text:
Random thoughts of Terry Hamblin about leukaemia, literature, poetry, politics, religion, cricket and music.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Psalm 99
This a something we seldom remember. Or we think of reigning as something the Queen of England does - a constitutional monarch who holds the ring, chairs the meetings, symbolizes the nation, but who has no power - or even as an American President who has power but must govern with consent. Our God is an absolute monarch. "Let the nations tremble; let the earth shake." He is a God to be held in awe. Remember CS Lewis description of Aslan. "Is he safe? No, He is not safe; but He is good." Our God is a Sovereign God. Not some trumped up despot who imagines he is a sovereign. Remember when Britain introduced the pound coin and it was nicknamed a thatcher. Because it was small and brassy and thought it was a sovereign. Our God really does control the Universe. He is eternal (Ps 90v2), omnipresent (Jer 23:24), unchanging (James 1:17), omniscient (1 John 33:20) and all powerful (Rev 19:1).
And He is not just a local god. (v2) "Great is the Lord in Zion" but "He is exalted above the nations." Last week at the BAFTAs the film editor Anne V Coates who edited Lawrence of Arabia and Becket, but also the new James Bond, Casino Royale, finished her thank you speech with the words, "May whatever god you worship bless you." As if there were gods to choose from. He is supreme. There is only one God. He is God of all the earth.
And He is holy (v3). Holiness is one of those words that has no context for the non-believer. Just as 'hepcidin' has no context except for hematologists. We have 'Holy Joes', guys into more religion than is good for them, but few could say what the difference between 'holy' and 'religious'. Holy first means separate; utterly other; not like us. But that could apply to any old alien that Captain Kirk would meet. It also means superior; above us. It means perfect; without flaw; spotless; unblemished. This is our God - perfect, unblemished, beyond our reach, superior, above us, unreachable, holy.
He loves justice (v4). Not only loves it but is empowered to put it into practice. "You have established equity". Inbuilt in us is a sense of fairness. How we complain when a referee misses an obvious penalty. Around a soccer pitch are 24 TV cameras viewing the match from every angle to spot the merest infringement; how can the referee compete? But our God sees everything, understands everything, knows every motive. As Abraham says when bargaining with God over Sodom, "Shall not the God of all the earth do right?" Yet we challenge his justice. We are unwilling to accept His decisions. As if the God of all the world was there for our comfort. Do we not realise who He is?
He is a wise God. His were the statutes and decrees that Moses kept (v7). From the microscopic to the telescopic he has created the universe (Ps 40:5; 104:25; Jer 51:15). His understanding is better than ours. The foolishness of God is greater than the wisdom of man. It is not a passive wisdom, but wisdom with a purpose (Eph 3:10-11). His purpose is that we should come and love Him and to this end he has made a way back to Him from the dark paths of sin.
He ia a loving God (v8). It was not because of any quality that we have that he loves us. He loves us because that is his character. While we were yet sinners He loved us, and sent his son to die for us (Rom 5:8). God is love, not a warm wishy-washy feeling that pervades the universe, but tough love, costly love, sacrificing love, saving love. Only when we perceive God's holiness and his justice can we recognize his love for what it is.
He is a Fatherly God. (v8) He certainly loves His children, but he 'punishes their misdeeds'. His purpose is that they should be holy as he is holy and like a father he applies loving corrective discipline. He will not spoil his child. "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful,. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace." (Heb 12:11) Yet this awesome holy God invites us to call Him 'abba': 'daddy'.
Our response to this awesome God? 'Let us praise you gtreat and awesome name' (v3). 'Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his footstall' (v5). 'Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain' (v9).
5 comments:
- justme said...
Great post on Ps. 99 and who God is...and what God ultimately wants from us...to "love Him"..."and to this end He has made a way back to Him from the dark paths of sin."
Your post reminded me of something I heard on the radio where a visitor to The Louvre stood in front the the Mona Lisa and said, "I don't think it's all that good." A nearby guard leaned over and said, "Sir, this painting is no longer subject to review. The viewer is." That's the case with God. He isn't subject to review...the viewer is!
- 18 February, 2007 19:15
So, why did God give man free will? Does God love a challenge?
- 19 February, 2007 01:22
- Terry Hamblin said...
Perhaps you believe children should be forced to obey their parents?
- 19 February, 2007 09:16
- Neil said...
Terry, thanks for the devotional. It was a great way to start the day.
Anonymous, for us to be able to choose to love God or others, we had to have the ability to choose not to love God or others.
- 19 February, 2007 14:43
Dr. Hamblin,
Thank you for your help,kind words and efforts to help others.
Thank you for sharing with us where your heart and soul is dedicated.
Your words, interpretations and
faith are very inspiring!
- 25 April, 2007 16:53


text:
Microsoft and Novell have announced a collaboration on Windows and Linux interoperability in a move that came straight out of left field for most of us.
The two software companies have announced a set of agreements to build, market, and support a series of new solutions to make Novell and Microsoft products work better together. The agreements also mean that customers will have patent coverage for their respective products, and can happily run software from both on the same system.
Microsoft will recommend SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell for customers who want Windows and Linux products, and will distribute coupons for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server maintenance and support.
The biggest impact of the agreement for the consumer is that Microsoft and Novell will work on bettering interoperability for office productivity software, so that OpenOffice and Microsoft Office users will be able to share documents more easily and seamlessly.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Noticeable care for normal or dry skin, for a silky soft feeling. Intensive moisturiser with 10% urea.
The light and breathable formula gives dry skin longlasting moisture, maintains elasticity and protects the skin from drying out further without feeling sticky or greasy.
Regular use reduces raw or cracked skin. Also suitable for diabetics.


text:
The tragic Supreme Court Kelo decision was a symptom of a much larger cultural and political and personal problem.
Here is story that is not merely sad, but an example of the great evil enveloping America—a glaring indictment of the failure to love our neighbor seen in certain people's transformation of civil government into a tool of oppression and plunder, rather than a humble servant of the people.
It was posted by the Daily Signal: "Dreams Demolished: 10 Years After the Government Took Their Homes, All That's Left Is an Empty Field."
When the Supreme Court assisted in the theft of land from Susette Kelo and others, it signaled that the memory of America's birth as the "Great Experiment in Liberty" was on life-support. Rather than bringing order and keeping peace, government had become every bit as rapacious–and moreso–than the British system we threw off in the 18th Century; our taxes are incomparably more onerous to pay, and instead of residing an ocean away our oppressors live amongst us.
Ten years later, Mrs. Kelo's land remains stolen, and vacant, and our masters in the halls of power have inflicted numerous fatal wounds to liberty: Obamacare, the totally misnamed Patriot Act and Department of Homeland Security, the forthcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership, etc., etc.–each one a glaring example of "leaders" willing to use unprecedented deceit and secrecy to implement laws for the benefit of a few at the expense of the many.
We are being ruled, not served.
As much as many don't want to hear it, this is the sad product of rejecting ultimate reality. It is the inevitable and expected fruit of hearts not willing to bow to Jesus' command to love our neighbors as ourselves, and to consider the good of others even above our own.
[See also, "New Jersey Claims Eminent Domain over Man's House because They Might Want It for Some Reason."]
In the Kelo case, we should have reminded our leaders that God's command "You shall not steal" did not end with the phrase "except by majority vote." All who stood by and watched this neighbor's property be seized without passionate protest should be forced to memorize the tragic words of Martin Niemoller:
"First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist; Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew; Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak out for me."
Failing to stand up for a neighbor who is the victim of injustice hastens the day when injustice will stand with spiked-club in hand on our doorstep. But a people whose only gods are personal peace and comfort will never pay a price to stand up for others… until it's too late for anyone to stand.
Thought the quote's origins are in doubt, there is great wisdom in words attributed to George Washington by the great American writer, Upton Sinclair:
"GOVERNMENT is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force! Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
A fearful master, indeed. And the only way to tame the beast is for the hearts of those who hold elected office to have been tamed by the love of God. The only hope for a rebirth of liberty is to pray for a rekindling of the great spiritual fire which burned at our founding, when the Bible was our national textbook, and the love of Jesus flooded the land.
In the words of historian Charles Wolfe, America's beginnings were truly a "Church relocation project"—the Pilgrims made their journey to advance the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to have freedom to worship God as their consciences (and the Bible) dictated.
America was always, and ever will be, an imperfect land—fallen people are incapable of producing perfection. Chattel slavery was a great evil that haunts us to this day. Instead of repenting by setting everyone free, however, it seems as if some believe the answer is to make everyone a slave of the State.
It is hard to deny that the original restraints upon government—what Thomas Jefferson called "the chains of the Constitution"—were a key foundation of liberty that temporarily prevented power from being used as a tool of plunder and oppression. Government is now unchained, and we are all paying a heavy price.
Citizens throughout history—and in virtually every nation today—are resigned to their leaders unjustly stealing from them—it's what pagan governments do. Have we so suppressed our history and ideals that we're willing to allow America to become just like all those others?
Without re-embracing the Divine ideals with which we began—and ultimately the Person who embodies those ideals, and enables us to love them—theft and barrenness will not only increasingly be our present, but also our future.
It doesn't have to be that way.


text:
I'm not proud of the things I've done.
The things I've had to do.
The things I've given away.
but I'd give it all over again to find her.
Even if i die trying,
I have to find Alexis.
She wants me to help her,
But I won't.
She wants me to save her sister,
But I can't.
She wants me to be her hero,
But I'm not a good man.
I am her damnation.
The darkness we create ourselves is better than the darkness waiting for us with our eyes open, because at least with our eyes closed we're in control of the darkness that way.
This is my world, it's a world where people get shanked and shot on a regular basis, it's dark, it's scary and people die.
She doesn't know it yet, but she is perfect for me and my dark and nasty desires.


