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Parents and Legal Guardians play a vital role in helping students succeed. We at University Housing see the importance of a positive relationship between student and parent, and we hope to work together with you in providing for the needs of your student and helping them have a fun, successful, and productive experience at the University of Arkansas.
We invite you to look around our website, particularly the links below. If you have difficulty finding anything, please contact us and let us know how we can help.
Shop-N-Swap, University Housing's online room selection application, will be available for 2014 freshmen beginning in April, 2014. A student's selection date will be based on their contract complete date or the earliest contract complete date in their roommate group. Students will be notified of their selection date and time by email and through a MyChecklist update.
Yes, as long as your student lives in your permanent home within 70 minutes commuting time of the University. We use Rand-McNally to determine the commute time. The instructions for submitting a Live with Parent or Legal Guardian are here (pdf).
First you and your student must complete the Living with Parent or Legal Guardian form (pdf) and have it verified. Your student must also send a cancellation email to email@example.com, including the student's full name and University of Arkansas ID number, requesting the cancellation. Cancellations received prior to June 23rd will receive a $50.00 credit of the $240 advance payment; cancellations received after June 23rd will not receive any credit of the $240 advance payment.
As early as the third week in November if they have completed their Housing contract. The specific date will be on MyChecklist.
Yes, they need to log into MyChecklist and change their parking status.
You or your student can log into MyChecklist, it will show you what has been done regarding parking.
Your student's mailing address is on MyChecklist. He or she may login there to get their complete address which consists of a street address and private mail box number (PBM).
Gifts, flowers, and packages may be delivered to the residence halls during office hours. Packages that fit in the resident's private mailbox are placed in their mailbox upon delivery. Items shipped must be addressed properly and accurately in order to arrive in a timely manner. Contact the resident and ask for their complete mailing address. The complete mailing address can be found in MyChecklist. The complete address will include a private mailbox number (PMB).
Packages may be picked up during business hours when the hall secretary is present. Typically, the hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The resident must present a picture ID to pick up items.
When properly addressed these delivery companies deliver packages directly to the residence hall or zone office.
Delivery of items shipped via USPS is determined by the delivery option purchased by the sender. If the sender does not purchase an option, the package is typically delivered to the residence hall or zone office. If the item is large or heavy USPS, may deliver the package to the Union Post Office. University Housing does not determine if a package is delivered to the residence hall or Union Post Office. The decision is determined by USPS. If the sender purchases the delivery confirmation option, the sender receives confirmation when the item is delivered to the Fayetteville Postal Distribution Center. It is not confirmation the item has been delivered to the University campus or residence hall. If the sender purchases the Signature Confirmation option, USPS delivers the package to the Arkansas Union Post Office -- not to the residence hall or zone office. Once the hall secretary receives an official package notification (pink slip) from USPS, the notification will be placed in the resident's private mailbox informing the resident to pick up the package at the Union Post Office.
For this it is recommended that the student consider renting a mailbox in the Arkansas Union from the U.S. Post Office.
When students are assigned to Temporary Housing, Shop-N-Swap(SNS) will display this message:A Space Has Been Successfully Reserved: We are looking forward to having you live with us during the 2014-2015 academic year. Space in the residence halls is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. However, at this time there is no space for you to self-assign. Therefore, you have been given a temporary virtual assignment. We encourage you to continue to login to Shop-N-Swap between now and June 30 and look for space as it becomes available. Your student will receive an email with the above information.Their assignment will be listed on MyChecklist as "Temporary Housing (TH)" but will not show a room number. Students assigned to TH spaces will still need to select a move-in time. They will be prompted to select a different move-in time when/if they are assigned to a regular space in a hall that has a different move-in day. Roommate Profiler will display a room number however, any roommate group assigned to temporary housing will not likely be assigned together.
Paraphrased from the Residence Hall Handbook Section 4.5 Room Assignment Policies and Procedures: Once a student checks into their assigned residence hall in August, all requests for change in residence halls will be handled via University Housing's web page. Students wishing to be placed on a waiting list for a single room or double room in a different residence hall will have that opportunity by going to the Housing web page beginning the 11th day of classes. Housing considers these requests on a first-come, first-served basis, depending on the hall requested and the date and time their name is added to the waiting list. If space becomes available, Housing will begin to offer reassignments during the first week in September. Resident Reserved Parking permits may NOT transfer to your new parking zone.
Paraphrased from the Residence Hall Handbook Section 4.5 Room Assignment Policies and Procedures: students wishing to change rooms within their current assigned hall, can effect a change on Move-In Day, August 21, 2013 PRIOR to checking in to their assigned room and with the agreement of all roommates affected by the move. Students must receive authorization from their Coordinator for Residence Education before beginning any room changes. The following guidelines may be helpful:
Students changing rooms improperly will be assessed a charge and may be required to return to their original room.
- Your Coordinator of Residential Education must approve the room change BEFORE you move.
- No room changes may be approved or done on Monday, August 26.
- Race, national origin, or religion will not be considered in making roommate reassignments.
Students may change to a smaller meal plan through the eleventh day of class. Your student will need to send an email to Housing (email@example.com) telling us:
- Which meal plan they currently have,
- which meal plan they want, and
- The student needs to use their full name and UA ID number as the signature.
Meal plan changes received by 12:00 noon on Friday will go in effect on the following Sunday. Meal plan changes received after 12:00 noon on Friday will not be effective until the Sunday after the following week.
Students may change to a larger meal plan at any time by following the steps above.
Please refer to the Residence Hall Handbook, Section 2.7 Living With Roommates.
Paraphrased from the Residence Hall Handbook Section 4.5 Room Assignment Policies and Procedures: Students wishing to be placed on a waiting list for a single room or double room, may do so by going to the University Housing web page beginning the 11th day of classes. Single rooms usually do not become available until later in the academic year. Single rooms will not be off ered until the double room waiting list for that hall has been exhausted. New student waiting list requests for a single room or double room will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis and will depend on the hall you have requested and the date and time your name is added to that waiting list. Remember that requests to move to another room, single or double, in a different hall will not be accepted until after the 11th day of classes.
Students in the following residence halls already have a long mattress: Founders, Hotz Honors, Maple Hill West, the Northwest Quad, and Walton South. These mattresses are 36" by 80". All other students requiring a mattess longer than 75" must request one during the summer prior to moving on campus. Information about long mattress requests can be found on this Web page: What to Bring With You.
Resident Assistants (RA), are typically undergraduate students who live and work on the residential floors and apartments, many having an academic success or citizenship focus. They serve as mentors, oversee floor academic programming and activities and have administrative responsibilities for their communities.
Coordinators for Residence Education (CRE), live in the residence halls and are responsible for supervising RAs, advising Hall Government and managing daily residence life operations. CREs are full-time employees of University Housing with Masters Degrees in Student Personnel or related fields.
The Resident Assistant hiring process for the following school year begins in the Fall Semester. Qualifications for the position and application information will be available on the Housing Website when the hiring process begins.
Please refer to the Residence Hall Handbook, Section 5.3 Room Keys.
A fob is a small plastic device located with the student's residence hall room key that provides access into their residence hall. The student must swipe the fob against a reader at the entrance to the residence hall to gain access. All key fob data is overseen and operated by members of the University Housing Central Office Staff.
Quiet hours at 10:00 PM on the Sunday prior to spring Dead Day.
When your student signs up for a checkout time they will complete forwarding address information. First class mail will be forwarded up to thirty (30) days.
Yes. When your student signs up for their checkout time the secretary will provide them a list of things that need to be done, and she will write the day and time of their scheduled checkout on the form.
Your student will have to wait until a Resident Assistant (RA) is available to check them out. There is no way to determine how long they will have to wait for an RA. To avoid delays in departure your student should sign up for a checkout time at least 24 hours ahead of their scheduled departure. There is a $45 charge for an unscheduled check out.
An unscheduled check out occurs when a resident fails to sign up for a check out time at least 24 hours in advance.
Consider donating unwanted, usable items in donation bins located in the hall.
If your student doesn't bring it home they should take the carpet to the dumpster provided outside of the residence hall OR they can refer to the agency recovering donated items from the residence hall to see if they will accept room carpets.
Yes, for example:
Bathroom Cleaning for Suites
Additional Cleaning
- Wipe down all surfaces of the bathtub, shower, sink and commode with a NON-abrasive cleanser. NEVER use a bowl cleaner on the fixtures. Please be sure to clean under lip of bowl where the water enters the bowl. Repeat as many times as necessary to get all surfaces clean.
- Sweep/dust and mop bathroom floor repeatedly until clean, including corners.
