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Time for a big, 2+ week catch-all.
I haven't been up to too terribly much since turkey season ended. Once turkey season got done, it was just about time for finals and final projects, as well as another spurt of warm weather & being busy with work. When work hasn't been busy, the weather's been utter crap. We're going at a rate of about 3 or 4 nice, warm days to every 4 or 5 chilly, rainy, windy ones. Before this last weekend, it was cloudy and rainy for a week and a half straight. Oh, Springtime. Just last night, we had frost, after having temps brushing the 80s last weekend.
What I have been up to can be summed up in a few pictures.
We tilled up the food plots at the cabin. Matt's grandad had, sadly against our wishes, sprayed everything with RoundUp. We wanted to be able to but down seed right away, but eyebrows and concerns are being raised about the safety of glyphosate. Anyhow. Grandpa was supposed to throw down the seed we bought that next weekend, which at this point would have been two weeks hence (we tilled 3 weeks ago). Matt is heading up this weekend (with the Ditchboat! Engine being put in!) to check to see if the seed was dropped, and if not, to seed it himself.
We spent that whole Saturday tilling and picking rocks, an activity I never had to worry about, having grown up on the prairies where there is thick, black soil. Not so in northern Wisconsin. The smallest were about the size of my fist. The biggest of the rocks we had to pry loose from the ground was probably over 90 pounds, and lodged from the surface to about 2 1/2 feet deep. It broke both of our shovels. But that was still better than breaking the tiller. We did some hinge cutting in the previously-clear-cut-now-unbelievably-thick-birch areas and found wolf poo (nothing we know craps that big and it for sure was not bear). All of that culminated in probably the coldest bath I've ever taken- in a spring fed stream on a day that was in the 60s. Matt's brother had the luxury of a hot shower waiting at his in-laws. Not so Matt and I. However, being clean of sweat and free of grit and saw dust (the soil there is pretty sandy) made us feel 100% more human.
Matt's grandad did some clearing, too. Matt almost had a tree fall on him, and grandpa managed to break the track off the skid loader, as well as break the hydraulic lines to the claw that picks up trees. That was a
wasted fun three hours.
For breakfast the other weekend, I made pancakes (Matt is a pancake eating machine) and the first of our bear bacon. I have to report, it was sadly faaaaaaar too salty. Probably sat too long in the cure, and I would also bet my ratios were off. Besides needing a full 16 ounces of water after each strip, it tasted good. I plan to use it for making baked beans and maybe bear and bean soup or something. Failing that, there's always the dogs. Speaking of dogs:
Training is moving right along. The trainer had a spot open up early last week. Somebody came and got their dog cause their kid was missing it too much. Sadly, Nyrkki got himself a hotspot from staying wet the whole time we were up at the cabin. It took over most of his neck on his left side. It's better as I'm writing this (if pink and a bit scaly-looking. At least no longer raw and weeping), but the trainer said to use my own judgement on when to send him away. I'm thinking next week. I'll wait for the hair to come back. It was almost certainly a combination of runaway staph on his skin, as well as a slight ear infection. I used a staph-specific antibacterial gel on his skin every day, and cleaned out his ears, and it cleared up within a week.
He was a pain in the ass last Wednesday at training. Pushing every boundary I had, even though the trainer admits I'm not soft on him. I'm getting a crop for home training this week. He was also introduced to ducks for the first time. He was out of his mind excited, and clearly did not understand why. He's got an excellent drive with his marks.
And finally. Matt went up to that same buddy's in Pepin county, who almost always says No Gurlz Allowed, to hunt turkeys. He saw plenty o turkeys, but no bird. While he did that, I tried some trout fishing at the stream you see above, in Mt Vernon, Wisconsin. This is Frye's Feeder. I had my doubts, and they were founded. Soft, silty bottom. Narrow as can be at first- maybe 3 feet near the parking area. No fish, though I had one, teeny tiny brookie strike my lure. The hook was bigger than his head.
We'll be float-testing the Ditchboat this week to make one last final test of the hull, as well as get it on the trailer straight, before Matt takes it up to put the engine in. He'll also be replacing the tires on said trailer. There will be pictures and hopefully video from that. We're thinking Wednesday or Thursday.


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We are almost half-way through the year. Christmas is in 6 months 28 days from the day I write this...Wow!
I want to talk a bit about the future. Not so much stuff, but people. Leaders to be specific. Leaders take on many different shapes and sizes. They have different gifts and graces but one thing stands out among all of them and that is a unified desire to serve a purpose that is greater than themselves. Romans 12: 4-6a says:
Leadership requires sacrifice, vision and service. It also requires dedication. A leader in the church should possess knowledge of the church, its mission, its foundation, what it stands for. An understanding of the Bible and Christian values is on the list as well. Leaders should also be constantly seeking God's grace through prayer, fasting, study, worship, reading and healthy living, as well as the sharing of our faith with others. These are individual practices called Works of Piety. Other Means of Grace, referred to as Acts of Mercy, include feeding the hungry, visiting those in hospitals and in prison, doing good works (serving), and giving generously. Doing these things help us to do what James 4:8 refers to - "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." Church leaders must not only do these things but live them as well.
So, who are the leaders of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church? Go look in the mirror. You ALL are church leaders. In your own ways you bring special gifts only you possess and share them with the rest of us – which, in turn allows the church to be the church. Mt. Pleasant Church needs good leaders. People dedicated to God who follow the Means of Grace and have a desire to make a difference in the church, the community , and the world. I look at the leaders of the church every Sunday. You are sitting in the pews. It's time for you to have faith in yourselves and in God and come serve something bigger - to do those "good works" that God has called you for. It's time to put into practice your special God given gifts.
The author of Hebrews says this in Chapter 13:
Please support all who step up into leadership roles within our church. Support them and our church with your prayers, presence, gifts, and service. If you are asked to serve or help or use your special God given gifts please say "Yes". God is watching.

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Maria Teresa Madeira, renowned Carioca pianist has recorded a lot of Chiquinha's work.
I had the pleasure of meeting her and discuss about the importance of Chiquinha in the musical scene of Brazil. Maria Teresa states that Chiquinha's sound is "specifically Carioca". Didactically, her music allows to develop important skills, like independence between L and R hand, sense of rhythm, good use of pedal, etc. Maria Teresa also shared more about her life and career, she is currently teaching at UNIRIO (University of Rio de Janeiro), she has recently released the complete work of Ernesto Nazareth, and finished her Doctorate in Music. We also discussed about her favorite repertoire including classical and popular genres.


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Sunday, October 2, 2016
Michael W. Lower and Amelia R. Mitzel
Chrysann and Michael Mitzel of Canfield are announcing the wedding plans of their daughter, Amelia Rose Mitzel, to Michael William Lower, both of Raleigh, N.C. The parents of the future groom are David and JoAnne Lower of Boardman.
The couple will marry at 2 p.m. Nov. 5 at St. Patrick Church in Youngstown. A reception will take place at 5 p.m. at the Lake Club in Poland. Invitations will be issued for both events.
The bride-elect earned a master's degree in clinical mental health counseling from Kent State University. She works as a multi-systemic therapist for the Easter Seal Society in Raleigh.
The prospective groom graduated from Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is employed as a client relationship manager for Ernest Packaging in Raleigh.