text:
This kitchen combines a farmhouse style with state of the art appliances and unique features to create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind design. The paneled appliances, bench seat, and hood, together with the kitchen cabinets are stunning in two-toned cabinetry with a distressed finish. A recessed cutting board in the countertop is both practical and a unique, eye-catching feature.
Privacy Policy: All materials contained in this website are the copyrighted property of Lang's Kitchen & Bath. The materials on this website are for your personal, non-commercial, use only and may not be altered, copied, distributed, downloaded or exploited in any fashion without the prior written consent of Lang's Kitchen & Bath.
Digital Marketing by Infinity Digital


text:
Are you curious about the value of your home if you listed it for sale today? Want to know the sales price of homes in your neighborhood? At Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate, we have a great resource for you.
Our website has a home valuation tool that allows you to instantly see the estimated value of your home from Zillow plus two leading real estate industry data modeling systems. To take into account any unique features or recent updates, you may fine-tune the property features for a more accurate estimate. When you're ready for a more in-depth estimate, one of our agents would be happy to prepare a comparative market analysis (CMA) to review neighborhood trends, current and past sales and factor in the overall condition of your home.
Please visit www.bhhsnwre.com and take advantage of this powerful resource to help you keep tabs on the value of your investment!


text:
Energy Transitions and Environmental Change in East and Southern Africa's Coupled Human, Terrestrial, and Atmospheric Systems
The East and Southern Africa region is experiencing unprecedented environmental change (citations), with untold consequences for human well-being and sustainability. Environmental change is catalyzed by dynamics in terrestrial and atmospheric systems, which in turn affect regional climate. Impacts are both first and second order. Land cover and land use change (LCLUC) directly affect livelihood strategies available to households, and changes in air quality affect human health and well-being. Together, LCLUC and changes in air quality affect weather patterns leading to regional climate change. This study leverages dynamism in East and Southern Africa's coupled human, terrestrial,E77 and atmospheric systems and its implications for environmental change, including predicting future impacts on regional climate, land use, and air quality. The project highlights energy transitions in the region as the researchers hypothesize that biomass use and the associated dynamics of coupled human, terrestrial, and atmospheric systems play a major role in environmental change in the region. The study has three main scientific challenges. First, to understand at a relatively fine scale the drivers of change in land use and air quality. Second, to use high-quality field data from Malawi to calibrate, validate, and scale regional land use and air quality models to understand past, present and future scenarios of environmental change in the region. Third, to evaluate the potential for a novel scalable household energy intervention to mitigate the predicted impacts of environmental change.
Principal Investigator: Pamela Jagger
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Grant Number: ICER-1617359
Funding Period: 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2020
Primary Research Area: Population Health


text:
Templates for your website.
Tutorials Shared by the Internet Community
Templates for your website.Find out how to make, and use templates for your website.
Total Hits - 40279
Total Votes - 125 votes
Vote Up - 56 votes
Vote Down - 69 votes
Domain - www.stockvault.net
Category - Dreamweaver/Templates
Submitted By - Devesh Khanna
Submitted on - 2008-03-09 03:53:47
This tutorial demonstrates how to make templates using Dreamweaver 4. You can use templates to create web pages that have a common structure and appearance. Templates are useful when you want to make sure that all of the pages in a site share certain characteristics. More detail...


text:
"Let the little children come to me." (Matthew 19:14)
For information please contact:
Sarah McGill (919-360-8593) or Amber Jarvis (919-407-0586)
Nursery Location: 1st Floor of the Parish Center, beside the staircase and elevator
Nursery Ministry Welcome Letter
General Information:
Registration and Volunteer Forms:
Families interested in joining the Nursery Ministry should call to schedule a visit or stop by the nursery room after Mass and let us know when you plan to visit. If after visiting 2-3 times, you feel this ministry is right for your family, please complete the following:
Once you have submitted your forms (bring to Nursery on Sunday or to the Parish Office on weekdays.) Please allow 2-3 weeks for processing. You may continue to sign in on the Visitor/New Family Sign-in Book until your name appears in the Nursery Member Sign-in book. Nursery members are welcome to attend either nursery.
If you have any questions about the Sunday Morning Nursery please contact:
Sarah McGill (919-360-8593) or Amber Jarvis (919-407-0586)
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Liturgical Ministers: Nursery
Login to the Web Terminal to view or change your contact information and scheduling preferences.


text:
A return to a traditional animation style leaves Father and Daughter feeling timelessly classic despite how empty it is. The film fares better with an inspection of its mechanics than on its artistic purpose or quality (not to presume what "true art" is). Plenty of raised questions are disappointingly left kinda-half-answered. Their mysterious story is told without a word of dialogue, leaving us to question and anticipate a meaning from each proceeding event that unravels before the camera, but the subtext and truth of the story is as shallow as the ocean in the story's final minutes – borderline non existent. Yet for all that is bare on deconstruction, the aesthetic remains a strong working cog that compensates for the film's other shortcomings. It's apparent how much the animator wanted this to be received as art; the painted parchment overtly sells you this classic 60s traditional animation and the film constantly feels like a rediscovered relic, and for what it's worth, one day it just might be.
Father and Daughter (2000) (short film) – Review


text:
Email has been sent to you , please check your spam/junk emails if you are unable to find the email.
Due to some internal error, the mail has not been sent.
The ERV Control Interface is used to connect and operate third-party Energy Recovery Ventilation. The third-party ERV ON/OFF and fan speed is controlled using the Toshiba Carrier Wired Controller, which is connected to the Toshiba Carrier VRF system.
California residents please see Proposition 65.


text:
All pictures we took of our guests and our SNUBA Dive Site have now been posted on our website. Come and download them for free with out watermark or donate and get the originals. The choice is yours completely!
Enjoy the pictures and use them in your reviews for your excellent tour with us at SNUBA SXM
Pictures have been updated up to June 9th, 2018.


text:
"We try to make our music feel vivid and immersive. We don't want to tell you about our love, pain, desire - we want to pull you right into the middle of it." -Danielle Harris of Slow Sugar on their forthcoming EP.
After releasing 3 singles in 2016, Slow Sugar has been rapidly proving their worth in the NYC music scene. With a taste for pop songs and cinematic soundscapes, their sound is not only immediately infectious, but also intricate and deep. Their music has landed coveted spots on Spotify playlists and has been featured on major network television. The band's first EP, a collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer, Dave Bassett, will be released in 2018.
Upcoming Shows


text:
The first time I walk around Tanjong Pagar firstly it's also around Outram park area, I wanted to walk around the shop houses area and also the pinnacle Duxton housing. Before this, I actually been to this place but only to the pinnacle Duxton but I was on duty during that time. So now I got a chance to travel and see the area myself. I started my journey around the Outram park area which was actually the starting point and I start exploring the new and old concept of each shop and office. Some of the old design concepts are the usual old small temple or houses belong to a senior citizen and the new ones are usual office and cafes but their New concept design has some historic design twist as they also preserved the flooring for most shops. Some shops and a secret tunnel that lead to the other side of the area that leads to Tanjong Pagar and I the heart of the shop house there is a small park. It was said to be the smallest park in Singapore. It was quiet and peaceful where in the morning some of the senior citizens who stayed there do their morning exercise. As I walk further it leads me to this area most famously called Keong Saik road. I was welcomed by a beautiful wall artwork done by a young designer and I walked around the area and there's a lot of office, cafe and coffees shops and surprisingly there's a lot of hotels too. Enjoying my walk I turn to the right and I thought it's the dead end but I ended up at this famous cafe the potato folk it seems to be the main highlight at Keong Saik rd but the time I went there it was close so it a bumper haha. Behind the place, there's hidden mini alley full of artworks I was amazed why they're artworks behind this area that's where I notice it's actually a school !! First media academy it's a small private school. Again I was amazed that there's a school in the middle of nowhere. I walked past the school and I walk straight and I look on my right there's this beautiful concept it looks plain but there's a feeling that you're not in Singapore but in a European country. As I continue walking I'm closer to the Tanjong Pagar side that's where I step into another area (Neil road) during that time I brought my Friend to walk with me around the area and we also did some photoshoot. We walk across to a street while some lanes actually Chinatown but our goal for the day was to go back home by Tanjong Pagar MRT. So we were almost at out goal and we walk pass to a bookstore. For me, if I saw a bookstore is a must to go inside and so we did but for the bookstore, We weren't allowed to take photos so we just browse around to see. The concept of the bookstore was quiet awesome and there has a small open space on the second floor and that's it. I'm back to my goal to walk to Tanjong Pagar so we walk further and at the end of the shop houses area and at the end we ended up at the Korea lane 100% legit Korean restaurants haha. We thought of eating there but nope we want to Japanese food so we walk off. The that's the end of street houses trailing it was fun to explore their area but still some area I have yet to explore and that will be the part 2 of my adventure.
The Potato Folk Kid at Keong Saik rd.
LIORA hotel @Keong Saik Rd
Walking pass the Potato Folk cafe early in the morning.
Old shop houses @Keong saik Rd
Spotted Yanti nasi padang cafe. One of the weirdest cafe i ever been to.
The reading Room.
The senior citizen doing their morning exercise @Duxon Plain Park
Duxton Plain Park was once a railroad reserve for the line to Pulo Saigon on the south side of the Singapore River. Previously known as Duxton Plain Parkway, It had lawns, benches shady trees and small playgrounds separated from the noise of vehicular traffic.
Random vintage bicycle
Old abandoned TV set.
The CO.
Grassroot Book store
Vacant Hotel.
The Color palette
The three unknown Elephant.
Black luna the cat.
First Media school of design.
In the middle of the road and there's a car coming towards me. Ok time to run. (You can see Chinatown from here.)
Bread & Hearth Bakery cafe


