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Rockingham skipper takes out Ross Elliott Medal
Rockingham Rams co-captain Steve Kenny had his outstanding season rewarded with the Peel Football and Netball League's top honour as he was crowned the 2019 Ross Elliott Medal winner on Monday night.
The versatile utility finished the vote count with 21, enough to edge out South Mandurah's Jack Shanahan who stormed to the lead early but faded with some lop-sided results against his side in the later rounds
Kenny's year has been nothing short of sublime.
Stepping into the ruck role left vacant in the absence of Andrew Stokes, the veteran leader became one of the league's most damaging at the position as he buoyed the Rams to a minor premiership.
His hard work made life easier for the already deadly Rockingham midfield, and he was also among their best in a semi final win over Baldivis on the weekend.
Rams coach Scott Franklin heaped praise on Kenny's team-first approach.
"Steve's the best teammate anyone can have," Franklin said.
"He's hard, he's uncompromising, and he's all about doing whatever it takes for the team to succeed.
"I think his best position is up forward and we haven't actually been able to play him there for two years, and now he's won a Ross Elliott as a ruckman, so it goes to show the type of character he has."
Kenny and his Rams will break a seven-year drought when they play in their first grand final since 2012 in a fortnight.
The last time the club won a premiership was all the way back in 1997, when coach Mark Watson led them past Pinjarra in the big game.


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Wizkid continues to release new music from his forthcoming album tagged 'Made In Lagos'. He finally delivers this highly anticipated record titled "Joro".
October 1st is Nigerian Independence day and Wizkid celebrates with this new infectious tune 'Joro' accompanied with the official music video.
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It sounds like your predecessor may have customized the sitemap (broken pipelines) and maybe the skin? Have you gone through the 0.5->0.6 upgrade then the 0.6->0.7 updgrade and are still having these issues? It looks like these two documents show how to bring old ways of doing things (e.g. direct sitemap changing) to new ways (e.g. plugin/project-level sitemap). To your other question, it sounds like you have "installed" it correctly just need to figure out what was done and recreate it in 0.7. Take a look at these: http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_60/upgrading_06.html http://forrest.apache.org/docs_0_70/upgrading_07.html Given your issues, you may want to pay particular attention to finding a skin that is most like yours if it doesn't still exist and investigate any local changes to the *.xmap (specifically looking for a **.doc match?) --tim On 7/19/05, Paterline, David L. <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > > Hi - > > I have been trying to recreate a web site previously created by someone who > has left the company, and in doing so, noticed differences between the > appearance of the site when generated by different versions of Forrest. I'd > like to know if this is to be expected, or whether I have something wrong in > my installation of Forrest. > > The site was originally created by Forrest 0.5.1. I'm using the latest > version, Forrest 0.7, in my latest builds. I couldn't understand why my > latest build appeared differently, so I've built the site using the two > versions of Forrest. I used Forrest 0.5.1 in the first build, and Forrest > 0.7 in the next. I'm running both builds on Windows XP. > > Some of the differences I see are: > - with Forrest 0.7, html appears in a smaller font, and > > - with Forrest 0.7, the "Font size: -a +a Reset" feature doesn't appear- > with Forrest 0.7, the corners on the tabs of my index.html page have black > squares and are not rounded > - with Forrest 0.5.1, colored bars appear below section titles, in 0.7, they > don't > - with Forrest 0.7, the PDF files contents are not centered in the file, > they butt against the left edge of the 'page' > - with Forrest 0.7, I get a lot of error messages like "BROKEN: No pipeline > matched request: rpa_docs/RPA_User_Note_2.doc" that don't appear in the > Forrest 0.5.1 log > > These are the main things I notice, but there may be more. > > This leads me to question whether I have installed Forrest 0.7 correctly, or > whether there may be some plugins or addins that need to be installed along > with 0.7. Or, am I way off here, and there is something else at play? > > In general, the site build with 0.5.1 looks better, and I would like to be > able to reproduce the appearance using the latest version of Forrest. > > Appreciate any suggestions or explanations. > > Thanks. > > - > David L. Paterline > Principal Engineer > Westinghouse Electric Company > Nuclear Fuel Engineering > Engineering Computing > firstname.lastname@example.com > PH: 412-374-2286 > FX: 412-374-2284
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December 15th is the feast day of the
Holy Hieromartyr Eleftherios, who is the patron Saint of our Diocese of
Wichita and Mid-America. The reason why he was chosen as our patron is
that it was on December 15th of 2004 that our Diocese was formally established by His Eminence, Metropolitan PHILIP with the blessing of His Beatitude, Patriarch IGNATIUS IV. Through the prayers of St. Eleftherios, may God grant His Grace, our Bishop BASIL, and all the people of our diocese many years and abundant blessings!
For the life of St. Eleftherios, visit http://www.antiochian.org/steleftherios
Services this week:
Thursday Evening 5:30pm - Vespers for Holy Prophet Daniel, Three Holy Youths, and St. Dionysios of Zakynthos
Sunday morning services as usual
Monday 8am - Orthros 9am - Liturgy for St. Ignatius and St. John of Kronstadt
- Stewardship: please turn in stewardship forms as soon as possible, and no later than Sunday, Dec. 26 so that the budget committee can prepare for 2011.


