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Beyond Academics
"Exploration is really the essence of human spirit."- Frank Borman
Ramagya School has entered in collaborations with international organisations which provide an opportunity to our students to understand witness, grasp and integrate various cultural and social aspects of countries through the Student and Faculty exchange programmes. The countries with whom Ramagya School has entered into collaborations are- United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, Dubai, Ireland and Malaysia.
The School also ensures that in-house educational trips are undertaken as these trips give students the chance to build closer bonds with their classmates, experience new environments and enjoy a day away from the classroom. The educational trip offers an uncommon opportunity to perform hands-on- training. By seeing real-life applications of the lessons that they are learning at school, students are more likely to understand and appreciate the importance and relevance of what they are learning and precisely to have a better understanding of the topic taught, these educational trips are organized on a regular basis.


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Anyone know where I can find old-school, aluminum-framed lawn chairs for sale? I'm not a fan of the new style "camping" chairs. Bueller?
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Excited to redeem a Xmas 08 present when the new iPhones arrive. @gruber's take on what they'll look like has me giddy: http://bit.ly/14sZHp

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Amber House
Welcome to Amber House
Head of House: Mr. J Lambert
Within Amber House we will be positive and brave at all times
All students will look to consistently perform to a high level both in and out of lessons. Within lessons, students will set high standards and will look to become leaders and high performers at all times. Outside of lessons, within all extra-curricular activities, students will be participators and will look to engage into all activities across the house system, to a high level.
Within Amber House we are respectful of others at all times. We are competitive and will look to become winners across all different fields of opportunity. Both staff and students will form a team; a team of which will look forwards, positively, at all times.
Within Amber House we will pay extreme close attention to our STRIPE initiative of we have here at Sir Herbert Leon Academy. During this first half term we will be concentrating on 'S' of which stands for 'Self-Management'. Students will look to be organised at all times both through their timings and the equipment they have on them. Within Amber House, student learning to manage their own time and general well-being is of ultimate importance.
Amber House Captain
Sanjeeve Thalayasingam (Year 11) – Sanjeeve is an extremely positive, hard-working and enthusiastic student within our academy. He is a leader and takes great pride in his performance being to the highest level, within all different fields of work. Sanjeeve is a friendly and approachable individual whom all of his peers look up to. Sanjeeve is Amber House Captain and will lead us to every success through the 2017/18 academic year.
Amber House Vice Captains
I am pleased to announce that we have 4 excellent vice captains who will support Sanjeeve this academic year.
Year 11 – Harrison Mills
Year 11 – Charlie Leach
Year 11 – Erin Thompson
Year 8 – Vanessa Enyo Banini
All Vice Captains will be assisting Sanjeeve to ensure that Amber House are at the forefront of the house system, being brave through participation at all times. Furthermore, they will be encouraging all students within Amber House to partake in all house competitions.
Amber House Tutor Reps
This year's Amber House tutor reps are as follows:
7DGR – Stacey Merrell & George Hughes
8JBU – Mahfuz Rahman & Obi Reeves
9SAD – Sami Omar, Paris Morrison & Jake Oughton
10SPA – Cody Aldridge
Our House Motto
'Together, we are brave and courageous'.
We wanted to come up with a motto of which is one of togetherness and positivity. House representatives came up with this as a team; it encapsulates all that we want to do. Participate without fear of defeat, in all different fields of work.
Our House Charity
Soup Kitchen, Milton Keynes
Our House Theme Song
Reverend & the Makers
Heavyweight Champions of the World
Our Attendance
Within Amber House Attendance is a real focus of ours. In order to achieve within school, we must be in school and in all lessons. So far, our attendance has been good and we continue to lead the way within the academy. Attendance is monitored extremely closely; if a student were to have a day off school, a return to school interview with their tutor to discuss why they were not present is had. This is then forwarded to both Head of House who will track closely.


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What is Marketing?
Marketing is actively promoting your material or product using any and all mediums available to you. It is essentially pushing out a message to obtain traction that result in sales. "Buy our product because it can do 'x'" or "Buy our product because it does 'x' the best", marketing can also take place through association, i.e. a celebrity endorsement that encourages fans of said celebrity to invest with your brand.
These are simple marketing terms but encompass what marketing is all about, marketing is very much a 'push' tactic, push as in you identify your prospects, anticipate what it is they want and satisfy their needs with your product. Marketing is the art of placing the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time.
Marketing can be described through the four P's, derive your strategy around these four P's and you will be well on your way to developing your marketing strategy, the four P's are:
Product or Service
What exactly is your product, what makes it unique?
Where would your product be best placed to interact with consumers and encourage sales?
Once you completely understand your product and what it offers you will have to define a price, how much of a profit margin you will have and what similar products are priced at can all have a bearing on price.
Promotion looks at the many ways to disseminate relevant product information to consumers. Promotion includes elements such as: advertising, public relations, social media marketing, email marketing, search engine marketing, video marketing and more.
This means everything you do around your product, the design of campaigns, the ideas behind them, the measurement and psychology of consumer behaviour all count as part of the marketing process.
Marketing is the management process of creating an image designed to attract customers to buy specific products or services. It is the act of creating and retaining customers.
Branding is different
Branding comes before any marketing and also predefines the marketing strategy, your brand is what sets you apart from your competitors, it is how you are identified by your consumers. It is what your company stands for; it is your promise to the consumer.
A great example of branding is Apple, the first thing you think of when you think of Apple is high tech, innovative, sought after products, this is partly due to the marketing efforts that surrounds Apple but has more to do with consumer opinion of the brand itself. A well thought of brand encourages consumers to invest due to the standing of the brand, that could be through a reputation for reliability, customer service, innovation and so on.
Branding is how your company is recognized, whereas marketing says "come buy me", "we do this and we are great at it", branding says "This is what I am. This is why I am here. If you agree and you like me, you can buy me, support me, and recommend me to your friends."
A good brand will encompass the following values:
•Deliver the message clearly
• Confirm your credibility
• Connect with your target prospects emotionally
• Motivates the buyer
• Concrete User Loyalty
• To succeed in branding you must understand the needs and wants of your customers and prospects. You do this by integrating your brand strategies through your company at every point of public contact.
• Your brand resides within the hearts and minds of customers, clients, and prospects. It is the sum total of their experiences and perceptions, some of which you can influence, and some that you cannot.
Differences between branding and marketing.
• Branding is why. Marketing is how.
• Branding is long-term. Marketing is short-term.
• Branding is macro. Marketing is micro.
• Branding defines trajectory. Marketing defines tactics.
• Branding drives enduring reputation. Marketing drives periodic sales.
• Branding is the reason someone buys. Marketing is the reason someone thought to buy in the first place.
• Branding builds loyalty. Marketing generates response.
• Branding creates value. Marketing extracts value.
• Branding is the being. Marketing is the doing.
In essence, marketing is what's involved in getting your promise or message across to customers while branding is how you keep that promise.


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woman riding royal enfield bullet thunderbird motorcycle
This is my friend Bun Bun (Chelsea), trying a Royal Enfield bullet motorbike at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival, near Allahabad (India).
In the back one of the pontoon floating bridges over the Ganges river.
The motorbike was a bit too heavy for her. I ended up using this motorbike for the rest of my trip in India and Nepal.
Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)
Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.
January 28, 2013
183,B.H.S, Allahapur, Shiv Nagar, Allahapur, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211002, India


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Customer Screen > Options tab - Field Description
The Options menu allows you to specify settings for the customers
#1 Payment Terms: Enter the payment terms for this customer. The payment terms will print on a customer order. Payment terms are created and maintained using the Payment Terms screen ( Administration > Accounting > General Setup > Payment Terms).
