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Episode 24 — Anthony Jones – Part 1
November 4, 2013 — 1 hour, 41 mins
This week's podcast brings the opportunity to chat with Anthony Jones, an amazingly talented concept artist among the entertainment industry. Anthony has worked on many levels of this industry from movies, toys, commercials, and video games. Most recently, he began the process of creating his own collector's edition book, titled "Heaven's Hell", which will be released in the near future.
In this episode, Anthony and I discuss his personal perspective on our industry, recommendations on how to sustain a successful freelance career, and the journey of launching a book of his collective work thanks to funding by Kickstarter.
Episode 45 — Anthony Jones – Part 2
April 6, 2014 — 1 hour, 39 mins
The incredible Anthony Jones comes back for Part 2 with a vast array of new wisdom, on topics such as managing productivity, his amazing Kickstarter book Heaven's Hell, and the challenges of implementing
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We are pleased to announce our next workshop will be on Saturday October 29th 2016. The workshop will once again be held at the Jazz Academy inside the Historic Lincoln Theatre in the King Lincoln District (just minutes from downtown Columbus) from 10am to 5pm.
Mandy Cook will be our featured presenter who lives and performs out of Nashville, Tennessee. Here she is performing a co-written song with Matt Lovell.
Returning instructor Jesse Henry will be fresh off of a Colorado trip to share his perspective on writing. Here is a performance from the Music in the Round series held in Columbus, Ohio.
Songwriter Eric Gnezda, performing here at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, will be teaching a class on parody writing and comedy in song.
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Among bloggers and creatives there is one recurring question: How to stay inspired? For me the solution is out there. It is the people who inspire me. Thus, today I want to start a new series on the blog about those creative and inspiring people. To kick off the new series I want to introduce you to Manon Valesca Maria of 'The Life Traveller'. You will quickly realize why she is so inspiring!
Manon is not just a blogger, just a creative. Besides her thriving career for various Dutch lifestyle magazines she is also the creator of Naramatisho, a Kenyan handicraft label. But the most important role of her life is motherhood. In her words: She is the blessed mother of a wonderful rainbow family. Additionally she does charity work and – in her words – shares light. What a beautiful expression, don't you agree?
This wonderful woman seems to live many lives but in fact the one life given to us is big enough to capture it all. It is just what we make out of it! Nowadays Manon and her rainbow family divide their time between Kenya and Amsterdam collecting experiences and positive thoughts.
To set things clear: I have never met Manon in person. Yet I feel thoroughly inspired by her work and life. The most obvious source of inspiration is her incredibly personal and beautiful home. But it is more than that. It is her personality that shines through her social media presence. It is a real human being that you see and feel. Authenticity is a catchword here, but it feels to technocratic to be used. It is warmth, honesty, and positive vibes that you feel pursuing her life and work. Her obsession with plants is helping too, I admit!
To round things up I will just tell you that Manon also accompanies likeminded people as a life coach. Because she believes in one wonderful thing that I would like to underline here too: Everyone deserves to be happy!
Expect new inspiring people here on Happy Interior Blog in the future. And do not wonder if you find my email in your inbox asking you to participate. Now go and give Manon some extra dose of love and positive vibes on her website and Instagram account.
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Kuwait breaks up extremist cell supporting Islamic State
Kuwait has cracked down on an extremist cell that was aiding Islamic State with support that included brokering arms deals, arresting six people from various nationalities who were operating inside the country.
Police arrested a Lebanese citizen named Osama Khayat, described as the ringleader, who admitted to helping IS recruit fighters and raise money that was sent to IS-related bank accounts in Turkey, the official Kuwait News Agency said.
Khayat admitted to closing weapons deals in Ukraine and using Turkey as a route to send weapons to IS fighters in Syria, where the group controls territory, the Interior Ministry said.
Police said they also arrested three Syrians, one of whom was an arms dealer for IS and another who was in charge of finances and communication.
Officers also detained an Egyptian who they described as a member of the IS group and a Kuwaiti national who was responsible for logistical support.
Two Syrians and two Australian-Lebanese dual nationals are still at large.
The predominantly Sunni Muslim country suffered its most devastating terrorist attack in decades in June when a suicide bomber attacked one of the Gulf nation's oldest Shiite mosques, killing 27 people in the capital.
One of Islamic State's affiliates in the Arabian Peninsula, calling itself Najd Province, claimed responsibility for that attack.
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A Short Biblical MessageMessage for the Month Scripture reading Psalm (31:1) Topic: Trust in the Lord The bulk of our unhappiness, anxiety, and fear would be greatly abridged if we grasped the significance of these four words: Trust in the Lord. And how should we trust in the Lord: 1. We are to trust in the Lord with all our Hearts: (Prov. 3:5-6) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. History lets us know that when Israel's forefathers trusted God they were rescued from danger. David challenged Solomon to serve God with whole-heated devotion. (1Ch.28:9) 2. We should trust in the Lord and do Good (Ps. 37:3) Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. We all need to be instructed in the fear of the Lord. Because He is good and those of us who trust Him will lack nothing good. 3. We are to trust in the Lord forever (Is. 26:4) Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. God is unfailing in His strength He is liken a fortress and a refuge where all can go in times of despair. And we don't have to lose all hope or confidence, the Psalmist expresses God as a rock to show His strength and deliverance. Conclusion: "Whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he {they} (Prov.16:20) for the bible teaches us that when we do these we are righteous, and he who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the Lord, happy is he {they}.


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The day was a wonderful blend of both nationalities & religions. Everyone looked amazing as the sun shone down on the canapes & champagne being served after a wonderful ceremony in the chapel. After drinks and music on the lawns everyone made their way into the orangery for the wedding meal. After the speeches everyone was lifted to their feet by the Mexican ( Dorito advert guys)! What a party! With dancing into the night with music by Babington's resident DJ, Nigel there wasn't a person left sitting!