- Move furniture, sweep floor, and use dust-pan to remove debris; do not sweep the debris into the common areas or hallway and leave it there. Return furniture to original location and sweep again, if necessary.
- Remove all trash from the room and common area, and in suites, and take to the dumpster. Again, any trash left behind will result in a charge to each resident.
- Suite common areas should be cleaned.
If your student has a question or disagrees with anything noted on the room condition form they should speak with the Coordinator for Residence Education (CRE) before signing the form. The CRE is very busy during closing and your student may have to wait to speak with them. If your student has a question about potential damage in their room they should schedule an appointment with their CRE prior to Dead Day.
Any student wanting to stay longer should complete an Extended Stay Request form and return it to their front desk. The schedule for Extended Stay requests will be posted in the residence hall. The Coordinator for their hall will notify them if they are approved to stay via email.
If your student is going to live on campus for summer school and they plan to go home the week prior to summer school starting they can make an appointment to place items in storage in the summer school hall. Renters insurance is required for leaving items in storage.
Your student should complete the Extended Stay Request and return the form to their hall Coordinator. There is a $26 charge per night to stay in the hall from the day the halls close until the move-in day for summer school.
If you see a charge for damage or miscellaneous ask your student to show you the Room Condition form. If you still have questions contact our office and ask to speak with the assignment staff. You can contact us by email@example.com or calling 479-575-3951.
The athletic department will make arrangements for Student Athletes who are participating in a sport to remain in university housing past hall closing.
Only student athletes confirmed by the athletic department may remain and a daily charge of $26.00 will be applied to your student's account.


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External Antenna | Nano WiReach G2 N1
Nano WiReach G2 N1
Lowest Cost, Highest Flexibility WiFi Client or Access Point
Nano WiReach™ G2 is a secure embedded Wireless LAN module that easily connects embedded devices to 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN, It includes the iChip™ CO2144 IP Communication Controller™ chip and a Broadcom BM43362 WiFi baseband. It is packaged in a 33.76X18mm RoHS-compliant low profile module with 30 PIN Board to Board connector and UFL connector for external antenna.
Nano WiReach G2 N1 makes adding Internet connectivity to embedded devices a breeze. It does not require any kind of WiFi driver development on the host CPU, and its multiple interfaces (UART, SPI, RMII and USB 1.1) minimize the need to redesign the host device hardware. Connect One's high-level AT+i™ API eliminates the need to add WiFi, LAN or cellular drivers, security and networking protocols or communication tasks to the host application. Nano WiReach G2 N1 supports the SSL3/TLS1 protocol for secure sockets, HTTPS and FTPS, WPA/WPA2 WiFi encryption. Nano WiReach G2 N1 firmware and configuration parameters are stored in on-board flash memory. The module is power-efficient: the core operates at 1.2V, while I/Os operate at 3.3V. Power Save mode further reduces power consumption.
Nano WiReach G2 N1 supports several modes of operation:
- Embedded Access Point – devices containing WiFi can connect to the embedded access point to control or manage processes
- LAN to WiFi Bridge – allowing transparent bridging of LAN over WiFi, using direct RMII connection to existing MAC hardware. This allows any microcontroller with a built-in Ethernet MAC to be connected to WiFi, with zero development effort
- Serial to WiFi Bridge – allowing transparent bridging of Serial over WiFi, using the module's 3Mbps fast UART
- PPP emulation – allowing existing (e.g. cellular modem) designs currently using PPP to interface to the cellular modem to connect transparently over WiFi with no changes to application or drivers
- Full Internet Controller mode – allowing simple MCU to use the module's rich protocol and application capabilities to perform complex Internet operations such as E-mail, FTP, SSL, embedded web server and others. Internet controller mode can be used with any hardware interface.
Nano WiReach G2 N1 includes RMII, USB, SPI and fast UART interfaces for easy integration into existing or new designs.
Nano WiReach G2 N1 offers a highly advanced level of Internet security. It includes the latest WiFi encryption algorithms (WPA/WPA2) and Internet SSL encryption algorithms. In addition, it serves as an inherent firewall, protecting the embedded application from attacks originating from the Internet.
Ordering information
|Part Number
|Nano WiReach G2 N1 module
|Evaluation board for Nano WiReach G2 N1 module
|Miniature coaxial pigtail cable. U.FL-SMA connectors. 150mm length.
|2.4GHz WiFi antenna, 2.0dBi, 50Ω, Omni-directional, 1/4 wavelength dipole configuration
Hardware Description:
- Size: 33.76 X 18.00 X 5.5 mm
- Core CPU: 32-bit RISC ARM7TDMI, low-leakage, 0.13 micron, at 48MHz
- Operating Voltage: +3.3V+/-10%
- Operating Humidity: 90% maximum (non-condensing)
- Operating Voltage: +3.3V+/-10%
- Operating Humidity: 90% maximum(non-condensing)
- Operating Temperature Range:
-30°C to +85°C
-22°F to 185°F
- Power Consumption (max):
- Transmit – 350mA@11Mbps, 310mA@54Mbps, 310mA@72Mbps
- Receive – 130mA
- U.FL RF Connector
- Connection: Low profile 30 pin
- Host Interface: Serial, SPI, USB Device
- 10/100 BaseT LAN Interface: RMII (w/ext. PHY)
- RoHS-compliant; lead-free
Wireless Specifications:
- Standards supported: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Frequency: Europe – 2.412-2.472GHz, USA – 2.412-2.462GHz, Japan – 2.412–2.484GHz
- Channels: Europe – 13 channels, USA – 11 channels, Japan – 14 channels
Performance Specifications:
- Host Data Rate: UART – up to 3Mbps, SPI – to 12Mbps, USB 1.1: Up to 6Mbps
- Serial Data Format (AT+i mode): Asynchronous character; binary; 8 data bits; no parity; 1 stop bit
- Serial Data Format (SerialNET mode): Asynchronous character; binary; 7 or 8 data bits; odd, even, or no parity; 1 stop bit
- Flow Control: Hardware (-RTS, -CTS) and software flow control.
Internet Protocols:
- ARP, ICMP, IP, UDP, TCP, DHCP, DNS, NTP, SMTP, POP3, MIME, HTTP, FTP and TELNET
- Security protocols: SSL3/TLS1, HTTPS, FTPS, RSA, AES-128/256, 3DES, RC-4, SHA-1, MD-5, WEP, WPA/WPA2
- Protocols accelerated in hardware: AES, 3DES and SHA
Application Program Interface:
- Connect One's AT+i protocol
- SerialNET mode for transparent serial data-to-Internet bridging
- LAN-WiFi transparent bridging
- PPP operation mode for Modem-WiFi conversion
Warranty: One year
Certifications:(Pending approval)
- Radio and EMC:
- FCC Modular Approval. FCC ID: XM5-SM2144N1
- CFR Title 47 FCC Part 15, Subpart B and C
- Canada
- Industry Canada Module Approval. IC: 8516A-SM2144N1
- Industry Canada ICES-003, RSS-Gen, RSS-210
- EN 300 328 (R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC)
- EN 301 489 (EMC Directive 2004/108/EC)
- Safety:
- CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950
- EN 60950, Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC)
Installation Requirements:
The Nano WiReach G2 N1 must be installed within a full-enclosure device that is safety certified.
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Related Documentation
Data Sheet
Product Brief
Programmer's Manual
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Harvest in the Heartland for Nintendo DS?
WHO IS BUYING THIS? I mean, I'm really pleased that it exists, but . . . WHO IS BUYING THIS?
Although, I'll tell you–the $14.99 price tag sure does appeal to my farmgirl sensibilities.
Oh! Oh! I thought of you (and this video game) when I saw all the John Deere Christmas decorations at Wal-Mart. I also thought of your step brother. And my second cousin. And Katie Noecker.
Can you imagine how life was different for people who grew up without an awareness that there are people in the world who love and collect John Deere memorabilia?
I kind of want a nintendo ds just so I can play that :-/
When I get back to Ohio, I'll send you a list of fun DS games. Off the top of my head though, check out the Rayman Raving Rabbids (FUN!), Lego Indiana Jones (you blow into the microphone to inflate the raft and blow out the lights), and Wordmaster (I picked it for $4.99 at Target it's a fun word game).
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Other Music
Nashville Country Music
Nashville Tennessee if the home of country music, a major music recording and production center. All of the Big Four record labels, as well as numerous independent labels, have offices in Nashville, mostly in the Music Row area. Nashville's music industry is estimated to have a total economic impact of $6.4 billion per year and to contribute 19,000 jobs to the Nashville area.