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Basil (Ocimum basilicum L. and its varieties) is a popular herb known for its flavorful leaves. The fresh or dried leaves add a distinctive flavor to many foods, including Italian-style tomato sauces, pesto sauce, and salad dressing. The essential oils and oleoresins may be extracted from leaves andflowers and used for flavoring in liqueurs and for fragrance in perfumes and soaps. Scented basils, such as lemon and cinnamon basil, are used fresh or dried in potpourri, jellies, honeys, vinegars, and baked goods.
While many types of basil are available (Table 1), sweet basil is the culinary classic. This publication specifically discusses fresh-market basil, examining the selection, production, harvesting, and marketing of the product.
|Common name
|Botanical name
|Leaf type
|Sweet basil
|Ocimum basilicum
|Oval, 2-3" long, smooth, bright green
|Most common, used fresh and dried.
|Lettuce leaf basil
|O. basilicum 'Crispum'
|Large, ruffled, light green
|Mild flavor, good in salads
|Bush basil
|O. basilicum 'Minimum'
|Tiny, waxy, dark green
|Excellent flavor, good for pesto
|Purple basil
|O. basilicum 'Purpurascens'
|Dark purple, shiny
|Good in vinegars and potpurris
|Lemon basil
|O. americanum or O. basilicum 'Citriodorum'
|Small, fine, light green
|Lemon scent, for cooking and baking
|French basil
|O. sperricum or O. lancasticum
|Dark green
|Sweet flavor, good for drying
|Cinnamon basil
|O. basilicum 'Cinnamon'
|Dark green, 2-3" long
|Cinnamon flavor and smell
Obtaining Seed
To ensure a good crop, obtain high-quality basil seed. Select a variety that will produce a good flavor and attractive, dark green or purple foliage. A common problem with many herbs is the extreme variability within a seed lot. Many leaf types can come from one package of basil seed (Figure 1). Only one or two of the leaf types, however, may be marketable. Germination percentages will also purchase your seed from a reputable source. Quality, trueness to type, high germination percentage, and reliability are much more important than price.
Basil is a tender annual, easy to grow but very susceptible to cold weather. Row covers may prevent frost damage, although they are not always practical or cost effective. For best results, plant basil in late spring after all danger of frost is past. Choose a sunny location with well-drained soil. A light sand loam or silt loam with a pH of 6.4 is preferred. It is best to obtain a complete soil test before planting. See your county Cooperative Extension agent for details.
Basil can be grown from seed or transplants. For a direct-seeded crop, sow seed thinly (8 to 10 seeds per inch) in a well-prepared seedbed. To prevent the soil from crusting, cover with a fine layer of soil (approximately 1⁄8 inch) mixed with vermiculite or peat, and keep the soil surface moist. Plants will emerge within two weeks.
For all growers in western North Carolina and for any grower who wants an early crop, seedlings should be started indoors and then transplanted into the field. Basil seedlings are easy to produce in a greenhouse. In April or May, sow seeds in trays or flats filled with a well-drained, soilless potting medium. The seedlings will be ready to plant in the fields five to six weeks later. Before planting, trim the plants to encourage branching, harden them off, and then plant them into the field when they reach 6 inches in height. See Cooperative Extension publication AG 337, Production of Commercial Vegetable Transplants, for further information.
Basil should be produced on raised beds because these beds warm quickly in the spring and promote good drainage. Spacing between beds or rows should be determined by the dimensions of the equipment that will be used for cultivation throughout the season. The most common row spacing is 2 to 3 feet. Double rows about 12 inches apart with plants spaced 6 to 8 inches within the row produce the highest yields. Producers with large acreages plant 30,000 to 35,000 plants per acre.
Mulch is recommended for basil production because it retains soil moisture, prevents weed growth, and keeps the foliage clean from soil. The most commonly used mulch is black plastic, which encourages an early first harvest by warming the soil in the spring (Figure 2). An organic mulch, such as hay or straw, can also be used and will help increase the organic matter in the soil when it is incorporated in the fall (Figure 3). Be sure to use high-quality hay or clean straw to prevent weed problems from seeds hidden in the mulches. Avoid wood mulches such as bark, chips, and sawdust, as recent research has shown that they can reduce yield substantially.
Although specific recommendations are not available for basil, following the guidelines for salad greens usually produces good results. Generally, incorporate 75 to 100 pounds each of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash per acre at planting. Sidedress or apply through drip irrigation-an additional 15 to 20 pounds of nitrogen two or three times during the growing season. Fertilizers suitable for drip irrigation application include 20-20-20, 15-0-14, calcium nitrate, or potassium nitrate. Do not overfertilize basil or flavor will be sacrificed for growth.
Basil cannot tolerate drouth stress. To maintain constant growth throughout the growing season, water regularly. Although basil can be irrigated with a simple overhead sprinkler system, drip irrigation is best. Plants grown with drip irrigation are less likely to develop foliar diseases than sprinkleirrigated plants because the foliage stays drier. Research has shown that growing basil with drip irrigation and black plastic mulch results in high yields of high-quality, clean leaves.
Pest Management
Weed Control
Currently, no herbicides have been approved for use on freshmarket basil. Weed control is critical, however, because competition with weeds decreases the quality of fresh basil leaves. To keep weed populations- low, use high populations of basil plants, shallow cultivation, or mulch.
Disease Control
There are also no specific pesticides registered for basil. Preventing diseases through good cultural practices is the most effective way to produce a healthy crop. To prevent foliar diseases, keep the foliage as dry as possible by watering early in the day or by using drip irrigation. To reduce soil-borne diseases, rotate herbs to different parts of the field each year, and remove and destroy all plant debris after final harvest.
Insect Control
B.T. (Bacillus thuringiensis) products are the only insecticid registered for use on basil in North Carolina. They are biological control agents that kill a variety of caterpillars. If insect problems become serious, other organic methods may be tried. Reflective mulches, beneficial insects, traps, and hand picking will help control some insects (Figure 4). Japanese beetles are particularly detrimental to the basil crop. Japanese beetle traps placed just outside the field are fairly effective. Because Japanese beetles prefer Pennsylvania smartweed to basil, another strategy that is often effective is to border the field with smartweed as a trap crop.
Harvesting and Handling Basil
For fresh-market production, with double rows and plants spaced 6 to 12 inches apart, expect yields of 125 to 250 pounds per hundred feet of row over a nine-week harvest period. Single rows reduce yields to between 75 and 100 pounds per hundred feet of row over the same period.
Foliage may be harvested whenever the plants are large enough that four sets of true leaves can be left to initiate further growth. The foliage must be harvested before the plants bloom. Small-scale, fresh-market producers can either cut or pinch off the terminal 2- to 3-inch whorls of leaves on each stem or cut bunches of stems about 6 inches long. For largescale production, use a sickle bar mower with adjustable cutting height.
For a high-quality product with long storage life, harvest basil when the foliage is dry and cool. In the early morning the foliage is cool but often wet with dew. In western North Carolina, many growers find that the best time to havest is late afternoon. The basil must be cooled quickly to remove field heat. Large ice chests can hold the harvested foliage until it can be removed from the field.
Postharvest Handling
After harvest, remove any weeds and wash leaves, if necessary. One of the advantages of using mulch is that the leaves usually do not need to be washed. If they must be washed, be sure to dry the foliage thoroughly or it will deteriorate quickly in storage. Only the highest quality basil with the best color and aroma should be used for fresh-market sales. Refrigerate the leaves as soon as possible. Optimum storage temperature is 40 to 45°F; lower temperatures may cause discoloration and deterioration.
For bulk sales of fresh basil, leaves can be loosely packed into perforated or food-grade, gas-permeable plastic bags. Pack 1⁄2 to 1 pound of leaves per bag. For retail sales, small, uniform bunches of leaves can be tied and packaged into small plastic bags or sleeves. Either way, the bags should then be packed into clean, sturdy boxes to prevent crushing. A common complaint about small-scale herb producers is that they often package their product in a way that makes it difficult to handle with other produce. Herbs packaged in standard-size boxes can be stacked and moved around easier and with far less damage than herbs packaged only in plastic bags.
Excess basil leaves with some damage can be dried. Spread cleaned leaves loosely on screens and dry them in a forced-air drier set no higher than 120°F. Some growers start with an initial heat of 85 to 95°F and increase the temperature gradually as the leaves dry. Slow drying produces leaves with good color and high oil content. Basil that is dried quickly at high heat with poor airflow will turn brown and flavorless. Dried leaves should be stored in the dark in airtight containers such as glass jars or heavyweight, tightly sealed plastic bags.
As with any agricultural product,. markets should be established before production begins. For small, freshmarket sales, local restaurants, health food stores, and gourmet groceries may be ideal outlets. Farmers' markets, tailgate markets, and roadside stands are other possibilities, though keeping the basil cool and fresh may take some special planning. Many small-scale herb growers make value-added products such as pesto, basil vinegar, fancy-packed dried basil, and basil cookies. These products can be sold on consignment in specialty shops. For larger scale production, check specialty produce wholesalers and brokers; supermarkets; and institutions such as hospitals, schools, and military bases.
When approaching the buyer, take a sample of the basil in the package that you intend to deliver. If working with restaurants, it may help to leave a sample and a few recipes for the chef. Be sure to discuss and agree on quality, quantity, packaging, delivery times, and payment terms.
Publication date: Jan. 1, 1995
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Today, we conducted our first face to face Intranet induction session, targetted at people who just joined our organisation.
We briefly presented the salient features of our Intranet and explained our digital workplace environement.
At the end, we provided one page which contains questions and a map of our Intranet eco system. We asked the new employee to keep this page next to his desk and to fill it in within the next 30 days.
The page contains questions such as:
- What can't you find on the Intranet?
- What features / area of our Intranet do you use daily?
- What did you use in your previous workplace that you would love to find on our Intranet?
- What task(s) would you like to be able to accomplish online?
- What is your overall happiness level with our Intranet?
We plan to do this with every new employee and hope to get valuable information, especially from people who do not know yet our Intranet and come with new perspectives, experiences and fresh eyes!
This session follow two of our Intranet principles:
- Listening to our users
- Making the first experience with the Intranet a good one
Would love to hear your views. Has anyone experienced or conducted a similar intranet induction process?


