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New product: Romi Chassis Expansion Plate
The Romi Chassis Expansion Plate is now available and is a great way to add even more space to the Romi. It is designed to function as a modular expansion option for the Romi. In fact, if you have been following our new product announcements, you might have already seen this plate as part of the Robot Arm Kit for Romi. The expansion plate is a half circle with the same diameter as the Romi base plate, and it can be installed over either the front or rear half of the Romi chassis. Abundant mounting holes and slots cover the plate, matching the pattern used on the Romi chassis base plate and supporting various sizes of screws.
You can combine two plates to make a full-sized platform.
It is also possible to stack multiple expansion plates for even more versatility.
Continuing with the special introductory discounts for all of our new products this year, the first 100 customers who use coupon code ROMIEXPINTRO can get up to 3 Romi Chassis Expansion Plates for just $3.33 each!
New-ish product roundup: 24 more QTR arrays, MP6500 carriers with soldered headers, and a pressure sensor
We've been hard at work over the past week putting up lots of new (but perhaps familiar-seeming) products. Here's a quick recap:
24 new QTR reflectance sensor arrays
Our rapidly growing selection of new QTR sensors now includes high-density (HD) versions with 3, 6, and 9 channels, and medium-density (MD) versions with 2, 3, and 5 channels.
Each of these is available with two sensor options—traditional QTR and high-performance, low-current QTRX—and with analog or digital (RC) outputs, making 24 new products in all. Check out the QTR reflectance sensor category to see our full selection, which now stands at 68 varieties, and don't forget to use our QTR introductory promotion to get 50% off any of these new sensors! (Limited to the first 100 customers who use coupon code QTRINTRO, limit 3 per item per customer.)
MP6500 stepper motor driver carriers with soldered header pins
We have received a number of requests to make the MP6500 stepper motor driver carriers we released earlier this year available with the header pins already soldered, so here they are! These carriers are available in two versions, one with the current limit set by a potentiometer, and one that allows for dynamic current limit control through a pair of digital inputs, and both are now available with soldered header pins:
- MP6500 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Potentiometer Current Control (Header Pins Soldered)
- MP6500 Stepper Motor Driver Carrier, Digital Current Control (Header Pins Soldered)
For a more detailed introduction to these drivers, see our original MP6500 carrier product announcement.
LPS25HB pressure/altitude sensor carrier
This is a minor update to our existing LPS25H pressure sensor carrier, which is now on clearance. The new version uses the same PCB as the original, hence the "©2014" on the silkscreen. and replaces the LPS25H with the newer LPS25HB, a drop-in replacement with the same register map and performance. Most people shouldn't notice any difference using the new version compared to the old one, though ST says in their LPS25H upgrade guide (200k pdf) that the LPS25HB has better moisture resistance and reliability. That said, please keep in mind that we have not characterized the moisture resistance of the rest of the carrier, and moisture is generally something we recommend you keep away from all of our electronics.
Visually, the LPS25HB is easy to distinguish from the LPS25H as the former has a shiny silver square patch on the package while the latter has a more noticeable hole:
We have already started making our AltIMU-10 v4 and AltIMU-10 v5 IMUs with the LPS25HB, and we did so without using new product numbers or updating the pictures or descriptions because this change should not affect those products in any meaningful way (we have a new product number for the updated basic carrier since the specific sensor on there is pretty much the whole point of the product).
On a related note, we still have a lot of the even older LPS331AP pressure sensors/digital barometers left, so we have put the LPS331AP carriers on even more clearancy clearance!
New products: 5-channel QTR HD reflectance sensor arrays
QTRX-HD-05RC Reflectance Sensor Array, front and back views.
We now have five-sensor versions of our new high-density QTR reflectance sensor arrays. Like the versions already released, these new modules are available in analog and RC configurations and with two different sensor types, so this post covers four new products:
QTR-HD-05A Reflectance Sensor Array.
- QTR-HD-05RC Reflectance Sensor Array
- QTR-HD-05A Reflectance Sensor Array
- QTRX-HD-05RC Reflectance Sensor Array
- QTRX-HD-05A Reflectance Sensor Array
(Medium-density versions with 3 sensors on an 8 mm pitch will be available soon.)
We expect these to be the smallest arrays that still offer independent control of the odd and even emitters, which gives you extra options for detecting light reflected at various angles. For more information on our new QTR sensor family, you can see some of our previous blog post about the versions we have already released:
- New products: 1- and 31-channel QTR HD reflectance sensor arrays
- New products: more new QTR HD sensor arrays by student engineering interns
- New products: QTR HD sensor arrays by student engineering interns
- New product: high-density QTR reflectance sensor arrays
Don't forget to get in on our QTR introductory promotion! Be one of the first 100 customers to use coupon code QTRINTRO and get any of these new sensors at half price! (Limit 3 per item per customer.)
Labor Day weekend sale
We are having a Labor Day sale all weekend long with site-wide discounts of up to 25%! Check out the sale page for more information. Please note that we will be closed Monday, so orders placed after 2 PM Pacific Time today (Friday, August 31) will be shipped on Tuesday, September 4.
New products: D36V6x step-down regulators
Pololu step-down voltage regulator D36V6Fx/D24V6Fx/D24V3Fx next to a 7805 voltage regulator in TO-220 package.
Wrapping up our new product releases for the month and for the summer is our new D36V6x family of step-down voltage regulators. These small regulator modules support a large input voltage range and are a great alternative to old three-terminal linear voltage regulators that waste a lot of power and get really hot. These new regulators can take an input voltage anywhere from a few tenths of a volt over the set output voltage up through an absolute max of 50 V, and they can deliver up to 600 mA. We have them available in seven fixed voltage options and two adjustable versions:
- D36V6F3: Fixed 3.3V output
- D36V6F5: Fixed 5V output
- D36V6F6: Fixed 6V output
- D36V6F7: Fixed 7.5V output
- D36V6F9: Fixed 9V output
- D36V6F12: Fixed 12V output
- D36V6F15: Fixed 15V output
- D36V6ALV: Adjustable 2.5 – 7.5 V output
- D36V6AHV: Adjustable 4 – 25 V output
Pololu step-down voltage regulator D36V6Ax/D24V6Ax/D24V3Ax, bottom view with dimensions.
You might notice that the board for the adjustable version shows a 2010 copyright year (the fixed version is an even smaller board, and we did not fit the year on there). That's because these new regulators are actually old designs updated with new regulator chips that use the same package and pinout. The older products were our D24V3x and D24V6x families of regulators, which were based on the Texas Instruments LMR14203 and LMR14206 ICs. For the new D36V6x family, we are moving up to the newer LMR16006 regulator. This chip has several exciting new features that we think will make it our favorite general-purpose regulator for many of our products: higher maximum voltage, better low-dropout performance, and better quiescent current.
Higher maximum voltage
The LMR16006 has a 60 V maximum input voltage, up from the 42 V of the LMR1420x parts. Even 42 V covered most of our typical applications, but it's not quite enough for 36V nominal applications, which are getting more common. Our more advanced, integrated products such as motor controllers are often limited by some complex part or circuit, such as a motor driver, and we would like the overall operating range of the product not to be reduced by the regulator. Many stepper motor drivers, such as TI's DRV8825 or the Toshiba TB67S249FTG and TB67S279FTG that we released carriers for in June, support maximum input voltages of 45 or 50 volts. It's nice not to be limited by your regulator when you are making systems with those kinds of parts.
For our new D36V6x modules, we are limited to the 50 V maximum of the capacitors from Vin to ground. Unfortunately, capacitor options get a lot more restricted (and expensive) once we go beyond 50 V, so we decided to stick with our old boards so that we could continue to offer these regulator modules at a low price while still providing some substantial improvements. We might still make a new board with higher-voltage capacitors for those who would like to make full use of the regulator's 60 V maximum. (For anyone thinking of just removing the caps and putting on your own external ones, you might also want to change the diode, which is also a 60 V part.)
