weekly basis or every two weeks. But the clients pay every month or two. If you don't manage this delay, problems will arise. So this is something you have to know before you start.
5. Know Where to Get Employees
It is not as easy as you might think. Ensure that your business stands out so people will want to work with you.
You can get employees through referrals, contacts, LinkedIn, job boards, etc.
6. Find Your Clients
This is another hard task. Why would a client want to work with you and not your competitor? How are you any different? These are questions you have to answer beforehand.
7. Find a Payroll Service
Most staffing agencies forward or improperly withhold taxes until it is too late. Before you even start finding employees, get a payroll service. You will save yourself a lot of trouble.
8. Proper Insurance
Sit down and have a chat with an insurance agent in your industry. Some necessary policies include:
- Property coverage
- Workers' compensation
- Professional liability insurance
- EPLI (employee practices liability insurance)
- Employee theft and crime coverage
- CGL (commercial general liability)
9. Handle the First Cash Crunch
Before you begin the business, get a sufficient cash reserve or cushion.


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Building a Facebook Group is one of the best ways you can grow your brand and your business. Most people focus on their Facebook Business pages, but the struggles with post reach, engagement and fresh content are real.
So what if you could build a community of your fans and interact with them in a more personal way. Getting to know your fans and group members will certainly help you know your audience and target market and you might find what you thought you knew, is not what you need to know!
Build a Facebook Group
First and foremost, you need to create a group… duh! I know, it is the blatantly obvious, but it has to be said for the sake of this flowing. Create your group the same as you did your business page. Click on settings under your profile and find the menu "Create Group". Make sure you give your group a catchy name that will make people want to join. Just calling it 'Jo's handmade Socks Group' probably isn't going to get you much traffic or interest.
Market Your Group
Once you have created your group, you are going to need members. Some may find you over time when looking for your "special something" that you are providing, but for the meantime, you will need to do some leg work. The best place to market your new group is to your existing Facebook followers. Share the link with them and pay to boost your post so that more of your members will see it – unfortunately Facebook doesn't like self promotional posts all that much. Encourage them to share with their friends and build you community of like-minded individuals.
Have Links In Your Blog Posts
Do you have a blog, why not have links in your blog leading people to your group. Mention that if they want to know more about your blog topic or engage with like-minded people then your group is the best place to do that. And mention it is free. People love free!
Promote Your Group In A Facebook Ad
Do you have a special "How To" blog you have just written that is getting great traction? Why not promote it on Facebook in an ad and draw more people to your website and then lead them to your Facebook Group. People love a blog or article that can solve a problem for them. They will click on the link to find out more and then once you have drawn them in, you can then lead them to your ultimate goal of getting them to join your new community.
Promote On Your Website
Do you have a website with your business. This is your best asset and the place people will go to for more information and to ultimately find out more about you, your products or service and to buy! Your website is your advertising space, so use it wisely. Put a call to action on your side bar or home page that prompts people to click and join your group.
Newsletters and Sign Up E-mails
If you collect e-mail addresses on your website (if not why not!) then include your Facebook Group link in the follow up e-mail or in your signature block. Just because you have e-mail subscribers, doesn't mean they will know about your group, so let them know about it and how much you would love them to join.
So there you have it, in just a few steps, you can create and build a Facebook Group and in turn your own little community of people who are itching to get to know you, each other and what you have to offer.
So what are you waiting for!
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Ok, unlucky is probably a bit harsh, just because we didn't get to see a leopard doesn't mean we missed out, not by any stretch of the imagination.
We did a safari trip into Yala National Park and it was excellent!
The leopard may have proved elusive but bouncing around on the back of a jeep with with open sides and raised seats set up as if we were looking at pop stars houses in Beverley Hill is a lot of fun, especially for the kids.
The amount of wildlife in there is incredible, elephants, crocodiles, deer, pigs, mongoose, water buffalo, monkeys and too many birds to mention are in reality only a small percentage of what was on view.
Trees, flowers, lakes, rock formations, the beach, all there to see.
Actually there is a memorial on the beach from the 2004 tsunami as 45 people lost there lives whilst doing a safari when a 6 metre wall of water smashed through here, I suppose they would have been wondering why all the animals were charging inland and then BAM, not good!
