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Tennis Instructor
Created lesson plans for both group and private lessons. Range of ages from age 4 to adults of varying experience. Lessons typically including eight weeks of instruction per session.
- Administered drills and games to make the instruction time fun as well as advancing tennis knowledge, skill, and technique.
- Maintained an organized lesson schedule based on Arlington County court time established by First Serve Tennis.
- Updated roster and schedule with students on a weekly basis. Informed parents what will be worked on as well as the goal of the lessons.
- Ensured students are enjoying the lessons and adapted the lessons based on the needs of the student with the goal that they will continue developing and enjoying tennis for life.
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Professional Tennis Instructor, USPTR, Ashburn Village Sports Pavilion
Teach tennis fundamentals and advanced strokes and tactics to all levels of students and players of all ages from young children to adults. Conduct both group and private drill classes and lessons. Provide new hire training of coaches. Participate in continuous review, research and development of tennis program ideas and components based on client needs and industry best practices.
- Assisted in designing and implementing new and improved tennis program components for key WTS client resulting in revenue increase for client by 25%, WTS contract renewal, and client receiving 2013 Facility of the Year award.
- Coached and developed high performance junior players who achieved top mid-Atlantic and National tennis rankings and college recruitment in less than 18 months.
- Organized and implemented a 500 plus tennis fundraising event for a cancer nonprofit foundation raising $5,000.
- Organized and conducted a local (Northern Virginia) fundraising effort for the Ashanti Region Tennis Association youth tennis program in Ghana, West Africa. Personally collected, shipped, and presented over 200 plus tennis equipment items.
- Received Employee of the Month award for demonstrating service of excellence to clients and exhibiting passion to the success of the Ashburn Village Tennis Program.
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Professional Tennis Instructor
Cultivated and built member relationships to drive revenue for the athletic club.
- Facilitated adult and junior tennis instruction, crafted teaching plans and supervised teaching staff.
- Championed new junior tennis program to include a summer tennis camp.
- Planned and directed physical conditioning programs to enable adult and junior students to achieve maximum performance.
- Served as key liaison between the tennis and sales departments.
- Developed promotional strategies, and managed charitable and special events.
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Tennis Instructor and Pro Shop Manager
Developed and successfully implemented new teaching techniques to keep younger children involved in tennis
- Organized and operated a fully functional tennis shop that included equipment as well as racquet repairs
- Instructed tennis lessons to tennis enthusiasts of all ages and ran a children's tennis clinic
- Participated in a high speed training program which transitioned into a fast paced work environment
- Networked with members and other employees on a daily basis to help maximize the customer satisfaction
- Encouraged positive working culture through organizing events for employees at various management levels
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Tennis Instructor
- Conducted free tennis lessons for underprivileged youth across various parks in the New York City area
- Coordinated sites and managed instructors to satisfy the requirements of each individual park, considered equipment needs, incremental weather, and projected number of participants in a given location
- Organized large groups of students to ensure safety and efficiency
- Improvised daily lessons to satisfy the needs and skill level of the participants present
- Scouted for talent among attendees and was appointed to train for city wide tournament
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Tennis Instructor
Instructed private and group lessons for a collective 5 hours weekly to teach beginners technical skills for tennis
- Attended social events and built relationships with players and parents to increase membership and participation
- Maintained outdoor and indoor courts and stringed rackets for club members and players
- Provided private lessons to individuals and small groups for intermediate/advanced level players
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Tennis Instructor
Worked with over 60 individual players on development of tennis related skills
- Coordinated the distribution of tennis related items to fellow employees
- Organized and reviewed logistics of camp events
- Collaborated with coworkers to create a positive workplace environment that allows students to learn about the sport of tennis as well as essential life lessons
- Trained over 10 players ranked in the top 10 of the USTA Southwest Rankings
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Tennis Instructor
- Instructed children ages 4-17 in basic and advanced tennis skills, strategies, and rules.
- Developed daily lesson plans and special instructional games and planned daily schedules.
- Provided one-on-one lessons upon request and assisted with supervising matches/tournaments.