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In my last post I shared part of my story of learning the Way of Blessing Principles.
You may have noticed that I mentioned how the Way of Blessing was a big book. And it took a while before I started to learn the principles.
But what if there was an easier way, or a more fun way to learn them?
Well, we have a book that has taken the Way of Blessing principles and put them into a powerful story.
This is the only story book that we offer on the GBM Bookshop. But it is far more than just a novel. It is a story packed with this foundational teaching.
It is called – The Blessing CodeContinue reading "Do You Like Stories?"


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The admission essay might be the most daunting portion of the college application. However, it's the most important part of your application too. It's where you can set yourself apart from other applicants and show your worth to the colleges you're applying to.
Too many students don't know where to start—they're not sure how to write a good application essay or what admission counselors are looking for. Well, here are the answers to those questions, plus additional tips for that pesky essay provided with help from Maria Ornelas, an admission counselor at Vanderbilt University.
It's important to give yourself enough time to write the essay. One common mistake students make is simply rushing the essay since they're so reluctant to complete it. Essay prompts are often confirmed before summer vacation starts, so it's wise to read them, brainstorm your topic, and write a first draft or two during the summer before senioritis starts kicking in.
Admission counselors will be able to tell if you started your essay in July or a few weeks before the deadline, so make sure you don't rush this all-important part of your application.
The essay is one of the few parts of the college application where you're one-on-one with your admission counselor. This is where they distinguish who you are as an individual and member of the community.
Make sure to be genuine and show who you are and your value in ways you don't get the opportunity to in the rest of the application. Sharing personal stories of challenges, funny anecdotes about a work experience, or even a witty comparison of your life to a movie can make you more than just a GPA to the admission committee.
Related: 5 Tricks for Choosing Your College Essay Topic
Follow directions
It's crucial that you answer only the chosen prompt for the essay. Failing to do so or answering a completely different prompt will make it difficult for the reader to assess your qualifications. No singular topic will get you an automatic acceptance, but following the basic rules of the essay is the best way to impress your admission counselor.
The reader also has to be able to...well, read your essay. This is where grammar and spelling come into play. Using proper grammar and spelling not only makes it easier on your counselor, but it also shows how much effort you put forth and the time you took on your essay. It dont really look like u tried if ur essay looks liek dis.
Have trusted teachers read your essay and give you feedback. (Your English teacher may be particularly good at this.) Also let some classmates and your parents read through your essay. The more eyes looking it over, the more errors they'll catch and improvements you can make.
Related: English Grammar Cheat Sheet for Students: Rules You Need to Know
Be careful
Be aware that faculty members could also read your application essay, so don't try to push anyone's buttons. For example, be weary of trying to use wit or sarcasm when approaching themes such as politics. Sarcasm doesn't always translate in writing. There are better ways to make a statement on society without offending anyone.
Don't slack on your application essay. Try to be consistent across any application essays, because many colleges will review admission applications as part of their scholarship considerations. It's not to be taken lightly. Use the application essay and supplementary essay(s) as opportunities to maximize your opportunities academically and financially.
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Famous singer takes new name "Shuhada Davitt.
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor has revealed she has renounced Catholicism and converted to Islam, taking the new name "Shuhada' Davitt."
"This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim," the 51-year-old singer wrote on Twitter.
"This is the natural conclusion of any intelligent theologian's journey. All scripture study leads to Islam. Which makes all other scriptures redundant," she wrote.
"I will be given (another) new name. It will be Shuhada'."
O'connor had changed her legal name to Magda Davitt last year.
She also posted a video of herself reciting the Adhan — the Islamic call to prayer.
The singer found international fame with a series of albums and singles in late 1980s, including the 1990 hit "Nothing Compares 2 You".


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6 Tips For Keeping Collections Down For Your Landscaping Business
- by Denise Amara
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Collections is something all landscaping businesses have to deal with. If you are having trouble getting paid for services rendered and your accounts receivable is working overtime, it's time to change up your processes. Getting paid on time is crucial for operating a healthy business.
Here are five strategies that will help keep collections down and payments up.
1. Give different payment options
When it comes to getting paid, variety is key. You need to make it as easy as possible for your customers to submit payment. This means being able to pay online or with a credit card. Nowadays businesses need to be ready to accept payments on the go. There are plenty of options for credit card payments. As an incentive, you can offer a $5 or $10 discount if they sign up for auto pay online. You want to make sure you collect the email addresses of any new customers and ask them whether they want to set up auto pay or credit card billing.
2. Try and get customers to prepay
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Paying for the year upfront is convenient for the customer and great for your business. Of course not everyone can afford to pay a lump sum up front but an incentive may help. Offer maybe a 5% discount if they do. This can bring in a nice sum of money in prepaid billing that can give you a "line of credit".
3. Bill well before services are rendered
If you have customers that are on a contract, you should invoice them well before services are rendered. So at least 2 weeks or even a month before you provide services. This will help ensure that you are getting paid and collections will stay at bay.
4. Use a factor
If you are having trouble collecting money or you just don' t have the time to dedicate to tracking people down, a factor may be the answer. They will take over your billing and pay you a percentage of whatever the invoice is. They will then do all the legwork of collecting the money.
5. Provide incentives to your billing admin
Most landscape companies have their billing and collections handled by one person. In order to get more money in the door, you can incentivize them with a bonus. Set up some parameters like they need to collect all receivables by a certain date. Maybe 30 or 60 days. Keep in mind that if you were using a factor or collection agency, you would be paying them some commission. So offering up a bonus to your billings person makes sense.
6. When all else fails..call in the collectors
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Collections may be a last-ditch effort to get paid, but at the very least you will get some money. Invoices that are past 120 days overdue should be sent to collections. Going this route will mean that the agency can take upwards of 50% of the invoice, but that's better than nothing. With that being said, many times mentioning the word collections is enough to push a client to pay their bill.


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| 06-11-2013 · Sala Taboo · Madrid |
Wednesday, 22h, sun goes down on Taboo's beach. Blond psychedelic chords are rocking. Songs are short but intense. Tomorrow's Tulips are playing and moving for us.
They was releasing their wise and disturbed album "Experimental Jelly", but the live is quiet wild! Psychedelic and californian energy.
So The Growlers started playing their tropical depressive music, making the eyes closed audience dance with a smile on their face.
They performed songs from their freshly released "Guilded pleasures" and several from previous albums, hypnotising us with a schizophrenic sound, like a smooth drunkenness.
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Since the scrollbar is a pro version feature, is there a way to create a legend on the right that has more than 1 column in the STD version? If so, is there a way to programmatically add columns as legend items are cut off the page as the user resizes the application?the TLegendScrollBar is also a Chart Tool only available with the Pro version.
Or, is there a way to use the mouse wheel for scrolling the legend without a scrollbar? Or maybe give the user that there is move and if they resize the chart they will see it, kind of like the Other Slice in a pie chart.