Anyhow back to the happier things, apparently there was a leopard cruising around with a just caught rabbit in her mouth but people were only catching glimpses of her as she darted across the tracks.
The bush either side is thick and an elephant can be just 5 metres away and almost invisible but get those big babies get out in the open and it's another matter altogether as they are huge.
The sheer number of crocodiles is worrying, big ones too, many over 4 metres long, they are everywhere, we saw a dead little deer laying belly up in a muddy dam, then a single prehistoric eye pops out of the water beside it to look at us, very spooky.
The crocs like to leave their prey for a couple of days before eating to allow them to get a bit tastier, nature at work at its best.
The safari itself was a bit crazy, with at least 15-20 jeeps charging all over the place looking for tourist photo opportunities.
If one jeep stops by another, all the other drivers race to gather there as well so we all end up grid locked looking out at bush, wondering if a great big leopard is staring back at us thinking, mmmm smorgasbord time, lets eat the little Aussies first.
All in all it was a good half day out, ending with me having to open the electric gate in the dark as we ran late getting out and all the electric fences for elephants in Sri Lanka are switched on from 6pm to 6am.
I imagine they have quite a bit more kick than a standard electric fence similar to the ones I grew up with back in NZ and really didn't want to find out just how much shock it takes to stop an elephant pushing through.


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If you are faced with betrayal by your best friend and you realize that friendship with this person was a huge mistake, you can try to get back at her for the pain she caused. Psychologists believe that the most important revenge can be apathy and indifference on your part. React to her act calm, ignore it, do not be like the traitor and begin to wage war. Just cut off all communication with such an unreliable and man, let him do whatever he wants.
If you do not wish to leave the treachery to go unpunished, use the same methods. You've probably been friends for a long time and should know about all the experiences, secrets, and fears of a friend. Share this information with someone who is famous for tattling and rumors. Just try to do it anonymously, to not give himself away. Most likely, you don't want your other friends started to consider you a bad friend telling secrets of others.
Your ex girlfriend did a bad thing and betrayed you. So tell all your friends and common acquaintances. Let them know how despicable the person is in your company. Thus, people will cease to trust her with their secrets and begin to avoid contact with a potential traitor. Then followed the lonely and likely to remorse your girlfriend.
Another version of female revenge - petty mischief. Pretend that he forgave his beloved friend and will continue to communicate with her. Come to visit her, add her shampoo remedy for hair removal or perfume and do other nonsense. All the cards in your hands. However, to make such actions it is better to wait for some time and have a close encounter with this girl, so she started to guess what was the reason for its failure.
In addition, you can use social networks and Dating sites. Create a page on her behalf and place a phone number, let the traitor responsible day and night for Intrusive calls and listens to various suggestions.
After your revenge will be successfully executed, you can smile to tell ex girlfriend about what you become the organizer of all the bad things that happened to her, and ask her own guess on the reason for your behavior. Perhaps in the future it will cease to commit treason and start to appreciate friendship.


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New ESSENCE cross-country report on soft skills and employability released
A closer university-business collaboration needed to better suit soft skills development needs of young job applicants in Europe
In September 2021 ESSENCE consortium released publicly results of its mapping activities undertaken within Intellectual Output 2. The mapping was undertaken over spring and summer of 2021 covering almost 180 company representatives from 14 European countries. This activity undertaken by all consortium members aimed to unveil the palette of soft skills required by employers, the type of soft skills possessed by employees and the kind of training offered by employers to employees in order to boost their soft skills. Results obtained through in-depth interviews with company representatives across the Europe have revealed several stylised facts regarding the soft skills role in the employability.
The mapping yielded many examples of good practices in the area of soft skills development among businesses, education providers and also through informal trainings. However, these findings seem to contrast the information collected through in-depth interviews with company representatives. As these interviews revealed, the importance of soft skills is recognised and companies consider them relevant for own success but at the same time limited efforts are being invested in the development of such skills among the employees. Rather, it appears that the care about soft skills development is delegated to those in greatest need of them, the employees who are forced to search for ways of continuous upskilling.
