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OTTAWA (Reuters) - The price of new houses in Canada rose by 0.1 percent in May from April, slightly less than expected but extending a string of increases to 26 months, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
It followed a 0.2 percent rise in April, and was just below the median forecast of analysts surveyed by Reuters of a 0.2 percent rise in May.
The data showed the anomaly of the house and land components each rising 0.2 percent while the overall increase was 0.1 percent. This was due to rounding, Statistics Canada said.
The annual increase fell to 1.8 percent in May from 2.0 percent in April.
The Canadian government imposed tighter mortgage rules a year ago, and while financial authorities have said there were still signs that values were stretched in some areas, there had been a constructive evolution of the housing market.
While the new housing price increases have been relatively tame, the index excludes condominiums, which have been of particular concern to policymakers.
The Toronto area showed a 0.2 percent increase in new housing prices on the month and 2.6 percent on the year. Vancouver, which has also been of concern, was down 0.2 percent on the month and 0.7 percent on the year.
Reporting by Randall Palmer; Editing by Bernadette Baum

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On Monday, September 6th.....
I reached my goal of 200 sales!!!!!
It's all thanks to a wholesale buyer in California! She's place 4 orders so far. With about 12-14 items each! Yippee!!! My items are selling like crazy in her store, and that is AWESOME!
Other good news:
I'm working on another wholesale order! This is from a new wholesale buyer. She has a store in Oklahoma! She has order 24 of my bears! HOLY SMOKES! I started working on the order on Tuesday. I have 5 bears done so far! 19 bears to go!!!
So I've been pretty busy lately!!


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|Our son Josiah was born 3 years ago today at 2:08pm.
His heart had stopped beating in the womb at over
22 weeks gestation.
Years without and years with
so many things can happen in three years
but my life is still not the same
I imagine you with your sister daily
playing, laughing, and causing all sorts of innocent childish trouble
and my heart wanders into the eternal
into the place I am not allowed just yet except in my mind and heart
I wonder, imagine, dream, yearn and constantly call for justice
and I know that one day there will be.
Justice will call back to me and His Face will bring to Light even the darkest pain.
So, I chose to believe, I chose to believe what my heart cannot see today
I chose to believe that my yearning is more than just sorrow
but the constant reminder of our true home
|"I know that whatever God does,
Ecc. 3:14
|Josiah's Grammy went to remember her grandson
today where he is buried in Texas.


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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
First Impressions: ROSE AND WATCHES
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ooo love the idea of a wolfbeast in London combined with steampunk! Fun fun fun! I do agree it can be tweaked just a tad for a smoother flow. That 4th para read a bit choppy to me. But I know first hand what a fabulous writer Nicole is. :DReplyDelete
I would absolutely keep reading, this is an exciting start. I agree with Dianne that some of your descriptive sentences could be broken up and explained more. However a very nice start! Good job!ReplyDelete
I am very intrigued! I found myself tensing.... waiting for the next steps. :) Is the green his glasses? A little explanation here might help for those of us who are not familiar with these glasses.ReplyDelete
I think "haunted" is okay, because the city truly is haunted by this creature, right?
I was, though, a little confused by the comment about partying: "He wasn't much the partying type and refused to believe they were worth the extravagance most boasted of them" Maybe a little clarification would help here as well.
I would certainly read on. Good luck!
Nicole, your writing definitely creates a sense of place and suspense. Excellent. I wasn't drawn in until the six-shooter paragraph, though. But I think it's because I stumbled with a verb tense change: the green shifting around and made his stomach churn." (making instead of made?)ReplyDelete
Definitely suspenseful and dangerous territory you're taking us down!
A beast in London? I'd definitely keep reading based on the first page. I would revise the first two sentences. Maybe make the first sentence into two, because it doesn't quite flow right with the green shifting around part. What is the green? Rotting food? Maybe maggots are making it shift?ReplyDelete
In the 2nd sentence, the "dirt ground" sort of threw me. I think you should use either dirt or ground. Something that threw me is that he's in a London alley - aren't they usually cobblestoned or paved in some way?
That's all I have. Again, I'd definitely read on, Nicole!
I like the idea of the story too. I would rework the first sentence - the structure seemed a little awkward.ReplyDelete
I read an earlier version of this. Wow, it's even tighter and better!ReplyDelete
Great Steampunk flavor, Nicole! I'm intrigued.ReplyDelete
Have to admit I was confused by the first sentence, as Dianne mentioned, especially what the green was, and also that tense confusion, as Susan Oloier said above. I was also bothered by the dirt ground, as Gwen Gardner mentioned.
Haunting didn't bother me. That seems to be the point! But in the fourth paragraph, you've used the word "along" twice in two sentences. (Shadows crept along the alleyway. He stalked along the trail...). Maybe you could find a different word or rework that second sentence. He followed the trail, his cape fluttering behind him (or whatever).
Nice work. Love that last sentence.
I don't read steampunk so I came at this from a writer perspective. I agree with the general consensus the sentences seem a bit long in some places. Though your description is excellent and pulls me in.ReplyDelete
The paragraph re: He wasn't much the partying type and refused to believe they were worth the extravagance most boasted of them.
Although this does give us insight into your character, it's more of a speed bump here. I think info about your character would be better injected with more about him.. not tagged in as a single sentence in the middle of what you want your reader to focus on... the surroundings.
Overall, great job. Glad I found you on twitter. Keep writing and Creative Blessings ~ Angela
Thanks for having me, and thanks for all the great comments, everyone!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 8:18 PM
I'd totally keep reading this!ReplyDelete
Good critique and good excerpt. I could feel the suspense building up.ReplyDelete
Dianne's and other comments touched on the items that gave me pause as either a writer or a reader. So I won't echo them.ReplyDelete
I will say we were left at quite the suspenseful moment. I REALLY want to know what happens next :-)


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A look Kerala is a embarking on a process of major reform that will change the way land is bought and sold in the state. And also in the way it is put to various uses. But the laws will take time to be put in place.
Computerisation of government departments is one step. As for now, computerization included, resurvey of land, fair value fixation, having a land information system, digitizing of land records and other works have only been partially completed at some places or yet to begin in most others.
Minister for Revenue K.P.Rajendran has come up with a paper on the draft policy, which will be discussed with experts and officials and then be presented to the Assembly in the final format. Discussions will be held in Thiruvanathapuram, Alappuzha and Kannur regarding the draft on land policy reform.
Considering the state's diversity, each place will have its own uniqueness that will have to be taken in to account before allowing developmental activities, as also drawing the line for reform.
The reforms have become imminent as the land mafia had been active in the state for quite some time, pushing upland prices to unbelievable levels in a short period, said an official.
Fair values
Fixing of fair value, the work which is currently going on, will be done scientifically and it will be reviewed after a minimum period. The new fair-value system, if introduced, will be actually helpful as most of the NRIs, who are leading land buyers, can enter into land deals without having to bother about paying money in black.
The government is working on putting up a land information system in place that would also give information about the wetlands in the state. The state will also have a Wetland Management system. Such information will help protect rivers, backwaters, ponds and canals from pollution. Land conversion will be strictly regulated, according to the draft of the policy document.
Different zones
The land in the state will be divided into different zones and land use patterns will be defined. This will help check conversion of land.
The land use patterns will be d revised periodically by a state-level committee set up with experts in the field. Expertise form the technical research institutes in this sector will be used effectively for deciding the land use patterns. There will also be district-level review committees.
Land encroachment in coastal zones will be strictly monitored. Rules to counter paddy field conservation will be strengthened. The state will declare certain areas as paddy zones. No conversion of land from this zone will be allowed. Environment protection will be ensured for any development activity by setting up a regional three tier governing committee, which will have members from different government departments of non-government organizations.
The draft also says that government will not give away land on private ownership basis to industries or corporate houses; instead it will be given on long lease.
According to officials in the Ministry, the industrialists will not have to worry about land availability as the government will lease out land. But the ground reality remains that the state does not have land available for such use to the extent that the neighboring states do.
The government is also thinking in terms of making the transactions as open as possible by introducing a new system during registration. While now the photographs of the buyer and seller are important now, the new system will make it compulsory for those involved to appear at the registration office, where photographs will be taken and affixed to the registration document. The new system will be somewhat like what the one being followed by the Karnataka government, said an official.


