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Monday, December 21, 2009
White to Black: A new Christmas Tree
Today I'm showing my front hallway. My Eastlake hutch got moved from hallway to family room and replaced with a large 9 drawer pine dresser. This piece was hand built by my Dad's cousin and when he moved this summer to a smaller home, the dresser became mine. I immediately painted it black and switched out the wooden knobs for metal. It is a low piece that for as long as it is, fits perfectly under my hallway stairs and makes a great place for my collection of linens, salt and pepper shakers and silverware collections. A hall table was replaced with a small deacon's bench, also painted black. (My parents got this bench in the 60's using S & H Green Stamps.) With the introduction of all this black, my Christmas White theme needed to change. You guessed it .... all to Black. So first this year's photos followed by last year's. Please let me know what you think
My dad's silver reindeer adorn the candlesticks and floral arrangement and are flanked by the mercury glass pieces. I have used red as my pop of color.
This pine dresser is perfect for holding my collection of linens and silverware.
This is a metal basket, black of course, given to me by a friend. I have it filled with fresh greens and red flowers.
This is the deacon's bench that my parents got through S&H green stamps. Remember those? Of course I have presents wrapped in coordinating black, silver and red. The boxes are actually empty.
The pine cone wreath on the mirror has been every color. It is now Black. My family just humors me when they see me go out into the garage with object in one hand, and a can of spray paint in the other.
Not the best shot of the tree. It is black with red and silver ornaments.
Now the next pictures are of last year's Christmas with an all-white theme. I used white tulle with lights along the stairway railing.
This is my Wedding Tree. Everything is white. I have had this tree for years, long before White Wednesday.
I love these two gigantic ornaments hanging on either side of the door. My friend found them. Because of their large scale, perhaps they had once been used as a store display.
As always thanks for letting me share and thank you for all your kind comments. We still have a few more trees to go. Maybe I can finally get the photos done in day light and turn off the flash. Hey, I'm still new at this. Be sure to visit my earlier VCM post for today and all the other VCM participants. Thanks Joan at anythinggoeshere for a wonderful time in blog land.
5 comments:
- Judi said...
Your home is so very lovely and I love those ornaments you have at the entry! It is obvious the attention to detail you have in your decorating and I am sure it was quite a bit of work and so worth it! Thanks for sharing. Judi
- December 21, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- kjkljk;ljljgjgfuyhd said...
Hi Sherri!
Your home is beautiful and I love this post!
Even though I am partial to white decor,
the red, black and white theme is exciting~
I've never seen a black Christmas tree...or
even a red feather one but they're amazing!
Keep on rockin'
- December 21, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- Jane said...
I love your decorations! I am partial to this year's black, silver and red theme...it just is my kind of decorating. You have a real talent for decorating which was evident in this year's theme and last year's white theme.
Happy Holidays!!
- December 21, 2009 at 9:32 PM
- Linda@Coastal Charm said...
I just love your bench from S&H...yes I do remember them...what great memories! Merry Christmas!
- December 22, 2009 at 1:09 AM
- Julie Marie said...
Oooh these photos are all so very pretty too! Yes, I so remember S&H green stamps, infact I still have a partially filled book of them! Growing up I remember how excited my mama would get to go the the S&H store and pick out something fun! Your trees are all so pretty and I love the Santa in the chair... Bisous... Julie Marie
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Briana DeJesus: 'Teen Mom' Admits She Considered An Abortion When Pregnant With 2nd Daughter
Weeks after welcoming baby #2, daughter Stella, Briana DeJesus reveals in 'Teen Mom 2's premiere episode that she nearly got an abortion once discovering she was pregnant again! Find out here why she didn't follow through.
Briana DeJesus, 23, got SUPER real in her first Teen Mom 2 episode, which had its season premiere on July 17. In it, she confessed she wasn't as careful as she could have been while dating her new baby, daughter Stella Star's, father, Luis, 31. In fact, Briana even revealed that abortion was on the table when she first discovered she was pregnant. The reality star found herself contemplating the procedure as a result of not being on birth control. "I should have been on birth control, that's for sure," Briana told her sister Brittany while at Legoland with her first daughter, Nova, 5. "I didn't think I would end up getting pregnant again, so I didn't bother getting on birth control."
"You didn't think you'd be getting pregnant at 16 either," Brittany said, referencing Briana's 16 & Pregnant days, which documented her pregnancy with Nova. Briana found out she was expecting less than one month after meeting Luis. But despite how little they knew each other, Briana tells her baby daddy on the episode how appreciative she is to have his support — especially since their relationship began with a wild night out. "This pregnancy was the last thing I expected to happen," she admitted, before referencing other people's reaction to their pregnancy story. "Like, 'What? You guys met at the club and then what? She's pregnant, what?'" "Not even a month later?" Luis added.
