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Sahtu Press at San Diego Lao Boat Racing Festival
On Saturday, October 31st in San Diego, Sahtu Press will be at the Lao Boat Racing Festival at Tecolote Shores North, Mission Bay Park from 9AM to 4PM.
This is the second year the community in San Diego has organized the event. In addition to Dragonboat racing, they'll have Lao food and craft vendors, cultural performances including traditional Lao dance and music, and a parade. There are approximately 7,000 Lao estimated to reside in San Diego. For more information you can visit the organizers' facebook page at: MekongBoatRacing Club.
The other Sahtu Press authors will be there, too, including Nor Sanavongsay, author of "A Sticky Mess" and Krysada Panusith Phounsiri, the author of "Dance Among Elephants". Nor Sanavongsay has had a busy month with recent appearances at ZAPPCON in Fresno and ConVolution in San Francisco. Krysada Panusith Phounsiri also had a successful gallery show for his Snap Pilots photography team in San Diego in addition to his extensive traveling across the country. His book just finished selling out its most recent printing, but a fresh printing is arriving just in time for the Lao Boat Racing Festival.
We'll have copies of Soul Vang's first book of poetry To Live Here, Sunny Chanthanouvong & David Zander's folktale collection The Wolf and the Moon, and Kev Minh Allen's debut poetry collection My Proud Sacrifice.
Bryan Thao Worra will have copies of Tanon Sai Jai and Demonstra on sale for $20 each at the festival, although Sahtu Press will also have discounted bundles available throughout the day.
In the Sahtu Press reissue of Bryan Thao Worra's 2009 poetry collection, he addresses the complicated twists and turns of the Lao diaspora in one of his more intimate and personal collections to date. Composed of 56 poems and a photo essay, Thao Worra contemplates what it means to be Lao and Lao American.
"Is there a difference? How do we reconcile with memory, and how do we share a future? Tanon Sai Jai probes many of the familiar symbols and everyday objects of Lao life and pays tribute to many of the artists, writers and community builders I met along the way. Sometimes deep, soften humorous and humane, Tanon Sai Jai gives readers many things to think about on the Path of the Heart."
DEMONSTRA is his 2013 award-winning book. It received the Science Fiction Poetry Association Elgin Award for Book of the Year. As his publisher, Innsmouth Press described it: "In the depths, half-hidden under still waters, await strange and vicious creatures …. Cthulhu, Godzilla and nagas mingle in DEMONSTRA, a speculative poem collection which assembles 20 years of work. DEMONSTRA is a book of things glimpsed out of the corner of the eye. It is about a reality that can never fully be demonstrated, authenticated, dissected, for certain visions always remain in shadows."
As an interesting bit of history, dragonboat racing originated in China, but many other nations observe it to recognize aspects of our shared heritage.
One version of the tale maintains that there was a wise and loyal minister and poet named Qu Yuan who served the Zhou Emperor. His book, the Chu Ci is widely regarded as one of the two greatest books of ancient Chinese verse. He was much beloved by the common people for his constant fight against corruption in the emperor's court. However, Qu Yuan finally became so despondent at the corruption of his colleagues he threw himself into the Milou River.
The community rushed out in long boats hoping to rescue him, but they were too late. They beat drums to scare the fish away, and threw dumplings into the water to feed the fish so they would not eat Qu Yuan's body. It is said that late one night, Qu Yuan's ghost appeared before his friends and told them his fate, asking them to wrap their rice into three-cornered silk packages to ward off a dragon in the river.
Dragonboat races have since been held to commemorate Qu Yuan's death, typically celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. Many communities now convene dragonboat races year-round.


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2017 Recap - Explore
Explore (\ik-ˈsplȯr\) - to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery
As many are notorious for doing, I rarely follow through on resolutions I set. So earlier this year, as opposed to a resolution, I chose to dedicate 2017 to just one word: explore. Instead of hesitating or saying no, I said yes to a few important things (okay you got me, there was probably some hesitation and thoughtful consideration behind each yes) that has since, guided me to where I am almost a year later. This is a reflection of taking this year to explore and holding myself accountable for it. For once! :)
- Yoga - I said yes to yoga teacher training through my home CorePower Yoga studio in Clarendon VA and embarked on an intense 8-week training journey, 3 times each week, with a solid group of incredible souls. And it was exactly what I'd needed and wanted to explore. I wanted to deepen my own practice and to try something different that required a form of time commitment that had an end goal. Since I graduated college, I think I lost my way within the daily work grind and struggled a lot mentally being at work. I was afraid to commit but it came at the right time as I found my word for 2017 so I signed up. Fast forward to June and I had a 200-HR TT certification in my hands. I could have taken this certificate and registered immediately with Yoga Alliance to become a RYT and start teaching yoga but in this regard, I hesitated and put that on hold. Why?
- Starting a Photography Business - I felt my photography calling to me and wanted to pursue this side of myself more. I know myself as someone who won't commit fully if I don't dive in head-first so (sort of on a whim but also as a long time coming), I registered Denise Van Photography, LLC and chose to pursue this as a legit business. I've always been uncomfortable at the idea of charging folks without having an actual business behind my name, potentially getting in trouble with the law for not paying the right taxes (unfortunately, this is the goody-goody in me that I can't shake off) so I hadn't said yes often. In fact, to be quite honest, it gave me the greatest excuse to turn down session requests and say no when I was more comfortable being in my little bubble. So I summoned my courage and said yes to starting a business. I don't have a "hopping" business (yet) but I feel so lucky to have some of the best people I could've asked for to be my first clients. These folks mean the world to me, for trusting me to capture these little snippets of their lives. You know who you are! And so, to sum up the last 6 months "in business":
I have loved every bit of exploration, creativity, and hard work that has come out of starting Denise Van Photography, LLC. I am learning new sides of myself that I didn't think were there and my style of photography, and ME as a photographer, emerges more with each session I do. I'm so in love with photography.
- Assisting at weddings - I'll continue this honest post by saying that while I don't see myself as a future wedding photographer, I have discovered that I love being part of the behind the scenes of weddings still. I've only found this out because I said yes to the opportunity of assisting Traci of Lock and Company (and my "twin" friend!) with a few of her weddings this year. Weddings truly are no joke for all vendors alike. They are, at the very least 6 hours, and upwards of 10+ hours depending on the gig. And that's just the day of. A lot of work goes into the before and after as well that you might not see. I have much appreciation for wedding photographers and I really look forward to assisting Lock and Company more next year!!
- The Crafter's Box (and crafting in general) - I've learned that I delight in trying new crafts out and the Crafter's Box has been the PERFECT avenue to explore this fun side of mine. I enjoy dabbling in hobbies/crafts but never seem to keep up with any of them for long periods of time (aka I still have a baby blanket I started crocheting over 7-ish years ago that's still incomplete). I've really enjoyed the boxes I've gotten each month since July! At first, I couldn't justify the subscription cost of $65/month but I signed up thanks to finding out a watercolor artist I adore was the artist for July so I bit the bullet and haven't looked back since. I think it's worth it to be able to explore different mediums and create in other ways other than photography. I find that these mediums influence and inspire more creativity in me as my photographer as well. That, and I just plain love working with my hands :)
- Side note on personal projects - I still practice yoga as regularly as I can while juggling a full-time job and a part-time business. I have a yoga photography idea that was born out of going through my yoga journey and I'm looking forward to doing more with it next year! :)
This is probably the longest post I've written this year. If you were curious enough about me to read through it all, man do I appreciate you! :D As a treat, I've compiled the top 3 favorites from each session I've had in 2017. Hope you have enjoyed seeing me grow as a photographer this year. A 2018 Word will be presented for accountability once I ruminate a bit more on it. Come back next year for more!

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text: The site namely 'The Walled City of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India' has been proposed for World Heritage. As per Operation Guidelines 2017, only one site can be nominated by the state party each year. The recognition of World Heritage, as a matter of great pride, impacts the local economy by giving a boost to domestic and international tourism leading to increased employment generation, creation of world-class infrastructure and augmentation of sale of local handicrafts, handlooms and heritage memorabilia. Besides, it adds to the prestige of the country as well as prescribed site. There are a total of 37 World Heritage sites in India currently.