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Pilates Center Of Austin Awesome Staff
It goes without saying, but we will anyway... Your Pilates instruction is only as good as your Instructor. And the Certified Practitioners at the PCA are…Awesome! We keep hearing it over and over:
"I've never been with a teacher who is so tuned into my personal needs and goals."
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And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Thanks to Marcos, our Senior Staff Teacher, and all our Core Teaching Staff, Ivy, Melody, Kaylee, Pia, Adriana, Nanci and Alexis and for being the most inspiring, empowering and fun staff on Planet Pilates!
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And, finally, the two of us, Wendy, your Director of Embodied Education and Master Teacher…and Michael, your Director of Operations and Story-Teller in Residence, now in our 25th year with the Pilates Center of Austin (and 32 years together as each other's cheerleaders in life and partners in both marriage and family business). We're just so grateful to be engaged in this work, exploring the possibility of living our best possible life.
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- Bachelor of Business Admin/Michigan State University - 1969
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I have spent the last 20 years of my work life immersed in the world of Pilates. These 2 decades, along with 35 prior years of circuitous journeys into the world of the creative arts, holistic health and fitness, personal and business transformation, leadership development, manufacture and marketing have given me access to an undeniable truth that I have seen manifest itself countless times: that anything is possible when we allow ourselves to dream, and, then, to anchor that dream to an unflinching resolve and commitment.
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Why do I love teaching Pilates? It is amazing, inspiring and a blessing to me to see the life-changing work Pilates brings to each of my clients not only in their workouts but also in the practice of life. One aspect I have learned to teach and live by while being mentored by Wendy is that the clients are the experts in what their bodies need as well as what they desire in reaching their fitness goals. When clients grab hold of that, transformation happens!! Their bodies and their life habits change, which empowers them to see what they have never experienced before—that we are our best coaches/trainers as we listen to ourselves instead of what we are told we are "supposed" to look like.
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- Currently enrolled at St. Edward's University for Masters in Counseling Psychology
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Adriana Quintero
Adriana is a lover of all health. She was classically trained in the Pilates method in the San Francisco Bay Area, and recently moved to Austin to pursue a Masters degree in Somatic Therapy and Counseling at St. Edward's University. Her commitment to health and movement goes further than just exercise. Adriana's passion is helping people find a greater sense of self through movement. She believes that people can live their most wholesome life when they are connected in mind, body, and spirit. When Adriana is not doing Pilates, or studying, you can find her lathered up in sunscreen exploring the great outdoors, trying new restaurants, and exploring Austin with her boyfriend and two cats!
- Certified Pilates Instructor Through Core Dynamics since 2006
- Masters of Social work from Highland University in 2005
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"Meet the client where they are." This was one of the tenets that informs my Pilates practice. Our bodies are constantly changing moment to moment, day to day, experience to experience. When I am with a client I try to help them access their own awareness and tap into the intelligence that their bodies already possess. I like to think of myself as a Pilates facilitator rather than a teacher. My own journey with my body has profoundly changed my relationship to the work that I do. When I began teaching in 2005 I was young, strong and able bodied, and as the years pass I've ridden my own waves of change and abilities. The empathy that I have tried to cultivate for myself most definitely informs my relationships with the people I am lucky enough to help.
- Vedic Conservatory Thai-Yoga Bodywork Certification, 2008
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Melody Benton Thompson
My academic study of movement began in 1998 through a physical therapist assistant perspective. Over the years of studying Personal Training, Group Fitness, Pilates, Yoga, etc., I obtained many perspectives of movement. I began my journey with Wendy 5 years ago and found a bridge and clarity for all these perspectives. Most importantly, I rediscovered myself through movement! My whole life transformed from our work together. The passion and drive that erupted continues to flow in my life and my teaching. I'm inspired to move from a whole embodied, self-healing perspective and even more inspired watching this unfold in my clients' sessions and their lives.
- BFA in dance from Sam Houston State University, 2016
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"Pia gained early experience combining Pilates and rehabilitation with clients in an orthopedic and pelvic pain setting where she worked with pre and post surgery clients. Pia recently moved from California to Texas to be near her family. She is excited to bring her Pilates style to the studio. Pia has over 4 years of teaching experience and she is always looking to deepen her knowledge in embodied work. She keeps herself busy with continuing education courses including Pre-and-Postpartum classes, Pilates for scoliosis and Pilates for MS.
Pia discovered Pilates about 8 years ago, while she was in college, and fell in love with the way her body felt after each session. Pia loves to spend time with her husband and stepson in her free time."
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Alexis Ambruso
I am originally from Newington, CT and recently relocated to Austin, TX from Brooklyn, NY. I found my passion for movement in competitive Irish Step Dance at age seven. I pursued my BFA in Modern dance at Long Island University Brooklyn. Having experienced several injuries, I enjoy the critical analysis and exploration required to improve the bodies functionality. Teaching allows me to connect and guide clients in awareness of how their unique instrument operates organically, to work safely and efficiently, and to reach their optimal potential. When I am not teaching I enjoy cooking, and being outdoors. I was drawn to PCA because of its warm, open-minded approach to movement and am excited to be joining the PCA team.
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Beth Brown-Nutting
Like Pilates Center of Austin, Beth is an Austin Original. She was born at St. David's and shares a deep commitment to the Austin-area community. Beth lived abroad in Rome and Dubai from 1999 until 2010 while working with the United Nations. She studied Marketing at Texas A&M and worked most recently with a Conscious Living and Raw Superfoods Snack Company. Holistic health, fitness and well-being is a constant in her life as she raises her twin sons, Ian and Ethan.
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Hey there, does anybody have a ball…a balloon…a frisbee…or better yet anybody ready to throw on?. Oh, yeah, my name is Kyaa, I'm a Basenji mix, and the only thing I love more than balls and balloons is…hmmm, let's see…oh yeah - you Guys! I love to greet you at the door and, sometimes, even join you for a workout session – I do a great "downward dog"! I don't let it go to my head, but everyone I meet just wants to take me home with them. We'll, I already have a pretty super "forever family," but...all of you who come to the PCA are a pretty fabulous extended family! My tail's waggin' just thinking about the next time you'll be here…now where's that tennis ball…
Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle...continues
Over the next eight years, she directed the East/West Center of Louisiana, In New Orleans, her hometown. In the mid through the late 1980's, Wendy participated extensively in Landmark Education's Leadership Development Program, for two years as an Introductory Seminar Leader. In 1989, she and her husband, Michael, and three other partners from the U.S, Canada and Switzerland, founded NOVA Institute, an international holistic school for the healing arts in Estes Park, Colorado.
And then came Pilates …
From there it was all downhill—literally. Because it was during the development of the NOVA venture that she met Rachel Segal and Amy Alpers as they were first opening The Pilates Center in Boulder, a 40-mile trek down the mountain. She was in one of the first Certification Programs, heading down the mountain two or three times a week!
Needless to say, this was, for Wendy, divinely inspired, as Romana Kryzanowska and her protégé Steve Giordano were delivering Boulder's Teacher Training Certification in the early years. She and Michael moved on from NOVA in the coming year, moved to Austin, Texas, and in 1993, founded Austin's first Pilates studio…The Pilates Center of Austin.
Over the years since, she studied further with Romana Kryzanowska at Drago's Gym in New York and additionally with other first-generation Pilates Elders, particularly with longtime friends and treasured mentors Mary Bowen, Kathleen Stanford Grant, Ron Fletcher, Lolita San Miguel and second-generation teacher Alan Herdman.
The road goes on forever…
Her ongoing yoga and Pilates practice, along with intensive studies with Judith Aston, Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, Emilie Conrad, Susan Harper, Hubert Godard, The Guild for Structural Integration, Tom Myers, Phillip Beach and Jaap van der Wal, with profound breath, fascial, embryological and ontological studies, helped Wendy develop her own "biointelligent" voice. Her vision is to facilitate a shift from the biomechanical paradigm, by illuminating the universal core principles that underlie our innate biotensegrity and all embodied bodymind practices, enabling students and practitioners of any discipline to discover their wholeness through cultivating their own voice, through the portal and brilliant guidance of their biointelligent wisdom.
This embodied awareness opens us to a deeper inquiry into "Core as Relationship: with gravity, ourselves, one another and our environment." It is this journey that has profoundly influenced the development of her illuminating 3Core Connections® Embodied Perspective. This perspective, which forms the foundation of the PCA's Continuing Education Programs, is an experiential mapping of the body's interrelated Lower, Central and Upper Cores, awakening us to our innate biotensegrity… our heart/bodymind/soul's primal "core coordination", seeing beyond an exercise to the essence of what enlivens and nourishes a deeper relationship with ourselves in resonance with our living environment.
This vision gives Wendy a unique voice in the Pilates community…standing on the shoulders of Joseph Pilates' vision of "whole body health", with an updated awareness of our self-regulating social nervous system, and an embryological awareness of our "ground of being" as self-organizing, self-healing and adaptive beings, building empathetic, purposeful lives and careers in a complex world.
* The Pilates Center of Austin, along with Wendy and her husband, Michael Arbuckle, were participants in the federal trademark infringement action (with Balanced Body and Deborah Lessen) for use of the "Pilates" name. Wendy is a founding member of the Pilates Method Alliance and The Fascia Research Society, and was on the original role delineation committee for the creation of the PMA Pilates Certification Exam, a third-party credentialing exam for Pilates professionals. Wendy is a second generation PMA-CPT, a presenter for Pilates Anytime and FusionPilatesEDU, and honored to be a Mentor in Balanced Body's Passing the Torch Mentoring Program and a ContinuumWellsprings Practitioner.
Not to say it hasn't been challenging, daunting, even overwhelming, at times. But, as anyone who knows Wendy and/or me, will attest… it's also been full of magic and miracles that far outweigh the rocky roads.
The result, thus far, has been some incredible adventures…businesses that have been great successes…and a few noteworthy failures. Before co-founding the Pilates Center of Austin with Wendy in 1993, I have had the privilege to serve as a community organizer for the Office of Economic Opportunity in the early '70s in New Orleans …open and run my own critically acclaimed wood art gallery through the 70"s and 80's. . . found and co-direct for 5 years, the Macrobiotic Center of Louisiana with Wendy . . . run leadership development seminars for Landmark Education in the latter 1980's . . . and co-found and serve, in the early 90's, as Executive Director of NOVA Institute, an international holistic retreat, resort and school for the healing arts in Colorado .
All of which led us here to Austin and, in 1993, the creation of the PCA , which is now in its 20th "triumphant" year ( and I do not use that term lightly, for it has triumphed, having survived certification training spilling over into the kitchen and ultimately the entire house on Zennia Street; multiple floods at the Guadalupe facility, and countless other myths and miracles that are now an inseparable part of Pilates folklore. Shortly, thereafter, in the summer of 1994, I created Dynamic Fitness Systems, a Pilates' equipment manufacturing company here in Austin . . . and, then, in 1998, on the heels of a fire which destroyed the DFS manufacturing facility in Austin, co-created Peak Pilates (which I sold to my partner in late 2003), a major international provider of Pilates' equipment and education.
We've been at this long enough to put much of the roller coaster ride of keeping two major business endeavors behind us. There are still enough twists and twirls to keep the game exciting, but without the hairpin turns and 90 mile an hour mad dashes to the finish.
I want to wrap up my brief travelogue here by saying what a profound privilege it has been, and continues to be, to carry on our lives' vision at this Center - a place where staff, teachers and clients share a commitment to engage in a lifelong personal and collective inquiry into the heart of living, playing and working together to create extraordinary lives…filled with purpose, passion and vitality.