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The Analysis of Performance Management System in a Local Basically on Armstrong's Approach and Baron Models
Doctoral Programme of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang - Indonesia
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This study aims to analyze the performance management system implemented on local government, using performance management model by Armstrong and Baron. In this study the model used as the basis to identify the aspects of performance management have been applied or are not yet available. Research is done in the Banyumas District Government uses qualitative research methods, methods of data collection through interviews in depth and interactive methods of analysis. The focus of research is performance management system with the following aspects: Organization Mission and objectives of the strategic and business plan, objectives of the Department, the deal's performance and development, performance and development plans, development work and action monitoring as well as feedback, formal review and feedback, and the comprehensive performance assessment. The results showed that the planning performance already compiled in the integrated work planning proposal which is a result of the networking of the various sub organizational units. The planning of this work was used as the basis for drawing up an agreement of work organization and employees. Implementing performance assessment already exists at any level in accordance with the agreement of performance, namely the assessment of program realization, the performance of the Organization and employees. Monitoring and feedback is organized according to the type of assessment i.e. work programs, organizations and individuals. The results of the performance assessment product has not been made into the basis for the granting of rewards that can motivate employees and the aspect of employee development plan has not been carried out properly.
Key words: Performance Management System / Performance Assessment / Local Government
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A Lensball In The Forest
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The Lensball shows a different view of the world and in the midst of our current collective situation known as COVID19, I think we could all benefit by taking a moment to see things from an alternate perspective.
Flooding Of The Rio Grande River
There's Water In The Trees
Due to the runoff from heavy snow fall this winter, The Rio Grande River is running at an unprecedented level. The water is all the way out in the trees and when you drive over the Main Street Bridge in Los Lunas, it feels like you might fall in because the water is so high. My family moved to Lunas in 1982 and I don't ever recall seeing the river this way.
The truth of the matter is that the Rio Grande should (and would) probably flood like this every year except for all the diversionary tactics we humans employee to mess it all up.
These photos are from a few of different outings to Bosque Open Space areas in Rio Rancho, Corrales, and Los Lunas.
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The Trees Of La Ladera Road
La Llorona Country
La Ladera Road in Peralta, New Mexico has been my shortcut from the bottom of Meadow Lake hill to north bound Hwy 47 for years. I used to take this way on my commute to UNM in Albuquerque circa 1994 - 1995. The road itself has changed very little over the past 25 years. I have always envisioned La Llorona walking the ditch bank and one night I even saw a black swirly mass right behind my car. (No, not exhaust fumes) Needless to say, never pick up anyone on this road at night. Ever. Especially if they're wearing a white dress and have no eyes. And should you decide to go walking after midnight, be sure to leave instructions for notifying your next of kin.
Along the ditch bank are outcroppings of ancient Cottonwood Trees that are easily over 100 years old. I drive past them every day and every day they call out to me. It's easy enough to drive by and dismiss them as "just trees", but let me assure you they are very much alive and even aware of my presence when I walk amongst them.
Listen Carefully
Cottonwood leaves hang on long into the winter and they rattle in the wind. Listen carefully to the video below to hear the whisper of the trees.
Fall At Its Finest
No matter how many years I experience autumn in New Mexico, it never gets old.
With the exception of the first two images, which were shot just up the road in Rio Rancho, these photos are from the Bosque in Corrales.
A Forest By The River
My family moved to Los Lunas, New Mexico (from Albuquerque) in 1982. In all these years, I have only ever shot one portrait session in the Los Lunas Bosque and that is the only time I've gone down there.
On October 21, 2018, Johnpaul and I decided to explore the forest in our hometown.
Cottonwood trees take on unique shapes depending on their environmental conditions. The trees in the Los Lunas Bosque are tall and thin. They appear to be dancing. There is a well maintained trail through the Bosque but the undergrowth is very thick, especially as you approach the water. On this day, the river was very low and almost impossible to get to so we didn't push our luck. The trees were wonderful though.
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In FlexiSTAT, a CAM module was developed for process planning activities in simultaneous three axis turning. The CAM module can be used by end users on state-of-the-art computers to control the third axis and to generate a fully automatic three axis turning tool path. For this, in a first step, the CAM module generates a tool path which is optimal in terms of machining results but might also lead to a collision between tool and workpiece. Afterwards, a specially developed algorithm identifies possible collisions and gradually adapts the tool path without influencing the machining results. Thereby, a tool path is fully automatically generated for arbitrary workpieces and tool geometries. Consequently, the tool path enables a collision-free process and ensures optimized machining results.
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Today, we are excited to announce the arrival of the industry's very first retail calendar. This marks a big step in our effort to better support the transformation initiatives already underway at many retailers. While all marketers strive to deliver orchestrated, effective, and intelligent marketing on a global scale, we have found that retail marketers are experiencing these challenges particularly acutely and are eager to evolve.
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Mr Woog has left me again for a 2 week trip to Japan. Thanks honey. Last time he went you may recall he bought me back a gift of Toblerone from the duty free at the airport. You know one of those big ones? Surely the traditional gift from Japan. They are known for Toblerone.
Anyway, I was sick of staring at my monobrow and felt like torturing myself a bit, so I chucked the kids in the car and went to the Benefit Brow Bar and had the shit ripped out of my face. I feel much lighter as it had been 6 weeks between visits. (Do not even start me on my two toned grey and mouse brown hair – Oh I have let myself go…..)