text:
LGBT travel Supporting LGBT travellers is becoming an important part of duty-of-care responsibilities, taking account of changing laws and regional attitudes
Russia, Russia, Russia – it's been almost impossible to ignore the media obsession with the country this year. There has been the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, talk of cyber warfare and the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Meanwhile, the country will be hosting the World Cup football tournament this summer.
Russia is also a good case study of the complexities and potential problems faced by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) travellers. While same-gender sexual relations are legal in Russia, the country implemented a law in 2013 that bans the "promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to minors" – a move that has led to reports of increased harassment, threats and attacks on LGBT people.
Equality campaign group FARE has even warned LGBT visitors to the World Cup that they may not be safe if they hold hands in public in certain host cities and is producing a guide for LGBT fans giving advice on how to avoid potential problems during the tournament.
Having said that, Russia is relatively liberal compared to some countries' legal position on LGBT relationships. According to a report by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA), there are 72 countries that continue to criminalise same-gender sexual acts between consenting adults, including eight nations that impose the death penalty for these activities.
However, it's not all bad news – Aengus Carroll, co-author of the ILGA's report State Sponsored Homophobia: A World Survey of Laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love , says that laws criminalising same-sex sexual acts have been "slowly annually decreasing", while the number of countries allowing same-sex marriage has also been rising, with Australia becoming the latest to change its laws on the issue.
Advising travellers
So what does this mean for LGBT business travellers and the organisations that may require them to travel to non gay-friendly destinations? What sort of advice and support should travel managers provide for their LGBT employees as part of their duty-of-care obligations?
LGBT publication Man About World has produced its own guide to business travel that focuses on the potential problems faced by road warriors, including anecdotes from travellers about their experiences visiting different parts of the world with very different laws and social attitudes.
"Vacation travellers can choose their destinations but business travellers don't have that luxury," stresses the guide. "We go where the job sends us and when the job sends us to a country where sexual orientation or gender identity are criminalised or marginalised, it adds layers of complexity."
Jean-Marie Navetta, director of learning and inclusion at US-based LGBT network PFLAG National, adds: "The reality of the situation is that in a number of countries – and, in some cases, in parts or regions of some countries – the world remains a very unsafe place for LGBT travellers.
"If assignments are made to these locations, there needs to be a real awareness that this is a very tangible threat for LGBT employees. This kind of education needs to happen so employees who have disclosed their sexual orientation or gender identity are briefed, and organisations have advice on working in the country and plans should anything go awry."
Many organisations and companies use specialist security companies to provide updated advice and guidance for LGBT business travellers, including employees who may be seconded for several weeks or months to another country with very different laws and social attitudes than the UK or other parts of the Western world.
Inclusivity policies
Erika Weisbrod, director, security solutions – Americas, at security firm International SOS and Control Risks, says: "Organisations should develop and maintain inclusive policies and procedures to support a diverse workforce and meet their duty-of-care requirements. Policies and procedures should incorporate inclusive training, pre-travel advice and awareness, educating travellers on what to expect when on assignment, as well as what to do and whom to call in case of an emergency.
"Travellers should be made aware of specific legal or social attitudes at their destination. This is another example of how pre-travel advice can be especially helpful," she adds.
One of the issues organisations face is that they probably will not know exactly how many of their employees identify as LGBT, as some may choose to keep this information confidential. This makes having strong diversity and equality policies crucial so that an employer can try to improve duty-of-care to all travellers, regardless of sexuality or gender identity.
Being seen as a good employer for LGBT people by ensuring workplace inclusivity and equality is becoming increasingly important. LGBT rights group Stonewell produces an annual list of the UK's top 100 employers through its Workplace Equality Index , which measures how organisations create an inclusive environment, communicate their commitment to LGBT equality and have visible LGBT role models.
London-based law firm Pinsent Masons has ranked second on Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index for the past two years and this culture of inclusiveness is reflected in the way it manages travel.
Rosie Mohammad, Pinsent Masons' head of travel, says: "We are respectful of local laws and customs but we are also committed to upholding our values and doing business responsibly wherever we work. Our first priority is the safety of our staff; we recognise the need to ensure people who identify as LGBT are aware of the risks and the legal and cultural differences, and are sufficiently prepared before undertaking international secondments."
The firm has also created diversity network groups where experienced travellers can give "confidential support and guidance" to employees who have concerns about travelling to particular countries or regions. "Within the LGBT network, we have created a contact list of people along with the countries they have worked in to make it easier to access support and expertise quickly," explains Mohammad.
Pinsent Masons is also keen to ensure that the careers of LGBT employees are not adversely affected if they turn down a travelling opportunity for personal reasons. Kate Fergusson, the firm's head of responsible business, adds: "Our policy is very clear that people will not be disadvantaged if they turn down an opportunity for international travel because of, for example, their sexual orientation and gender identity."
Having employee network groups is crucial to successfully dealing with issues that LGBT travellers can face on the road, agrees International SOS's Weisbrod, who adds that organisations also need to "respect confidentiality and allow for anonymity" of employees who do not want to disclose personal issues.
"Employee resource groups, such as an LGBT internal advocacy and support group, help staff find support, information and assessment before taking overseas work and travel assignments," she says.
Changing attitudes
One of the challenges of dealing with these issues is that laws (and whether they are actually enforced, or not, in certain countries) can change in some destinations – often for the better but sometimes for the worse. This means that buyers and HR departments have to work closely together to ensure advice is kept up to date. Social attitudes can often be slower to change in a country, regardless of the legal landscape, which travellers need to be aware of, as well.
There can also be regional differences within some countries between a major city and a more socially conservative rural area where what is socially acceptable varies enormously. For example, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued warnings in 2016 for LGBT travellers to be careful in two US states – North Carolina and Mississippi – due to the passing of legislation in those states. The FCO has a dedicated section for LGBT travellers giving general advice about what precautions to take when on the road in less LGBT-tolerant destinations, alongside specific country advice.
The FCO and the Passport Office also offer guidance for transgender travellers who "sometimes face difficulties or delays at border controls overseas if they present as a different gender to what is stated in their passport".
There are plenty of other external resources provided by LGBT groups such as ILGA, International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), human rights campaign group Out Right Action International and UK-based Stonewall.
But the most important responsibility lies within the traveller's organisation itself – not just in how it deals with diversity culturally but also in setting up the appropriate internal networks and resources to help LGBT travellers without compromising their confidentially and privacy.
"Ensuring that your resources and tools are accurate and inclusive takes education, and it needs to be ongoing," says Jean-Marie Navetta of PFLAG. "Making sure that there are people or organisations that companies know and trust to serve as advisors is a practical and effective step.
"Review your policies annually to make sure that the language is current – such as moving away from gendered his/her language to they/them – and that the policies reflect current laws," she adds. "When it comes to being inclusive, the job is constantly evolving."
Supporting LGBT travellers is becoming a more important part of employers' duty-of-care responsibilities, but it needs to be part of a wider corporate inclusivity policy. It is a complex area, requiring senior management buy-in and a commitment to creating a more "accepting culture".
But it is also good for business with evidence that LGBT people who feel they have to "stay in the closet" due to an "unwelcoming" culture at work are less productive – by up to 30 per cent, according to a survey by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which also found that 26 per cent of LGBT staff chose to stay with an organisation because of its "accepting" environment.
Click here to view original web page at buyingbusinesstravel.com


text:
TAW-monkey - yellow voyager.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
yellow guy with a sandwich
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 11:39 PM 2 comments:
Labels: illustrations, TAW-monkey
giraffe lady and the no-tail cat.
One of the more recent TAW-monkey themes is ''giraffe necks'', and this lady loves giraffes.
i think i will do a story about her some day.
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 1:26 AM No comments:
Labels: illustrations, TAW-monkey
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Making of Væsen
As part of our bachelor exam we were all given the task to create a 'making of our bachelor film' and this video is the one i made - and now one year later you have the opportunity to have a look behind the scenes! of (almost) all the work that i did on the film. the music i put in the video are two lovely songs by Psapp: 'tricycle' and 'marshrat'.
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 7:18 PM 2 comments:
Labels: animation, bachelor film: væsen
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
the mother of dragons
daenerys targaryen from the game of thrones.
To be honest, i actually think game of thrones is a bit boring.. (but that is not surprising) but i do like some of the characters. and i really like the details in the designs of the props and clothing and all that.
I like bren. and aria. and john snow.
and daenerys.
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 7:57 AM 1 comment:
Labels: fan art, illustrations
the female lumber victor from district 7
Hmm, i just realised i gave her the wrong eye colour. anyway, this is the vicious victor johanna mason from district 7 from the hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins. Johanna doesnt look very angry, hostile or sly in these drawings, haha, hmm.. but she is. but she's also very funny.
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 1:48 AM No comments:
Labels: fan art, illustrations, the hunger games
Monday, June 4, 2012
why nothing much happens here on the blog these days
Well, it is not the only reason. But, at the moment i am working on a little personal-project-film, doing the storyboard and animatic at the same time... based on a script i wrote, that isn't really a script.. hmm. but it's very interesting to try this way of working. anyway, here are some screenshots of the animatic that will not give away anything of the story :)
Posted by Drude Mangaard at 3:26 PM 1 comment:
Labels: abelone film, animation
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
The IQTC is a unique training center in the Baltics that provides comprehensive services in the field of renewable energy. We prepare the future qualified specialists and also provide a practice on the field.
Just having one ticket is no longer viable in todays competitive market. Keep ahead of the game and invest in your future, see here for more training course categories - click here to upgrade your skills at the BEST POSSIBLE PRICE.