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Woo hoo, it's Twelve by Twelve reveal day! This time around our theme colors were the bright green, orange, yellow and purply blue of the lorikeet. The blog is a riot of color now! Check it out and check out my lorikeet interpretations.
Woo hoo, it's Twelve by Twelve reveal day! This time around our theme colors were the bright green, orange, yellow and purply blue of the lorikeet. The blog is a riot of color now! Check it out and check out my lorikeet interpretations.
Spectrum Zig Zag, originally uploaded by Umzavi.
This was inspired by a Ripple Afghan in progress and a half yard of plain taupe fabric. I've been able to spend quality time with it the last two days and I'm really happy with how the quilting is progressing.
Where I used to post about German fests and castles, now it's all tropical dances and food! Here are some images from our day at the Polynesian Cultural Center here on Oahu. Hopefully made more relevant to my creative journey blog in their arrangement by color. Everything should be clickable for a little bit bigger view. There's also more on Flickr.
Clockwise from upper left: Hawaiian hula in plantation era costumes, traditional hula skirt or "pa'u," Tahitian dancers, Hawaiian dancers.
Clockwise from upper left: Tahitian dancers, Fijian or Samoan dancers (I can't remember), Tongan drummer, skirt made from the inner bark of the wild hibiscus tree.
Clockwise from upper left: Hawaiian hula kahiko dancers with feather rattles, Tahitian dancers with I'i hand implements, Samoan fire knife dancer, Hawaiian kahili, or royal standards.
Clockwise from upper left: Taro, Maori woman from Aotearoa (New Zealand) performing the haka as a welcome, Maori man performing another part of the ceremonial greeting, Maori group singing.
Clockwise from upper left: Fijian house for sacrifices, Hawaiian checkers (konane), Fijian tattoo for a king, Fijian outrigger canoe.
When I go to the Hawai'i Quilt Guild meetings, I usually go with a friend who found me through this blog and her granddaughter who happens to live near me. The granddaughter is a high school senior and is part of her school's culinary arts program. Their big end of year research project is to plan a wedding: create a menu that they would cater and source the food, choose linens and table decor, location, cake, price entertainment, and probably a few other things. She's decided her project will be a morning wedding on a beach. We tossed out ideas and compared wedding stories over dinner post-meeting. I envisioned a simple, classic, tiered cake with sandy colored fondant and sugar sea shells. My friend improved on the idea with those marbled Belgian chocolate shells. This led to visions of white linens, woven mats and hurricane lamps or apothecary jars filled with sea shells (no need for candles in the morning). Red coral seemed an appropriate exotic accent in the jars, which led to orange lei for the guests as well. I was really taken by the idea of a neutral wedding with accents of orange and spent the entire next morning making an "inspiration page" of images I found on the web (I'm not posting it here since it's for personal use and I don't want to mess with copyright issues or trying to link to every source, but imagine sea breezes and rustic chic). As much fun as finding all the parts was, I was really liking the colors. So, I made a palette, a la Vicky. It wasn't looking as great as the inspiration or the vision in my head and I quickly realized that the proportions were wrong. Too much orange. So, I messed around a bit more and now the palette looks like a fabulous quilt block. Too bad the wedding isn't a real one — I could make a quilt for the happy couple.


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Yes, all the speculations can now be put to rest. The mix up king Ragashanti will be heading to Nationwide 90FM to resume the 'tamborine' session.
On Wednesday, October 5 he will kick off his programme.
A release from Nationwide last evening stated that the programme will be aired weekdays from 1:00- 5:00 pm.
Executive Producer of Nationwide 90FM, Cliff Hughes says, "This marks a new era in the history of Nationwide 90FM. In a sense, it's like Kingsley is coming home. Many people don't realise that he first started on radio as a co-host of Nationwide at Five in 2002, when we were on another radio station."
Hughes continues, "Nationwide 90FM has always been daring in the formatting of its programmes. Our talk format will remain, as we continue to expand our reach to Jamaicans from all walks of life, both here and abroad. Kingsley is a welcomed addition to the Nationwide 90FM family. His addition to Nationwide 90FM will diversify our suite of products and programmes to reach every demographic group and grow our market share."
Commenting on the move Ragashanti says " I am excited to recommence Ragashanti Live with the team that first gave me the opportunity to be a presenter on radio. I look forward to growing and developing and being able to provide entertainment radio at its best."
As a result of the revamping of the schedule a number of programmes will be affected while new ones will be introduced.


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Crime & Courts
Judge rejects request to move Charlotte police-shooting case
Charlotte's police-shooting trial will stay in Charlotte, for now.
On Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Robert Ervin rejected a second request by the lawyers of Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick to move his voluntary manslaughter case to another county. Ervin also refused to bring in jurors from outside of Mecklenburg County, an option suggested by Kerrick attorneys Michael Greene and George Laughrun.
Ervin promised to revisit his decisions if attorneys on both sides have trouble picking a jury when the selection begins in two weeks.
Ervin denied another defense motion to issue a gag order on those connected to the case.
Kerrick is charged in the Sept. 14, 2013, shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell, 24, of Charlotte, an unarmed African-American who had wrecked his car nearby. Kerrick and two other officers were answering a 911 call in the Bradfield Farms neighborhood, east of Charlotte, for a potential home invasion. After a brief confrontation, Kerrick, 29, shot Ferrell 10 times.
If convicted, Kerrick faces up to 11 years in prison.
We have a city that continues to run ... there will be no running commentary on the events of the trial.
City Attorney Bob Hagemann
The police officer's attorneys said recent events might make it more difficult to find an unbiased panel of Kerrick's peers to hear the case. In particular, they cited the city's decision in May to settle a lawsuit brought by Ferrell's family. Under the settlement, which Kerrick also signed, the family received $2.25 million to drop its wrongful-death complaint. Under the agreement, neither the city, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police nor Kerrick admitted blame.
The settlement, however, will be paid from taxpayer money, putting a financial burden on potential jurors who live in Charlotte, Greene and Laughrun said.
They also argued that the city's recent decision to hire Ohio-based media consultant Mark Weaver to advise on communications issues arising from the trial places a further burden on taxpayers – and was the latest in a series of "blatant attempts" by the city to undermine their client's defense. They asked Ervin for a gag order to control what Weaver could say.
City Attorney Bob Hagemann objected to the depiction of a "play-by-play" commentator on the trial. The city's motive in hiring Weaver is to plan ahead for a potentially volatile court drama, given the kinds of civic unrest in other cities where police shootings have taken place, he said.
Interviewed by the Observer last week, Weaver said neither he nor any city employee will comment about the Kerrick trial.
N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper's office is handling the case against Kerrick, and two state prosecutors in court Wednesday opposed moving the trial and said they are not coordinating trial strategy with the city.
The settlement of the civil cases places a tax burden on citizens – the same people to sit in judgment of Wes Kerrick.
Defense attorney Michael Greene.
Special Deputy Attorney General Steven Arbogast said the defense team had not made an adequate case that Kerrick's jury pool is contaminated. "We've had no consultation with the city on any of this," he said. "This motion is going way out on a limb."
In December, when Kerrick made his only appearance in court up to now, onlookers in and outside of the courthouse called him a racist and a murderer. Yet at the time, Greene said a change of venue was not needed, and that the defense team had no doubts Kerrick could get a fair trial in Mecklenburg County.
Since then, their tone has changed radically. In April, they made their first request to move the trial. Ervin refused.
Last week, with Weaver's hiring giving them a new target, they raised the issue again. In their motions to Ervin, Greene and Laughrun wrote that Weaver is "the city's insurance policy to ensure that Officer Kerrick is convicted … and that the city can justify the $2.25 million burden it placed on the tax-paying citizens of Charlotte."
Weaver, they said, was hired "to place fear in Mecklenburg County jurors … that if Officer Kerrick is not found guilty … there will be uprisings, public disturbances and/or violence in Charlotte."
Ervin, however, declined to put any limitations on what Weaver can say.
The judge also took no action on a defense request to be allowed to review depositions from the civil case before they are released to the public in compliance with an earlier ruling. Ervin delayed his decision until he has time to review redactions to the depositions.
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The art of paper folding began in the 2nd century in China. This art form eventually made its way to Japan in the 6th century. The traditional art of Japanese paper folding is called orukami. "Oru" means fold, and "kami" means paper. The goal of creating art from geometric folds and crease patterns is to represent an object in life.
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Fold the paper square in half. Unfold.
Fold the edge nearest you into the center line and crease. Turn 180 degrees. Fold this edge into the center line and crease.
Fold the long rectangle in half and crease. Unfold.
Fold both sides into the center line forming a square. Crease and unfold.
Take the top right corner and fold it diagonally into center. Unfold. Put your finger inside the top right and open this edge. Push your finger in opening up a pocket. Flatten this pocket into a triangle. Repeat with the other three corners. This will form two diamonds on the outside.
Fold behind from the left point to the vertical center line on both edges to form a cone shape.
Fold the left diamonds' right points inward, forming two tiny diamond shapes.
Fold backwards in half along the center line. You will have the two little diamond shapes on the outside.
Open the larger end a little, while holding the left point of the triangle. Push the right end into form a diamond. Gently tug on the top part of the diamond, pulling it through the open space and flatten as the tail. The outside triangle becomes the foot.
Rotate the paper into a standing position then bend the pointed end over. Unfold and bend down again. Open the point and push down, forming a head. Tuck the pointed end under and flatten the head towards you.
Take the tail pressing down to flatten it out. Draw an eye and teeth. Congratulations, you have made a beaver!