Better low-dropout performance
Having a higher maximum input voltage is nice, but often we're trying to squeeze the most we can out of a dying battery, so it's nice to have a low dropout, which is the voltage the regulator needs between the input and output. The older LMR1420x parts had an annoying quality of the dropout voltage going up as the load current went down. The newer LMR16006 has a nice, low dropout as the current goes down, so if you don't need much current, you can get 5 V out with just 5.2 or 5.3 volts in. Here is a comparison of the dropout performance of the old and new regulators:
Lower quiescent current
The new regulators also have much lower quiescent current, which is the current the regulator uses when it's just sitting there and your load isn't drawing anything. On the old regulators, the quiescent current was under 2 mA, and we did not characterize it beyond that. For these new regulators, it's typically under 200 microamps, ten to twenty times better than the old regulators. I realize it's not that amazing for modern regulators, but it's nice to know that your low-cost, general-purpose regulator module isn't wasting a lot of power.
Typical quiescent currents of Step-Down Voltage Regulator D36V6Fx.
Even when we put a new chip onto an old circuit board as I have described, we still test and characterize with different parts to get a good overall result. In the case of these regulators, where the circuit is quite simple, this phase of development is much more time consuming than laying out a circuit board. We build and test dozens of prototypes with different inductances, and even though you can't see it in the pictures, we build the different voltage versions of the regulators with different inductors to get the best performance we can (within a given inductor type and size).
So how about getting a few to have around for general-purpose use on your next project? You can get one for just $3 as part of our introductory promotion using coupon code D36V6XINTRO, limited to the first 100 customers and to three per item (so you could get up to 27 regulators at that price if you get three of each voltage version). It's always difficult for us to predict which versions will be how popular, so initial stock is limited, but we make these here in Las Vegas, so even if the version you want goes out of stock, you can backorder it with the promotional price, and we should be able to ship within a day or two.
New products: 1- and 31-channel QTR HD reflectance sensor arrays
This week, we released what we expect to be the extremes of our new line of QTR HD reflectance sensor arrays, with two sizes of a single-sensor board on the small end and a massive 31-sensor array for the maximum size. This picture shows the relative sizes of the boards, along with some of the intermediate sizes we have available:
The QTR Reflectance Sensor Arrays are available in many different sizes.
We made the two single-sensor sizes because we could make good arguments for each one. Part of the point of doing a single-sensor board is to make it really small, so you can fit it into tight spaces. But "really small" means different things depending on the dimensions you care about. So we have one version that is only 5 mm (0.2") wide, with components on both sides of the PCB, and one version that is 7.5 mm (0.3") wide, with components on just one side. The 7.5 mm wide version is a little thinner and flatter because it doesn't have parts on one side, can be used with a 3×1, single row connector, and costs slightly less because of the single-sided assembly.
As I mentioned in some of my earlier posts (here and here) about this new line of sensor arrays, we are using two sensor types: more economical units we are calling "QTR", and higher-performance units with lenses that we are calling "QTRX". The main appeal of the QTRX sensors is that they can give the same readings at much lower IR emitter currents, which can really make a big difference for big sensor arrays. But if you crank up the current in those QTRX sensors, you can also get more distance. We did not do that on the QTRX arrays because the sensor modules leak light out the sides and interfere with each other when they are closely spaced, but with these single-channel boards, we are also making available the QTRX sensors with the higher 30 mA maximum emitter current, which allows for a range of up to about 8 cm (about 3 inches). We are calling these sensors QTRXL.
This video (taken with an old camera that does not have as much IR filtering as most newer cameras) shows the IR light leakage around the side of the QTRX sensor module:
I should point out that all of these new QTR modules offer variable brightness control by varying the current through the emitter using the control pin. However, if you want to take advantage of the maximum brightness and range, and have several sensors close to each other, you will need some barriers between them to prevent them from blinding each other (or just turn on one emitter at a time).
The 31-sensor arrays are huge! Well, at least compared to the tiny single-sensor boards.
QTRX-HD-31RC Reflectance Sensor Array.
The routing on those boards is quite complex because adjacent IR emitters are not just wired in series (because we want to have separate even/odd emitter control, plus the alternate density population options I discussed in this post), so we ended up having to go to a 4-layer PCB to route it. This did let us make the vertical dimension a little lower, so the board is just 16.5 mm tall, compared to the 20 mm board height for the versions with 15 and fewer sensors. The 31-channel board is also 0.062" (1.6 mm) thick, compared to the thinner 0.040" (1 mm) boards we use for the lower channel counts. You can compare all the dimensions of the various boards in the detailed dimension diagram (1MB pdf).
The sixteen new boards we released this week brings the total available in this new QTR HD product line to 40. You can see the options neatly summarized in the tables below to pick the best array for your application.
|QTR sensors
2.9 V to 5.5 V; 30 mA max LED current(1); 5 mm optimal range
|Max board
|Max range
|5.0 mm
|1 sensor (HD)
|32 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|7.5 mm
|1 sensor (MD)
|32 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|10.2 mm
|4 mm × 2
|32 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|17.0 mm
|4 mm × 4
|62 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|29.0 mm
|8 mm × 4
|62 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|4 mm × 7
|125 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|61.0 mm
|8 mm × 8
|125 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|4 mm × 15
|250 mA
|50 mm
|RC (digital)
|125.0 mm
|4 mm × 31
|495 mA
|50 mm
|RC (digital)
|QTRX sensors
2.9 V to 5.5 V; 3.5 mA max LED current(1); 10 mm optimal range
|Max board
|Max range
|5.0 mm
|1 sensor (HD)
|5 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|7.5 mm
|1 sensor (MD)
|5 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|10.2 mm
|4 mm × 2
|5 mA
|30 mm
|RC (digital)
|17.0 mm
|4 mm × 4
|9 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|29.0 mm
|8 mm × 4
|9 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|4 mm × 7
|17 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|61.0 mm
|8 mm × 8
|17 mA
|40 mm
|RC (digital)
|4 mm × 15
|34 mA
|50 mm
|RC (digital)
|125.0 mm
|4 mm × 31
|68 mA
|50 mm
|RC (digital)
|QTRXL sensors
2.9 V to 5.5 V; 30 mA max LED current(1); 20 mm optimal range
|Max board
|Max range
|5.0 mm
|1 sensor (HD)
|32 mA
|80 mm
|RC (digital)
|7.5 mm
|1 sensor (MD)
|32 mA
|80 mm
|RC (digital)
|1 Can be dynamically reduced to any of 32 available dimming levels.
2 With all LEDs on at max brightness setting.
Our introductory promotions are still going strong! Be one of the first 100 customers to use coupon code QTRINTRO and get any of these new sensors at half price! (Limit 3 per item per customer.)
New products: Robot Arm Kit for Romi (and also just the gripper)
I'm super excited to announce our newest product, the Robot Arm Kit for Romi. The Romi arm is designed to mount to the back half of a Romi chassis with two fixed servos controlling the height and angle of the gripper through a nifty linkage system.
The gripper itself uses a micro servo with two parallel fingers or paddles that open and close through a rack and pinion arrangement. Here is a quick video demonstration of a Romi chassis with the arm attachment:
You can see the available range of motion in the drawings below:
The kit ships with all mechanical parts, including special servos with a fourth wire for reading the position of the output shaft:
Contents of the Robot Arm Kit for Romi.
We are also making the gripper used on the arm available as a standalone Micro Gripper Kit with Position Feedback Servo. Here is a picture of the assembled gripper:
Fully assembled Micro Gripper with Position Feedback Servo.
Products like this arm kit, with many injection-molded components, are some of the most complicated and time-consuming products we make. As those of you who have followed our growth over the past decade are probably aware, we try to develop our more complete robot kits incrementally, starting with components like just a wheel or a motor bracket, and then using those components in the more integrated robots. For example, we came out with this line of wheels in 2010:
Pololu Wheels with 90, 80, 70, and 60 mm diameters in three colors: blue, red, and yellow.
The Romi and Balboa robots, which use those wheels, did not come out until 2016 and 2017.
If you look at the parts that go into just the gripper portion, you can see that each of the components is roughly as complicated as one of those wheels, and you can't really do much with just one of those parts:
Contents of the Micro Gripper Kit with Position Feedback Servo.