Country music has numerous roots with distinctive musical styles centered on the difficulties and male-female relationships. In both Canada and the USA, country music emerges from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. Wikipedia suggested: "Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history. Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, dobros and fiddles as well as harmonicas. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres. The origins of country music are the folk music of mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities. By the end of World War II, "mountaineer" string band music known as bluegrass had emerged when Bill Monroe joined with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, introduced by Roy Acuff at the Grand Ole Opry. Gospel music, too, remained a popular component of country music. Red Foley, the biggest country star following World War II, had one of the first million-selling gospel hits ("Peace in the Valley") and also sang boogie, blues and rockabilly. "(Wilkapedia, Country music, Accessed Online March 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music)
Everly brothers
My awareness of country music began with the Everly brothers who were Nashville prodigees with a great influence on other singers and emerging rock and roll bands. The Everlys recorded "Bye Bye Love" in 1957 which reached No. 2 on the pop charts, behind Elvis Presley's " Teddy Bear", and No. 1 on the country charts.[11] The song was written, by Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant, an American husband and wife country music and pop songwriting team who won 59 BMI country, pop, and R&B music awards. In 1972 they were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 1986 into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 1991 into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. The brothers were seminal in creating country style rock and roll with steel-string guitars and two part harmony singing. Don and Phil Everly were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. On October 25, 2014, When Phil died in 2014, Don Everly sang Bye Bye Love at the Annual Music Masters ( Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.)
The brothers music influenced the evolution of rock. Their style was copied by rock groups of the 1960s. The Beatles, Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunke] developed their style by performing Everly covers. The Bee Gees, the Hollies, and other rock and roll groups that feature harmony singing were also influenced. The Beatles referred to themselves as "the English Everly Brothers". Keith Richards called Don Everly "one of the finest rhythm players" Paul Simon said, the day after Phil's death, "Phil and Don were the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful. The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. They witnessed and were part of the birth of rock and roll." The brothers had 35 Billboard Top-100 singles, 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top-100 singles by any duo and trailed Hall & Oates for the most Top-40 singles by a duo. They had 12 top-40 albums between 1960 and 2009. In 1986, the Everly Brothers were among the first 10 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were introduced by Neil Young, who observed that every musical group he belonged to had tried and failed to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. The brothers have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the brothers No. 33 on its list of the "100 greatest artists of all time". They are also No. 43 on the list of UK Best selling singles artists of all time. They wrote Till I Kissed You, Cathy's Clown, and When Will I Be Loved which became hits for Reba McEntire and Linda Ronstadt. Ronstadt's recording of When Will I Be Loved? is one my favorites.
Some recordings by Stephen Gislason
Bye Bye Love
When Will I Be Loved?
I Can't Make You Love Me was written by Nashville song writers Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by American singer Bonnie Raitt in 1991. The song became one of Raitt's most successful singles, reaching the top-twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top-ten on the Adult Contemporary. Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" the eighth best track on its The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The song is ranked at number 339 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Shamblin stated: "We'd worked on this song for more than six months. One day, Mike invited me to his living room' where his piano was. He sat down and started playing this melody, and it was one of the most moving pieces of music I'd heard. I mean, it hit me in a hard way... Instantly, I knew it was the best thing I'd ever been a part of." I Can't Make You Love Me has gone on to become a pop standard and a mainstay of adult contemporary radio formats. Many prominent singers have recorded the song. Country singers Lee Ann Rhimes, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood are among the singers that have recorded the song.
I Can't Make You Love Me
The Lyrics
Turn down the lights
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
Some Favorites
Country songs typically tell a story of failed love with standard a verse, chorus structure. I have admired the polish of Nashville singers, studio musicians and recording studios. Videos available on You Tube are often sophisticated and pleasing, Country music has had many crossovers into pop songs in the USA. My favorite singers are all attractive women who sing well. Here is a short list of my favorites with links to You Tube performances:
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Hello there! In this guide ill be teaching you the basic ins and outs of the champion Morgana.(a more in-depth guide coming soon.)
Okay this guide is about how to AP carry your team as Morgana.
So you will want the greater glyph of insight runes, for this gives you a bit of a boost in magic pen. along with your other AP boosting runes, this will really give you a edge early game.
You could also take greater seal of replenishment instead for the additional mana regen. because Morgana is a bit mana hungry especially if you level up her w [*] TORMENTED SOIL. first.
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Noted pharma douche Martin Shkreli chose the location for a meet-up after a faux Shkreli email chain turned journalists's inboxes upside down and started dominating the news cycle. He livestreamed it. And no one knows what he ordered (donkey sauce?) but dude wants to do it again next week. Apparently, Flavortown is Shkreli's kind of town.
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Speech analytics is a great concept in the call centers that has been helping these organizations to raise the level of service and bringing better performance in the long run and profit return. The role of the contact centers have become so powerful that the businesses if this century is all dependent on the skills of the professionals who have been handling the corporate communications in a proficient manner. The agents are always pivotal in handling the call volumes but the performance is all monitored and analyzed by the speech analytics to a great level. Therefore, to justify the deliverance of the results in the customer call centers in India with a special attention to the advantages of structural speech analytics.
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Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race
Page: 14"Cæsar's Conquest of Gaul" may be taken as an admirable summary of the social physiognomy of that part of Celtica a little before the time of the Christian era, and it corresponds closely to all that is known of the native Irish civilisation:
(After Borlase)
A dolmen, it may be here explained, is a kind of chamber composed of upright unhewn stones, and roofed generally with a single huge stone. They are usually wedge-shaped in plan, and traces of a porch or vestibule can often be noticed. The primary intention of the dolmen was to represent a house or dwelling-place for the dead. A cromlech (often confused in popular language with the dolmen) is properly a circular arrangement of standing stones, often with a dolmen in their midst. It is believed that most [pg 54] if not all of the now exposed dolmens were originally covered with a great mound of earth or of smaller stones. Sometimes, as in the illustration we give from Carnac, in Brittany, great avenues or alignments are formed of single upright stones, and these, no doubt, had some purpose connected with the ritual of worship carried on in the locality. The later megalithic monuments, as at Stonehenge, may be of dressed stone, but in all cases their rudeness of construction, the absence of any sculpturing (except for patterns or symbols incised on the surface), the evident aim at creating a powerful impression by the brute strength of huge monolithic masses, as well as certain subsidiary features in their design which shall be described later on, give these megalithic monuments a curious family likeness and mark them out from the chambered tombs of the early Greeks, of the Egyptians, and of other more advanced races. The dolmens proper gave place in the end to great chambered mounds or tumuli, as at New Grange, which we also reckon as belonging to the Megalithic People. They are a natural development of the dolmen. The early dolmen-builders were in the neolithic stage of culture, their weapons were of polished stone. But in the tumuli not only stone, but also bronze, and even iron, instruments are found—at first evidently importations, but afterwards of local manufacture.
Origin of the Megalithic People
Photograph by R. Welch, Belfast
The language originally spoken by this people can only be conjectured by the traces of it left in that of their conquerors, the Celts.
Arthur G. Bell
There were three peoples, said Cæsar, inhabiting Gaul when his conquest began; "they differ from each other in language, in customs, and in laws." These people he named respectively the Belgæ, the Celtæ, and the Aquitani. He locates them roughly, the Belgæ in the north and east, the Celtæ in the middle, and the Aquitani in the west and south. The Belgæ are the Galatæ of Bertrand, the Celtæ are the Celts, and the Aquitani are the Megalithic People. They had, of course, all been more or less brought under Celtic influences, and the differences of language which Cæsar noticed need not have been great; still it is noteworthy, and quite in accordance with Bertrand's views, that Strabo speaks of the Aquitani as differing markedly from the rest of the inhabitants, and as [pg 59] resembling the Iberians. The language of the other Gaulish peoples, he expressly adds, were merely dialects of the same tongue.
