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The Vuly lite is a great trampoline that is value for money but packs all the outstanding design and quality associated with Vuly trampolines.
The Vuly Lite comes in a range of sizes and comes complete with a super safe enclosure which your children can crash into all they like. The design of the enclosure poles means that they will not get injured or fall down on to them or the springs.
Featuring a double galvanised steel frame with duel ring design and two-tiered spring system this trampoline is made to last and be enjoyed by children for years. The two tiered spring system means that both light and heavier users can have a stronger and safer bounce.
The Vuly Lite also comes with long lasting water and UV resistant reversible safety pads that provide a fresh look every time you flip them over. With no nuts or bolts required for assembly, the Vuly Lites high quality click-together frame easily joins together.
Solo bouncers and team players alike will have non-stop fun using the Vuly HexVex game mat and inventing their own imaginative games.
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Manufacturer Vuly Size 12ft Round Shape Round Next Day Delivery Yes Ladder Included No Cover Included No Shoe Store Included No No. of Springs 72 Bed Weatherproof, soft surface UV stabilised, polypropylene woven mesh mat Top Rail Height 91cm Maximum User Weight 17 stone or 110kg Frame Warranty 10 years Spring Warranty 1 year Bed Warranty 1 year Pad Warranty 1 year Net Warranty 1 year
Vuly was founded in 2008 by 18 year-old entrepreneur Joe Andon. By 2009, Vuly had released two trampoline models, the second of which became a backyard staple. By 2012, Vuly products were being sold in over 400 stores across Australia and by retailers around the world.
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Vuly Trampolines launched Vuly 2 in 2015, a redesign of the original Vuly trampoline, which incorporated Thunder's design in the net, net poles, and jump mat.
The Vuly Lite model, incorporated elements from Thunder and Vuly 2, while at the same time being Vuly's most accessiblly priced trampoline model.
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Mark Holthusen: Co-Creator- Director - Video and Set Design
Music and Lyrics: Martyn Jaques, Adrian Stout, Jonas Godard
Written By: Peder Bjurman
"the spectacular projections used throughout the production. Director and video projection creator Mark Holthusen has created a visually gorgeous art installation that lives and breathes around the trio. Mexican idolatry is fused with marionette puppets that help tell the story like a living picture book, informing the lyrics and feel of the band's music. It looks stunning."
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At UNLV job fair, veterans look for second chance
Employers and agencies took part in the Veteran and Family Career Fair and Workshop held at UNLV's student union Saturday afternoon. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., partnered with the UNLV Military and Veterans Services Center to host the semiannual event.
Luis Alvarez, a veteran employment coordinator with Work for Warriors Nevada, remembers the look of withdrawal on an emaciated man's face when he stepped into his office a year ago.
The man hadn't thought he would struggle finding a job after his discharge, but found himself unemployed, homeless and hungry two years out of the Army.
"Instead of jumping into the routine of employment assistance, I sat him down and said, 'Tell me what you need,'" Alvarez recalled during a veterans career fair at UNLV's student union Saturday afternoon.
Through community organizations in Las Vegas, Alvarez helped the veteran find affordable housing, clothing, toiletries and food. Once the veteran was settled, Alvarez connected him to a job in security.
A year later, he's a success story — and an example of how veterans services have helped retired servicemen transition to civilian life, Alvarez said.
Work for Warriors Nevada was just one of the veterans service agencies and employers taking part in the Veteran and Family Career Fair and Workshop. U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto partnered with the UNLV Military and Veterans Services Center to host the semiannual event.
Employers including state agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and private companies such as Northwestern Mutual set up booths to answer questions and distribute job applications to inquiring veterans. Down the hall, a variety of career-focused workshops offered information and tips for job seekers.
"It's not always easy to find a job, and not everyone sees a veteran as someone who gave back to the community," said Chris Slaughter, a 22-year-old veteran who returned to his home in Las Vegas last week after finishing two years of service in the Air Force.
Organizations such as HELP of Southern Nevada and Work for Warriors assist veterans in adapting the skills they learned while serving to everyday life.
"During my transition, nobody really helped," said Leslie Lingo, a career coach with HELP and a retired Army medic. "Now, I'm trying to get back into the community and make sure they get the help."
Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said job fairs are valuable because they don't just help veterans prepare for employment, they also give them a chance to talk to prospective employers.
"Whether it's to address the need for housing or to address jobs and help them get the jobs, or their social service issues or benefits, it's a united effort, and I'm very proud of that," she said.
Still, accessing GI Bill funding in a timely manner and finding jobs that require additional certification on top of skills veterans already possess can act as roadblocks to those trying to reenter the workforce, Cortez Masto said.
"We have to tear down some of those barriers so that we can work with our veterans," she said.
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Ben ("The PC Guy") Rudolph has continued to take the Smoked by Windows Phone marketing campaign across the states, and he's showing no signs of easing back with more videos being published to the Windows Phone YouTube account. We previously looked at a handful of new videos being added to the account and commented on how we enjoyed the new style, so it's pleasing to see the company continuing to refine and push the platform using this successful campaign.
With the active "Dare to Live" tour in the UK, which is focusing heavily on the number of wins the platform achieves, the Smoked campaign is relaxed to put more emphasis on how Windows Phone can make participant lives easier through a series of challenges. Check out two more videos after the break.


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Just outside of the Welcome Center the Native Plant Garden teaches us about the beauty and fragility of desert flora.
With a range of native plants, wild grasses to colorful Salvia and Paint Brush, there's lots to see--especially at springtime. Erosion control is huge at Smith Rock. We get so little water--less than 8 inches a year on average.
Once damaged by foot traffic, it can take MANY years for nature to heal the delicate soil structure. We can all help by staying on the trails to preserve key ecosystems in the park.
Interested in helping the park expand and maintain the Native Plant Garden? Contact the park management at 541-548-7501. It's a great way to give back and meet some really nice people.


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the episode of the madeleine
As if 'moulded in the fluted valve of a scallop shell'. The humble madeleine evokes and involuntary memory of the narrator's childhood in Proust's most famous work.
Mediums: Vintage French madeleine baking tray, print block tray, antique mirror, 23.75 karat gold leaf, wood
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Accurate colour mixing is like baking a cake. It is as simple, and as precise, as that. You need a list of ingredients and a recipe, or method, to follow. After that, it's just a science anyone can learn: accurate colour-mixing isn't difficult but the vast choice in the art shop makes it look harder than it really is.
The typical catalogue from a manufacturer of artists paints will boast a bewildering list of colours. In purples alone, there might be a dozen to choose from. Yet I've never heard a convincing argument for having even one tube of ready-mixed purple on your palette.
The makers' advertisements give an impression that the more colours you have at hand, the more easily you can express your individual style of creativity. Nothing could be further from the truth. The more colours you have, the more you will be tempted to use them straight from the tube. Every other person with a big range of tubes will do the same. That is the explanation for the sameness you see at charity Art Fairs.