It seems that in most companies the observing of person during the interview or at workplace still remains dominant method for assessment of whether the individual has appropriate soft skills. Across countries little evidence was found of special competence tests being carried out to establish the type and level of competences possessed by employees. More importantly, those responsible for the development of soft skills such as universities seem to opt for informal soft skills development through additional courses, trainings or workshops. This points to the mismatch between supply and demand of educational and training content which is not country-specific but rather systemic.
The added value of survey also lies in its identification of skills most sought by companies. As evidence revealed, skills such as complex problem solving, critical thinking, coordination or emotional intelligence increase the employability chances. However, at the same time most of prospective employees demonstrate the lack of these exact skills pointing to further misalignments.
What is most concerning from our survey is that the majority of surveyed companies do not provide their employees with formal soft skills training due to high workload and costs. In fact, most employees seem to be pointed to online sources in their efforts to improve own soft skills. This makes it clear that there is the need to develop trainings for young people looking to develop and improve their soft skills which is one of the objectives of the ESSENCE project. In next activities ESSENCE will prepare training and educational materials which aim to increase employability of young job seekers by boosting their soft skills. As results of these activities will be freely available they will help not only those in need of such trainings but also to all instructors in the area of soft skills thus creating widening effects far beyond the boundaries of ESSENCE consortium.
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Tax Strategy: Financial year ending 31 March 2022
The following sets out the UK Tax Strategy for Hinduja Automotive Limited, Optare Group Plc and Hinduja Tech Limited and their UK subsidiaries, collectively referred to as the "Hinduja UK Group".
Hinduja Automotive Limited is a holding company and the majority shareholder of Ashok Leyland Limited which manufactures commercial vehicles, engines and related components.
Optare Group Plc designs, manufactures and sells a range of low-carbon single deck and double deck buses for a global market place.
Hinduja Tech is a premier global provider of integrated product engineering & digital technology solutions, working with leading automobile OEMs in India, Europe, USA and Japan sharing its expertise in automobile and industrial designs, product engineering, tooling, and cost reduction programs.
The Hinduja UK Group regards the publication of this tax strategy as satisfying the obligation under paragraph 16(2) of Schedule 19 of the Finance Act 2016, in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2022.
1. Commitment to compliance
Hinduja UK Group has a low appetite for UK tax risk and are dedicated to being compliant with tax law and practice in the UK. This means paying the right amount of tax in the right place and at the right time. It involves disclosing all relevant facts and circumstances to the tax authorities and claiming reliefs and incentives where available.
External advisors are engaged to provide corporate tax compliance services including preparation of UK tax returns.
2. Responsible attitude to arranging tax affairs
The Hinduja UK Group does not engage in aggressive or artificial tax planning schemes or arrangements that serve no commercial purpose and does not tolerate
any activities or behaviours that encourage tax evasion, or incorrectly withholding of revenues from government and regulatory authorities.
The Hinduja UK Group adheres to relevant tax law and seeks to minimize the risk of uncertainty or disputes through communication with the relevant tax authorities.
3. Effective risk management
Hinduja UK Group's approach to tax risk management is to ensure that tax risks are proactively identified, measured, managed and reported. Where a significant uncertainty or complexity in relation to a tax risk is identified, external advice is sought and relied upon. Where appropriate, risks will be escalated to the CFO and Board for their consideration.
4. Constructive approach to engaging with HMRC
The Hinduja UK Group engages with HMRC openly and transparently to build a relationship based on mutual respect and integrity. It responds clearly and promptly to queries raised by HMRC and provides appropriate disclosure of corporate information where applicable. As a Group it aims to ensure it adheres to all relevant compliance obligations and in a spirit of co-operative compliance.
5. Governance
Overall accountability for the management of risk resides with the Boards of the respective sub groups. These Boards delegate the responsibility for the day to day operations for the management of tax to their respective CFOs and Finance Functions. Although the Finance Function is responsible for UK tax compliance, it engages external tax advisors as appropriate and relies on such expert tax advice.
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Mastering Your Mindset With Keira Barr
In this episode of Turning Lemons Into Lemonade, you will hear from Keira Barr. Keira just launched her new book The Skin Whisperer and she talked about how you can tell so many different things about your health from the condition of your skin. She also gave some things to look for in your skin […]Continue reading


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Booking contact number?!?