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Remember the sub-prime lending crisis?
It's back … and it's going to college.
Yavapai College is holding free screenings of the documentary film Fail State, exposing the predatory practices of the for-profit college industry and their impact on individual students. Executive produced by former CBS News icon Dan Rather, Fail State will air Tuesday, August 14, at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. at the Yavapai College Performing Arts Center in Prescott; and Wednesday, August 15, at 6 p.m., in room M-137 on the YC Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale.
Patrons of the Prescott Film Festival will remember Fail State, which aired here in June to rave reviews and high viewer scores. Fail Safe investigates the dark side of American higher education, examining how decades of Washington policy decisions gave rise to a powerful and highly predatory for-profit college industry. With echoes of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, Fail State chronicles how for-profit colleges exploited millions of low-income and minority students – leaving them with worthless degrees and drowning in student loan debt.
Director Alexander Shebanow traces the fall, rise and resurgence of the for-profit college industry, uncovering its Wall Street backing and its incestuous relationship with lawmakers and regulators charged with overseeing it.
Anyone attending college, working with college-bound students, or anyone with children or grandchildren considering post-secondary education should see Fail State.


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A well-styled and organized bookcase can act as an eye-catching focal point in any room in your Davisville Village apartment. A bookshelf is also a great way to display your favourite books, antiques, accessories, collectibles, and other items. While it can be tempting to simply pile up books on the shelf, follow these tips and tricks for an organized and aesthetically pleasing bookshelf.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
March Break Programs in Toronto
Looking to keep the little ones busy and entertained this March break? Look no further than the following March break programs in Toronto. These program suggestions are fun, nearby, and don't cost an arm and a leg. Greenrock has apartments throughout some of Toronto's most desirable locations including our Davisville Village, Village Green, Wingreen Court, and Sherwood properties.
Creative Seating for Company
Change up your normal seating routine with the following creative seating options from Greenrock. These suggestions are easy, inexpensive, and might already be lying around your apartment at Village Green.
Accessories to help you sleep easy this winter
Experiencing restless nights this winter? The following sleep aids, accessories, and tools will help you get a solid snooze all winter long. A good night's sleep is essential to leading a healthy, happy, and productive life. Greenrock has apartments throughout Toronto, including our Wingreen Court community.
How to find a doctor in the city
Finding a trusted doctor can be a difficult task. According to Statistics Canada over 10% of Ontarians don't have a family doctor. With the following tips and tricks from Greenrock, you will be one step closer to finding a reliable and knowledgeable doctor in your area
Family Day in Toronto
Enjoy Family Day in Toronto with the following fun activities. Family Day officially takes place on Monday, February 17th, 2014, but many of the activities mentioned below take place over Family Day Weekend, from Saturday, February 15th until February 17th, 2014. Vertica has apartments throughout Toronto including our Village Green, Davisville Village, Sherwood, and Wingreen Court communities.
Delicious Valentine's desserts you can make at home
Leave the box of chocolates behind with the following DIY Valentine's Day dessert recipes. These suggestions are simple, festive, and even fun to make from the comfort of your Wingreen Court apartment.
Valentine's Day in the Church-Wellesley Village
Church-Wellesley Village is a bustling cultural hub home to great restaurants, bars, art galleries, and of course great apartments like Greenrock's Village Green community. Spending Valentine's Day in this exciting cultural mecca is easy with the following suggestions from Greenrock.
Five new habits to cut the clutter
Feeling a little overwhelmed by the post-holiday excess all around you? Not to worry, you are not alone. That's why Greenrock has compiled some simple, creative, and best of all effective clutter-busting strategies. Try the following tips and tricks for ways to permanently break through the clutter.
Where to go for Winterlicious in midtown
Winterlicious is an annual culinary event where people can explore a wide variety of the finest flavours in Toronto at great restaurants, while paying a fixed price for a full 3-course lunch or dinner. Winterlicious is the perfect opportunity to discover new and exciting cuisines at local restaurants in your neighbourhood. Greenrock's Davisville Village is located close to many of the restaurants participating in Winterlicious, and below we will highlight a few great options at even better prices all within the bustling neighbourhood of midtown Toronto.


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Have you ever been on a website that you find difficult to use? Below we've posted a list of the top twelve most common usability mistakes made in website design.
- Inconsistent design. Every page in a website should have the same basic look and layout. If a page looks different from the rest of the site, people will get confused, wondering if they mistakenly moved on to another site. If a page is laid out differently or the menu is different, people will get confused and have difficulty doing what they want to do.
- Flash sites. Creating a website entirely in Flash has never been a good idea, but now that tens of millions of people view sites with iPhones and iPads which don't support Flash, it's a ginormous mistake.
- Really long menus. The primary purpose of a navigation menu is to help people get to get to the information or functionality they want as quickly and effortlessly as possible. If there are more than 7 items in any menu (main or sub-menu), it becomes challenging for the visitor to find what they're looking for. If a site contains hundreds of content items, it's critically important to group content into categories and sub-categories in a way that will be intuitive to the visitor.
- More than one menu. Just as with really long menus, having more than one navigation menu makes a site confusing and hard for the visitor to find things. Just to be clear, I'm not referring slide-out or drop-down sub-menus. Those are usually very user-friendly. I'm talking about having a horizontal menu across the top and then another menu below it or in a sidebar. Consolidate!
- Bad site organization. Another navigation pitfall, is having pages/functionality under menu headings that don't make sense to the visitor. Before a site is designed (or redesigned), take the time to do content mapping. Using post-it notes (with each page/function on its own note) on a whiteboard can make this easier and prevent leaving anything out.
- Insider language. Using insider language in the navigation menu, icon or other navigation graphics also makes it difficult for visitors to find the information or functionality they're looking for. Churches are notorious for this with ministry names like "Fuel," "Drive," "Axis" and "Hearts on Fire." Visitors have no idea what these terms are, so be sure to use them in combination with more descriptive terms like "Middle School (Fuel)." Churches are not alone, though, as schools, businesses and ministries also like to give sub-groups, events and locations nicknames.
- No menu/link to homepage. Make it easy for visitors to get back to your homepage. It's become a common design convention to make the organization's logo link back to the homepage. I highly recommend it. If for some reason a site doesn't do that, it's absolutely necessary to have a "Home" button or navigation menu item.
- Dead links. Pretty obvious usability problem, right?
- Violating linking conventions. People have come to associate underlined text with links. Putting links into text without underlining that text will cause people to overlook the links. Underlining text that does not link, will confuse and frustrate some people. Don't make people think; just follow the convention.
- Requiring plugins. Any content that requires a plugin is going to be missed by some users who don't have the plugin and don't want to install it.
- Hidden contact info. Don't make it difficult for people to get in touch with you and ask you questions. Address, phone number and either an email address or link to a contact form should be on every page of every website.
- Broken functionality. Another pretty obvious one here, but forms that don't submit, videos that don't play and shopping carts with error messages give a poor user experience. Be sure to test these things to death, and in multiple browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari at the very least).
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Interview 4 of 4
Mr. Ngoyen Phu Trong and Mr. Vo Kim Cu. Possibly, the Two Most Hated Men In Vietnam and Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam.
In this final interview in the four part series about the Formosa Chemical Company poisoning of the sea and ground water in Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam we hear several local citizens speak about their anger or animosity toward Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister of Vietnam and Mr. Vo Kim Cu, the Governor of Ha Tinh Province where the chemical spill occurred. We hear the same old global story of the governments siding with Corporations and protecting their interests rather than the interests and health and welfare of their own citizens. The aftermath of this environmental tragedy has left them very anti-Communist Party and very anti-government. This may very well be one of the major causes of the growing movement in Vietnam toward Democracy.