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Wearable assistive robotics is a modern field where intelligent actuated systems work in collaboration with the body to replace a lost limb, to enhance performances (e.g. carrying load, walking, running, jumping) or to train or rehabilitate specific activities. Wearability (e.g. weight, bulkiness) and power are the two main competing characteristics of most assistive wearable devices. Energy efficient actuation systems with high power density per mass and volume are thus preferred. The biological muscle-tendon solution is very interesting for energy storage and generation of efficient cyclic patterns. The present study investigates on the capacity to replicate these biological properties using series elastic actuator (SEA) based on pneumatic cylinder technology. While classic SEA designs are composed of electric actuator in series with steel springs, pneumatic actuators are intrinsically compliant due to the compressibility of the fluid. The study starts by presenting an experimental approach for characterizing the elastic behavior of a pneumatic cylinder actuation targeting the assistance of the hip flexion. Results are then confronted to measurements of lower limb joints' stiffness observed during walking to identify the suitability of the solution with the targeted application..


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Choosing the Right IaaS Service for Your Business
Cloud infrastructure (IaaS or Infrastructure-as-a-Service) is a highly commoditized space today. All major cloud providers offer Compute, SSD, Elastic-IP, Firewall and Bandwidth. Choosing the right cloud infrastructure for your business often tends to be tricky, and involves multiple areas of assessment. Here are a few important metrics to evaluate cloud vendors and their ability to meet your business needs.
Price to Performance Ratio
This is the most elementary of all parameters and is the primary financial metric for the selection of cloud vendors. Performance needs and goals (of the organization, departments or specific use cases) need to be clearly understood to ensure that you pick the vendor with the best price to performance ratio for your business. In a multi-cloud scenario, you would choose different cloud vendors for different business needs, depending on the optimal price-to-performance ratio. This ratio also needs to be tracked regularly to stay above pre-defined performance benchmarks.
Pricing Models
There are a number of pricing models available. Amazon, for example, has a very simple model defined specific rates for different types of uses (e.g., per GB of storage, hours of server usage or GB of bandwidth usage). Tier 1 providers like Netmagic can offer customized pricing models, or even up-front billing for a committed amount of usage. Understanding which pricing models work best for your business is very important when choosing a cloud vendor, and can potentially help you save (or lose) a lot of money in the long run.
Service Maturity
This is a very important factor to ensure that your IT environment in the cloud is able to handle the pressures of a fast changing business. Naturally, greater service maturity would result in greater flexibility and lower risk. Here are some examples of cloud services with high levels of maturity:
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- SaaS support (DBaaS, DRaaS, Analytics as a Service, CI/CD as a Service)
- Integrated application / data migration tools / APIs
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- Secure connection to other / on-premise applications (hybrid cloud support)
- Network service features such as load balancers, direct connect DNS support
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- Different cloud vendors defined standard instances or standard services in different ways. For example, a vendor may offer a pre-defined instance with 512MB RAM 1 vCPU to 976 GB RAM and 128 vCPUs. They also provide different configurations for storage (object storage, block storage, cold storage, etc.) bandwidth and network services (private or public networks).
Compliance and Security Needs
Regulatory compliance and data security concerns often govern your selection of cloud vendors. There are a number of key criteria that impact vendor choices, such as:
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- Ability to provide strong security and access control – encryption, firewalls, 24x7 SOC, etc.
- Strong suite of Managed security services
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The breadth and depth of partner ecosystems is a key aspect of long-term success. AWS is a great example for a powerful partner ecosystem, and has thousands of partners and a strong development community that builds tools and accelerators for AWS users to consume. Global IaaS vendors like Netmagic have a strong partner ecosystem that enables companies to access an extensive pool of third-party platforms and tools to build and implement cloud applications.
The in-house DC model thus does not seem like a strategically viable model in the near-term. Building and maintaining their own DC is likely to be very low on the CIOs' list of priorities, going into the future. CIOs will need to reassess their technology strategy and move away from in-house data center management, if they want to stay competitive in a highly connected and hyperscale future.
In many cases, organizations would end up choosing different IaaS vendors (resulting in a multicloud environment) for different needs based on the above parameter, and many other parameters, depending on individual business needs like geographical proximity, configurability, OS support, etc. Eventually the overall effectiveness of your cloud strategy will depend on not just the initial vendor decisions, but also on your ability to effectively govern and optimize your resources to stay aligned to business needs over a long period of time.
Nitin Mishra heads the product management and solutions engineering functions at Netmagic Solutions. During his nine years with the company, he has been responsible for conceptualizing and packaging hosting and managed services focused on IT infrastructure requirements of Internet and Enterprise applications.


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We started off at the Owl House in downtown Stuart. The girls were relaxed and enjoying the moment!