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In both the Tour of Duty and The People's Liberators PDF we find the Dac Cong (Special Tasks) Company as a support option for a PAVN or Local Force Battalion in Flames of War's Vietnam battles.
The Communist Forces in the Vietnam war made great use of Combat Assault Engineers aka Sappers. These soldiers were tasked with cracking the enemy defensive line for the rest to follow through. They were adept at getting very close before opening up the assault.
Imagine if you will....First turn....You are 2 inches away front the Imperialist running dogs hiding in their fighting positions...the Flamethrower fires...
you are stationary....The AK team lifts Gone to Ground...the Flamethrower fires.....the B40 (B41) teams fires using the RPG Salvo special rule where they re-roll misses ...yikes!
They do get "Quality of Quantity" since they are a Nationalist Company, but sadly they do not get "Born in the North to Die in the South" where they can come back in Guerrilla Reserves if they die. I guess you can't have EVERYTHING. :-)
Still, they are a little expensive...goodness is expensive after all. To get the Quality of Quantity benefit you are going to have add the 3 extra teams at 40 pts each. That brings the full company up to 490 points...then if you add the LMG for 25 pts you are at 515 pts. Yikes!
I like these guys with the B40. You don't need the extra range or AT....these guys are going to be used for busting units out of bulletproof cover and you want that better Firepower of 4+. Because what special benefit does a 4+ Firepower give you? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? All Firepower 4+ or better weapons allows the shooting player to decide if Man Packed Gun teams count as Gun Teams or Infantry Teams when they are calling a Priority Target and shooting at a mixed unit. The B41's Firepower of 5+ doesn't give you that benefit...and staying with the B40s saves you 5 pts per team., and if you do the upgrade, you have to upgrade all the teams and that could be up to another 45 pts!
Sadly, there is not a boxed set or blister for this unit from Battlefront (yet?)...so what was I to do? I happened to have a PAVN Company boxed set (VPABX07) lying around.and looking at the figures and a picture I found when I did my Local Force articles...
To do this all you need is a SHARP hobby knife and a triangular file.
1st: Chop the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the helmeted figure's helmet.
2nd: File the top smooth and rounded down the sides
3rd: File inwards along the brim to form the "floppy brim"
|From left to right: Helmet, conversion, stock floppy hat. This conversion was one of the first ones. I got A LOT better towards the end :-)
For the flamethrower option, I found a few sculpts that looked like they were holding their rifles either very high or very low with the hands close together. I then lopped off the rifle parts down to their hands. Next, I drilled out a little hole and glued in a 0.015" piece of wire into their hands. This would be the frame for the "flame" coming out of the flamethrower. There were 2 types of flamethrowers in use....the lifesaver (circular) type and the side-by-side cans.
I went with the circular as it is easier to make....just take a little ball of green stuff and then flatten it. Next take the non-brush end of a paint brush and poke the flattened ball in the middle. Now, just glue it on the back of the lucky figure.
To round out the force and make them look more like sappers (assault engineers), I just had to make the guy with the demo charge on the long pole.
This is a very similar process to making a flamethrower. I found the same type of figure (hand close together); chopped of the gun parts (don't forget the stock under his arm!); glued in a slightly thicker piece of wire; glue on a square piece of greenstuff...and voila! Making the grenade bundle could be done and I might go back and swap out at least one of the square demo charges later.
I followed the paint scheme below. I mixed in some black "pajamas" just to break up the green a little and to represent a Special Tasks Company that has seen time with the Local Forces.
|Floppy hat on the guy with his arm raised didn't come out too good on this side. He was actually the first one I did. From a foot away though, it is hard to tell.
|Same sculpt with his arm raised....hat turn rout much better.
1st Platoon:
|Converted LMG Gunner is turning a Claymore around so it has its FRONT TOWARD ENEMY
|Only one here has a non-converted floppy hat. Which one? I'll never tell. >:-)
|Sgt. Petersen: They throw the ladders across the wire to get at us. And later on, they use them for litters to stack on and carry away the dead bodies. Movie: Green Berets
|Ladders were made by melting then slowly stretching old plastic sprues to get the right thickness...then just gluing together the pieces
|Flamethrower flame is just clump foliage glued to the wire and then soaked in watered down PVA glue (matte medium) and then painted when dry
2nd Platoon:
3rd Platoon:
|Converted LMG Assistant Gunner planting a surpise
I am dying to get these guys into the fight...Fearless Veteran, Recce Engineers who can infiltrate...WITH FLAMETHROWERS!!!!! calm down....breathe...breathe....
Ok I'm better now....
As always, a special thanks The Foundry for allowing me to use their tables and terrain to take these pictures.
SonBae (AKA Jeff Flint) is a long time gamer and painter and runs a blog at Journey Back To The Table where he posts photos of his work, reviews, BatReps and the "Painting Miniatures Declassified" modeling and painting tutorials.