text:
- 16"w x 29.5"h
- 240 Total Watts
- 4 Lights
- Incandescent Output
The Hudson Valley 8416-PN Millbrook collection Pendant Lighting in Polished Nickel uses Incandescent light output and brings Antique style. This item is 29.5"H x 16"W. The total wattage is 240 and the voltage is 120 volts. The Hudson Valley 8416-PN requires 4 bulbs (not included). Additional Information: Shade-Clear Glass.
By Selecting the Options above, you can view all of these Hudson Valley Lighting Products in this Millbrook Collection: 8409-AGB, 8412-HN, 8412-PN, 8416-PN, 8420-DB


text:
I have a feeling my team is going to be a lot more dysfunctional than Matt's (and leaning more on players' NFL careers as well). As you'll see, I've placed a big emphasis on players who've outperformed expectations both on- and off- the field. As for how they would play together, good god, this team would be a train wreck. But, as the adage goes, you wouldn't be able to keep yourself from looking at it. Anyway, on to the picks!
Quarterback: McLeod Bethel-Thompson (UCLA)
If you're reading this blog, you likely remember/experienced/drank and sobbed through the 2007 Notre Dame football season. That 3-9 season was the worst in Notre Dame history, highlighted (lowlighted?) by 0-38 losses to both Michigan and USC and the team losing to Navy for the first time in 44 attempts. The team's first win of the season was posted against a UCLA team that had their first- and second-string quarterbacks knocked out of action, forcing them to play third string walk-on McLeod Bethel-Thompson, a man whose name befits a law firm more than a football jersey. That game featured 140 total yards from the Fighting Irish (less than half of UCLA's output) and no touchdowns other than a Jimmy Clausen sneak and a Mo Crum fumble recovery. Bethel-Thompson, seeing his first game action, posted an inspired12/28 for 139 yards, 0 TDS, 4 INTS, and 1 fumble lost for a touchdown statline in UCLA's 6-20 loss to the Irish. After that season, Bethel-Thompson transferred to D I-AA Sacramento State where he finished his career with a sub-50% completion rate.
You may have thought the McLeod Bethel-Thompson story came to an end after an uncelebrated stint in D I-AA football. Rational thought would lead you to no other conclusion. So you can imagine my surprise when I found out that this man, this third-string walk-on scrub, was currently gainfully employed as a third-string QB for the Minnesota Vikings. I contemplated putting Matt Leinart in this slot; despite his pro failings, he had what was quite possibly the best career of any quarterback in college football history. But Leinart, unlike my man MBT, currently is without an NFL job and is getting shade thrown his way by his college football contemporaries who've gone on to bigger and better things. McLeod Bethel-Thompson, for succeeding despite all rational expectations to the contrary, you win the top spot in my All-time Pac 12 team.
Running Back: LenDale White (USC)
With all the "is he/isn't he fat" discussion over Eddie Lacy, let's not forget the contributions of unquestionably out-of-shape/shockingly effective LenDale White. White's reduced to a punchline nowadays but his on-field accomplishments, namely forming college football's most destructive "Thunder and Lightening" backfield with Reggie Bush and vulturing double digit touchdowns from Chris Johnson, were nothing to shrug at. The real reason LenDale White holds a permanent place in heart, however, was his claim that he dropped 30 lbs solely by cutting Patron out of his diet. After cutting his tequila weight, White's productivity took a sharp turn downward (see our first installment of Kwanametrics below), proving the football gods work in bizarre ways:
Kwanametrics: Did cutting Patron help LenDale White?
In his halcyon, Patron-chugging days of 2008, White scored 15 touchdowns. After cutting it out of his diet, his production dropped to 2 touchdowns.
Conclusion: Cutting Patron did not help LenDale White.
Wide Receiver: Mike Williams (USC)
USC receiver Mike Williams had a stellar freshman and sophomore year at USC and then decided to put all his eggs into the Maurice Clarett legal train, believing he could declare for the 2004 NFL draft immediately after his Sophomore year. Silly Mike Williams! After having a positive lower court ruling reversed in the Federal appellate court by panel including none other than future Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor, denying him and Clarett the opportunity to participate in the 2004 NFL Draft, Williams had no choice but to sit out an entire season of football. Despite sitting a year out of football, Williams was still drafted in the first round by the Detroit Lions (as they are wont to do) where he underwhelmed before finding a short-lived career resurrection with Pete Carroll's Seahawks. Becoming a millionaire (albeit briefly) and having my name tied to a high-profile federal court case are among my life's goals, and Mike Williams, for having accomplished both of those things, I salute you.
Wide Receiver: Jeff Maehl (Oregon)
Not much to say about Jeff Maehl. Not much he would say about himself. Hard-working. High motor. While Darron Thomas and LaMichael James were scorching the earth and grabbing headlines, Maehl was the gritty, white man hustle glue that quietly put together the best non-Cam Newton college football team of 2010. Here, enjoy this highlight video of Maehl set to similarly gritty rapper Eminem's "Cinderalla Man" :
Tight End: Tony Gonzalez (Cal)
Undoubtedly the elder statesman of my All-Pac 12 team, Tony Gonzalez earns the TE spot for helping redefine the position was his versatile play and continually turning back the clock to rack up incredible statistics as he nears 40. A consummate professional, I was happy to see Gonzalez win his first playoff game last year as an Atlanta Falcon. It's almost a disservice to him to place him on this mostly farcical list, but Tony Gonzalez definitely earns his spot as a member of my All Pac-12 team.


text:
What's our pursuit at Best Quality Water Fountains? It's simple. We strive to provide the most excellent decorative water fountains. Our mission is to deliver to you the best client support and contentment. In business since 2015, we will never fail to remember that our mission is to work for you! Our vision is producing progressive and inexpensive solutions for all of our consumers. We try and exceed expectations in customer support, concentration on detail, and quality to accomplish our goals.
Our staff is creative, helpful, and lively, and we possess the drive and passion for making things happen. Our team pushes innovation in the market to better and appeal to our customers' preferences. What makes us special? It might be the way in which we consider our customers as part of our family and regard them as individuals. Or possibly it's the way we operate our business skillfully.
We are special because we believe in Casual Fridays, love at first sight, and getting things done right the 1st time. Our customers have impressive things to say concerning us. We enjoy their ideas. They mean a good deal, specifically those about our focus on detail and caring customer service. We love and delight in our customers and their positive responses about our team!
We like to read your comments and find out what works and in what ways we can improve.
If you have any questions about the indoor water fountains, outdoor water fountains, and solar water fountains we offer, please don't hesitate to contact us. Additionally, please be sure to review all our store policies including our shipping and returns, our terms and conditionsand our privacy policy as these policies govern your visit to best quality water fountains.
We appreciate your purchasing with us!


text:
It is time to test a classic Italian recipe by contributing baker Nick Malgieri.
On Sunday I was hoping that after I do all the food prep for the week, I will get myself a glass of vino and enjoy a marathon of Scandal. Midway through veggie chopping, I was imagining how I have to measure ingredients, wash mixer bowls and mixer attachments after making this week's cookie recipe. No, I had not read the recipe just yet and this is what happens when you are pre-programmed from your previous biscotti baking experiences. I was in for a pleasant surprise!
No matter if you call them cantuccini or biscotti di Prato, these cookies are super fast and simple to make. In less than five minutes you could have them in the oven with only one mixing bowl to wash. Although the recipe states to knead the dough on the counter, I did that in the mixing bowl.
It would be interesting to try the original recipe used by Antonio Mattei when he first made these in the nineteenth century in the small city of Prato. Nowadays the dough is made with cake pastry flour, 18% of the dough is almonds, 1% of the dough is pine nuts, and more egg yolks than egg whites.
I subbed the white sugar for raw coconut sugar and the cantuccini are deliciously crunchy! The first baking took around 20 minutes and the second baking – less than 10 minutes. So good!
Here is the recipe. All proportions are the same except for the baking powder. In Baking with Julia, Nick calls for 2 tsp baking powder.
Happy Tuesday, everyone!


text:
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Thoughts of springtime
I would please like to enter these challenges:
Brown Sugar - AG
Crafty Catz - AG/thoughts of spring
Crafty Friends - all that glitters
Crafty Gals Corner - AG
Crafty Sentiments Designs - spring
Creative Craft Cottage - tic-tac-toe (gems-image-butterfly)
Glitter 'n Sparkle - AG
Lacy Sunshine - AG
Little Miss Muffet - AG
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - AG
Penny's Paper Crafty - AG
Send a Smile 4 Kids - spring cards 4 kids
13 comments:
love this card and the colors are gorgeous. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Designs. ~Hugs Racquel~ReplyDelete
She is really cute, and you've colored her beautifully! I like all the embellishments, especially the glittery butterflies! Thank you for sharing her with us at PIP Challenges this week!ReplyDelete
What a sweet image. Great use of embellishments to frame her. So happy you joined us on the PIP blog this week.ReplyDelete
How darling! You did a great job coloring her! Thanks for playing along with us at PIP Challenges!ReplyDelete
Beautiful card Lillian, love the pretty flower border. Thank you for playing along with our Challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty. We would love to see you again ... Anet DTxReplyDelete
Love the spring colors! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges this week. Be sure to join us next week too!ReplyDelete
Scrapbookingmamaw {My Blog}
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges
Lovely card with sweet image. Lovw it.ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments Designs.
Lovely card. Thanks so much for sharing it with us this week at Crafty Catz. Naomi xReplyDelete
Such a pretty card! She is sweet! Thanks for joining the LMMS challenge!ReplyDelete
Hello Lillian… Thanks for sharing your card with us at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog… your card is lovely and fits perfectly with our 'All that Glitters' challenge theme… hope you can join us next time and good luck in the draw.ReplyDelete
[Diane Louise, Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]
Such a cute image! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at Glitter n Sparkle this week! Vic, DT xReplyDelete
Lovely card. Thank you so much for joining us at Little Miss Muffet Challenge this fortnight. I hope to see you again. :o)ReplyDelete
Milka GDT
This is so cute, I love the Spring pastel colors. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Friends and good luck xxxReplyDelete