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Celebrating Older Americans Month With Homebound Seniors
Category: PolicyOn: May 7, 2012
In May, we celebrate Older Americans Month – a tradition dating back to 1963 that recognizes the important contributions of our nation's senior citizens.This year's theme, "Never Too Old to Play!" encourages productive aging and promotes activities that keep older adults in control of their own lives and involved with their communities. The Administration on Aging notes, "Historically, Older Americans Month has been a time to acknowledge the contributions of past and current older persons to our country... Every President since JFK has issued a formal proclamation during or before the month of May asking that the entire nation pay tribute in some way to older persons in their communities." According to the American Psychological Association, nearly one-half of adults over age 85 live alone and need assistance with everyday activities such as eating, bathing, and housework. This population of older Americans is increasing faster than any other group, which presents many opportunities for you to help seniors age-in-place at home, within their communities. Older Americans Month is the perfect opportunity to show your appreciation for homebound seniors living in your community and to lend a helping hand to a senior in need. By volunteering your time and support, you can help people live longer, healthier lives. So what can you do for a homebound elder in your community? Here are some simple ways to support Older Americans Month with an elderly friend or relative:
- Help deliver food to homebound seniors
- Spend time visiting with a homebound senior and doing something you both enjoy (watching classic TV shows, knitting, playing cards, etc)
- Assist with home repair, shopping, or errands
- Offer to transcribe letters or help the person fill out paperwork
- Escort the person to medical appointments
- If you're far away, make a phone call to the senior and spend some time reminiscing about fun vacations, their first job, or a first love
- Volunteer as a Friendly Visitor and make weekly visit to engage isolated seniors in face-to-face conversation and provide companionship


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Fellowships List | Internships List
Deadline: 04/01/2012
Second Deadline: --/--/----
Fellowship type: Year-long
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Fellowship website: Link to Program Website
School specific?: Not school-specific
|Program Overview (from the program website):
College Bound is a St. Louis non-profit that provides promising high school students from under-resourced backgrounds with the academic enrichment, social supports and life skills needed to apply, matriculate and succeed in four-year colleges and careers. AmeriCorps members play an important role in providing programs and outreach to allow College Bound to serve thousands of students and families. College Bound is an AmeriCorps organization; AmeriCorps-State and AmeriCorps-VISTA are both national service programs similar to the Peace Corps.
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Previous fellowship: College Bound - St. Louis
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H. Student Government Association
The Oklahoma City University Student Government Association (OCU-SGA) represents and advocates for all OCU students. The OCU-SGA provides a voice for students by participating in the development of University policy, creating dynamic social programming, and enhancing the overall student experience at OCU.
The OCU-SGA is made up of four integrated branches:
Executive: The SGA President manages the executive functions of the OCU-SGA with the help of the Executive Cabinet. The SGA President is the chief advocate for student friendly policies at the University. The President represents students on numerous University committees that cover critical university functions including General Education, Student Retention, Diversity, and most importantly the Oklahoma City University Board of Trustees. Aside from advocacy, the Executive Cabinet administers the finances and marketing of the SGA.
Legislative: The Student Senate is the legislative branch of the OCU-SGA. Student Senators are elected each year to be the chief representative voice of the student body. The Student Senate writes legislation that expresses student needs as well as funding student programming and organizations. The Student Senate consists of 24 members that are elected based on class or academic major.
Judicial: The Student Court is the judicial branch of the OCU-SGA. The Student Court interprets all OCU-SGA documents. and settles cases under its jurisdiction. The Student Court handles all student traffic appeals at the University. The Student Court consists of five members that may include undergraduate, graduate, and law students.
Student Activities: The Student Activities Council provides recreational, cultural, and social programming for students and the community. Student Activities Council supports OCU athletics through Pep Rallies and hosts OCU's annual Homecoming celebration. Student Activities Council is always creating cutting-edge events that make a vibrant campus life for OCU students. If you're looking to get involved in making new and exciting events at OCU, look no further than the Student Activities Council.
Location: Room 113 in the Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center
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Using similar trigger point release techniques as massage and sports therapist, the foam acts as a tool to get deep into pressure points to manually facilitate the myofascial release. Our distinctive EVA Foam pattern recreates the sensation of finger and palm pressure of a therapist. Some common causes of trigger points and muscle tension can include training load and intensity, posture, stress, movement patterns and poor hydration.
Here are a few of our favourite muscles to Foam Roll, always remember to breath, roll slowly, drink plenty of water and if you are rolling out a tight spot that is painful or uncomfortable, try to hold on that spot for 30-40 seconds or try rolling side to side in a different direction and you should feel the tension release slowly.
Calf Roll
Place your Balance Bottle under your calf, rest your other foot in front and and lift your buttocks up off the floor with your hands, roll from the back of ankle to below your knee while rotating your leg in and out. To increase the pressure cross one leg over the other and roll as above
Quadriceps Roll
Lie on your stomach with your Balance Bottle placed on the front of your thigh slowly roll up and down using your arms to roll from the knees up to the top of the thigh and back
Hamstring Roll
Place your Balance Bottle under your thighs and lift your buttocks up and place your hands behind on the floor, roll from the knees to the buttocks and return. For more pressure roll one leg at a time and while turning your leg in and out
Glutes Roll
Sit on top of your Balance Bottle and cross one leg over the other placing your ankle on the opposite knee. While leaning into the buttock of the leg that is crossed perform small rolling motion forwards and back while using your supported leg to control your pressure
Adductors Roll
Lie on your stomach with a leg extended out slightly to the side and with your knee bent. Place your Balance Bottle in your groin area and with the extended leg roll in and out on the inner thigh.