- It doesn't have to be that way. Setting limits can set you free. Free to experiment. To find mixtures that will be exclusive to you. Fellow artists often remark on the range and subtlety of colour in my work. Then they visit my studio and exclaim in disbelief when they see only nine tubes on my palette - two of them Whites, one a Black.
(Well, I do keep four supplementary pigments on my palette. They have special uses, and I'll tell you about them in the next article.)
There are only three primary hues: Red, Yellow, and Blue. The names on all those pretty tubes - Viridian, Ultramarine etc - refer to the pigments the manufacturer has made. So, what about the rainbow? It shows more than three colours; anyone can see that. Here's why:
Back in 1672, Isaac Newton showed that 'white' sunlight is actually composed of myriad different-coloured rays. Each ray is refracted at a different angle when it passes through a prism. Aged only 29, Newton presented his startling discovery to the Royal Society of London, in the first scientific paper he ever published.
When light is passed through a prism - e.g. the crystal of a chandelier, the diamond in an engagement ring, the drops of water vapour in a rainbow - it separates into all the colours our eye perceives. Where the three primary hues merge, they form the secondaries. Red and yellow merge into orange; yellow and blue into green; blue and red into purple. But you need only the three primaries, plus white (and sometimes ) black, to mix any colour your painting requires.
Accurate colour mixing is like baking a cake. It is as simple, and as precise, as that. You need a list of ingredients and a recipe, or method, to follow. After that, it is just a science that anyone can learn. The success of a painting depends as much on harmony and balance of colour as it does on the strength of design.
- Here, I'm only concerned with alerting you to the many advantages of keeping your palette simple. I have already mentioned one advantage: the development of colour mixtures as unique to you as your handwriting. A second, and most useful one, is gaining control over those pigments that are notorious for 'taking over' a painting. I am thinking of blues like phthalo and cerulean, and most of the greens.
Endless books have been written on the science of colour mixing. You'll no doubt enjoy reading some of them. But if you just want to get on with your painting, the best thing you can do is to familiarise yourself with The Colour Wheel. This is one of the most useful tools ever devised for painters, cutting through the mystery and confusion.
- Today, my hope is to give you confidence to see that you can take control of colour by simplifying your palette. To illustrate the point: Think of a healthy baby, just past the crawling stage but not yet walking without some help. He is so curious about everything, eager to explore and touch and taste. But he is behind bars, in a playpen.
Sounds restrictive? Any parent could tell you the kid has more freedom within the borders of his pen than he would have if he were on the loose. Safe from dangers that he lacks the experience to recognise, he is free to investigate all the possibilities of what he has at hand. And he can do it in his own time, in his own style.
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Ahh the hazy, lavender days of summer. Relaxing by the pool with a refreshing beverage, enjoying the summer sunshine. For me, it means extended hours of daylight to take photos (of course):
This lavender plant grows in my garden, and smells amazing. Beauty and relaxation in my backyard -- but most importantly, a photo subject.
Every time I look at this image, it reminds me of lavender vanilla ice cream, or a lavender mojito recipe I have been wanting to try.
What does this image make you think of? Let me know in the comments below.


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Juggernauts and Crosses
Juggernauts and Crosses is the eighth level in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. Follow the guide below for a full walkthrough, the locations of all Minikits, and how to free Stan Lee in peril.
You will need to collect 105,000 Lego studs in order to obtain the True Believer status for this level.
Juggernauts and Crosses
Complete level 8 - Juggernauts and Crosses
Level Lead-in[edit]
You'll begin in front of the X-Mansion with Jean Grey and Cyclops. Take control of Jean and walk over to the flaming part of the mansion. Inside, mind-control Stan Lee and make him rebuild the broken pipe inside. Next, use your telekinesis to rotate the purple valve handle and douse the flames.
Walk to the right and use your telekinesis again to build an 'X' on the wall. This will open a secret door into the mansion and begin the level proper.
First Area - Foyer
Fight off Magneto's baddies and head to the middle of the room. Smash the debris there and rebuild the stairs to the right. Head up and to the right, skirting around the fires and use Jean's telekinesis to remove the picture of her on the wall. Next, use Cyclops to cut an 'X' into the gold plate, then build the pieces that come spilling out into a switch. Pull it to reveal an escape hatch for the trapped students.
Head back to the left side of the room and blast the golden statue there with Cyclops. Use Jean's telekinesis again on the bookshelf to reveal a switch. Pull it and another escape hatch will appear for the remaining students. Juggernaut will then barge into the room and subsequently crash through a door on the right. Follow him through the hole in the wall.
Second Area - Side Corridor and Study
To begin with, save at the Checkpoint Computer to your immediate left.
Proceed down the corridor to your right until Juggernaut bashes through the wall, blocking your path. To get around this, use Jean Grey to take control of the weak-minded person on the other side of the blockage, and have him pull the switch in the room Juggernaut came out of. This will put out the fire in front of the door on your side, which you can then rip open with Jean Grey's telekinesis.
Skirt the blockage through the opening you just made and proceed to the right. Juggernaut will again barge through and swing from a chandelier that will fall, blocking your path. Use Cyclops' Laser Vision to heat up and destroy the chandelier, and Jean Grey's telekinesis to banish the rest of the rubble.
Entering the room you just unblocked, you will see Storm being suspended from a chandelier by Toad. Follow the button prompts onscreen to switch to Storm and then zap Toad with Lightning. You now have control of Storm.
So, all that being said (read?) the first thing you have to do once you get control of Storm is put out the 5 LEGO fires that are in your way. (Shocker, right?) There are two fires on the left, behind some debris (which you need to bash out of the way). The other three fires are on the right, beisde the fireplace.
Once you extinguish the 3 fires on the right, build the debris you uncovered into a chair, then push it in and fold it up with Jean Grey's telekinesis. Do the same thing to the chair in the centre. Back on the left, bash the grand piano. It will start playing its swan song, eventually blowing up. Use the pieces to build a third chair; push it in and fold it up using Jean Grey's telekinesis. This will cause an electrical socket to appear. Charge up Storm and zap some power into the electrical socket, opening the escape tunnel.
Once the students are rescued, the window at the back of the room will be sealed with a security shutter, but not before some more goons show up. Dispatch them, then use Cyclops' Laser Vision to cut a hole in the gold section of the door, then use telekinesis on the flower-looking hose. It will move to the shield on the statue, revealing an electrical socket. Charge up Storm and zap some power into the electrical socket, which will open the security door. Jump out through the window that it covered.
Third Area - Courtyard
After emerging into the courtyard, head to the right until you see a battle raging between Iceman and Pyro. Switch to Iceman and follow the button prompts to chill the bad guy out. After the wall bursts open, revealing Juggernaut and Colossus battle, use Iceman to freeze the fountain into some stairs up to the roof.
Climb up and head to the right, putting out the fires on the ledge. Next, use Cyclops' optic blast to destroy the golden radiator on the opposite wall, then switch back to Iceman and freeze the water there into a bridge. Use Jean Grey to clear the vines from the golden window, then switch to Cyclops and cut through into the next area.