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Double A! In Danish also knows as Aalborg. Double A, however, is the far cooler local phrase for the power house of a city in the Northern Denmark. Double A is derived from the fact that in this city, we spell it AAlborg – two A's. However, a lot of other Danes tend to spell it with the Danish letter Å – Ålborg – which to native "Aalleres" is almost a sin. Use the two A's if you want to be on good terms with the inhabitants.
Aalborg, Denmark, is one of the most beautiful cities I've lived in – if not the most beautiful. And you see, it's not that there are crazy many things to do, but the atmosphere, being situated right at the shore of Limfjorden, with a view to Nørresundby on the other side (Nørresundby is by the way often mistaken for being part of Aalborg – don't make the mistake and say that to inhabitants in Nørresundby – just a friendly advice). My galleries will include photos from both Aalborg and Nørresundby, because – well, however much they don't want to be mistaken for each other, they do go very well together.
What attracts me is the incredible blend of nostalgia, industry and nature. The city centre is known for it's cozyness, unlike the frenzy and stress of Copenhagen and the very hard, new architectural feel of Aarhus (sorry to inhabitants of those cities, but MY city rocks! – and I'm saying that and not even being born here!)
I especially like that you can move across the entire city area by foot, well, if you're in shape that is. Aalborg is not too big, nor too small. Depending on the weather it will be clear and bright, with the blue waters of Limfjorden – or dark and gloomy when the fog comes in. I am going to show you the faces of Aalborg in all sorts of weathers and seasons….


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Soothing Tree (AOE Healing)
|[Points Into Tree] [Skill Name] [Description] [Cooldown] [Cast Time]
|[2] [Soothing Beam] [A quick single-target heal that heals for a medium amount.] [10 seconds] [0 seconds]
|[4] [Blaze of Hope] [A quick AOE heal, that heals for a slightly lesser amount than Soothing Beam.] [7 seconds] [1.5 seconds]
|[8] [Gentle Light] [A single target HoT that heals for a medium amount over 10 seconds.] [0 seconds] [1.5 seconds]
|[10] [Spreading Gentleness] [The next Gentle Light that you cast spreads to up to 2 other nearby targets.] [1 minute] [0 seconds]
|[14] [Spread the Light] [A basic AOE heal that heals for a medium/low amount. Above average mana cost though, so repeated casting will drain your mana.] [0 seconds] [1.5 seconds]
|[20] [Speak the Word] [The next casted heal is instant cast.] [45 seconds] [0 seconds]
|[24] [Lighting] [Your healing critical chance is increased by 25% for 10 seconds.] [1 minute, 15 seconds] [0 seconds]
|[30] [Thou Shall Not Fall This Day] [In combat resurrection.] [3 minutes] [2.5 seconds]
|[36] [Speak Thy Mind] [Makes everyone in your group immune to silence for 9 seconds.] [1 minute] [1 second]
|[44] [Time of Righteous Need] [An instant, high amount heal.] [35 seconds] [0 seconds]
|[50] [That Which Does Not Slay] [The next time the target takes damage, the entire raid gets 50% of their health.] [1 minute] [1 second]
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Last year we were targeted by members of a mens rights group (yes, they exist) and were sued for gender discrimination.
They sued not only Ladies Get Paid but also our founder, Claire Wasserman, along with six of our ambassadors who gave their time to help organize the events. You can read more here.
To celebrate reaching our $100,000 crowdfunding goal, we're throwing a party! Your ticket includes drinks (cocktails & mocktails), food, and rad raffle prizes from our great partners like Away, Madewell and MNDFL. All ticket sales go towards the campaign. Yes men, you can attend :)
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Guide to Luxury Watches
The Design
When it comes to the design of your new watch you want something that fits your style. If you want to play it safe, look for a classic, timeless design. This will ensure your watch will go with any outfit while always staying in style; The Cartier Santos and Jaeger-LeCoultre watches are great examples of timeless designs. For a more luxurious-looking, statement piece, brands such as the Rolex and IWC Schaffhausen are perfect.
2. The Movement
Mechanical watches are the go to movement for luxury watches with its preciseness and intricacy. However, smart watches are becoming more and more popular within the Luxury sector. The Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 and Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon Smartwatch are both spectacular options. One thing to remember when buying a smart watch is that the software will eventually become outdated, for example the first generation, 18-karat gold Apple Watch Edition cost £10,000 back in 2015, yet it is now obsolete due to the software being outdated!
3. The Brand
Whether you go for one of the classic brands like Omega, Rolex and Breguet, or for one of the more luxury fashion type brands such as Louis Vuitton or Hermes, you need to think of whether you are purchasing a watch of that is of high quality, and not just a brand name.
The brand can, however, have a large influence on how well your watch will retain its value. Rolex is one of the top brands known for holding their value extremely well — even appreciating in some cases.
So whether you're adding to your collection, purchasing for a gift or buying your first luxury watch, these are our top main points in choosing the right watch for whatever your needs.


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A Lantana, Florida collision sent two people to area hospitals Wednesday, news sources report. The crash occurred near the entrance of the Journeys End development, and the drivers were not identified by name in reports. Both victims were being treated with unspecified injuries and their conditions were not immediately available following the wreck. It is unclear whether either driver was at fault in the crash and, if so, whether charges will be filed. It is also not yet known whether a damages lawsuit will result.
Reports say the accident occurred around 8:30 Wednesday evening in the area where the entrance of Journey End development flows onto Hagen Ranch Road. The road is a 5-lane highway with two passing lanes on either side and a center turning lane. Such roads can sometimes be difficult to navigate, especially at night.
In March 2012, a collision on Hagen Ranch Road critically injured one person and killed another. The accident occurred around 12 p.m. when a northbound vehicle struck a southbound vehicle. Following the accident, paramedics rushed an elderly victim to the Delray Medical Center. The other driver was pronounced dead at the scene. While the exact cause of the crash isn't currently known, the accident serves as a reminder as to how dangerous this road can be to navigate.
The details regarding this latest collision, whether they were driver-error or possibly speed related, are not yet known. Paramedics rushed one of the drivers to the Bethesda Memorial Hospital and the other to the JFK Medical Center. Reports did not provide their conditions following the crash. An investigation is ongoing; it is unclear whether charges will be filed pending the outcome of that investigation.
The Lantana crash was not the only accident to occur Wednesday. A Miami area accident sent one woman to the hospital when her car struck a roadside barrier, reports say. The woman was not identified in reports by name. She received treatment for unspecified injuries at a nearby hospital. It is currently unclear what led to the accident.
Reports say the accident occurred Monday morning outside of a Miami Police substation on West Flagler Street. For reason unknown, the driver lost control of her vehicle and collided with a thin wall-like barrier. An aerial view of the wreckage showed that the woman's white car had partially penetrated the roadside barrier.
Paramedics transported the victim to the Coral Gables Hospital following the accident. The FHP is currently investigating the crash. It is not yet known whether distraction or drug or alcohol use may have played a role in the crash. Police say the woman was the only one inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, and no other cars were involved.
Collisions with fixed objects are one of the leading causes of vehicle accidents, records show. Each year, nearly 20% of all traffic accidents involve a collision with a fixed object, such as a barrier, tree, or utility pole. Fixed-object crashes can sometimes be as fatal as collisions with another vehicle.