#2 Sales Tax Override: This field defaults to *Let Evosus Decide* which means Evosus will select the appropriate tax based on the default tax set at the store level, or the tax code associated with the customer's zip code (if creating service order). You may also select a specific default tax to be charged to this customer. For instance, if the customer is tax exempt you will select the "Exempt" tax code. If a default tax, other than *Let Evosus Decide* is selected, that tax will default on all orders and POS transactions. This supersedes store and zip code tax defaults.
#3 User Defined Fields: You may use User Defined Fields for any reason you would like. You can also search for a customer using the User 1 field (picture below).
#4 Preferred Customer Number: The Preferred Customer Number can be used to search for customers or for informational purposes within your company.
#5 Australian Business Number: The Australian Business Number (ABN) will print on the Australian version of customer documents such as sales orders and invoices.
#6 POS Credit Limit: Check the Bill Me Later box in POS and then enter the amount the customer can purchase on credit when buying product through POS. When this is checked, the Bill Customer At a Later Date box is enabled in POS. To use this feature, you also need to input Yes in the 'Allow the Billing of Customers at a Later Date' field on the System Parameters screen (Administration > System > Evosus Defaults > System Paramaters > Point of Sale tab).
#9 Gender: Select the customer's gender. This information can be used for marketing purposes.
#10 Do Not Contact: The "Do Not Contact" box is a catch all for the various do not call, do not email, or do not send direct mail. By checking the Do Not Contact box, this customer will be removed from campaign streams so that they will not be contacted by your company for marketing purposes.
#11 Is High Volume Order Customer: High volume customers would be considered any customer with a significant number of orders in the system causing the profile to load slowly, such as builders. Marking a customer as "Is High Volume Order Customer" will default the date filter on the Quotes, Orders and Invoice menus to Open instead of Lifetime and will limit the amount of equipment displayed on the customer Preview menu to 30. You can still change the date filters on Quotes, Orders, and Invoices and you can see all equipment on file via the Equipment menu. However, the "Is High Volume Order Customer" limits the default information to allow the profile to load faster.
#12 VIP Override: VIP Override allows you to specify the reason and date range for a custom VIP status. The VIP Override can be used in conjunction with automatic VIP statuses. This means a customer can have an Evosus generated VIP status through an Open Contract as well as a manually created VIP status. To add a VIP Override, check the VIP Override box and select the effective dates. The VIP status will no longer appear once the thru date has passed. Enter a Reason for the VIP status. The Reason will display on the Customer Preview screen.
Lock Orders on Account
Customer Profiles can be locked to creating new orders or updating existing orders. This is useful if the account is seriously past due and you don't want the customer making anymore purchases (outside of POS). To lock the account, check the "Lock Customer Account, No New Orders" box and enter a reason for the lock. Proper security permissions are required for locking and unlocking the account.
- What happens when you lock an account:
#1 Orders can be viewed, but not updated.
#2 Return orders are not locked.
#3 Quotes will not be locked. However, quotes cannot be promoted while the account is locked.
Lock Customer Account to Sales Person
The Customers can be assigned to a default sales person. This means that all orders will default to the locked sales person and cannot be changed. To lock an account, simply select a sales person from the Lock Sales Person on Account drop down menu. Proper security permissions are required for locking and unlocking the account to a sales person. System parameters also exist for controlling which types of orders are locked to the selected sales person, including POS transactions.
Security Permissions Required
System Parameter Options
Auto Mark for POS Bill Me Later
Auto Grant Customer Credit Amount
VIP - Months
VIP - Sales Amount
Lock Sales Person to Customer Account
Lock Sales Person to Customer POS Transactions
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Editor's Note: This was an entry in the "Who Inspires You" contest.
As a social worker and trainer of foster and adoptive parents, I am exposed almost daily to women, and men, who provide endless inspiration to me, as well as to the children they so selflessly care for. When I began working for Children's Home Society four years ago, I felt truly fortunate to work at a job that allowed me to provide for my family but also gave me the satisfaction of making a positive difference in the lives of others. What I did not realize at the time was how much the individuals I worked with would change my own perspective and help me redefine what truly constitutes making a difference.
I have worked with children of all ages and levels of need, the elderly, and currently with adult learners, using the PRIDE model for educating prospective foster and adoptive parents. While all of my career experiences have been rewarding, it is in my current work that I have found "the person I want to be when I grow up!" Roxann DuBois served as my PRIDE co-trainer last year, until she and her husband relocated to the Black Hills of South Dakota to manage a Christian camp for children. Prior to their move, Roxann had a houseful of children – some in foster care, some of whom are blessed to have been adopted into the DuBois family.
Roxann exemplifies the open-minded and nurturing personality that children from traumatized backgrounds need to thrive, while healing from their many losses. There is no child she would not consider helping. Special needs and skin color do not represent barriers to Roxann. She pays no attention to the pettiness of social status or what others may judge as unacceptable, in terms of who she is willing to help or how far she will go to accomplish that goal.
All children in Roxann's home experience acceptance and belonging, and quickly become part of the DuBois family. From helping to update the DuBois "Family Coat of Arms" each January, to participating in summer rock-climbing excursions and family mission trips, each child knows they are a part of something bigger.
Roxann welcomes all children into her home and her heart and is willing to go without many things the rest of the world considers necessary, in order to provide the love and security they need. There were times when Roxann would juggle part-time jobs to help provide for her ever-growing family and many home improvement projects that took back burner to the needs of the children in her care. She is known to have limitless energy, burning the candle at both ends to balance the many roles in her busy life. Still, when asked to step into the role of PRIDE co-trainer, Roxann willingly took to that task as well, glad to share her knowledge and experience with prospective foster and adoptive families.
During the time I was fortunate enough to work with her, Roxann graciously shared her wisdom and insights, not only as a foster and adoptive parent, but also as a former foster child herself. One of the most moving stories she shared portrayed an all-too-common experience of prejudice in an-all-too common setting – her first grade classroom. When Roxann entered foster care at the age of six, Strawberry Shortcake dolls were all the rage with little girls. One of her classmates has gotten the coveted doll as a gift and brought it to school for Friday Show and Tell. After showing off her prized Strawberry Shortcake, the girl let everyone in class play with the doll – everyone except Roxann. Of course, Roxann was crushed to be excluded and later told her foster mother what had happened. That evening, Roxann and her foster mother went shopping. Roxann was allowed to purchase not only a Strawberry Shortcake doll, but jewelry, school supplies – anything they could find that had the Strawberry Shortcake theme. But it's what happened the next day that really shows you what kind of person Roxann is. Encouraged by her foster mother, Roxann took her purchases to school. And she let her classmates, all of them, play with everything she had bought. As inspiring as that message is to me and to the PRIDE participants who heard it, just think of what all those kids, and maybe a few of their parents, learned that day.
Although Roxann is no longer co-training with me, her spirit continues to inspire me, along with the many PRIDE families who are lucky enough to hear her story.
PRIDE is an acronym for Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education. It is a 30-hour training developed by the Child Welfare League of America to train foster and adoptive parents throughout the nation.
Paula has a passion for sharing her faith through writing and service to others.


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Friday, April 30, 2010
Virtually Gone
So, maybe it wasn't my Crohn's after all. After bloodtests, a CT scan, and a colonoscopy, the doctor says the only things that look "abnormal" are my blood kreatinin levels (kidney-related) and something on my CT scan that looks like there could be "gallbladder issues." Neither appeal to me. I should have treated my body better over all these years. My fear is that I'll be unable to retire into any kind of leisure, whether I have money or not, because I'll be fighting to stay alive. And that's not what I want to do. At least the pain of the past two weeks is considerably better now...virtually gone.
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This Bias Knit Scarf from the July 1983 issue was a super fun and easy knit! Easy to remember stitch pattern, just varied enough to keep it interested, AND no ends to weave in! That's right, NO ends! As you change colors you leave a tail which later becomes part of the side fringe.