I just signed up and the calendar was supposed to be synced with my Airbnb, however, it was not and I have a double booking and would like to cancel it, I have messaged the guest and requested cancellation however no response. I am trying to contact a human at booking.com but there seems to be no number or even email I can find, any help is appreciated as I don't want a random guest showing up whilst my other guest is still there.
Hi! Harry, sorry to hear about your double booking.
Please have in mind that calendar is not sync in real time...its better if you do it maually after receiving reservations through other OTA.
You can find contact info in the following link.
Wish you luck.
continuing on M Adamopoulou's advice, please be prepared for your first ( surprise ) shock:
Airbnb as well as BdC penalise the Host if a booked guest cannot be accommodated.
A Host is not entitled to cancel a confirmed reservation.
As to whether this is fair or not, that is a different question.
The only thing the Host can do is assure that overlapping bookings do not occur
Let us know how you go.
Thanks, One option would be to cancel it on airbnb, however the aribnb booking is a week and was booked first before I even signed up with this site, the booking from here is one night. Thanks for the advice, I have found a customer support number I will call on monday
That's fine.
Thanks for the feedback.
Have a nice weekend.
Ideally, Harry: make AirBnb guests book not instant.
I do this now for some time, and have even more bookings with A than with B!
A bit more hassle, but worth it, and no double bookings. I wouldn't worry about it. And saves you the cost of channel manager if you use one.
Aaltje B.
Aaltje, by not instant you mean guests have to send you a request before making reservation???
Yes, since with Airbnb the host can choose instant booking done or not
Aaltje B .
Aaltje if it works I think it's a good solution in avoiding double bookings.
Thanks for the tip...simple and clever...
I probably have it set it up...that's why every time I have a reservation from A the guest sends me a request....
I just hadn't realized it until now...
Thanks again
We were not aware of that option either,- thanks Aaltje


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Title: K-ON!! (K-ON! Season two)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Slice of Life
Rating: 7.0/10
Summary: After School Tea Time is back in action in the second season of K-ON!.
Review: The season has finally come to an end (probably series…?) and I'm rather thankful. There are rumors of a season three but with the manga ending and a satisfying ending I sure hope they aren't true. Before we get started I want you to know that I wont be talking about the art or soundtrack because they were basically the exact same as season one. Since I figure most of you will have watched season one before season two (since it is the logical thing to do), I wont bother repeating my thoughts. Though the girls of K-ON! were fun to watch, season two just wasn't the same. I don't know if it was the fact they decided to make the season twenty-four episodes long or the lack of actual music, but the series was lacking. The thing I enjoyed about season one was the music. Although the songs weren't very deep or record breaking, they were different. Sure I had no idea what they were talking about, and couldn't relate to "Fluffy Time" but it was … cute. Season two decided to just focus on their school life, which wasn't bad at first, but the jokes were getting old. And quite honestly so were the characters. Mio, the most popular characters of the series, dare I say, was a complete downer. It seemed like every plan the girls had was shot down by her "maturity". In contrast to starting to dislike Mio, I began to like some of the other characters. More specifically Mugi and Ritsu. Mugi is the funny "side" character of the main five. Her presence isn't well established, but her quick one liners really made me laugh. Ritsu has always been the mastermind behind every funny scenario. I just think everyone should thank her for taking on her civic duty to make the series better. Another thing is, the episodes really weren't memorable. I actually can't recall what the older episodes were about (before episode 20). The series soon became a time killer than enjoyment. I could probably rant on about how K-ON!! just wasn't the same as season one, but I think you get the point.
Final statements: So long story short it went from music to slice of life. It wasn't bad but I did start watching K-ON! because it focused on music. The ending was appropriate and I really hope they leave it at season two. Yet another low priority watch.


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This course provides an introduction to the practice of empirical innovation research. Participants will have the opportunity to specify a research question in the context of innovation management theoretically, to develop specific hypotheses and to test them empirically. For this purpose, a large innovation database will be made available. Moreover, a weekly STATA workshop will be offered in the computer lab during which participants will be trained in using the STATA package. As part of this workshop, participants will also perform their econometric analyses. In their essay and research presentation, students will be expected to present their initial research findings appropriately in both written and oral form. Moreover, participants will have to discuss critically and constructively the essay of a fellow student.