The Religion of Magic
This triple division is reflected more or less in all the Celtic countries, and must always be borne in mind when we speak of Celtic ideas and Celtic religion, and try to estimate the contribution of the Celtic peoples to European culture. The mythical literature and the art of the Celt have probably sprung mainly from the section represented by the Lowland Celts of Bertrand. But this literature of song and saga was produced by a bardic class for the pleasure and instruction of a proud, chivalrous, and warlike aristocracy, and would thus inevitably be moulded by the ideas of this aristocracy. But it would also have been coloured by the profound influence of the religious beliefs and observances entertained by the Megalithic People—beliefs which are only now fading slowly away in the spreading daylight of science. These beliefs may be summed up in the one term Magic. The nature of this religion of magic must now be briefly discussed, for it was a potent element in the formation of the body of myths and legends with which we have afterwards to deal. And, as Professor Bury remarked in his Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge, in 1903:
The ultimate root of the word Magic is unknown, but proximately it is derived from the Magi, or priests of Chaldea and Media in pre-Aryan and pre-Semitic times, who were the great exponents of this system of thought, so strangely mingled of superstition, philosophy, and scientific observation. The fundamental conception of magic is that of the spiritual vitality of all nature. This spiritual vitality was not, as in polytheism, conceived as separated from nature in distinct divine personalities. It was implicit and immanent in nature; obscure, undefined, invested with all the awfulness of a power whose limits and nature are enveloped in impenetrable mystery. In its remote origin it was doubtless, as many facts appear to show, associated with the cult of the dead, for death was looked upon as the resumption into nature, and as the investment with vague and uncontrollable powers, of a spiritual force formerly embodied in the concrete, limited, manageable, and therefore less awful form of a living human personality. Yet these powers were not altogether uncontrollable. The desire for control, as well as the suggestion of the means for achieving it, probably arose from the first rude practices of the art of healing. Medicine of some sort was one of the earliest necessities of man. And the power of certain natural substances, mineral or vegetable, to produce bodily and mental effects often of a most startling character would naturally be taken as signal evidence of what we may call the "magical" conception of the universe.35 The first magicians were those who attained a special knowledge of healing or poisonous herbs; but "virtue" of some sort being attributed to every natural object and phenomenon, [pg 61] a kind of magical science, partly the child of true research, partly of poetic imagination, partly of priestcraft, would in time spring up, would be codified into rites and formulas, attached to special places and objects, and represented by symbols. The whole subject has been treated by Pliny in a remarkable passage which deserves quotation at length:
Pliny on the Religion of Magic
"In the East, doubtless, it was invented—in Persia
and by Zoroaster. (Sergi)
Holed Stones
(After Gailhabaud)
Another singular and as yet unexplained feature which appears in many of these monuments, from Western Europe to India, is the presence of a small hole bored through one of the stones composing the chamber. Was it an aperture intended for the spirit of the dead? or for offerings to them? or the channel through which revelations from the spirit-world were supposed to come to a priest or magician? or did it partake of all these characters? Holed stones, not forming part of a dolmen, are, of course, among the commonest relics of the ancient cult, and are still venerated and used in practices connected [pg 66] with child-bearing, &c. Here we are doubtless to interpret the emblem as a symbol of sex.
(After Meadows-Taylor)
Besides the heavenly bodies, we find that rivers, trees,
mountains, and stones were all objects of veneration
among this primitive people. Stone-worship was particularly
common, and is not so easily explained as the
worship directed toward objects possessing movement
and vitality. Possibly an explanation of the veneration
attaching to great and isolated masses of unhewn stone
may be found in their resemblance to the artificial
dolmens and cromlechs.40 No superstition has proved
more enduring. In A.D. 452 we find the Synod of
Arles denouncing those who "venerate trees and wells
and stones," and the denunciation was repeated by
Charlemagne, and by numerous Synods and Councils
down to recent times. Yet a drawing, here reproduced,
which was lately made on the spot by Mr. Arthur Bell
Cup-and-Ring Markings
(After Sir J. Simpson)
Another singular emblem, upon the meaning of which no light has yet been thrown, occurs frequently in connexion with megalithic monuments. The accompanying illustrations show examples of it. Cup-shaped hollows are made in the surface of the stone, these are often surrounded with concentric rings, and from the cup one or more radial lines are drawn to a point outside the circumference of the rings. Occasionally a system of cups are joined by these lines, but more frequently they end a little way outside the widest of the rings. These strange markings are found in Great Britain and Ireland, in Brittany, and at various places in [pg 68] India, where they are called mahadéos.42 I have also found a curious example—for such it appears to be—in Dupaix' "Monuments of New Spain." It is reproduced in Lord Kingsborough's "Antiquities of Mexico," vol. iv. On the circular top of a cylindrical stone, known as the "Triumphal Stone," is carved a central cup, with nine concentric circles round it, and a duct or channel cut straight from the cup through all the circles to the rim. Except that the design here is richly decorated and accurately drawn, it closely resembles a typical European cup-and-ring marking. That these markings mean something, and that, wherever they are found, they mean the same thing, can hardly be doubted, but what that meaning is remains yet a puzzle to antiquarians. The guess may perhaps be hazarded that they are diagrams or plans of a megalithic sepulchre. The central hollow represents the actual burial-place. The circles are the standing stones, fosses, and ramparts which often surrounded it; and the line or duct drawn from the centre outwards represents the subterranean approach to the sepulchre. The apparent "avenue" intention of the duct is clearly brought out in the varieties given below, which I take from Simpson. As the sepulchre was also a holy place or shrine, the occurrence of a representation of it among other carvings of a sacred character is natural enough; it would seem symbolically to indicate that the place was holy ground. How far this suggestion might apply to the Mexican example I am unable to say.
The Tumulus at New Grange
One of the most important and richly sculptured of European megalithic monuments is the great chambered tumulus of New Grange, on the northern bank of the Boyne, in Ireland. This tumulus, and the others which occur in its neighbourhood, appear in ancient Irish mythical literature in two different characters, the union of which is significant. They are regarded on the one hand as the dwelling-places of the Sidhe (pronounced Shee), or Fairy Folk, who represent, probably, the deities of the ancient Irish, and they are also, traditionally, the burial-places of the Celtic High Kings of pagan Ireland. The story of the burial of King Cormac, who was supposed to have heard of the Christian faith long before it was actually preached in Ireland by St. Patrick and who ordered that he should not be buried at the royal cemetery by the Boyne, on account of its pagan associations, points to the view that this place was the centre of a pagan cult involving more than merely the interment of royal personages in its precincts. Unfortunately these monuments are not intact; they were opened and plundered by the Danes in the ninth century,
Photograph by R. Welch, Belfast
The Ship Symbol at New Grange
Another remarkable and, as far as Ireland goes, unusual figure is found sculptured in the west recess at New Grange. It has been interpreted by various critics as a mason's mark, a piece of Phoenician writing, a group of numerals, and finally (and no doubt correctly) by Mr. George Coffey as a rude representation of a ship with men on board and uplifted sail. It is noticeable that just above it is a small circle, forming, apparently, part of the design. Another example occurs at Dowth.[pg 72]
The significance of this marking, as we shall see, is possibly very great. It has been discovered that on certain stones in the tumulus of Locmariaker, in Brittany,47 there occur a number of very similar figures, one of them showing the circle in much the same relative position as at New Grange. The axe, an Egyptian hieroglyph for godhead and a well-known magical emblem, is also represented on this stone. Again, in a brochure by Dr. Oscar Montelius on the rock-sculptures of Sweden<<<>>>


text: Life Chems, sex and lost souls - my personal journey. By Mario | @Londondiaries2 Back in 2009, Mario faced a battle against chems, sex, loneliness and the struggle to find himself. Today he shares his journey... It started rather innocently, when I decided I should broaden my horizons by setting up a profile on a dating site. "It's manageable," I thought, in denial. Within days, I'd filled my diary for weeks, even with double bookings. I am a polite man. I don't turn people down and, besides, I need to feel alive. I'd do anything to obliterate the sense of isolation I often feel. Hours would merge into one. As a result, I'd spend entire days surfing the application, leaving a track here and a wink there. I'm not alone in taking my phone to the toilet, right? Incidentally, sex doesn't even interest me. Sex is my way to make contact. I crave intimacy, so much so that I compromise with anything. This is how drugs entered my life, in disguise. "Let's chill", someone possibly lonelier than I eventually would suggest. I was far too happy to oblige. One night, in a moment of clarity, I looked around and didn't recognise where I was nor, could I remember how I got there. I was sitting on the floor, wearing nothing but a pair of black boots and red socks. The stranger beside me was telling me of the time he was double fucked. According to him, an awesome experience: "K helps and so does G but don't take them together or you will slip into a coma!", he told me helpfully, as if we were discussing the interaction between aspirin and Paracetamol. I left soon after, before the next wave of high could sweep me like a tsunami. Once outside I