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WWE NXT 1 June 2016 Results Winners Losers Highlights Written Details :- WWE NXT 1 June 2016 Results Winners Losers Highlights Written Details :- The all new episode of WWE NXT took place recently before the upcoming Pay Per View event NXT Takeover The End which is going to happen in Brooklyn next week. A lot of new revelations are being made also a high intensity contract signing between Asuka and Nia Jax in the presence of William Regal and Austin Aries makes an impact again.
Tonight episode of WWE NXT starts with The Revival makes its way to the ring. Dash says they are going to take back their NXT tag team titles at NXT Takeover. Dawson adds that after they beat Jason Jordan and Chad Gable they can take their little towel and wipe away the tears. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa interrupt. Ciampa tells The Revival that everyone know American Alpha is better than The Revival. They can't beat them, and they can't beat Gargano and Ciampa. Dawson tells Gargano and Ciampa to go back to the bingo hall they came from. The Revival leaves, but Gargano says if they are supposed to be top guys they are running away pretty fast. The Revival gets back in the ring and are met with a drop kick for each member.
WWE NXT 1 June 2016 Match Card & Results
1. Tye Dillinger defeated Buddy Murphy in a singles match
2. Austin Aries defeated Elias Samson in a singles match
3. Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa defeated The Revival in a tag team match
WWE NXT 1 June 2016 Highlights
1. Nia Jax powerbombs Asuka during contract signing at WWE NXT new no. 1 contender for NXT Women's Championship
2. Asuka hits Nia Jax with kicks at WWE NXT
3. Shinsuke Nakamura says at NXT Takeover Austin Aries will bow down to the king of strong style.
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NEW YORK (AP) Just when it appeared Xavier was about to collapse, the Musketeers found their stroke at the free throw line.
Matt Stainbrook had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Xavier finally hit the foul shots it needed to hold off a furious rally by No. 23 Georgetown and secure a 65-63 victory Friday night in the Big East Tournament semifinals.
''I feel like, if we played 3 more minutes, we might have lost by 17,'' Xavier coach Chris Mack said. ''I don't think it's anything other than we missed some free throws. You can't stop momentum if you can't score.''
After struggling at the foul line while the second-seeded Hoyas (21-10) whittled a 21-point deficit to one, the Musketeers made five of six in the final 10.3 seconds to hold on. Trevon Bluiett drained a big 3-pointer for the second consecutive night, and Xavier advanced to the championship game in just its second season in the conference.
The sixth-seeded Musketeers (21-12) will play top-seeded and fourth-ranked Villanova for the crown Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
''We didn't come here to beat Georgetown. We came here to win a Big East championship. So that's our plan,'' senior guard Dee Davis said.
Xavier led by 20 with 7:53 remaining when a scrum under the basket led to a technical foul on Musketeers forward Jalen Reynolds, who feigned winding up for a punch as he showed coach Chris Mack what he had done when he returned to the huddle.
That helped the Hoyas get started on a 15-1 run as Xavier, the top free throw-shooting team in the Big East, missed six of seven from the line.
Georgetown freshman Isaac Copeland sparked the rally, scoring 11 points in a little more than four minutes. A driving layup by D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera trimmed the deficit to 60-59 with 14.7 seconds left.
But the Musketeers would not fold. Davis sank two foul shots and Myles Davis added two more, making it 64-61 with 4.6 seconds to go.
Jabril Trawick, who led the Hoyas with 19 points, hit his first free throw with 1.9 seconds on the clock and was supposed to miss the second on purpose. But he made it by accident, shaking his head along with coach John Thompson III after the ball dropped right through.
''We have enough trouble practicing making, so I can honestly say we never practiced missing,'' Thompson said.
James Farr hit a foul shot at the other end, and when he missed his second attempt Georgetown was unable to get off a desperation heave in time.
With the shot clock about to expire, Bluiett nailed a 3 from the corner with 3:30 left to stop Georgetown's 15-1 spurt and extend Xavier's lead to 57-48. The freshman hit a tying 3 with about 2 1/2 minutes remaining Thursday night, the final points in regulation before the Musketeers went into overtime with No. 22 Butler.
''We just wanted to make sure we kept our team calm. We weren't going to implode on ourself,'' Stainbrook said.
It was Xavier's third victory this season over a ranked Georgetown team. The Musketeers won both regular-season meetings, by 17 points and then 13.
Remy Abell scored 10 points for Xavier, and Dee Davis had eight assists.
Copeland finished with 15 points, and Smith-Rivera scored 11 on 3-of-9 shooting. The star guard was 1 for 6 from 3-point range.
''It's not easy to come back from down 20 like we were. It shows we have a lot of heart,'' Copeland said.
In a nod to the glory days of Big East big men, Stainbrook (270 pounds) and Georgetown center Joshua Smith (350 pounds) spent much of the night banging into each other down low with their 6-foot-10 bodies as both teams looked to feed the post.
Unmistakable in his tinted goggles, the plodding Stainbrook got the best of it.
With an array of soft hooks and short bank shots, he went 8 of 13 from the field during his second strong performance in two nights at the Garden. The senior had 13 points and 10 rebounds against Butler in the quarterfinals, helping Xavier rally for a 67-61 victory in overtime.
Xavier: Freshman guard J.P. Macura came off the bench and scored eight points in the first half, swishing a pair of 3-pointers. But about 40 seconds after his second one gave Xavier its first lead, Macura appeared to step on an opponent's foot and he went down writhing in pain with a sprained ankle. He was helped up by Mack and taken to the locker room. Macura did not return. ''I don't think it looks good, to be honest with you, for tomorrow,'' Mack said. ''The X-rays were negative, which is a good thing. But in terms of when he gets back on the floor, I couldn't tell you.'' ... Xavier is 6-2 against Top 25 teams, the most wins in school history in one season.
Georgetown: The Hoyas were 5 for 19 (26 percent) from 3-point territory after going a combined 8 for 35 (23 percent) during the first two matchups with Xavier.
Xavier: The Musketeers lost both regular-season meetings to Villanova (31-2) by double digits.
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Poetry Slam, Inc. presents the National Poetry Slam in a different city each August. Slam teams of four or five members from around the U.S. and Canada compete over two nights of 4×4 team poetry slams. The top twenty teams advance to five-team semi-final bouts, and the winners of each move on to the National Poetry Slam Finals, wherein a national champion is crowned.
The Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge has sent a team to every NPS since the event's inception in 1991. The process for selecting the slam team is known as the Team Selection Slams, and the rules and format are designed to select a group of dynamic performers with "deep pockets" and devotion to writing and craft.
Poets who have won a single open poetry slam OR held the Champion of Champions title at any time during the qualification period (generally April through December) are invited to compete in the preliminary rounds of the Team Selection Slams; qualified poets will be listed here on the venue website and, whenever possible, contacted by the SlamMaster by email.
Top-scoring poets from night one will be invited to compete on night two (semi-finals). The top-scoring poets from night two move on to night three (finals). At the end of the finals, the top five scoring poets comprise the team that will represent the Boston Poetry Slam @ the Cantab Lounge at the next National Poetry Slam.


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Director Lee Daniels has a habit of falling madly in love with characters nobody else wants, out of an underclass littered with sociopaths, psychopaths and their victims. He has done it again in the sweat-soaked noir of "The Paperboy."
It's the Florida Everglades of the 1960s, and there is nothing friendly about this place, including the backcountry alligator skinner on death row, the chippy who's fallen for him, or the journalists intent on saving him. An exceptional cast led by Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron and John Cusack gives these tawdry miscreants a scuzzy, sexy, sad reality that is as unerring as it is unnerving.
"The Paperboy": A review of "The Paperboy" in the Oct. 5 Calendar section should have included the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood among the theaters where the film is playing. —
Daniels is never one to shy away from the cruelty of humans, hatred that rises up like bile, unimaginable violence and depravity. Any joy, love or laughter that elbow their way into his work comes as more of an afterthought. Those themes are delivered in "The Paperboy" with slightly less ferocity than we've seen in the other films Daniels has had a hand in — "Precious," "Monster's Ball" and "The Woodsman" come to mind (the first he directed, the others he produced). But don't expect too much relief; he still manages to push his actors to new highs as their characters plummet to new lows. There is such unflinching passion in the piece that "The Paperboy" deserves to be seen even though it can feel almost as flawed as its characters.


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I first saw Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress (1958) on Bravo before its lamentable turn to particularly disgusting versions of the reality show format.
I have to admit that I was a bit thrown by that first viewing--and even a bit let down.
One of the reasons I watched it--the first Kurosawa film I saw--was that I had heard about The Hidden Fortress being a basis (the basis?) for Star Wars.
I suppose I expected Star Wars with horses and katana instead of spaceships and light sabers.
But it wasn't that.
We get C-3PO and R-2D2, Leia and Obi-Wan, and even a Darth Vader--redemption and all. But we don't get a Luke--so, no hero's journey.
There are good guys and bad guys--but no epic, cosmic, "universal" battle of good and evil. We have instead a smaller-scale, local conflict between two clans that is deeply rooted in the feudal culture with which we are presented, with its particular ethos and loyalties.
I might add that while there are some fights, it's not really an action movie. Aside from the fact that people just weren't making action movies as we know them back then (that awaited the Bond films in the '60s), the film skews comedic, at times rather darkly comic--just as you'd expect if Lucas decided to put the droids and their misadventures at the center of his film, and also made them a couple of idiot backstabbing freebooters who don't think twice about doing things they would never put in something advertised on the Disney Channel.
It is all a reminder not just of how much Lucas owed Kurosawa, but also how much he owed his numerous other inspirations--to Joseph Campbell, to a long tradition of pulp space opera, to the adrenaline-oriented structure of the James Bond films that he seems to have figured out and indeed mastered and improved upon before anyone else in Hollywood managed to wrap their minds around it (an achievement many seem to intuit, but rarely spell out clearly), among much, much else.
After realizing that, I took another look at this movie--taking it on its own terms, rather than as a prototype for a very different film, and enjoyed it for the work of art that it is.
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I've been experimenting with more and more manicure variations of the DIY I posted last week. Absolutely in love with this one! Nude undercoat with black spiked tips. Almost gives the illusion of claws!
I painted the nails nude first, then cut triangles out of masking tape, this time putting them further down the nail, towards the end, then painted over with black. Remove when dry and add top coat.
In the mean time I've been working on my SS13 collection, so excited for fashion week in less than a month now! I also got myself a bicycle to zip around the city in. Took it out for it's first ride to the flower market yesterday!