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Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides was one of the top reads in 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and since I'm enjoying it right now, I'd like to recommend it to any who haven't read it yet.
In the novel, Middlesex refers to the boulevard on which the Stephanides family, 2nd generation Greeks, buys a house in the Grosse Pointe section of the Chicago suburbs (a destination of many during the white flight after the 1967 race riots, or guerrilla uprising, as the narrator prefers to call them). Only by paying cash can the Stephanides family subvert the "point system" that ensured only white middle-class home buyers in Grosse Pointe.
Middlesex also refers to the gender identity of the narrator, Calliope/Cal, who "was born twice: first, as a baby girl,...and then again, as a teenage boy."
Although the unsettling of gender identities drives the narrative, I think the novel provides equal insights about whiteness and immigrant identity in America in the mid-20th century.
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Attempted Murder of IFBB Pro Manolis Karamanlakis
I found this tonight while using the translation function on a Greek bodybuilding forum. It has been months since it happened but I have not seen it on any of the English language forums. From what I could understand in the translation he lost a kidney and either his eye is damaged or gone completely. Apparently he had run afoul of a couple Roma men and was shot at his nutrition store.
Tidying personal differences behind the injury of 37-year old (video)
In settling personal disputes, aspects of which investigates the police, it seems that the attack caused two brothers and seriously injured a 37-year old Volioti outside the shop and fitness supplements food reserves in Volos, this afternoon, while the perpetrators aged 33 and 27 years, from Volos, arrested, thanks to the direct intervention of the police. 's attack had Mafia features to both brothers approaching the area by car, coming out masked their features and, holding a shotgun, shot four times the 37-year old Emmanuel Karamanlaki, which is Panhellenic champion of Body Building, resulting in serious personal injury.
The unlucky man, was shot in the liver, lung and back, while the fourth cartridge, intended for his head, fortunately found no aim and shot passed beside him.
According to preliminary information, the attack on the 37-year old due to personal differences that had one of the two brothers. The 37-year old was allegedly beaten by a brother, about an hour before the attack that suffered, for unknown reasons, the investigating police.
After about an hour, at 12.30, the brother who had accepted the beating, alerted his brother and got a shotgun, entered the car (brand Citroen Xsara, color silver ceased on the Ascension) and went out of the store 37 year old. Both brothers left the car, having covered their characteristics and entered the shop where the search. A 37-year old allegedly returned at the time of the next shop which were followed wrangle entrepreneur with offenders and the time they were coming to his store he was shot four times. Then went back to the car and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the Police, after immediate mobilization arrested the two brothers, who were driven and kept on the Security Department at Volos. Crossed reports indicate that the two perpetrators have not yet confessed that shot tn 37chrpno professional, although identified by witnesses. noted that the 37-year old is now Panhellenic champion of Body Building IFBB - EOSD, who won the title last May at the National Championships held in Athens.
Larissa General Hospital diakomisthike intubated shortly after 5.15 the afternoon, 37chronos man, today afternoon shot two brothers outside the shop and fitness supplements, Volos, for unknown reasons. The unlucky man, conceded four shots from a shotgun, two brothers, who were arrested by the police, was shot in the liver, lung and back, while the fourth bullet, which was intended for his head, fortunately found no objective and simply scratched.
37-year old underwent a first surgery at the Hospital of Volos was necessary to transfer to the General Hospital of Larissa, where he will remain hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.
Attempted murder was today at 12:30 noon, outside the store on the corner of Ascension - Andonopoulou and the police response was immediate, and arrested the two perpetrators (the information state that the brothers who reside in Upper Lehonia), while the status of entrepreneur is particularly critical.
Victim of attack, which was athlete's body building, according to witnesses, was in the store and, at some point, a car brand Citroen Xsara, color silver ceased on the Ascension, from within came two men who had covered their characteristics and entered the store where he was searched.
The 37-year old was rushed to the Hospital of Volos, where he underwent surgery and shortly after 5pm transferred intubated to the General Hospital of Larissa, hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. 's not condition characterized stable and next 24 hours are considered crucial for the state of his health.
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The Voliotis Giant defeated bullets
They regret, says about the perpetrators of the murderous attack and describes what happened that bloody morning of 9 th September
"Come on giant lion ... go." The booming voice sprang through the possible and an extended applause of the spectators, who stood up to greet him, showing his admiration and appreciation for the great race from which he had come out victorious. He had won the fight of his life ...
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The "giant" of Volos, the Manolis Karamanlakis , returning on stage, about a week ago, on November 9, in 19 the National Cup IFBB, in Livadia. The incessant applause when before the awards, from microphone invited to attend the pitch.
Under the sounds of «Alexander the Great» viewers getting up to applaud the winner of life. The awarding of the Cup of the President of the Greek Federation of Bodybuilding Jordan Leventelis Manolis Karamanlaki characterized as the most special and emotional moment of the match.
"There are people who follow me only to athletic success, but standing next to you in difficult times," said our 37-year old champion physique before pressing the «play» on vjnteakj had look through the computer. And with these touching moments of the recent award closed extensive exclusive interview on "postal", having returned victorious to his shop, on the street Ascension 151, two months after the attack on mafia, shocking Volos and nationwide.
His speech flowed during the interview. Nailing his words describing the moments of successive shots in weight until he lost consciousness a few minutes after entering the ambulances. So are descriptions of what gave power back on track for what embitter him, how his philosophy changed around life itself.
He spoke from the office of the store that has the last 13 years species sports and fitness. There, where breakfast routine-as looked-Monday, 9 September drank his coffee, looking at the computer with his best man and two other friends.
When ...
"This sub-human walked in to my shop in order to ask me something that relates to my area of knowledge. Neither cheirodikisa against him, nor acted any controversy. Because this type, which I had seen the other two or three times in the last three years in my shop, not the level to talk to him in a way you can understand, of refusing to provide information.
She spent Monday at the shop with an inappropriate way. "Tell me eh m .. Manolis, what is it because you drive me crazy, "she said holding something in his hand. Obviously it was something androgen. It was a preparation given to him from elsewhere. I did not pay attention. I did not want to give him, perhaps because he was not a customer, why not have the level of mind to arrange. Nor is it my job to solve questions for other formulations.
Against the absurd claim replied: "Dude, I have good supplements if you want me to serve. For else ask me I can not answer you.
He insisted he was denied a second and third time and to prevent him I said: "Let me answer if you want 50 euros on the table and I'll answer."
"Like this?" He says, "So," I said. I was calm, he left and I continued to drink my coffee.
Eventually, about an hour after hearing "came." Look a brother outside to gradarei what the world has in store. All this was instantaneous. He saw, left. Then, I headed to the door to see what was happening. I moved to the left Andonopoulou. In the corner right, there is a photographer, entering the entrance of the Andonopoulou note the following. He put a large chipboard to divide the road into two, so there is no easy escape.
Reaching the corner I see one of them subhuman, who has stopped a short distance diploparkarismenos. Once I get to the corner and see him, he sees me lift the shotgun he was holding, with scars and my first cast.
Without words, without delay, without anything. "OK now?" He says with irony after the first shot. Not that I could imagine that this would happen. Would never in my mind. "
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The 37-year old champion turns his back. The actor continues to shoot. After the fourth shot falls blooded. Shouting his friends and especially to George, who sees the last shot. "Shout the Senia. I'm dying ... "are the words that manage to say.
The world is concentrated with bated breath the carnage they have caused the day - noon both perpetrators. The ambulance arrives in no time. Manolis remember until the point he tried to get up and get into the ambulance, but did not succeed. It sits in a carriage with the help of a paramedic, hears words "Hang" and after all off, the last thought in the faces of his only son 2 stroke ...
In very critical situation is the evacuation of the General Hospital of Larissa and hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit. About a month after the 'giant' succeeds and regains consciousness.
"They feel sorry '
"Very long time to analyze and edit in my mind. I can not understand how anyone can measure human life so little and possibly because of the small mind believes that took offense to get a shotgun in order not to intimidate, not to elicit information but to kill people, "he says.
What would tell them, but to those who tried to sow death if they had now before him?
"They regret, the regret, what you say ... I regret them and especially those who grew up with this way to make such useless worms for society, dangerous to the world.
Because in this man I see an athlete, I could not see ever. I see a alitirio. And this was the reason for disliking that harbored these people, respecting myself, my athletic endeavor and effort do.
Is underground who want the results of athletic effort, without effort. This unfortunately-and greatly to my sport-the front constantly. The world can not make connection to the cause and effect. The result comes after a procedure. All they think they can circumvent the process and a magical way to turn the worm into a butterfly. This unfortunately can not be done. And I'm negative on those people who have this visa. From self-respect and respect for other people and the sport itself. I can not go into this logic. And I could not get the logic of an insolent man who enters a claim-as if I am an employee of or as if of my duty-asking me to solve the problem.
When it is idle and its only job is to wander in gyms, thinking that with an outstanding look-in his mind because he had the ability to do, will impress with-I think it has consciousness. And the ultimate proof is what he did to me.
If any thought that my refusal to offend, there were other ways to move more mild and different, to get the message, any message or thought little mind saw that I had to pass.
To get the gun at noon and shoot a man repeatedly without care if child, family, people behind him, if he stop his career and destroy, to me this shows clearly that it is people without conscience and without hope synetismou. I think it is dangerous to society and not benefit anyone to move among us. "
"I'm a hostage of my image '
In this particularly difficult adventure of his life, Manolis Karamanlakis says received sympathy and love. Since the vast majority of the world at least.
"Of course I know that the many who showed support, which prayed and wished for my life, there were some glee, who wished otherwise. I am not surprised. Draw up of such reactions is considered successful in any space. Due to competition because of jealousy. It is a particular feature of our city. Everyone must be on the same level, no one should stand out.
I know, I do not suppose there are some people in the area, who are hostile to their own reasons. There is nothing difficult and obscure, the reasons are simple and clear. Business competition and possibly in that particular field sports dominate the city for some time. This may be the 'sin' of mine, who asked to pay several times. "
There is something else, as he explains, which I deeply regret the: that is hostage to the image . "For Greece and the provincial city of Volos, the image of a man who has bigger muscles refers unfortunately I stress again-someone who may be linked to the night or using the physical mass at will. Sporting my activity and the process of elite, I required them to have this physique. Means nothing. And yet there were people in the risk of my life, had the malice to try to connect with situations and circumstances that do not concern me. They could, however, they dominate. And I think it will look in the future. "
Returning to the images of that day, the 37-year old champion wondering what could have happened if he had not come out of the shop and the two perpetrators, who showed that moving to a particular project, then the 'look' thrown inside the store of, stormed inside.
"We could have mourned victims in an enclosed space with no possibility of escape, with a determined, who carries a gun loaded. And it fills to go back.
I think it would move to perform what he had meant to do with my direction. It was obvious that, once passed in front of the shop to check. You were fired and my best man and my friends if I did not come out of the shop. So I do not know though hurts, I think it saved some other people. "
Makes a pause, indicating that neither wants to think the worst images even if they do not come out of the shop.
He continues: "I do not fit into any reasonable man realizes this incident. I understand and the city accepted a shock, either knew or not, from the same incident. It saddens me tremendously that a little girl they were in when the shooting at the corner suffered injury from the diaspora. "
Recurring Nightmare
The giant of Volos can beat the battle of life, can be got back on his feet, but it faces a much more difficult race: the traumatic shock.
"I can," he described, "I try to sleep without seeing repeated times the same incident in front of me, again and again and again.
I hope and imagine that with time it fades. We will never leave behind me completely, but I think it fades. I hope so at least.
The truth is that when I came out of intensive philosophize things otherwise. I realized that nothing we can take for granted. That in each of us anything can happen at any time and moment.
I saw some things more sensitive than the human suffering and need, in rehabilitation centers. I saw myself as others, unable to depend on others for their survival and their daily lives. That intrigued.
Each day a gift
The first time, after hospitalization in intensive care, his thoughts were that it must do full turn in my life. Lately, however, thinks he needs to get his life back.
"We have to get out of this situation and continue from where I was. Certainly having as compass and this incident, considering that every day that I live is a gift now. And we must exploit to the fullest extent. On the other hand when you see that people in need are intertwined to such an extent, my thoughts are that I do for people in need. This got a lesson from this painful experience " .
Angels - Rangers
"I stood very lucky that I was in the ICU of General Larissa," says Manolis Karamanlakis , who wanted to thank especially doctors and nurses, who stood next to him as the "angels" of.
"Medical surveillance took me a great man and scientist, Apostolis Komnades, who made things supererogatory for quick recovery and my best possible my recovery. I'll always be grateful, as nurses in the Unit and especially Stella Andreadou, which helped substantially. So doctors, physiotherapists and nurses of the Rehabilitation Center Animus.
Their effort, my family, my partner and my own stubbornness gave this result and I this time, with losses of course, I am here. These people thank them from my heart. "
I wanted to say goodbye, not with violence, the sport he loved '
"It cost me a full stop or comma in my sporting course '
Manolis Karamanlakis involved with sports since he remembers himself. In Sports School to play sports in athletics and long jump. Earlier in football stadiums and in small groups of magnesia and Olympiakos Volos.
Leaving Bulgaria for his studies as a Dental Technician, a gym Fillipoupolis met from around the sport of body building. The sport started in charmed and amateur.
"Essentially the sport, which saw the first as relief, as a hobby, as something to connect with sports, not picked. The game chose me, because very soon I saw my body changing. I quickly realized and others with recommended that I should see more serious and possibly racing. Something I did back in Volos, " describes the "postal" the 37-year old champion.
From the first moment to the last participation in national and international competitions, his presence was marked by victories and career from its beginning seemed brilliant.
Until September 9, when the attempted murder against him, "put a dot or perhaps comma in my sporting course. This cost me too much. I do not hide that I was thinking maybe dilute, you might as well stop my career, my career. No I in no way, however, be that way. "
A few months before the attack on came from another victory. His thoughts had turned to fight an international match of EOSD, this December, which will enable the winner to get business card, the highest status for an athlete physique. He certainly had the chance to realize the secret wish every athlete: to fight in the past at this level, in America and Europe.
"The violent way that stopped my progress, leaves me feeling very bad. The sport that I loved and gave me identity. There is indeed no secret that everyone in Volos and nationwide know me through this identity through sport I did. Due to discrimination and overall my presence. So in due time and if circumstances allow, I would like to represent Greece for one last time, as a farewell to a sport that I loved and gave me things. I use the experience and my knowledge for a good look and then devote himself to my family, my people and my job, " said Manolis Karamanlakis .
His appearance and award on November 9th
Incredible story. Did Dave know about this? It said he sold Species in his nutrition store.
With an interpreter, this would be a great interview for HMR!
(great song playing in the background of the video: Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden)Proud member of The Church of What's Happening Now, with Joey Coco Diaz (podcast on iTunes)
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Replica of Dalai Lama's cross on display
A replica of the St Brigid's Cross presented to his Holiness the Dalai Lama last week will go on display at Newbridge Silverware for visitors to view.
The cross, commissioned for the Brigidine Sisters for presentation to the exiled Tibeatan leader during his recent visit to Kildare, was created by Newbridge Silverware.
The piece, which is set in bog oak from the Bog of Allen, was designed by Emma Tunney of Newbridge Silverware. "I was delighted to be asked," explained the designer from Newbridge who handed it over to the sisters the evening before the Dalai Lama arrived in Kildare. "It is a huge honour to be involved and to make the piece. I've used 16 strands of silver, which was the number used in a traditional Saint Brigid's Cross. We wove it like you would weave a cross made from rushes." For centuries, the St Brigids Cross has been recognised as one of the strongest symbols of Ireland and of Christianity.
The crosses are traditionally made on February 1, on St Brigid's feast day.