text:
Is fake news a security issue? Some say yes, as it can be used as a social engineering tool to spread disinformation and conceivably to get unsuspecting users to click on malicious links.
How Can We Fix the Fake News Problem? Is fake news a security issue? Some say yes, as it can be used as a social engineering tool to spread disinformation and conceivably to get unsuspecting users to click on malicious links.
Most fake news shared on Facebook According to data analysis from SHIFT Communications, 97 percent of fake news is shared on Facebook. And users are sharing it a lot. Even though SHIFT Communications found that fake news occupies only 0.1 percent of the total news streaming in social media in any given month, it is shared 50 percent more than real news – and the vast majority (96 percent) are sharing the fake news based on headlines, not because they read the piece. The fake news is also able to get around spam filters in SEO algorithms because of the short article length.
Efforts to stop access How are social media sites stopping access for sites and companies that are known as providers of fake news in general? According to Frank Picarello, COO of TeamLogic IT, the smart social site companies use a combination of human eyes, technology and pattern recognition along with taking full accountability for fake news that makes it on their site. This means quickly removing fake news and providing an apology and clarification quickly.
Human checking for fake news Many of the social companies now employ people whose sole purpose is to scour their sites for fake news and take action.
Finding fake news with technology Some companies use tools to search for algorithmic patterns for companies or organizations that are spreading fake news, said Picarello. This can include sources of fake news from brand-new sites and recurring patterns among sites.
The Facebook Journalism Project Because the bulk of fake news is shared on Facebook, the company's efforts to combat its spread are being watched closely. In January, the Facebook Journalism Project was introduced as a "three-pronged approach aimed at providing training, products and tools for journalists and news consumers," according to Poynter. In terms of fake news, the goal is, in part, to disrupt the financial incentives of spreading fake news and ranking updates to better identify fake news, clickbait, spam and other sensationalist pieces. "We want to empower people to identify misleading news content when they encounter it — on any platform," Facebook reported on the six-month update of the project.
Twitter bots still tweeting While Facebook is favored by the masses, Twitter is the social media of choice for the President and Russian hackers. According to The Hill, "A March counterintelligence report described Russians sending tweets containing malware to 10,000 Twitter users at the Department of Defense. If users clicked links in the messages, they were redirected to a Russian server that allowed hackers to take over the user's phone or computer along with their Twitter account." Twitter's response is that it is working on mitigating the spread of false and malicious information, and its terms of service state that such behavior can get a user banned from the site.
Fake news in Google searches Google might not be a social media site, but the company did address the problem of fake news popping up to the top of its search algorithm. It now uses a fact-checking tool in its searches, and, as CNBC stated, "The search giant will not actually be doing the fact checking itself but instead will surface results from the likes of PolitiFact and Snopes."
Turning to AI and ML to combat fake news In order to ensure the content is coming from a trustworthy source, traditional tools like authentication, penetration testing, and security audits just aren't effective, said Matt Kollmorgen, VP of Digital Media at SoftServe. Instead, machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML and AI) may be the answer to sniffing out fake news. By leveraging machine learning and AI techniques, systems can be set up to identify potential fake news, which can then be flagged for human intervention or perform a quick index against trusted news sources for credibility validation. Machine learning can also start to build a score around news items to determine the level of credibility.


text:
I've got this line of type that outputs the quantity of a print job ordered. Some products can have multiple sets and some can not.
For the products that CAN have multiple sets this works:
It will output "1000 of 10" or something along those lines.Code:<%= web_set.quantity %><% if web_set.sets > 1 %> of <%= web_set.sets %><% end %>
But, for the products that CAN NOT have multiple sets it breaks because web_set.sets doesn't exist.
If I were writing this in PHP I would say:
But I'm not sure how to do this in Ruby. I've found some examples but because I don't know Ruby I'm not sure how to piece it together.Code:if (isset($sets) AND $sets > 1) {...}
Code:if defined?(web_set.sets && web_set.sets > 1) puts aaa # the error comes from this part, since aaa is not defined. endThe first is the sample I found substituting my variables. The second is my guess but since I don't know much about Ruby and I don't have a production environment I'm hoping someone can confirm this will work as expected before I upload it and it breaksCode:<%= web_set.quantity %><% if defined? (web_set.sets && web_set.sets > 1 %> of <%= web_set.sets %><% end %>


text:
Have you heard of Lutradur yet? Pretty cool stuff. If I recall the story, it actually started out as roofing material but pretty soon some enterprising person decided to play around with it as textile art and an entire new industry was born. We probably pay more for it than roofers did, too, although it's surprisingly inexpensive. (Cheaper than fabric!)
Lutradur comes in two weights--one slightly heavier than the other, although (for comparison) both lighter than that really stiff interfacing you use for fabric bowls and the like. You can print on it, sew through it, glue it, use it with angelina fibers, paint it, dye it, melt it to make it "lace,"....the sky is the limit!
Quilt Trends quilt shop, which is heavy on art quilts and materials therein. Lots of embellishments, funky fabrics, and rolls of Lutradur. I was intrigued. Bought a yard or so of the roll, which gives me plenty to experiment with, and the book Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur, by Lesley Riley. A couple of weeks ago I downloaded a video on it, also by Lesley, from Quilting Arts Workshop. I couldn't wait to start playing! Decided today was the day--no sharp objects involved at this stage so my cold meds shouldn't be a problem.
To begin, I'm experimenting with photo printing. You can print photos directly on the Lutradur, but you get different effects if you use different "primers" as well.
I'm testing out three methods: one printed on plain Lutradur,
I used a large foam brush to apply both--washing thoroughly in between, although I don't suppose there's a huge problem if a little of one gets mixed with the other. I'm not conversant with art materials so I don't really know.
You have to do this on plastic--laying cloth underneath would absorb the primer out of the Lutradur, making you have to use twice as much.
And now I have to let it dry for 24 hours before I can start printing, although I can at least do the plain Lutradur print tonight. I have to change my ink cartridge, though--and will probably go through another one in this experiment. My printer chews up ink cartridges like nobody's business!
I'll post the side-by-sides when I've printed the other two versions. I'll also post pics once I've done something with these experiments. This isn't a tutorial--I'd have to actually know what I'm doing for it to be a tutorial. It's just a "follow along as I play" kind of thing. So, more later~


text:
The MaxxRaxx Pioneer Swan Neck Tow and Carry Bike Rack offers a unique facility that will allow you to tow and carry your bikes at the same time on your swan neck towbar. It features a partially offset S-Tube (15cm) and is suitable for certain vehicles or vans with a rear mounted spare wheel requiring a clearance of up to 15cm.
As we need to ensure that everything will work correctly for you, the initial rack installation must be carried out by one of our approved fitters to ensure you receive the best possible service.
If you you would like to find out if this system will work for you please fill out our Swan Neck Tow Bar Bike Rack Fitting Form


text:
Scholarship Process
The application process is simple and easy. Using the Blackbaud Award Management (formerly AcademicWorks) system, all applicants simply complete a simple one page electronic application. This one application will search the Foundation's database of scholarships and select scholarships that best fit the needs of the applicant as well as fulfilling the donor's intention. This one application will also alleviate the need to apply over and over again for different scholarships.
However, in some cases an application may appear that needs some additional information. It is up to the applicant to complete any required questions or essays. Remember that scholarships are a privilege to have and an applicant must take the responsibility seriously.
The Blackbaud Award Managment (formerly AcacademicWorks) scholarship program has five status indicators noted. Each status indicator has a distinct meaning:
Drafted – This indicates that an applicant has started the application process however there are parts to the application that remain incomplete. Typically this designation happens when an applicant starts the application process and exits before an application is submitted.
Submitted – This indicates that an applicant has completed and submitted an application for review. Scholarship applications in this status are "pending". In many cases after the general selection process has been completed in July or August, a "submitted" status indicates that the applicant was not selected and has been assigned to a waiting list.
Offered – This indicates that an applicant has been offered a GCSC Foundation scholarship. In order to receive the scholarship award, an applicant must accept the offer and complete a post-acceptance questionnaire.
Accepted – This indicates that an applicant has officially accepted the scholarship offer and understands the scholarship guidelines. Once a scholarship status has been changed to "accepted", the applicant becomes a scholarship recipient. Also the status change will start the process of transferring the scholarship award from the GCSC Foundation to the GCSC Financial Aid Office.
Declined – This indicates that an applicant has officially declined the scholarship offer.
The scholarship selection process takes approximately four to eight weeks after a scholarship application deadline. The Foundation's goal is to find and provide one "general" scholarship to each deserving student who has been selected by the Foundation's scholarship scoring committee. This is because we have more demand for our scholarships than supply.
A scholarship application review and scoring committee consisting of GCSC faculty and staff will review over 800 scholarship applications. The committee will assign a score and rank each application.
Once the rankings are complete, the Foundation staff will begin the task of finding scholarships that best suit both the donor's intent, as well as, the student's needs. REMEMBER a scholarship award is not FINAL until two things happen-1) an award amount has been established for that scholarship and 2) an award letter has been sent to the recipient.
Please be patient through the process. Scholarship awards should be finalized by June and award letters should be sent electronically in July. It is up to the applicant to regularly check for updates by logging in to his/her scholarship application.
Once an applicant has been selected for a scholarship by the scoring committee, the Foundation will issue an "offer" to the applicant. Please note: It is the responsibility of the applicant to "accept" or "decline" the scholarship offer. The Foundation will not processing a scholarship that is in the "offered" status.
Foundation scholarship award amounts are determined each year by the Foundation Board of Directors. Please plan accordingly since the scholarship payouts may vary from year to year. When a scholarship offer is made the award amount is presented. Scholarship awards are usually 'supplemental' in nature and not intended to cover all of a student's educational expenses.
All Foundation scholarships which provide support for the students at Gulf Coast State College are processed through the Gulf Coast State College's financial aid office. All disbursements will follow the policies and procedures set by GCSC and may be subject to change. Scholarship awards and balances may be viewed inside a student's myGCSC (Lighthouse) account. Please note-there are some scholarships (i.e. book vouchers etc.) that are processed through the College's business affairs office.
The Foundation will electronically send a recipient's scholarship award to the GCSC Financial Aid Office. Annual scholarship awards should be available for use by mid to late July. All distributions will normally coincide with the beginning of the fall and spring semesters. Awards that are processed outside of the Foundation's normal window, will usually take 5 to 10 business days to process.
Typically a scholarship award is first deducted from a student's tuition bill. The student is responsible for any amount due to the College. If any award amount remains, the balance can be used at the GCSC Bookstore. Most financial aid that remains after drop and add, is sent to the student by the College's financial aid office. Please contact the financial aid office for details.
Once an award amount has been established, the Foundation payout procedure is as follows:
12 or more credit hours ……100% of scholarship award
9 to 11 credit hours…..75% of total scholarship award
6 to 8 credit hours…….50% of total scholarship award
0 to 5 credit hours…….0% of total scholarship award
The Foundation has adopted a 'use it or lose it' policy on scholarship usage. Unused scholarship awards cannot be rolled over from one semester to another. This policy also applies to students who have elected to postpone or delay their registration from the fall to the spring. Scholarship awards will not be transferred to any summer session.
Most Foundation scholarships are not transferrable to another institution. In order to take full advantage of a Foundation scholarship, the recipient must be enrolled and taking classes at GCSC. There are some limited exceptions with regard to a few Foundation Community or Organizational Scholarships (Donor Select) that the Foundation administers. All recipients receiving an approved transferrable scholarship will be notified in advance.
For more information on scholarship administration and workshops, please contact Dunkin McLane, Assistant Director at (850) 872-3810 / [email protected] or Kara Gray, Foundation Assistant (850) 872-3862/ [email protected].