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Is no one concerned about the Bank Stocks?
Sure I get that the Tesla (TSLA) news after hours was a big deal but to spend two hours of television time discussing one stock that trades barely 10 million shares a day and ignore the move in the bank stocks seems, well, a bit ridiculous. Heck, Bank of America (BAC) trades 55 million shares a day, so perhaps I am silly to think that BAC and its friends are a bit more important to the overall market than TSLA is.
I have not been a fan of the banks for a while (as I'm sure you know). First I think there has not been enough "give up" in the group. It seems too many still recommend "financials." And I'll be honest, I still don't understand why for most of my career lower rates were good for banks but now higher rates are supposed to be good for them.
And yet, interest rates have spurted upward in September but the Bank Index is down 5%. Heck, it's 5% in just the past week. And no one is fussing!
The Bank Index is nearing some support as it closes in on $104-$105 so I would be surprised if it doesn't see some sort of oversold bounce from there.
Lest you think the Regional Banks are doing better than the Money Centers, nope, they are a different chart picture but clearly not better. (KRE) , an ETF to be long the Regional Banks, broke the uptrend line two days ago. KRE is down almost 10% since June. Yet no one fusses.
KRE is coming into some support in the $58-$59 area but where is that bounce going? To resistance at $61?
Clearly I am ridiculous for thinking the banks are more important than Telsa.
Away from that Thursday's action was more of the same sloppy action we've seen. Breadth was poor. And we can't even blame the bonds since they were flat on the day. Nasdaq was up 50 points and net volume was +240 million shares. Wednesday's move in Nasdaq of down 17 points saw net volume lose 380 million shares so over two days there is a loss of 140 million shares and a gain of just over 30 points in the index. That's narrow by any measure.
Well, at least all this sloppy action is pushing the market closer to an oversold condition than it was earlier in the week.


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It coincided with unpleasant life events, such as my divorce, which started in early April last year, and a flare of my rheumatoid arthritis, which came along in the early fall. It also coincided with terrific life events, including S's graduation from high school in June and departure for college in August of 2011 and my then-burgeoning relationship with my sweetheart, which has been a tremendous gift.
I've been wondering how much "credit" each or any of those events deserve for the fall-off in my writing. Some of my recent rumination leading up to my blog renewal has to do with some theories of creativity that I've read about, including the notion that some people can only write when they are depressed, but not when they're happy. (The theory is one of many found in the discredited-but-still-good book Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer, who seems to have his thrown his career away by fabricating Bob Dylan quotes for the book.)
See, for the past several years leading up to my divorce decision last spring, I'd been unhappy in my marriage, and in recent years I was definitely upset by my ex-husband's battle with lymphoma (fortunately, he is still cancer-free - he's a great guy, even if I didn't want to stay married to him). One of my ways of dealing with those stresses and unhappinesses was to throw myself into my writing, be it poetry, picture books, novels or blogs. Since I don't have another full-time job, I essentially created one for myself to hide in. And I was good at it.
But once the divorce decision was made last spring, I felt like a weight had been lifted. And when, later in the year, I ended up finding the love of my life, well . . . let's just say, I really found happiness. Maybe it's a coincidence that my writing fell off, but in light of that theory in Lehrer's book, I have been wondering lately if that might play into it. Did I write as a way of avoidance? Well, yes. But was it the only reason? I don't really think so.
I have come to the conclusion that Lehrer might have been onto something with the theory that some people write better when depressed than when happy. But what I really think is that with all the changes that took place last year - my husband moving out, S moving to Charleston to attend college, M getting her license, me having a new significant other, etc. - I fell out of the habit. I adopted a new routine, and a new schedule, and I realized only recently that I never made a concerted effort to carve out writing time and space in my new (happier, shinier) life.
So today marks a big step for me. Two days in a row here at my blog, yammering at you about stuff you may or may not be interested in. Because when I was writing regularly, I was blogging regularly. And blogging is writing, after all. So I'm starting with the blogging, in hopes that I can make the REAL writing follow. So consider yourselves warned: there's more yammering to come.
I'd really love to know, though, whether you've experienced something similar to my situation in your own creative life, and what worked (or works) for you in getting started up again.


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- program logistic regression from scratch in Python
- describe how logistic regression is useful in data science
- derive the error and update rule for logistic regression
- understand how logistic regression works as an analogy for the biological neuron
- use logistic regression to solve real-world business problems like predicting user actions from e-commerce data and facial expression recognition
- understand why regularization is used in machine learning
This lecture will outline what will be learned in the course. I explain the importance of knowing the math, and provide short descriptions of each section later covered. Feel free to skip it and jump right into the 3rd video.
Difference between supervised and unsupervised learning. Difference between classification and regression. Feel free to skip this one if you already know this.
I discuss what linear classification is from a general standpoint, without invoking any specifics related to logistic regression. I provide a 2-dimensional binary classification example and go over how we would classify data into 1 of 3 cases: positive class, negative class, and don't know / not sure.
In this lecture I discuss a brief history of neural networks, and talk about how the characteristics of the neuron (action potential, signal propagation, inhibitory and excitatory behavior) are modeled in different ways: the Hodgkin Huxley mdoel, the FitzHugh Nagumo model, and the logistic model.
All these symbols can get confusing so this is a lecture to give a short and simple description of what each letter "stands for". These are important to get right now, because we'll use it for this course and every later course on deep learning and machine learning.
- Derivatives, matrix arithmetic, probability
- You should know some basic Python coding with the Numpy Stack
This course is a lead-in to deep learning and neural networks - it covers a popular and fundamental technique used in machine learning, data science and statistics: logistic regression. We cover the theory from the ground up: derivation of the solution, and applications to real-world problems. We show you how one might code their own logistic regression module in Python.
This course does not require any external materials. Everything needed (Python, and some Python libraries) can be obtained for free.
This course provides you with many practical examples so that you can really see how deep learning can be used on anything. Throughout the course, we'll do a course project, which will show you how to predict user actions on a website given user data like whether or not that user is on a mobile device, the number of products they viewed, how long they stayed on your site, whether or not they are a returning visitor, and what time of day they visited.
Another project at the end of the course shows you how you can use deep learning for facial expression recognition. Imagine being able to predict someone's emotions just based on a picture!
If you are a programmer and you want to enhance your coding abilities by learning about data science, then this course is for you. If you have a technical or mathematical background, and you want use your skills to make data-driven decisions and optimize your business using scientific principles, then this course is for you.
This course focuses on "how to build and understand", not just "how to use". Anyone can learn to use an API in 15 minutes after reading some documentation. It's not about "remembering facts", it's about "seeing for yourself" via experimentation. It will teach you how to visualize what's happening in the model internally. If you want more than just a superficial look at machine learning models, this course is for you.
Suggested Prerequisites:
calculus (taking derivatives)
matrix arithmetic
Python coding: if/else, loops, lists, dicts, sets
Numpy coding: matrix and vector operations, loading a CSV file
TIPS (for getting through the course):
Watch it at 2x.
Take handwritten notes. This will drastically increase your ability to retain the information.
Write down the equations. If you don't, I guarantee it will just look like gibberish.
Ask lots of questions on the discussion board. The more the better!
Realize that most exercises will take you days or weeks to complete.
Write code yourself, don't just sit there and look at my code.
Check out the lecture "What order should I take your courses in?" (available in the Appendix of any of my courses, including the free Numpy course)
- Adult learners who want to get into the field of data science and big data
- Students who are thinking of pursuing machine learning or data science
- Students who are tired of boring traditional statistics and prewritten functions in R, and want to learn how things really work by implementing them in Python
- People who know some machine learning but want to be able to relate it to artificial intelligence
- People who are interested in bridging the gap between computational neuroscience and machine learning