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Good morning everyone this is Mary Ellen with your Motoring Minute.
According to research from Edmunds the average new car price in 2016 was a record $34,077. That is 2.7% higher than in 2015 and 12.6% higher than it was in 2011. This year, Edmunds expects that price to jump even higher, to about $35,000.
Statistics released by Experian Automotive show the average auto payment is $493 per month on a new vehicle loan, with the average lease payment being $412 per month. As the price of the vehicle is rising, the length of the loans is also changing. Long term financing now extends to as many as 73 months or longer.
Think about that…6 or more years to pay off a vehicle! Wow that's a lot of interest to pay! Now don't get me wrong. There is definitely a time to replace your favorite wheels. But think about this. Even if you were to lease a new vehicle, an investment of $4,944 for only one year, would buy a lot of repairs on a vehicle you already own! As you can see, maintaining your vehicle and keeping them dependable and safe can save you a great deal of money.
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The nation is parched, reservoir levels are low and a drought looms. It was against this backdrop that Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) said he was hoping a typhoon would come along soon to offer some respite. This comment was roundly criticized.
It is only March and the typhoon season is four or five months away. Saying you hope a typhoon will come soon to drown out the drought does not make sense. While it is true that typhoons do bring rain, they cause a lot of damage. In 2009, the Water Resources Agency praised Typhoon Morakot for the much-needed water it brought — the highest amount of rainfall in 50 years — that filled the reservoirs to the brim and ended a drought. However, with such heavy rainfall over such a short period came much destruction and more than 600 lives were lost.
Rainfall during the typhoon season accounts for more than 55 percent of the nation's annual water supply. They are the main source of water, followed by the East Asian rainy season, or plum rains, in late spring and early summer. It makes more sense, then, to put one's hope in the plum rains, not some premature typhoon.
Taiwan is surrounded on all sides by water and it rains frequently. The public need to learn how to have a positive relationship with weather fronts and typhoons, and to value the rain they bring.
Although it rains often, the rivers running down from the mountains are relatively short and rapid-flowing because of the steep gradient, and storing the run-off presents a problem. The public is often unaware of the importance of conserving water until a drought hits.
The government should not have to pray for rain. Its job is to review the nation's water usage strategy and to decide how much water is allocated for industrial use and how much for the general public. Naturally, the priority should go to the latter, but when water resources are low, it is only right that swimming pools and car washes are among the first things to be restricted.
Water-intensive farming also needs to be addressed during times of shortage, by controlling the water supply or even by encouraging a change to drought-resistant crops.
The water allocation policy needs to be rethought for water-intensive industrial processes by, for example, requiring companies to increase their use of untreated water.
If the government is concerned about droughts, it should be looking at the use and reuse of existing water resources, and perhaps also at setting the price of water at levels that will encourage the public to conserve it. If all the sewage treatment plants nationwide were operational and half of the 3.8 million tonnes of water used every day was recycled, we would not need to build another reservoir.
The nation already has many reservoirs. Unfortunately, they are prone to getting clogged up by silt from the deforested mountainous regions, helped along by frequent earthquakes and landslides. This silt not only reduces the capacity and operational lifespan of reservoirs, it is expensive to remove. The government should think about how to maintain upstream regions and protect the environment in those areas, to help keep reservoirs free of silt.
As global climate change exacerbates the cycle of droughts and floods, it is going to take more than simply regulating the supply and allocation of water resources to ensure our water needs are met. The government is going to need to come up with a national land usage and industrial restructuring plan, including land development, allocation and usage, a move away from water-intensive industries and a more efficient supply of water resources.