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Michael Boulet, Shook, Wickham, Bishop & Field
In the last issue, we talked about "getting off the line" – removing oneself emotionally from the cycle of conflict but remaining engaged. Now, let's look at the next move.
In aikido, we talk about creating a common centre with your opponent/partner, usually by lining your own hips up with theirs, to allow you to take their balance and influence their movement. The most basic and effective form of this is a turning move we call "tenkan"; turning to face the same direction as your partner, almost hip to hip.
This act of facing the same direction as your opponent provides a great analogy for listening to, and genuinely trying to understand, the other person's position. Unless you understand their perspective, you are not going to be able to provide a rationale or argument that has any real hope of changing their mind. And remember that understanding someone's perspective is not the same as agreeing with it.
The way to make sure you understand someone's perspective is to:
- Ask them open-ended questions (eg. "When you say***, what do you mean by that?")
- Listen to the answer
- Paraphrase back to them to be sure you got it right (eg. "So you are saying ***; did I understand that correctly?"). The "did I understand that correctly?" is very important here.
If this is done properly, the other person will feel heard and, 90% of the time at least, you will have overcome by far the biggest hurdle to settling your dispute.
This is the third in a four part series on the application of aikido principles to conflict resolution. Michael Boulet is a lawyer and partner at Shook, Wickham, Bishop & Field. He can be reached at 250.287.8355 or online at www.CRlawyers.ca.
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With all the fun that comes during the summer months, it can also be challenging to entertain kids, especially if your kids have ever used the phrase, "Mom, I'm bored!" A few back up plans might be handy to have on hand, if you want to keep your kids happy and yourself sane! Here are a few great INDOOR ideas I have come across...perfect for when the weather is bad or just too hot to be outside.
Make homemade bouncy balls from Making Memories:
Homemade Moon Sand (made with real sand!) from Home Spun Threads:
Also from Home Spun Threads, these make your own pet cages. This would be right up my son's alley!
Get crafty by turning your old toothbrush into a bracelet by Two Girls Being Crafty:
A few more on the list...
*Build a fort to read books in.
*Play hide & go seek.
*Watercolor pictures, or if you don't like a mess (although it is easy to clean), try the paint books where you paint over with the paper with water and watch the colors appear. I saw one of these last week at Walmart!
*Play dough...you could even try making your own with the kids!
*Have a game day.
*Make popsicles or try out a new recipe.
*Bake sugar cookies and decorate them.
*Have a pillow fight.
*Tie dye or puffy paint shirts.
*Paper mache - make & decorate a mask or a pinata.
OUTSIDE ideas for your kids coming soon....
**Question for my readers...I have thought about doing linky parties at the end of posts before. The only problem is that I am not sure how to do it. Is it free to do? Is it beneficial to you (the reader)? Does it make it any easier to find what you are looking for? Any suggestions?? You'd think I would know this by now!


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|NASSCOM Product Conclave
The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing industry. NASSCOM conducts an annual event called the Product Conclave. The NASSCOM Product Conclave (NPC) is an annual gathering of product and associated service entrepreneurs, technological start-ups, angel investors, academicians, CIOs and analysts. A large part of the existing product companies are represented at the NPC.
This will be the first time I attend the NASSCOM Product Conclave Kolkata. Every entrepreneur I have interacted with speaks extremely highly of the NPC, and hence I can't wait to be present there to witness the spectacle. Hopefully, it will be a positive learning experience for me in terms of building an entrepreneurial mindset, and learning the tips and tricks of the trade. I have heard about NPC 2014, where the plan to execute the 10,000 start-up warehouse was announced, with the help of Dr. Amit Mitra, Honourable Minister of the West Bengal Government. Currently, the process is operational, nurturing some very interesting start-ups in the city.
NASSCOM has grand plans for NPC Kolkata 2015. The objective of the Conclave is to provide a great platform to the entrepreneurs and start-ups for understanding the market and plunge into it with solutions that can draw more takers. So, the sessions and workshops will be impactful for the start-ups as they will be exposed to the emerging trends in technology for business growth. But that is not the end because this event is a great place to increase networks and get an access to global market by pitching for the products and solutions to investors. There will be speakers who may help to set foot in the world of technology, if they find anything worth appreciating. Beside IT, NASSCOM Product Conclave Kolkata 2015 plans to have a separate section where the companies from different sectors like Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Financial Services etc. will be benefited by interacting with the local IT players.
The NASSCOM website enlists the objective of NPC Kolkata 2015 as follows:
1. Promote and market products, solutions and associated services
2. Provide a great platform for technology entrepreneurs and start-ups to network
3. Discuss best practices, Sharing of knowledge by think-tanks, successful entrepreneurs and CXOS
4. Highlight the emerging trends in technology for Business Growth.
|Speakers at NASSCOM Product Conclave 2015
The NASSCOM Product Conclave Kolkata will be held at The Hyatt Regency, Kolkata.
For any further details, please refer to the NASSCOM website. Register for the NASSCOM Product Conclave at NPC Kolkata 2015 Registration.
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Really effective marketing doesn't have to break the bank. If you're a small business looking for ideas to make your marketing budget stretch further, here are your 10 starters for 10:
1. Get networking. Whichever city or town you're in, the chances are there'll be a whole world of business networking events you never knew existed that could prove excellent opportunities to make connections, meet people who are in similar situations as you, collect leads, learn about your industry, recruit talent etc.
Whatever your agenda might be for attending these networking events, try not to go in all guns blazing. Instead, be approachable, friendly, genuine and open, making it your mission to connect people who can help each other and you. Being generous with your time and attention is a valued and, more importantly, memorable quality.
Sites like findnetworkingevents.com can help you figure out what's going on in your area. If you want to attend something more specific to your business, research what industry trade shows or sector specific networking events are being held in your region. Either get down to some old fashioned googling or why not take a peek at what events your competitors are attending? LinkedIn, websites of industry governing bodies as well as industry digital and print media are all great sources to help you uncover events specific to your business.
2. Create your own event. You might think creating your own event will blow the budget, but with some clever planning, it doesn't have to. Why not ride on the back of an existing industry trade show or expo and capitalise on the fact that the people you need to speak to will, for a few precious days, all be in the same place, at the same time. Research which companies are attending by taking a look at the event website, hire a room in the exhibition hall and start organising meetings during those days to speak to your top priority prospects.
If you really want to save the pennies, plan an online event or webinar. This has the advantage of being hugely convenient for those in attendance as it means there's no tiresome, lengthy travel involved. Holding an engaging, fun, attention grabbing webinar that's generous with information and isn't a complete sales plug, will afford you a reputation as leader in your specialism and lets you build relationships with potential customers using a softer sales approach.
Techsoup and Hubspot provide great guides for holding successful webinars and they're both well worth a read before wading into the webinar waters.
3. Publish great content. Yes, I know I bang on about publishing great content a lot but you really can't underestimate it and, if you write it yourself, it's free! Comment-worthy and useful content published on your website, blog, social media channels etc drastically improves SEO, drives traffic, builds your reputation and generates good quality leads. Try writing top tips (like this!), interviewing a leader in the industry or a professor who is an expert in your field. Sensible Marketing posted a blog of 44 B2B Content Marketing Ideas that's guaranteed to get your content idea juices flowing.
4. Get LinkedIn. There's a joke in our office about a particular Director 'spreading it about a bit' on LinkedIn. But as cringe-worthy as you might feel requesting to connect with someone, it's worth doing for the potential business and for the connections further down the line you could make.
If you find business networking awkward and staged then try going about it in a more sincere manner. Find groups talking about things you're genuinely interested in and start sharing ideas and joining in discussions. Share your company's great content and start building your brand. Don't just login to LinkedIn, request to connect with your top 10 prospects and logout. Make this social channel more valuable by really investing some effort in it. You'll certainly get more out of it and, again, it's free!
If you want to learn more, here's a great post from 8waysin8days about Effective LinkedIn Strategies for B2B marketing.
5. And the award goes to…Do some digging into what industry or business awards you can put yourself up for. Even better, why not enter with an existing customer co-promoting an implementation or project you've worked on together? If you win you can capitalise on a load of publicity and promote your now award winning products via your website and social channels. If you place high enough but don't actually win, you can still publicise your participation.
6. Get social. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn – they're all free social media platforms that, if used well, can get you a ton of leads, help build your profile and improve communications with customers and industry peers. If you're a small outfit and don't have the time to dedicate to all three channels then just choose one but do it really well.
If you want to hone your social media skills, I'd recommend The B2B Social Media Book by Bodnar and Cohen. It's chock full of practical tips and offers good advice on analysing solid, quantitative metrics.
7. Warm up the PR machine. Advertising is costly and ROI is difficult to gauge when done through print media. So keep things cost effective by releasing something newsworthy. It's free for journalists to write about you and you can feature in the same publications as you were going to pay to advertise in. The key word in this paragraph is newsworthy. No one wants to hear about small technology releases and updates or a new client deals unless you're very big/they're very big/the deal is worth a lot/it's related to something very topical.
If you have no newsworthy company or customer announcements why not conduct some good research and write an eBook packaging the results – results that provide valuable insights for your customers. This eBook on 31 PR Tactics That Make for Memorable Campaigns might spark some good ideas for newsworthy content.
8. Work your website. Successfulwebsites have evolved in recent years from essentially an online brochure shouting about your company, your products and your people to a hub of useful information and resources (as well as also promoting products and services). Hubspot founders Halligan and Shah realised that people want to be helped not sold to and sparked the inbound marketing movement whereby businesses can attract, engage and delight customers by providing relevant, helpful and personalised content.
So if you really want your website to work for you and attract high volumes of good quality leads, you need to put content on your website that helps your customers. Take a look at Hubspot's website, straight off the bat they're offering a free report. Further down the page they promote their inbound community and a free tool to see how effective your website it. These assets get almost the same billing as the software platform Hubspot is selling.
Take a leaf out of Hubspot's book and transform your website from a bland, passive company brochure into a community hub, an industry resource, a bustling, thriving breeding ground for new ideas and a customer watering hole!
9. Ad promo credits. From time to time Facebook. LinkedIn, Google, Bing/Yahoo offer coupons so you can get a discount when buying advertising from them. Facebook has recently clamped down on these coupons in response to companies selling them on so they may be a little harder to find but coupons for Bing and Google are readily available and worth taking advantage of.
10. Free infographic templates. Did you know that 90% of information is transmitted to the brain visually and half of the brain is dedicated to visual function? This means that information presented graphically or visually is more likely to capture your target audience. This means that infographics can be one of your most powerful marketing assets.
If the thought of getting creative with Photoshop or Illustrator is sending you into cold sweats, don't worry! There are loads of free infographics templates online that'll make your information, insights and research really shine. Here are a few to start you off: Venngage, Free Infographic Templates, Freepik.
This certainly isn't an exhaustive list, there are lots of low-cost or even free marketing resources that, thanks to the web, are easy to access and use. So go ahead and get marketing, just because you don't have the budget doesn't mean you can't be hugely effective at cramming that pipeline full of leads!