Making It:
I was more than halfway finished when I realized I missed a golden opportunity! If I had used red and white it would look like a candy cane! I intend to make a few more that use that idea. It only takes a small skein of each color, so I was able to keep it in a gallon ziploc on the needles, for easy transport and worked on it while we were outside or at parks or what have you.
I find the finished result very cute, but very hard to photograph.
I will say, I bought some Nicole Brand Basic yarn on sale at AC Moore and used it for this project, I did NOT like it, and returned the rest of the colors I originally bought. Both skeins had random knots, both would get randomly thin in some spots, the sheen varied as you went along, AND one of them had a suddenly very plasticy spot that clearly wasn't spun out properly!
So if you have this issue I recommend the project but NOT that yarn.
Unfortunately this issue is to modern for me to feel comfortable sharing the pattern, BUT one lucky reader can win a completed scarf! The winner can choose this finished item, yarn issues included (but I either fixed them or you can't tell they are there) OR you can request two custom colors and I will complete a scarf just for you (from another yarn!) Perhaps school colors, a favorite sports team, a candy cane, whatever you choose!
How to enter? Just be a subscriber! In one week, on Tuesday, July 18th I will draw a winner from my subscriber list and announce it here (as well as email them personally!) So if you are a subscriber you're already entered, and if you're not, what are you waiting for? Subscribe now for a chance to win this and many more Christmas in July goodies over the course of the month.
Some fine print- a custom color will take time to make, but I'll keep you updated on it's progress, and it will be done before scarf season for sure!


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Our One Common Country:
Abraham Lincoln and
the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865
Abraham Lincoln and
the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865
James B. Conroy
Lyons Press, 2014 390 pp. $27.95
Review by Gordon Berg
On Jan. 29, 1865, Captain Thomas Parker of Pennsylvania walked out into no-man's land along the Petersburg, siege lines. There, he met Lieutenant Colonel William Hatch of Kentucky. Both men were unarmed and under flags of truce. Hatch informed the dumbfounded Parker that three emissaries had just arrived from Richmond and wished to meet with President Abraham Lincoln to discuss terms for ending the war. Four days later, Lincoln, traveling alone, slipped into a carriage in front of the White House, bound for a fast steamer destined for Hampton Roads, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Only Secretary of State William Seward knew the purpose of Lincoln's clandestine sojourn. Thus began one of the most star-crossed secret missions of the Civil War, an audacious tale James B. Conroy tells with energy and eloquence.
Conroy, a lawyer and former DC publicist and speechwriter, gives lie to the shibboleth that a thoroughly researched, abundantly footnoted, monograph can only be written in parched, overly academic jargon, by denizens of collegiate ivory towers. Our One Common Country swings out at a quick step pace with a narrative strategy that manages to incorporate a myriad of detail and analysis into a universe of uncommon suspense. It resonates with illustrative anecdotes, pithy turns-of-phrase, occasional hints of irony, and bon mons enough to fill a gossip column. It's a Civil War story that experts and novices will find riveting and revelatory.
Rumors of a negotiated peace had been in the air at least since the summer of 1864 when influential Northern publisher Horace Greeley advised Lincoln to meet with Confederate agents on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. The President declined. Re-elected in November 1864 and with the tide of battle turning in favor of the Union on every front, Lincoln was finally ready to do something no sitting President had ever done before or since: engage with the enemy in peace talks in the midst of a shooting war. That makes the meeting aboard the steamer River Queen on Feb. 3, 1865, a unique event in American history; an event that has, until now, escaped an in-depth investigation.
Conroy sets up his drama by giving readers incisive character portraits of the drama's leading players. His description of Greeley is as priceless as it is accurate: eccentric, fickle, and powerful all at the same time. Conroy conveys the essence of Ulysses S. Grant in two clear, concise, unpretentious paragraphs, a fitting tribute to the man himself. Conroy lets Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens' own Shakespearian rhetoric eloquently invoke his startling image: "Weak and sickly I was sent into the world with a constitution barely able to sustain the vital functions…But all these are slight when compared with the pangs of an offended and wounded spirit." Conroy needs only seven choice words to bring Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens to life: "Richard III in a Prince Albert suit."
The Hampton Roads conference was spawned in the quixotic imagination of the Francis Preston Blair Sr., the senior Democratic senator from Maryland with influential friends throughout the North and South. With Lincoln's permission, the old man traveled to Richmond with a fantastic proposal the wily politician had concocted but Lincoln had never backed. Nevertheless, Confederate government officials were interested, although President Jefferson Davis set conditions that insured its failure. So the peace conference process, possibly the worst kept secret of the war, staggered forward. Conroy describes it with melodrama worthy of a Stephen Spielberg film noir.
The three Confederate peace commissioners, Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell, Senator Robert M. Hunter, and Vice President Alexander Stephens, expected to be received by General Grant and escorted to Washington. But Lincoln, a wily politician himself, had a different agenda. Congress was ready to consider the 13th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery and even a whiff of a negotiated peace might induce wavering Democrats to vote against it in hopes of ending the war without abolishing the "peculiar institution". While Congress debated, Lincoln connived to keep the peace emissaries far from The Capital. While they waited aboard the steamer Mary Martin, unaware of the machinations their visit had spawned, the Southern commissioners were treated like visiting royalty, replete with good food, cigars, and congenial conversations reminiscent of happier times.
While the commissioners cooled their heels, the diplomatic game played by various Union participants turned downright byzantine. Lincoln sent a carefully worded letter to the commissioners with conditions for a meeting. The commissioners responded with a letter of their own. Each side chose its words carefully, sensitive to nuance and innuendo. The telegraph lines between City Point and Washington sizzled with rumors and hopes. The parties began to founder on Lincoln's insistence of "our one common country" and Davis' commitment to "two nations" as a basis for any discussion. The talks seemed doomed before they had begun. Finally Grant, so far frozen out of this campaign, entered the fray. He sent an impassioned telegram to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, confident that Lincoln would read it, too. Lincoln was moved by Grant's sense of the commissioners' sincerity and agreed to a meeting and so informed Seward, already at Fort Monroe.
No one kept a transcript of the four hour meeting but Conroy has clearly digested the recollections of all the participants. This allows him to recreate the diplomatic dance performed by the five old friends in dramatic tones befitting the grave issues discussed in the saloon of the River Queen. Through it all, Conroy contends, Lincoln's towering presence dominated the room. Ironically, it was on the issue of slavery that he held out the possibility for some measure of negotiation. Conroy reports Alexander Stephens recalling that Seward seconded the proposition that "A gradual end to slavery would be palatable if the war ended now and the South rejoined the Union freely. If not, the Thirteenth Amendment would end it abruptly, with the Southern states excluded from the process." But the commissioners, hide-bound by Jefferson Davis' delusions, had nothing to offer except a truce and possible renewal of trade. "It was far from good enough," Conroy concludes.
Back in Washington, the cat was now out of the bag. Many Democrats praised Lincoln's efforts for peace and reunion; many Radical Republicans chided him for showing magnanimity to the enemy when on the verge of victory. But Lincoln could not let go of the possibility of ending the war. Conroy relates the extraordinarily generous but little known "Fellow Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives" message written on February 5 that could have formed the basis of Lincoln's reconstruction policy had he lived. In it, he asked Congress to appropriate $400 million to compensate slaveholders and offered other lenient terms. Lincoln read it to the Cabinet. No one supported it. Saddened, Lincoln put it in his pocket, leaving his proposal to the judgment of history.