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Popped Wheat Berries
I have shared how simple I like to keep things…and I'm going to share a simple snack my children love….and I know it's healthy for them. What is it? It's Popped Wheat Berries! Popped Wheat Berries are so easy to make and I am so thankful for a friend who shared the idea with me. I can't wait to share it with you!
- Hard Red (aka winter) Wheat Berries (these are best, but you can use Hard White, as well)
- Olive or Coconut Oil
- Fresh Garlic
- Favorite seasoning
- Saute your garlic in the oil
- Add your Wheat berries and seasoning
- Cook them on warm until they are a golden brown
- Pour them onto a plate covered with a paper towel
- and SERVE!
This is a super easy, yummy and nutritious treat!!! Enjoy!
Sharing this yummy treat at Try a New Recipe and Kids In the Kitchen….will you join in and share yours?


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BAZ V HORROR 34 - Baz v Leatherface Pt.3
Welcome to this Baz v Horror episode of The Podcast Under the Stairs.
Join your host Duncan Under The Stairs discussing all things Horror on The Podcast Under the Stairs.
It's Baz v Franchise time which means its the Spring under the stairs and the Baz is set to face down another mammoth franchise with nothing but his wits, his humour and his massive horror boner!!
You guys voted for it and TPUTS is going to give you it!! It's Baz v Leatherface and for the next 3 Baz episodes we are covering the last of the Big 4 in slasher horror cinema in Leatherface and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre series!!
On this Part 3 we close out the franchise when we look at The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning (2006) and Texas Chainsaw 3D (2011).
Intro – 0 - 19mins 20secs
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Remake) - 20mins 20secs - 1hrs 21mins 50secs (Baz was Graded a A+)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning - 1hrs 23mins 20secs - 2hrs 31mins 30secs (Baz was Graded a A+ Merit)
Texas Chainsaw 3D - 2hrs 32mins 10secs - 3hrs 32mins 10secs (Baz was Graded a A+ Merit)
Closing Out the Show- 3hrs 32mins 10secs - End
Closing Song - The Ballad Of Bodacious - Primus
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Samsung has started rolling out updates to Bixby apps - including Bixby, Bixby PLM, Bixby Wakeup, Bixby Dictation and Bixby Global Action - in several markets around the world. Users from regions like the UK, South Africa, India, the Netherlands, and Germany are reporting about the updates.
So it's fair to assume that Bixby's global launch process has begun. However, it's worth mentioning that the company is yet to enable Bixby for most of these regions (a server-side change is pending, perhaps).
Fresh reports from Germany are suggesting that the dictation feature is working there.
The South Korean tech giant started rolling out Bixby Voice in the US last month, following an Early Access Program. Prior to that, the functionality was only available in South Korea.
about time to it was wrong that they released it not working shame on samsung
Will be released on 22nd August http://imgur.com/a/dYg03
Well they advertised with their great infinity display and their great bixby..


text: Gary & Sharra Haynes (Gary runs our Resources for Rangers program) put together a beautiful, fun, and informative booth for ConserVentures at the 2012 Overland Expo (a major contributor to ConserVentures programs). In addition to several safari tents and furniture, they offered an old-fashioned (but digital) photo booth, where people could dress up in safari clothes and accessories, get their picture taken, and have it emailed to them (for a donation). Fun and successful! Click on the photo at left to see the full gallery.


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I would suggest you max out the 401K contribution. The money probably can be invested in an equity fund even if there is no index fund option. My guess is you are at least 30 years from retirement. That is a long time and you can take the stock market risks over that period. If you happen to be very, very bright and really know the stock market will be down over the period from now until you expect to leave, then go for a money market. (You might also get very rich selling your ability to predict the stock market.)Generally speaking, fewer and fewer jobs have traditional defined benifit pension plans or for that matter any pension plan. Social security is going to need more money then the working people will want to pay. So the bottom line is most people today will be retiring on their own savings - kind of like it was back in the early part of the 20th Century!GordonAtlanta
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All it takes is a little imagination..
I am stuck in a holding pattern of drawing lines and "x"'s. They are everywhere. It's like it is now the only doodle my brain allows.. There are four brand new originals that will be hitting my shop soon. If you like these recent pages, you'll love the new work!
Check out my totally cute neighbors! Gretchen, Jackson, Lilly and Sammy left on a 3 month tour across America yesterday. Kate loved visiting their RV while it was parked here and I am sure she is anxiously awaiting their return in the fall. Their blog is brand new, so it won't take long for you to catch up with their awesome plans! I Only wish I was that cool! I can't wait to see photos from their trip.
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Project Background
The Egyptian Ethylene and Derivatives Company (ETHYDCO) is a joint venture company established with the purpose to produce Ethylene, Butadiene and their derivatives (Polyethylene, Poly Butadiene).
As part of ETHYDCO's petrochemical complex in Alexandria, a 460,000 T/Y ethylene plant and a 20,000 T/Y butadiene extraction plant were built.
For its water needs, ETHYDCO took the initiative to contract a zero liquid discharge plant that is the first of its kind in Egypt. The feed water to the plant is a mix of treated effluent and Nile River water. Due to the high variability of the inlet feed water, technologies designed to operate over a wide range of feed conditions were evaluated.
QUA's FEDI was chosen due to its capability to handle variable feed conditions with its two-stage design.


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What is Accessible Publishing?
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What is Accessible Publishing?
In year's past, there was very little variety in the ways in which readers could interact with published materials. Most materials came printed standard, and possibly, in large print format or in braille. Fortunately, with technological advances and innovations in the publishing industry, a wide number of options have been made available to individuals who want or need to interact with printed material in a format different than standard print. This is widely known as accessible publishing.
With current accessible publishing options, readers can connect with written texts in a number of ways depending on what their needs and preferences happen to be. While large print text and braille printing are not new additions to publishing, modern technology has made it easier than ever to produce braille works on demand, and release print and digital versions of works with varying degrees of larger text. Additionally, many e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle, come standard with the ability to change the size of the text display, allowing multiple readers utilizing the same device to adjust the text size to their preference.
Digitization advances have also made it possible for works to be quickly and easily converted into digital documents that are compatible with audio readers – devices that scan text and read it out loud to individuals who have difficulty reading or seeing text. In years past, individuals who wanted to utilize an audio version of a published document would have to wait for an audiobook publisher to make a title available in their library.
While larger titles would often get added, this was little help to individuals who wanted access to lesser-known works or journals and articles from smaller publishing houses.However, with the right equipment, individuals can now take any published documents, scan them, and have them ready by computer software that will make them readable by audio reader programs.