text:
Technical Data
Using the light simulator spectral sensor, you can
- Measure how the spectrum of the solar simulator changes during the aging process of a light bulb / flash bulb
- Determine the right simulator settings to achieve the spectral composition that is needed
- Monitor the simulator spectrum with every measurement in demanding quality control applications
- Detect the spectral changes within one single flash from fire to decay and optimize the timing of the IV-curve recording
Contact us today to get a quote and learn how we can improve the results of your solar simulator measurements!
Example Measurement
In this example measurement, the spectral change of an ultra short flash has been recording. This is one of the most demanding applications due to the short integration times. Due to the very high response speed of the III-V-Semiconductors employed, the spectral shift during the measurement as well as the total irradiation can be observed. Towards the end the typical red shift of a decaying flashbulb can be seen, which can also be observed by the human eye as the typical red afterglare of a flash.
| Learn more about the
technologies employed in our sensors.


text:
January 16th, 2017
Congratulations to two Faccenda colleagues who won at the prestigious British Poultry Council Awards, which recognise the achievements of those within the poultry industry. Our Technical Director, David Keeble was presented with a Distinguished Service award, while Farm Manager Sean Harrison was named the BPC/Zoetis Trainee of the Year.
David has been instrumental in both our work to combat Campylobacter and also at an industry level supporting, the BPC and the Acting on Campylobacter Together (ACT) Board. In addition to this, Sean also won Poultec's Excellence Award earlier this year.
Both are terrific achievements and recognise their hard work and contribution to the industry.
Categories: Uncategorized
In April this year we published our modern slavery statement and policy ahead of the required date so that we could take action and strengthen this vital component of our ethical supply chain. This update outlines the progress we have made in the subsequent six months to minimise the likelihood of unacceptable labour practices occurring in our business or our supply base.READ MORE
Plymouth, UK, Dartmouth Foods and Faccenda Foods have announced the creation of a new joint venture that will combine the respective skills of the two foods businesses and deliver growth, efficiency and a unique proposition for customers. The new venture will retain the Dartmouth Foods name, capitalising on its strong brand and reputation for quality.Starting with duck, the new joint venture will integrate cooked poultry operations into the Faccenda Foods…READ MORE


text:
Webgistix Expands eCommerce Fulfillment Network to include Reno, Nevada
by Carolina Cano-Espinoza | Press Releases
Retailers can now reach 98% of U.S. eCommerce consumers via two-day ground delivery and cut shipping costs while using any eCommerce platform
Las Vegas, Nevada — January 31, 2012 — Webgistix Corporation, the global leader in eCommerce order fulfillment, today announced the opening of a new fulfillment center in Reno, Nevada, further expanding Webgistix's two-day ground delivery offering to cover nearly every eCommerce buyer in the U.S., and allowing retailers to reach new population centers on the West Coast with one-day ground delivery.
The expansion into Reno is the latest addition to the Webgistix fulfillment network, which includes fulfillment centers in Las Vegas, New York and Atlanta.
"The Reno facility enables eCommerce retailers to reach the entire west coast from San Diego to San Francisco to Seattle within one to two business days," said Webgistix CEO Joseph DiSorbo. "Speed of delivery is critical for eCommerce retailers. The addition of Reno to our network is a big advantage for our eCommerce retailers who can now reach 98% of U.S. eCommerce buyers in 1-2 days with the Webgistix network."
DiSorbo added, "We're helping mid-sized eCommerce retailers match premium services like Amazon Prime without having to get locked into a single eCommerce platform."
Webgistix has placed its fulfillment centers in strategic locations to help eCommerce retailers from all of over the world ship to U.S. consumers as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Webgistix SmartFill, which includes Smart Order Routing, automatically routes orders to the closest location to insure lowest "last mile" delivery cost.
There is a major UPS facility in Reno, and the city is a fertile recruiting ground for Webgistix due to the University of Nevada's renowned logistics program.
The new Webgistix fulfillment center is approximately 70,000 square feet and is located at 974 United Circle in Sparks, NV.
About Webgistix
Founded in 2001, Webgistix is a global leader in eCommerce order fulfillment, operating an international network of strategically located fulfillment centers that serve hundreds of established eCommerce retailers. Webgistix SmartFill, which is a cloud-based fulfillment platform that works with all major shopping carts and is optimized for mobile commerce, enables eCommerce retailers to outsource their order fulfillment to Webgistix, eliminating fixed overhead and increasing the speed and accuracy of global order fulfillment, while retaining control over their fulfillment operations. For more information, visit www.webgistix.com.


text:
Search this site:
- Suzanne van Rooyen's books on Goodreads
Tag Archives: blog tour
Nobody's Lady by Amy McNulty Blog Tour!
For the first time in a thousand years, the men in Noll's village possess the freedom to love whom they will. In order to give each man the chance to fully explore his feelings, the lord of the village … Continue reading
Giftmas Blog Tour: The Battle of Materialism in Christmas
Today I'm delighted to be hosting Kristi Brooks as part of the Giftmas Blog Tour… Hi, I'm Kristi Brooks, and I'm so happy to be a part of the Giftmas Blog Tour and to be here on Suzanne's blog! For … Continue reading
Obscura Burning Book Blitz
Thanks to Xpresso Reads, I'll be going on a virtual book tour from 10- 24 January. The list of participating blogs is below. There's no schedule so you'll have to stop by different blogs each day to catch the posts. … Continue reading
Posted in News, Reading Tagged blog tour, giveaway, Obscura Burning, science fiction, YAlit Leave a comment
Amethyst Eyes Blog Tour
Hosting an author Interview with Debbie Brown on March 11. Be sure to check back then for more details about Debbie Brown's new book, Amethyst Eyes.
Posted in News, Reviews Tagged blog tour, debbie brown, making connections Leave a comment