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For those of you planning a spring/summer 2015 wedding, it's time to start thinking about your invitations! It can be a daunting process, so I want to provide some bite-size tips to help you get the ball rolling. Here are 3 easy small steps you can take to stay ahead of the game:
- Start a rough guest list and collect addresses. I recommend using a spreadsheet saved on the cloud (I use Google Drive) to easily share with your fiance and family. It also comes in handy for years to come, I still use mine for holiday cards and as a virtual address book!
- Start researching the difference between custom design vs. catalog/ready-to-order vs. DIY. There is no one right answer, everyone's situation is unique, so start learning about the pro's and con's of each. If you are going the custom design route, get on the books for your favorite designer as soon as you can. HINT: You can fall somewhere in-between. I am a firm believer of the partial DIY method!
- Order Save the Date cards. These are typically sent out 4 to 6 months before your wedding, so now is a great time to start the ordering process. BONUS: Getting engagement pictures taken? Use your photos for both your Save the Date announcements and your holiday cards!
I hope these tips will help make the wedding invitation process slightly less daunting. Have questions? I would love to answer them here on the blog! Send your small or big scary questions to elainalynndesign {at} gmail {dot} com or share them in the comments below!
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"Ray Province was the third project manager we brought in to handle a pediatric cardiology implementation across the state of Georgia. Ray was able to get the project back on tract and lead the Community Connect team through a successful PM and Clinical go live…."
Brad Newton
Director Peds 360 Program
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
"Ray Province was a life saver. He handled all the build related to the Oncology Service line for Alegent well. He also worked with our national team to the start the plan to integrate our radiation oncology solution with Epic. We hope to bring him back in a year to help us interface the two systems. His knowledge of workflows and the overall oncology service line system was wonderful. Thanks Ray for a job well done."
Becki Swansen
Diretor of the Oncology Service Line
CHI/Alegent Creighton Health Care
Omaha, Nebraska
"Ray's team did a tremendous job of coming in and handling our Dress Rehearsals for our Critical Care Access hospitals. In a short amount of time, his team learned our workflows, developed scripts, and conducted the dress rehearsals in all our hospitals throughout Virginia and West Virginia."
Kelly Boyd
Manager Epic Project Team
Valley Health Systems
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I Carry Your Heart With Me.
I have been blessed by four healthy, energetic babies, now 3, 5, 9 and 14 years old.
I have also been blessed by the presence of a sweet baby that only stayed with me long enough to touch my heart…Whose heart I carry with me, and I am never without it.
I LOVE this poem, it accurately describes how I feel for those I love…especially those I love that I can no longer hold in my arms, hug or laugh with… it describes the love of a mother for her child.
Some years ago, sometime right in the middle of my 4 children, I was pregnant.
I was excited…I had baby names picked out…My kids had just begun talking about "their baby"… I imagined she was a girl, and I secretly named her Rhea…
Psalms 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. NIV
Like many expecting mothers, I speak to my baby's, from the moment I know they are with me. I sing "you are my sunshine" and "summertime" out loud, so my baby can hear. Many mothers bond with their baby from the VERY beginning, and I am no different. One day, a month after confirming the pregnancy, I suddenly felt as though I couldn't "connect" with the baby. For the first time, I felt silly singing out loud, and had nothing to say to the baby.
It was still early, 11 weeks, 2 days, when I visited my dear midwife friend, slightly cautious, but hopeful to hear the sweet-fast "cathump-cathump" of my baby's tiny fetus heart. We listened, and listened, repositioned the Doppler, for what felt like a couple dozen times, but nothing. Of course I already KNEW. I believe, in her heart, a mother knows. I was not ready to accept this, not yet, I held out hope that an early ultrasound would show the beautiful flashing orb of light, that is the visual representation of a fetal heartbeat.
In full denial, as a single mother, and unable to find a sitter, I unwisely dragged my 7 and 3 year old with me to the closest ultrasound clinic, at the local hospital. As I envision it now, a home birth mother, accustomed to the loving, gentle hands of a midwife, on the verge of a messy divorce, and carrying this giant wish, "God, please, let my baby be okay!" waiting in the big hospital, all alone, I just want to run up to myself and give that Momma a BIG HUG!
The next is as you guessed it, me, laying on the crinkly table, with a funny gown, slit in the back, pants off (totally unnecessary), dark room…an unfamiliar, but kind woman technician pours the cold jelly on the ultrasound wand and takes her measurements on my firm belly bump. I was no rookie Momma. I KNEW. But hope is a funny thing, it HOLDS ON.
I could see for myself, the tiny perfect rounded spine of my 2+month old fetus on the screen, she had no flashing-light heart, no movement. Just still, calm, at peace. I could see it in the technicians face, her somber mood. I liked her, she was a woman, maybe a mother, maybe not…but a woman, like me. I wished for her to tell me. She gave me some excuse, "I am just a technician, I cannot decipher the test results, I must have the radiologist discuss the results with you, he will be in shortly." I KNEW.
So I waited, my 3 year old started to act up…we waited for so long. Finally, it was as I expected, the very tall, young, male Doctor nervously took me to the hallway and as he showed me the door, I heard him mumble some technical stuff but all I heard was "fetal demise", "lacking heartones", he confirmed what I already KNEW.
I was heartbroken, but also… relieved… to hear reality confirm what I already felt, my baby was no longer with me. Relieved, for now, I could cry, I could learn to say goodbye, I could mourn.
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. NIV
9 days passed in which I tried every natural miscarriage remedy to help the natural physical process of expulsion along. I tried everything natural, herbs, tinctures, acupuncture, chiropractic, acupressure, prayer…everything.
We did some blood work and found that I had what the medical profession calls a "Molar Pregnancy", also known as a gestational trophoblastic tumor, a rare malignant cancer of pregnancy. Essentially, what started as a normal pregnancy, was taken over by the tumor, and the fetus could no longer survive, where the cancer was growing rampant.
Due to the cancer, I looked 5 months pregnant. It was painful to be in public, for fear others would ask about my pregnancy. I became increasingly weaker and had lost consciousness a few times (true fainting), it became clear that the only solution was surgical removal. With help of a wonderfully kind OBGYN, I underwent a D&C, much like an abortion, except instead of a termination, we were removing cancerous tissue, and deceased fetal tissue. When it was over, the pregnancy hormones in my blood plummeted, and I fell apart.
My dear friend, Barb, drove me home…she brought me some movies, she loved on me and then left me alone to be with my mourning. One of the movies she brought me was perfect. Juno. My pain was so different, but to watch quirky teenage Juno survive birthing her baby and GIVING her baby to the adoptive mother, just made me feel bonded with all women that have lost a child.
I did not know it then, but God gave me a priceless gift in Rhea's life and her death…
God gave me the gift understanding, through experience, of compassion in its simplest form.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. NIV
I have a special place in my heart for mommas that have experienced pregnancy loss. No loss is more significant than another, saying goodbye to your baby, or your child, is the stuff that gut wrenching, raw real mourning is made out of. I am grateful for Rhea's time in my life, I now know she taught me so much more than I ever hoped, and in his infinite wisdom, true to His word, God made all things work for good.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. NIV
I made a miscarriage box for my baby Rhea. I put pretty stones, some sage and sweetgrass, a baby dress, a bracelet of mine, and a letter, and in it I wrote,
"I Carry Your Heart, I Carry it in My Heart."