Lats Roll
Lie on your side on the ground and place your Balance Bottle under your back to one side near your armpit and extend your arm away from your body above your head. Slowly roll back and forth and then switch sides and repeat
Upper Back Roll
Lie down with your back on the ground and place your Balance Bottle underneath your upper back. Place your hands in front of you while protracting your shoulder blades. Raise your hips off the ground, and rolling the upper mid back.


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3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Competency-based Compliance with ACBSP Standards
While ACBSP's international standards play a pivotal role in advancing business education to ensure curricular relevance with contemporary issues, the requirement language remains tied to credit hours, semester terms, and traditional course and faculty nomenclature. Therefore, competency-based education (CBE) institutions are required to interpret and adapt their applications and reports to demonstrate compliance with those standards. From its own attainment of accreditation, Western Governors University will share its method for translating the CBE model to comply with ACBSP standards.
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Week of: February 24, 2019
Scripture: Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
(Psalm 37:4, NRSV)
Each time I read this week's lectionary psalm, I cannot help but think of the beautiful mezzo aria "O Rest in the Lord" from Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah. The aria quotes Psalm 37 in the following way: "O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for him, and he shall give thee thy heart's desires. Commit thy way unto him, and trust in him, and fret not thyself because of evil doers."
If you are like me, waiting is very hard to do. I have always been impatient, hardly being able to sit still for more than a few minutes at a time. As a church musician, I am always thinking ahead and planning for what will happen next. It seems that all worship artists live in a perpetual state of "what's to come." During the summer months we are planning for Christmas, and during the Advent season we are planning for Easter. The church year never stops, and as a result, neither do we.
Unfortunately, when we don't stop, we are missing out on opportunities to listen to and be in relationship with God. I once served with a minister who told his staff he didn't care what we accomplished in the course of a day, but that he expected us to find the time to be silent with God.
Are you finding time to share the desires of your heart with God? How might the worship of your church change if you found more time to rest in the Lord?
Patient Lord, help us find the time to patiently wait for you. Grant us refuge and show us how to trust in you. Hear the desires of our hearts and inspire our mouths to utter wisdom. May we take delight in you and do good. Amen.
Justin L. Addington
Director of Music & Worship
St. John's United Methodist Church
Rock Hill, SC
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Indian Army recruitment 2018 for 129th TGC | Apply for 40 TGC Vacancies
- Indian Army Recruitment 2018 – Apply for 40 TGC Vacancies
- Army TGC Important Dates
- Army TGC Vacancy Details
- Eligibility Criteria
- How to Apply for Short Service Commission 2018 Exam
Indian Army Recruitment out for 40 vacancies in 129th Technical Graduate Course (TGC-129) for various posts.
Indian Army Recruitment 2018 – Apply for 40 TGC Vacancies
Dear Aspirants,
Indian Army has officially published the recruitment for 129th Army TGC Recruitment 2018 for 40 TGC Vacancies. Applications for the recruitment will be subject to various eligibility Criteria as mentioned below. If you are eligible, you can apply through the direct link provided in this post till 28th November 2018.
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Army TGC Important Dates
|Start Date of Online Application
|30th October 2018 (12 pm)
|End Date of Online Application
|28th November 2018 (12 pm)
|Course Starts
|July 2019
Army TGC Vacancy Details
|Trade Name
|No. of Posts
|Electrical/Electronics & Electrical
|Computer Science/ Technology/ IT/ M.Sc(Computer Science)
|Electronics & Telecommunication/ Satellite Communication
|Electronics & Instrumentation/ Instrumentation
|Micro Electronics and Microwave
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- Applicants must possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related trade/posts before the commencement of Course on 1st July 2019.
Age Limit (as on 1st July 2019)
- Minimum Age:- 20 years
- Maximum Age:- 27 years
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Direct Link to apply for 129th Army TGC Recruitment
- Visit the Official Website of Indian Army.
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BT-AT drives quality
Leading Saudi Arabia-based systems integrator BT Applied Technologies (BT-AT) is preparing for its second outing at GITEX Technology Week, through which it intends to bring more of its innovative offerings to Dubai delegates.
Leading Saudi Arabia-based systems integrator BT Applied Technologies (BT-AT) is preparing for its second outing at GITEX Technology Week, through which it intends to bring more of its innovative offerings to Dubai delegates.
"This is the second year we've exhibited at GITEX Technology Week - until now we had not done a major presentation. This year we will be bringing even more to the show," says Saed Al Banna, professional consulting manager at BT-AT.
In fact, the company is already preparing for the 2008 edition of the show, when it intends to complete its ramp-up and display BT-AT's entire solution set at GITEX Technology Week.
"Next year we will bring the full range of BT Applied Technology to GITEX Business Solutions," confirms Al Banna.
BT-AT's focus at the show is definitely quality, not quantity, though. It will be focusing on its solutions for enterprises looking to solve business problems, not technical issues. Al Banna says the company aims to align IT and business processes, to deliver better returns.