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GRYGRDNS released their debut full length, Interwoven on Matron Records on September 3rd. A concept album comprised of 10 tracks, each are named for a different textile to reflect the various feelings of each song, both literally and figuratively. This tactile metaphor helps to convey the wide range of textures and colors present throughout the record as the contrasting but complementary voices of Miranda Scott (Evarusnik) and Eliza Lutz (Future Scars, As In We) weave an intricate web around the listener. Providing a strong rhythmic backbone for the duo throughout the record is Luke Carr (STBWLIH) on drums, Rob Lundberg on upright bass and Cyrus Campbell on electric bass. Rob Lundberg also co-produced the album with GRYGRDNS, which plays on themes related the many forms of human connection both in love and in loss.
"Feel-along" with each song on this tactile-themed album with a limited edition fabric swatch ring featuring swatches for each of the 10 tracks with accompanying lyrics.
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Chicago rapper King Louie's been going hard this month, releasing new music daily as part of his #MarchMadness series, and today, he gives us a fresh joint titled "Just Left The Bank" featuring and produced by LoKey. You gotta respect King L's stash for being so deep. Listen below, and stay tuned for more new joints on the way.
Listen: King Louie f/ LoKey "Just Left The Bank"
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Meeting Betty Buckley
I want so badly to be cool about this and blasé and jaded and say whatever, we met Betty Buckley tonight, it was fine. No big deal. But I can't.
Since I moved to New York City three years ago (!), I've been able to count on two constants: my good dear friend SarahB, and seeing Betty Buckley at Feinstein's. Lucky the twain shall meet: SarahB and I saw Betty perform at Feinstein's in 2009 (the year she sang "Meadowlark" to me), 2008 (the year we played bumpkins at the Regency with Ravinia Bob), and 2007 (the year it all started).
But in 2010 we cranked things up a peg, because this is the year, along with SarahB, that I met Betty Buckley at Feinstein's.
(Embarrassingly, this is the same shirt I was wearing two years ago, so you can tell I did not expect to have my picture taken standing next to Betty Buckley. Also, it's a hideous shirt, but now I can never throw it away.)
Can you tell how excited my face was?
Anyway. When I moved back to Madison from Chicago in 2000 (the year I turned 30 and tried convincing myself I wanted to lead a life I didn't actually want to lead), I listened to Betty Buckley sing "Meadowlark" every morning on my way to work. For six months I listened to that voice singing that song, and I won't say that it saved my life—it wouldn't be true, and nobody deserves that sort of burden—but it was a guidepost. Something in it, the combination of that voice and that song, helped define for me who and what and where I did and did not want to be, and to imagine that somehow a different sort of life was possible. And it turns out that it was.
To this day there are few singers whose voices I trust to tell me a true story more than Betty Buckley. And all I can say for that is thank you.


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Thanksgiving is a purely American holiday. But though we're far away, my cluster decided to have our own Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday as we knew our families and friends would be feasting at home. The meal itself was a untraditional: Andy's chicken curry; kasha (like cream of wheat) from Andrew's host mom; cookies from Janira and a torte and mashed potatoes from her host mom; pizza and a torte from Kate's host mom. We set up at our LCF's house after language lessons and feasted! But the best part of it was taking the time to reflect on our last 10 weeks together – we went around the room and said what we're thankful for this year (we're all thankful for such a great PST cluster/experience and for the opportunity to be here in Ukraine) and then talked about what our families usually do on Thanksgiving. It was a wonderful bonding time, and our LCF, Natalia, said she greatly enjoyed her first Thanksgiving!
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|Best cluster ever. From left: Natalia (LCF), Kate, me, Janira, Andrew, Andy


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Autos On Your Shirt? Get All This And More With A Quirky Wardrobe From Chhapa
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Meet the designer – Chhapa
Ahmedabad in many respects is a city in contrasts and contradictions. The spectacular architectural heritage set in the old quarters of the city where even today merchants and skilled craft persons live in quaint houses with carved wooden entrances that are characteristic of the pols the quarters located in the winding lanes and alleys interspersed with chowks . On the other hand the new city of Ahmedabad is a bustling commercial and industrial area that was once famous for its history of commerce in textiles and textile manufacturing and processing industries.
Today it is renowned for its institutions of culture, heritage and education such as Calico museum of textiles , the Shreyas Folk Museum and The Gandhi Ashram on the banks of Sabarmati.
Chhapa based in Ahmedabad is one such brand which is creating beautiful environment conscious clothing. Their prints are as unique as their styles.
Chhapa team a family of four with two leading ladies and the men of their life as backbones . Shipa is the brain child and creative mind of Chhapa . Shital (her sister in law) executes and handles production side of things. Hardik ( Shipa's husband) and Bimal ( her brother ) help them a little with business development and social media promotions.
"Shipa always wanted to make her own cloths using block printing technique so she started this as a vocation then we thought of taking it to next level and the main driver behind it was to create envirionment friendly & socially responsible style statement and in turn contribute a little part towards conscious fashion " – Hardik
The team loves western and Indian ethinic wear with a little twist of Chhapa ! They focus on pure cotton and handloom cotton in Textiles.
Here is how the beautiful Chhapa clothes are made :
– First the team finalizes the design for the blocks and then get it manufactured by the artisans
– Second step is to get them dyed and printed at local artisans of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Chhapa only uses natural dyes for dying and printing purposes
– Third comes to designing of garments and get the sampling done through the master tailor
– After getting final cut they get bulk garments made
– In this little effort Chhapa is working with 20 people which includes artisans and tailors
Future plans for Chhapa …
Team is planning to open their own retail store , enlarge footprint in major cities across India, experiment block printing with different textiles and introduce a range of home decor as product lines
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You can purchase Chhapa at :
O.M.O – Mumbai & Goa ,
Maalgadi – Surat
Bliss- Mumbai
Get Chhapa online at www.chhapa.in
Model- Halina Khan | Photography- Vinit Bhatt
Few days ago I was approached by the sweet people at Chhapa to review their collection. In today's fast paced world where textiles are printed using high-end machines, this team's ideology is to rejuvenate and encourage the art of block printing which looks endangered in the present-day fashion scenario. This step towards being socially responsible by producing eco-friendly clothing and reviving an old art form is commendable. I was surprised to know that the creative team at Chhapa does not come from a designing background as such, yet they have such great finesse in what they do. While their designs are modern, casual and contemporary, the block print adds an organic feel to their products bringing about the quirkiness.This editorial portrays a young successful fashionista and an art lover who likes to own quirky clothes but is conscious about the eco-friendly factor. I personally loved the maxi dresses and jumpsuits in this editorial (You know I'm a sucker for maxi dresses). This is something I would love to wear on a hot busy day or even to a fashion week, layering it with a summer jacket or a vest and a pair of cool sunglasses. Styling ideas are already popping up you see!
If you liked the collection, do visit their Website to buy it also you can get in touch with them on Facebook and Instagram .
And yes! Don't forget to like I Dress for the Applause on Facebook and Instagram. Exciting stuff coming up here! Stay tuned!
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Over the weekend Ryan and I attended a 50th birthday party, and we brought a funny little DIY birthday gift. Everyone got quite the kick out of it, especially the birthday boy!
We started by wrapping a small box with multi-color striped wrapping paper, punched 50 small holes using a screw driver into the top of the box, inserted the 50 Dum Dum Suckers into the holes we punched, and then added a couple signs to finish it off. Within 30 minutes you have a great gift that only costs a few dollars in candy, wrapping paper, and cardstock paper for the signs.