Fourth Area
The Checkpoint Computer is to your right.
Use Jean Grey's telekinesis to move the bookcase immediately to your left. Take control of the weak-minded person with Jean Grey, and get him to pull the switch in his room. This will open the floor to show a game pad (like for a dance game). Dancing on the floor in the order shown on the TV will open the escape tunnel.
Once you open the tunnel, Magneto will mock you via the TV and send in some goons. Deal with the goons, then destroy the rubble they created to reveal the pieces for a platform. Use Jean Grey's telekinesis to lift Cyclops up to the balcony. Destroy the grandfather clock to the far left using Cyclops' Laser Vision, then use the pieces you get to build a ladder to get the rest of your group up to the balcony.
Once you are up on the balcony, put out the LEGO fires on the opposite side of the chasm of doom with either wind or ice. Use Jean Grey's telekinesis to build part of a bridge across the chasm of doom, then use Cyclops' Laser Vision to destroy the hinges on the door.
Fifth Area - Foyer (Again)
Yes, you were already here, and anything that you did earlier is still done. Now, you have a way to put out fires. Two, actually. Head to the right and put out the flames at the top of the stairs, then clear the debris away. Walk up onto the balcony and extinguish the flames there as well. Build the pieces that were in the fire into two suits of armor, then use Jean's telekinesis to place them on the railing. This will reveal a transformer that Storm can charge up to call an elevator down to the hangar.
Sixth Area - Hangar
Juggernaut will begin the fight by throwing large objects at you. Switch to Jean Grey and catch one with your telekinesis and lob it back at the brute. While Juggernaut barges around the room, put out the flames in the back-left corner and build the debris there into a lever. Use two characters to simultaneously pull the two levers, revealing a crate. Break it open and build a boom box out of the pieces. Use Jean's telekinesis to activate it, luring Juggernaut into the pipes, then use Iceman to freeze him solid. Switch back to Jean and toss Juggernaut telekinetically.
Repeat the same steps on the right side of the room, catching the crate thrown by Juggernaut, luring him into the pipes, freezing and then tossing him. Next, he will tear down part of the ceiling — use that debris to build a console, then activate it. Use the arrows on the screen to move a crane over Juggernaut and it will grab him, pulling off his helmet. Next, mind-control him with Jean and pull the green handles on the back wall, breaking another pipe. Freeze and toss him one more time to complete the level.
Free Play[edit]
First Area[edit]
Extinguish the flames on the right side of the room, then use a heat beam to melt the golden lock on the bookshelf. Assemble the books on the shelf to reveal Minikit #1.
Fly up to the left side of the area and use a character with magnetic powers to wind up the record player. It will spit out Minikit #2.
Second Area[edit]
Immediately after entering this area, switch to Spider-Man and pull the grapple point on the door, then destroy the blue crate inside to find Minikit #3.
Blow up the silver stall in the bathroom, then use a character with telekinesis to plunge up Minikit #4.
In the room with Toad, use a magnetically-powered character to lift up the blue statue on the left, then rip open the cage to reveal Minikit #5.
Third Area[edit]
Destroy five gargoyle statues in the courtyard to obtain Minikit #6.
- One is lying on the deck immediately after you enter this area.
- Another one is above the entrance to this area.
- A third gargoyle is on the far-right side of the area, just before the broken stairs.
- Another one is on the upper balcony to the right, behind the silver statue of Professor X.
- The last one is on the upper walkway, past the area's exit on the right.
To save Stan Lee, you'll need to put out the fire on top of the small burning building on the left side of the area, then build some green handles onto it. Rip the building apart with a strong character and build the blue pieces inside into a trampoline.
Walk over to the right side of the area and blow up the silver lawn furniture there, then use a character with claws to dig up a sand pit. Switch to Sandman and use the pit to call in a helicopter that will drop Minikit #7.
On the upper balcony, look for a dig spot where you can uncover a chainsaw. Switch to a telekinetic character and use the saw to cut an 'X' into the green bush, revealing Minikit #8.
Fourth Area[edit]
Use someone with magnetic powers to destroy the vending machine on the right side of the room, then build its pieces into a shield switch. Use Captain America to activate this switch, opening the room on the left. Now use Mr. Fantastic to walk through the grate and grab Minikit #9.
Sixth Area[edit]
During the fight with Juggernaut, destroy four computer screens with a telekinetic person for Minikit #10. There is one in each corner of the room.
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BABU'S KITCHEN part two
Also try adding green peas, boiled chicken or mutton.
Ingredient (serves 8)
1/3 cup soya bean oil
1 tsp aniseed
1 red onion, finely chopped
3 potatoes
1/2 red chili powder
1 tsp ground coriander (cilantro)
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp salt
1 hot green chili pepper aprox 10cm long, finely chopped with seed
400g plain flour, sifted
1 tsp caraway seeds
1 tsp salt
1 cup water
Extra plain flour for rolling
Gup water for rolling
1 litre extra soya bean oil for frying
Tomato ketchup, relish or chutney to serve
1. To make filling, boil potatoes with skins on until tender. Drain and run under cool water. Set aside.
2. Place 1/3 cup oil in wok and heat over medium flame.
3. Add aniseeds and onion and gently fry.
4. Place potatoes in a bowl and crush them with skins on. Toss through chili powder, ground coriander, tumeric and set aside.
5. When onions are brown, add green chili pepper and potato mix. Cook for 1 minute on medium, stirring constantly to prevent sticking. Remove from heat.
6. To make pastry, place plain flour in a bowl with caraway seeds and salt. Make a well and gradually add water, mixing and kneading until a soft dough forms, the consistency of pizza dough.
7. Take golf ball sized balls of the dough, fatten and dip in extra extra flour. Roll out on a cool, floured bench with a rolling pin, coating in more flour if necessary to prevent sticking, to create a thin oval shaped pastry. Cut oval in half. Repeat until finished.
8. To make samosas, take a pastry half in one hand and with the other, wet the flat edge. Roll on corner in, creating a point half way along the flat edge, to form a cone, seal with wet edges. Fill with potato mix, leaving 1.5 cm pastry at top. Wet pastry edge and seal, forming a triangle. Repeat until all pastry is used.
9. Heat oil in a wok over medium flame. Deep fry samosas for 8-10 minutes, turning half way through, until golden brown. Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.
10. Serve with tomato ketchup, relish or chutney.
You can substitute paneer with tofu or ricotta cheese.
Ingredients (serves 8)
500g fresh spinach leaves (palak)
300g paneer cheese, diced into large cubes
2 small red onions
1/3 cup soya bean oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 hot green chili pepper approx 10cm long, finely chopped with seed
1 tsp miced garlic
1 tsp minced ginger
1/2 tsp red chili powder
1 1/2 ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup water
1. Wash spinach leaves in hot water, drain and blend until pureed. Set aside.
2. Puree onions with a little water until a thin soupy texture forms.
3. Heat oil in a work over a medium heat, add cumin seeds and then onion puree and cook for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add green chili pepper, garlic and ginger and stir.