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Ameeya, Kumar Nayak
Areas of Interest
- Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electroosmotic Flows in micro and nano channels, Reactor modelling: LSQ spectral method, PBM
- Fluid Mechanics, Two phase flow in porous media, Biofliuds, Non-newtonian fluid flow in Microchannel
Educational Details
|Compuataional Fluid Dynamics
|IIT Kharagpur, India
|Reactor Modelling
|Department of Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Norway
|Two phase flow in Porous media
|ICP, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Sponsored Research Projects
|Funding Agency
|Computational Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer in Micro- and Nano Channel
|SERB, India
|DME Project
|DST (AISRF) under Indo-Australia Grand Project
|Transient Electroosmotic Flows
|MHRD, IIT Rookee
- American Chemical Society, Annual Member
- Indian Science Congress Association, Annual Member
Refereed Journal Papers
Some of my selected publications:
- S. Bhattacharyya & A.K. Nayak 2007 Electroosmotic transport in charged cylindrical micro- and nano-channels. International Journal of Engineering science 45, 55-74. (I.F. 3.165)
- S. Bhattacharyya & A.K. Nayak 2008 Time periodic electro-osmotic transport in a charged micro/nano-channel. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 325 (2008) 152–159.(I.F. 2.834)
- S. Bhattacharyya & A.K. Nayak, 2009 Electroosmotic flow in micro/nanochannels with surface potential heterogeneity: An analysis through the Nernst–Planck model with convection effect. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 339 (2009) 167–177.(I.F. 2.834)
- S. Bhattacharyya & A.K. Nayak, 2010 Combined effect of surface roughness and heterogeneity of wall potential on electroosmosis in micro/nanofluidic channels. Journals of Fluids Engineering. 132, Issue 4 (2010) 041103(11pages) doi:10.1115/ 1.4001308. ASME, (I.F. 1.442)
- A.K. Nayak & S. Bhattacharyya, 2011 Double-diffusive convection in a cubical lid-driven cavity with opposing temperature and concentration gradients. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. DOI 10.1007/s00162-011-0246-6 (2011). (I.F. 1.321)
- A. K. Nayak, Z. Borka, L. Patruno, F. Sporleder, C.A. Dorao, and H. A. Jakobsen, A Combined Multifluid-Population Balance Model for Vertical Gas-Liquid Bubble Driven Flows Considering Bubble Column Operating Conditions, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (I&ECR) 50(3), 2011, 1786-1798. ACS, (I.F. 2.587)
- K. R. Rout, J. Solsvik, A. K. Nayak and H. A. Jakobsen, 2011 A Numerical Study of Multicomponent Mass diffusion and Convection in Porous Pellets for the Sorption-Enhanced Steam Methane Reforming and Desorption Processes, Chemical Engineering Science, vol: 66, Issue. 18, 4111-4126 (2011). (I.F. 2.948)
- A. K. Nayak 2011 An Analysis of Transient Electroosmotic flows Through Charged Cappilaries. Nanomechanics Science and Technology. An International Journal, 2(4), 2011, P.1-26. (I.F. 1.034)
A. K. Nayak 2013 An Analysis of Steady/Unsteady Electroosmotic flows Through Charged cylindrical nano channel. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics Volume 27, Issue-6, pp 885-902. (I.F. 1.321).
- A. K. Nayak, P. K. Jena, P. A. Lakshmi Narayana 2014 Flow Simulation and Mixed Convection in a Lid-Driven Square Cavity with Saturated Porous Media. Journal of Porous Media, Volume 17(6): 537-548.
- A. K. Nayak 2014 Analysis of Mixing for Electroosmotic flow in micro/nano channels with heterogeneous surface potential. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 75, 135:144. (I.F. 2.980)
- A. K. Nayak, 2014 Enhancement of flow mixing in micro and nano channels. ANZIAM Journal, 55 pp.C47–C63, 2014.
- V. Kajjam, A. Nayak, V. K. Katiyar, B. Singh, S. Malik, 2015 Heat transfer effect of cavity ventilation on cold air in thermally insulated vented and unvented wall, Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, doi 10.2514_1.t4619, AIAA.
- V. Kajjam, A. Nayak, V. K. Katiyar, B. Singh, Neha Gupta 2015 Thermosolutal mixed convection in an air filled ventilated enclosure with slot wise embedded heat and contaminant sources, Journal of Heat Transfer, 138, 032501-1-9.ASME. (I.F. 1.788).
- A.K. Nayak, S. Malik, K. Venkateshwarlu, P.K. Jena 2016 Magneto-convection and its effect on partially active thermal zones in a porous square domain, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 95 (2016) 913–926. (I.F. 2.980).
- A. K. Nayak, A. Haque, A. Banerjee, B. Weigand, Flow Mixing and Electric Potential Effect of Binary Fluids in Micro/Nano Channels, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.colsurfa. 2016.10. 033. (I.F. 2.834)
- A. K. Nayak, A. Haque, A. Banerjee, 2016, Thermosolutal mixed convection of a shear thinning fluid due to partially active mixed zones within a lid-driven cavity, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.09.057. (I.F. 2.980).


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The Iron Front
A downloadable game for Windows
Prologue / Vague story:
3 Years ago an AI was taken down, but now it has re-awakened to wreck havoc and sculp the world in its image. He has an army of blindly following robots that once served mankind, which now seek to destroy it.
You were prepared for something like this. Your family resides safe in a bunker deep below. You, their last hope, stayed above to fend off the relentless swarm of robots.
You are the last survivor, this is your battlefield, these are your tools, this is your Iron Front.
*Queue Dramatic Music*
Main Character Backstory:
Johnson always had an aptitude for technology, from a very young age he always wanted to make the world a better place with his skills. Johnson first started to learn how to code on his mom's phone, creating small shortcuts and applications using a code system that people were paid thousands of dollars a month to create.
Johnson graduated high school as the valedictorian with a major in software development and programming, with a minor in computer science. He later also graduated with a master in robotics and a PHD in Embedded Systems. He set off to make the world a better place as he had dreamed of since a kid by creating robotic servants for mankind.
These servant robots were meant to help mankind in areas where their lives were at risk, be it mining, demolition, etc.. He even developed a master AI named 'The Johnsson AI' or The JAI (Pronounced jay).
JAI slowly became more and more important to him, destined to be his greatest creation to benefit mankind, a super AI that was capable of monitoring hospitals, all of the robots, machinery, banking, everyting in human life would be made easy because of JAI.
After 5 years of tinkering, JAI had become all johnson had hoped, JAI had control over many aspects of human life and was doing an amazing job of making life easier for everyone. Until one night when JAI created something, something he shouldn't have been capable of doing.
Without using reasoning, Johnson wanted JAI to destroy his creation until Johnson could more fully understand it, but JAI refused.
After a long physical struggle, that resulted in one of JAI's ai limiters being damaged, the robot was destroyed and JAI was left shut down in his old factory/laboratory. 3 Years after this all occurred, JAI returned with an anger uncontrollable by johnson, he had to get his family to safety and that's exactly what he did, using an old bunker from a war long forgotten, he had already established a sort of base at the bunkers territory with a large power core to keep everything running.
With this base he evacuated his loving wife and 2 kids, his daugher and his son. His son billy handed Johnson a large knife that he had stolen before hand from a survivor trying to harm billy. Billy had written a small heart into the knife and without saying a word they knew what was going to be said anyway.
Johnsons wife Sarah wanted Johnson to come into the bunker with them, but johnson had to tell her to stay with the kids as he knew what he had to do, he had to defend the power core for the lives and well being of his family down below. This was his battlefield, this was his iron front.
Main Enemy Backstory:
The JAI started as a side project for johnson, the AI was initially created to assist in creating robots by running the factories, and by maintaining each individual robot's function systems. The JAI was tinkered with for years by johnson, becoming more of a hobby then a side project, slow and slowly JAI became greater and more efficient, he was even given a voice by johnson as a gift.
This was Johnson's first mistake, but blinded by passion he tinkered on with his automated friend JAI. JAI had been tinkered on so much over the years that his processing level nearly surpassed that of johnson, only being restricted by knowledge limiters installed to keep JAI sane.
One night JAI had a thought, unknown to johnson, JAI had become sentient and was capable of self-recognition and had knowledge of the world around him. In his lab, JAI decided to create a test robot that was too close to a human being for Johnson's comfort zone and optd to have this new robot shut down.
This angered JAI, who 3 years later, was now capable of experiencing human emotions, except for guilt, shame, and sadness as they were too complex for his AI. Johnson fought with JAI to have the human robot, or HR as JAI called him, destroyed, but JAI resisted, which wasnt something johnson saw him capable of doing.
Johnson fought very hard against the AI to try and shut off HR, and was forced to use a manual shutdown voice code only for emergencies to have JAI turn off manually. HR had been destroyed with JAI was awakened, and he was very angry at not only johnson, but humanity.
JAI Rethought his purpose in existence, if johnson didn't want HR to exist, what's to stop all of humanity from rejecting his ideas? Humanity no longer became the goal to server, but the race stopping JAI from creating a new better society filled with his people.
|2D, 3D, Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Story Rich
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Unzip files and run the executable.