boarded a bus. I was high, horny, and needy. I looked outside, where I spotted a person walking toward the bus stop I had left behind. As he stared at me, I got off at the next bus stop and ran back, hoping to charm him over. "Hi, do you wanna suck my cock, I live nearby", I said, as a way of introduction. He was willing to follow. However, after a close examination I decided I didn't fancy him enough. I stumbled away, pleased with myself for maintaining my standards even while off my face. At last, I made it home, where I started cleaning my flat in a frantic attempt to wash my heart. It's quite remarkable: the messier my private life the cleaner my apartment. I spent hours scrubbing every surface. By 6am, I had nothing else to polish. However, I was still high, wide-awake and engulfed in frenzies of hyperactivity. Defeated, I sat on my sofa, realising I was still wearing my boots. As I took them off and aligned them to the wall, I asked myself where I was going with my life. Nowhere, by the look of things. There and then, while looking for someone other then myself to blame for my behaviour, I decided that I had to get rid of the main source of sleaze in my life – my online profile. This had to go before it took over my life, and my health. In two months I'd managed to pick-up chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis. I logged on my profile where I found 21 messages waiting for me, 21 potential boyfriends. At times, it's the delusion I love the most about me. "If I click on any of these messages the moment will pass" – I thought. There it was 'Delete Profile', which I clicked. Nothing happened. An additional window opened. It asked if I truly wanted to delete my profile. It gave me the option to go back in to its comforting arms, where I belonged until my membership would expire. I clicked on 'Delete Profile' again but it redirected me to another page, to a list of my 'buddies'. They would surely miss me and would be devastated to see me go. I didn't know any of them, and yet the suggestion that these people could remotely care about me was enough to make me doubt my actions. It's human nature. We need validation and attention. In order to belong we Photoshop images, falsify ages and fabricate an appealing image that only remotely matches who we really are. Still, I clicked on ''Delete Profile' again and at last, my alter ego, 'Hairyhunk975', was no more. It was obviously ludicrous of me to believe that by deleting an online profile I would resolve all the issues that took me there to start with. "You seem to be here quite often" – the nurse at my GUM clinic commented many months later, in what I instantly filed in my brain as the understatement of the year. He then handed me a leaflet, suggesting that perhaps I should consider using their free counselling services. This is how my mentor, a heavily pregnant woman, entered my life. For weeks, she listened to my story, leading me to find the answers I had within myself all along, but that in the past I wasn't prepared to acknowledge. I will cherish forever the memory of my mentor sitting in front of me like a Buddha in disguise, caressing her belly as she'd witness my life unravel before her eyes. How ironic that the only human connection resulting from my drugs and sex filled binge came courtesy of the straight, female health care adviser at the GUM clinic. In truth, I was roaming in the dark. Self-destruction develops over a long period. It goes undetected for years as it chips and chips at the edges of your soul while you get on with your life. It's like a heavy snowfall that freezes your senses, turning your brain into white slopes. Then one day something shifts, the temperature rises, the balance breaks and the avalanche of emotions that follows has the power to destroy your entire world, along with your reason. It seems that gay men are prone to darkness. Perhaps it is our history. Centuries of persecution, of being outcasts, may still play havoc with our ability to accept ourselves. We try so hard to impress when, in fact, we should simply live our lives enjoying the ride. Our ability to conceal evidence of any struggle is outstanding. Regardless of the circumstances, in public we always hold on to a façade of sparkle. It is when we close the front door behind us and we strip off, standing naked with nowhere to hide that the compulsive behaviours kick in. Some people end their day with numbing their senses while drinking at home alone. Others binge on sweets, biscuits, and cakes, eating their guilt away. Some OCD, while others go out every weekend without fail, bringing a new meaning to adjectives such as 'recreational' and 'social'. The ones like me surf the internet and live a virtual reality that sometimes morphs into real life with disastrous consequences. What links us all is our inability to enjoy our own company, to take an honest look at our lives and face our own ghosts. Therefore, we go off the rails as a means of procrastination. As we do so, our sense of self-worth plummets to such levels that we begin to indulge in behaviours doomed to generate long-term consequences. Any health adviser in the land will confirm the link between HIV infection among gay men and risky sexual behaviour associated to drugs use and low self-esteem. Besides wearing a condom, a key factor in preventing an infection is to respect yourself. I'm not perfect. Sometimes, I need help, and there is no ignominy in it. The shame would be if, out of pride, I wouldn't admit that my life had spiralled out of control. Many free services out there can help not only to give shape to your ordeals but also to acquire the tools needed to deal with your problems. Honesty is key to this process. Eventually, I reached a place where I felt I could simply be. I know the room for relapsing is always there. However, now I'm able to manage my destiny. When the craving comes, I can choose to wait, and then wait some more, until my heartbeat slows and I can breathe again, feeding my brain with oxygen and my heart with hope. As I do so, the moment will pass and I will be safe until the next instance, always around the corner. It's down to me to remember who I am, where I come from, and what I want. Ultimately, I pray. I pray to find the SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change, to have the COURAGE to change the things I can and the WISDOM to know the difference. SUPPORT: Chemsex support at 56 Dean Street: for gay men who use drugs for sex. Walk-in appointments Tuesday evenings, Thursday afternoons and two Saturday afternoons each month. For details visit www.chemsexsupport.com. ADVICE: For advice on reducing the harms related to chemsex, visit www.gmfa.org.uk/saferchems.


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"I just hope he'll know how to cope with the hell-hound"
by totalpratt
Cerberus, watercolour by William Blake - Credit: William Blake
The Hell-hound is a supernatural dog of hell. Folklore and fiction attribute it with special abilities, such as great speed or strength. Hell-hounds are said to guard the entrance to the Underworld, most famously Cerberus in Greek mythology.
A hell-hound features in The Omen, hypnotising Damien's first nanny and causing her to hang herself.


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[Samples of marketing campaigns we have produced for client newspapers.
Click above to review more.]
Recently I spoke in San Antonio at a conference for publishers held by The Inland Press Association. During my session titled "Don't Just Redesign – REINVENT!" I included some excerpts from marketing campaigns I have developed for client newspapers. This is a service I began offering about eight years ago, after being frustrated with generic or off-point campaigns produced by expensive external ad agencies or in-house marketing departments who just didn't get it. Sorry to be so blunt, but being in the middle of the redesign storm, I felt I was often better positioned to get to the essence of the project, more quickly, creatively, and cheaply than an outside agency.
When I showed the Inland crowd some campaigns created recently for client papers, the audience perked up. "We do a TERRIBLE job of promoting ourselves!" one editor exclaimed. Said another: "And it's gotten even worse with the tightening of our news holes – we don't even have space for house ads any more." (Insert collective sigh here.)
But newspapers SHOULD create space for house ads – even small ones that can speak to readers and advertisers about how invaluable your services are. (Aren't they?) And direct mail pieces. And website destinations that SELL your virtues to both audiences. Particularly online, is ANYONE doing a good job of convincing advertisers why they should jump on board, either the print or online products? Of convincing readers why newspapers are worth saving? [Related post on this blog: I asked the editor of Ad Age and several marketing gurus to give a critical eye to a save-the-industry ad campaign.]
Here are a few tips for better house ads:
- Don't be generic. Too many house ads fail because they do little more than announce that the paper, or a section, exists, or alerts readers that you have a web site.
- Play up your importance to the community. If you really are essential to the life of your readers, brag about it. Be specific. How have you improved their quality of life lately?
- Don't over-design them. Too many house ads look like car ads, because they're designed by the people who create your car ads.
- Even small one-column fillers will be read. Why not use the space to entice the reader to go online, to find a specific local story, or editorial, or column, they may have missed in yesterday's paper?
Want to see more? Jump on over to this related post on my site to see samples from some of my marketing campaigns, developed in recent years for redesign clients. They range from simple, impactful "poster"-like designs to create buzz for a redesign, with big headline, image and logo only, to more detailed, text-heavy ads that convey depth about why one should read, or advertise in, your publication. Each sample is just a glimpse of a larger, detailed campaign created for clients, often broken down into pre-launch, launch, and post-launch components. My team created concepts, headlines and visual identity, and each campaign consisted of anywhere from 12 to 36 different components, from house ads to billboards to direct mail to rack cards.
Whether you are going through a relaunch, or starting up a publication, or just need to get your message out there, now may be the time to reconsider your marketing challenge. For more information about marketing your news publications, feel free to email me at ron (at) ronreason.com
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Follow-up post on this blog: I asked the editor of Advertising Age and several marketing gurus to give a critical eye to a new save-the-industry ad campaign.