So, a lot of work goes into designing these kits. We also do not machine the molds or do the injection molding in-house (we did that on the first few parts for the 3pi robot), so that adds a lot of delays compared to our electronics boards, which we make in the same building that we design them in. We do 3D print prototypes to maximize the chances that we get the designs right, but there are invariably little modifications that we end up having to make when the components are this complicated, which is why it takes us years to go from the initial idea to the released kit.
We are at least sticking to our incremental product release approach as far as integration with electronics goes: at the time of the Romi arm attachment release, we do not have a specific solution for controlling the robot, which we will be working on next. Therefore, this kit is currently intended for advanced users who are comfortable powering and controlling several servos on their own.
As with all of our new product releases this year, we are offering substantial introductory discounts for the first customers to try out our new designs. You can use coupon code ROMIARMINTRO to get the whole arm for just $49 and code GRIPPERINTRO to get just the gripper for only $13. Each coupon is limited to 100 uses and 3 units per customer.
New products: more new QTR HD sensor arrays by student engineering interns
All the student engineering interns we had over the summer from out-of-town colleges are headed back to school, so I get to announce the release of products they worked on over the summer. The new QTR sensors we are releasing today include the 15-channel version laid out by seventeen-year-old Chris H.
Hadouken! (2018 summer engineering intern Chris couldn't come up with a clever pun to use for this picture of him posing with a circuit board he designed.)
You can see more about our new line of QTR reflectance sensor arrays in the first blog post I wrote about them a few weeks ago. One cool design and manufacturing aspect I did not mention then is that we designed these boards so that they could be populated at various densities. For example, that lets us make an 8-channel version with 8 mm sensor pitch on the same board that also works as a 15-channel array with 4 mm sensor pitch:
QTRX-MD-08RC Reflectance Sensor Array.
Here are some diagrams showing some of the thought that went into the soon-to-be released 31-channel version, which can also be populated to be an 8 mm pitch, 16-sensor array; a 12 mm pitch, 11-channel array; and a 20 mm pitch, 7-channel array:
With so many combinations of sensor types and output circuits, we won't make every one of the possible arrangements a stock product, but the idea is that if you have an application where a particular sensor pitch is ideal for you, we can quickly make some for you without having to lay out new PCBs.
We expect eight channels on an 8 mm pitch to be a popular variant, so those will be stock products. We have also added the corresponding 4-channel version (using the same boards used for the full-density, 7-channel product), so this new product announcement covers twelve new stock sensor arrays:
Our introductory promotions are still going strong! Be one of the first 100 customers using coupon code QTRINTRO and snag any of these new sensors at half price! (Limit 3 per item per customer.)
New product: USB 2.0 Type-C Connector Breakout Board
We have just released our USB 2.0 Type-C Connector Breakout Board. The Type-C connector has become increasingly common on devices like smartphones and notebook computers over the past few years, and it offers a number of interesting improvements over the legacy USB A and B connectors it is supposed to replace.
One of the most noticeable features is that the connector is reversible: you can plug a Type-C cable into a receptacle with either side up, and since Type-C ports can be used for both USB hosts and USB devices, the two ends of the cable can be interchangeable too. The USB-C specification also provides for negotiation of increased power (up to 20 V and 5 A) and alternate uses of the USB interface wires.
All of this flexibility comes at a cost. The Type-C connector itself, which measures about 1 cm (0.4″) square, has 24 separate tightly-packed pins:
- 4 power pins (VBUS)
- 4 ground pins
- 4 USB 2.0 data pins (D+ and D−, each duplicated for reversibility)
- 8 USB 3.1 SuperSpeed data pins
- 2 configuration pins
- 2 auxiliary (sideband) pins
Making all the required connections for a prototype or hobby project is therefore a much more daunting task with a USB-C receptacle compared to a Type-A or Type-B connector with only 4 or 5 pins. This is where our Type-C connector breakout board comes in, exposing all the pins necessary for USB 2.0 communication along a row of 0.1″-spaced holes. (Note that the board does not break out the USB 3.1 SuperSpeed differential pairs.)
If you are designing something that uses USB-C, you also need to consider what to do with the Configuration Channel (CC) pins. These pins are used to determine the role of a port when it is connected—whether it is a USB host or device, and whether it provides or consumes power—and they are also used to configure more advanced functionality like higher-voltage power delivery and alternate modes that allow other protocols over the USB interface.
Since we expect many users of this breakout board to employ it as a USB device port, we populate the board with pull-down resistors on the CC pins that make it a straightforward replacement for a Type-B, Mini-B, or Micro-B port. If you have a different application in mind, you might want to disconnect or remove the resistors yourself, or you can contact us about customizing the termination resistors.
We are interested in hearing any feedback you might have about the USB Type-C connector in general, this board in particular, and any follow-on boards you would like to see. Are you excited about using Type-C connectors instead of Micro-B? Would you have a use for the USB 3.1 SuperSpeed pins brought out to 0.1″-spaced holes? Do you want something with an on-board configuration controller that makes it easier to set up USB Power Delivery or other advanced functionality? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.
As with all our new products this year, we are offering a special introductory promotion. You can get up to three of the new breakout boards for just $1.92 each, limited to the first 100 customers using coupon code USBCINTRO.
New products: U3V70x high-current boost voltage regulators
Today we are finally releasing our new U3V70x family of boost regulators, which are now our highest-current boost regulators. (I said "finally" because we have had the boards designed for over six months, but we just finally received the main ICs for our production builds even though I ordered them last year.) Besides supporting the most current of any of our boost regulators, we also have an adjustable version with a multi-turn trimmer potentiometer, which makes setting the output voltage to a particular value much easier than when the whole output voltage range is represented by the 250 degrees or so of a single-turn pot. The regulators operate with input voltages down to 2.9 V, and the adjustable output version can be set to an output in the range of 4.5 V to 20 V. Talking about the current on boost regulators is tricky since it's so dependent on input and output voltages, so it's best to just show you a few performance graphs:
For those who don't need adjustability (that multi-turn pot is expensive!), we offer fixed-voltage versions in six standard voltages:
- U3V70F5: Fixed 5V output
- U3V70F6: Fixed 6V output
- U3V70F7: Fixed 7.5V output
- U3V70F9: Fixed 9V output
- U3V70F12: Fixed 12V output
- U3V70F15: Fixed 15V output
We can also make customized fixed versions for you with other voltages between 4.5 V and 20 V.
Comparison of the newer U3V70A boost regulator (top) to the older U3V50ALV (bottom).
It's exciting that these new regulators are smaller than what used to be our highest-power boost regulator (the U3V50x family) despite handling more current. One way we kept the size smaller is by using only ceramic capacitors. One consequence of that is that the new regulator outputs are slightly noisier, so if that is important for your application, you might want to add some external capacitors to further smooth out the voltage. The older design also supports a higher maximum output voltage, so if you need more than 20 V, our U3V50F24 fixed 24 V and U3V50AHV adjustable 9 V to 30 V units are still our highest-power options.
As with all our new products this year, we are offering a special introductory promotion. You can get up to three of each version for just $9 (which is an especially good deal for the adjustable regulator!), limited to the first 100 customers using coupon code U3V70XINTRO.


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Lesbian love movie director sues Kenya to lift ban on film
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan director of a movie banned in her home country for telling the love story of two women has filed a lawsuit seeking to lift the bar so it can be considered for the country's Oscars entry, court documents show.
FILE PHOTO: 71st Cannes Film Festival – Screening of the film "Summer" (Leto) in competition – Red Carpet Arrivals – Cannes, France, May 9, 2018. Director Wanuri Kahiu of "Rafiki" poses with actors Sheila Munyiva and Samantha Mugatsia. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard -/File Photo
"Rafiki", which means friend in the Swahili language, premiered at the Cannes film festival, the first Kenyan film to do so. It is adapted from an award-winning short story "Jambula Tree" by Ugandan writer Monica Arac de Nyeko.
To be eligible as Kenya's entry under the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2019 Academy Awards, it must have been released in Kenya. However, the East African country banned it in April on the grounds that it promotes lesbianism.. The deadline for a release in Kenya is Sept. 30.
Wanuri Kahiu, who directed Rafiki, lodged the suit against Kenya Film Classification Board chief Ezekiel Mutua and the country's attorney general, the documents, seen by Reuters, show.