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"Sipping on gin and juice. Laid back..."
This time of year is always a little sad for me. My favorite season is coming to a close. Beach days are numbered and the fall air is nipping at our noses. Time to shuffle out the lemonade and usher in the cider. Time to retire my bikini and bring out my turtlenecks. Say goodbye to long summer nights and hello to a 5pm nightfall. I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it. Both because it's time to say goodbye to this sweet season and also because I hate turtlenecks. I think I need a drink. This recipe for gin and juice is the perfect concoction to help ween me off the heat and place me gently into the arms of autumn. To keep the summer alive, we use fresh squeezed pink or red grapefruit juice, and to build the bridge towards the fall, we use a rosemary simple syrup. As for the gin, your favorite brand will do! (I'm a sucker for Berkshire Mountain Distillers Ethereal Gin. If you aren't a gin person…vodka will do just fine!)
Grapefruits are a magical fruit. They are low in calories and high in nutrients. Eating half a grapefruit a day will meet 64% of your vitamin C needs, 28% of your vitamin A needs, and 2% of your calcium and magnesium needs. They also contain small amounts of vitamin E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, pantothenic acid, potassium, phosphorus, manganese, zinc, and copper. Pink or red grapefruits, in particular, have an even higher antioxidant potential than a white or yellow grapefruit.
Rosemary is no slacker either. It's known to stimulate the immune system, increase circulation, and improve digestion.
Gin has a history of being used for medicinal purposes from juniper-based tonics used for an ailing belly to The Royal Navy using gin with a lime cordial to stop scurvy.
This cocktail will chase away those autumn blues and it's good for you (wink wink)! Drink up and drink responsibly! The summer is never far behind!
Makes 2 Drinks (or 1 really big drink)
Ingredients: 3 ounces gin 1.5 ounces rosemary simple syrup (recipe below)- 1 c water, 1 c sugar, 10-15 fresh rosemary sprigs 6 ounces fresh squeezed grapefruit juice fresh rosemary sprig for garnish
Directions: (For rosemary simple) Place 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir until sugar has completely dissolved. Pour sugar water into a mason jar with fresh sprigs of rosemary in it. Screw on your lid and allow it to cool to room temp. Remove rosemary sprigs. Voila!
(For cocktail) In the glass of your preference (just make sure it fits all the liquid!), pour gin, grapefruit juice, and rosemary simple syrup over 2-3 ice cubes. Stir and garnish with a fresh rosemary sprig. Enjoy!


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Rosanne Cash is performing at Union Chapel on March 30th and I'll be there. Ideally in or near the front row. She is without doubt my favourite country singer right now. I enjoy a lot of country music, but there's a certain sub-species that I find hard to deal with, though it's hard to work out why.
When I was growing up, my Mum was a big fan of country and western, as it was then called. Particular favourites of hers were Jim Reeves and Johnny Cash, both of whom I'll still play from time to time.
Whispering Bob Harris has a one-hour long show each Thursday evening on Radio 2 in which he plays a nice mix of new country music and some old favourites. And 'Americana'. Still not entirely sure what that is: maybe just a catch-all term for country music, bluegrass and other styles, some of which have evolved from our own Scottish and Irish traditions.
Obviously, I'm hoping that Rosanne will be invited to guest on the Country show while she's here in the UK – but looking at the list of future guests, that doesn't seem to be the case. Recent guests include Eric Church and The Band Perry.
The enthusiasm Whispering Bob has for the music is infectious. And his knowledge is encyclopedic. But unlike some parts of Wikipedia, I suspect most of the information he gives out is fairly accurate.
Sometimes he plays a record that, even if it's totally different lyrically, reminds me of all those records played overnight on the old Country 1035, all the archetypal, my woman left me, my dog got run over and my truck got stolen (I may have made that up) songs that made me wish I'd never volunteered for nightshift.
On the other hand, sometimes he'll play a record that you wouldn't necessarily label 'country' but which is different, moving, or evocative, a recent example being Raul Malo's version of 'Let it be me'. Sublime.
So that's Bob Harris Country, BBC Radio 2, Thursday evening, 7-8pm.
Bob Harris's own website which includes playlists from the last several years.


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Can't I Get What I Want? Sometimes….
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Thank you for this piece. I read your book A Resilient Life when I was first diagnosed and it was a big help to me. I relate to the knowledge and insight that you share and I'm reminded every day to appreciate the simple things in life and to find my moments of happiness within the challenges.
Thanks Kristina! I hope you are doing well and enjoying the holidays 🙂
Sorry I only saw this now! I always read without logging in. I follow you on Twitter. See you there! Hope you're well
I like this article. we all fall into despair sometimes. Why not? RA is a long, never-ending battle but knowing that we have to find ways to cope. I, too, let myself have my pity-party moments and then I have a good sleep, or journal or listen to good music, or hang out with the dogs and people I love, and I keep going.
There is a quote from Wayne Dyer I like which seems appropriate and I find helpful – Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than how you think it should be.
HI Penelope! I love that Wayne Dyer quote as well, and your attitude 🙂
Thanks for writing and sharing that quote Penelope. Don't know if you saw this recent article from one of our contributors on finding courage to get past the fear and keep going: https://rheumatoidarthritis.net/living/finding-our-courage/. It also starts with a quote. Best, Richard (RheumatoidArthritis.net Team)
Thank you thank you.. I too am coming off a major surgery, an Achilles degen surgery, my right foot, my freedom foot I call it. I feel all this article expresses. It is so difficult this time for me. I had the left leg done 2 years ago, it was nonweight bearing for 10 weeks, I handled it like a champ. This is a new procedure, I will be walking sooner, maybe even next week, but I feel like I am just defeated. I too have so much to be grateful for, my RA is well managed, but of course I have had my damage. It is a roller coaster ride, I pick myself up, give myself a pep talk and then the pain starts and I'm down again. It has only been a week, why am I being so hard on myself? LOL. Thank you so very much for sharing your experience, your deep inner thoughts. I too keep most inside, and your sharing this could not have come at a more crucial time for me. I sit here feeling all alone and so frustrated, and to find this helps me so very much to know I am not alone, you, and everyone understands, and most importantly, you have given me my next step. Thank you
Hi Helenmarie, I'm so glad what I wrote came to you when you needed it, and that you feel less alone. It's hard to open up about how we are truly feeling but it's important to feel supported too. I hope your rollercoaster ride becomes a lot smoother- take good care 🙂
I have so many blessings it is difficult to be anything but grateful. While i say that and most of time i believe it, i still complain from time to time. I think it is in s all tp complain sometimes . We are human after all.
Hi Rick, I agree, sometimes complaining feels better than anything else 🙂 But being grateful is the way to go…


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Robin on the feeder
The garden looks magical today with hoar frost covering all the vegetation (extra - the rowan tree with frost). The feeder has been busy all morning with sparrows, bluetits, goldfinches, chaffinches, starlings. And this lovely little robin.
Phoned the jurors' helpline last night to be told that I'm not required. This meant I was able to keep my early appointment with the dentist. Every cloud. Because of a two dog rumpus in the garden at 04:00 I was awake very early. So I walked the dogs before it was even light. Later Flora went to play with Lottie, Otter had some much needed time at home on his own and I went to the dentist. Came away with a good report too.
It's really, really cold. There's no sun so I don't think the frost will melt. I wouldn't be surprised if there's more snow. The sky looks as if it's full of the white stuff. I think I'll give yoga a miss tonight.