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text: I usually post in PE but needed more coverage on this one. My difficult child is currently in jail. He was dating someone he called his fiancee when he was arrested. Turns out he is taking the brunt of charges for what is mostly her crime of theft. She told him she was pregnant possibly so he would cover for her and once he was in prison told him she miscarried. That is the background. Since he was incarcerated a month ago she has taken over his Facebook page and has been posting as him and friending unsuspecting family members. I only just found out about it when she fessed up after I had pmed him. My sister told me that he was still posting and that maybe I could communicate with him through FB. i had my suspicions because I didn't thing prisoners had access to public websites. Anyway, the woman read the message telling difficult child to get in touch with me and then contacted me admitting that she was not him She gave me a very lame excuse for her actions. From what I know of her she is both a thief and a liar and I am slightly concerned that she is stalking me. It could just be a perverse curiosity on her part. It could also be to track when I am not home so she can break in here. Some of my family are not on FB often and have not responded to my request to unfriend difficult child because it isn't him using the account at present. Other's just don't seem to care. I am afraid that she will see some inocent post that someone makes and my safety could be compromised. Should I report this FB abuse and have her shut down? My BFF says I should just leave it alone so I can track her "keep your enemies close" so to speak. I just find the whole thing creepy but admit that my difficult child might have given her permission. Even so it is against FB policy for her to be doing this. They want a reason for the report and I prepared the following: "This is my son's account he is unable to update it or post due to being away at the present time. The person posting and monitering his account as him is someone he was in a relationship with when he went away. Her name is XXXXX although she is using his last name on her own profile which is under XXXXX even though she is not married to my son. She is not a person I know and I feel the privacy of the family is being compromised by her actions." What do you think? -RM


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Foot is the Director of the C-17 Field Services Integrated Product Team (IPT) for the Product Support – Boeing Aerospace Support at C-17 sites, responsible for all field through life support to the US Air Force and international customers.
Prior to this assignment, he was the first Base Manager at McChord AFB, in charge of setting up Boeing's team and supporting the initial aircraft deliveries.
Foot became Base Manager in January 1998, after serving 28 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Brigadier General from the position as Vice Commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command, responsible for world-wide clandestine operations.
From 1990 to 1995 he was the Vice Wing Commander at Charleston AFB and the Wing Commander at both McChord AFB and Travis AFB.
A highly decorated veteran, be spent most of his career in special operations, airlift and mobility. He flew combat missions in Southeast Asia and Desert Storm and was the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) in Rwanda in 1994.
Foot holds a bachelors degree in international affairs from the U.S. Air Force Academy and a Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He completed courses at the National War College and in National Security at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
"I value the USO because it focuses on supporting the troops and their families and has not strayed from that purpose since its inception over 60 years ago. I also value the USO because it relies on volunteers who derive their satisfaction from helping others. "


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IT hiring forecast optimistic ... for now
Despite the recent lackluster employment figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there's cause for optimism on the IT hiring front, according to Dice.com. In a poll of 800 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters, the tech jobs site found 73% plan to increase hiring in the second half of the year compared to the first six months of 2012.
More IT hiring managers and recruiters are optimistic about hiring than six months ago, when 65% said they planned to increase hiring.
Respondents are divided on the issue of finding technical talent, however. Roughly one-quarter (24%) said the time it takes to fill positions has shortened compared to last year, while 45% reported extended hiring times, due in part to an inability to find qualified professionals. The remainder -- 31% -- said the time to fill open positions is unchanged relative to 2011.
On the salary front, 58% of corporate hiring managers said salaries for existing IT staff are higher than they were last year. Dice.com also asked corporate hiring managers about attrition rates. Nearly two-thirds (63%) said voluntary departures have not increased, while 37% said they have.
"Our customers tell us it's hard to entice tech professionals out of their current positions," said Tom Silver, Dice's senior vice president, North America, in a statement. "There is just not enough confidence for professionals to leave what they know behind and take a chance with their careers."
Tech professionals of all experience levels are in demand, though hiring managers and recruiters reported different search priorities. Companies recruiting for their own needs are most likely to focus on tech professionals with two to five years in the workforce, slightly edging out those with six to 10 years of experience, Dice.com reports. Recruiters and staffing companies, meanwhile, tend to be searching for more experienced professionals with six to 10 years of tenure.
Dice's relatively positive IT hiring forecast comes on the heels of a disappointing U.S. jobs report last week. The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on June 1 that the unemployment rate rose from 8.1% to 8.2% in May and the number of new jobs created was only 69,000 -- the worst month for job creation in a year.
In his tech-specific analysis of the BLS monthly employment report, analyst David Foote noted a slowing of job growth across four jobs segments commonly associated with IT professionals. While BLS reported a net gain of 5,200 jobs across those four jobs segments (Management/Technical Consulting Services, Computer Systems Design/Related Services, Telecommunications, and Data Processing/Hosting/Related Services), tech job creation is down by 4,600 jobs compared to April, when 9,800 new jobs were added.
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The Center for Youth and Family Solutions has an opening for a full time Caseworker in Peoria. Responsibilities include providing case work services to families involved in the juvenile or child welfare systems, completing assessments, developing service plans, making referrals, and facilitating child and family teams. Position requires a Bachelor's degree in social service or human services related field, valid driver's license; clean driving record, reliable transportation and ability to pass a DCFS background check. Evening and weekend work is required. Send cover letter and resume no later than June 23, 2017. EOE
The Center for Youth and Family Solutions has an opening for a full time Licensed Practical Nurse. Responsibilities include providing medical consultation on specific cases, assisting with the development of treatment plans, providing medical information and training to foster parents, biological parents and staff and monitoring medical care of child in care. Position requires Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and two years of experience in foster care or related child welfare services, valid driver's license, three years' driving experience, clean driving record, and ability to pass DCFS background check. Travel is required. Submit cover letter, resume and three current letters of reference no later than June 23, 2017. EOE
The Center for Youth and Family Solutions has an opening for a Foster Care Family Worker in Peoria. Responsibilities include transporting foster children and other agency clients; supervising visits; acting as a liaison between families, court, and service providers; developing and delivering family-centered services; documenting all services provided; completing integrated assessments and Client Service Plans according to policy-dictated timelines; attending all pertinent meetings; conducting biological and foster family home visits; providing initial and ongoing assessments; empowering families in working toward established goals; demonstrating knowledge and competency of DCFS policies and procedures; demonstrating competence in serving a culturally diverse population and demonstrating ability to work collaboratively with a diverse workforce; and a willingness and ability to work after hours and weekends and respond to emergency situations outside of normal business hours. Position requires Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or a human services degree per current DCFS licensing standards. Must meet requirements to become Licensed Direct Child Welfare Service Provider, pass DCFS background check and possess a valid driver's license, clean driving record, and three year's driving experience. Child welfare experience preferred. Submit cover letter, resume and three letters of reference no later than June 23, 2017. EOE


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Hario coffee grinder CMHC-4C
Hario CMHC-4C 1-Piece
If you want to buy a Hario coffee grinder then coffee-grinders.co.uk gives the Hario CMHC-4C 1-Piece Ceramic Canister Coffee Mill
If you're going to buy a Hario coffee grinder then maybe this is the one for you. They seem to prove really really popular. I guess because of their retro slash vintage style. Anybody with a traditional type kitchen is going to love them. So we can agree, they look pretty cool, but all that doesn't really matter if a coffee mill doesn't do the job that's intended does it?
Well, despite the early 20th Century styling Hario have made this grinder using great parts including a non-slip rubber cover at the bottom of the collection jar. The jar itself will hold around 120g of coffee.
Like most good coffee grinders this one works using ceramic burrs which allow for different settings meaning you can leave your grind as coarse or as fine as you wish. Its grind adjustment is really, really straight forward. Ease of use is often a great benefit with using manual grinders and often the main reason for buying one.
Hario is a Japanese company. Now you might not automatically think Japan when you think of coffee but they love it over there. This passions combined with the brilliance of Japanese engineering means Hario make some absolutely fantastic coffee grinders. Check out the Hario Skerton for example. It's the more contemporary brother of the Hario CMHC-4C. You can also find Hario grinders on our top 12 coffee grinder review of 2016.
Hario make some great manual grinders and often appear one lists of best grinders including our own. Theycome highly recommended by coffee-grinders.co.uk. We give this one 3.5 stars


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Candax Notes Production Results at Ezzaouia Field
Candax announced that the Ezzaouia field (31.4% WI), operated by Maretap, a joint operating company between Candax and ETAP, the Tunisian national oil company, is currently producing at over 1,000 bopd subsequent to the previously announced 2010/2011 side-track and work-over campaign. The campaign side-tracked wells Ezzaouia-5 and Ezzaouia-2 and performed work-overs on Ezzaouia-1, Ezzaouia-9 and Ezzaouia-11. Although the results have not been fully in line with expectations, they remain encouraging especially in regards to well Ezzaouia-2 which is performing well with sustained production of 400 bopd and an 8% water-cut. The campaign also provided critical data on reservoir performance and indications of additional upside have been identified.