The board, which has to check scripts before filming begins, imposed the ban, saying on Twitter: "Anyone found in its possession will be in breach of law." This referred to a colonial-era law under which gay sex is punishable by 14 years in jail.
The ban represented a reversal by the board as Mutua had earlier praised the film as "a story about the realities of our time". In 2015, the board also banned the erotic film "Fifty Shades of Grey".
Homosexuality is taboo across much of Africa and people who are gay face discrimination or persecution. In recent years, however, campaigners for lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender rights have become increasingly vocal.
Earlier this year, Kenyan film makers had urged authorities to revamp a 1960s law that imposes restrictions they say are stifling their resurgent industry.
The law, which dates from just before Kenya gained independence from Britain in 1963, allows the government to "control the making and exhibition" of audio visual material including films.
Kenya's film industry was worth $2 billion in 2016, up from $600 million in 2007, according to a study by the Kenya Film Commission.
Reporting by Humphrey Malalo; Writing by John Ndiso; Editing by Ingrid Melander and David Stamp

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This week I decided to use fresh cranberries to make a DIY Cranberry Sugar Scrub, because I've seen really lovely looking one in the shop, but I wanted to make it myself.
I travel a lot between London and Prague and we can have long, harsh winters that are rough on the skin. Some of my family members have eczema, others just really dry skin. I also have dry skin, and I've found that Sugar Scrubs help me. I like to experiment and create my own DIY scrubs, so I was very excited to get these fresh cranberries, and try them in a scrub!
Sugar and coconut oil are staples in my pantry, so I pulled them out and tried a few combinations until I got one that was just the right consistency.
Because this has fresh fruit in it, I store mine in the refrigerator. I wash my hands frequently throughout the day, usually in the kitchen sink, so I just grab the jar and use it after the hand soap on my clean hands, and it keeps my hands looking great.
Cranberry Sugar Scrub Recipe Ingredients
1/2 Cup Cranberry Puree
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
4oz Mason Jar
- Puree cranberries in food processor (or mash them with a fork, until nice and smooth)
- Heat coconut oil in microwave for 30 seconds, to make it easier to mix.
- Combine remaining ingredients with coconut oil in a small bowl and mix well.
- Scoop into a mason jar and seal.
Makes 1 1/2 – 2 Cups of Scrub, should last 3-4 weeks. I store mine in the refrigerator between uses since I used fresh fruit.


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June 13, 2017
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The Art Of Collecting Nos
January 01, 2020
Collecting NOs is an acceptance that there's a very good chance your prospect is going to say "no" to your offer. For this theory to work, you must put your best foot forward and give a great presentation with the utmost enthusiasm. If you do this and you do it a lot you'll start turning more of those NOs into YESs.
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Dr. Linda Sharkey, a person I very much trust, is coming out with a new book on the workplace of the future. It is based on her global international research. Wiley the world's largest publisher; and my publisher has reached out to her and requested that she write this book.
I share with you first my interview with her a few months ago (click here). I essentially say that Whole System Transformation ( WST) is the modality to bring the new workplace required today that she portrays in her book. Ray Kurzwiel's speech in Beijing has blown my mind regarding the change coming. Humbly, I say that I know of no other way and methodology that will help our organization's deal with the coming exciting future faster,cheaper, and deeper. When we work with the critical mass of an organization that transforms, it takes a leap into what it wants to be. We are starting to move toward the workplace required for survival and thriving tomorrow.
Dr. Sharkey introduces her book in her radio show (click here)
Here are a few of the highlights:
1. The design of our organizations is based on the rules of organizations from the early 1900s.
2. 61% of the companies that were on the New York Stock Exchange 5 years ago, no longer exist. CEOs say that 76% believe that their industry or organization is going to be facing significant and extraordinary disruption in the next couple of years.
3. One of Linda's answers is that we need to focus our learning on the context of the organization culture rather traditional expert knowledge or content. This has huge implications for learning and training development going on in today's world. Learning must be on demand and real time.
4. Linda says we need to produce agility & nimbleness. WST does so naturally.
5. Soft skills are needed more and more today. This is especially a huge challenge for leadership in Asia . Such as:
-Emotional intelligence,
-People empowerment,
-A spirit of inquiry,
-Asking the right questions,
-Changing mindset,
-Working with diversity such as with people in other cultures that have great differences,
-The ability to listen to others,
-Creativity and curiosity,
-The ability to learn,
-The ability to ask questions
-Explore newness
-Support other people to grow and learn
The soft skills are the make or break variable for organizations today and especially in the future. They make the hard skills needed for technology work especially when working across cultures and around the world.
If you do not have the above you will have an organization transfixed in the past and on its way to a fast death.
In my WST work, we only indirectly focus on soft skills. The empowered people who we teach to lead the transformation and come up with event designs will create experiences that will naturally bring the soft skills to the foreground. The people love such as they become committed to the new culture in the process of being change makers. There is a natural overflow to the everyday culture.
6. The new leadership must without doubt not be fearful of allowing others to have power. So we need leaders who can let go of power while accepting others to become empowered. The new leaders are coaches and mentors. They are people of inspiration and they shine stronger than ever before as their people love them.
The above are just a few of the initial ideas heard in the radio interview. Click above to hear the complete story.
Unless you move your organization to the new workplace standards, you will have an organization rooted in a dying past.
How do we move our current organizations to the new required workplace?
Of course, my answer is Whole Systems Transformation. The entire leadership and organization can figure out with their internal resources how to prepare for the future that is coming in WST structured process that is sustainable. Thus, dependence upon expensive outside consultants is greatly reduced.
As my mentor Dr. Tannenbaum often said. "ONWARD AND UPWARD"!!!
Roland and Maja
Allow me to be a proud father. Arielle graduates next week from the most recognized global OD program, Pepperdine. The key mentor of Pepperdine's MSOD program was my mentor, Dr. Robert Tannenbaum of UCLA.


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Ignorance is Miss
Christianity is a religion based on faith, and scripture defines that faith as the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). And consistently throughout scripture, one finds there is no real hope for relationship with God apart from faith: As Ephesians 2.8-9 say, "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
Although Christianity is faith-based, that does not mean that it should not also be an intellectual and researched faith. In fact, researching and understanding Christianity actually reinforces the truths gifted by faith. We see this explained in the beginning of the book of Luke: Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
Unfortunately, because Christianity is based on faith, many believers in Jesus spend little or no time pursuing depth of knowledge in the scriptures, in pursuing theology, or understanding the history of the church. When those outside the church criticize Christians for this, they are completely justified in their comments. The scriptures command a deep, organized Biblical theology in 2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
The phrase "rightly handling" or as some older translations phrase it "rightly dividing" is a tent-making term which makes sense as Paul made tents for a living. It meant to cut all the tent fabric properly and carefully so that they would fit together to make a tent. The emphasis in this verse then is that one should study the scriptures diligently and have an educated and consistent theology. Biblical convictions must fit within the greater framework of the scriptures. Doing this hard study is an act of affection to God. Studying is not a cold, hard academic endeavor. It is an act of love. The editors of the ESV Study Bible emphasized this when they said:
Knowledge without devotion is cold, dead orthodoxy. Devotion without knowledge is irrational instability. But true knowledge of God includes understanding everything from his perspective. Theology is learning to think God's thoughts after him. It is to learn what God loves and hates, and to see, hear, think, and act the way he does. Knowing how God thinks is the first step in becoming godly.
Again, I will say that unfortunately, many Christians don't purse a deep level of understanding the scriptures. In fact, right now, many may know more about the President's proposed health plan, the stats of the their fantasy football team, or the plot lines of their favorite TV show than they do about piecing together the truths of Scripture into a consistent, God-honoring theology. This is sad and should not be. Make no mistake: every believer is a theologian. They are either good ones or bad ones.
As always, and definitively consistent with the themes of the book of Romans, Paul makes the case that one of the things that God does is help us in this weakness. One of the functions of the Holy Spirit is to lead God's children into deeper Biblical truth. God always equips those to which He calls. In light of that, let's ask this Big Picture Question this week:
Big Picture Question: How does God help His children know Him better?