After participating in this course, students should be in a position to:
(1) develop and test theoretical hypotheses pertaining to a research question from the field of technology and innovation research,
(2) conduct econometric analyses with STATA,
(3) report research findings by means of a short research paper in English,
(4) present research findings by means of a scientific presentation in English.
(1) Solid command of English
(2) Basic knowledge of econometrics and innovation management (prior participation in one of the TIM core lectures is recommended)
(3) Active participation during lab sessions
(4) Willingness to engage in intense literature research
Further Information
Further information on this course and the application procedure can be obtained on CAMPUS.
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K.Will Gave Us Thumbs Up at #GDA!!
This could possibly be the best Golden Disk Awards experience EVER!! I've also blogged about #GDA Day 1 and Day 2! 🙂 This happened when K.Will was performing his song, I Need You.
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Commonwealth Games in P2R!
P2R have kicked off their mini Commonwealth Games with a baton relay. Leighton produced a baton for the occasion and the hidden message was read out at the opening of our games!
The five teams chose their countries and made badges and flags to support their team. They are Canada, Nigeria, India, New Zealand and United Kingdom.


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This is the concluding page of Chapter 3! Thank you so much for being patient with the updates during this chapter! It's been a bumpy ride but I am so happy to finally have all the pages colored and edited! Phew~
Here's some important information:
The Din is now on a chapter break, until further notice.
I am not ready to draw Chapter 4 yet, which is why I don't have a date on when the chapter break will be over.
I have decided to make some time to rework the rest of the comic's script due to it being a bit out dated. This will take time, but I am getting help from the lovely editors over at Hiveworks! :)
I'll keep you posted as soon as I have any news or progress! If you have any questions, comment here and I'll reply as soon as I can! :) Thank you for understanding and for being so patient!
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You might have noticed that the Pittsburgh Steelers have piled up a significant number of injuries, not just lately, but also over the course of the season. Just this past Sunday, the team officially declared out no less than nine players. They had to move some players around, placing two on Injured Reserve, just to field a 45-man active roster.
When the Steelers take the practice field today, it is likely that as many as 11 players will not begin the week as practice participants, including six starters, although for at least the majority of them, there is a chance that they will be able to play on Sunday.
What is behind the lengthy weekly injury reports for the Steelers? Apparently, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger yesterday seemed to suggest that it ties back to the team's physical practices, which are said to be much more aggressive than the majority of practice sessions around the league.
According to Ed Bouchette, Roethlisberger appeared on 93.7 The Fan and talked about the injury situation, saying, "I think a lot of our stuff stems from [the fact that] we're one of the most physical teams in training camp, in practice, you know. We do more hitting than most teams do and more pads".
Roethlisberger relayed an anecdote from training camp when they held joint practices with the Lions leading up to their preseason game against Detroit, with Bouchette writing that "they were surprised at how different the two teams' practice habits were".
"They hadn't even gone a day in pads", Roethlisberger said, "and we had already done like two weeks". The Steelers do not wait long before getting into their padded practices once training camp opens, as readers of this site know. They generally take the first available opportunity to get them on and start hitting. "We're talking to their players about how physical our practices are".
He continued, "I think sometimes it takes a toll on some guys, you know, hamstrings and quads and guys reinjuring things". He also said that "we have to take care of our guys" as he discussed a necessary balance in "being a physical football team".
Of course, it should be pointed out that, while Roethlisberger is an athlete, he is certainly not a medical professional, nor a sports scientist, so while he may be able to bring some anecdotal evidence to the table in witnessing soft-tissue injuries as a correlation to physical practices, that does not mean that is the case.
The Steelers have gone through their fair share of tough training camps for the past few years now, and it never seemed to make Cameron Heyward worse for wear. His hamstring injury on Sunday seems to be the primary catalyst for the recent injury discussion, given that he has never missed a game before.
And, of course, I am not a sports scientist either, so I'm not going to inject too much of myself in here, since I would be out of my element. But it is not for nothing that Roethlisberger brought up the physicality of practices in light of the number of injuries that they have experienced this season.


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This balanced pasta dish is in collaboration with a local partner, Mr. Aaron's Goods!