Richard Norris, President and CEO of Candax commented, "Although we are very pleased with the current level of production, we believe this is just the beginning. We see near term additional production coming from on-going interventions on two shut-in wells. More significantly we believe that this campaign has proven that there is additional production possible from this venerable old field. After production of some 22 mmbbls to date, we note that the recovery factor has been approximately 15%, thus we believe there is significant upside in the implementation of targeted secondary recovery techniques, and we look forward to working with our partners in accessing these reserves."
- Board Changes at Andes Energia (Aug 21)
- Candax Increases Interest in Tunisia Play (Nov 02)
- Candax Resumes Production at Robbana Field (Aug 16)


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MY Niger Shame
This man came up to my window, everyone comes to my window, he was doing exactly what I would wish a person to do, try to live, work, and sell his product. I was hot, had no water, worked helping to get the bus through the sand. I was thinking about water.
I pointed my finger, said in harsh finger pointing terms. Leave me alone, I then looked close, he was a man of respect, trying to do his job.
I was lucky, he came back around the window, I negotiated a good fair price, not a pay to make them happy price, a fair price for me and for him. I do nothing for guilt, however I apolgized for my actions in the only communications we had.
Naw Goody - Thank you in Hausa.
It is not possible to be a saint, the road to Salvation is long and narrow like a Razors Edget.
- Somerset Maughn
The two made me remember, you came to help, not to hurt, first do not harm. I could hide in the air conditioning and never have this moral dilemna. I could be above it or below it in my mind, the moral road is a path I try to steer, I am not sure, sometimes the grey areas makes it hard to walk.
No Shovels in Niger
9:15 PM Thursday September 15, 2005
Sometime people step on their… NOSE
(I will leave out the correct word.)
Sometimes they jump up and down on it.
I am hard pressed to know how the drivers of trucks in Niger can just trample or smash the poor thing.
I have now witnessed and been personally involved in three road trips that are hard to fathom. There are two characteristics of poor countries that are usually the same.
1. They do not plan or think of the consequences, they seem incapable of anticipation of problems.
2. Time is not considered part of the plan - The Manana Syndrome.
I watched a semi truck plow into the sand bank yesterday.
I was amazed, he did not even slow down, run ahead, check the path, or even consider that maybe he would be in that truck sitting in the sun for two days trying to get the truck dug out of the sand.
One does this, then the next one come around and does the same, then soon there are three, four, or many doing the same. They can really smash their little dingy.
Here is a photo of three vehicles all bogged down in the sand, I am very happy that bus is not mine, there were two buses, my bus was in front of the other in the queue and luckily my driver did not jump in and plow into the sand, or I suspect I would still be on the bus, and not typing in this room in Niamey.
I think this is what happened.
The middle truck stopped coming up the hill and slid off, the second on or the one on the right plowed around hoping to go through and got stuck.
Sadly, there were maybe 200 people here and they could have easily pushed the second truck out of the bog, if they were not so lazy. There is no natural instinct here to help another person in trouble, everyone is helping himself or herself and does not help anyone but themselves.
Me and the Military person, which spoke some English, were walking around reconnoitering the area. My bus was going down hill so the options were better than those coming up the grade. We looked at one long route that was being made by some small vehicles successfully. There was a route where now the bus is sitting that to me was never a choice for exactly the problem you see he left part of the bus has dropped. Now follow the leader mentality is the problem here, small cars were making it, so the bus decided to try.
There was an old man, who between him, I, the Military guy however for the most parts this man below:
This man is a solution.
He had a little peaked hat, like the Chinese or similar on, however came off an I hung on bush.
This man had some tools. I cannot believe these trucks only had one broken shovel between all of them, there had to be at least 25 trucks. This is why I say they do not plan ahead. They do have these steel planks, however not much of solution for the major problems, you need 10 shovels, and 10 axes minimum to pay and work your way through this mess.
Note the big U.N. Trucks would just plow around in their SUVs and not stop; these trucks are loaded with food and supplies!
I helped on two of the paths, carried many stones; however, the bus drivers are not very smart and cannot really deal with this type of problem. The truck driver are even more addle brained and as best I can tell there is no road crews working twenty four hours to fix this, so they plow into the hills hoping to go, then follow the leader.
This man is a solution.
This is some soldier type man who was actually trying to think, me the man in black with the tools and the Soldier man all three decided to start on the path that worked. The bus drivers and many other chose the wrong path, however, the old man, I did not take a photo, plus a small worker, and a few that could see this problem clearly chose the correct route. Sadly, all of the routes could have worked if they would take the 200 people standing around and tell them to get to work.
Pusee is the word in French for PUSH. I am not going to say what I think of them; however, it rhymes with the word.
I was trying to get translated.
Get off your lazy A#%es and help!
There were many with cell phones, one with a Satellite Phone, and many what I would say are leader of this nation, note the one French Girl with Black boyfriend in tow did not help, and either did the ugly French lady coming from Arlit, everyone just looks at this as somebody else save me, the problem with the world, nobody will get dirty.
I think I could have solved this quickly if I spoke French, I was very angry with the lazy people on the buses that would just sit there. I do have to admit there were some very big fat women on the bus with children. This is the class system of Niger at work, nobody wants to work now.
The Soldier came up to my window and he hope my travel were good, we shook hands and said goodbye.
I took photos of the man above; we were out in front of the bus as it plowed through our path we made successfully. He came and shook my hand; I took a couple of photos of him. He was not even on my bus; he was a man from nowhere that came out of nowhere to help. He saw a problem and realized it needed a solution, and he knew the solution. The solution was too easy.
He worked, I worked, the Soldier worked, however we were all looking and anticipating problems, consequences, thinking ahead. While one huge truck full of food and supplies plowed into a bank of sand around us.
I see this man in black as a hero a man to emulate, and man to venerate to make a boss, hopefully to believe that being the boss is to work more to be the example for many, to set the pace. I kept working myself; I tried to set a pace so the other would not stop. I was thirsty and had no water, I did not want to sleep on this bus with a bunch of fat women, they eat too much meat and they stink.
Self-preservation is a big motivation for me also, however we got our bus through, I am sure a few other made it down the hill; I doubt any made it up the hill.
I saw a bulldozer of Cat Brand in the village of Tanhoua as we drove through, I am not sure what is happening, I do not understand why, sometimes you think, why do you jump up and down on your thingy, why do not you work together. There is not this poor nice person here that helps his neighbor; they are all just helping themselves. Sadly, it seems simple, 200 people standing around can move a mountain, and a bus would be simple to push out of the sand with 200 people.
The organization that could solve the problems of Niger has been here for hundreds of years that are obvious.
Road Problems in Niger
7:40 AM September 15, 2005 Thursday
I have been trying to think of ways to explain Culture or how to evaluate cultures of the world. This is subject that is extremely difficult, I reflect on my Philosophy classes and studies of the French person Rene Descartes, he applied a process of thinking of total - Doubt - or - Methodological Doubt-
The German Photographer Ralf Maro commented,
- NGOs are a Playground for Pseudo Scientist -
Ralf Maro Photographer from Germany - Monday September 5 as told to me in the small restaurant near the Jojo Market and across from the Evacion Restaurant.
There is a dangerous precedent being set that is destroying possibly whole countries cultures and economies. The problems of Niger as best I can suss out in my for sure, not critical analysis or simply a project for the Indiana Purdue University Agriculturalist to solve, which foods can be grown in Niger that will provide the proper nutrients to stop mal-nutrition problems.
I think the problems probably are in a huge report on some shelf in the office of some United Nations idiot. However now the people need to discover where on the planet the same problems occurred and apply the same solutions. There is never the unique problem on the earth; it is always a repeat of history.
This all started because I am thinking about how stupid a problem there are in the roads of Niger. If a person analyzes the country in a string of thread or maybe the proper term is deterministic way, then you will see a causal relationship between all problems. One beget the net, influences the next, and by the time you are to the end, there is nothing.
I just traveled in the last 15 days from Niamey to Maradi, from Maradi to Zinder, from Zinder to Zermou and back to Zinder, then from Zinder to Agadez. From Agadez to Niamey by bus.
Here is a map:
I about croaked at some of the logistic problems:
If the French Version of Médecins Sans Frontières has been here for 10 years, and so has World Vision, Oxfam and most of these groups, then why is the only way to get to some of these cities stopped by small stretches of highway blocking the road.
The United Nations goes by big four-wheel drive SUV to inspect an area, many times the problem is so simple as there are small stretches of road where the large truck get stuck in the sand.