text:
Inkerviews > Clothing Designers > Annie Rose: DIY Deranged Designs
Inkerviews features the work of tattoo artists and collectors, as well as fine artists, in a series of interviews. With an exciting lineup already in place and endless more to come, I hope you will check back often to read about these incredible people and enjoy their visually stunning talents.
Last autumn when my son Aidan was looking for a vegan jacket to sew his punk band patches onto, I had the pleasure of meeting Annie Rose, the fantastically-talented clothing designer who runs Deranged Designs.
Annie is a sewing dynamo who operates her one-woman business in Sacramento, California; keeping customers seeking fun, offbeat styles pleased as pie and consistently coming back for more.
In addition to her successful site, this DIY designer is a busy college student who will be graduating soon. She has big goals for her clothing design business and definitely possesses the talent and drive to make those dreams come true.
It was a pleasure to talk to this talented artisan about her creative journey, sewing techniques, and goals for the future. I hope you enjoy learning more about the delightful Miss Annie Rose!
How old were you when you first learned how to sew? Did you have aspirations to become a clothing designer when you were young?
I learned to sew when I was eight years old, but I didn't really get into it until I was thirteen. That was when I became obsessed with sketching designs and altering my clothes. So, thirteen was when I decided I wanted to be a fashion designer.
Are you self-taught or did you have a teacher or mentor early on in your career?
I've had many different sewing teachers. One of my aunts originally taught me to sew, and I was also helped by my mother and grandmother. I took sewing lessons for a year or two when I was in high school. I've also taken a lot of sewing classes at the local community college. I'm glad to have had so many different teachers, because everybody has different techniques and teaching styles.
Your designs are so unique and SO beautifully made (I can attest). Where do you get the inspiration for the items you create?
Thanks! Inspiration comes from everywhere. I'm a total nerd about pattern making and construction, so a lot of my inspiration comes from analyzing style lines and fabrics on clothes that I see. I also like to turn store-bought clothes inside out to see how they are made. Another source of inspiration is fabric shopping. Whenever I see a roll of fabric, I automatically try to think of something cool I can make out of it. It's easy to draw pretty sketches and visualize how an outfit should look, but the challenge comes from figuring out the pattern and the construction techniques.
I, along with many readers of this site, love supporting DIY designers. Can you tell us about why this is so important to you and how you plan to remain true to that model as your business expands and grows (I'm assuming that you do not aspire to be showcased in Hot Topic - or something of the equivalent - one day)?
This is a difficult question for me to answer, because I constantly think about these things! I could go on forever but I'll try to keep it brief.
I'm not sure where my love of sewing will ultimately take me, but I would love to fully support myself with my clothing line. It's almost impossible to make a living off of one-of-a-kind designs, so that specific part of my clothing line is just a hobby. For the past few years, I've been making the same animal print hoodies over and over again. My hoodies are available in many different sizes and prints, and I make them after they are ordered. I have several other items that I make to order. I sell a lot of these so I think that if I develop more products like this, I have a chance at turning this into a full time job.
After I finish school, I plan to focus on my business. Instead of hiring a sewing factory to produce my line, I want to learn more about industrial sewing methods and machines so that I can continue making everything in-house. This means that I would continue selling my designs on the Internet. The alternative would be to find a sewing factory and then sell my clothes wholesale to boutiques. I am willing to do doing this if my current plans don't work out.
You guessed correctly that I don't want to sell clothes to Hot Topic, or any other large chain store. I want to keep my business small so that I can keep things personal. I want Deranged Designs to have some kind of good impact on other people's lives, even if all I manage to do is inspire others to start sewing. Chasing big customers would probably make me lose sight of these priorities.
How do you keep up with the amount of orders you receive and find time for school? When will you be graduating?
I hope to graduate this spring. I'm going to the local community college and majoring in fashion design and merchandising. Balancing work with school can get very stressful. I try to put one hundred percent into both and I end up ignoring other important parts of my life. I'm a perfectionist and a workaholic, which is great for getting things done, but it's horrible for my sanity! 2010 has been a year of discovering my limits. It has been difficult but I am slowly learning to stop over-scheduling my time.
I appreciate that you offer vegan products. Are all of your items considered "cruelty-free?"
It's hard to answer this question, because animal byproducts are used in so many different things that most of us don't even know about. I have sold leather items before (guitar straps with leather ends, skirts made of vintage leather) but I try to avoid animal products. This basically reflects my lifestyle. I eat a mostly vegetarian diet, and I shop at thrift stores when I want a leather belt or jacket. I am aware that everything I do has an effect on animals, the environment, and other human beings. Most people would be amazed at the amount of harmful chemicals used in fabric production alone! I want to stay aware of the dirty side of manufacturing so that I can make ethical decisions about the products I sell and the materials I use. I can't say that my website is 100% vegan, but it's not likely that I will ever sell a lot of animal products.
What are your goals for the coming year?
I want to graduate from school without driving myself insane. I want to spend the rest of the year planning out the future for my business. And I want to figure out how to live a balanced life, because work isn't everything!
Where can buyers order your fantastic clothing? (you can list all the sites and provide links)
http://store.derangeddesigns.com is the main place to find my clothes.
I sell a few things on eBay, but all my eBay prices are higher because of the fees that I have to pay. I also sell at local trunk shows and craft shows (in Sacramento or the San Francisco Bay Area) but I probably won't do another show until summer of 2011.
All updates about new clothing and trunk shows are posted on my blog. I should note that only about half the stuff up on my website is handmade by me. I also sell several other brands of punk rock clothing and accessories. I like to add new things to my website every month, but sometimes I'm too busy with school or custom orders to come up with new designs.
Any final words or mottoes you like to live by?
I don't really have any personal mottoes. I just think that if you have the chance to do whatever you want with your life, you shouldn't waste your time!
To see more of Annie's outstanding work and add some of her pieces to your own wardrobe be sure to visit her website. Support DIY!!
Last updated on January 7, 2011 by Jinxi Boo


text:
This domain is present in the North and North West Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland and is dominated by a glacially scoured mainly lowland landscape with low rounded hills and numerous small lakes, fjords and coastal platforms, but also includes some mountains.
The domain is largely devoid of superficial deposits (~20%) as it has experienced severe, widespread glacial erosion. Soil is thin or non-existent. Organic deposits form about 3% of the area (16% of the area of superficial deposits).
Generally upland peat development is common as blanket peat in the western and northern parts of the domain where rainfall is greatest.
Upland peat bogs owe their origin in part to human interference with native wood: the bogs developing post forest clearance from a combination of processes including soil erosion, increased run-off, waterlogging and acidification of the soil, which prevented the trees from re-establishing. Peat growth (and thus thickness of the deposit) may well differ from one part of a bog to another partly due to local variations in climatic wetness and/or hydrological variations in the mire complex.
Ice-scoured hollows are ubiquitous on lower ground, and are generally filled with highly compressible deposits of peat, silt and clay.
|Subjective guide to dominance within this domain
|Topogenous mires
|Soligenous mires
|Ombrogenous mires
|Blanket mire
|Locally present
|Valley mire
|Open water transition mire
|Raised mire
For further information please contact Marieta Garcia-Bajo


text:
Dungeons and Dragons
Various campaigns amongst good friends
Search Query
Display results as :
Advanced Search
Log in
Dungeons and Dragons
Leeland Adventures
World Information
Time and Seasons in Faerun
Join date
Subject: Time and Seasons in Faerun
Fri Jul 10, 2015 7:03 pm
Time and Seasons
Almost every people or race of Faerûn marks the passage of days, seasons, and years in some fashion. In Cormyr and a dozen other kingdoms, royal astrologers carefully tend the Roll of Years. Even the war-heralds of the unlettered orc-tribes compose harsh chants that record the days and deeds of their fierce chieftains.
Day and Night
Faerûn's days are 24 hours long, divided into night and day by the rising and setting sun. In southern lands such as Halruaa, the length of the night does not vary much with the season, and 12 hours of light and 12 of dark is the rule year-round. In the north, the days are markedly longer in summer and shorter in winter. Midwinter day in Silverymoon sees little more than 8 hours of daylight,, and Midsummer almost 16.
Ten days comprise a Faerûnian week, also known as a tenday or, less commonly, a ride. The individual days of the tenday do not have names. Instead, they're referred to by number: first-day, second-day, and so on. Most folk start counting using their thumb as first-day, but halflings are famous for using their pinkies to count first-day, so much so that the phrase "counting like a halfling" means that someone is being different just to be difficult.
The Hours of the Day
Timepieces are very rare, and most people break up the day into ten large slices - dawn, morning, highsun (or noon), afternoon, dusk, sunset, evening, midnight, moondark. (or night's heart), and night's end. Dozens of conventions for naming these portions of the day exist, and cause no little confusion for travelers in foreign lands.
These customary divisions are only approximations, and one person's late afternoon might be another's early dusk: Local customs dictate the general length of each portion of the day. Each of these customary periods lasts anywhere from 1 to 4 hours, so highsun is generally accounted to be noon and an hour or so on either side.
Few Faerûnians have cause to measure an hour (or any length of time shorter than a day) with any great precision. People are accustomed to gauging time by intuition, the movement of the sun, and the activity around them. Two merchants might agree to meet at a particular tavern at dusk, and chances are both will show up within 15 or 20 minutes of each other.
In large cities, the tolling of temple bells replaces the more casual accounting of the day's passage. Several major faiths attempt to measure time more accurately. The priests of Gond treasure their mechanical clocks and delight in sounding them for all to hear. Lathanderians assign acolytes to watch sundials, carefully adjusted by years of observation of the sun's movements in the sky. Traditionally, the hours are numbered 1 to 12 twice, and the bells sound once for each hour on the hour. "Twelve bells" is virtually interchangeable with "midnight" - or "highsun," depending on the context.
The Calendar of Harptos
Most of Faerûn uses the Calendar of Harptos, named after the long-dead wizard who invented it. Few bother to refer to Harptos by name, since the calendar is the only calendar they know.
Each year of 365 days is divided into 12 months of 30 days, and each month is divided into three tendays. Five special days fall between the months. These annual holidays mark the seasons or the changing of the seasons. The months of Faerûn roughly correspond to the months of the Gregorian calendar.
The Calendar Of Harptos
Month Name Common Name
1 Hammer Deepwinter
Annual holiday: Midwinter
2 Alturiak The Claw of Winter
3 Ches The Claw of the Sunsets
4 Tarsakh The Claw of the Storms
Annual holiday: Greengrass
5 Mirtul The Melting
6 Kythorn The Time of Flowers
7 Flamerule Summertide
Annual holiday: Midsummer
8 Eleasis Highsun
9 Eleint The Fading
Annual holiday: Highharvestide
10 Marpenoth Leaffall
11 Uktar The Rotting
Annual holiday: The Feast of the Moon
12 Nightal The Drawing Down
Seasonal Festivals
Five times a year the annual holidays are observed as festivals and days of rest most every civilized land. Each seasonal festival is celebrated differently, according to the traditions of the land and the particular holiday.
Nobles and monarchs greet the halfway point of winter with a feast day they call the High Festival of Winter. Traditionally it's the best day to make or renew alliances. The common folk enjoy the celebration a bit less - among them it's called Deadwinter Day, noted mainly as the halfway point of winter, with hard times still to come.
The official beginning of spring is a day of peace and rejoicing. Even if snow still covers the ground, clerics, nobles, and wealthy folk make a point of bringing out flowers grown in special rooms within temples and castles. They distribute the flowers among the people, who wear them or cast them upon the ground as bright offerings to the deities who summon the summer.
Midsummer night is a time of feasting and music and love. Acquaintances turn into dalliances, courtships turn into betrothals, and the deities themselves take part by ensuring good weather for feasting and frolicking in the woods. Bad weather on this special night is taken as an omen of extremely ill fortune to come.
This holiday of feasting to celebrate the autumn harvest also marks a time of journeys. Emissaries, pilgrims, adventurers, and everyone else eager to make speed traditionally leave on their journeys the following day - before the worst of the mud clogs the tracks and the rain freezes into snow.
The Feast of the Moon: The Feast of the Moon celebrates ancestors and the honored dead. Stories of ancestors' exploits mix with the legends of deities until it's hard to tell one from the other.
Once every four years, Shieldmeet is added to the Faerûnian calendar as a "leap day" immediately following Midsummer night. Shieldmeet is day of open council between the people and their rulers. It is a day for making or renewing pacts and for proving oneself in tournaments. Those not seeking advancement treat the elite's tournaments, duels, and trials of magical prowess as welcome additions to the holiday's theatrical and musical entertainments.
In the Dales, a great Shieldmeet celebration is planned in the town of Essembra in Battledale this year (1372). Other regions of Faerûn have planned festivals ranging from the somber to the outrageous.
Marking the Years)
Almost every land and race has its own preferred system for marking the passing years. The ancient realm of Mulhorand begins its calendar at the founding of Skuld, the City of Gods, more than 3,500 years ago. Cormyrians reckon years from the foundation of House Obarskyr almost 1,350 years ago. Some draconic calendars are reputed to stretch back more than 10,000 years, although few dragons care about something as mundane as the scholarly accounting of events that even the oldest dragons alive today do not remember.
The calendar against which most others are compared is Dalereckoning (DR), marked by the raising of the Standing Stone and the pact between the elves of Cormanthor and the first human settlers of the Dalelands. Dalereckoning was the first human calendar the Elven Court reconciled with its own ages-old calendar, and thus became widespread anywhere elves and humans lived in peace.
The Roll Of Years
Very few of Faerûn's common folk bother with musty calendars and meaningless numbers. Instead, years are known by names. For example, 1372 DR - the current year - is called the Year of Wild Magic. People refer to births, deaths, weddings, and other events by the name of the year. Children learn the order of the years from bards' songs, artistic designs in the great temples, and the teachings of their elders.
The naming of a year is not random, nor does it necessarily commemorate any great event or occurrence. Many centuries ago the Lost Sage Augathra the Mad wrote out thousands of years and named them in the great library of Candlekeep. It's a rare year that doesn't see some event that seems clearly connected with its name, and most folks view Augathra's names as mysterious portents of the years ahead.
Time and Seasons in Faerun
Similar topics
Similar topics
Meeting for the First Time
Mercenaries ~ Leap, Giyo & Mid
Space/time manipulation ability
Suggestion about Time Period?
Sapphire Nuzlocke + Time Shenanigans.
Permissions in this forum:
reply to topics in this forum
Dungeons and Dragons
Leeland Adventures
World Information
Dungeons and Dragons
Leeland Adventures
World Information
Jump to:
Select a forum
|--Alex's Campaign: D20 Unionverse
| |--5e Modern/Future
| |--Story and Characters
|--Irving's Campaign: Oh! What a Wonderful World
| |--General Information
| |--Story Information
| |--Series 1
| |--Series 2
| |--Series 3
| |--Series 4
| |--Series AZ
|--Leeland Adventures
| |--Faerun
| | |--Chapters
| | |--World Information
| |
| |--Oka Region Nautical
| |--Chapters
| |--World Information
|--Audie Presents: The KTL Horror Show
|--Sweet Dreams
|--World 1: She burns a brilliant silver (AKA Children of the Night)
|--World 2: Cherry Flavored Cyanide (AKA The Realm of the Pacifiers)
|--World 3: Until Peaceful (AKA The Tartaran Universe)
Free forum
Free forum support
Report an abuse