"We try to bridge the gap between the technology and business - that's why we are presenting a new concept for Oracle implementations, by enhancing business procedures and doing business process reengineering - and then to implement Oracle on the basis of a robust business model," he says.
This focus on business returns - not technical performance - means BT-AT can act as a genuine business partner to its clients, not just an integrator. The firm takes pride in offering a complete service to its customers around the Middle East.
"We believe we are introducing a new level of service to the region - we are one of the leaders in our sector, and we are coming to GITEX to educate users about our concept of integration, and also to communicate with other partners," Al Banna says.
BT-AT also provides advanced solutions for home automation and smart building systems. One key project has been the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project in Mecca, where it has built one of the largest converged networks in the world, with 16 services over a single IP-based infrastructure.


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ekphest: the festival of art + word
Ekphest: the Festival of Art + Word took place October 2014 and April 2015 during National Poetry month. The festival invited Chicago poets to respond to works of art in the collections of eight Chicago museums and institutions and was co-curated by myself and Chicago visual artist and poet Krista Franklin.
Sponsored in part by the Propeller Fund, partnering museums and institutions included: the Adler Planetarium, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, DuSable Museum of African American History, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP), and the Smart Museum of Art.
A diverse group of contributing poets with various approaches to poetry and performance were invited to participate: Joel Craig, Christina Correa, RJ El, Eric Elshtain, Krista Franklin, Duriel E. Harris, RJ El, Keith Wilson, Jamila Woods and avery r. young.


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Wed, 3 April 2019
Midori shares a spectacular personal story at Bawdy - be gentle, it's her first time! When a mysterious older man begins to ask after her in her small suburban town, nerdy straight A exchange student (and Jane Austin reader) Midori sees an opportunity to escape the overeager teenage boys at her high school, a chance to engage in the fine art of courtship - but just who's wooing who? She savors long talks over tea with suave dresser Donald at the only espresso-serving cafe in town - conversations about Poetry, Opera, Jazz, Travel, and Mozart - and soon, she crafts her plan. With the help of her 2 best girlfriends, a pair of hand-sewn fishnet stockings and a trip to Planned Parenthood, the night of her sexual rite of adulthood is finally here…um, why do they call it 'Virginity' anyway? #Graduation
(Back story on the 'fucking your head' comment that Midori makes as she steps up to the microphone: I was wearing a giant Peacock headpiece and a Dark Garden corset for my 12 Year Anniversary shows, and Midori kept cracking egg jokes about the Peacock that I was wearing on my head)
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Have a lovely time with Julie, Nathan..
Daphne is so lovely..I am glad they are looked after so well.. a beautiful image..
Daphne is so lovely..I am glad they are looked after so well.. a beautiful image..
An imposing and striking image of this Mute swan, well exposed and good detail close up. Had you not told us, I would have thought it was a male as the knob at the base of the bill is quite large (the only way to easily tell the sex's apart in Mute Swans), but I gather there is a degree of variation.
Cracking shot Nathan - enjoy today with Julie - hope it stays fine for you.
What a beauty Daphne is,a wonderful close up Nathan, have a good day today with Julie best wishes to you Patricia
good to know the swan is doing well excellent capture Nathan
A really lovely shot Nathan, and story. I'll look out for Her down by the Malta Inn this Summer
So good to hear of the Swans recovery why anyone would want to harm a creature in such away is beyond belief, delightful picture of the bird
A happy ending for this swan! A good piece of news when there is so much hardship going on around the country!
Cracking portrait of a stunning Swan Nathan, what makes people shoot harmless birds like that is beyond me
Beautiful photography, stunning capture
Thank you for the link on photographing red flowers, I am reading as I type.
Thank you for the link on photographing red flowers, I am reading as I type.
a lovely portrait and thank you so much for the poem, that was very kind
A cross bow ! Needs some armoured plating like this one ! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOXqCuqDOiI
SThe detail in the swans neck is superb - few could do any better
Beautiful portrait of Daphne, a real survivor, a very sad story.
A beautiful portrait of this elegant and graceful bird Nathan, glad to hear that she has made a full recovery and is enjoying life again after her horrific ordeal
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Moving from New York City to Princeton, NJ has had more perks than I thought it would. While I always knew New Jersey was designated as "The Garden State", I never actually knew just how many farms this state contains. Prior to moving to NJ, and having grown up a New Yorker, I always referred to it as the "armpit of America" … It was just a thing us New Yorker's said and thought to be funny, but I must say, I take it all back now.
Since moving to Princeton, my family has truly taken advantage of the various farms that surround our town. We take our daughter blueberry, strawberry and apple picking at one farm…..go to another farm for their grass-fed cows milk cheese….and take part in our friend's farm's CSA.
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Our friends happen to own an incredible ORGANIC farm just minutes from our home and we now get weekly boxes of fresh and beautiful NJ produce. I capitalized the words Organic because it's apparently incredibly hard to be a certified organic farm and actually grow bountiful produce and meat.
This week's CSA box was bursting with incredible late June seasonal produce like Arugula, Beets, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Fennel, Butter Lettuce and more. When I saw the Arugula and the Beets I knew I needed to put them together, and nothing compliments a beet better than goat cheese.