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me » Blog » Recipes » Desserts and Treats» No Bake Lemon Curd Cheesecake Bars
My oven died. It's gone. Two days ago, I tried to turn it on and found myself devastated – to lose my oven was like losing my arm! I hovered over it, pressing its buttons over and over again, hoping that it was just a fluke, that it would fire up once again.
Melodrama aside, I realize that this could be a blessing in disguise. Not having an oven for the moment mandates a break from home-baked goods, which may not be such a bad thing, at least for a short while. It could mean finding a newer, better oven. And it means rediscovering all kinds of no-bake desserts.
Ironically, or perhaps in a case of foreshadowing, just before my oven's death, I made these No Bake Lemon Curd Cheesecake Bars. I made them when we were suffering a particularly hot spell and had no desire to heat the kitchen unnecessarily. Every bit, from the graham cracker crust to the layers of lemony creaminess, is oven-free. Perfect for sweltering summer days.
The silver lining in all this is I don't have to wait for a new oven to make these again.
P.S. By the way – I am looking for oven recommendations! I would love to know if you are happy with your oven – tell me what kind you have?
P.P.S. By the time I post next, you will find me at a new domain! Yes, I am dropping the hyphen! Stay tuned for the new kitchenconfidante.com!
No Bake Lemon Curd Cheesecake Bars
Makes 16-20 bars.
These cool and creamy bars are bites of lemon loveliness. If you are pressed for time, you may omit the lemon curd layer between the crust and the cheesecake-like filling. However, if not, do add the layer for that extra punch of lemon flavor.
- Graham cracker crust (see recipe below)
- 8 ounces mascarpone cheese or cream cheese (low fat works, too)
- 1 14 ounce can fat free sweetened condensed milk
- 1 package unflavored gelatin
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 2 cups lemon curd
- fresh raspberries for garnish
Line an 8×8 square pan with overlapping layers of parchment paper. Prepare Graham Cracker crust and press into the pan, creating one even layer. Chill in the refrigerator.
Stir in gelatin into boiling water until dissolved. Let it cool a few minutes.
Combine 1/2 cup lemon curd with 2 tablespoons gelatin mixture, whisk until smooth. Spread on the chilled crust. Return to refrigerator.
In a clean food processor bowl, or using an electric mixer, process the mascarpone or cream cheese until smooth. With the processor running, pour in the condensed milk, followed by 1/2 cup of lemon curd, and the remaining gelatin mixture. Pour cream cheese mixture into crust over the lemon curd layer.
Chill in the refrigerator until set, at least 4 hours or overnight.
When the cheesecake layer is cool, stir the remaining 1 cup of lemon curd until it is smooth and pourable. Spread over the cheesecake layer and return to refrigerator to chill again, at least 3 hours.
Cut into squares and serve with fresh raspberries.
Graham Cracker Crust
1½ cups graham crackers (about 10 sheets)
6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
½ to ¾ cups sugar
In a food processor or blender, process graham crackers till fine. Add butter and sugar, and pulse. Pour into pan, pressing down with fingers or measuring cup.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post291500975585677513..comments2019-08-23T10:54:30.722+01:00Comments on Fibre to the home UK - Fibrevolution: DCMS Minister fuses his first fibre for firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-88832031944222107172011-11-10T18:42:28.212+00:002011-11-10T18:42:28.212+00:00'the future is fibre and the long term solutio...'the future is fibre and the long term solution is definitely community driven" that is what the man said, and you and all the community projects are proving he is right.

Congratulations on your cyberbarn, and hope it is the first of many, bringing light to rural people.chrishttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-73254906202303764012011-11-10T09:43:55.116+00:002011-11-10T09:43:55.116+00:00Congratulations to you all in your Cyberbarn ! It...Congratulations to you all in your Cyberbarn !

It was interesting to hear Jeremy Hunt explaining that there has to be an intermediate step of Fibre To The Cabinet on the way towards Fibre To The Home.

I wonder if he has asked BT for their pay-back estimate which apparently might be 12 to 14 years ?

Furthermore FTTC relies on the existing telephone cables such as those shown in the pictures linked to below. We understand that the failed rusted pipe has been left in that state at least from 1988 onwards.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/72234574

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http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-69257383527978094692011-11-10T08:03:18.911+00:002011-11-10T08:03:18.911+00:00Well done Lindsey and to everyone else involved in...Well done Lindsey and to everyone else involved in Cyberbarn!

It was good to hear Jeremy Hunt acknowledge that "in the end it's about fibre" and that cabinets are a short-cut to the end solution. Not that it will probably change much in the way of funding as he stated at the start that the government can't afford fibre. Maybe that's true on certain business models, but as we know on different business models it is possible.

Thanks for posting.Yorkie71https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-694598996257651817.post-28650077260676220822011-11-10T06:38:32.922+00:002011-11-10T06:38:32.922+00:00'the future is fibre and the long term solutio...'the future is fibre and the long term solution is definitely community driven" that is what the man said, and you and all the community projects are proving he is right.

Congratulations on your cyberbarn, and hope it is the first of many, bringing light to rural people.chrishttps://email@example.com


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Last week's Spy Shots was about the hardcore Aventador SV J but if you can't wait for the wild Lambo to come along then there's good news for Novitec has an enticing alternative.
The 740 horsepower Aventador S is the flagship but the tuner has a way of making it even wilder. It's latest package modifies the Italian supercar making it more powerful — and does so without resorting to forced induction. Yay!
Novitec has fitted a new stainless steel and Inconel exhaust system which has upped power of the naturally aspirated 6.5-litre V12 by 23 horses for a total of 763. The exhaust shaves 20kg off the total weight and allows the Lambo to hit 100kph from rest in just 2.8 seconds. That makes it a tenth of a second quicker than the Aventador S.
Exterior changes include a new set of 20in Vossen forged wheels (21in at the back) along with new carbon fibre components optimized in a wind tunnel to increase aerodynamic efficiency (which also give it a more aggressive look) while the suspension has also been lowered by 1.2in too.