Lincoln's offer would have probably fallen on deaf ears because, in Richmond, Jefferson Davis quickly demanded that his commissioners write a public report, leaving out anything positive that emerged from the meeting and to include absolute fabrications that vilified the Lincoln Administration. Davis hoped to use the "doctored" report to steel the resolve of the South to endure even greater sacrifices. He seemed determined to lead Southern citizenry into his own private "Gotterdammerung." Senator William Graham of North Carolina would conclude "there has been a very great duplicity towards a large portion of the Southern people displayed in this little drama." The war continued in all its ferocity.
Conroy succinctly wraps up the final months of the war up to the assassination of Lincoln on April 14. As a final, dramatic, epilogue, he provides thumbnail sketches of the postwar fate of the drama's leading players. In the war's aftermath, Conroy poignantly quotes Confederate General Josiah Gorgas' May 4 diary entry. "I am as one walking in a dream, expecting to awake. I cannot see its consequences, nor shape my own course, but am just moving along until I can see my way at some future day."
Gordon Berg is a past President and member of the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia (www.cwrtdc.org). His reviews and articles appear in the Civil War Times and America's Civil War, among other publications.


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Guinness World Records 2018
The record-breaking annual is back and full of incredible accomplishments, spectacular stunts, cutting-edge science and amazing sporting feats. Also new to this year's edition are dazzling infographic features exploring the ultimate absolutes. Does the longest sofa outstretch the longest train? Does the tallest Easter egg exceed the tallest snowman? These special features are also available as free poster downloads.
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Guinness World Records is proud to bring you three incredible new books. The record-breaking annual is back and bursting with new images, facts and features. With a unique superheroes section and specially designed "superlative" posters, the 2018 edition crams in the most astonishing achievements from around the globe. We also present the 11th edition of the world's best-selling gaming annual, Gamer's Edition, which brings you a dazzling array of record-breaking gaming superheroes. And new to this year's selection is a treat for animal lovers everywhere. Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals turns the spotlight on the most purr-fect pets, the cutest critters and the wackiest wildlife. With these three Guinness World Records books, there's something for everyone.View collection


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When I booked shows, I brought a pretty famous indie band to town. Of course, when these bands came through, local bands would always want to play, regardless of whether or not they were any good. "Support the local scene" was the motto, with no regard to actual talent. Anyway, this one particular band, who were like a fifth-rate Modest Mouse, were opening, and the drummer of Famous Indie Band came out to talk to me & the band, saying, "Man! you gotta check this band out! they're performing some AMAZING polyrhythms, and are extremely complicated!" I looked at him and said, "No, man, they're not innovative. They just don't know how to play." The fellow laughed at me--then, upon listening again, realized that, yeah, these kids were either super-geniuses who played stupid, or were just a bunch of amateurs who didn't really realize how brilliant they were.
New Bethel has found the perfect balance between charming amateurism and impressive skill, resulting in a fairly impressive debut mini-album, Inside the Blue Vera. In much the same way that Beat Happening charmed many a listener, New Bethel have a quite innocent-looking face, and you don't really mind it when they hit the wrong key or their singing doesn't hit the pitch just right. DO NOT BE FOOLED, though, by New Bethel's smile; much like Beat Happening, underneath the charm of innocence flows a river of experience. They know what they're doing, and Even though they seem quite loose--they're actually quite tight; they've toured up and down the land over the past few years--without an album to support!
Witness Inside the Blue Vera. It's a collection of new-wave driven indiepunk pop that is deceptively simple, yet musically rich. While "The Great Decline" may be a jazzy-pop rocker that's quite reminiscent of Wolfie, they switch gears on "Radio Started," a mellow, organ-driven instrumental that turns into mathrock-lite before chilling back out into a modern-day Percy Faith-style fade. New Bethel's wreckless interplay between mellow instrumental passages and art-rock codas mixed in with indiepop songs sung with arty indie-rock vocals certainly makes for one interesting mix.
Trouble is, it occasionally becomes slightly predictable, which is a shame, because they're otherwise utterly awesome. Such a heady mix works well on one or two songs, but it can be a bit annoying if it's not mixed up a little more. I'm not worried about it that much, though. See, I have this feeling that, in a live setting, all of these things come together onstage, where the singing probably isn't as self-aware. It should also be noted that the songs on Inside the Blue Vera are more instrumental than they are vocal. The songs often start off with one or two minutes of instrumental, one minute of singing, and then back into an instrumental passage. It almost feels as if New Bethel were an instrumental band who decided to add singing to the mix.
Flaws aside, New Bethel have me excited. Really excited. Here's to working out the flaws for that forthcoming full-length. If they get some of these minor bugs worked out--or if I just learn to get over it--then they'll have one really, really strong album. In fact, I'm pretty sure of it. They're certainly one to keep a keen eye on for the future.
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Kris and I will be leading a marriage class at the church every Thursday night in February! We are SO excited about this! I believe there is a HUGE need for marriage ministry and have long desired to be a part of such ministry. I have talked with so many couples who struggle and a lot of times they feel like they are the only ones. The one thing I have learned since being married is that EVERYBODY has good/bad/encouraging/trying times in their marriages. It is a fight to stay married and to daily choose one another. Yet, it is SO worth it!
We hope that YOU will come to our class! We hope you will bring your friends, family, people you know who are married and who could use a boost. So often, since we think we are the only ones who have to work hard at our marriage, we are reluctant to talk about how things really are. It can be isolating and feed into more problems. Here is your opportunity to be in safe place, focus on your spouse, and be loved by community! Kris and I will be sharing some personal stories from our marriage, we will glean some wisdom from a Love & Respect DVD series, there will be times of discussion/exercises (nothing too scary or weird!) with your spouse and the opportunity to receive prayer over your marriage. We will have give-a-ways…some of our favorite marriage books/tools and one grand-prize of a special date night out.
Seriously, we hope you will come and we hope you will spread the word. Young and old can benefit from this class! AND there will be child care! Kids will have their own class going on during this time (think stories, crafts, games, food) and they will be learning about missions in the Middle East! Nursery care is also available.
Now, if this doesn't strike your fancy… there will be two other classes happening that same night. A class taught by Paul Pittman (who is an excellent Bible scholar and teacher) called "Why Did Jesus Have To Die?" and Lifetree Cafe which will be led by Pastor Phil. I can assure you that both of these things would be worth checking out and you won't be disappointed by either of them!
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I've already written two full and seperate reviews for Lancome's Cils Booster XL Super Enhancing Mascara base here and for Dior's Diorshow Maximizer Lash Plumping Serum here, but I wanted to write up another post to compare them. I slightly touched on the comparison in the Dior post, but I wanted to be more comprehensive.
Packaging & Applicator:
Lancome - I recently ran out of the full size of Lancome's lash primer, but I still have a deluxe sample size as backup. The packaging for the full size is very similar to the deluxe sample size, except that the tube is longer. It's very simple with its black and white coloring and thin. The wand is a class brush wand.
Dior- The tube is thicker and has a design is the brand's name in a grey color all over the packaging. Like with Lancome, it's plastic but also very sturdy. The applicator is plastic and has a very very slight spiral
Winner: I like both of the packaging and I don't have a preference for the applicator since I layer another mascara on it anyway. The Dior want seems to separate better since it is plastic though while Lancome's brush seems to deposit more product on the lashes.
Product Amount & Cost:
Lancome - It contains 0.17 fl. oz. / 5 ml. of product and retails for $24.50. The dollar per ounce price is 144.12.
Dior - It contains 0.33 fl. oz / 10 mL and retails for $28.50. The dollar per ounce price is $86.36.
Winner: Now that that I've calculated the dollar per ounce price, the Dior primer looks like the better option in the long run. Since both are more expensive than I would normally pay for a lash product, I use it a lot longer than the recommended life span of the product. If you have sensitive eyes and throw out lash products after 3 months, I would choose the Lancome primer since it'll save you more money in the short term. Dior has a more wet and cleaner application and so it doesn't get as dry as fast as the Lancome one.