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Thousands of Panamanian women paraded through the streets in the city of Las Tablas, the capital of Los Santos, the Province known for having the finest traditional dress in the country. A display of colorful outfits and motifs, an array of unique pieces carried with pride and passion took place during The Parade of a Thousand Polleras, last Sunday the 27th of November. The event was a show full of color, style and elegance that attracted crowds of tourists and locals.
The Pollera is the traditional Panamanian skirt which was inherited from the Spanish style; the outfit is traditionally composed of two parts, a skirt and shirt. Usually white with floral lace embroidery, the Pollera is made laboriously by hand.
With a distinct variety in each region, the Pollera is used in the Panamanian folk dances like la cumbia, el punto, and el pasillo as well as in parades and Carnivals.
In the first edition of the parade, held last year, more than 4,000 women of all ages attended, dressed in their traditional style. Thousands more joined the celebration as observers from balconies and streets. Many men also joined dressed in the traditional shirts with their unique hats. The street show was watched by more than 200,000 people.
This year, the organizers' expectations were exceeded by the number of spectators and participants at this cultural event that displayed in all Panama's splendor of wealth, folklore and traditions.
"The Parade of a Thousand Polleras is an excellent opportunity to showcase the beauty and exuberance of our traditions in a colorful and picturesque event that generates an increase in tourism demand in the Las Tablas region and a positive impact on restaurants, transportation and artisan handicrafts," said Ernesto Orillac, Vice-Minister of the Tourism Authority of Panama.
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As the years pass, the winters seem darker and colder, the spring unsettling and fickle, and the rays of the summer sun seem wrapped in a distant, leaden cloud that drains them of energy. As the years pass, the flowers are only flowers by name. Their colours and perfumes largely fade. "Here are some flowers for you," we say one day to please our aged grandmother. She cautiously holds out her hand, for she can barely see the colours or smell their perfume, but, because we used the word "flowers," she looks at them as if we had presented her with a bunch of fresh memories and bestows on them a faint smile, slightly sad and distant. Old people notice how the world is growing gradually dimmer and, at the moment of death, what they really think is that someone has turned out the light, what little light they still received. In their long journey through illnesses and ailments, old people often find that they have developed cataracts, and their youngest relatives quite forget how bright those eyes were years ago. It is at this point—at least in the provinces—that older people get on a train and come to the city to walk through its streets and noises, wearing, over one eye, a white bandage that flattens the old ladies' coquettish coiffures of soft, shiny, white hair. They come to the city to visit a good doctor, a doctor with a fine reputation who offers hope, and they pay as they leave, retrieving bank notes from complicated interiors, from hidden pockets or thick wallets and belts wide enough to contain seeds and tools.
Flora and Martita could have defined old age as a darkening of the world, for that was something they knew all about. They lived in a city and finding a good doctor would have been easy for them, but they wanted to avoid doctors and darkness and so sought their own remedies. Flora and Martita remembered how the life of their mother, may she rest in peace, had come to a virtual halt because of her loss of sight; she couldn't read or knit or go out alone to visit a friend. Martita and Flora had to speak to their mother in an especially lively, jolly, colourful way, because then she saw things much more clearly. They continued to talk like that, with just as much verve, even though their mother had long since departed this vale of tears. Now—let's not beat about the bush—they, too, were little old ladies, Flora slightly more so, because she was the eldest.
They lived alone, lit by the beatific light of spinsterhood, which sometimes flickered and sometimes faded. They had a few savings, shares in the state monopolies of explosives and tobacco, some government bonds and a tiny income from the bits of land and small houses they owned. They ate frugally and were skilled at working with ribbons and threads and fabrics; they were very pale-complexioned, well turned out and, in their simple ablutions, used water, soap, cologne, talcum powder and, occasionally, a little rosemary alcohol.
Their one eccentricity was their need for light, a little more each day. They needed light so that their hair would shine and their eyes sparkle as they had when they were twenty, so that they could knit jerseys and sell them to sailors or give them away to children, could read the headlines in the newspapers, scrutinize photographs of the Holy Father in magazines and still be able to pick out the bees and the ducks on cross-stitch patterns.
It was Flora's idea. One day, Martita had a final falling-out with her fiancé Nicomedes and all because, once, during their engagement, she had refused to go through a doorway, a very dark, ugly doorway, through which they had to pass, it seemed, to take coffee and biscuits with an aunt of Nicomedes', who had insisted on meeting her. Nicomedes had made her traipse all the way there for nothing; he was both irresponsible and flighty. Flora—who had long before bidden farewell to any hope of marriage—soothed her sister, saying:
"Marta, don't cry. You and I will remain for ever young. Your eyes and your hair will shine just as they do today. We will never be relegated to a corner. We will be the loveliest little old ladies in the world. When the men of today are old as well, they will think how wrong they were not to pay us more attention. You'll see, Martita."
And Martita watched Flora climb up the ladder to reach the crystal chandelier. This magnificent chandelier, with its engraved pendants and slender, upswept gilt arms, hung in the room where Flora and Martita kept their finest heirlooms, where they could see the umbilical cord of their lineage in the smallest knick-knack, each one silently evoking a memory. Flora did not do very much. She merely added another pendant, securing it to one of the arms with thin wire. Flora wanted to fill the chandelier's arms with bulbs and crystals. This was her money box, her hoard of light, for when she and her sister were old.
The crystal chandelier, whose centre resembled the segments of a fruit, found its arms transformed into swans' necks, into S's, and extended its domain as far down as the carpet and the furniture, like a great jellyfish or an upside-down Christmas tree or a gigantic udder filled with light.
In the evenings, Flora and Martita would install themselves in that room and, sitting opposite each other, very erect in their respective armchairs, they would knit away, never dropping a stitch. The knitting needles were like steel foils engaged in fierce combat, with neither side winning. "Click-click, click-click," sang that terrible, unending duel. The buckles on their shoes shone, as did the tortoiseshell combs in their hair, the grey pearl earrings set in old gold, the satin chokers slightly eclipsed by their double chins. Everything shone, even the sharp click of the needles.
Flora and Martita had an enthusiastic collaborator in their task: old Matías, who was a neighbour and an electrician, but no ordinary electrician. Matías would go to the house now and then to attach metal hooks to the chandelier so that Flora and Martita could hang more crystals from it, or else he would make new bulbs bloom forth or design and fit still more long gilt arms which, in his spare time, he would endow with their own translucent Spring.
Incredible though it may seem, they had to make some of the furniture in the room smaller. They summoned a carpenter to saw off legs, and a builder was brought in to reduce the height of the marble fireplace. The console table, dining table, chairs, armchairs, the large chest and the cuckoo clock all had to be reduced in height. So vast and intricate was the crystal chandelier that its arms touched the four walls of the room and nearly reached the floor, stopping only half a metre away. In the evening, it was a veritable forest of glinting crystals, a bag of light, a labyrinth, a hanging city. It had to be secured to the ceiling by five chains when it reached its prime, its peak, when Flora and Martita were old, too old, and sat beneath the chandelier like two transparent raisins filled with light.
But all this meant that they could see perfectly, well enough when they were ninety years old to be able to follow the flight of flies about the room and spot the stains on the dresses of visitors and even the greasy, open pores on certain ladies' faces. It was both a glory and a second youth.
One day, the next-door neighbours—truculent, unpleasant people—complained to the landlord that light was penetrating through to them from the old ladies' apartment, and that the affected room was filling up with light.
The landlord didn't know what to do. Leaving the light on in a room for two or three hours wasn't the same as leaving a tap running. It was light, it wasn't a leak. It wasn't a miracle, it was an unusual, unexpected occurrence for which there was no punishment, no fine, and the generous response would perhaps be gratitude. One cannot speak ill of light; it's rarely something people complain about, and so the neighbours' complaint remained unresolved.
Beneath the light, Flora and Martita were gradually becoming small blurred shapes. They went through a phase of knitting with Lurex yarn, and the balls of wool, like creatures in an aquarium, would glint as they shifted proudly and languidly about on the floor with each tug on the thread. Flora and Martita would sometimes place on the table two glasses of liqueur, which they barely touched, just to see the light penetrating the colourful, intoxicating kingdom of alcohol. Their eyes expressed the very slightest movement of their hearts. That room contained their kingdom of light, their great invention, the torch that would allow them to see until the very end of the world. They wanted no shadows. The light filled everything, smoothing out even the most flagrant wrinkle. Thus they achieved what all women most desire—to be for ever young, to erase time.
When the fairy of time switched off Flora's light for good, Martita was left alone beneath the chandelier, waiting for her inner fuses to blow as well. The crystal chandelier became a great candle lit in remembrance of Flora and occasionally something else glimmered in the room: Martita's tears.
Underneath the earth, Flora still gave off light. Her body phosphoresced in the darkness like a female glow-worm in the night. This lasted for about three months, then gradually died like an ailing star, like a weary planet or like those astral bodies that collect light in order to transform it into something else.
When they buried Martita, her light lasted longer than Flora's—twenty-two days longer. And light poured forth from her—pink, yellow and green—as if, in its final moments, Martita's sleeping body had become a mesmerizing source of illusion.
English translation © Margaret Jull Costa. Published by Pushkin Press in 2014.