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The single most important thing I do at the start of each week is create my list of "Weekly Outcomes." It's my approach for a simple weekly planner. It helps me focus on the most important outcomes, and take the balcony view for my week. It works through thick and thin. It's a practice I've used for years, leading distributed teams around the world.
To use it, it's simple. Just follow three rules:
- Create the list on Mondays.
- Write the list down.
- List three wins at the top, and then your A-Z list of goals or tasks.
It's a simple format. That's why it works. In the worst case scenario, I've taken at least five minutes to map out the wins for the upcoming week. This helps me set a target for success. Writing it down is important. This frees my mind to focus on where my attention is needed most. Whenever I need a fast reminder of what my week is about, I can look back to my list.
It's a great leadership tool as well, especially if you have a distributed team. It's easy to send out the email that maps out what a great week looks like. In the thick of things, it might take me 15 minutes to do the exercise, but those 15 minutes can save me 15 hours of wasted work or off path. It helps create clarity and common goals across the team. It also gives the team a chance to plug in things that are on the radar so everybody gets a good look at what's on our plates.
You can do it on a whiteboard, or on a piece of paper, or in any tool of your choice. I prefer anything that I can type in that lets me very quickly move things around and adjust the list without worrying about formatting. To split up the list, I simply use whitespace. I like whitespace and breathing room, especially when my lists are outrageous.
The key, as always, is to focus on outcomes, not tasks. By having a list of your outcomes, you make it easier to drive results versus getting lost in the weeds. It really is a simple weekly planner.
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Natural disasters can't stop the transportation of goods by truck.
May 13, 2014
When a natural disaster strikes the nation, some aspects of the affected area must come to a stand-still in order to access, and even process, the damage. While that's true for many things, it does not apply to truck traffic.
Allowing trucks to continue their routes is critical to the safety and well-being of those in the immediate area, as well as for Americans throughout the country.
According to a report prepared by the American Trucking Associations, here are a few examples of how halting the transportation of goods by truck can put citizens at risk:
- The nation's food supply will suffer significant shortages in as little as three days, especially for perishable items. Supplies of clean drinking water will run dry in two to four weeks.
- Essential basic medical supplies, such as syringes, catheters and oxygen, will be jeopardized and could even be depleted, especially if the natural disaster causes a medical emergency. Hospitals and nursing homes will exhaust their food supply within a day and pharmacies will see their inventory disappear.
- Fuel supplies will run out in just one to two days. Without access to automobile transportation, people won't be able to get to work, emergency response vehicles will be paralyzed and accumulating garbage will quickly cause health and environmental hazards. This will also cease air, rail and maritime transportation – our nation's economic lifelines.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the industries that would suffer as a result of the stoppage of trucking. Major manufacturers will see assembly lines shut down, banks and ATMs will use up their cash supplies, even the Department of Defense could see crippling effects.
Natural disasters, like the one the Northeast experienced with Hurricane Sandy back in 2012, are devastating on many levels, but making sure we literally keep the country running with truck traffic is essential for a speedy, healthy recovery.
We, at Freightquote by C.H. Robinson, appreciate everyone in the trucking industry for their heroic efforts transporting much needed supplies in and out of disaster areas. As always, we extend our offer of assistance in all your trucking needs.
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WASHINGTON — Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee appeared divided on Wednesday over a possible military strike on Syria, as members of President Obama's national security team took the case for intervention before the panel.
Representative Ed Royce, the California Republican who leads the committee, said he was skeptical that the United States would be able to avoid an escalation in fighting, and dismissed the administration's planning as insufficient.
"The president promises a military operation in Syria of limited scope and duration," Mr. Royce said. "But the Assad regime would have a say in what happens next. That'd be particularly true as President Obama isn't aiming to change the situation on the ground."
"Are different scenarios accounted for?" he added. "If our credibility is on the line now, as is argued, what about if Assad retaliates? Americans are skeptical of getting near a conflict that, as one witness has said, is fueled by 'historic ethnic, religious and tribal issues.'"
Representative Eliot L. Engel, a New York Democrat, followed Mr. Royce with a contrary view. Mr. Engel called on Congress to authorize a limited strike, which he said was needed to restore deterrence against the use of weapons of mass destruction.
"If we don't pass the authorization measure, what message will Assad get?" Mr. Engel said. "Iran? Hezbollah?"
Mr. Royce said that he was also troubled by the lack of international support, a point Secretary of State John Kerry sought to rebut on Tuesday when he said that France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were backing a military strike.
Mr. Kerry appeared first before the House committee on Wednesday, and was joined by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and General Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In pressing for Congressional support, Mr. Kerry made a new argument: extremist groups in Syria would become stronger if the United States did not carry out a military strike.
Mr. Kerry said that the United States had worked hard in recent months to persuade Arab nations and benefactors not to finance extremist rebels who are battling the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and to strengthen moderate elements of the Syrian opposition instead.
But if the United States does not strike, Mr. Kerry said, it is likely that some Arab supporters of the Syrian opposition will provide, out of frustration, arms and financing to the best rebel fighters, regardless of whether they are extremists.
"We will have created more extremism and a greater problem down the road," Mr. Kerry said.
The House hearing came one day after Mr. Obama won the support of Republican and Democratic leaders in the House for an attack on Syria, giving him a foundation to win broader approval for military action from a Congress that still harbors deep reservations.
House members have been more skeptical than their Senate counterparts, before whom the three administration officials appeared on Tuesday, though Speaker John A. Boehner, who with other Congressional leaders met Mr. Obama in the Oval Office, said afterward that he would "support the president's call to action." That endorsement was quickly echoed by the House majority leader, Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia.
In an exchange in Wednesday's hearing with Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, Mr. Kerry insisted that much of the Syrian opposition was moderate.
"There is a real moderate opposition that exists," he said.
Mr. Kerry said that there were 70,000 to 100,000 "oppositionists." Of these, he said, some 15 percent to 20 percent were "bad guys" or extremists.
Mr. Kerry said that the United States had persuaded Qatar and Saudi Arabia to funnel their assistance to the moderate leadership "in a disciplined way," discipline that the secretary of state said might break down if the United States did not take military action.
Responding to this point, Mr. McCaul said that he had been told in briefings that half of the opposition fighters were extremists.
Mr. Hagel said that he basically backed Mr. Kerry's analysis of the makeup of the Syrian opposition.
"We are seeing some movement in the right direction," Mr. Hagel said, asserting that moderate elements of the Syrian opposition were being strengthened.
General Dempsey, under sharp questioning from Representative Ted Poe, a Texas Republican, said the American military had drawn up plans and had postured forces for the possibility of retaliation from Syrian forces after an American strike.
Mr. Poe pressed further, asking whether the military was also planning for the risk of escalation. General Dempsey was concise, answering, "Yes."
On Tuesday evening, Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed on the wording of a resolution that would give Mr. Obama the authority to carry out a strike against Syria, for a period of 60 days, with one 30-day extension. A committee vote on the measure could come as early as Wednesday.
Uncertainties abound, particularly in the House, where the imprimatur of the Republican leadership does not guarantee approval by rebellious rank and file, and where vocal factions in both parties are opposed to anything that could entangle the nation in another messy conflict in the Middle East.
Still, the expressions of support from top Republicans who rarely agree with Mr. Obama on anything suggest the White House may be on firmer footing than seemed the case on Saturday, when the president abruptly halted his plans for action in the face of growing protests from Congress.
The Senate resolution — released on Tuesday night by Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee and the committee's chairman, Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey — would limit the president's options and prohibit the use of ground forces. Any strike, it says, should be "tailored" to only deter Syria from using chemical weapons again and to cripple its capacity to do so.
The resolution would prohibit "boots on the ground" and require "the Obama administration to submit their broader plan for Syria," Mr. Corker said in a statement.
Mr. Menendez added, "We have an obligation to act."