I also want to point out that Lancome tends to have a lot of gift with purchase events and so those are the best times to stock up on their lash primer since you'll be getting so many great things along with it. They also have a new point system on their website that works for any retailer that sells their products that lets you get free products after a certain amount of points. Dior does win in this certain category for me, but the amount of extra stuff Lancome does is more appealing to me since I do want to get the most bang for my buck.
Product Comparison:
I am using Maybelline Volum' Express The Rocket Waterproof Mascara as the "base" and "topper."
Lancome- Lancome boasts that this product will give you fuller and thicker lashes and it really does deliver. The mascara really grabs onto the product and helps them look more voluminous.
Dior: Their primer is not only supposed to give the lashes volume, but also length. There is also supposed to be a lot of other good things added into the formula to help the lashes grow and be stronger. My lashes don't seem healthier or growing better/faster and so I can't test that last claim, but it does give me volume. The length is about the same too. Like I mentioned before, the product is a serum mascara base and so it's thinner and the lashes look cleaner. It doesn't give as much volume as compared to the Lancome primer, but you can keep layering it on.
Winner: This portion really depends on your individual lashes and what you're looking for. I think I'm okay with length and so I'm only looking for a more voluminous product. The Lancome lash primer takes less effort for the better results and so it just barely beats the Dior lash primer.
Overall Winner: The Dior lash primer wins out for me. Surprisingly, I was expecting the Lancome lash primer to win. The thing that really pushed the Dior product more was the overall price in the long run. It does cost more in a single purchase, but I plan on buying lash primers for a long time since I don't like wearing false lashes. If I do count in all the freebies that a part of Lancome, it would win, but I'm counting them as singular products. There's also something really luxe about having a Dior product in my makeup collection and on my table while doing my makeup.
Although this is a comparison post, both products are amazing to really help boost your lashes and mascara.
Which product would you choose and what's your favorite mascara?
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Back when I first started, Under car lighting was very popular within the Mobile car scene whether it be for show purposes or the so called boy racers or mobile sun beds on wheels as I have also heard people say.
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Darren was very professional and got my back sensors on my Audi A3 installed as soon as he could. Very helpful and great end result! 5* service! Highly recommend
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I've been using DCM Audio for a number of years and won't trust anyone else with my vehicles! Incredibly knowledgable, very reliable and always very well priced! Highly recommended
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Darren has done various electrical work for me including rewiring my campervan, fitting LED under van and footwell lighting, fitting daylight running lights, sorting out my van DVD player and fitting extra speakers - he also sorted out problems with a rear view camera in another vehicle with all work completed on time and on budget quickly and easily without fuss. I have no hesitation recommending Darren and DCM Audio!
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Just had DCM Audio over to fit an aux in for my Ford Focus and wanted to say I'm very happy with the price and service. Simple job, but completed very professionally, quickly, and he even offered to remove some old kit that I didn't want anymore. Also cheaper than other quotes I got and he did the job on a Saturday, turning up when he was expected. Would definitely recommend DCM Audio
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Links to HDIF/NM-AIST Gongali Nanofilter Quarterly Reports:Click here to see all REPORTS
UPDATES - Nov. 2018
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Tenth Quarter: Aug - Oct.20181. From Sept 2018: We moved to a new office - owned by the inventor of Nanofilter, Dr. Hilonga 2. Nanofilter is selected to represent Tanzania in WHO Global Competition for: "United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize" - The selection was done by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare 3. Collaborations established with 3 new partners: 2 from Germany, 1 Netherlands 4. 85 Kiosks built; 62 Operating; 19 not operating / construction at last stages; 4 damaged 5. Nanofilter Kiosks beneficiaries: 21,217 (15,155 men/ 6,062 women); Other beneficiaries are through direct sale of filters to 60 institutions and 400 households (no. of people NOT established) 6. Through the Nanofilter Kiosks the project has created 62 employments for young ladies / 19 are in the waiting list; 122 other self-employed people / local entrepreneurs, welders, guards, etc. 7. The inventor of Nanofilter, Dr. Hilonga is shortlisted for GBP 300k FLAIR Program....from April 2019
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Ninth Quarter: June - Aug.20181. Contract signed with the first foreign Franchisee in Kenya - Savemod Earth Link 2. 60 Kiosks built; 48 Operating; 12 suspended for poor performance during just ending cold season 3. Nanofilter Kiosks beneficiaries: 19,380 (13,692 men/ 5,688 women); Other beneficiaries are through direct sale of filters to 51 institutions and 363 households self-employed people / local entrepreneurs, welders, artists/designers, guards, etc. 4. Through the Nanofilter Kiosks the project has created 60 employments for young ladies / 12 are in the waiting list; 120 other self-employed people / local entrepreneurs, welders, guards, etc. 5. The cold season is ending now - Highest Revenue was collected in this quarter: Tsh.18,075,100 6. Hilonga meets Prince Andrew, again - submitted structural and architectural drawings for the Inspire and Empower Enterprise Training Centre - early phase of contraction is on-going in Arusha
UPDATES - May 2018
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Eighth Quarter: Feb - May.20181. 50 Kiosks built; 41 Operating; 9 soon to open; Funds for the next 40 stations is received from HDIF 2. Nanofilter Kiosks beneficiaries: 23,022 (15,749 men/7,273 women); Other beneficiaries are through direct sale of filters to 49 institutions and 350 households 3. Through the Nanofilter Kiosks the project has created 41 employments for young ladies / 20 are waiting to be employed as soon as the Kiosks are established. Also there are around 115 other self-employed people / local entrepreneurs, welders, artists/designers, guards, etc. 4. Tetra-Nanofilter business is gaining momentum 1 more unit is sold to Enkikaret School (in Maasai Land - Longido) - Highly promoted by E3Empower /iTEC/ PHILOS/WellSpring Filters Tetra-Nanofilter installed at Enkikaret School - benefits 450 pupils, teachers and surrounding community: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1007aTyfA4
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Seventh Quarter: Nov.2017 - Jan.20181. 50 Kiosks built; 35 Operating; 15 will be installed to the sites within 3 weeks; Received Gov. support 2. Nanofilter Kiosks beneficiaries: 14,866 (9,686 men/5,180 women); Direct sales: 370 Nanofilter units 3. Through the Nanofilter Kiosks the project has created 35 employments for young ladies / 15 are doing internship, waiting to be employed as soon as the Kiosks are established. Also there are around 160 other self-employed people / local entrepreneurs, welders, artists/designers, etc. 4. A-Z Textile Mills has refined the prototype of the new design for Nanofilter containers 5. Nanofilter Innovation was well featured at the NM-AIST 4th Graduation - ENJOY the photos 6. Comprehensive Annual Business Review for the Nanofilter Project - by Prof. Moonsor from HDIF 7. Tetra-Nanofilter developed: 1 unit already firstname.lastname@example.com (~$900) to a school in Kilimanjaro; Have several orders from schools - Highly promoted by E3Empower /iTEC/ PHILOS/WellSpring Filters We are glad that our partnership with U.S and Korean Companies, E3Empower, iTEC, and PHILOS is getting stronger and stronger. PHILOS is the manufacturer of the membrane filters that are used in Nanofilter, branded as WellSpring Filter. This quarter PHILOS, iTEC, and E3Empower officials have visited Gongali Model in Njiro Arusha (consider the above photo) and have promised to facilitate the scale-up of Nanofilter Project. For example, by finding customers for Tetra-Nanofilter (the big Nanofilter), discount price for membrane filter, and overall partnership for win-win. Moreover, we have developed a Double-Nanofilter (with a filtration rate of 20 litres per hour - Single-Nanofilter has a rate of 10 Litres per hour) and the Tetra-Nanofilter (with a filtration rate of 40 litres per hour) - Suitable for Schools and big institutions. The Tetra-Nanofilter is relatively advanced because it has its own regulating valves - thus it can be used manually or connected directly to a water source and refills automatically as the water levels resides. It is already in the market - the first unit is sold at Tsh.2,000,000 (~$900) to a school in Kilimanjaro Region; Have several orders from schools and companies like E3Empower. This initiative is highly encouraged by iTEC at NM-AIST and PHILOS (Korean Company), a company that fabricate membrane filters (WellSpring Filters) that are used in Nanofilter. PHILOS is willing to re-consider the price of membrane filters (WellSpring Filters) to cut down the overall price of Nanofilter; to make it affordable even to the poorest of the poor in rural Africa.