If you would like to join Sovereign King this Sunday, we meet for worship at 10:30am, and you can find directions to our space at http://www.sovereignkingpca.net/1.2.html
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One of the smallest and least famous countries of Europe? Don't be fooled! Slovenia's location at one of Europe's true geographical, cultural and historical crossroads has blessed the country with a wealth of sights and attractions. Nature has been generous to Slovenia. For those heading back to nature there are numerous natural parks. Triglav National Park encompasses Slovenia's most beautiful mountains, the Julian Alps, with the picturesque Lake Bled and the Soča Valley, popular with skiers and hikers. There are over 9,000 karst caves in Slovenia, some of which are considered among the worlds' most beautiful. The best-known are Postojna Cave, with more than 28 million visitors, and the UNESCO-listed Škocjan Caves. There are almost 50 natural parks, which offer wonderful free time opportunities. Green forests cover almost 60% of Slovenian land. You can learn more about the rich cultural and historic heritage of Slovenia in the many museums, galleries and libraries. In a region that once hosted thousands of castles, many are still preserved. Bled Castle, Ljubljana Castle, Predjama Castle and Celje's Old Castle are must-sees in any visit Slovenia. The National Museum, the Museum of Natural History and the Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana should not be missed either. Love S-love-nia!
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After India chased down 387 to beat England in Chennai in 2008, shortly after the terror attacks in Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar, who scored an unbeaten 103 in the chase, said: "From my point of view, I look at it as an attack on India, and it should hurt every Indian, not only people from Mumbai. I would like to dedicate this hundred to all those people who have gone through such terrible times. In no way am I trying to say that this will make everyone forget what happened in Mumbai. But I'd like to thank England for coming back to play Test cricket. We've witnessed a wonderful match. People are again enjoying cricket the way it's meant to be."
For a better part of his career, Tendulkar walked out to bat with the hopes of Indian fans on him. The photo, taken on the final day of the Chennai Test, seems to capture the burden he carried, then more so than ever, with a zen-like calm.


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INDIRE is focused on making available resources for students and teachers for teaching online. The ministry started a centralised action on their website and provides support to train teachers that are not digitally advanced with webinars, tutorials that could help choose the right tools and platforms and sharing good practices by other teachers.
Some of the challenges are the emotional distress that can be caused due to the quarantine as well as the re-organisation in the school level. Some schools are not prepared enough when they are asked to lead the process of guiding teachers and enhancing communication with families and students. The ministry and other publishers (such as public TV and institutions) make also resources and lessons accessible online.
The ministry considers the future of education following this crisis as all schools and teachers are now forced to use e-learning and get accustomed to teaching in alternative settings. It is an opportunity to collect information and advance in ICT tools and distant learning.
INIDRE opened a new initiative for students. It is a collaborative effort between all the 19 national Research Institutes by INDIRE gathers over 280 open resources to support online teaching and learning. The resources are available here.


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Can you imagine a world without Joshua trees? A study says that could become reality without dramatic action to combat climate change.
The June study by UC Riverside scientists blames severe drought due to climate change for the possible extinction of these hearty American desert trees.
"The fate of these unusual, amazing trees is in all of our hands," said UCR plant ecologist Lynn Sweet, the project's lead researcher. "Their numbers will decline, but how much depends on us."
The species has already been migrating to higher elevations to escape the hotter, drier areas where adult trees aren't able to produce as many offspring.
The younger trees have it worse, since they haven't been able to store up as much water thanks to the recent drought — a problem that climate change is expected to worsen.
The trees are part of the yucca tree species and can live to be over 150 years old, according to the National Park Service. The study was conceptualized in 2013 and research started in 2014. According to the study, it was originally designed for monitoring vegetation and animal community changes across Joshua Tree National Park.
CNN reached out to the National Park Service for comment.
The scientists presented several scenarios for temperature and rainfall over the course of the next century for the trees, based on different variables including age and location.
According to the study, "all of the three future climate scenarios" that included small changes to curb carbon emissions showed "large-scale reduction in the suitable areas at end-of-century." The scenario that kept the same weather patterns as they have been lately indicated Joshua Tress would almost be completely eliminated.
Areas in the San Bernardino Mountains were predicted to still be able to support small areas of the trees.
The scientists acknowledge that there are other factors that could hinder the longevity of the Joshua Tree apart from climate change. Invasive species, air pollution from nearby cities and increasing fire risk could be also contributing factors.
"Our findings most importantly indicate the importance of regional to global mitigation strategies for carbon emissions," the study said.
The scientists hope finding ways to decrease carbon emissions will help keep the Joshua trees around for centuries to come.


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דכתיב (ויקרא טז, כב) במדבר ומאן דאמר אסורין דכתיב (ויקרא טז, כב) גזירה
established his opinion based on a verse, as it is written: "And the goat shall bear upon it all their iniquities to a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness" (Leviticus 16:22). The concluding phrase, "in the wilderness," is unnecessary, and indicates that the goat shall be available for anyone to use, similar to a wilderness. And the one who said they are prohibited based his opinion on the same verse, as it is written, "cut off" [gezeira], which indicates a prohibition.
ומאן דאמר אסורין האי מדבר מאי עביד ליה מיבעי ליה לכדתניא (ויקרא טז, י) המדברה (ויקרא טז, י) המדברה (ויקרא טז, כב) במדבר לרבות נוב וגבעון שילה ובית עולמים
The Gemara asks: And the one who said they are prohibited, what does he do with this term wilderness, i.e., what does he derive from it? The Gemara answers: He needs it for that which was taught in a baraita: There are three expressions used to describe the location of the procedure with the scapegoat: "Into the wilderness" (Leviticus 16:10), "into the wilderness" (Leviticus 16:21), and "in the wilderness" (Leviticus 16:22), to include Nov and Givon and Shiloh, when the Tabernacle was located there, and the eternal Temple. The mitzva of the scapegoat applied during the time periods when communal offerings were sacrificed in any of these locations.
ואידך האי גזירה מאי עביד ליה מיבעי ליה לכדתניא גזירה אין גזירה אלא חתוכה דבר אחר אין גזירה אלא דבר המתגזר ויורד
The Gemara asks: And the other, what does he do with this word gezeira? The Gemara answers: He needs it for that which was taught in a baraita with regard to the word gezeira: Gezeira means nothing other than cut. That is, he must send the goat away to a place cut up by rocks standing upright and sticking out. Alternatively, gezeira is referring to nothing other than something that breaks apart and falls, a reference to the goat, which is torn limb from limb.
דבר אחר גזירה שמא תאמר מעשה תהו הוא ת"ל אני ה' אני ה' גזרתיו ואין לך רשות להרהר בהן
Alternatively, the word gezeira is written lest you say the procedure of the scapegoat is a meaningless act, since what sanctity and atonement is achieved in sending the goat to Azazel and pushing it from the cliff? Therefore, the verse states: "I am the Lord" (Leviticus 18:5), i.e., I, the Lord, decreed it [gezartiv], and you have no right to question it.
אמר רבא מסתברא כמאן דאמר מותרין לא אמרה תורה שלח לתקלה
Having clarified the reasoning of each opinion, the Gemara concludes its discussion of whether the limbs of the goat are permitted for benefit. Rava said: It is reasonable to rule in accordance with the one that said the limbs of the goat are permitted, since the Torah did not say: "And send the goat" to cause mishap. Once the man pushes the goat off the cliff, he is no longer responsible for it. Therefore, if it were prohibited to derive benefit from the goat's remains, the mitzva itself could lead to a mishap if someone were to find the goat's remains and make use of them.
תנו רבנן עזאזל שיהא עז וקשה יכול בישוב ת"ל במדבר ומנין שבצוק ת"ל גזירה תניא אידך עזאזל קשה שבהרים וכן הוא אומר (יחזקאל יז, יג) ואת אילי הארץ לקח
§ The Sages taught: The word Azazel indicates that the cliff the goat is pushed from should be rough and hard. I might have thought that it may be located in a settled area. Therefore, the verse states: "In the wilderness." And from where does one derive that the goat is pushed from a cliff? The verse states "gezeira," indicating an area that is sharp, like a cliff. It was taught in another baraita: Azazel is a reference to the hardest mountain, and so it says: "And the mighty [eilei] of the land he took away" (Ezekiel 17:13). Azazel is interpreted as azaz-el, with the term el connoting something rough and hard.