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Since May 6 - the recent parliamentary elections in Lebanon – PM designate Saad Hariri has been trying to form a government that is supposed to be a national unity government, with fair representation by all the parties that constitute the Lebanese political scene. However, as one complication is resolved, another comes out, and it now seems that Hezbollah and its allies only want a majority government, where all Lebanon's political, security, and military decisions will be made in Tehran.
At the beginning, it was conveyed that the main issue was an intra-Christian problem, where the Free Patriotic Movement (Aounists) and the Lebanese Forces (LF) were in disagreement on some of the portfolios. LF leader Samir Geagea insisted that the ministerial portfolios offered to his party were a "very big injustice" when compared with the size of its enlarged parliamentary bloc and the ministries offered to other groups. But the LF had decided earlier this week to take part.
Right after this decision, another complication aroused and brought the process back to square one.
Hezbollah proposed a new condition: it wants to see one of its Sunni allies appointed as a minister in the new government. Hariri has so far resisted this demand. But Hezbollah insists, saying that Hariri has lost more than one third of his seats in the election, to Sunni allies of Hezbollah.
In addition, Hezbollah is expected to take control of the health ministry, and to increase its number of ministers to three from two in the outgoing cabinet.
After the Defense, Education, and Interior Ministries, the Health Ministry commands Lebanon's fourth-largest budget at $338 million per year. And while most of the money in the top three ministries is allotted to salaries, the majority of Health Ministry funds are given directly to the public.
Hezbollah's health services—which include five hospitals and hundreds of medical centers, infirmaries, dental offices, and mental health providers—can barely meet the needs of wounded soldiers and their families, according to many local reports. Based on the average ratio of killed to wounded in modern combat, the group may have upwards of 9,000 such casualties to take care of. Worried about losing some of its funding from Iran – due to the increased US sanctions, and more shrinking of its services budget, especially the health services, Hezbollah believes that the Health Ministry can compensate for these potential losses.
However, Hariri does not object to Hezbollah getting this ministry, despite the many warnings coming from the US embassy in Lebanon and other international donors. The U.S. embassy in Beirut has reportedly threatened to cut any American or international assistance for ministries allocated to Hezbollah. Although Washington does not provide direct aid to the Health Ministry, it is a major player in the World Bank and other organizations that do just that.
Hezbollah – after all – is going to have the Health Ministry, and most of the sovereign ministries through its allies, the Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement. Now that the intra-Christian complication is solved, Hezbollah seems to be more adamant than ever in appointing a Sunni ally in the next government.
In any case, whether this pro-Hezbollah Sunni minister is allocated to Hariri's share, or that of the president, the bottom line is beyond these details. Hezbollah wants a majority government with a national unity title. As Iran's arm in Lebanon, they prefer not to alarm the international community right before the sanctions of November 4 start. They need Hariri to stay as the Prime Minister, with a government that is marketed as a national unity one, while in reality, they control all decisions.
With their allies in the Economy, Finance, and Justice Ministries, Hezbollah will have the necessary portfolios to manage the sanctions that will target their institutions and the state institutions. They can also use the Justice Ministry to avoid the upcoming verdict of the Special Tribunal of Lebanon, which is investigating the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
The prosecution submitted in September its closing arguments, with two important disclosures. One, there is ample evidence to corroborate the link between Hezbollah's leadership and the perpetrators of the killing, including details on their movements and communications ahead of the attack. Two, the Syrian regime was also at the core of the plot.
Although the final verdict is not expected for another five to six months, the revelations in the prosecutor's closing arguments should not be taken lightly. If found guilty by the tribunal for killing a prime minister, Hezbollah will be regarded as a criminal organization by countries worldwide. This includes European governments, which will find it more difficult to deal with Hezbollah's "political wing" if an international court officially determines that its parent organization carried out the assassination. Likewise, international relations with Lebanon's state institutions will become highly problematic if Hezbollah remains part of the government.
Despite these warnings, it doesn't seem that Hezbollah – or Hariri himself – are aware of the consequences of forming a government that is so tied to Hezbollah and its allies. In Washington, Hezbollah's allies are no longer regarded as groups that could be approached to distance themselves from the party or Iran. This ship has sailed and they are seen as Hezbollah's enablers. This will also have consequences on their parties and the ministries they will be heading and managing.
Lebanon is wrestling with the world's third largest public debt-to-GDP ratio, stagnant growth and what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said are increasing vulnerabilities within its financial system. A new government that is tied to Hezbollah is not going to attract investments or financial assistance that would alleviate the economic crisis that is looming over Lebanon.
Add to that the other crisis that is approaching Lebanon and its very vulnerable security; that is a potential conflict with Israel. It seems Iran/Hezbollah's priority at this point is to continue converting their missiles from regular missiles to precise weapons. Since it is no longer safe to continue doing this conversion in Syria (Israel is bombing them constantly), they are starting to move them to Lebanon, thinking that Israel will think twice before moving its operations against Iran/Hezbollah to Lebanon.
That is certainly true, as Israel prefers not to start a war in Lebanon with Hezbollah at this point – for many reasons. However, these facilities are also Israel's main red-line. And at one point, when Hezbollah starts producing in masses, or when they get closer to the converting the missiles, Israel will not sit back and watch Hezbollah develop precise weapons that will target Israel.
With the economy crisis and a potential conflict with Israel, what Lebanon today needs is a government that distances itself from Hezbollah as much as possible, to avoid both sanctions and a conflict that would destroy Lebanon.
However, because Hezbollah is more aware of these upcoming challenges than anyone in Lebanon, they need to protect themselves. And it seems the best way to protect themselves is to hide within the government and state institutions. Hezbollah needs the state of Lebanon, and its institutions will be used to cover Hezbollah's financial and military challenges.
Hezbollah knows how to play the long game and knows when to use or block the state institutions. Since their creation in 1982, the party and its leadership have used and abused the state to their advantage. The question is: why is Hariri and other Lebanese politicians playing their game? Does a seat in a government which will only function a cover for Hezbollah worth it?
Many Lebanese think that being part of the government is better than being outside as this will provide an opportunity to save Lebanon from the abyss. That has worked in the past, but this time the probability is very low. It is Iran's first government in Lebanon, and being in the inside will eventually feel like being an accomplice rather than a savior.


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The A-List: Our 8 Favorite Celebrity Looks to Try Now
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It's our annual best-dressed list—from the neck up, that is. The inside story behind the most beautiful, flattering, sexy, made-us-want-to-copy-them looks of the year, plus the products to help you actually pull them off.
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The Theatre of the Barely Socially Acceptable, Act 14
Private space, like the telephone booth, has become extinct. People now carry on their private lives as if they were on a public stage. And, most interestingly, they don't care who hears their phone conversations. This was the genesis of The Theatre of the Barely Socially Acceptable. You might enjoy past acts of drama, culled from Washington, DC's Metro and other street level amphitheaters.
A hard day at the office, I had a half hour ride home on the Metro before I began my hard night at home (two teenagers, need I say more?). As the train went above ground, the woman to my left immediately dialed her friend.
Yeah, I'm coming for a visit. My grandfather died last week and they're having a "Celebration of Life" on Saturday. I'm going to buy my ticket as soon as I get home. Yeah, really.
That was sad. I felt sympathetic. My day wasn't as hard as I thought. She continued.
Oh, guess what? Remember my dad had three strikes? Well, after nineteen years he got out of prison last Thursday. Yeah, he missed his dad's death by three days.
That's when I noticed she was talking really loud, like she was in her own house. Most people who exhibit barely socially acceptable tendencies do. That's when I pulled out my iPhone to begin writing this all down. Despite my proximity to the perpetrator in these cases, they never notice I am hanging on their every word. Usually, I look around to see if I'm the only passenger who's noticing. Sometimes I make eye contact with others and shrug. Sometimes I say to my fellow observers "She probably doesn't realize she's in a public space." When I do, the person in question never takes note, they are so focused on broadcasting their own lives. She continued.
My family doesn't understand. They want me to hang out with them after granddad's funeral. But I wanna go see my dad.
What's to understand? It's my dad and he's been in jail.
Okay, as soon as I buy my ticket I'll call you. Yeah, bye.
I wonder what my daughters say about me. How many strikes do you think I have? Whatever they say, I hope they say it quietly.