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Children's Picture Books
Walaikum assalam,
The fatwa of leading Hanafi scholars from Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, is that pictures in children's books take the same ruling as dolls for children: they are permitted to buy and sell, because they too serve a similar (if not even more obvious) educational interest. Many (or even most) Hanafi scholars from the Indian Subcontinent disagree.
And Allah alone gives success.
Answered By: Shaykh Faraz Rabbani


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Okay, before I go any further, I'd like to apologize to everyone who feels that I have been unnecessarily angry as of late. I've just been under a lot of stress lately IRL and it's been driving me crazy! Getting a job in the US these days is really hard (be it IT or even McDonalds), especially when you're still in the entry level stages. I've been without a full time job since September of last year and getting a job at this point (anything) is very important. So if I offended anyone, I'm sorry :(
As you can see, the game Kabuki Warriors (XDK 3911) is reaching menus so far(ingame is not confirmed yet, and I'll explain that shortly). I had a very positive feeling that this game would have some level of compatibility with Cxbx for some reason (lately, my emulation instincts have proven quite accurate). It looks like all my work on XDK 3911 is paying off, big time! Still have lots of work to do on this particular XDK by fixing the ordering of Deferred Render/Texture States, but that will be an easy fix once I get around to it. TBH, so far, I didn't add anything in particular to get this game showing stuff. All the stuff I added for Azurik and Halo must have been enough to get it this far.
"So, what's the problem?" Truth is, I don't really know what's causing problems. Upon trying to go ingame, conflicts with my display adapter on a driver level occur. I'm assuming that a certain Direct3D function is causing this. What sucks is that DirectX 8.1 is greatly depreciated and it's not easy to debug. I'm convinced that if we were using at least Direct3D9 or OpenGL, this would not really be an issue. The best thing I can think of is to find out if any functions are returning a specific error code (D3DERR_DRIVERINTERNALERROR). It would be nice if I had my other machines to test this on, but sadly my laptop is the only available computer capable of running Cxbx in this household. However, I do hear some background music and voices upon trying to get ingame. Right now, I can't actively work on finding this problem, and tomorrow I have another interview. Hopefully I get this job because it will really help me and my sister through these tough times (and maybe a lucky/unsuspecting British lady; and no, she's not my girlfriend ^^).
"Okay Shogun. What's the deal with emulating all these crappy games?? I want to play DOA3, JSRF, Ninja Gaiden and Otogi!" Okay, calm down! Don't you think I work on those games too? Let's look at it this way. It's rather common to have an easier time emulating a crappy game then a top notch game. Not saying Turok, Futurama, Smashing Drive and Robotech: Battlecry are bad games (well, some of you might not like them), it all depends on how the game was programmed. Crappier games tend to use more generic and uniform coding methods than the more popular ones. Not saying the programmers of these games didn't do a good job of programming these games though, but sometimes programmers will try to take shortcuts by using code already contained in the XDK samples. Emulating XDK samples with Cxbx has been the most effective method of improving it, so a game like Petit Copter (which is almost totally based off of the TechCertDemo in the XDK) will naturally be easier to emulate. That's just the way it is. But look on the bright side, getting crappy games like Kabuki Warriors working will increase your chances of playing a better game such as DOA3 (which is still bugging the hell out of me with it's multi-threading issues).
Side note: I own this game, but never actually got around to playing it for myself. I heard that this game got some really bad reviews and some claimed it to be one of the worst Xbox games out there, but I won't make that kind of judgement until I play it. I won't discourage anyone for trying this game themselves, but get a load of this quote below:
"I literally won a match just bashing the controller against my ass. I wish I was joking, but the score is seriously Kabuki Warriors zero, my ass one." - Andy McNamara (Game Informer)
I'd really like to say more, but I need to get ready for tomorrow. So thanks for checking out my blog and wishing me well on this project.


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2017 Season I Residency Exhibition
Within a Circuit
March 3 - 24, 2017
Opening Reception: March 3 6-8pm
Carrick Bell | Bat Ami Rivlin | Elise Rasmussen | Nooshin Rostami | Ololade Adeniyi | Sohyun Han | Sophie Barbasch | Svetlana Bailey
Within a Circuit
March 3 - 24, 2017
Opening Reception: March 3 6-8pm
Carrick Bell | Bat Ami Rivlin | Elise Rasmussen | Nooshin Rostami | Ololade Adeniyi | Sohyun Han | Sophie Barbasch | Svetlana Bailey
The New York Art Residency & Studios (NARS) Foundation is pleased to present Within a Circuit, an exhibition featuring selections from the work of 2017 Season I International Artist Residency participants: Ololade Adeniyi, Svetlana Bailey, Sophie Barbasch, Carrick Bell, Sohyun Han, Elise Rasmussen, Bat Ami Rivlin, and Nooshin Rostami.
Taking its title from an installation performance by Nooshin Rostami, Within a Circle showcases the diverse research interests, materials, processes and presentation modes that underlie the art practices the artists in residence have continued to explore and develop alongside each other, over the course of three to six months in South Brooklyn.
Ololade Adeniyi's installations The Despicable and The Other disassemble notions of home, domesticity and constructed space by rendering their clean, optimistic and perfected forms into gangly and unsettling constructions made of raw and sexualized household and construction materials.
Svetlana Bailey conflates space and time through the staging of objects atop photographs, which are then re-photographed, thus reconciling their coexistence psychologically. The combination and arrangement of these ordinary objects, once stripped of their familiar designations, create new relationships and autonomous entities.
Sophie Barbasch's Training to be a Girl mines Craigslist as both a source of primary material, photographs of items for sale, and as means of posing men various questions, the answers to which reveal attitudes about romantic relationships and gender dynamics, as much as fulfill the artists and her participants' need for connection through anonymous oversharing and intimacy.
Carrick Bell's video work draws from seemingly disparate sources of existing material to sound notes in formal, historical, cultural and personal registers. In If You Feel It Let It Happen, Bell juxtaposes Bruce Conner's 1976 short film Crossroads, most recently on view at MoMA and the Whitney, with Britney Spears' 2002 movie of the same title. Conner's original soundtrack to the footage of the first underwater atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll is replaced with the pop star's vocals, who is also seen surveying the alternating shots between aerial views and straight-on shots, to dramatic aural effect.
Sohyun Han's City of the Blind painstakingly scratches off text and images from the front page of the New York Time's Trump Inauguration edition on January 21st and Korean newspaper The Chosun-Ilbo' frontpage news of President Park Geun-hye apologizing for corruption scandals that have mired her administration. Isolated from all but a few select words seem to comment on these two historical moments and frame it, the main photograph is imbued with a prescient and haunting power.
Elise Rasmussen's A Poetic Truth in a Pathetic Fallacy takes the rhinoceros and human-kinds fascination and misinterpretation of the animal as its starting point and explores its visual representation and collection, the legacy of colonialism and the urgency of extinction.
Bat Ami Rivlin's collaboration with performer Dana Davenport in Untitled (RECONDITION) blurs the lines between object and body to explore the fleshy characteristics of both domestic objects and the human form.
Nooshin Rostami's installation inserts the human into a mechanical system, as a momentary resistance that impedes movement and flow of energy. Staged as a performance, in the NARS gallery on Feb 24th, it is presented here both as documentation and a sculpture in its own right.