תנא דבי ר' ישמעאל עזאזל שמכפר על מעשה עוזא ועזאל
The school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: Azazel is so called because it atones for the actions of Uzza and Azael. These are the names of "sons of God" who sinned with "daughters of men" (Genesis 6:2) and thereby caused the world to sin during the generation of the Flood.
ת"ר (ויקרא יח, ד) את משפטי תעשו דברים שאלמלא (לא) נכתבו דין הוא שיכתבו ואלו הן עבודת כוכבים וגלוי עריות ושפיכות דמים וגזל וברכת השם
The Gemara cites another baraita related to the scapegoat. The Sages taught with regard to the verse: "You shall do My ordinances, and you shall keep My statutes to follow them, I am the Lord your God" (Leviticus 18:4), that the phrase: My ordinances, is a reference to matters that, even had they not been written, it would have been logical that they be written. They are the prohibitions against idol worship, prohibited sexual relations, bloodshed, theft, and blessing God, a euphemism for cursing the Name of God.
את חוקותי תשמרו דברים שהשטן משיב עליהן ואלו הן אכילת חזיר ולבישת שעטנז וחליצת יבמה וטהרת מצורע ושעיר המשתלח ושמא תאמר מעשה תוהו הם ת"ל (ויקרא יח, ל) אני ה' אני ה' חקקתיו ואין לך רשות להרהר בהן
The phrase: And you shall keep my statutes, is a reference to matters that Satan and the nations of the world challenge because the reason for these mitzvot are not known. They are: The prohibitions against eating pork; wearing garments that are made from diverse kinds of material, i.e., wool and linen; performing the ḥalitza ceremony with a yevama, a widow who must participate in a levirate marriage or ḥalitza; the purification ceremony of the leper; and the scapegoat. And lest you say these have no reason and are meaningless acts, therefore the verse states: "I am the Lord" (Leviticus 18:4), to indicate: I am the Lord, I decreed these statutes and you have no right to doubt them.
אימתי מטמא בגדים ת"ר המשלח מטמא בגדים ואין השולח את המשלח מטמא בגדים
§ It was taught in the mishna that the tanna'im disagreed about from what point the garments of the man who leads the scapegoat are rendered impure. The Sages taught in a baraita: The garments of the one who dispatches the goat are rendered impure, but the garments of the one who dispatches the dispatcher, e.g., those who accompany him, are not rendered impure.
יכול משיצא חוץ לחומת עזרה ת"ל המשלח אי המשלח יכול עד שיגיע לצוק תלמוד לומר והמשלח הא כיצד משיצא חוץ לחומת ירושלים דברי ר' יהודה
One might have thought that as soon as he leaves the wall of the Temple courtyard he becomes ritually impure. Therefore, the verse states: "He that dispatched" (Leviticus 16:26), to teach that he does not contract impurity until his journey has begun. On the other hand, if the verse had simply stated: He that dispatched, one might have thought he does not become impure until he reaches the cliff. Therefore, the verse states: "And he that dispatched," with the inclusive term "and." How is this to be understood? His garments are rendered impure only when he emerged outside the wall of Jerusalem. This is the statement of Rabbi Yehuda.
רבי יוסי אומר עזאזל וכבס עד שהגיע לצוק ר' שמעון אומר (ויקרא טז, כו) והמשלח את השעיר לעזאזל יכבס בגדיו זורקו בבת ראש ומטמא בגדים
Rabbi Yosei says that the verse states: "And he that dispatched the goat to Azazel shall wash" (Leviticus 16:26), which indicates that his garments are not rendered impure until he has reached Azazel, i.e., the cliff. Rabbi Shimon says: His garments are rendered impure only when he pushes the goat from the cliff, as it says: "And he that dispatched the goat to Azazel shall wash his clothes" (Leviticus 16:26), to indicate that he throws it headlong and only then, once he has fulfilled the mitzva, his garments are rendered impure.
מתני׳ בא לו אצל פר ושעיר הנשרפין קרען והוציא את אימוריהן נתנן במגיס והקטירן על גבי המזבח
MISHNA: After the High Priest passed the goat to the man tasked with dispatching the goat, he came next to the bull and the goat that were to be burned. He tore their flesh but was not required to cut it into pieces, and removed the portions of the offering consumed on the altar and placed them in a large bowl [magis] and burned them on the altar.
קלען במקלעות והוציאן לבית השריפה ומאימתי מטמאין בגדים משיצאו חוץ לחומת העזרה ר' שמעון אומר משיצית האור ברובן
He interwove and bound the bull and the goat together into braids as one mass. They were placed in that way upon two poles and carried by four people who took them out to the place designated for burning, outside of Jerusalem. And at what point do the bull and goat render the garments of those who carried them impure, as it is written: "And he who burns them shall wash his garments" (Leviticus 16:28)? They render the garments impure from the moment that they emerged outside the wall of the Temple courtyard. Rabbi Shimon says: They render the garments impure from the moment that the fire has ignited in most of the bull and the goat.
גמ׳ והקטירן סלקא דעתך אלא אימא להקטירן על גבי מזבח
GEMARA: It was taught in the mishna that the High Priest removed the portions of the offering consumed on the altar and burned them on the altar. The Gemara expresses surprise: Would it enter your mind to say he burned them? He would not burn them right away, since he had to perform other services first. Rather, say that he placed them in a large bowl in order to burn them on the altar later.
קלען במקלעות אמר רבי יוחנן כמין קליעה תנא לא היה מנתחן ניתוח בשר עולה אלא עור על גבי בשר מנא הני מילי דתניא רבי אומר נאמר כאן עור ובשר ופרש ונאמר להלן (ויקרא טז, כז) עור ובשר ופרש
It was taught in the mishna that the High Priest interwove and bound the bull and the goat together into braids as one mass before taking them to be burned. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: He made them like a braid, whose parts are interwoven. It was taught: He would not dissect the bull and goat in the manner of the dissection of the flesh of a burnt-offering, where the animal is skinned and then cut into parts. Rather, he would leave the skin on top of the flesh and would cut the animal into pieces without skinning it. The Gemara asks: From where are these matters derived? As it was taught in a baraita that Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: It is stated here with regard to the bull and goat, skin and flesh and dung (Leviticus 16:27), and it is stated below, with regard to the bull sin-offerings that are burned, skin and flesh and dung (Leviticus 4:11).


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Ahead of the majority of schools going back next Tuesday, Transport for NSW will dedicate extra resources and ramp up driver safety messaging around the New M4 Tunnels.
Motorists are encouraged to pay attention to messaging at tunnel entry and exit points at City West Link at Haberfield and Parramatta Road at Ashfield to ensure a safe journey for all road users.
With the New M4 Tunnels now open for a week, motorists took the quieter school holiday period to get used to the new configuration and experience the congestion-busting infrastructure project but many new users are expected at the beginning of the school term.
Transport for NSW Coordinator General Marg Prendergast said motorists using the tunnels for the first time should look out for signs and lane markings and go slow when entering and exiting the tunnels.
"If you're heading westbound on Parramatta Road at Ashfield, remember to use the left lane for Parramatta Road and the right lane for the New M4 Tunnels," Ms Prendergast said.
"In particular, we want people to pay attention to the multiple road signs and lane markings ahead of tunnel entry and exit points - they are there to guide you."
Drivers are strongly urged to remain calm if they miss their exit and not take risks which could endanger themselves and other motorists.
"If you find yourself in the wrong lane, don't panic and please don't stop or reverse - just keep going until you find the nearest side street to turn around or pull over safely and re-plan your trip," Ms Prendergast said.
With school holidays ending on Tuesday, Transport for NSW is asking all motorists to be mindful of the extra traffic that will be on the M4 and surrounding roads.
The WestConnex website has a number of resources to help motorists plan their journey including videos for everyone to become more familiar with the tunnels, and a number of maps and animations.