5. Add red chili powder, ground coriander and turmeric, salt and water and cook for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add spinach puree and paneer and stir well. Reduce heat and simmer for 12-15 minutes. Serve with zeera Rice and chapatti.
Dal is Hindi for lentils. This recipe typically uses a combination of red, yellow and white lentils.
Ingredients (serves 8):
500g lentils
2/3 cup soya bean oil
12 black peppercorns
4 cloves
2 bay leaves
2 pieces cinnamon bark (approx. 5cm long)
2 red onions, finely chopped
1 tbs minced ginger
1 tbs minced garlic
1 hot green chili pepper approx. 10cm long, finely chopped with seed
1 tomato, finely chopped
Red chili powder (1/2 tsp mild, 1 tsp medium, 1 1/2 tsp hot)
2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1. Heat oil in a wok a medium flame. Add peppercorns, cloves, bay leaves and cinnamon. Stir.
2. Add red chili powder, ground coriander and turmeric, salt and water. Cook for 2-3 minutes until oil rises to surface.
3. Add lentils and simmer for 10 minutes. Thin dal to taste for thin dal served the Indian way, add around 2 cups of water to create a soupy consistency. Serve with zeera rice and chapatti.
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Searching iMessages on the Mac
Have you ever tried searching your text messages on your Mac? If you're like me then you have probably been frustrated because it will only show the last result. But with a quick keyboard shortcut you can search each occurrence.
- Open up the search field: ⌘ F
- Search the next result: ⌘ G
- Search the previous result: ⇧ ⌘ G
Happy searching!
Brian Renshaw
Brian Renshaw is pursing a Masters of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, North American Patristics Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature. His research interests range from the Gospels, Catholic Epistles, history of interpretation, theological interpretation of Scripture, and discourse grammar. Regarding his involvement with the Center for Ancient Christian Studies, Brian serves as Director of Digital Production and is also on the editorial staff. Currently, he attends Sojourn East with his wife, Jen Renshaw. You can follow him on Twitter @renshaw330, he blogs at his personal website.


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HD IR Camera
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Recent life changes have forced me to learn the fundamental differences between Alzheimer's disease and dementia. A month ago, my father fell and broke his hip. While he was in the hospital, we noticed that his memory seemed worse than normal. I asked if there was testing that could be done to determine the level of care that might be needed for him post surgery based on these noticeable symptoms. There had been many instances over the past three years that warranted some concern, but there seemed to be a drastic change in his confusion. I thought we should have him evaluated before his release from the hospital. One of the things we noticed during the process was his getting lost while driving to the dialysis center he had gone to every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for the last three years. I would receive phone calls in the middle of the night from police officers asking in I come pick him up because he had lost his way. The first time it was the Hilliard police; the next time, the Dublin police; and the last time he ended up in Millersport, Ohio, at 12 midnight, forty miles one way from my home. Each officer said immediately that he seemed very confused and that I would need to pick him up. I tried countless times to have him see a doctor to be tested, to no avail. I was always told growing up that things happen for a reason, so I believe the broken hip was a way to let me know that he does have dementia.
I found out he might have dementia when I mentioned to a nurse that I thought he had Alzheimer's disease. She said that she was not a doctor, but believed he has a form of dementia and should be tested to properly diagnose his symptoms. Late last week he was accessed by two different people, a doctor and a registered nurse, both concluding he does indeed have a form of dementia. I learned from my dad's nurse that many people use the words "dementia" and "Alzheimer's disease" interchangeably. However, they are not the same thing. You can be diagnosed with a form of dementia that is completely unrelated to Alzheimer's disease. And though young people can develop dementia and/or Alzheimer's disease, the risk increases as you age.
After conversations with my dad's doctor and nurse, I learned how the two conditions differ. Dementia is a group of symptoms and is not a disease, where the symptoms affect mental tasks like memory and reasoning. Dementia can be caused by a variety of conditions, the most common of which is Alzheimer's disease. As one's dementia progresses, it can have a devastating impact on how they function independently. It is a major cause for older people and can cause an emotional and financial burden on families and caregivers. Early signs of dementia are often mild and easily overlooked. People with dementia have trouble keeping track of time and tend to lose their way in familiar settings. As dementia progresses, forgetfulness and confusion grow. It becomes harder to recall names and faces. Obvious signs of dementia include: repetitious questioning, poor decision-making, and concern for personal hygiene is no longer a priority.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease of the brain that slowly impairs memory and cognitive function. The exact cause has yet to be determined. Damage to the brain begins years before symptoms appear. Abnormal protein deposits form plaques and tangles in the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease. Connections between cells are lost and they begin to die, and in advanced cases, the brain shows significant shrinkage. Research shows it is impossible to diagnose Alzheimer's disease 100 percent while a person is alive. The diagnosis can only be confirmed during an autopsy when the brain can be examined under a microscope. However, specialists are able to make the correct diagnosis up to 90 percent of the time.
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07 Maret 2012
Dutch's Leopard MBT (photo : Militaryphotos)
Indonesia has given the Netherlands a deadline to decide whether or not to sell its surplus Leopard main battle tanks (MBTs) after which Indonesia will look for other sources, a top defense official said Tuesday.
Defense Deputy Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said the ministry had given the Dutch until the end of March before deciding to buy the MBTs from other countries.
"We can buy the tanks directly from Germany, although the quantity might be different," he told reporters at the Defense Ministry after a press conference on the results of a meeting of the Defence Industry Policy Committee (KKIP).
Initially, Indonesia had planned to buy the German-made MBT at a discounted price as the Dutch government was implementing harsh defense budget cutbacks that included disbanding its armored divisions in the wake of the economic downturn in Europe.
The plan was to buy 50 units of the 2A4 and another 50 units of the 2A6 variants of the MBT at a total price of US$280 including the costs to upgrade the A4 variant to the A6 standard.
The Indonesian Army said it needed to modernize its weapons systems with MBTs because it only had light tanks such as the British-made Scorpion and French-made AMX13 which weigh 8 tons and 14 tons respectively.
The Leopard weighs more than 60 tons leading to heavy criticism from lawmakers and NGOs who oppose the buying of the MBT, which is made by German firm Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Maschinenbau (KMW).
Deputy Defence Minister studied the possibility of locally assembling Sherpa tactical vehicle in Indonesia (photo : Bronco1978)
A minority party in the Dutch parliament, the Left Green, has also voiced its concerns at selling the MBTs to Indonesia taking note of what it claims is the possibility of the tanks being used to supress human rights in Indonesia.
Sjafrie has just returned from a tour of several European countries to discuss various aspects of defense cooperation.
In France, Sjafrie studied the possibility of locally assembling Sherpa light tactical, armored vehicles at state-owned arms manufacturer PT Pindad.