UPDATES - Nov 2017
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Sixth Quarter: Aug - Oct.20171. The business model is successfully changed - 17 Water Kiosks established; paying well 2. 37 Active water stations run by local entrepreneurs are allowed to continue with operation; the rest are not active 3. Nanofilter beneficiaries: 11,641 (7,506 men and 4,135 women); Direct sales: 276 Nanofilter units 4. The project has created and maintained employment to 118 women and 52 men (for Y2, Q2) - including the remaining local entrepreneurs 5. A-Z Textile Mills has released the second prototype of the new design for Nanofilter containers 6. 4 Students from Institute of Accountancy Arusha (IAA) have successfully completed their internship 7. Comprehensive Nanofilter Project Logframe is now developed - THANKS to Baltazar from HDIF 8. Young ladies (women) have turned-out to be the best in operating the water stations
UPDATES - Aug 2017DONATION TO UNDER-SERVED / NEEDY HOUSEHOLDS (The donors found our stories on media/internet) Due to the influence of France National TV Click here, Mr. Chantal, Beatrice, Jennifer and several other people from France donated Nanofilter to some Tanzanian families, as shown in this typical example on the photo and a video on Youtube.
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Fifth Quarter: May-Aug.20171. HDIF Official conducted expenditure verification - was impressed by our good financial records 2. Proposed change of business model - From Local entrepreneurs-run water stations to Gongali Model Company-run water stations (grants to be released in Y2, Q2; From Aug 2017) 3. Progress on establishment of pilot water stations under the proposed business model - 6 pilots 4. 65 Active water stations run by local entrepreneurs are allowed to continue with operation; the rest are not active; Direct sale of Nanofilter have reached 258; Impacting about 12,500 people 5. A-Z Textile Mills is about to release the second prototype of the new design for Nanofilter containers
UPDATES - May 2017
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Fourth Quarter: Feb.2017-April.20171. Proposed change of business model - From Local entrepreneurs-run water stations to Gongali Model Company-run water stations (detailed in 14 pages comprehensive report - attached) 2. Establishment of 3 pilot water stations under the proposed business model for the Year Two 3. 92 Active water stations run by local entrepreneurs are allowed to continue with operation; 14 graduated from stations to direct sale; 117 are not active; and 5 are run by Gongali company; Direct sale 238; Total impact on jobs created 250; and overall beneficiaries are 12,000 people every day 4. A-Z Textile Mills has released the first prototype of the new design for Nanofilter containers 5. Nanofilter appeared again on local and global media - go viral with us! 6. Expansion to Kenya using GBP 20,000 Grant from The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (Through partnership with 3 institutions: Plymouth from UK, Oshwal College & Masinde Muliro Univ - Kenya
Highlights: Nanofilter Project - Third Quarter: Nov.2016-Jan.20171. At last the Water Quality Testing Laboratory for Nanofilter project is fully established 2. 187 water stations were established; with 156 active - serving about 8,000 people daily 3. Nanofilter provided direct employment to 23 people (Gongali staff) and 187 local entrepreneurs 4. Ground-breaking public meeting in Karatu District on 20th Nov. 2016. Covered by 8 journalists 5. Permission letter from RC and seminar for 40 health officers who have influence in their local areas 6. Nanofilter appeared again on global media through Pitch@Palace Global award and RAE Video 7. A new branch of Nanofilter office is opened in Karatu Town 8. Introduction of new business model of Nanofilter Kiosks; directly operated by Gongali Model ...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
UPDATES - Dec 2016
WINNER of Pitch@Palace GlobalFinally, Dr. Askwar Hilonga emerged an overall winner of the Pitch@Palace Global in London UK, after competing with other winners from their respective continents for the final Global winner. This is recognition for his innovation that promises low-cost Nanofilter Water filter that absorbs anything from drinking water up to 99.999%. Last year, Dr. Hilonga laid a track record after being announced an overall winner of the award namely "The Most Talented African Entrepreneur" in Pitch@Palace Africa. The event is organized by His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Prince Andrew. Gongali Model with its partners and the whole community is so proud to conduct a ground-breaking event in Karatu Dirstrict, Arusha region - Tanzania on 20th Nov. 2016. It was such as splendid event honored by the Arusha Regional Commissioner (through his representative) and covered by about 10 Journalists from National TVs like TBC, ITV, Star TV, Radios, Magazines, etc. About 3,000 people were reached through this event. I hope you will ENJOY the pictures and videos from the event (shown above). We used the event to celebrate the success stories from our beneficiaries - about 8,000 people. We are indebted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all our partners including GlobalGiving and its generous donors. The impact was very obvious and many people were excited by our humble commitment to serve our under-served communities in Rural Tanzania. By now we have established 150 water stations run by local entrepreneurs who, beside giving the service of clean and safe water, they are also economically benefiting a lot. For example, Ms. Benadeta who has a water station at Mount Meru Hospital earns up to GBP 3 per day as her net profit. This lady had no job BUT now she is self-employed through our Nanofilter water station. She is so grateful! THANKS for your relentless support as we make IMPACT to people like Benadeta and many others. We want to establish 1,000 water stations within 2017. This is equivalent to creating job opportunities to 1,000 local entrepreneurs who will be providing safe and clean water to 100,000 people every day. Please kindly let us know how you would like to be engaged, as you wish. Meanwhile, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your RELENTLESS SUPPORT. ...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
UPDATES - November 2016This quarter, QTR 2, was so exciting as we and our partners did various activities as detailed in the above "Second Quarter Report" - be prepared to enjoy some photos and videos. We were also exposured to the Global Community throug our Project Director, Dr. Askwar Hilonga; he was in Paris and London from 4 - 19 Sept 2016 for conferences and connections with other global innovators, investors, and other stakeholders. He got several opportunities to present and has generously shared our "HDIF-enabled success stories" on Nanofilter project in Arusha Region, Tanzania. Many people were so excited; some potential investors for Social Impact are interested to partner with us. The network established during those two weeks have also increased the visibility of our project on media. Some of the famous media appearances are like the one in which Hilonga was included in the same video with the famous people around the world such as Bill Gates, and Directors of Yahoo!, TATA, Alibaba, etc. We are so grateful that our visibility/reputation has rapidly increased. Here are some videos: 1. Hilonga with Bill Gates and other big names around the world - Because Engineering 2. Hilonga is determined to be "Millionaire of IMPACTING millions of lives" 3. Can This Filter Solve Tanzania's Water Problem? 4. Engineering A Better World 5. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation This is an example of how far our visibility goes: This video got 1,888,234 views, 35K likes, 21,908 shares, 428 Comments by 3rd Nov 2016 4am EAT;
Among many other exciting stories, please kindly note the story of:(i) A fresh graduate from IAA (Ms. Tinaga) who decided to establish her own water station, instead of waiting for employment. Now she earns an average of Tsh.15,000 per day. (ii) Ms. Benadetha - at Mount Hospital is overwhelmed by the customers-flow in (she decided to take a second filter) (iii) Mama Monica - beside St. Augustine University in Arusha earns up to Tsh. 30,000 per day ...............................END............x.........................