This salad is super easy to make – I chose to top it with Cashews but you can omit the nuts altogether or, use chopped Pecans or Walnuts. You can also choose to serve this salad hot (meaning the beets would still be warm from being roasted), or you can serve it cold after the beets have cooled down.
Also, this dressing is my go-to for almost all the weekday salads I make my family and is a total crowd pleaser!
Beet, Goat Cheese & Arugula Salad
Simple Salad topped with Roasted Beets, Goat Cheese and Cashews


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Slightly shorter than 6". Hopefully he will grow a 6.5" tail after this. Sort of to balance a little bit. Otherwise, not so nice leh ;-)
A difficult Shama to photograph due to it's wild nature too.
Now, getting boring, so what next? thought of free flying a lovebird. Maybe I should stick to existing stock and free fly a Hill Myna instead hahaha!
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A night of chaos in Ferguson following the grand jury announcement
FERGUSON, Missouri – Violence broke out in the streets here on Monday evening following news that a St. Louis County grand jury did not indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Demonstrations that began peacefully in the wake of the announcement took a nasty turn as looters plundered local stores and protesters flipped cars and set buildings and police vehicles ablaze.
As buildings remained burning, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and Police Chief Sam Dotson on Tuesday morning addressed the unrest, stating that preparations are in order for another night of violent protests if necessary. "You will see an intervention much more quickly than you did last night," Slay said.
County prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury's decision around 9:30 p.m. ET in a lengthy statement at the Justice Center in Clayton, the county seat. He said that while it was undeniable that Wilson had shot and killed Brown in an altercation on August 9, the grand jury "determined that no probable cause exists" to indict the white officer in the killing. "It doesn't lessen the tragedy that it was a justifiable use of self-defense," McCulloch added.
According to Chief Jon Belmar of the St. Louis Police Department, police were hit with rocks almost immediately after McCulloch made his statement. Despite reports of over 150 shots of gunfire, no officers or citizens lost their lives. No serious injuries were sustained by officers, but police reported on Tuesday morning that tear gas had yet again been used, 61 people were arrested, and 12 buildings were burned beyond saving. The charges ranged from trespassing to burglary to arson.
Brown, 18, was shot and killed by Wilson in broad daylight following an altercation that ended with the officer shooting the unarmed teenager at least six times, autopsies revealed. Police say Wilson, shot the black teen in self-defense after Brown reached for the officer's gun through the window of the police car. Brown's body was left in the hot street for hours before it was removed from the scene.
Forensic evidence, published in The New York Times and attributed to unnamed sources, suggested the first shots were fired from inside Wilson's vehicle. A half-dozen eyewitnesses have said publicly that they saw Brown flee to later turn and put his hands up in surrender as Wilson fired the final fatal shots. But a government official who spoke on condition of anonymity told NBC News' Pete Williams that Wilson said the teen turned and charged back toward him after running from the vehicle, at which point Wilson feared for his life.


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Getting into a band right before their new album comes out can be a great experience. You get to gorge on everything that;s out there in an orgy of musical joy.
And then there's the anticipation of that new album. wanting ti expand upon the experience of this great new aspect of your life. Then the album comes, and you have those wonderful moments of discovery of listening through it a few times to appreciate it as something totally new. On top of all that, you have the history right there to hear that growth.
This has been my experience with the new Dillinger Four album. I only got into the band about a month ago and have devoured their catalog. Then I got my copy. It took me a while, but I'm digging this album more and more. It really is quite awesome and a great extension of what they have done before.
Now I'm looking for things to do tonight. None of my friends are really coming up to where I live for a drink so I'm going to fall back on the skills I learned while I was looking for a job: drive to a bar, have a beer, sober up, leave. Until I establish some social ties up here, that is going to be my life.
I thought i was going to be getting involved in a band, but my contact has basically ignored me for the past three days, which is either a sign of being busy, or she utterly despises me.
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Whether you're testing out new clubs (like I am) or coming out of winter hibernation, it's all about self awareness. You need to learn your own limitations and capabilities.
One approach I've always taken in both respects is to try to temper expectations. It's easy to assume that your new clubs are going to be the miracle pill that solves all your problems. Hint: they won't
If you've been hitting balls indoors all winter long, it's similarly easy to assume that you'll come out of the gates with guns blazing and playing your best golf. Hint: you won't.
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Ng Tian-Chong (TC) is General Manager, Print Systems, Asia Pacific and Japan, where he is responsible for the overall regional growth agenda for the business, including Go-To-Market strategy, sales and marketing to HP's key segments.
Prior to this role, TC was Managing Director for South East Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. In this role, he was accountable for overall business excellence and growth across the printing and personal systems (PPS) portfolio and for building and leading a high performance team.
Over his last 24 years in HP, TC has had extensive experience in sales, finance, service and support, as well as marketing. He has held a number of senior managerial positions spanning consumer, channel, country, and regional portfolios.