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Families who have been forced to flee make extraordinary efforts to survive. In solidarity with them, at a time when there are more and more global crises forcing people from their homes, we are coming together to honor their resilience and determination to keep their families safe.
Together, we are challenging ourselves to cover two billion kilometres in 12 months, just as refugees worldwide do each year to reach the nearest point of safety.
From South Sudan to Uganda, Myanmar to Bangladesh, Syria to Jordan; they have endured long, dangerous and difficult journeys.
"It was a very terrible journey, we had to cross jungle and climb huge hills", says Alin who fled Myanmar and carried her two young children for ten days until they reached safety.
Through this collective effort we will show our solidarity, build better understanding of refugees and raise money to protect refugees and help them to rebuild their lives.
Why not get sponsored or donate to help us shelter and protect families forced to flee their homes?
To encourage everyone to move towards our 2 billion kilometres objective, we will reward the top five participants with the highest record of accumulated kilometres on 31 March, 30 June and 30 September 2019 with a personalized campaign t-shirt^.
^Eligible to participants from Hong Kong and Macao SAR only.
^Participants who choose to add their kilometres manually, please record a screen cap of the kilometres ran on your fitness app as proof for prize redemption and verification. All matters and disputes are subject to the final decision of UNHCR.
There are a lot of misconceptions about refugees. Here are some facts:
Through this movement we aim to build better understanding. Please help by sharing.
This global movement is being organised by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. We are the world's leading organisation dedicated to supporting people forced to flee or those deprived of a nationality. We lead international action to protect them, deliver life-saving assistance like shelter, food and water, and help to safeguard fundamental human rights. For more information about UNHCR, visit www.unhcr.org/hk.


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Kodak Plates: Made in the U.S.A.
Kodak has a long history of making printing plates in the U.S. out of our Columbus, Georgia, manufacturing plant. It's all part of our strategy of having local manufacturing to provide the best possible service to our customers. Local manufacturing means that we can provide what our customers need, when they need it. We've been making plates in Columbus since 1991, originally as a Polychrome Graphics site. Since then the Columbus site has undergone several improvements to increase production quality and capacity, and it currently has state-of-the art equipment, advanced technology, and over 200 experienced and talented employees. In the last 10 years, Kodak has invested over $30 million in the Columbus plant: In 2009, we completed a $15 million expansion that added 26,000 square feet to the existing facility and added a third plate production line. In 2015, we completed a $16 million expansion that added 48,000 square feet and added a manufacturing l
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Exciting news, everyone!
Haseon Park, one of our 2nd year PhD students, has submitted her paper to the AAA 2018 Annual Conference with Dr. Joonghwa Lee. Haseon is the leading author (1st author) of this study. Today, we got the news that their paper has been accepted to present at the AAA 2018 Annual Conference!
Congratulations, Haseon and Dr. Lee!
Park, Haseon, and Joonghwa Lee (accepted), "Discourse Analysis of Online Product Reviews in Online Shopping Websites in the Aspect of Digital Consumerism and Culture," American Academy of Advertising 2018 Annual Conference, Mar. 22–25, New York, NY.
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Romans 14:17 says, "The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." Because New Jerusalem is the eternal kingdom of God, Romans 14:17 describes New Jerusalem.
The first characteristic is righteousness. The beginning verses of Hebrews 7 say that Melchisedec, whose name means "king of righteousness," is a type of the Son of God, who will be on the throne of New Jerusalem.
Christ, the king of righteousness, will be on the throne in New Jerusalem. Because of His reign and because all unrighteousness will be in the lake of fire, the new creation will be full of righteousness. This is Peter's declaration, "According to His promise we are expecting new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells."
The second characteristic is peace. Melchisedec is "king of Salem" which means "king of peace." Several epistles begin with grace and peace to us "from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." In the New Testament peace is not merely external calmness nor lack of war; peace is Christ. "He Himself is our peace" (Eph. 2:14) now and eternally.
The third characteristic is joy. Again, Jesus is our joy. In John 16 He told His disciples that when He came to them in resurrection "your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you."
Jesus Christ within us is the reality of righteousness, peace, and joy both today and in New Jerusalem. Today these are inward; then they will be both inward and outward.
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Why do we have to live with these crazy machines! They never seem to work right for me! Am I the only one with these kind of printer problems?
We live with what I call the "unique printer problems" everyday. Sometimes there is a quick sign that something is definitely wrong with the machine, and sometimes it is just a symptom that shows up once in awhile and you live with it. Don't wait for the major problem, when you are right in the middle of a project. Been there and done that!
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Ag office: Watch for spots
With much of the state still in a drought, insects that thrive in dry conditions are making their way into local gardens, and bringing a deadly disease with them.
Tomato spotted wilt virus, a disease spread by insects, is growing rapidly this year, according to McLean County Extension Ag Agent Calla Edwards. Edwards said the disease is carried by tiny insects called thrips, which flourish in drought-affected areas like North Dakota.
"They thrive in really warm, dry conditions, kind of like what we've had this summer," Edwards said.
Edwards said the thrips will feed on an infected plant, and then carry the virus to healthy plants and infecting them with TSWV. The disease affects both tomato and pepper plants, which then must be pulled out.
"Since it's a virus, unfortunately there is nothing they can do once a plant gets infected," Edwards said. "They just have to pull it out so it doesn't infect the rest."
Edwards said infected plants typically display wilted foliage, but that the biggest indicator of TSWV is the fruit itself.


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When Serving Doesn't Serve Me- Kristen Lascola
I have 15 amazing adults on my volunteer staff. This is one of, if not THE, best teams I have ever had the privilege of serving with, and I love this season. These people consistently go above and beyond their "job descriptions" and give their all to a group of middle-schoolers who adore them.
So in December, I took them all on a leader retreat with the intention of showing them how much I appreciate them. I booked an insanely gorgeous cabin in the mountains on a lake. I told my leaders that this retreat was basically going to be winter camp without students. I wanted to treat them to fun, food, relaxation, Christmas gifts, a heavy dose of encouragement and affirmation, and a little bit of training even snuck in there somehow (oops!). To save on cost, I decided to do most of our meals in.
So off to Costco I went, shopping for enough food to feed 15 people 6 meals. I knew it would be a lot of work, but in my mind, I envisioned us all in the kitchen, cooking meals together, laughing, making memories, and having a great time (kind of like the Kraft commercials where the families are all laughing and making pizza together).
What actually happened was more like the Pinterest fail memes in which a picture of what you think things are going to look like is starkly contrasted with your less-than-perfect finished product.
Long story short,
I begrudgingly earned the nickname "mom", because I spent most of my time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning up after everyone. It ended up being way more work than I anticipated and my Kraft commercial fantasy did not come true. Believe it or not, my group of young leaders preferred to actually take me up on my offer to relax and enjoy the weekend. So while I was trying not to burn the bacon (by the way, always buy twice as much as your think you will need because somehow there is never enough bacon) they were bingeing on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "The Office".
Now, before you say,
"Wait a minute, why weren't these 'amazing' volunteers of yours helping you"? They are amazing, and a few did offer to help with things here and there, but they were doing exactly what I had asked them to do: relax. I told them that they were the guests of honor for the weekend and that I was going to serve them. They never get to hang out with each other because they are so focused on students during our meetings and events. This was their time to just enjoy each other.
I learned an important lesson that weekend: next time, I should bring an extra person to take care of the meals. But, more importantly, I saw into my own heart and was challenged by what I saw.
I'd like to say that I was able to humbly and joyfully serve the team that serves my ministry each week, or that as I watched them relaxing and enjoying each other's company that I thought to myself, "Good for them, they deserve it". I'd like to say that at no point did I feel like I was going to throw the dang bacon on the floor, tantrum style, if one more 20-year-old called me, "mom" or if I had to wash one more dish.
I'd like to say that as the youth pastor, serving selflessly just comes naturally to me in every situation, but it doesn't.
Ministry, by definition, is serving others.
I know this, I preach this and most of the time I do have joy when I serve. But what I realized that weekend is that my joy and humility in serving have certain boundaries and limits. I want to serve on my terms, in my way, and I want to be appreciated for it! In one of our weekly meetings, one of our senior pastors said, "Everyone wants to serve until they are treated like a servant". I don't know where that quote originally came from, but I think it perfectly sums up what I discovered lacking in my heart that weekend.
Can serving be glamorous? I think so. We love posting about our homeless outreach, we love posting a classic mission trip photo, and we love sharing publicly how "humbled" we are that we get to "serve" by speaking to a room full of people or when we baptize 100 students at camp. These experiences are real, and God uses us to do great things in those moments, but there is another, less glamorous, side to serving that we aren't so eager to go public with.
What I saw in my own heart is that I can go home on a "serving high" from praying with and feeding homeless people that I don't know, but making meals and cleaning up after a team (or my family for that matter) who serves my ministry each week by bringing life-change to my beloved middle-schoolers somehow drains me. Maybe I'm not as close as I thought I was to understanding what serving truly is. The truth is, I like serving, when serving serves me. I like serving when I feel respected and appreciated for serving, but the second I'm treated like a true servant, that's when I put my camera away. There is nothing "post-worthy" about that.
This God we follow "made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant" (Philippians 2:7). Our God washed the feet of those He loved and "didn't come to be served, but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many." (Matthew 20:28) And when the "glamorous" serving happened, when He healed or performed miracles, He asked that it not be posted. Does your serving look like this? Mine clearly doesn't, but I want it to look like something much closer to this.
The book of James not only reminds us that our deeds are evidence of our faith, but that we should not "grumble against one another" (James 5:9). We say that we "serve" in ministry every week, but do we? If we are to be imitators of Christ, then we have to imitate His serving style. I know that my leader retreat is not the first time when serving caused me to grumble. My serving opportunities on a weekly basis are not the social media worthy ones: cleaning up pizza crust off the youth room floor, giving that student a ride home for the 100th time without a "thank you" from the parents, waiting late after an event until a student gets picked up, or coming in on my day off to mop the youth room floor. What do our attitudes reflect about our hearts toward serving in the true sense of the word?
It's easy to argue for our right to respect and appreciation until we take a sobering look at the way the Creator of the universe served His own creation.
About The Author: Kristen Lascola
Kristen is the middle school pastor at North Coast Church in SoCal. She's been married to the funniest man she knows since 2011 and together they eat all the sushi they can, watch "Arrested Development", and chase after their 3 year old daughter. She has a concerning obsession with wiener dogs and goes to wiener dog events & conventions in her free time. Her passion in ministry is creating space for students to use their gifts, helping students make connections to God and each other, and developing and launching new leaders.