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Even though a Sacramento City Council Committee voted against sending a recreational marijuana tax ballot measure to the full council, the full body will hear the item anyway.
Council members Angelique Ashby and Jeff Harris requested the item be heard, even though councilmen Jay Schenirer, Rick Jennings, and Eric Guerra voted against the item at the council's Law and Legislation Committee meeting on Tuesday.
If the public were to approve the ballot measure, the city could tax recreational marijuana from 4 to 10 percent if the drug were to become legal statewide.
The city's finance department says taxing marijuana could be a key component of balancing future budgets - especially considering a looming retiree benefits spike that the city says will put it in debt.
If the full council does not put the measure on the ballot, a recreational marijuana tax would be capped at 4 percent, which is what dispensaries are taxed now.
The full council will hear the item July 19.


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Axis & Allies miniatures terrain, european front
Flag -tokens to indicate target area
Wooden bridge WIP
Flag -tokens to indicate target area
Wooden bridge WIP
Pacific terrain is addition to my AAM terrain collection. A lot of the terrains used in these games are some, but there are several new components which make the terrain look completely different.
This terrain is going to show you step by step how I'm doing my winter war gaming terrains for Axis & Allies miniatures. I'm going to post the photos for start, and write more text later about creation process. You can find some details about the terrain creation process in Axis & Allies miniatures ww2 town terrain, WIP -post.
This post shows you detail about constructing models and terrain bases for ww2 town terrain meant to be used with Axis & Allies miniatures. You can see photos of the ready terrain in another post. You can see details about construction phases by bringing the mouse pointer on the photo.
This tiny and simple printable papercraft model allows you to create your fleet of space freighters with a feel of the popular scifi series. I didn't plan the model for public download - sorry if there are any inaccuracies, I tried to clean up the sheet a bit.
If you want to create yourself cheap small-scale spaceships, you have two options available: Buy or find free papercraft starships, or scratchbuild them. This article shows you basics of scratchbuilding starships.
1. Keep your eyes open; use anything, salvage things
My earlier victory area flags have been quite popular, and because of a request, I've made a new set of flags. I haven't been able to print them myself, so the photo below is from dano903 at http://www.axisandalliesunderground.com and http://community.wizards.com . If you're interested in these flags prepared and based, ask him!
Galactica is one of the games I'm planning to run with Savage Worlds in future. It's most likely to be a mini-campaign, consisting of ~5 sessions. As a miniature and prop -fanatic, I've gathered some props for the game already.
Most of the miniatures I'll use in the game will be sames I use in my cyberpunk campaign. Soldiers, men in suits, commoners, they all fit in. I've bought a few cheap clix I'll use as pilots, even if they don't have perfect match for the suit they'll work:
As part of my Babylon 5 scratchbuilding project, I of course made some Centauri ships too. On this page I'll show you construction phases of these ships. As prime material, I've used 1mm cardboard.