The New M4 Tunnels are the first of four tunnel pieces in the WestConnex puzzle, a game changing project that will help bust Sydney's congestion and cut travel times.
The $3.8 billion 5.5 kilometre twin tunnels comprise three lanes in each direction and extend the widened M4 from Homebush to Haberfield.
The WestConnex project also includes the New M5, the M4-M5 Link and the Rozelle Interchange, connecting Sydney's west and southwest via more than 30km of continuous motorway.
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From Doorstep to Digital: Direct Selling's Evolution
Direct selling is an increasingly popular career move for mums – enabling them to grow a business around their family commitments on their terms.
Paula Gorry from Stampin' Up! UK explains how the direct selling industry has grown over the past five decades, evolving from neighbour-to-neighbour doorstep selling, to sophisticated digital enterprises.
We've come a long way since Tupperware!
The direct selling industry has come a long way since the Tupperware parties synonymous with 1950s post-war Britain. According to the DSA (Direct Selling Association), in 2013 alone there were over 4.8 million direct sales, netting over £2bn for the UK economy.
Given this exponential growth it, would be fascinating to see what the direct seller of early post-war Britain would make of today's industry.
Are there startling contrasts between the contemporary direct seller and the direct seller of the past? Or are there certain aspects of the industry that have endured with time?
But the basic idea remains the same
But for all the dramatic changes in today's industry, the basic concept of direct selling has remained largely the same. The DSA summarises direct selling as "a method of marketing and retailing goods and services directly to the consumers, in their homes or in any other location away from permanent retail premises."
By selling goods outside a fixed retail environment, it offers complete flexibility for the seller – in essence you can expand your business as much or as little as you want, helping you to balance your work with other commitments such as family life.
Post-war mums loved direct selling
As a flexible business model, direct selling was particularly popular among mothers from early post-war Britain. It became an additional source of household income at a time when keeping the home was a full-time job.
Fast-forward to today and the direct selling industry is branching out to a wider audience. The traditional direct selling demographic of stay-at-home mums now accounts for 29% of direct sellers, while men account for 24% of the sector.
As well as providing an ideal way to work for mums, increasingly students and retired people are topping up their income by becoming direct sellers. There has also been a recent growth in multicultural direct sellers. The DSA surveyed its members and discovered 30% of direct sellers (120,000 people) in the UK are non-British.
Today you can sell a wide range of products
With the industry now appealing to a wide cross-section of society, this has clearly impacted the range of products available to the modern direct seller.
In 1950s post-war Britain, Tupperware parties were the order of the day, with the aim of the hostess to sell as many of these innovative boxes as possible.
While Tupperware is still in wide use today, the direct selling industry is now open to a range of products that can be showcased at parties, including cosmetics, cleaning products, nutritional products, homewares and paper craft supplies to name a few.
How to get started as a direct seller
If you fancy yourself as a direct seller, the first step is to find a product you like and believe in (much easier with today's broad range of brands!). Then you need to get out there and sell, maximising the opportunities presented by all available sales channels.
Traditionally direct-selling was associated with the door-to-door sales approach. And while this is by no means redundant, today it's important to consider this process as part of a broader mix of activity.
Stampin' Up! UK is a leading craft company which operates via a network of direct of sellers. In our experience, demonstrators particularly like to host product parties as they are a great way to meet new people.
Online platforms such as Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook will also help you to share your product to a wider audience anytime, anywhere and video formats such as YouTube enable you to build your profile and interact with your audience.
Find a balance between face-to-face and digital selling
Today's industry is a vibrant and dynamic one that appeals to a broad audience.
We've always bought and sold things to each other and in this respect, the core aspect of direct selling has a long history. It's a business model that has always emphasised social interaction – sales are typically conducted face to face with products demonstrated to an individual or a group.
But the key for today's direct seller is being able to successfully strike a between classic face-to-face interaction, and digital communication.
One thing is for sure, we will always need to buy and sell products. And as new means of communicating and selling emerge, direct selling will expand into these territories, making it a vibrant career as full of possibilities today as it was in the 1950s.
This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Paula Gorry .


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DIY Beaded Floral Mocs | Minnetonka MoccasinJul 28, 2016
Inspiring handcrafted how-to's for your home, life and well being. Our Made By Hand series features distinct DIYs made with a little love and a lot of creative spirit. Today's post comes from Lindsey Crafter.
Summer is in full swing and I've got a few road trips planned that require cute and comfortable footwear. My white Deerskin Gore Front Moccasins are comfortable slip-ons perfect for walking and driving. They also make the perfect canvas for embellishing! Today I'll show you how to make a few beaded flowers to add a bit of 3D sparkle and whimsy to your pair of #MyMinnetonka Deerskin Mocs. See how I did it below!
Things You'll Need
- 28 Gauge Jewelry Wire
- Several Colors of Seed Beads
- Sew on Set Rhinestones in Various Colors
- Round Nose Pliers
- Wire Cutters
- E6000 Glue
- Deerskin Gore Front Mocs
Step 1 | Cut a piece of 28 gauge wire roughly 12" long. Use round nose pliers to grip the end of the wire and twist towards you several times, creating a small loop.
Step 2 | Pass the end of the wire through the loop and pull through to create a "knot".
Step 3 | String 1" of seed beads on the wire to create small petals or 1 ½" of seed beads to create larger petals.
Step 4 | Pass the end of the wire through the loop and pull tight to secure the beads and create your first petal.
Step 5 | Continue stringing seed beads on the wire and passing the wire through the loop each time to complete the remaining petals. I prefer the look of five.
Step 6 | Once you've completed all of your petals, wrap the wire around to the "top" of the flower and thread a rhinestone onto the wire through the holes in the setting.
Make assorted sizes and colors of rhinestone flowers to embellish your moccasins. I like experimenting with unexpected color pairings inspired by vintage textiles. Aren't these rhinestone daisies adorable?!
Secure the rhinestone in place by wrapping the wire through to the underside of the flower several times. Cut off any extra wire with wire clippers.
Step 7 | Play with the arrangement of the flowers on each shoe. I kept my placement random for a playful feel. Add a dot of E6000 glue to the back of the rhinestone flowers and hold in place on the moccasins to stick. Allow the glue to cure overnight before wearing!
I styled my fabulous floral moccasins with my favorite destroyed denim. I can't wait to show them off while I'm antiquing down the coastline!
Like this project? Visit Lindsey Crafter for more accessory DIY's and crafts!
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I got an email that was disturbing for me. Someone, who will not be named, suggested that I was in the tank for Fuji after reading my review of the new 200mm f 2 lens. It's fair that if you blog and share your "opinions" that someone might think you have ulterior motives. So please let me address this criticism up front.
When I was asked to be a Fujifilm X-Photographer, I was honored, but before I accepted I asked one question, "Do you expect me to promote your products, or may I continue to be totally honest about my opinions on any equipment or service from Fujifilm?" The only reason I said yes, was they said, "we would not want you to be anything but honest and up front about our products or services."
The only reason I blog is to serve My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to share His love with others and to share about photography and other interests in my life. I get no special favors from any manufacturers who make the products i reviews or share about. Fujifilm does allow X-Photographers to buy some of their lenses and bodies at a discount. When the X-T2 came out they gifted a body with our names as the serial number to each X-Photographer. In spite of these kinds of acts on Fujifilm's part, I would never review a product favorably because of my friendship with or association with Fujifilm.
Let me tell you why.
When I was a tech rep for Nikon I knew that if I was always honest with my clients and they came to know they could trust me, I could truly help them. The moment they would have discovered that I was lying on behalf of the company, I would have lost all credibility with them and could no longer help them or Nikon! That's why I never lied to them, or have I ever lied to any of you.
The reason I chose the picture above is that I know that is how Jack feels and in this image of us we look pretty serious, and we are, we hold each other to that personal standard. I also owe it to my wife, my children, grandchildren and dear friends that expect only the best of me. Nothing that could ever be given to me could ever be enough for me to sell out my integrity, just to get it!
I promise you that when you come to this blog, you will get my honest opinions and feelings, I will not lie to you or ever try to misguide you. I hope most of you that come here already know that, if you don't I've failed you and all the others that have honored me by coming here for information and inspiration!