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The Endeavour Replica - Visiting Darling Harbor, Sydney, Australia
I saw the Endeavour Replica in Darling Harbor, Sydney recently and took some photographs.
She looked to me to be in remarkably good condition after such a long voyage, though of course I could not see below the waterline, nor check for teredo damage.
I was glad to have the opportunity to see the real thing and get the feel of the size of the ship and the complexity of the rigging.
Ted Webber
Originally published in Cook's Log, page 1773, volume 23, number 4 (2000).
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Imagine Ministries exists to lead children with special needs and their families to become authentic followers of Jesus. We seek to facilitate inclusion of children with special needs into the broader church community and create a safe environment for all children to learn the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that works best for them.
"Then the LORD said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?"
- Exodus 4:11
At Central, we believe all children are made in the image of God and that God has a purpose for each child he has created, and this includes children with special needs. Furthermore, Jesus invitation for children to know Him (Mark 10:13-16) and His ministry to countless people with disabilities or who simply lived on the fringes of society, remind us of our call to embrace those whom Jesus embraced. Imagine ministry is our attempt that live and minister the way Jesus did.
Where: Chilliwack Campus
When: 10.45am Service
Who: Our Imagine ministry team is led by our facilitator Darlene Gooch and assisted by our Associate Children's Pastor Crystal Stulp and Children and Family Pastor Chris Ross.
We are looking for people who have an interest and/or experience working with children with special needs to be involved on a volunteer team of support.
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3rd St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
Business events of the 3rd St. Petersburg International Legal Forum were organised at two historical sites. For example, a plenary session on Competition and the Cooperation of Legal Systems: the Role of Law In Ensuring the Development of Society, State and Economy took place with the attendance of the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and was held at the new concert venue of the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre. The discussions of the other two working days of the Forum took place in the East Wing of the Headquarters Building of State Hermitage.
"The Forum has already become a traditional venue for discussing the key issues of legal practice in different sectors and specializations of the legal profession. This year we have continued this approach. The Forum not only brings together judges, lawyers and academic researchers, but also representatives of all legal professions. Furthermore, the quality of discussion is guaranteed by the high reputation of speakers invited, who come to speak at the round tables or to moderate them. We do not chase after record-breaking numbers of participants. Were it our purpose, we could gather 5,000 people, or more. But our task is to provide quality discussion and create favourable conditions for the dialogue," — said the Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov.
The business programme of the Forum included 56 discussion sessions. The list of roundtable topics included nuclear, medical and sports law, as well as the legal aspects of the protection of cultural heritage.
Over the days the experts discussed the most pressing issues on the agenda within 10 subject tracks. In particular, round-table discussions were devoted to various aspects of corporate practice, public law, law practice management, and standards of the legal profession, as well as litigation and arbitration practices, finance and investment, telecommunications and innovation, and notarial practice.
"The Forum was a success: it had a widening geographical scope, each time we have more countries and significantly more participants. But more importantly: the Forum participants are very interested in professional discussions, and they are all high-class specialists, all without exception", — said Deputy Minister of Justice Elena Borisenko.
A new feature of the 2013 programme were satellite events organised by the Forum's partners. Traditionally, the guests of the Forum enjoy an organised cultural programme. On the first day of the Forum, the delegates had a chance to see two legendary single-act ballets from the beginning of the XX century: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky and The Prodigal Son by George Balanchine, performed at the new stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. At the same time, the opera lovers were able to hear Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, at the legendary home-stage of the Mariinsky Theatre. The final bow of the Forum was a closing gala dinner at the Mikhailovsky Manege and the world-famous Snow Show of Slava Polunin.
The 3rd St. Petersburg International Legal Forum was supported by the Art, Science and Sport Charity Foundation.
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This is a call to youth aged 18-25 from MENA wanting to tackle violent extremism by building inclusive societies with understanding and respect among cultural and religious communities
- Are you between 18 and 25 years old? *
- Are you a citizen of a MENA country and do you currently live in this region?
- Are you interested in taking part in an intercultural learning experience with other young people from MENA and improve your actions to promote peace?
- Are you part of a youth-led organization, network or initiative?
- Do you want to increase your ability to contribute to peace and social inclusion in your community, country and region?
- Are you in the beginning stages of your involvement in this type of work and want to learn more?
If yes, apply now for a chance to be selected for a fully funded participation to the 4th edition of the UNAOC Young Peacebuilders programme in the MENA region (2019-2020).
Deadline extended:
* Be 18-25 years of age for the total duration of the project. To be considered eligible, applicants must be born on or between August 5, 1994 and August 5, 2001
** Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Click here to apply for the 4th edition of Young Peacebuilders
** Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Click here to apply for the 4th edition of Young Peacebuilders
1. The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
UNAOC was established in 2005, as an initiative of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and co-sponsored by the Governments of Spain and Turkey. UNAOC works towards a more socially inclusive world, by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, and highlighting the will of the world's majority to reject violent extremism and embrace diversity. UNAOC project activities are fashioned around Youth, Education, Media and Migration. UNAOC recognizes the critical role that programming and policy-making in these areas can play in reducing polarization and identity-based tensions and in helping to build bridges between communities. The Alliance benefits from the political support of the Group of Friends, a community of 146 countries, international and regional organizations, which actively promotes the Alliance's objectives.
Learn more about UNAOC and our programming for young people here.
2. Young Peacebuilders in MENA: Programme overview and timeline
Guided by the principle that youth are key actors to achieve peace and prevent violent extremism, as stated by UN Security Council resolutions 2250 and 2419 and the United Nations Secretary General's Plan of Action on Preventing Violent Extremism, UNAOC develops educational programming to enhance the ability of young people and their organizations to foster mutual respect, understanding and long-term positive relationships between peoples of different cultures and religions. You may find more information about UNAOC's Young Peacebuilders initiative here.
The Young Peacebuilders in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2019 edition is designed to strengthen the skills of young women and men from the MENA region in tackling negative stereotypes, prejudice and xenophobia while providing them with access to regional and global peacebuilding networks and raising visibility of their innovative and effective peace work in the field. The long-term goal is the integration of young peacebuilders in governmental peace processes / policies.
Like the previous 2 editions, the 4th edition is also funded by AEXCID (Agencia Extremeña de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo).
In order to participate, applicants must commit to completing all phases of the programme, outlined below. Online involvement is part-time, while the workshop is a full time, one-week experience. Participation in the results-sharing symposium is also mandatory.
During the programme, 20 selected participants will:
- Learn about negative stereotypes and how to critically analyze them to reduce their prevalence;
- Understand different perspectives in identity-based conflict and gain tools to develop solutions at local, national and regional levels and transform conflicts peacefully;
- Identify push and pull factors creating conditions conducive to violent extremism;
- Develop competences to use different forms of media or expressive arts as a way to create alternative narratives, reduce polarization and promote social inclusion;
- Learn how to successfully design and run your project.
Programme components:
- Part 1: online phase (2 months). Participants access the course through an online collaborative platform provided by UNAOC. UNAOC and other trainers facilitate the first few modules of the curriculum, giving an opportunity to participants to get to know each other prior to their first in-person meeting. They also start getting exposed to tools and concepts, engage in discussion and start reflecting on their peace actions. Time commitment: 4 to 5 hours per week to complete the modules (some work can be completed offline).
- Part 2: face-to-face workshop (9 days). All participants travel to complete the training and experience how peacebuilding is successfully implemented through 1 or 2 local field visits. They also work on the development of their own action plan. Time commitment: one week (6 working days + 3 days for travel, arrival and departure activities).
- Part 3: applied learning (3/4 months). Implementation of a personal peace initiative: participants are guided by UNAOC's professional trainers and stay connected with other participants through the online platform, while reporting on the implementation of their projects.
- Part 4: results sharing symposium (4 days). Participants are invited to participate in a symposium during which they share their experience, lessons learned, achievements and recommendations with a broader audience of practitioners, policy makers, media and the general public. They also engage with this audience on topics related to intercultural dialogue, peace and security. Time commitment: 4 days (2 day symposium + 2 days for travel, arrival and departure activities).
3. Tentative timeline and logistics
- September 2019: call for applications;
- By November 15, 2019: selected participants are notified;
- December 2019 – February 2020: selected participants take part in introductory online modules (part 1);
- March 2020: participants travel to take part in the face-to-face workshop at a location to be determined (part 2);
- March-June 2020: participants commit to conduct peace activities in the three/four months following the workshop (part 3)
- June-July 2020: Results-sharing symposium at a location to be determined (part 4).
Language: The working language of the programme is English.
4. Costs covered by the organizers
All selected youth participants will be provided with:
- Round-trip travel (international or domestic flight, economy class) to the city of the face-to-face workshop as well as to the city of the symposium;
- Shared accommodation (double-rooms), with a participant from the same gender, in the city of the workshop and the city of the symposium;
- Meals and coffee breaks during the official duration of the workshop and the symposium;
- Shuttles or reimbursement of transportation to/from the airport and hotel in the city of the face-to-face workshop and city of the symposium.
5. Costs covered by the participants
For the workshop and symposium, youth participants will be responsible for their transportation to and from the airport in their country of residence, as well as any personal and incidental expenses incurred outside of the official portions of the workshop, such as souvenirs, equipment, additional food, etc.
6. Selection of participants
Youth participants aged 18-25 will be selected on the basis of merit demonstrated through motivation and interest, their experience and their potential for dissemination and applications of lessons learned. The selection committee will ensure balance in terms of age, gender, geography, and diversity of backgrounds (cultural, educational, professional) among selected participants. In addition, special attention will be paid to ensure participation of youth from marginalized or disadvantaged groups. The selection committee will be composed of representatives of UNAOC, youth-led structures and relevant stakeholders in the field.
Eligibility criteria (all requirements must be met in order to be considered eligible):
- Age: Be 18-25 years of age for the total duration of the project. To be considered eligible, applicants must be born on or between August 5, 1994 and August 5, 2001.
- Region: Be a citizen of one of the following MENA region countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
- Organization: Be active (staff, volunteer, etc.) in a non-government and non-for-profit youth-led organization, network, initiative or movement (led by youth for the benefit of youth) and have the ability to consult with and reach a wider group of young people, audience or network, including at the grassroots and community level.
- Commitment: demonstrate commitment to diversity and pluralism, nonviolence, peaceful and inclusive societies. The organizations and networks represented should: Adhere to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the principles and values of the Charter of the United Nations; have internal democratic and transparent processes of leadership, decision-making and consultation; be independent, unaffiliated with any political party.
- Language: Command of English is sufficient to take part in the online phase and in-person workshop. The applicant understands English very well; possesses intermediate to fluent levels of English, which allow her/him to participate to the conversation and input.
- Prior experience: the applicant has never taken part in a programme of UNAOC (Summer School, Youth Solidarity Fund, Intercultural Innovation Award, Plural+, PeaceApp, Youth Event at the UNAOC Global Forum, Fellowship Program, Young Peacebuilders)
- Passport: In order to be accepted in this programme, selected applicants must hold an international passport valid until at least February 5, 2021. Failure to provide a copy in due time will result in cancellation of participation.
- The application is duly completed, submitted by the deadline and contains all supporting documentation, requested as part of the call. Half-complete applications or applications filled in other languages than English will not be reviewed and considered.
Selection criteria:
- Motivation and contribution to the programme: the applicant demonstrates that she/he is highly motivated to complete all portions of the programme.
- Interest in themes: the applicant shows some experience in issues related to intercultural dialogue, peacebuilding and preventing violent extremism through examples of initiatives he/she is part of or is demonstrating a great interest to get involved in this set of issues.
- Experience and potential: The applicant is at the beginning stages of his/her involvement or career in the field of peacebuilding and has specific goals to improve his/her skills and to make contribution to peace.
- Outreach: The applicant and his/her organization have the capacity and motivation to absorb and disseminate the lessons learned back to their community, organization and to a wider network or audience.
- Future impact and follow up: the applicant expressed his/her strong commitment to conduct personal peace initiatives in their community during the implementation phase and beyond
In order to be considered complete and valid, the application package must include the following and be submitted through the online application system available at apply.unaoc.org/young-peacebuilders/:
- An application form, completed and certified by the applicant;
- A copy of the identification page of your international passport.
Word/character limit for each question in the application form needs to be respected. The application system automatically counts words and characters.
The application deadline is October 14, 2019 (extended), 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time (New York).