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Other than my family, there have been three women mentors who have had a profound influence on my early development as a Christian. The first was an older neighbor I called "E" (short for Edith). She had the best climbing trees in the world, and she let me use them at will. She also helped my Mom and Dad when needed by giving me rides to church, Sunday school, and Girls Auxiliary meetings whenever I needed them. All I had to do was ask "E would you?" and she would get her car keys and off we'd go. Sometimes she waited for me and other times she'd come back to pick me up. It sounds like a small thing, but it wasn't. Engagement with the community of believers only happens if you're there and she made sure I was.
My second mentor, Mrs. H., was a prim and proper lady. She could be intimidating (and downright scary) to those who didn't know her, but it did not take long for me to realize that beneath her stern looks and pearls was a caring and kind heart. Mrs. H. had been charged with helping me prepare for graduation from the Girl's Auxiliary, which meant spending Saturday mornings sitting on an ottoman near her chair memorizing significant passages of scripture. To this day, I cannot read or hear John 3:16 without thinking of Mrs. H. She told me this verse was the most important one I'd ever read and that I should remember it, and I do.
My third mentor was a Sunday school teacher and Girl's Auxiliary advisor, Mrs. Mac (as we called her). This dear lady somehow managed to corral a bunch of adolescent and teenage girls and help them build a Christian foundation, all while working full-time and raising a family of her own. I can remember her coming to our Wednesday night suppers and meetings looking exhausted, but acting energetic and making us believe that we were the most important people in the world. Because of her, I know the potential impact Sunday school teachers and advisors can have on young lives.
I think of these women often, and I pray I never forget them. They epitomize faith and grace and played a major role in my life as a Christian. I will forever be in their debt. Thank you dear ladies.
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The SharePoint 2013 exams are starting to show up! As I prepare for these exams I will collect and share my notes. Of course all of these notes will only be from my prep and will not be updated after I take the exams.
If you are looking for the 2007 exams… well it's too late for all but one, at least according the exam pages at the Microsoft Learning site (70-631 expires 3/31/2011, 70-630 expires 9/30/12, 70-541 expires 6/30/11 and 70-542 expires 1/31/2013).
If you are looking for the 2010 exams and notes then see here: http://techtrainingnotes.blogspot.com/2010/02/sharepoint-certification.html
If you experienced at SharePoint 2010 then I would recommend taking the 2010 exams before taking the 2013 exams. There should be a lot of overlap in the core content that will help you with the 2013 exams.
Notice the new name for the certification, MCSE, not MSITP. And now "MCSE" = Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert, not Microsoft Certified System Engineer.
For SharePoint Administrators:
Windows Server 2012 certification plus the two SharePoint 2013 exams. Let me say that again… Windows Server 2012 certification… plus the two SharePoint exams gets you the MSCE. (Some more info here.)
For Windows Server 2012:
You will need to have the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification for Server 2012. For this you will need:
- Windows Server exams 70-410 plus 70-411 plus 70-412
- Or the "SharePoint 2010 MCITP: SharePoint Administrator" plus 70-417
For SharePoint 2013, the above plus:
- Exam 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (my study guide coming soon)
- Exam 70-332: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (my study guide coming soon)
For SharePoint Developers:
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The Form Patch SDK allows you to create custom patches for use in Form. Custom patches allow one to extend Form to support features that are not supported by the patches supplied with the tool.
Before getting started with the Form Patch SDK, it's important that you have experience using Form, and also understand how to code in Objective-C. This document does not cover how to use Form or how to write Objective-C code.
Patches work very similarly to a function. Each patch takes in some input values, performs an operation on them, and then produces its output values.
Patches can do anything from simulating a spring to communicating with a backend over the network. Form comes bundled with patches that cover the common case, however, if you need more specialized patches, or want to reuse code from an existing iOS project, the patch SDK is a great way to extend the tool.
If you don't have Xcode already installed, grab a copy from the Mac App Store.
The patch SDK consists of an Xcode Template that can be used to produce a formplugin bundle. To install the SDK, open up the Form SDK Installer package on your Mac and follow the steps to complete.
Once the SDK is installed, a Form template should appear in Xcode under File > New > New Project.
Select "Form Plugin" to create a new Form Plugin Xcode project.
Upon loading, you should end up with something like this:
Before we dive into making our plugin, let's configure the viewer and make sure everything builds properly.
In order to test out your plugin, the Form template will build a copy of the Form Viewer with your patch pre-installed. However, before building the viewer, you need to make sure it knows about the plugin and other Form frameworks. To do that, click on the project in the left sidebar:
From here, select the viewer target at the bottom of the Targets list. If you do not see a targets list, click the icon in the top bar that says: "General Capabilities Info Build Settings..."
From here, click "Build Phases".
To add your Form plugin, click "Link Binary with Libraries". Click the + button, and then add "<Project>PerformPlugin.framework".
Make sure, Performer.framework and RelativeInterface.framework are also included here. If not, drag them from the sidebar under <Project>PerformerPlugin » Frameworks into the "Link Binary with Libraries" section.
In addition to this, we need to make sure the viewer copies over each framework. Go to the "Copy Files" phase at the bottom. Click the + button and scroll to the bottom of the list. Add "Performer.framework", "RelativeInterface.framework" and "<Project>PerformPlugin.framework".
Once finished, your project should look like this:
Try it out by building the viewer target for your device. Once the viewer is up, switch back to the aggregate build target and hit Build & Run.
Your plugin will be automatically copied into the Form mac app. From here, you can try it out by dropping down your patch!
A patch is actually made up of two classes in Form, the node and the patch. The node is a class that runs inside of Form on the Mac and the patch is the class that runs on the device. Just about every object in Form has a Mac and iOS pair. Each class starts with either FMR or PMR, which are Former (Mac) and Performer (iOS) respectively.
FMRNode is the baseclass used when creating a node for your patch. It is responsible for defining ports on the patch and generally houses any logic that needs to happen in the editor.
PMRPatch is the baseclass used on the device. It is automatically created by Form when the node is created. The patch class is the meat. It is what actually does the processing.
Let's start by going through our fresh plugin created by the Xcode Template:
First, we'll look at the node. The default template provides a node that creates an input port and an output port.
Each port is represented by an object. The most common are FMRPrimitiveInputPort and FMRPrimitiveOutputPort. These ports are used for passing a Boolean, Index (int), Number (float), Angle, String or Color value.
There are two other methods in the node. + (NSString)defaultName and + (NSString)processClassName. The first returns the default name Form should use when creating a new instance of the patch. The second outlines the patch class on the device that corresponds to this node.
Now let's take a look at the patch starting with the header.
For each port defined in the node. There's a corresponding port defined as a property of the patch. Notice, the port classes are exactly the same, except they start with a PMR prefix instead of FMR. This is to note that we're using the device (Performer) version of these classes.
The patch implementation is simple and consists of just one method. - (void)processPatchWithContext:(PMRProcessContext *)context. This method is called by Form's runtime to tell the patch that it needs to process its input variables and update its outputs.
If your port variable names match the uniqueKey passed in the node, Form will populate them automatically. Ports can also be retrieved via the - (id)portForUniqueKey:(NSString *)uniqueKey method.
Here we can see the patch reads a boolean value form its onOffInput port. If the value is YES, then we create a random color and set it in the colorOutput port.
Once the node and patch are defined. You can begin testing your patch in Form. To do so, build the Viewer target for your device, then build the aggregate target to build and install your plugin in Form.
Once you've installed your plugin in Form. Drop it down in a new document and connect the color output to a Color View. Flip the On/Off switch on via the sidebar and connect the document to your device. You should now see a color view drawing with the random color generated by your custom patch!
This was just a brief introduction to creating custom patches in Form. If at any point you get stuck with an API, use Xcode's to "Jump to Definition" (Right click on the method / class name) to get to the API's header file. All public headers include detailed documentation.
Once you've finished your node / patch. Build the project by going to Product > Archive. This will open up a directory with the .formplugin and perform plugin files. Anyone can simply double click this file and Form will open and install the plugin. Note however, they will need to download the Form Viewer Xcode Project in order to use the plugin on the device.
In order to create a custom view. Subclass the FMRViewNode and PMRViewPatch classes. You can easily create a custom RIView subclass and provide it in the PMRViewPatch subclass. Take a look at our Cube and WebView sample projects for examples on creating custom view patches.
To build the examples, open the Xcode project for the example. Then plug-in your phone to the computer to build a custom version of the Form Viewer.
Next, select the Form Viewer target in the target dropdown. Then select the phone you would like to build to and run Form Viewer.
Once Form Viewer is running on your device, build the plugin to run in Form. In the target dropdown, select the build target for Mac. Once that runs, go to Form, connect to your device, and dropdown the patch you were trying to build. This should now appear on your device.
Add the .formplugin file by opening it in Form.
Add the .framework file to the Custom Patch Viewer Xcode project by dragging it into the Xcode sidebar.
Then select the project, go to 'Build Phases' and expand the 'Copy Files' tab. Locate the .framework in sidebar and drag it into the list of frameworks. Now build and run the Custom Patch Viewer on the device. In Form, you can now use the custom patch and have it run in the Custom Patch Viewer.
To distribute prototypes through TestFlight, you'll need to replace the "Performer.framework" and "RelativeInterface.framework" with the ARM-only versions.
Start by opening the Xcode project and selecting the two frameworks from the sidebar. Then right-click on them and select "Show in Finder".
Locate the ARM-only versions of the frameworks that you downloaded earlier and replace them with the frameworks you opened through Xcode earlier.
Now that the frameworks are replaced, the project is now ready to be distributed. Follow these steps to configure TestFlight for project distribution.
Open up the "CustomPatchViewer" example for the Form 1.4 SDK. Drag your Form document file into the sidebar to add it to the project.
Paste this inside of AppDelegate.m anywhere between @implementation AppDelegate and @end:// Launch a Form document from a URL - (void)openDocumentAtURL:(NSURL *)url { NSError *error = nil; PMRDocumentViewController *vc = [[PMRDocumentViewController alloc] initWithURL:url error:&error]; if (vc == nil) { NSLog(@"Failed to create document view controller: %@", error); return; } vc.delegate = (id
Then, paste this at the bottom of -application:didFinishLaunching: just before "return YES;". Replace "HelloWorld" with the name of your Form document file. Make sure to leave off the extension.// Create a file URL that points to the document on disk and then launch the document. NSString *path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"HelloWorld" ofType:@"form"]; NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path]; [self openDocumentAtURL:fileURL];
Build & Run. The document will load automatically on launch. Your AppDelegate.m file should look like this:


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I think I understand the approach they're taking. What I don't understand is why it works. What we might call the Sunglasses Gambit works on $200 sunglasses and in 2006 it worked on a $16,000 4K camera. That surprised me. What absolutely astonishes me is that it still works on a £53k camera.
I guess it worked because it filled a niche - they were pushing the small bodies when 3D was a thing and it filled the 4K gap for Netflix etc... The cameras had advantages over the competition so people put up with the design "aesthetic". I don't think most users particular responded to the marketing - just that the Red One/Epic filled a niche in the market not served by other manufacturers.
Things have moved on with Venice and Varicam 4k, Alexa Mini and LF. I agree the continued "rebel" thing is strange at the prices they are now charging. If anyone is shaking up the market its Blackmagic not Red.
I wonder if it still is "working" on a $53k camera (or $79k for VV), beyond the fanboys are people still investing in then? Even at the Raven end, they are as rare as hen's teeth over here compared to FS7's, C300's and Ursa Minis. When you look at the specs on Netflix shows increasingly the big budget stuff is Alexa 65 and Varicam. I would imagine a lot of Netflix is going to move over the Alexa LF now, removing the main reason to own a Red. If you had $100k to spend on a camera system - buying an Arri would make more business sense. They tend to rent for more, more often and seem to have much better resale value. Back in the day you could buy 2 Reds for the price of one Arri - that's no longer the case.
Maybe thats why they are making the phone. Which is perhaps a shrewd idea - they don't seem able to compete with Blackmagic, Sony et al on price. Arri has the high end sewn up and the middle ground is getting crowded. At that point pivoting onto consumer tech products, with its potentially vast market, make's sense. Still they are going to have their work cut out for them, competing against Samsung and Apple. This new Kill-O-Zap phone will need to be pretty special and re-enforce my fragile masculinity with some cool spikes, before I do away my trusty Galaxy S8


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Characters - Mac App
To all my designers and developers out there, here's a small Mac app to add to your arsenal of tools. Characters is a small but neat Mac app which sits in the taskbar of your Mac. It enables you to quickly find special characters which are usually hidden away or require you to press multiple buttons to acquire.
All you do is click on the icon in the taskbar and a small tab drops down giving you a huge list of special characters. You just click on a character and it copies it directly to your clipboard.
It also has a very neat designer and developer mode. In design mode it simply copies the character to your clipboard, but in developer mode it copies it as html so you can apply it into coding.
Also be sure to check out their website, it's pretty awesome. The designer guys out there will appreciate it - getcharacters.com


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Attitude is Everything Award
SO Festival awarded Charter of Best Practice (Bronze Award)
Attitude is Everything improves deaf and disabled people access to live music (and festivals)!
The Attitude is Everything Charter of Best Practice encourages live venue promoters to publicly show their commitment to improving access, and is assessed by a nationwide team of Mystery Shoppers.
It is a real honour for us to be awarded the Attitude is Everything; Charter of Best Practise award as we join only 15 other bronze status festivals, which includes Cambridge Folk Festival, Green man and T in the Park.
A full list of venues and festivals can be found here:
Attitude is Everything aim to improve the provision for deaf and disabled people's access to live music and we are delighted to be recognised as providing an accessible festival for all to enjoy.
We have been working hard to offer advice on festival accessibility both on and offline, provide increased accessible opportunities taking SO Festival in to the community and provide accessible facilities and locations.
Attitude is Everything supports the music industry to make live music events more accessible. Having begun as a pilot project in 2000, they are now a fully independent charity and part of Arts Council England's National Portfolio of Organisations. Attitude is Everything encourage events producers to go beyond legal obligations set out in the Equality Act and implement Best Practice, providing a fair and equal service to their deaf and disabled customers.