UPDATES - Aug 2016
Links to Quarterly Report: .............First Quarter Report: May-July 2016Karatu District Council Chairman Mr. Mnyenye at the inauguration of biogas project in Tanzania - sponsored by the People of America through USADF. The program also featured Nanofilter project sponsored by HDIF - from the British People .............X..........END................x....................
BREAKING NEWS from Local Entrepreneurs - 18th May 2016: First Training for Local Entrepreneurs for 1000 Water Stations in Arusha
BREAKING NEWS from London - 1st Dec 2015: Hilonga is the winner of Pitch@Palace African - The most TALENTED African EntrepreneurIn his brief thankful note Hilonga quoted the Bible Psalms 113: 7, 8. Because he felt that GOD has fulfilled his promise to raise him from poverty and make him stand with the PRINCE!
The initiative of the 3 GREAT DIGNITARIES:
1. The Duke of York, UK
2. Africa's Richest Man Aliko Dangote
3. Former Nigerian President Olusegun ObasanjoThe great three have joined forces to launch the African Entrepreneurship Programme (AEP), aimed at developing Africa's private sector and stimulating innovation across the continent. Obasanjo and Dangote will provide ongoing support for young businesses and entrepreneurs selected by the programme. The AEP is a joint initiative of the Duke of York's Pitch@Palace and The Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS), and supports African entrepreneurs and young businesses in need of capital and mentorship by connecting them with potential investors. This year 2015, TGAIS allowed young AEP entrepreneurs and startups to showcase their business ideas to potential investors, with the five most talented entrepreneurs chosen (out of 300 applicants) to present their business proposals to an audience of potential investors and mentors at a Pitch@Palace event in London on December 1. After the 5 AEP entrepreneurs presented, the overall winner was announced to be Dr. Askwar Hilonga from Gongali Model, Tanzania.
Congratulations to #pitchatpalace Africa winner Gongali Model @AskwarHilonga pic.twitter.com/wiJCl6sL8l— The Duke of York (@TheDukeOfYork) December 1, 2015
BREAKING NEWS - 13th Oct 2015Hilonga is awarded National Health Innovation Award by The President of The Republic of Tanzania His Excellency Dr. Mrisho J. Kikwete. The award is given by the National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). This is an annual event.
Dr. Askwar Hilonga receiving the National Health Innovation Award. #AJSC2015 #Health #Innovation #Tanzania. pic.twitter.com/ydURXkzlge— AJSC 2015 (@AJSC2015) October 13, 2015
BREAKING NEWS - 1st June 2015: Hilonga Won The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2015, by The Royal Academy of Engineering, UKThe journey was long and VERY CHALLENGING .......... but at last Hilonga was awarded such a prestigious prize by The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. It was $39,000 which is about Tsh.80m. Though this looks impressive, at present Hilonga's dream is far beyond the celebration .... He wants to become a MILLIONAIRE.....not by amasing millions of money BUT by IMPACTING millions of lives! On the right hand side you will see and may follow this success story on media. .................X..........END.................x.........................
PROGRESS - 17th April 2015: Global Sustainable Partnership (GSP) Enters Partnership with GONGALI MODELGlobal Sustainable Partnership (GSP), an American Charity (Website: gspartnerships.org), has donated 100 filters to allow GONGALI MODEL to give filters to schools in rural Karatu District. We are so grateful for this breakthrough! THANKS to GSP for opening doors for the most awaited partnership between GONGALI MODEL and the charities (NGOs) that are interested to health and sanitation, particularly for primary and secondary schools. It was somehow challenging for schools to purchase our complete set of filter at a price of Tsh.250,000. BUT now, GSP has enabled us to give 100 filters to schools. GSP allow GONGALI to subsidize the cost of the filters to households at a "promotion price". For those interested to this initiative for their NGOs or their schools back home, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com OR email@example.com; Tel: 0764574919.
GSP Sells Hydraids to GONGALI MODEL at subsidized price to lower the overall cost for the whole intergrated filter...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
PROGRESS - 12th Feb 2015: NM-AIST Grants Interest-Free LoanThis is a long awaited breakthrough for the Gongali Model Co.Ltd. It was very hard to get a start-up capital to test our business idea - but now the doors are open after this intervention by NM-AIST (The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology). NM-AIST supports initiaves that foster its Motto, "Academia for Society and Industry". With this support, Gongali Model Co.Ltd will be able to introduce 100 to the market, according to the special training provided through The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Together with MANY other insights and step-by-step guidance, the advice to seek support from NM-AIST was provided by Hilonga's Mentors Prof.Richard Williams of Birmingham University - UK and Dr.David Sarphie of Bio-Nano-Consulting-UK.
NM-AIST Vice Chancellor Prof.Mwamila hands $7,000 as a seed-capital to Dr.Askwar Hilonga NM-AIST Lecturer and the Director of Gongali Model Co.Ltd...........................X........................X.............END.............x..........................x.........................
PROGRESS-Jan 2015: 100 Filter components DONATED by Prof.ChadProf. Chad Jafvert of Purdue University, USA made an unforgettable contribution in support of Dr. Askwar Hilonga to strengthen his endeavor to win the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Prof. Jafvert and students in his Global Engineering course at Purdue donated filter components for 100 slow sand filters to be integrated with disinfection filters that Dr. Hilonga is developing. This first "slow-sand-filter" component is for removal of water turbidity, and up to 97% removal of micro-organisms: bacteria, virus, and protozoa. The component that Dr. Hilonga is designing and testing is for final and complete disinfection. Dr. Hilonga will test his business model after successfully demonstrating the complete system at laboratory and pilot scales. A prototype is in-use at a Gongali Model Co. Community Center.
Prof.Venkatesh and his Team, Purdue Univ., USA:...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
FILTER BUSINESS - Get your Unit right NOW!THANKS to Prof. Jafvert Chad for some kind of "seed funding" which helps Hilonga to test his business model for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Order your Unit at a DISCOUNTED PRICE NOW! Prof.Chad's support provides for one of the three components of Hilonga's integrated filter. The price of complete integrated filter NOW is Ths.250,000 ($150). This price is just for NOW because of Prof.Chad's support - ONLY 100 Units! FUTURE is NOT guaranteed! Call +255764574919 or Email email@example.com for details. ...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
Traing for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation - Pretoria, South Africa, 7-13 Nov. 2014The Training was AMAZING! It was conducted by FounderCentric (Salim and Jordan) and supervised by Meredith of The Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. ...........................X........................X...........END...............x..........................x.........................
PROGRESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NM-AIST....Sept 2014More information is available on COSTECH website Click here Dr. Askwar Hilonga of Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania has been selected for the shortlist in the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2014.Dr Askwar have also won six months of training and mentoring before an overall winner is selected in 2015. This is a second success of Nanotech Group at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology. The first success of the group was when it represented NM-AIST to international business competition in USA Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor Prof Burton Mwamila appreciated efforts shown by the Nanotech Group and Said the institute is coming up in the research and innovation arena. He acknowledged good support from the Tanzanian Government through the Ministry of Communication, Science and technology and promised to maintain standards in Research. For his part Dr. Askwar Hilonga said his innovation is at the pilot stage. Its unique selling point is for being inexpensive and therefore affordable to his targeted market niche. Hilonga anticipates commercializing his innovation to provide accessible, affordable, sustainable and lasting solution for drinking water in under-served rural Tanzanian communities. Dr Hilonga who also is a lecturer at Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology said his pilot venture run by the Gongali Model Company Limited is in Gongali Vilage, Karatu-Arusha, Tanzania.He has 30 publications, by May 2014, on this Nanotechnology-based innovation that integrates high technology with traditionally known approach to solve local and global challenge (clean and safe drinking water).