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Miriam J. Abelson is an Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Portland State
University. Her research focuses on masculinities, transgender studies, LGBT youth, rural and urban studies, and intersectional approaches to race, sexuality, and gender. She has published on topics including masculinities and violence, trans feminism, and intersectionality and gendered fear.
Her book, Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America (2019), demonstrates through a large and geographically diverse interview study with transgender men that contemporary U.S. masculinity is deeply embedded in the spaces and places men move in their everyday lives and is inseparable from race and sexuality.
In Men in Place, Miriam J. Abelson foregrounds the lives of an intentionally diverse sample of trans men in the U.S. to address shifts in the look and feel of powerful intersecting systems of inequality. In this brilliantly written, theoretically sophisticated, interdisciplinary, and compassionate study, Abelson poses new challenges to research on masculinities and gender and sexual inequality that illuminate dynamics of power and inequality that reach far beyond the lives of the trans men she studied.—Tristan Bridges, University of California, Santa Barbara
She is also working on a collaborative project on the coming of age experiences of sexual and gender minority youth, including queer, transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual and other non-heterosexual and non-cisgender identified teens in addition to work on rural queer and transgender people in the Northwest U.S.
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Idell Bedsole of Samson passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, in a Dothan hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was 82. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 13, 2019, in the chapel of Pittman Funeral Home in Samson with Pastor Alan Dieas, officiating. Mr. Bruce Berry will deliver the eulogy. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Church of Christ Cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home of Samson directing. The family will receive friends before the service on Friday, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Mrs. Bedsole was born in Coffee County on May 15, 1937, to the late Jesse Pickron and Ila B. Jackson Pickron. She was a longtime member of the Oak Ridge Church of Christ. Mrs. Bedsole enjoyed going to the senior citizens' dances. She enjoyed going out to eat and loved having fun with her friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd Bedsole; a grandson, Matt Manning; and all eight of her siblings.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Lamm (Kent) of Mobile, and Dianne Pieper (Jim) of Spring, TX; son, Lance Bedsole of Samson; two grandchildren, Jennifer Byrd (James) of Las Vegas, NV, and David Manning, of Newton, AL; and three great-grandchildren, Brandon Byrd, Cody Manning, and Ansley Marie Manning. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
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On Monday, UNC-system administrators defended their 2015-17 tuition increase requests to the UNC Board of Governors, citing faculty retention as a top priority. Tuition for in-state undergraduates will go up an average of nearly 4 percent across the system next school year, including a 3.5 percent increase at UNC-CH.
In the past six years, UNC-system faculty have received one across-the-board raise, and some faculty received a small pay bump this year.
"Every week, we're fighting to retain our faculty as they're recruited with higher salaries to other universities," said UNC-CH Provost Jim Dean.
He said his office deals with at least one situation of a faculty member considering leaving each week: "There's one on my desk right now."