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Meant to share this yesterday.
The kids woke us at 7:30…later than expected! We spent the entire day in our pajamas, took all morning to leisurely open gifts and stopped in between to play with each one. We enjoyed a brunch prepared with products mostly grown/raised right here on the homestead, took naps and then watched movies, snuggled and snacked on the couch until it was time to crawl into bed again. Perfection!
I hope your day was as relaxing and sweet. ❤
*Everyday this December I am striving to post a picture-a-day in the hopes of capturing the little moments that may seem ordinary at the time but, when strung together throughout this naturally hectic month, become the extraordinary ones that keep me ground until the new year. If you want to join me go here. I would love to share in your days as well.


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International Women's Day … Womans !
Always Happy day !
International Women's Day, which began to be celebrated early in the 20th century, was a political statement expressing women's struggle for equality in the work place.
Baltic States women were only slightly behind their European and American counterparts in their search for parity with men, but their embrace of the holiday would have far-reaching consequences that reverberated throughout the 20th century and beyond.
Given the passionate celebration of Women's Day in post-Soviet countries, Latvia may be excused for thinking one of their former communist neighbors came up with the holiday. But it was socialists across the globe, including in the United States, who started the trend in 1909.
The holiday is rooted in the industrial revolution and the early women's rights movement. At the initiative of the German socialist Clara Zetkin, a 1910 international women's conference in Copenhagen established the holiday.
It was embraced by the Soviets, who took power in Russia in 1917 and declared March 8 an official holiday. Yet it remained a working day in the Soviet Union until 1965. In 1975, it was recognized by the UN.
It continues to be an official holiday in former Soviet countries, except Estonia and Georgia. The holiday has remained popular among Russian speakers in Estonia and Latvia.
Other nations with a communist past are tapping back into the tradition as well.
In Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico planned to use Women's Day to kick off a two-week tour of the country. When Fico, a left-leaning populist, resumed celebrating March 8 last year, he paraded his housework skills by folding curtains and hanging laundry.
In neighbouring Czech Republic, leftist and feminist groups have marked the day since communism collapsed in 1989.
Women's Day also lingers in former Yugoslavia, which had its own brand of communism. Men secretly collect money to buy flowers and gifts for female co-workers.
Bank customers bring flowers to female tellers, hoping for better service the rest of the year, and a lucky school teacher might get a surprise from her students.
Some countries also observe it as an equivalent of Mother's Day, where children also give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
In Latvia, a recent survey showed that 62 percent of ethnic non-Latvians – that is, Russians – celebrate it, but 47 percent of ethnic Latvians do, too.
In spite of the fact that I'm not very pro-March 8, I think it's nice that there are days when you have legitimate possibility to make somebody smile…


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Home Care in Memorial, TX: Giving the Patient Time to Think about Live-in Care
It was late evening when Nick arrived at the hospital. He was the last of his family to get there, after two connecting flights and a slow rental car transaction, but he was there, and that was important to him and the rest of his family. When he was told that his father had suffered a massive heart attack, and that it looked like he would pull through, he was simultaneously upset and relieved. His father was alive.
The next discussion centered around getting him some support and care at home. The doctor mentioned that he shouldn't be alone, at least not for some time. It was imperative that he have someone with him around the clock during the first couple of months, at least, in order to help him recover fully from this heart attack. What the doctor was talking about was live-in care for seniors.
To Nick and the rest of the family this made perfect sense, and they began calling around the next morning to find out what resources were available within the area. Because he lived relatively close to a major city, the resources were abundant. Nick and his sister even found two potential agencies that could find the right individual for live-in home care.
By late that morning, they were allowed to spend some time with their father. He looked weak and weary and it was a stark contrast to what Nick remembered of his father the last time that they were together, less than six months earlier. They talked about his condition and that he was going to need live in care for seniors when he went home.
Nick noticed that his father shook them off when they talked about live-in home care. Nick decided to mention alternatives, like nursing home care or assisted living, but he already knew that his father wasn't interested in any of that.
By the time that Nick's father could speak, he didn't want to talk about this type of care. Nick and his sister spoke about this problem, as they saw it, over lunch in town. When they spoke to the doctor later on, wondering what they could do, he told them to be patient. "Sometimes you just have to let the patient get used to the idea of live-in care for seniors, and more importantly, their new reality."
He assured them that in most cases, the patient understands what's in their best interest and he expected that their father would come around soon. And he did. It's important to allow your elderly loved one to have time to adjust to the notion of live-in care for seniors.
If you have a loved one who could benefit from the help of home care in Memorial, TX contact the caregivers at At Your Side Home Care. We help seniors and their families with many levels of home care service. Call (832) 271-1600 for more information.
Donna Wrabel, LMSW
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The Followers of Jesus as wakeful. If you have comments - firstname.lastname@example.com .
The Followers of Jesus as wakeful move around through the day just as all others. That is because we are like all others - we are human - we are vulnerable - we are able to change the ways of the world. Unfortunately, we often find the ways of the world to be just the way we want to be. Therefore, we close our eyes - we sleep - we ignore how the world is leading us. The Followers of Jesus as wakeful are people who have heard stories of a new way to live within a world that is consuming itself within its own violence. Rather that build walls and add to our collection of weapons and try to figure out how to keep our stuff away from them, we have been dreaming of another way to live within the day. Those dreams become a part how we are wakeful. We have dreams - we have visions - we have been washed for new life - we have had the breath of God whip through our ordinary lives and begin to carry us off into the promised land of God's Peace. The Followers of Jesus as wakeful present ourselves within this day wide awake carrying dreams and visions with us and translating them into the acts within ordinary lives.
God of Love and All Hopefulness, fill us with the dreams and visions of the life that awaits us within the steps of this day. Amen.


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Following the success of the 'Skylarks 3K Race' which took place at the Wick Country Park this month (April), the event is set to be repeated this July 2011.
The 3K race will once again be held at the Wick Country Park with all proceeds going towards further development of the Park. Runners are invited to the 'Skylarks 3K Race' being held at the beauty spot managed by Basildon Council, on the evening of Wednesday 20 July.
Organised by the Friends of the Wick Country Park and supported by Basildon Council, in conjunction with Pitsea Running Club, the race starts at 7:30pm and is open to all ages and abilities; however children under 9 years of age need to be accompanied by an adult.
[quote width="auto" align="none" border="#0066cc" color="#0066cc" title="Mark Williams, Countryside Ranger at the Wick Country Park"]This is yet another event where the Friends of the Wick Country Park have hit the ground running. The event is proving to be a resounding success, attracting runners from across the borough and beyond so we are very pleased to be holding it again in July.[/quote]
Entries will only be accepted on the evening of the event. Admission is £2.00, or £1.00 for UKA affiliated runners.
Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Wick Country Park with any donations gratefully accepted.
The Wick Country Park is located off Tresco Way in Wickford.