Some Pictures from GONGALI
Health principles promoted in Gongali can be summarize in acronym "NEWSTART" - That is Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest, Trust in God
Health Promotion Seminars
Health promotion seminars are conducted regularly by the GEO members and various partners, particularly the SDA Church which has already shown a great interest in this adventure and we want to follow their example as demonstrated in Seventh-day Adventists and Health. Other Religious groups/churches, Institutions, NGOs, Individuals, etc are also welcomed to bring their contribution and IMPACT many people's lives in Gongali and elsewhere around Africa.At present, we are also starting to promote the cultivation and consumption of the Moringa Tree. The video below demonstrates our reasons for choosing this plant, interestingly called a MIRACLE TREE.


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I had Been Living in a Series of Unfortunate Events
'I just want to quit, I want to give up and never look back. What happened to the days when my life revolved around myself, my own goals, and everyone supported me?
'Where are my cheering friends, the ones who supported me after my wins and my championships?
What will I do if I have to do it all alone, even when no one is looking?'
Stress from school, athletics and my family forced me to ask myself these questions only five weeks into the fall quarter.
At the time, I never truly knew that the answers that I demanded were soon to come, at the highest price I'd ever have to pay: my education.
Six weeks into my sophomore year, I had to drop out of school, and work three jobs to make ends meet.
I had to grow up and take responsibility for my life, my athletic and scholastic dreams and refocus on what is important, even if it isn't myself alone, but the entirety of those who I affect and am affected by.
As an athlete, leaving my team behind was like losing a part of my soul.
I never knew how much of a part the solidarity of a team would play in my personal life.
Nor did I expect to feel so out of place in the big bad world, without the people who shared my common goals.
The compassion that is expressed between coaches and athletes, even when it is silent, is greatly missed.
For two-and-a-half months, I could not spend time alone with the jumping pit.
Nor could I share my stories with the lanes of the track. I could not, in a sense, figure out who I was.
Because at this point it could not be a matter of questioning who I was, or who I was with the team. It was figuring out who I'm not.
I'm not going to collapse because I have to do it alone, nor will my world end if things are put on hold, and I will not change this, even when no one is looking.
As I fought back the tears I forced myself to regain composure, as i would soon have to make a decision.
To stay in the world, or to sacrifice just about everything I had in me, and find a solution.
I told myself that if being back in school was a part of the person I'd always known myself to be, then my coaches, the athletic staff and my teammates should be my motivation to dig down deep in my soul and change the weaker part of my attitude.
The part that questions whether or not I get something out of each of my life's experiences, and if so, what am I willing to do for my education and athletics.
Even if it means starting at the bottom.
My heart slowly adjusted to becoming a grown up, taking responsibility over my life, and asserting power into the things I hoped to manifest.
The answers to my intuitions forced me to see college life, and athletics from a different perspective.
At this point in the game, every one of us will have to be as mentally strong as we are physically, both in and out of school.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I had to juggle all of the wrong answers before I could move forward.
The harshness of the world isn't to be taken lightly.
It may seem as if my conclusions were reached within a matter of days.
And they were, but they were the hardest days of my life, when nothing else mattered but finding the road out of adolescence into maturity.
They were long days of labor, of hours of filling that still didn't pay enough to buy food or put gas in the car.
They were many nights on a soggy pillow, soiled with a million dreams of education, love and a light out of the darkness.
But, after all the hard work, I found my way home.
I was reunited with hope, as I set food onto this campus.
My head was clear and my mind susceptible to change, and all that comes with it.


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11 November 2016
To gaming enthusiasts, the Kinect is Microsoft's motion sensor add-on for the Xbox 360 gaming console. The device provides a natural user interface that allows users to interact intuitively and without any intermediary device, such as a controller. The interdisciplinary project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), focused on soil erosion, levees, and flood protection systems. To provide essential data for the rebuilding of the ravaged levees in New Orleans, for the past ten years engineers from the School of Engineering at Rensselaer have been studying small-scale sections of the flood-protection system.According to the National Weather Service, flooding is a coast-to-coast threat to the United States and its territories nearly every day of the year. Flooding typically occurs when prolonged rain falls over several days, when intense rain falls over a short period of time, or when an ice and debris jam causes a river or stream to overflow onto a surrounding area. Flooding can also result from the failure of a water control structure, such as a levee or dam. Statistics from the National Weather Service note that from 1996 to 2015, approximately 1,640 Americans died in floods."To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a Kinect system has been used on a geotechnical centrifuge," said Thomas Zimmie, a dam safety expert and professor of civil engineering. "The objective of this research is to develop tools that would improve the understanding of the process of levee failure because of erosion and reduce the future risk of failure in order to protect lives and property."During recent decades, there have been continuing efforts to study dam-break hydraulics, including numerical and experimental investigations of dam-break flows and the potential damage caused by the flows.According to Zimmie, hydraulic erosion is a complicated phenomenon and depends on many different parameters. To improve design criteria for levees, embankments, and earthen structures, the development of realistic computer models that can simulate the erosion process is necessary.As part of the research, a large number of physical levee erosion tests were performed using Rensselaer's 150g geotechnical centrifuge. The centrifuge tests were performed to simulate real-size levees, in order to obtain a more realistic model. The erosion was modelled physically in detail.Conventional three-dimensional scanning was used to precisely verify the calculated dimensions of initial and final computer model geometries, but did not yield interim data or measurements of the quantity of eroded soil during the tests.The Kinect sensor was used to follow the progression of the soil erosion. The device was used to scan and evaluate the volume of eroded soil and variation of the shape of the channels as a function of time. Three-dimensional images were obtained, and variations of different parameters were plotted."Real-time field measurements are extremely difficult to obtain," Zimmie said. "Numerical simulations play an ever-important role for dam-break flow problems. The erosion process is dependent on several parameters such as soil fines and clay size content, plasticity and dispersivity, compaction water content, density degree of saturation, clay mineralogy, and possibly the presence of cementing materials such as iron oxides."Based on recorded videos and pictures taken during the tests, it was discovered that the Kinect results agreed well with the physical models. The technical capabilities of the Kinect system can be duplicated in a custom design, but the cost could be several thousand dollars, Zimmie noted.For the research team, the Kinect served as a low-cost sensor, enabling the measurement of the rate of soil erosion, which, if done at all, usually requires expensive equipment. The application of this method in other laboratory experiments was also investigated by the team.
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Communication levels used in A Way Forward
Developmental Stages of Learning
The framework helps teachers identify the stage their students are operating at in English and provide opportunities to move students towards the next stage. The following developmental stages have been used: pre-intentional, intentional, concrete symbolic, abstract and verbal symbolic. They are defined as:
The student's communication may have no known purpose or meaning, as it is a reflex action. The communication partner has to assign meaning to a non-verbal student's behaviours and interpret the intention of the behaviour. Behaviours may be unconventional.
The student makes a definite attempt to communicate or interact although the intention may not be clear to the communication partner. Behaviours can be unconventional and may escalate if communication needs are not met.
Concrete Symbolic
The student uses the environment to add meaning to their communication. The intention to communicate is clear and the student engages with a communication partner on a one to one basis. Communication is within a context set in the 'here and now'. The student uses real objects, object symbols, photos, pictures, signs or gestures, even some words and word combinations. The teacher usually directs the student's interest at this level.
Abstract and Verbal Symbolic
The student successfully uses verbal and/or non-verbal communication systems to engage a communication partner. They may regularly use multi-modal systems of symbols, signing, gestures and/or vocalisations. Communication can be out of context: people and events may not be present at the time (abstract). The student uses more spontaneous, conventional methods to communicate. The student usually initiates interest at this level.
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