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For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, August 16, 2019 USDL-19-1477 Technical information: (202) 691-6378 * firstname.lastname@example.com * www.bls.gov/cps Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * firstname.lastname@example.com EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH -- SUMMER 2019 From April to July 2019, the number of employed youth 16 to 24 years old increased by 2.4 million to 21.2 million, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In July 2019, 56.2 percent of young people were employed, up from 55.0 percent in July 2018. (The month of July typically is the summertime peak in youth employment.) The unemployment rate for youth was 9.1 percent in July, the lowest rate since July 1966, and little changed from the prior year. (Because this analysis focuses on the seasonal changes in youth employment and unemployment that occur each spring and summer, the data are not seasonally adjusted.) Labor Force The youth labor force--16- to 24-year-olds working or actively looking for work--grows sharply between April and July each year. During these months, large numbers of high school and college students search for or take summer jobs, and many graduates enter the labor market to look for or begin permanent employment. This summer, the youth labor force grew by 3.0 million, or 14.9 percent, to a total of 23.3 million in July. (See table 1.) The labor force participation rate for all youth was 61.8 percent in July, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier. (The labor force participation rate is the proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population that is working or looking and available for work.) (See table 2.) This year, the July labor force participation rate was notably higher than the July rates for the prior 9 years. The summer youth labor force participation rate peaked at 77.5 percent in July 1989. The July 2019 labor force participation rate for 16- to 24-year-old men, at 63.2 percent, was up 2.1 percentage points over the year. The rate for young women, at 60.4 percent, changed little during the same period. Continuing a long-standing pattern, Whites had the highest youth labor force participation rate in July 2019, at 64.1 percent. The rate for Blacks was 58.3 percent, for Asians 44.6 percent, and for Hispanics 57.8 percent. Over the year, the labor force participation rate rose for Whites (+1.3 percentage points), Blacks (+1.8 points), and Asians (+1.3 points), but was little changed for Hispanics. Employment In July 2019, there were 21.2 million employed 16- to 24-year-olds. Between April and July 2019, the number of employed youth rose by 2.4 million, or 12.8 percent. This was somewhat larger than the increase between April and July 2018, when employment rose by 2.0 million, or 10.7 percent. The employment-population ratio for youth--the proportion of the 16- to 24-year-old civilian noninstitutional population with a job--was 56.2 percent in July 2019, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from the prior year. (See tables 1 and 2.) Employment-population ratios in July 2019 were higher than a year earlier for young men (57.3 percent), Whites (58.9 percent), Blacks (49.8 percent), and Asians (41.0 percent). The employment-population ratios for young women (55.1 percent) and Hispanics (51.3 percent) were little different from the prior summer. In July 2019, the largest percentage of employed youth worked in the leisure and hospitality industry (25 percent), which includes food services. An additional 17 percent of employed youth worked in the retail trade industry, and 13 percent worked in education and health services. (See table 3.) Unemployment Unemployment among youth rose by 615,000 from April to July 2019, similar to the increase for the same period in 2018. The youth unemployment rate, at 9.1 percent in July 2019, was little changed from July 2018. This represents the lowest summer youth unemployment rate since July 1966. The number of unemployed youth was 2.1 million in July 2019, little different from a year earlier. Of the 2.1 million unemployed 16- to 24-year-olds, 1.4 million were looking for full-time work in July 2019, also little changed from July 2018. (See tables 1 and 2.) The July 2019 unemployment rates for young men (9.4 percent), women (8.8 percent), Whites (8.0 percent), Asians (8.2 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 percent) were little changed from the summer before. The rate for young Blacks (14.6 percent) declined over the year. (See table 2.)


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Noel Releases Full MV for "Leaving"
The four-member vocal group Noel released the full music video for their comeback track, "Leaving." The song is the main track of their mini album under the same title, "Leaving."
The song is about the hurt feelings of having to let go one's lover. The emotional lyrics perfectly match with the group's vocals, creating yet another heartbreaking love song for Noel. In fact, the song is written and produced by Choi Kyu Sung, whose previous work includes Noel's hit single from last year, "I Miss You."
Immediately after the song's release on April 19, "Leaving" shot up to the top of most online music charts, such as Melon, Mnet, Soribada, and Bugs Music. Enjoy the MV below!


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12 weeks of training of karate in video: Program N ° 2
You have probably already followed the program N ° 1 and know the principle of these trainings: You do them in parallel of your training in Dojo even if they are completely different. On the contrary, it allows you to vary the difficulties.
The advantage of these pre-established programs is that they allow you to do your workouts at home in a variety of ways and without asking any questions. You follow me and I guide you.
Here is the second story I prepared for you with the videos of Karate-Blog.net ™.
The purpose of this program is going to be learning the first two Heian with in parallel an important work on the scapular and pelvic belts.
Of course, as usual, you are free to vary this program according to your daily life and especially your general fatigue.
Remember that rest is essential to give the body the necessary adaptation time to progress.
Without rest, no progress possible !!!
I voluntarily decreased the training load of the weeks 4 and 8 and 12 to precisely allow the body to assimilate the training. I replaced a workout with a stretching session, but you can turn it into a nice walk in the forest, or a good game of petanque :-). The important thing will be to relax.
As for the program N ° 1, a third session would be interesting to progress even faster. I let you choose from the videos you've already seen. This session will serve as a review.
My videos do not include warm-ups, which are very important for preparing the joints, muscles and cardiovascular system for the effort.
The easiest way for you is to follow the method that I designed and that I offer you in the book the ABC of warm-ups.
You can download it by filling out the form below.
Program N ° 2 - 12 weeks: Heian Shodan, Nidan ...
1th week:
> Tetsui Uchi, Iron hammer strike
2th week:
> Zenkutsu Dachi - Stance on the front leg
> How to accelerate your moves in Karate: principle of "letting go"
3th week:
> Oi-Zuki: The power of 2 legs in the arm
> Kokutsu Dachi: Back leg flexed
4th week:
5th week:
> Heian Shodan: The first for the black belt
6th week:
> Uchi uke: blocking from the inside to the outside
7th week:
> Morote Uchi Uke: Both arms are one
8th week:
> Heian Nidan: Basic Kata but high level
9th week:
> Uraken Uchi: Backhand of fist
10th week:
> Gyaku-Zuki: Punching the rear arm
> Kihon: Combination of punches
11th week:
> Soto Uke: Blocking from outside to inside
12th week:
This program is not fixed in stone, it is there to guide you, but you must always listen to your body and your feelings.
Feel free to go back and review passages that are grieving you. Speak to the Dojo, to your teacher, to the Sempai, and leave me comments. Dialogue is important.
The steps to climb Karate are numerous and with this new program, you have just taken a new step.
Mostly Do not give up if the task seems difficult and you have the impression of stagnating.
It happens, but you have to hang on, sometimes rest, and progress eventually comes back.
Do not forget that you can all be Black Belt, I can prove it to you.
Good training and good luck.
Bruno : )
"How to succeed your grade passes"


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