Previously, he headed up the regional Channel Sales Organization for PPS and served as the Imaging and Printing Group (IPG)'s Vice President of Consumer, Inkjet and Web Solutions for Asia Pacific and Japan. He led the IPG consumer sales force and managed HP's portfolio of Inkjet printers and ink supplies. He was also responsible for growing the HP Snapfish and Retail Publishing Solutions businesses in the region.
His other roles include leadership of HP's Personal Systems Group business in the high-growth South East Asian, Taiwanese and Korean markets, responsibility for HP's Commercial Volume Sales business in APJ, and leadership of the APJ Solution Partners Organization where he built HP into a best-in-class channel player in the region.
TC holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from Menlo College in California and a Masters in Business Administration from Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.
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Don't you just love edgy, anti-establishment comedians with their sharp wit and brutal satire, bravely holding the powerful to account and criticising the tax avoidance of large corporates – all in between appointments with accountants in which they effortlessly reduce their own tax exposure to a whole per cent?
The comedian Jimmy Carr was recently caught with his Y-fronts round his ankles when it was revealed he uses a (completely legal) offshore tax arrangement to all but extinguish his tax liability. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, didn't pull any bitchslaps and called Carr's behaviour "morally wrong" (and yes, this is the same David Cameron who forgets his own daughter inside a pub). But how exactly does one assess morality in the context of tax?
It is tempting to view "tax morality" – if those two words can ever belong in the same sentence – solely in terms of legality, in which case one is forced to conclude that Carr has not behaved immorally. Indeed, it is perhaps impossible to have any kind of discussion about such a specific, numerical form of morality without reference to the numbers, exemptions and allowances provided by law.
I pay the taxman or the taxwoman what I am legally obliged to pay and nothing more, and I make use of the exemptions and allowances to which I am entitled. Am I any different to Jimmy Carr? After all, we both operate within the law.
Well I say there is a world of difference between my behaviour and Carr's, for two reasons.
Firstly, there is the question of degree: I pay a substantial percentage of my income as tax whereas Carr clearly does not, yet I assume he expects to benefit from schools, hospitals, roads and defence of the realm (however badly those services might occasionally be provided) in exactly the same way I do.
Secondly, the exemptions and allowances I make use of – whether it's the tax-free amount before tax kicks in, or a tax-exempt ISA, or the legitimate running costs of a modest rental property – are clear, transparent and available to all, without requiring reliance on any dark arts of financial foul play. The same cannot be said of offshore tax arrangements which operate behind smoky mirrors, have significant barriers to entry and which also require for their effective functionality gymnastics of logic akin to reading tax statutes upside down under ultraviolet light with a favourable north-westerly wind. This quote, from Lord Justice Sedley on the topic of VAT, could equally apply to opaque offshore arrangements as well as other aspects of our tax system generally:
"Beyond the everyday world…lies the world of VAT, a kind of fiscal theme park in which factual and legal realities are suspended or inverted."
There was a discussion about Carr on the BBC's Daily Politics programme. The journalist Mary Ann Sieghart described his behaviour as "anti-social", and I agree with that. The journalist Peter Hitchens, however, was of the view that others would make use of such schemes if only they had the chance, and speaking for myself I disagree with Hitchens for two reasons:
1. I like to keep my tax affairs above board. I have absolutely no desire to play an unpredictable and never-ending game of cat and mouse with HMRC because I don't want to worry that I might be flying too close to the sun. I like to know I am complying with the law and that my actions will not be challenged by a gormless, faceless, unaccountable, invertebrate technocrat at some point in the future when I have spent what I should have paid as tax years ago. I acknowledge this driving factor is one of self-preservation and legal compliance rather than one of morality.
2. More importantly, I think it would be fundamentally immoral to pay 1% of my income as tax when the vast majority of my fellow citizens – many of whom are far more financially uncomfortable than me – pay significantly more than this, and when we all benefit from the public services that tax revenues provide. This is a moral position. Were someone to demonstrate to me that a universal tax rate of 1% or thereabouts, which is pretty much at the extreme end of the Laffer Curve, were enough to maintain a healthy, functioning non-Mad Max society with good quality public services for all, then I would be happy to change my mind and, of course, I would be delighted to have such a meagre tax bill.
Has Carr been treated fairly? Absolutely not. It was disgraceful how Cameron made an example of him but chose to spare Take That's Gary Barlow – who uses a similar tax dodge to Carr – the prime ministerial wrath. Coincidentally, Barlow is a Tory party donor. The retail tycoon Sir Philip Green, who it is estimated saves himself £250m a year in tax, is another Tory party donor whose morality was not publicly questioned by Cameron. We must therefore assume that Cameron has no truck with immoral behaviour on the strict condition that his party is a monetary beneficiary of it. How moral indeed. And this is before we have even considered the tax behaviour of large corporations such as Vodafone, who tend to talk in billions rather than millions when trimming tax bills they take objection to.
This was disgraceful behaviour from our Prime Minister. A tax system should not and cannot rely solely on an individual's notion of morality; it needs to rely on the law. Laws are enforceable by the state. Morality is not.
Mr. Cameron, if you object to Jimmy Carr's behaviour – as I do – then there is a very simple solution: change the fucking law, you weak turd.