You can take that to the bank!
the pilgrim
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Sigh. I would never have thought that of you, Bill. From reading your previous posts I know I can trust you to be honest about what you write. Haters gonna hate. Ignore them.
Blogs are full of irresponsible, and rude comments. There seems to be a lot of negative people in our society. Having followed your blog for several years and attended several of your workshops, I may not always agree with your opinions, but I fully trust that they are honest, fair and meant to be helpful. I would not think of questioning your integrity. Jerry R
Thanks Jerry!
I'd like to meet the person who questioned your honesty. They sound like a typical "troll".
We don't know each other personally, but I've met you at Photoshop World and attended a couple of lectures. It's obvious to me that you like Fuji because it works for you and might work well for others. I don't use Fuji but I read your blog because what you teach also applies to other systems. I use Olympus and have used your suggestions regarding prime lenses. Thank you for freely sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. Relationships between professional photographers and camera manufacturers benefit the rest of us and I have never felt you've given us anything less than full disclosure regarding your relationship with Fuji.
Thank you for always sharing,
Thanks Ed, I would never try to lead you or anyone else astray!
I have known Bill for a while now I have faith in what he has told me directly or what I have read in his reviews to be his honest opinion of which he is speaking about. He has a great wealth of knowledge to learn from and he is nothing but a true gentleman. I am proud to say I know him.
Thanks for all the time and effort you put in your blog.
Thank you Ken, great to hear from you! Lots of great memories back there!!!
My friend Bill Fortney has not just a photography workshop business named His Light Workshops, but a personal ministry of spreading His Light. To suggest absolutely anything that would reflect less than perfectly on Bill's integrity is misguided and in grave error.
Love you brother, it's all ok!
You liked me, even when I was the only person you'd seen in years shooting a Pentax system on a workshop. You even thought my gear was pretty sweet despite me being the oddball. I remember you talking with someone the next year about their Olympus gear, and being impressed with their lenses and portability. I also know you'd still be shooting Nikon if they spread their wings with glass and bodies supporting the needs of heavy duty and more mobile professional photographers simultaneously. Even Nikon evangelists are not happy the DX lenses are in no way supportive or equal to the FX lenses. I even remember you telling me, you need to shoot what works for you.
Heck in your review you even said…The Nikon and Cannon equivalents are pretty sweet…BUT they are a lot larger and more expensive. (Well they need too…they are for a larger sensor).
Ok brother…you could shoot better than I with a pinhole camera. I know your work, I appreciate your work. I miss your company.
More importantly…I know your work points to the Lord in all you do.
That's what matters.
God Bless
Eric, your words mean a great deal to me, from a man that is on the front line protecting us from terrorism, I'm just honored to be your friend! Thank you for all you do!
I agree with all of the above comments. Not much else for me to add, but a wonderful friendship over the years with great guidance.
…..and what a great friendship it has and continues to be!
I agree with all the comments that others have made. Bill's integrity is above reproach.
If the email was from someone that does not know Bill, the person may feel then need to question the how accurate the information or the source. I hope that person reads these comments and learns the the truth.
As for the review, at nearly $6000 I'd expect the lens to be nearly perfect. I expect that a review would reveal the near perfection.
That about sums it up – $6,000. =near prtfection. They couldn't sell them if they were anything less!
Honesty in dealing with customers and the public is a no-brainer. You nailed it. You can't be "a little bit pregnant." You either are or you aren't. The same goes with honesty and integrity. True professionals in the business know this and you are one of them. Despite the competition I have never heard a Nikon or Canon rep make disparaging remarks about competitors (comparisons are not "disparaging remarks") and good ones will try to steer people to the right products to meet their needs and be honest about whether they do or don't. Nikon's Ed Yost (?) years ago knew I was a Canon shooter in need of some big glass and let me know of a reasonably priced used 300 f/2.8L at one of the dealers he knows. When I was considering buying a Canon M1 mirrorless at a great sale price a friend at Canon cautioned me that it would probably not meet my needs. Very professional indeed.
I agree completely!
I've been blessed to know you and count you as a friend for many years. Your integrity and morals as a Christian and as a person are unquestioned by anyone who knows you. You have always been honest and straight-forward in your assessments of gear and immensely helpful to everyone around you who came to learn the art and technique of photography and some lessons in life.
My life is better for knowing you and I thank you.
To the person who questioned, I can only say that I pray your ignorance will be corrected.
Thanks Ron, means a lot!
Your honesty and integrity are second to none Bill…Anyone who knows you knows this! I hope that person takes time to get to know you…his/her life will be richer because if it…
never even crossed my mind that you wouldn't tell us the truth about a product. God bless
I'm never going to be Fuji guy, my Nikon D850 will be my camera (and now maybe a Z7:-).
That said, I would never believe you to be anything less than a man of faith, integrity, and honesty. I don't have to agree with your camera choice to know that.
I am fully convinced that one hundred years from now anthropologists will determine the ability to anonymously post on the internet as the downfall of civility.


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More repair projects mean more rider inconvenience
THE MBTA IS CLOSING IN on its goal of investing $1 billion a year in the transit system.
Joanna Aalto, who oversees the T's capital program, told the Fiscal and Management Control Board on Monday that the agency spent $811 million in fiscal 2017, including $709 million addressing so-called state-of-good repair projects. The T is planning to spend $942 million in fiscal 2018, including $795 million on state-of-good repair projects.
The fiscal 2017 spending on state-of-good repair projects fell short of the T's $750 million target, but was still well above the $502 million spent the previous year.
To keep spending on an upward trajectory, the T has been pushing out more contracts faster than ever. Aalto said the T has hired 24 more employees to oversee capital projects and shortened construction procurements from between seven and nine months to no more than three months.
With the increased spending on capital improvement projects, members of the control board said the public will probably face more inconvenience as subways lines, T stations, parking garages, and other services are shut down temporarily while infrastructure projects are completed. Steve Poftak, a member of the control board, said bus diversions around construction projects will increasingly become a "fact of life" for riders on the T.
Jeffrey Gonneville, the T's deputy general manager, outlined new procedures the T will follow making it easier for riders to navigate bus diversions. The new procedures, including a lot more signage, followed complaints last week about a diversion on the Red Line between Park Street Station and Kendall.
"This is part of the reality for our customers for the next many years," said Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack .
Bus driver commendedMBTA bus driver Gary Goorahlal was commended Monday for confronting a male passenger who was harassing a female passenger on his Route 426 bus on October 27.
According to T officials, Goorahlal pulled the bus over, called the transit police, and confronted the man. Officials said the male passenger threatened Goorahlal and showed he had a gun. The officials said the passenger subsequently fled and was arrested.


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In accordance with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) position in the global tourism sector to make it a prime destination, the number of passengers traveling through the country's airports jumped to 32.8 million during the first quarter of 2018.
In June, passengers transiting through the country's airports were exempted from all entry fees for the first 48 hours. Transit visas can have an extension up to 96 hours for Dh50. Express counters were set up in passport control halls at all airports to facilitate the process.
This month, tourism fees in Dubai and Abu Dhabi were also reduced to help stem a fall in room rates and boost occupancy levels. Another thing, to boost tourism and attract the visitors and their families, the visa fee for minors below 18 years old have been waived.
In an effort to promote family tourism, the United Arab Emirates cabinet announced that visa fee will be waived for children under 18 from July 15 to September 15 every year.
The Cabinet's decision aims to reduce the cost on visitors during the summer season and is expected to make the country a prime destination attracting more families.
The Cabinet's also decision reflects the UAE's position in the global tourism sector. The number of passengers traveling through the country's airports reached 32.8 million passengers during the first quarter of this year.
Visitors come to the UAE to enjoy the historical sites, hotel and tourism services, and a number of festivals and activities throughout the year.
The move follows a host of visa reforms announced by the Cabinet last month, among them plans to increase tourism.
Abu Dhabi also reduced the 6% tourism fee currently applied to hotel rooms and outlets to 3.5% and cut down municipality fees to 2%. The per room hotel fee was also reduced to Dh10 from Dh15. However, the emirate didn't say how long these discounted fees will last.