text:
Did you actually look at the mock-results? Talking to the wall...? I'm trying to accommodate everyone here. There are options with and with out pax. You're more then welcome to post any negatives about any of the options, I understand that there is no perfect option to suit every person or car. Also, what does the Facebook photo prove?
I'm not vouching for any option over another - I'm presenting all the information I can and it's up to the people to decide. I'd like to see a 3rd class, regardless of which system we adopt, so that we can hand out more trophies and hopefully a system that is the most fair to the majority of competitors. Anyone is welcome to come vote in a month or two.


text:
So, two interesting pieces of news from the Poulsbo front.
First, hopeful indications on the driver development front. Phoronix presents it fairly negatively, but the key thing here is that Intel guys are actively working on providing the driver in a form that's generally usable: that's clear from the discussion. Reading between the lines, they seem to be planning to provide the existing messy and partly closed source driver in a form that will be usable on something beyond just Ubuntu 8.04 in the short term, and in the long term, rewrite the driver so that it's fully open source.
Secondly, thanks to a hot tip in the comments to my original post, I've actually got native resolution display on my Vaio P now. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's still slow, and somewhat tricky to configure.
Forget about uvesafb and all that crap. Adam Jackson has the goods, as usual. He poked me on IRC and asked me why I hadn't just figured out why the plain vesa driver wasn't given native resolution, which was a good question that I didn't have a good answer for – should've been the first thing I did when I booted it. It turns out to be a classic issue: DDC/EDID probe of the monitor fails, so it falls back on default vertical/horizontal refresh range values which are too low for the native resolution (1600×768) to be considered valid. Probably you could fix this just by the good old-skool method of hand-coding the appropriate values into the xorg.conf file. However, for Fedora users, it's even easier: there's an updated package (xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.2.0-3.fc10) coming to Fedora 10 updates soon. That has a fix which gets the panel size by a different method when DDC probe fails, and that solves the problem on the P. So with that package installed, the P will give native resolution with the vesa driver, no messing about.
Thanks to Adam!


text:
I've been getting a lot of surgery recovery questions. Today marks 4 weeks, so here we go:
Not really having much in the way of "hot flashes," just radiating heat almost all the time with an occasional "cold flash" where I guess I feel "normal" temperature for a few minutes. Actually not a bad way to go, except I'm freezing my sweet, non-complaining family when I keep the windows open at night and it drops to 40 outside. Sleeveless summer dress in October goes beautifully with the color-changing trees. The good news is that my muscles, that were already tightening up (stroke issue) before the surgery, as temperatures started cooling, are responding well to internal heat, so I'm walking with less spacitity now!
The flip side is that because I have been out of water therapy for so many weeks, I'm loosing a lot of muscle coordination and fine motor skill - struggle to put a clip in my hair, have a bruise on the back of my "good" calf from pushing it so hard against the bed in efforts to stand and get out of bed, take serious near falls (like 3 within a few hours yesterday when I tried just my cane for Bible study). Doctor says I may go back to the gym Oct.30.
|What I should be wearing!
Not in any major, sharp pain now like either before surgery or that second week after. Thank you Jesus!!! Still sore at belly button incision and get tummy twinges of pain if I step funny, sleep wrong, stetch too far in the wrong way, etc. Mom says that even a week after surgery I was standing up straighter than I had in months.
|My daughter drawing for me.
I went wheat-free, and refined-sugary-junk-free (still eat some sugar, just not straight candy, and not eating flour takes most other refined sugar out of my life pretty naturally) about 9 days ago. I had one day with day with two variances from the new lifestyle plan, and one day with one, but I'm encouraged by a slightly flatter tummy already! I chose wheat as my one thing to focus cutting out because I don't do well on cutting all grains at once (I've tried that one a couple times and was miserable) and modern, modified wheat seems to be the biggest area of health concern, I think. As my mom says, " I think wheat is not what it should be or was 100 years ago." I haven't been anywhere with scales, but do feel my clothes are fitting slightly better.
In recognition of World Stroke Day 2015, on the 29th of this month, here's the letter I just sent my elected officials:
Almost exactly 4 years ago, at age 39 (kids 5, 8 and 11), I went to the chiropractor for routine neck manipulation. There, in the course of treatment, my artery was ruptured and I experienced 2 massive brain bleeds (strokes) there on the treatment table. I was not expected to make it to the hospital alive, live through that first night, survive my first week (out of what would become 2 months) of hospitalization. Obviously I did, experiencing 4 more strokes over that first month as my artery tried to heal and kept throwing new blood clots into my brain.
Today, I still cannot drive due to cognitive issues, am partially deaf, only have large motor use of my more severely impacted arm and a host of other medical issues, BUT I CAN walk again (took nearly a year and I still need aid outside of my home), see pretty well again (was blind and then had severe double vision for many months) and many other "would never happen" type victories.
As a stay-at-home mom before the strokes, I did not have enough recent hours of work history to qualify for ANY form of government aid. Also, my chiropractor left the country about the time I was released from the hospital, so we had no legal recourse (and he carried no insurance) so no financial assistance there either. My lifetime stroke-related medical expenses are estimated to run between $1 to $1 1/2 Million. We have no idea where the money will come from besides God.
I want people to know stroke happens. 25% of stroke happens to people under the age of 45. It can be severely debilitating. Thank you for your recognition!
You may also be interested in this petition that speaks directly to the issue of chiropractic stroke risk: https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-of-representatives-bill-… I had none of the typical stroke factors and have been told that my stroke was the direct result of trauma to this artery, as sometimes seen in a car accident or other harsh movement to the neck.
I'm reading an amazing book right now. (Inspired by the movie War Room that I got to go with my mom to see on Tuesday!) It is called Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan for Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer by Priscilla Shirer. I want to read large passages aloud to about 30 different people - it is that good!http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/1433688670… If you are a Kindle reader, it is $7.99 for that device.