(The Jakarta Post)
07 Maret 2012
The Dutch Told to Decide on Leopard Sale by End of March
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SHADI GHADIRIAN (Iranian, b. 1974)
One of Iran's leading contemporary photographers, Shadi Ghadirian was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran, where she lives and works today. A student of the renowned photographer and photography historian Bahman Jalali, Ghadirian was among the first to graduate in photography from Azad University in Tehran. Her photography explores contemporary life in post-revolutionary Iranian society, with a focus on the role of women of her generation. Ghadirian is a cofounder of the association Fanoos Photo, a platform for contemporary photography in Iran. Her work has appeared in several solo exhibitions, such as those at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2008 and 2011), as well as in Mumbai, Jerusalem, and Paris, among other cities. Her work has also been featured prominently in several major exhibitions of contemporary Middle Eastern art, such as Light from the Middle East: New Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (2012) and She Who Tells a Story, at the MFA Boston (2013).
Text courtesy She Who Tells A Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, by Kristen Gresh, 2013
Selected Collections:
British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran


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Shaping light with the Cactus flash system
Recently, I did a shoot with Tafari Anthony - a friend of mine and talented singer. I had just gotten a new lighting toy that couldn't wait to try it out.
There are a few things going on in this image. It has deep dark blues washing over the whole image, a sharp red streak across the one in-focus eye, with a shallow fall off of focus. Let's break this down.
First of all, as with almost every image on my website, this was shot with the Fujifilm X-T1. This was also my first time using the Cactus RF60 flash system's High-Speed Sync mode (with the Cactus Wireless Flash transceiver V6 II) - allowing me to use flash at high shutter speeds (like 1/2000 in this image) - I actually had absolutely no reason to shoot this photo at 1/2000th of a second but I could and I wanted to test the gear out.
Speaking of gear, this was achieved with two speedlights triggered wirelessly (As previously stated - I use Cactus brand flashes but really anything will work) and, for the red streak, I used a tool called Blackwrap - something that you don't hear about too often in photography.
It is basically thick, black, tin foil used to flag and shape light, very common in the film industry as it is super versatile. There are a few brands, and it's somewhat expensive but extremely handy.
For the lens, I used my trusty Jupiter 9 - a vintage Russian 85mm F2 fully manual lens that I just adore. Shot wide-open - I also used a TurboBooster II focal reducer - as I shoot all manual lenses I don't have a use for the more expensive focal reducers.
For those that don't know, a focal reducer is basically a tool/adapter that will take the entire image circle from a full-frame lens and squeeze it down to the APS-C sensor of Fujifilm (Or Sony, or Micro 4/3 etc...)
For the lighting setup (diagram above) I had one flash shooting through a simple umbrella up and camera right - this was gelled blue. The second flash was gelled red (obviously) and set up behind me with two strips of blackwrap acting a sort of barn doors. I instructed Tafari to look through the slit of blackwrap and have him help me position the light - it had to be bang on or else the shot wouldn't work. He would look through the slit between the blackwrap and tell me where to move it so he could see it with his right eye. There was a small problem with this setup, however.
I was getting a little bit of red spill camera right, so I whipped out my trusty flashbender (Not the 80$ rogue flashbender, a knockoff that works quite well.) to help flag just a bit more light. I could have used blackwrap but, in this instance, the flashbender was just easier - plus since it is white instead of black, it bounced just a little more of the red light through the slit.
Post production
In post-production, the process was pretty simple. The shot itself started out a little underexposed, so I had to increase the shot by about half a stop. Personally, I enjoy my blacks to be milky, maybe just touching true black, so I almost always crank the shadows up.
As you can see - I actually pulled the saturation down a little bit. This is because if saturation is too high, much like when your luminance is too high, lightroom can start clipping details.
I also did some work with curves as well as the HSL controls - basically, I wanted the image to be red and blue with very little purple in between - the cranked reds you can see are why I had to ease off the overall saturation.
Lastly, I brought the image into Adobe Photoshop - did a few tweaks like dodging and burning, fixing a few little gaps in his hair, bringing the blue saturation up just a touch and pulling the red on his hand down so that the eye isn't drawn so much to it.
Now, one little thing you may notice is the "punch" layer. This is a little trick I learned to quickly and easily add depth to your shot. In photoshop, dropping the mid-tones just a little with your curve tool can really add a bit of punch to your image. It's pretty subtle, especially on this image, but play around and you will see what I mean.
I did a little bit of sharpening using the unsharp mask tool, and voila!
Overall, I'm really happy with how this shot turned out - and it's always interesting using tools like blackwrap that aren't talked about much, even though they are incredibly versatile.
David J. Fulde is a fashion and portrait photographer based out of Toronto, ON who enjoys experimenting with new techniques, weird lenses, and odd lighting setups.


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Your Red Shoes
"I tied your red shoes for you today. Where will you go in them? How many steps will you take?"
A celebration of early childhood, step by step: from first wobbly ones, to puddles, the park, and the day – so soon? – when that first, beloved pair of shoes no longer fit. Lush watercolors and rhythmic, evocative text document every proud moment, reinforcing universal themes of independence, exploration, and unconditional love. An ideal read-aloud, baby shower gift, or for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or graduation.
"The soft, watercolor and pencil artwork complements the simple story about a young girl taking steps toward independence. 'Will your red shoes give you happy feet? / Happy as I am watching you.' Your Red Shoes is a gentle, heartwarming story perfect to read aloud and share with little ones." - Midwest Book Review
"This is the special kind of book that tugs at your heartstrings. The words and images have a lasting effect, especially if you have experienced this bond between yourself and a child." - Juliana Lee, Crafting Stories
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Publication Date: April 2014
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Dimensions: 9" x 10"
Page Count: 40
Ages: 4-8
Dr. John Hutton & Leah Busch Talk About Their New Children's Book
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Dr. John Hutton & Leah Busch have written a children's book, Your Red Shoes, and they join Barbara Gray to talk about where the idea came from and how their collaboration works.
About the Author:
Dr. John S. Hutton is a pediatrician, clinical research fellow, and owner of the award-winning blue manatee children's bookstore. His research foci are the effect of shared reading on brain development, general early and pediatric health literacy, and the health effects of electronic media on young children, as well as the importance of a solid foundation in words and play.
About the Illustrator:
Leah Busch is an artist from Cincinnati, OH. She has held numerous positions in the arts, won numerous awards including for her Toast to Baby children's book series, and taught extensively, and holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. www.LeahBusch.com


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Just read over at Epicenter that PC World Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken quit in protest today because the mag's new CEO wanted to spike a "whimsical article" titled "Ten Things We Hate About Apple." Guess the new CEO didn't want to alienate Apple, and apparently he had been telling editors to be softer in their reviews of products from companies that advertise in the magazine. It's a complete violation of church and state for a publisher to try and manipulate editorial to please advertisers (or potential advertisers), and I gotta say, I support what Harry did 100% and have a tremendous amount of respect for the stand he took. That kind of integrity and honor is all too rare these days. I've been extremely fortunate in that I've never had to face a similiar situation here at Engadget. One of the things I most worried about after I sold the site to AOL is that they'd try to water down the editorial or try and tell me what to do or what to write (or not write). I made it clear to them from day one that I'd never compromise our editorial integrity, and to their credit, no one at AOL has ever tried to interfere with what we write -- in fact, I've never had any kind of discussion with anyone at AOL about what direction our editorial should take, Ryan and I have just run things exactly as we've seen fit.