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The brand-new design gets a medium refresh as well as a small but significant overhaul. It appears like the people from Mazda have been listening to exactly what the journalists and also vehicle drivers have actually been stating, due to the fact that they have made a decision to change the two huge problems with this crossover; interior and also infotainment system. Exterior acquired a little face-lift along the road. It is populared worldwide that CX-5 is a very useful and also roomy crossover SUV, with great as well as modern-day layout. Due to combination of great convenience as well as efficiencies that are coupleded with gorgeous and also modern look, it is expected that 2016 Mazda CX-5 will be the most effective selling version from its group on the market. This new Mazda's SUV will be redesigned with new KODO-Soul of Movement style language. Even if there will certainly not be so revolutions on the brand-new version, we will certainly notice upgraded front grille, fronts lights as well as taillights as well as new 19 inch alloy wheels. We need to also point out that new design will certainly be underpinned with Mazda's SkyActiv platform. The automobile is sensitive to colors, however, with lighter shades accenting the height of its doors and also darker tones making it appear reduced as well as sportier. 2016 Mazda CX-5
The within the lights has gotten three-dimensional components as well as LED accents. Those accents remind of the illumination components very first seen on the Mazda2, perhaps the automaker is providing us a hint on signature lights for future versions. The 2nd change was made to the front grille. Straight slats have actually replaced the mesh pattern, and the front fascia is revised, as is the back with redesigned taillights. A new set of 19-inch aluminum alloy wheels are offered, and also two new exterior colors, Titanium Flash Mica and also Sonic Silver Metallic. This new Mazda's SUV will be redesigned with new KODO-Soul of Movement style language. Even if there will not be so revolutions on the brand-new version, we will certainly notice revamped front grille, headlights as well as taillights and brand-new 19 inch alloy wheels. We must likewise mention that brand-new design will certainly be underpinned with Mazda's SkyActiv system. When it pertains to interior, it will have the ability to receive as much as 5 guests. It will certainly be outfitted with some top quality materials and also with newest technical and also safety functions. Interior trim products have actually been updated, as well as you'll have the ability to buy one of 3 finishes for the instrument panel, consisting of an aluminum-look item as well as piano black. 2016 Mazda CX-5
The base engine of this SUV will certainly be a 2.0 litre SkyActiv-G petroleum engine. This engine is capable to create greater than 155 horse power with 150 lb-ft of torque. The second alternative is a little bit stronger engine, 2.5 litre SkyActiv-G petrol engine. It produces about 185 horse power as well as 185 lb-ft of torque. Both engines will be offered with 6 speed automatic SkyActiv drive and also 6 speed manual SkyActiv MT transmission. For this sort of automobile, the gas mileage is great. The EPA score for the base Sporting activity with a hand-operated gearbox is a best-in-class 35 mpg on the freeway, and the 2.5-liter versions shed only around 1 mpg combined, with those automated versions still obtaining 25/32 mpg with four-wheel drive. This year, front-drive versions with the 2.5-liter four now acquire 29 mpg integrated, up a little. Further upgrades include some newly available driver-assistance safety systems; the 2016 CX-5 can be furnished with blind-spot surveillance with cross-traffic alert, collision-mitigating stopping, and also speed-adjusting radar boat trip command. 2016 Mazda CX-5
Release date and price
We must anticipate that this Japanese SUV shows up at some time in 2015, as 2016 year version. The base 2016 Mazda CX-5 Sport with front-wheel drive as well as a six-speed manual transmission starts at $22,375. Part of the factor the CX-5 ratings so well in the EPA fuel-economy examination is, well, its weak power result, which puts it behind things like the top-spec Ford Getaway and the Volkswagen Tiguan. However while the Mazda CX-5 may not be able to out-drag the competitors, it favorably shames most other crossovers in taking care of expertise as well as motorist satisfaction. Going into its fourth year on the market, the CX-5 still has a tough set of competitors, consisting of cars like the just-updated Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Ford Retreat, Nissan Rogue, and also Subaru Forester. 2016 Mazda CX-5
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Michael is a landscape photographer currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah. His journey began when he became fascinated with time lapse photography. Inspired by Tom Lowe's movie Timescapes, he experimented and researched how to create the perfect shot. Eventually he made his own motion controlled dolly out of PVC pipe! It was cheap, but it helped create some stunning time lapse videos. This work led to a collaboration with Nightmare on 13th, one of the nation's best haunted houses. Photographing inside of the near pitch black house created very unique challenges and the resulting pictures were moody, dark and extremely colorful. This artistic style can be seen throughout his collection as he continues to experiment with new photographic techniques to create beautiful, grandiose pictures.
Check out some pictures I created for Nightmare on 13th
Here are some of my time lapse videos:


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Ashbury 5 String Banjo, Brass Tone Ring
Good quality brass tone ring, 24 tension hooks, mahogany resonator and rim..
- Product Features
- Mahogany neck, Ovangkol fingerboard with 22 frets. Railroad spike 5th string top nut and 2nd fret
- Planetary pegs, maple bridge with ebony top.
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What do we want you to know? WebSummit – Don't Miss It Next Year!
If you're startup-minded or technology-loving, you missed out on the best conference of the year if you failed to attend Web Summit. Members of Convention Nation just returned from the event, which was held last week in Lisbon, Portugal. Immediate impressions were that it was the best organized conference we have attended for all of 2017. Featuring over 60,000 attendees and 20,000 volunteers and staff, the event was simply massive. Even more attractive is the diversity of countries represented. We were told the attendees came from 173 separate countries. And what is most notable for this event is the discounted Women In Tech entrepreneurs ticket that 4,000 women received for a discounted price. The organizers wanted to make sure there was a good turnout from women in technology.
You're probably wondering what our key takeaways were for the event. Here are our notes, in no particular order:
1. Opening Night Ceremony
The opening night ceremony was in the packed Altice Arena and it was sold out days before the conference start date. There were many disappointed conference attendees who were unable to secure a seat for the opening show.
For a conference which prides itself on promoting the buzzword of AI (Artifical Intelligence), it was no shock that the conference was opened by Stephen Hawking via webcam. Not one to mince words, he offered his perspective of the dangers of AI and its possible negative effects on the future of humanity. We won't soon forget his standout line: "Success in creating effective AI could be the biggest event in the history of our civilization. Or the worst. We just don't know."
Paddy Cosgrove, Founder of WebSummit, echoed this view in his opening remarks as well.
Nuno Sebastio opened the conference on the main stage and was chosen because he's a native Portuguese citizen and the founder of FeedZai (www.feedzai.com). Nuno's AI Platform for Payment and Risk was praised for just having raised 50 Million Series C funding just a couple of weeks earlier. Next on stage was Antonio Guterres, the current Secretary General of the United Nations and a former Portuguese Prime Minister. Guterres's insightful words focused around creating innovation for the good of humankind.
2. Diversity and Quality of Attendees
We won't quickly forget our impression of the quality of attendees at this conference. Sure, there were 60k in attendance and we couldn't meet them all, but of the folks we met, we were impressed by a PHD student from Paris working on a cancer cure moonshot, a government incorporating ICO's into its regulatory framework, AI engineers in every industry conceivable, blockchain developers in healthcare and insurance. In addition, there were attendees who didn't have Alpha or Beta exhibition booths but had multiple projects which they were working on and telling others about. Some of these ideas were more profound than the exhibiting companies. Everyone was open to learn and collaborate, basically more interested in inter-disciplinary pollination of ideas rather than enhancing ideas.
The same buzzwords were used across all days of the conference. We heard AI, blockchain, drones, AR and VR and decentralization, but the depth of discussion from the panelists as well as discussions outside were of a much higher quality than we expected. There were very popular discussions about flying cars from Uber, new job categories of AI trainers, personal assistants 2.0 and the decentralization of every industry under the sun.
3. Lisbon and after-parties
We could not have been more pleased with the location of the conference. Lisbon is a city rich with good connectivity to many other European cities. The city has its rustic charm which blended beautifully into the discussions at the WebSummit of bringing old, stodgy industries and executives into today's digital world and eventually into the AI of tomorrow.
We want to mention that the food was amazing in the city. Some nights we went for dinner early, while other nights we didn't go out until after the multiple parties organized by various groups. Our favorite haunts were the TimeOut Market (https://www.timeoutmarket.com/lisboa/) and Atalho Real within PRÍNCIPE REAL http://www.grupoatalho.pt/atalho-real/.
The Night Summits hosted by WebSummit were good affairs but we quickly learned that the majority of the networking and collaboration between startups and partners happened during the late hours when attendees poured into Cais do Sodré or Pink Street. These discussions and networking sessions went usually till 6AM (!!) the next morning but these were wholesome discussions on the future of work, Millennials' needs in the workplace, ethics with AI, and even a staged managed debate between Sophia and Einstein. Lisbon has a population of only 500,000 people so WebSummit was like a city invasion, having increased the city's population by 16%. That meant public transportation was taxed, but we noted that as a host city, Lisbon and its citizens were incredibly welcoming and gracious, despite being inconvenienced by our invasion.
4. Focus on Women and Diversity
In the United States we have many discussions about diversity in tech, but we would like to applaud WebSummit for putting its money where its mouth is. As mentioned previously, the organizers gave away deeply-discounted Women In Tech tickets to around 4K women. The event also hosted a huge Women In Tech pavilion which was a reserved meeting place for female attendees to network and refresh. We counted several Women in Tech Events across the summit. These micro-events gave women multiple opportunities to network in a comfortable space.
You'd think women would be attendees only, but we were pleased that a good majority of the panelists and speakers were women as well. For the first time in our experience going to startup and technology conferences, there was a higher percentage of women investors and VC's than what we've experienced at startup conferences in the United States. The organizers made sure women were a highly represented group and all of us appreciated the efforts to not only include them, but to make them a cornerstone of the event experience. Of note: a woman VC at dinner one night looked around and then said to us, "This crowd looks more like a liberal arts class (a mix of 50% of both genders) than like the other conferences which look like a Stanford engineering class(70:30 split, with higher male presence)." We couldn't agree more.
5. Networking and Technology Usage
The official WebSummit app was an adequate tool to help attendees to reach other. We were surprised that we could direct message some celebrities. (For example: Al Gore, Mark Hurd CEO Oracle, or Brian Krzanich CEO of Intel). The only downside was its slow speed, but maybe with 80K people using it was to be expected. We won't gripe about this.
But being a technology conference of course the entrepreneurs found other ways to connect with each other. There were almost 30-odd FB groups, around 100+ WhatsApp groups and 20+ Slack Channels all being used by attendees to connect and network. We joined a couple of WhatsApp groups that had 200+ members. Attendees created groups organized by country, by domain, by hobbies (like Surfing) and of course by technology.
This meant all attendees had opportunities to use multiple channels to discover new relationships. Many solo attendees benefited from these communication groups. As stated previously, the high-quality attendees were quick to welcome new connections into their group. None of us felt like outsiders.
6. What didn't work at the conference
With all the good things above there were a few which didn't work when you consider the overall success of the conference.
a. Some of the more popular summits like Growth Summits had a very small seating area and almost double the folks standing as compared to some of the other larger ones which had seats empty.
b. The security lines to get into the conference every morning was huge, and if you came in peak hours it took an hour to get in. This improved on the second and third day but the first day was a struggle
c. The food lines were expected to be bad during lunch hour-- and they were-- but there was nothing anyone could do. There was finite space in the arena for the food trucks.
d. The app was difficult to use as it slowed down a lot during the peak conference hours, making it difficult to message and connect with folks in a timely manner.
Overall we believe this was a very well organized conference and we'll surely be going back to this conference again next year. There are positive elements from WebSummit that other conferences could implement but I guess bringing in the right people and discussing topics at a deeper level is the successful recipe for a blowout event. WebSummit didn't fail us, and in fact enriched our lives with its rich experiences. We can't wait until 2018! In fact, we'll buy some 2-for-1 tickets right now (and you can too). See you next year!


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Welcome! This tab will host my weekly Tuesday blog posts once I am up and running on the road. My posts will feature several different types of topics:
1. I will be writing about my experiences and reflections on lawyering in America's many different communities—and where the legal and social justice issues collide. Some of the communities I'll be going into are underreported in addition to being underserved. I want to be able help amplify the voices of those which may not always get the platform to be able to do so.
2. In addition to being an attorney, I am also a coach—and I want to be able to share pieces of that knowledge with you. I piloted a Legal Coaching program at Bayview/Hunters Point Community Legal during my post-bar fellowship and found that even in the most dire of circumstances, coaching can truly help move things forward. We all deserve the tools we need to become our best selves.
3. Our country is being plagued with social injustices and inequities left and right. Sometimes, this space may be used for me to offer a deeply introspective opinion about current affairs—or how I may be trying to process it all.
In the meantime, here's a recent Facebook post I have shared regarding recent current events so you have a general sense of my writing style. I look forward to sharing more with you very soon!
I just finished watching Obama's eulogy of Reverend Clementa Pinckney & believe it is our American duty to watch the entirety of those 40 minutes.
Also, I would be remiss if I didn't say the following after such a roller coaster week (and I want to be super mindful of intersectionality and not derail today's GLBTQ victory). As such, I am overjoyed to see such strong allyship with the GLBTQ community with today's historic SCOTUS ruling. I actually did not see one single anti-gay marriage Facebook post. (Thaaaank God.)
Many of us have GLBTQ loved ones in our inner circles & communities -- including communities of white people and people of color. Many of us have seen firsthand the marginalization that our GLBTQ friends experience -- hearing their stories; learning more about their personal lives; friends who become our family. Through this, the gay rights movement became more humanized -- we KNOW these people. This greatly matters.
On that line, I also must ask, where was the outpouring of love this week for our black brothers and sisters, especially in the wake of a mass shooting? How do our black GLBTQ friends feel today -- the day when gay marriage became legal and also when those who were murdered in Charleston were laid to rest? Race is still the third rail in this country. Rev. Pinckney once said: "We have a deep appreciation of history. We haven't always had a deep appreciation of each other's history."
To make comparable racial progress in America involves a radical shift of how we Americans interact with each other. For each of us, it will take a more **intentional decision** to remove oneself from the safe harbors of our de facto circles where we may not have to directly engage with communities of color. We need to build relationships with communities of color and hear their stories; learn more about their personal lives; make more friends who become our family. How much time are each of us dedicating to this? If the answer is not much, how can we possibly achieve the deep understanding and empathy that is needed for transformative change?
It is my firm belief that when there is a mass movement to get out of our de facto racially segregated communities -- to get out of the silo that racial relations have been in for far too long -- that is the urgently needed catalyst to tear more of these oppressive walls down. And today gives me hope that this, too, is possible. Onward and forward.
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Any SQL-based database server is vulnerable to a SQL injection, but the ones that have wreaked havoc this year have been directed at Microsoft's SQL Server via malicious code in a SQL query string, directed to the database via a Web app.
As reported last week, the number of unpatched Web sites that are exposing malicious code still is alarmingly high -- some seven of 10 Web apps are unsafe, according to Cenzic's Intelligent Analysis Lab report.
Of particular concern to database developers is the fact that one in five of those measured for by Cenzic had SQL injection applications. The finding comes as Microsoft released a new security filter for its Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server aimed at thwarting such attacks.
Microsoft's UrlScan 3.0 is an upgraded version of a five-year-old tool that now examines the query string in a SQL query request. That allows developers to create more granular rules for specific types of requests, Wade Hilmo, senior development lead on Microsoft's IIS team, which wrote UrlScan, told Redmond Media Group online editor Kurt Mackie. "For example, you can write a rule that only applies to ASP pages or PHP pages," Hilmo says.
While a step in the right direction, Kevin Beaver, founder and principal information security consultant of Atlanta-based Principle Logic LLC, tells Mackie that the features in UrlScan are rather basic. "It's good the features are now available, but getting admins and developers to actually upgrade is a whole different issue," Beaver tells Mackie.
And therein lies the problem. Until patching systems becomes a priority at the CIO levels, hackers are going to continue to have a field day.
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My Sunday photo…
When I was a kid, time seemed to take for ever, I wanted to be an adult just like my Parents, I longed to be able to drive a car when I was a little boy. But it seemed to take ages for my next birthday to come around.
Every adult used to tell me the same thing "slow down and enjoy your youth whilst you can, as you grow older time flies by. And before you know it your an old man."
As a youngester I never listen to them, but as I've got older and older those wide words are starting to haunt me and I can know understand what "those old moany folks use to whinge at me" saying the same quote.
I can't believe it's July already and my boy is nearly 1.5yrs old, it seems only last week he was born.
Sitting around the table for lunch talking to my wife and Daughter about her starting big school after the summer holidays, Grace told us both " I can't wait to be older and be a mummy just like you Mum!"
And just then those wide words came out of my mouth "enjoy your being a kid whilst your young… Time flies"