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The B67 and B67 S are the modern versions of B66 models, first featured in the 1927 catalogue.
Classically sprung for supreme comfort, the B67 and B67 S feature single rails for attachment to modern micro-adjust seat pillars.
- Length: 260mm
- Width: 205mm
- Height: 73mm
- Weight: 850g


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MARCH MADNESS FLASH FICTION FUNTIMES with Julie
TODAY'S BREW: Coconut Justice. (not what it's really called but I like this better.)
By Julie
We've run many flash fiction series over here, and it's been too long. I love love love giving a supportive, fun environment for all writers, especially new ones, to put up a snippet of their work. I love having a place where writers feel safe enough to put up their work and show us what they're capable of, many for the first time ever. The amazing Zoey Derrick, erotic and paranormal romance author put up her first piece here! Our good friend Beau Barnett cried when he put his first piece up on Deadly Ever After and has been published since. My own brother in law came out of his shell and put up a short story for our Nightmares Before Christmas series. And what I love the most is how all of these writers congratulated each other, commented on the stories, shared them on Facebook and Twitter, and made sharing their imaginations feel as good as it should.
Related, lately I've been given an incredible amount of support from people regarding my struggles with Sam and his OCD, as well as my recent surgery and alllllll the mental and emotional backlash from this stuff. Specifically my friends on Twitter have been relentlessly at my side with incredible words of encouragement, reminding me that I matter to them, sending me gifts, for crying out loud, praising my books…. It's amazing, and I'm DESPERATE to find a way to thank everyone.
This is for you.
Next month, get all your non-sports related March Madness fun right here in the form of boatloads of flash fiction stories (1000 words or less) about MADNESS. Madness can mean a lot of things. Insanity, naturally. Madly in love, obsessive, crime stories, Alice in Wonderland-esque worlds, anything your little heart desires.
No rules. Except madness, less than 1000 words. Get it to me by 2/28.
Maybe you write romance and want to put a spin on madness. Maybe you write horror and want to try romance. Maybe you write erotica or sci fi and want to try something totally new. Let me be your host to give it a shot. Maybe you've not written a damn thing in two years. Give it a try again. Maybe you've never written ANYTHING but you want to. Let me be the one who helps you.
I want to make you guys feel as good as you've made me feel. And for those of you who don't know me, know that I want to help you get your voice out there. I just do.
Remember when you send me your story to give me links to your books, or your blog, or your Facebook and Twitter, or nothing at all if you like. But I'd love to say, "GET MORE OF THIS INCREDIBLE PERSON RIGHT HERE."
I believe in you guys.


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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that arbitration provisions in employment contracts do not prevent the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) from launching their own investigation into the matter.
In Joule, Inc. v. Simmons, an employee alleged that they were fired as a result of their pregnancy and subsequently filed a discrimination complaint with MCAD. Because the former employee had signed an employment contract containing an arbitration provision in it for discrimination claims, the employer sought to halt the MCAD complaint.
The SJC held that the MCAD's investigation could proceed regardless of the arbitration provision and that the two claims should "continue concurrently, on parallel tracks."
As a result of this ruling, employers who have employees with contracts that require arbitration as a means of resolving discrimination complaints can now be forced to defend their actions both through arbitration and MCAD proceedings.
This decision will force some employers to defend themselves from discrimination claims in two forums. The decision also gives MCAD the ability to pursue actions on behalf of the Commonwealth rather than in the name of the individual complainant. With this authority, MCAD may now bring claims against employers even when the employee involved no longer wishes to pursue it or when the employee is prohibited by contract from pursuing it.
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text: Public service unions call for repeal of Bill C-4Collective bargaining not possible until legislation addressed: PSAC, PIPSCBy Liz Foster02/16/2016|Canadian Labour Reporter|Last Updated: 02/16/2016 While the first round of bargaining between the newly elected Liberal government and the unions representing public sector workers is underway, the parties have already reached an impasse. Entering into negotiations, the parties seemed hopeful their collective bargaining would be less tumultuous than that between the unions and previous federal government. However, despite moves to repeal Conservative legislation the unions found objectionable, several issues remain in contention. "PSAC welcomes the news that the government will repeal division 20 of Bill C-59, which we said was a violation of our constitutional rights to collective bargaining. The bill gave the government the power to amend unilaterally certain provisions in federal government employee contracts," said Robyn Benson, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In Remember Me Forgot Password If you are a current Subscriber, please click here to set-up or update your login information.


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SEMO is a part of the Facilities component of the Division of Administration.
VU Plant Operations
Plant Operations provides facilities support for all construction, renovation, and routine maintenance of University Central space and facilities; housekeeping services for approximately 5.8 million square feet of academic, administrative, residential, and recreational space; grounds care for 330 acres that are a registered arboretum; turf care for athletic fields; and utilities for the University and Medical Center.
Environmental Advisory Committee
The EAC serves in an advisory capacity to the university administration in creating a comprehensive environmental management program for Vanderbilt University. Meeting twice per academic year, the committee will advise, develop and promote practices and policies that maximize environmental performance for VU operations, research, academics, and patient care and will assist in complying with all relevant laws and regulations as well as promoting and integrating sustainability, stewardship, and resource conservation into activities and services. This committee is composed of faculty and administrative representatives and reports to the Vice-Chancellor for Administration.
Campus Planning and Construction
Campus Planning & Construction (CPC) works to shape and maintain Vanderbilt's campus. CPC provides management of capital projects, design of facilities and grounds, and maintenance of a facilities library. In addition to managing, planning and implementation of all major capital modifications to facilities and grounds on the Vanderbilt campus, this group addresses the inventory and management of Vanderbilt's construction document library, GIS mapping and documentation of all utilities, and tracking of floor plans for the Space Inventory and Accounting processes.
Vanderbilt University Real Estate
Vanderbilt University Real Estate (VURE) serves institutional needs through its holdings of over 3 million gross square feet. We provide for future campus growth and assist in influencing the quality of our campus borders through strategic investments in area real estate. VURE provides administrative office space, office swing space for Vanderbilt departments with short-term needs, and clinic space for Medical Center departments. VURE also manages the off-campus commercial leasing operations for the institution (both medical center and university central). The University leases more than 1.7 million square feet in the Nashville area; notable locations include 2525 West End Avenue, One Hundred Oaks, and 3401 West End Avenue.
Vanderbilt Campus Dining
Vanderbilt Campus Dining has a passion for providing excellent food at the highest levels of quality, value, convenience, and service. Campus Dining is a builder of community and does so in an innovative, creative, proactive, supportive, welcoming and financially self-supporting way. Campus Dining takes pride in their commitment to providing value through the highest quality, best-tasting, most nutritious and diverse menus possible.
Vanderbilt Procurement
Purchasing Services purchases the supplies, equipment and services which support education, research and patient care at Vanderbilt University. Their mission is to cooperatively develop and execute sourcing strategies with Departments for high value products and services that meet or exceed University requirements, and to perform our services to the highest ethical and professional standards. Procurement Services is committed to promoting small, disadvantaged, and minority owned businesses through their supplier diversity program and supporting the university's commitments to environmental responsibility and outreach to the local business community.
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
AASHE is an association of colleges and universities that are working to create a sustainable future. Their mission is to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation by providing resources, professional development, and a network of support to enable institutions of higher education to model and advance sustainability in everything they do, from governance and operations to education and research. AASHE defines sustainability in an inclusive way, encompassing human and ecological health, social justice, secure livelihoods, and a better world for all generations. Membership in AASHE covers every individual at Vanderbilt, granting access to valuable educational, guidance, and planning resources online to anyone with a VUnetID.
Energy Star
Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy which works with more than 17,000 public and private sector organizations to improve the energy and financial performance of their business, manufacture products to meet Energy Star specifications, sell Energy Star labeled products to meet consumer demand for more environmentally friendly choices on store shelves, and promote Energy Star qualified products and homes.
American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America's economy, ensuring the success of the renewable energy industry while helping to build a sustainable and independent energy future for the nation.