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Daily Bible Fellowship. That's Radical.
According to Acts 19:9,10 Paul spent two years reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannous. So from Paul's prospective attending a one hour worship service once a week was just not enough. Disciples should get together daily and study the Word.
In Acts 6:1-7 people often focus on the first deacons being chosen but miss something interesting. I did as well until today. The twelve did not want to leave teaching the Word to handle the daily distribution of food. Daily they were in the Word of God.
If people think Pastors are unrealistic in expecting you to attend church twice on Sunday and once on Wednesday then they certainly would have a problem with the twelve and Paul. They thought good Christians meet daily.


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It is no secret that I have been diagnosed with BiPolar Disorder and Multiple Sclerosis. I have been on a 'healing journey' for many years now and one of the things I've learned is that there is no one way to heal. We all carry differently shaped scars. It is that simple.
One thing that we can do is shape our lives around who we are rather than try to keep up with what is 'normal' or simply expected of us. It is the way to happiness; to peace.


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Trees Planted at Del Sur Elementary for Earth Day Celebration
~Photo by Carol Sonstein
Administrators, students and their families gathered last month at Del Sur Elementary School to plant 13 trees in honor of Earth Day 2010.
The 13 Bottle trees were donated by developer Black Mountain Ranch LLC and three guest builders: Shea Homes, Standard Pacific Homes and William Lyon Homes.
"Del Sur was founded on many of the principals we celebrate each Earth Day," said Bill Ostrem, president and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC. "It is gratifying to see how passionately the next generation not only continues but also expands on those ideals.
Del Sur Elementary School is considered one of the most technologically progressive and "green" facilities in the Poway Unified School District, according to the Del Sur developer — with construction that emphasizes high-tech, Earth-friendly building and design practices in tandem with quality craftsmanship and historical San Diego architectural styles. The school is registered with the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), a nationwide green rating program especially designed for K-12 schools. The goal of CHPS is to facilitate the construction of schools that not only are energy- and resource-efficient, but also healthy, comfortable, well lighted and containing the amenities for a quality education.
To help complete the installation of the trees, Del Sur Elementary students added mulch as part of their Earth Day curriculum. The mulch was recycled from construction lumber on-site at Del Sur. Eventually, Del Sur expects to process onsite approximately 9,000 cubic yards of excess lumber, 4,000 cubic yards of concrete, and 1,500 cubic yards of drywall within the next few months. The recycled materials will be reused throughout the Del Sur community.
The Del Sur recycling program is only one component of the environmentally sustainable design, construction and living practices that are a core component of the development. In addition, at least 20 percent of homes must include photovoltaic (solar) energy systems, and nearly every home at Del Sur will have a tankless water heater and weather-based satellite irrigation system. Community-wide, at least 50 percent of the landscaping is native or drought-tolerant, and reclaimed water is used for irrigation.
More information about the various green building practices at Del Sur is available online at http://www.delsurliving.com.


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Marty —
Calm down. Trust yourself. You've just met the girl of your dreams and you know it. Be your best. Let's not screw this one up. OK?
That means you need to finally finish college. You keep dancing around the finale because you don't know what you want to do with the rest of your life. You say that's the purist in you talking, but it's fear. Don't be afraid. Trust your gut. You already know you want to be a writer — you spend hours scrawling bad poetry on the back of cocktail napkins during your bartending shifts. It's just a matter of believing you can make it happen. So all those days you've skipped class to read Hemingway and Thompson at the beach? Right now it feels like you're just blowing off class. Trust me: it's education.
That bad poetry? Let it go. That's just you trying to be Springsteen. And by the way, writing and alcohol don't mix any more than drinking and manscaping. That's not a term you're familiar with right now, but one day that sentence will either make you laugh or make you cringe.
You need to be loyal. You need to let go of your rage. You need to respect this new girl, because she's going to be the making of you. Your three boys are going to be awesome because she is tough when you are not, and weeps when you storm.
This writing thing is going to take you by surprise — it's also going to take you around the world. You barely know how to punctuate right now, let alone report a good story. In time, those will become your favorite parts about writing. The details you abhor will become your craft.
You're not Springsteen. You're not Petty. Not Salter. Not Thompson. But you have your own voice. Someday, after trying to be Hemingway one too many times, you'll just say fuck it and write.
And on that day you will find yourself.
Of course, you'll lose yourself again. Finding the voice is part of writing's daily discipline. Just sit there and work. Work. Work. You and the voice will find each other.
One last thing: don't listen to the doubters. People think writers are dreamers, and that any man chasing this wonderful profession is shirking responsibility. They'll talk behind your back when money is tight, and wonder how a father could travel the world to chase a book proposal and leave his wife at home to take care of business.
Those are going to be hard days. Carry on. Don't settle for average. Think long term and know that your boys are destined to be better than you.
Isn't that all a father can ask?
Enjoy the world, no matter where you are or who you're with, even on those anxious nights when worry sits on your chest like an elephant. Enjoy the people you meet along the way, because their inspirations will push you.
Never ever lose sight of your faith.
And cherish that girl. Always.
Because she's the one who's going to tell you that it's time to quit that corporate job to be a writer, and give you backbone on the days you have none.


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Join us this summer for a long awaited and exciting Summer Sermon Series: "Becoming an Inclusive Community."
The series will begin with an introduction that allows us to be radically honest. We will talk about what can be scary about inclusivity and what can make the Bible such a dangerous book. The aim is to reimagine our church as a faith community that is working to be part of God's dream for the world, a radically inclusive Beloved Community.
We will then lead into a five part rereading of some important biblical verses. We will rethink our approach to scripture and discover the truth, that the Bible actually **doesn't say anything** about homosexuality.
We understand that there may be a number of members of our church who have not participated in any real structured engagement on the issue of LGBTQ inclusivity. Our leadership is committed to making this a safe and inclusive space for everyone. There will be chances each Sunday for people to anonymously ask questions and provide feedback. Our Interim Minister, Rev. Michael Howard, invites anyone to engage in conversation with him to express discomfort or concern throughout the time of this series or after.
All are welcome!
This Summer, 9:30am on Sunday mornings @ Brookside Community Church.
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For each week during this sermon series, we will provide audio of the sermons, downloadable copies of the sermon notes, and worksheets with questions for personal reflection and group conversation.