I am annoyed as I receive terribly silly answers to simple problems suggested to me by people sending emails. For instance, I say many ridiculously amounts of times that I cannot make telephone calls, it is easier to use the internet. However, on a daily basis, someone says, call here, or call there, or use your cell phone. By the time, I arranged and got a cell phone to work in Niger properly, and the only good use would be to call my parents, nothing to do with Niger, then I can go to the place. A person from England says she emailed and called a travel agency on the internet in Zinder to help me go to Zermou. I really only wanted to know that the place was actually called - Zermou - and not - Zermo -. She tries to make contact with a contact of a contact… aagh, forget this, it is not the solution, they are the problem.
I gambled correctly and the place is Zermou and not Zermo as she originally sent me, if I would have proceeded to follow the guidelines as she sat down or thought would work I would have seen nothing. Instead, I commissioned two Motorcycles to take a difficult trip from Zinder to Zemou, because hell or high water I was going to see one small village they said is a problem area.
The stupid part is the difference between efficient, lazy, and effective. Most of these groups spend millions of dollars to report a problem, define a problem and some of these problems could be stopped immediately with a few thousand dollars of well-placed money. Some targeted patches could fix some critical and essential problems.
In construction terms, I think they need some Punch Out workers, or a workers that comes in and fixes some small stupid problems and stop working on such monstrous problems.
Solving many of these problems is like the ugly guy in the book the Ugly American where he takes a bike and shows them how to pump water; he did more good quicker than all the Embassy workers in the world.
Take a problem.
Isolate the problem.
Start to see how many other problems influence the problem.
Make a list of all the small problems that stops the solutions.
Fix the easy ones first and proceed to the smaller ones.
It is an application of the Rene Descartes - Methodological Doubt - Analysis to these problems, working only on the certain problems for the long-term.
Sorry to say, these children have been dying of Mal-Nutrition and will continue to die of Mal-Nutrition, I do not see any solutions. I only see the NGOs coming in and putting band-aids on a problem that will be here again next year.
A small task force of super intelligent construction workers could get half of these problems solved quickly. Men that will work in the sun, bake off their butts and not complain.
Agadez to Niamey Niger Bus
10:04 PM Wednesday September 14, 2005
I left the Hotel in Agadez, Niger at 5:45 AM and arrived at the Hotel here in Niamey at about 9:30 PM. It was a long day, however quite interesting in many ways. I am very tired and very dirty because of carrying rocks to create a road to pass when we became snarled in a mess of trucks stuck in the sand on a detour.
Photos of Power and Respect of Niger
September 13, 2005 5:00 PM
This young man in Zinder would walk by, raise his fist, and point at me, at first, it gave me the willies, and then Rabi explained, this is a sign of respect. He pointed the fist above his head, and sometimes he held his to hands together interlocked, saying friends. Obviously, he is in western clothes and could be a person on the streets of Los Angeles; however, this man is in Zinder, Niger. Sometimes it is hard to remember how respect and a friendly smile works.
This is a typical field in the lower half of Niger that grows food adequately, they have Millet with either Peanuts or Beans growing mixed inside the Millet.
Rabi said to me, this girl wants you to take her to America with you, not a bad thought.
She was carrying this on her head, this is a mix of I believe a Millet type cake substance with beans mixed inside, it is a very typical type meal in the Villages between Zermou and Zinder Niger.
The little cuts on her cheeks are part of the Hausa Tribe traditions, however not all have them and there is also this type of cut from the Nigeria country, very complicated to figure out the various cuts.
This old woman was standing in a doorway in a small village between Zinder and Zermou; she gave me the respect sign.
The path to Zermou was a big rut, one time I just bent over and thought; sometimes Niger is in a rut and does not know how to get out of the rut.
This is some type of food I encountered one time in Niger on the path between Zinder and Zermou. I do not know what it is.
This girl was great; she would jump up and then pushes down on the water handle. The one spokesperson for this village forced me to walk over to this pump and he proceeded to help me wipe off the dirt from my shoes. Rabi gave me the look; you must respect him and allow him to clean the mud off your shoes.
At this village, we ate this bowl of Yogurt or some lightly curded milk substance, it was good, and however I would like it cold.
Cute girl with grass in hands.
Rabi would say, natural beauty of Niger, I think he has read about the fake girl parts of the USA.
I photographed this little boy as he slept, or maybe girl, however it was the waistband I was noticing, there is a similar type waistband on the Hindu people of India or a band. I was told it was for diarrhea; however, I do not think so, maybe.
The natural beauty of Niger for sure, the children.
A cute little girl in the Village of Zermou, when we were there on September 11th there had been taken 47 children to Zinder for the Nutrition center; they said when it reached 60 there would be a center there. The doctor said there were 5000 people in Zermou, I think he put an extra 0, however this is his number. I was trying to learn the percentage of children with Mal-Nutrition.
Islamic dressed men giving me the sign of respect outside the village of Zermou as we left and drove the motorcycles in the dark 40 kilometers to Zinder.
Babanguida or Babaye has a leather Tanning business in Zinder, I see this as a great industry for Niger, as they have many cattle, and this is a goat.
On the bus from Zinder to Agadez, the mother gave this special fruit drink to the young girl.
We had to get out and walk when there were too very overloaded trucks stuck in the soft sand in the road between Zinder and Agadez, Niger.
I think some of the richer girls put henna on their hand or draw, also like India.
I love this cheese, a Tuareg or Nomad like cheese or Fromage; it is hard, you can store it, cost about 50 cents U.S. per piece and probably has a good amount of protein.
In Agadez they sell these bottle carriers or wrapped plastic bottles, I am not sure where they want to keep them cool or they want the extra handles.
This is I believe a goatskin that is used by the Nomadic people or the Tuareg people to carry water with the Camel in a Caravan.
The woman giving me respect, she is weaving a part for the top of the tent.
The plant thorns around the perimeter of the domed huts to protect them from bandits.
Well, when typical or Nomad clothes cannot be found, there are some pretty Niger girls in more modern dress.
This is a Sahara Desert Nomadic Dome hut, there can roll back the side to allow air to flow through, they are semi-permanent, however can be torn down and reconstructed quickly.
Photos of Power and Respect of Niger
Ooops no photos.
Two things the French should never do, sing or touch a computer. The too clever have created a mess of the Agadez Internet. I have 26 photos here. However...
I go to Niamey, I will publish then.
A Think Tank is Needed
1:33 PM Tuesday September 13, 2005
I just took a tour for 5000 Niger Francs of the Tuareg Community or Homes here in Agadez, Niger. The construction of the domed house is similar to the ones in Mongolia, and sort of typically Nomadic.
When I was walking around looking at the dome semi-permanent type tents or huts I saw some mosquito nets, however only in about one in 20 of the beds I saw, that it not to say there is not a higher or lower percentage.
However the common thread or idea here is that a child under five is weak, then fall to something like Malaria, a Virus, or some type of disease or infection and although the Mal-Nutrition, Mal-Nourishment did not kill the child they died by a secondary and not necessary way of death like Malaria.
A Mosquito net cost about 2-5 dollars according to the country, I do not know how much one cost here, however I hope to go now and find out as just a test, the prices here are inflated due to a tourist inflation.
However it seems that a Think Tank type atmosphere could be produced whereby a problem could be posed, this would be easy on Wikihobo.com
How to convince people to use mosquito nets in Niger?
I suppose there could be an offer of cash for the best solutions that work and can be implemented.
I think there is a problem also in the types of beds the Nomadic type people use, it is a different and the bottom of the bed is not real good for this, I am not sure what design would be best.
Mother and Father Thanks the World
Sunday - September 9, 2005
My Mother and Father wrote to me asking to say thanks to the world for them and I wish to thank the world also for their support in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina.
Mother and Father wrote:
THERE ARE MANY COUNTRIES WE HAVE NOT MENTIONED BUT PLEASE KNOW WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU WONDERFUL GENEROUS PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE SHED MANY TEARS WATCHING THE DEVASTATION OUR PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM kATRINA AND WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOUR KIND HEARTS IN THIS TIME OF TROUBLE.
Thanks for being great parents.
It is difficult to explain the world I was born into and the place where I live on the plane earth, I am a lucky person who has had all the benefit the earth can offer, not because of merit, but because I was born lucky, into a world of plenty, where life is easy, and the world is kind.
Not a day goes by where I do not see that I came from a paradise in the middle of the USA, where people stop and say hello, try to help their neighbor, however most of all they say thank you, please and excuse me, they do believe that they should be grateful for the bounty they have received. Not all, however for sure my family says thanks everyday for the good fortune we have received.
I personally thank the good Gods for me being born a -Country Boy.-
Translated for the world readers, I am a boy that grew up out in the farmlands of Indiana, USA not in the city, I have the morals, values, ethics of a person that does not see the city values as the best, and sees the moving away from good old country folks values as not progress, sophistication is not a benefit it is sometime a cultural hindrance.
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