Harry, I'm sure you're going to be contacted by a ton of publications in the coming days and weeks, but we'd be more than happy to have you with us here at Engadget in whatever capacity you'd want.


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There really isn't anything new under the sun. Long before "Career Avoidance 101" became a class - 64 years before, in fact - there was the book How to Avoid Work by William J. Reilly. The site Brain Pickings does a great job discussing Reilly's 1949 book; hop on over there and give the article a read.
Here's my favorite quotation from How to Avoid Work:
"There is only one way in this world to achieve true happiness, and that is to express yourself with all your skill and enthusiasm in a career that appeals to you more than any other. In such a career, you feel a sense of purpose, a sense of achievement. You feel you are making a contribution. It is not work."
So tell me, what are YOU doing to avoid work? And - my puritanical roots force me to ask - is that actually a worthwhile goal? Or is work - true, hard, not-making-you-so-happy work - valuable?


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A conservative student gave me a Christmas gift I relish. The individual wrote in the course evaluation that I was one of the few teachers who allowed conservative opinions in my classes.
"Professor Harper is a breath of fresh air in the God-forsaken, liberal, biased school. Unlike almost every other professor, he didn't push his political beliefs or personal preferences on anyone. And he didn't make me feel less respected or validated when my opinion differed from the majority, and I expressed my conservative beliefs. He is highly intelligent and well-informed when it comes to politics and the true agenda of the media and the leftist state," the student wrote in this semester's evaluations.
I teach at an extremely liberal university in an extremely liberal city with an extremely liberal faculty and student body. Conservative students are often tossed to the wolves in classrooms either by the professor or fellow students.
I taught two sections of Journalism and the Law. The class can be a tough trick. The course is required for graduation, and most students admit they expect the class to be boring when I pose the question at the beginning of the semester. Moreover, the class tackles some tough issues, such as hate speech.
During the semester, I take the students through a document few people really understand: the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Without imposing my political views, I point out some important truths:
–Unpopular speech, like hate speech, is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
–Journalists have roughly the same rights as all U.S. citizens. Freedom of speech appears before freedom of the press.
–The First Amendment isn't the most important one. In fact, the amendment was actually the third in the original draft of the Bill of Rights. The first two were defeated during the ratification process. Therefore, the right of freedom of the press shouldn't make journalists feel so special.
–The First Amendment, however, should make journalists feel grateful.
–Privacy isn't mentioned in the U.S. Constitution but should receive as much, if not more, protection than freedom of the speech.
–Ethics and the law are not the same. What may be ethical may not be legal; what is legal may not be ethical.
–Anonymous sources must be chosen carefully and infrequently. The U.S. Supreme Court doesn't provide much protection for journalists if they decided to use such sources. Journalists must testify before grand juries about anonymous sources and must pay damages to sources if reporters break the agreement for confidentiality.
By the time the class is over, the students are generally grateful for the course in how to work as a journalist under the law. More important, the students have a greater understanding about the rights they have as a citizen and how precious those rights are.
The student evaluations do provide some constructive criticism when I go over the top. During the class, I rant about the amount of government intervention especially the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is one of the most powerful government bodies, which regulates broadcasting, satellite transmission, wireless telephones, and myriad aspects of our daily lives.
Moreover, the FCC is one of the few government entities that has the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches all rolled into one. To me, the agency is what's wrong with government.
One student called me out in the evaluations: "Maybe a small amount less of his opinions on government restrictions."


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2015 has been big for movies, but not every one of them was good enough to the likes of, say, Ex Machina or Mad Max: Fury Road. Out of the lot of the worst, some had big names associated with them and created all the hype and excitement with all their trailers and promotion stuff but didn't live up to it. We expected so much from these movies but all we got in return was disappointment. Crizic lists here 5 of the most disappointing big budget movies of 2015 so far.
5. Tomorrowland
We expected so much more from the movie than it offered. Rather than opening the gates to a mystical new world, Brad Bird's 'Tomorrowland' seems like an idea of tomorrow. What we get is a movie which is sometimes interesting, but dull most of the time, which was unable to fully utilise it's cast and it's idea, which had the potential to bloom and work out so well.
4. Terminator Genisys
Even though we all knew that this was not going to be nearly as good as Judgement Day but every Terminator fan hoped deep inside, the fifth installment of the franchise to be much better than Terminator Salvation. Unfortunately, it didn't. The intended twists and turns didn't come up as elements of surprise. They were totally predictable. The performances by the main cast members were not appealing. Genisys was just another letdown in the Terminator franchise.
3. Pixels
Although, Adam Sandler hasn't been able to produce any good flick for some years now, but Pixels seemed like a movie worth watching, especially considering the 2010 short it was based on and stars like Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, and Sean Bean lined up in the main cast, but no, Sandler couldn't hit it once again. Pixels was a blockbuster with no regards to any logic, and focussed solely on lame humour that amused no one.
2. Jupiter Ascending
Not much to say about this one. A space opera so boring that it was lame and disappointing even for someone who went to the theatre without knowing anything about the movie or the fact that the Wachowskis were associated with it. It's hard to believe that the people who created The Matrix and Jupiter Ascending are the same. I am yet to find a reason why someone like Channing Tatum signed for this movie. Jupiter Ascending didn't bother to concentrate on the story, didn't bother to include any elements of logic to whatever story they came up with, and hence the final result, it was a box office bomb.
1. Fantastic Four
Okay, this one's a biggie. The biggest disappointment of all. We had high hopes for this particular movie. A decade after, the franchise was rebooted, and managed to destroy, not just another villain, but one of the greatest comic book villains of all time, Dr. Doom. With Fantastic Four, Fox has rights to some of the greatest villains and in just three movies, it has ruined them all. The movie created lots of excitement, especially when they selected some of the best young talents out there to be the new Fantastic Four, and maybe the new approach to focus more on the scientific part (which also pissed off many) could have proved to be effective, but they messed up everything. And by everything, i really mean everything. How can you make a reboot that's even worse than the previous Fantastic Four movies?


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Nationwide, most Democrats are bemoaning the large loss of House seats last Tuesday. However, it was many of the "Blue Dog" democrats who were defeated in the general election. The Huffington Post reports: "the conservative Blue Dogs lost half their members, while the Progressive Caucus remains near eighty."
What does this mean? Our nation's Independent voters were looking for strong leadership during the last two years. They did not get it. Instead they were given a weakened message while the GOP stood rank and file on almost every major issue including rejecting those they had previously supported.
The GOP relentlessly publicly repeated the same sound bites while the "Blue Dogs" hurt the appearance of Democratic leadership because they stymied health care and helped water down other legislation and bills.