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Actress Ingrid Pitt (b.1937) died on November 23. Pitt is best known for her work in Hammer horror films and, according to her daughter, would want to be remembered for her role as the title character in Countess Dracula. She also appeared in the original The Wicker Man, as well as Sound of Horror, Minotaur, and The House That Dripped Blood . Pitt also appeared in episodes of the Doctor Who serials "Warriors of the Deep" and "The Time Monster."
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|[jira] Commented: (HARMONY-3117) [db2] IBM DB2 JDBC "sample apps" crash on exit
|Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:52:34 GMT
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-3117?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12558826#action_12558826 ] Gregory Shimansky commented on HARMONY-3117: -------------------------------------------- Interesting how it works, it looks like DB2 crashes itself. I set up a breakpoing on DestroyJavaVM, and then on dlclose to see each unloaded library. After many API libraries the breakpoint was hit with the following stack: Breakpoint 3, 0x00000037a5601240 in dlclose () from /lib64/libdl.so.2 (gdb) bt #0 0x00000037a5601240 in dlclose () from /lib64/libdl.so.2 #1 0x00002aaac070e8fa in OSSHLibrary::unload () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2osse.so.1 #2 0x00002aaabde743de in sqlexPluginUnload () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 #3 0x00002aaabe368080 in sqlexAppLibTerm () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 #4 0x00002aaabddccafa in sqlmStreamFlagsAction () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 #5 0x00002aaabddccb83 in _ZN10appLibInitD9Ev () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 #6 0x00002aaabddccb73 in appLibInit::~appLibInit () from /home/db2inst1/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 #7 0x00000037a5332405 in exit () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #8 0x00000037a531d08b in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #9 0x0000000000400999 in _start () #10 0x00007fffff95a008 in ?? () #11 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () The return address from dlclose is 0x00002aaac070e8fa which is the crash address. I set a breakpoint on this instruction after call, but right with this dlclose the library libdb2osse.so.1 is unloaded, so it appears that it unloads itself, and then after return from dlclose tries to execute some code, this doesn't work well. I suppose that the bug may be in DB2 9.1. Maybe sometimes this library is opened twice, so dlclose doesn't ctually > [db2] IBM DB2 JDBC "sample apps" crash on exit > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: HARMONY-3117 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-3117 > Project: Harmony > Issue Type: Bug > Components: App-Oriented Bug Reports > Environment: EM64T -- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 - U4 > IBM DB2 Express-C version9.1 > Latest Harmony JRE binary download (vn = r487452, (Dec 15 2006), Linux/em64t/gcc 4.0.3, release build) > Reporter: Chris Elford > Assignee: Gregory Shimansky > Priority: Critical > Fix For: 5.0M4 > > Attachments: db2-setup.zip > > > Putting critical because critical is defined as "Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak." > I was experimenting with whether DB2 JDBC connection will work with Harmony. I am using the sample apps that come with DB2. The JDBC layer appears to connect to the database successfully (which is good for Harmony) and queries appear to work (data comes thru). However, during shutdown of the sample apps, the process regularly segfaults when using Harmony and exits cleanly using the BEA JRE and Sun JRE. > crash behavior is consistent with both "java DbConn" (basic connection test) and "java TbSel" (basic sql select test) sample apps that come with the "free" version of DB2. > unfortunately, the core file provides little insight. > (gdb) bt > #0 0x0000002aaf5898fa in ?? () > #1 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () > (gdb) info threads > * 1 process 22262 0x0000002aaf5898fa in ?? () > Attaching with debugger gives a possible hint: > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. > 0x0000002aaf5898fa in OSSHLibrary::unload () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2osse.so.1 > (gdb) bt > #0 0x0000002aaf5898fa in OSSHLibrary::unload () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2osse.so.1 > #1 0x0000002aacce93de in sqlexPluginUnload () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 > #2 0x0000002aad1dd080 in sqlexAppLibTerm () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 > #3 0x0000002aacc41afa in sqlmStreamFlagsAction () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 > #4 0x0000002aacc41b83 in _ZN10appLibInitD9Ev () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 > #5 0x0000002aacc41b73 in appLibInit::~appLibInit () > from /home/db2inst/sqllib/lib64/libdb2.so.1 > #6 0x000000380df30c45 in exit () from /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 > #7 0x000000380df1c402 in __libc_start_main () from /lib64/tls/libc.so.6 > #8 0x000000000040096a in _start () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/elf/start.S:113 > It looks to me that the C++ destructors registered by some presumably JNI components are being invoked by the C runtime at process exit. At this time there are no other threads remaining (i.e., java looks like it is done and gone) and presumably during the cleanup process something gets out of control. > In contrast with the Sun Java5 JRE, there are 13 other threads remaining when the destructor runs and 12 other threads with the BEA Java5 JRE. > I'm not sure if this is a compatibility issue with the reference implementation or if is simply a hole in the JNI support that Harmony currently provides. It appears to be 100% reproducable. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Cairo/Brussels, 26 October 2017 – President Paolo Alli (Italy) concluded a two-day visit to Cairo aimed at strengthening the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's partnerships with Egypt and with Arab regional institutions.
In his talks with the Speaker of Egypt's Parliament Ali Abdel Aal, and Defence Minister General Sedki Sobhi Sayyid Ahmed, Mr Alli emphasized Egypt's central role in a region beset with challenges - from the ongoing rift within Libya to instability in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Sunni-Shia tensions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and from the multifaceted terrorist threat across the region to ongoing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Addressing fellow legislators from Africa and the Middle East at a regional conference on the role of parliamentarians in the fight against terrorism, Mr Alli noted that international cooperation was "indispensable" in combatting terrorism. "No country is immune to this threat. And no country can address it on its own. Which is why we must work together, using all the tools at our disposal."
He encouraged Egypt and other governments of the region, in their response to terrorism and other security challenges, to take full advantage of the opportunities for cooperation offered by NATO's new Strategic Direction South, and the Hub for the South established at NATO's military headquarters in Naples. "The Hub is much more than a tool for military cooperation. It will provide an essential link between NATO and our partners in the South which will help us better anticipate our common threats", Mr Alli stressed.
Meeting with the Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, Mr Alli expressed the hope that the Arab League would support and amplify the strengthening of relations between NATO and its Arab partners. In the first-ever meeting between the Presidents of the NATO PA and of the Arab Parliament, Mr Alli and his Saudi counterpart, Meshal Faham Alsulami, explored ways in which enhanced parliamentary cooperation could complement governmental efforts.
The NATO PA maintains relations with some 15 parliaments in Africa and the Middle East, including Egypt which holds the status of parliamentary observer within the Assembly. The NATO PA's Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group provides a dedicated forum for dialogue between Allied legislators and their counterparts from Africa and the Middle East on all issues of common interest.


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American Association of Railroad Superintendents
The Director of Public Works directs all strategic planning, project management and operational functions for the Public Works Department at the City of Norwich. Scope of the position includes programs and services for highway, parks, storm sewer maintenance, all municipal solid waste collection and disposal, building maintenance, landfill, engineering services, vehicle maintenance, management of human resources, and capital improvement programs. Responsibilities include administrative responsibility for new construction, construction and maintenance of drainage, roads and other facilities. The Director of Public Works is also responsible for making difficult public works technical decisions.
To apply visit our website at www.norwichct.org/hr.
Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from a recognized college or university plus seven years of recent progressively responsible public works administration experience including at least three years in a supervisory capacity. Recent is defined as within the last five years. Must be a registered Professional Engineer. If registered in a state other than Connecticut, must obtain Connecticut registration within one (1) year from date of appointment. Demonstrated management and human resource skills. Demonstrated change management skills. Demonstrated commitment to professional development as evidenced by continued education or membership in professional organizations. Must have a valid CT driver's license. If licensed in a state other than Connecticut, must obtain a Connecticut License within (6) months of appointment.


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