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Software Engineer - Level 2
- Reading, UK
- Full-time
Company Description
Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology?
Smart, driven and want to make a difference in the world?
You'll fit right in.
Join a diverse team at Visa, where your individuality fits right in. We can provide the opportunity to shape the payments experience globally. Together, let's transform the way the world pays.
Think you know us?
Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network that enables individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.
Individuality fuels our brand and our global team – we're proud that we are a talented team of 15,000 individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Therefore, we understand that you are much more than your day job. We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it's taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, Visa respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone. In addition, we offer market leading salary and have a fantastic benefits offering.
So, if you're not satisfied with the status quo, we can satisfy your desire to explore new territory, giving you the runway to really make an impact, whilst connecting you with teams around the world in a truly inclusive culture that celebrates our uniqueness.
Job Description
If you think you could support Visa as a Software Engineer, we want to hear from you – together, let's make Visa a great place to work.
What's it all about?
Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind - making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do, which is that our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa's sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fuelled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.
You will be part of a team responsible to provide successful implementation and management of Visa services (applications under Visa Information Management (Commercial Cards)) in the test and production environments. Ensuring the service meets the corporate quality, security and compliance standards, and providing the documentation for the ongoing support and maintenance of the systems.
What we expect of you, day to day.
- Responsible for providing 24 x 7 Application Support across multiple visa applications.
- Responsible for applying code and operation break fixes and other proactive maintenance activities to keep the services up and running
- Responsible for evaluating the issues reported by Visa clients and members and providing ongoing solutions
- Responsible for managing the performance and tuning of several Visa applications.
- Will be responsible for managing the service and ticket SLAs and managing the workflow to achieve the SLAs
- Role model Visa's leadership principles
The role should exhibit the appropriate level of Visa Leadership Principles:
- Lead by Example
- Communicate Openly
- Enable and Inspire
- Excel with Partners
- Act Decisively
- Collaborate
What we're after…
- Mid-level experience in working with Apache, Tomcat, WebSphere, IBM-IHS web server and LDAP
- Knowledge and experience with Linux and UNIX
- Experience in Angular, Type Script and Java Script.
- Experience in Production support working in a globally distributed team
- Working experience on Java, J2EE and NHibernate technologies
- Knowledge of .NET Core but not essential
- Experience in working with Db2 UDB and Oracle DB, MS SQL, MySQL, Mongo DB, DML/DDL SQLs and Store PROCs
- Experience with Service Now and ticketing workflows is preferred
- Working experience with monitoring tools like SPLUNK or any other monitoring tools/processes will be advantageous
- Prior working experience with Card and transaction domains will be advantageous
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or related field required
- Have a technical and business mind-set
- ISO 9000 and ITIL experience will be advantageous
Think you have what it takes?
If you are interested in a career that will challenge and inspire you – we'd love to hear from you!
Additional Information
Diversity & Inclusion
Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere, is not only our brand promise, it's the foundation of our company culture. We foster a feeling of connectedness in the workplace, support diversity of thought, culture and background, fight for important initiatives like Equal Pay and actively work to eliminate unconscious biases that hold us all back.
By leveraging the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our worldwide teams, Visa is a better place to work and a better business partner to our clients.


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This half-day event provides entrepreneurial education and business development workshops to male and female active duty, reserve, guard, and retired veteran students and their spouses. This year's campus tours will offer workshops in three growth areas:
• Starting your Business from Scratch: Developing a plan for your business- In this workshop, attendees will understand the importance of a business plan, the difference between a traditional and one-page version and will have an opportunity to begin developing a one-page business plan.
• The 5 M's of Marketing: A framework to create a successful advertising platform- In this workshop, attendees will understand marketing methods and will work on creating a marketing plan for their business idea.
• Introduction to Certifications and Government Contracting- In this workshop, attendees will be introduced to the basics of certification and how to position themselves to successfully do business with the government.


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Published on March 29th, 2014 | by BoyleToday.com0
Camera Club photo shoot
Boyle Camera Club's monthly photo shoot will take in the St Joseph's Resource Centre at 9am this Sunday 30th March.
It is intended to introduce members to the techniques and methods of undertaking a studio based photoshoot.
A number of different lighting techniques will be used as will work in black & white, to better understand what can be achieved in an indoor setting.


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Let me guess, you have been playing NZ Herald crossword and got stuck on the clue Burnt with steam. Well, you have come to the right place to find the answer to this clue.
While some crosswords are much simpler than others, most require that players have a vast knowledge of the language and possibly even various topics. So while crossword puzzles are seen as a more intelligent game, they can be very frustrating for players to complete and even experienced crossword players need some help occasionally.
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rosemary mifsud
Rosemary Mifsud creates narrative, sustainable, and authentic fine jewelry. Her engagement and wedding rings value the personal story and offer an individual path for expression. These pieces honor the connection between two people through studying the harmony and contrasts of landscapes, botany, creatures, and the details of a moment.
Rosemary believes that if something is worth making, then it needs to be genuine and authentically meaningful. In this way, her deliberate and finely crafted pieces of art positively impact the wearers experience and have a minimal impact on our earth.
Rosemary uses recycled precious metals and carefully researches diamonds and gemstones in an effort to work with only the cleanest mining histories and the most interesting and beautiful rocks. This endeavor is in an effort to support the communities and landscapes where mining takes place and to use only the purest materials for such an authentic gift.
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