We need to learn from the loss of the "Blue Dogs." The "Blue Dogs" talk about being "fiscally conservative" but that didn't stop voters from firing them. You see, when it comes to conservative voters, a "Blue Dog" democrat will never be "conservative" enough. Indeed, former President Harry Truman once said:
"Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time."
The lesson from Tuesday is simple. Democrats must be unified and elect real progressive democratic leaders that stand up for the people on the nation's issues.
The nation is hungry for jobs. Jobs not unemployment, creates dignity. Being a Progressive should mean standing up for policies that help create jobs in America.
Being a Progressive means to promote policies which will help empower people and build strong and safe communities – not tear them down. Progressives understand when we lift people out of poverty we create a stronger more vibrant society.
Being a Progressive means standing up for public education and educating our people to the fullest extent.
Thomas Jefferson understood the benefit of educating the public and equal opportunity for all Americans because he proposed a bill to educate the masses. He believed that a public education system "would enable every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom."
Thomas Jefferson would have stood proud as a "Progressive" because progressive democratic principles actually promote individual choices, rights and freedom.
Being a Progressive Democrat means we understand that 30-second sound bites do not solve our state and nation's problems.
When we have a natural disaster, many people come together to help solve the problem. We can no longer tolerate sound bites and divisiveness and must expose the efforts to divide us at every opportunity.
We can build a strong 2012 Progressive movement starting now out of Tuesday's democratic losses. But to do so, Independent voters will need to see strong leadership. To win the public's hearts and minds, Progressive Democrats must have a strong unified message about why we want what's best for America and ordinary everyday people.
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I would really hate to be in Jon Stewart's cross hairs. Especially if I'd done something so incredibly stupid, in such a cowardly way.
|The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
|Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
|Democracy on the Lurch - Wall Street Pepper Spray Incident
If you'd like the straight-man take on all this, I'd recommend James Fallows -- here, here and here.
I hope you noticed the appearance of these guys on "The Street".
Don Brown
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About me: I worked at Microsoft Bing back in 2008 and I've seen it at the peak of it's power. I was working on a team reporting to Gaurav Sareen, and my roommate was indirectly reporting to Rohit Wad - the two founders of Bing. I moved to the valley about a 18 months ago, and tried a long list of failed ideas. I'm now the co-founder of a fast growing viral startup -- likealittle.com.
This story is about an amazing group of technologists, who were on a task of solving the hardest problem in the world — attacking Google at its home territory. Let me say that again: attacking a market incumbent on an area of its core strength - It's hardest in technology companies. Time and again people have tried doing it and failed, and it's not just about the money. Quoting Paul Graham:
The "next Google" is unlikely to be a search engine, however, just as the 'next Microsoft' was not a desktop software company. I used competing directly with Google as an example of a problem with maximum difficulty, not maximum payoff. Maximum payoff is more likely to come from making Google irrelevant than from replacing it. How exactly? I have no more than vague ideas about that. I wouldn't expect to be able to figure out the right answer, just as I wouldn't have expected anyone to figure out in 1990 what would make Microsoft irrelevant.
As another comparison of the difficulty, Microsoft exerted so much market power to overthrow Netscape, and they detected and fought it from the very beginning. Even then, it took "Bill Gates" himself to focus on it (and still shell considerable amounts of resources). They totally didn't see Google as a threat, until it had a huge market cap. (Don't be evil, was a joke?) Long story short: It was an informal project inside of Microsoft started by Rohit Wad, who recruited Gaurav Sareen and started writing the first pieces of code for MSN search along with Michael Burrows. You heard that right, Michael fucking Burrows.
They hired some of the finest technologists in the world, and really shook the ground. Bing was growing faster than expected, beats market forecasts and after several years of work, the quality was getting closer and closer to Google — They were narrowing it down endlessly. Then, the "grown-ups" came in, brought in process and discipline, and everyone who knew something, left. Not surprising is it? It's not a new story. This shit happens all the time.
I'm writing this to appreciate the breakthroughs that the early Bing team made (and more so about Gaurav, since he hired me and I worked in his team of 40). They were informal and they broke rules. Microsoft has specific directions for teams in the US to not hire in other countries competing with the local branch offices. Gaurav, went to India and hired some of the best hackers right out of school, ignoring Microsoft's directions.
Back then, nobody really offered positions in the US right out of Indian schools. This was totally new in the market. Microsoft also had limits on the amounts you can pay for a particular position. Bing was extremely lavish in compensation, making offers to the best hackers for $90K/year when the adjacent teams were making $75K/year offers. This was the time when Google was making $80K/year offers. They were hiring folks as if everyone in the team was promoted right when they are hired, which was a crazy bet: that economics would still make sense.
Microsoft's DNA is: slow release cycles and building "solid" products. To the contrary, Gaurav is notorious for saying, "you ship or you suck," taking the emphasis away from the framework builders. Your promotion was solely dependent on the amount of stuff you ship and the impact you make (that's not too much news to Web startups?.) They had weekly release cycles — faster than Google back then. The rule on the ground was if code breaks or does not ship in time, the engineer is held responsible, No — not the test, not the project manager. Engineer should drive everything.
They had awfully broken infrastructure. Build systems can take hours. They did not fix it, not because they didn't know how to. They spent their time shipping code to end users instead, because that's what would matter in your performance review. This was all phenomenal. The laws of the Web working at a gigantic company, as big as Microsoft. WTF.
These guys were extremely hungry to succeed, and were really smart. I guess, that's what happens when you pick a young guy down the chain, who is smart and give him a low budget to work on something he loves. He will go out there and with his passion, convince the smartest guys he knows to join him. They will be young and unproven because the budget can't pay a legend.
The key ingredients: smart guys, love for the product, hunger to succeed, triggers some kind of an explosive growth. For a long time the early teams will hate the word, work-life balance. When the rest of Microsoft is sleeping, Bing-ers were checking in code. Seven years later, both Gaurav and Rohit would be made "Partners" at Microsoft, one of the fastest career growth trajectories in Microsoft corp's history. The business is making waves and expectations are built. Steve Ballmer declares search is his top priority.
As Ballmer's ambitions build up, he makes some of the big corporate re-orgs. Harry Schum who was head of Microsoft Research, China would take over Bing as its new leader. They decide to spend $100M in marketing and rebrand live.com to Bing.com, and purchase powerset for $100M to bring in some of the finest search architects world has ever seen.
There was an inorganic infusion of people at the top, including Chad Walters, etc. And then something somewhere went wrong. Things were not working, and I'm not knowledgeable enough to understand why. (My best guesses follow.) When you hire people from outside and assign them top ranks, it takes time for them to gain respect within the team. Meanwhile, the odds of the hire "failing" pose a significant risk to the team morale. Also the rich and accomplished come to Microsoft to settle down, and lack the "hunger" (in Steve Job's words).
There was interference to bring in "professional managers," a part of whom were non-technical. There was push from the top to add more project managers and testers and it was hard to any longer isolate the blame to a failure. Meetings became longer and more parties got involved. Evenings looked emptier than before. Oops.