(Yields 3-4 servings)
- 1 package Mr. Aaron's Goods spinach rigatoni
- Nourished Routes Basil Walnut Pesto
- 1 – 15oz can Northern white beans
- 3-4 red bell peppers, depending on size
- Green onions, sliced for topping
- Parmesan cheese to top, optional
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with pam or lightly brush with olive oil.
- Lay peppers on their sides, stems pointing sideways.
- Put baking sheet in oven and roast for 20 minutes. Remove peppers from oven, give peppers a half turn using tongs, and place back into oven for another 15 minutes. Take peppers out when skins are charred. Slice peppers when cooled.
- Now, boil water in a pot.
- When boiling, cook Mr. Aarons Goods spinach rigatoni according to packaging.
- While pasta is cooking, drain and rinse can of beans.
- Drain when pasta is completely cooked and put pasta back into saucepan.
- Add in sliced peppers, full can of beans, and pesto into pasta and stir to combine.
- Top with green onions and parmesan cheese, if desired.
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Great ideas often drive start-ups. But technical expertise and understanding of CX are also essential, as is ensuring internal teams are recruited and upskilled so they can be autonomous after launch. Our role with this disruptive financial services start-up was to launch their service to market quickly and set them up for acquisition.
Get it launched, and get it launched quick
What it lacks in resources, a start-up more than makes up for in purpose, drive and excitement. The ambition to fill a gap in the market. The focus to get things done fast. The ever-present fear of being pipped to the post by a hitherto unseen new market entrant. More than anything, the pure unadulterated thrill of the ride.
Yes, it's true to say that a start-up is a very different beast to an established business.
Reinventing the customer experience
And so it proved to be for HD Decisions. Looking to give people a new way to find a relevant credit card, loan or mortgage, their innovation was in using data to pre-qualify consumers, so providing reassurance of a successful application.
Reinventing how consumer data could be used to improve financial decisions and customer experiences, HD Decisions' goal could not be more certain: launch this new service and launch it quickly.
Bringing a vision to life
The only trouble was, while the five principals had the ideas, they had no notion of how they were going to get there. These are data innovators. Experts in what data can tell us when interpreted in the right ways, and what innovative outcomes to expect when it is. But what they're not is technical experts. They also needed to get to market fast if they were to shake things up in the way they wanted, with no time to hang around.
Disrupting from within
The origins of our relationship were certainly out of the ordinary – an introduction from a mutual friend and a subsequent chance meeting at a wedding – but ordinary was the last thing HD Decisions wanted. The fledging business was looking to disrupt the financial services industry and do so from within.
Understanding the need for speed
So we joined the party, understanding the need for speed and the plugging of knowledge gaps. Right from the start, the desire to get the HD Decisions service embedded into aggregator websites like moneysupermarket.com and confused.com was a key driver. In providing the missing technical expertise to bring the vision to life, we supported HD Decisions in delivering its innovative platform.
Sharing technology expertise
In sharing our expertise in APIs, how credit bureau websites could talk to one another and in designing and building a mobile-friendly experience that would be visual, enjoyable and intuitive, we knew we wouldn't be around forever.
Like a rocket shedding the boosters that provided the initial thrust, ours was a very specific and defined role. Having recognised we didn't necessarily have a long term relationship to look forward to, an important and necessary aspect to our involvement was building an in-house team that would continue our good work on the technology, the processes and everything that sound digital governance entails long after we'd left the scene.
Acting decisively, always with speed
From the start, the chemistry was right for such a high-octane relationship. HD Decisions trusted our team to get things done quickly, without the need to waste time and energy in seeking unreachable perfection. The attitude was, let's prove the concept. Let's get it out there. Let's learn from the real world. But always, always, let's get it done quick.
Acting decisively, seeing the platform launched and making sales on both moneysupermarket.com and confused.com were genuine high points. Suddenly the rollercoaster had reached its destination.
Securing the future
The future looked bright too. It was always on the road map to get the new business to the point where it was ripe for acquisition and subsequently a huge return on investment. So in achieving ROI and healthy books early was another key achievement.
And in recruiting, training and building a sustainable and skilled in-house team of over 50, we could look back and see the value of acting decisively, the benefits of having a clearly defined role – even if short-lived – and the advantages of embracing fun, speed and excitement as drivers for commercial success.