Fast Forward
In technology, it takes very little time to go irrelevant. My manager has moved to Zynga. Everyone whom I rated "good" in my team have left Microsoft now. The best ones whom I'm in touch with are looking forward to leave. Hell, even Rohit and Michael have left to Google. Gaurav is still in the team and well respected, but he works on extremely different stuff now. I have a feeling he would be the next one to flee, although he is very passionate about the empire he created. Who knows, he might sign up to be the last man, standing on the sinking ship.
As for the quality, the team's offers have been "standardized" and they pay far below market rates now. Companies like Facebook and Zynga have opened Seattle offices and will scavenge the remaining good parts of Bing. They are in no race to compete in hiring quality anyways.
This post originally appeared at myprassana's posterous.
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A day after the release of a highly critical report on the state's two high-security juvenile detention centers, Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano called for the resignation of Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz of Fairfield.
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"Commissioner Katz's autocratic leadership and misplaced priorities have undermined the effectiveness of her agency, put children at risk and eroded public trust," Fasano, R-North Haven, said Thursday. "Recent reports, including the Child Advocate's report released yesterday, highlight the disturbing reality of persistent issues within DCF including the abuse of children at DCF's locked facilities, the agency's failure to investigate many of these cases, and a continuous struggle to embrace transparency."
Katz's boss, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, is standing by Katz, a former state Supreme Court justice who joined the department when Malloy took office in 2011. The governor's communications director called Fasano's charges an "ill-informed, misguided attack."
On Wednesday, State Child Advocate Sarah Healy Eagan issued a 68-page report that detailed nearly 670 incidents of physical restraints over the last year, including use of handcuffs and shackles. Some of the children, aged 12 to 20, were victims of body slams and illegal choke holds by facility workers. The investigation was the result of whistleblower complaints by DCF workers..
Fasano also asked Attorney General George Jepsen to investigate the operations of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and the nearby Pueblo Girls Unit in Middletown.
"DCF has consistently failed to meet seven critical quality benchmarks, up from six in 2010 before Katz took office," Fasano said. "Based on this record of broken promises and failure, and the immediate ongoing harm it is inflicting on children, I feel compelled to call for her resignation. The Commissioner's outright rejection of past criticism and proposed solutions is a disturbing abuse of power."
Fasano said he is seeking support from the leaders of the General Assembly's Committee on Children and children's advocates for his attempt to remove Katz.
Jaclyn Falkowski, spokesman for Jepsen, said the attorney general is reviewing Fasano's request and will issue a formal response. "Generally speaking, however, the Office of the Attorney General does not have general authority to investigate or oversee the operations of DCF or any other state agency," she said.
Mark Bergman, communications director for Malloy, said Katz has succeeded in turning around the troubled child-protection agency.
"Under Commissioner Katz's leadership, DCF has made real progress," Bergman said. "Today, there are 15.8% fewer children under DCF care, 58% fewer children in a group home or institutional setting and CTJS has never had fewer children in that facility than right now."
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Lent 2014 - Saturday, March 29th
Scripture Reading for Saturday, March 29th
Reading: Luke 18:9-14
Upside Down
You have heard it said before, and will hear it said again. The Kingdom of God does not work in the same way our world does. We live in a world of YouTube and 24 hour news cycles. To be seen is to have existed. In western culture many live in fear of obscurity. To be unnoticed is a fate worse than death. We seek meaning through how and whether others are talking not just talking to us but about us. Our age is one of narcissism.
Certainly our use of technology adds its own spin to our culture of 'being seen' and yet the core human fear of not being noticed was a strong one in the ancient world. To be known was, and is today, to have some tiny bit of power and those in the ancient world sought it out every bit as much as we do today.
To be part of God's kingdom is to recede into the background, to become less and less so that he becomes greater and greater. We are justified in our existence not by the accolades of others, but by the presence of God's abiding Holy Spirit in our life and deeds. The greatest Christians of all, are people you have probably never even heard of, and never will this side of heaven.
Questions for Reflection or Journaling
- What is your motivation for being 'seen'?
- What act of service can you do today, that you might never be noticed for?
Lord, may it only ever be your face we seek. All that we do is, and should be, only for your eyes, and only for your ears. We ask that you place us where your need us so that your name would be made great!


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Pages: 380
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Released: 1st of June 2017
Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake. But when her mom's cancer reappears, Lucy falters—in faith, in love, and in her ability to cope. When her boyfriend "pauses" their relationship and her summer job switches to a different camp—one for troubled kids—Lucy isn't sure how much more she can handle. Attempting to accept a new normal, Lucy slowly regains footing among her vibrant, diverse coworkers, Sundays with her mom, and a crush on a fellow counselor. But when long-hidden family secrets emerge, can Lucy set aside her problems and discover what grace really means?
What I Have to Say
This was a beautiful, beautiful book. At first the Christianity put me off a bit, even though I understood it and how important it was. Lucy grew up her entire life with Christianity and her relationship with god being a huge part of her identity. But the beauty of it was that as she felt disconnected from her faith, she started to explore the sides of her personality that she's never looked into. At the start, she defined herself too much as the pastor's daughter and it was good to see that fall away and be rebuilt in a way that allowed her to live her life more as she wanted without worrying so much about her parents' or god's approval.
I loved the friendship group at Daybreak. I loved Daybreak! It had such a sense of individuality and the realness that this sort of place have. The kind of atmosphere that you have to be part of to understand it all. The kids at the camp were so sweet as well, especially the little ones. It was interesting how not all the problems of the children were told, but it was obvious they were there for a reason.
This whole book was a fantastic story and I can't wait for Emery Lord's next book.
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Gateway Tech (1-3) at Battle (3-1)
1 p.m. tomorrow at Battle HS
Last week: Gateway lost to Miller Career 28-22 in overtime; Battle beat Carnahan 48-28.
Extra points: Gateway will be the second Class 4 team the Spartans have played. � The Jaguars� last two games have gone to overtime, including a 14-7 double-OT victory against Sumner in Week 3. � Gateway�s other losses were to 3-1 squads Riverview Gardens (34-8) and Vashon (22-15). � Nash Sutherlin, who leads Battle with 514 yards and nine touchdowns, is expected to return after suffering a first-quarter leg injury last week. � Marshall Willingham is averaging 12.1 yards on his 28 carries for the Spartans and leads the team with 43 tackles.
Marionville (2-2) at Tolton (0-4)
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Last week: Marionville lost to Ash Grove 31-23; Tolton lost to Tipton 20-13.
Last year: In a meeting of winless teams, the Trailblazers scored their first first-half touchdown but eventually fell 50-14.
Extra points: Marionville is receiving votes in the Class 1 state rankings. � The Comets� losses were to undefeated Class 2 teams � Strafford and Ash Grove. � Marionville has wins against 1-3 squads Miller and Pleasant Hope. � Tolton quarterback Christian Elliott leads the area with 566 rushing yards on 55 attempts. � Austin Gregory is among the area�s leading tacklers with 45. � Sophomore Will Tindal returned to action last week and had 17 tackles.


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