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Assistant Buyer, Tennis Instructor
Managed a high volume of court reservations, coordinating with guest via email and phone
- Available as first point of contact for guests for information on club programs and membership rates
- Assisted with overflow for tennis clinics and conducted private lessons on a part-time basis
- Met with vendors, received items into the store, and generally assisted our Merchandizing Manager with the buying process for men's and women's clothing
- Promoted sales in the pro shop and proactively kept members afloat with opportunities for match play
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Certified PTR Tennis Instructor
Instructed students of all ages and abilities in the fundamentals of tennis in a small group setting through a series of eight lessons in all areas of tennis stroke progression.
- Encouraged and promoted tennis through the Parks & Recreation program by making lessons fun and motivating students to continue improving their skills.
- Organized and ran tournaments at the end of each tennis session.
- Instructed players in a small group setting or individually for private lessons.
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Despite its often tech-ie mathmatical outer coating, the center of the online comic xkcd has always felt quite warm and squishie. It is consistently funny, clever and thought provoking - right down to the alt text when you hover over the image. That is why its extra saddening to see the latest post regarding a family illness which the writer, Robert Monroe, openly admits to his readers as possibly hindering the posting of further comics over the next few weeks.
The frankness of this post on what is ordinarily a light hearted if not humorous comic strip is shocking, but it also seems to reflect a personal investment Monroe has in the strip, his fans and the wider web community. It is at once refreshingly real, whilst saddeningly heartfelt.
I wish Monroe and his family all the best dealing with whatever it is that is ailing them. I hope that the same vim and vigor we see throughout xkcd helpss them through this difficult time.

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Have you heard of a facelift?
Probably, you have. A thread lift is like a cousin to the good old facelift. Plastic surgeons have created this new procedure because women demand a less painful way to look younger. We all know that the struggle for a beautiful young look is real. According to American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 131,106 people have some type of facelift, including a thread lift in 2016. The number is 4% bigger than the number in 2015. 43,216 people were aged 40 – 54 years old and 85,500 were over 55 years. As you may notice, these numbers are huge, and they are valid only for the USA. Imagine how many people want to improve their faces in the whole world. In Singapore for example, there are a lot of good specialists and people visit Singapore to undergo a specific surgery, only.
Thread lift in Singapore is a new modern procedure which is going to evolve and to become more and more famous.
Ceciliachng.com says that the procedure is almost painless and stitches are dissolvable, which is an amazing benefit. Imagine that you may look 5 years younger without hiding at home for 3 weeks. The greatest advantage of this procedure is that it is useful for our skin. Having threads under our skin allows them to bring healthy substances where they were needed. Adult skin lacks a lot of things, like collagen and water. Threads are made by dissolvable ingredients, but they release substances that stimulate the skin to produce its own collagen. Imagine something like a train with nutrition and food delivery for your most precious jewelry. Jewelry is the right name for our skin because we have to save it and take care of her as long as possible. Very often young people neglect cleaning their own skin and not so long after they experience the need of improving her look. It is amazing, how we start to value simple things when we lose them.
Thread lift procedure is exactly for women who want to save their fresh look as long as it is possible, explains Ceciliachng.com. Threads are gracefully tightened under the upper layer and your face look like you just have a facelift. There is one detail that can cause some troubles. Thread lift should be undergone by an experienced specialist. There is a possibility, threads to give the wrong shape if they are not positioned properly. Of course, this requirement is not valid for thread lift, only. It is valid for every plastic surgery or medical care you need. Don't trust online reviews and internet forums, if you want to check whether one hospital is cool or not, you should book an appointment. Very often people try to find the most expensive service and when they get into a clinic, they don't feel comfortable. This is extremely important because if you don't like the team who will perform the procedure, you won't be calm enough.
Of course, choosing the cheaper offer is not the best decision, too. There a lot of unprofessional surgeons who can damage your skin so you should be really careful. The best recommendation if you don't have enough money for the procedure is to wait until you have them or get a loan. But having a thread lift in a bad clinic is never an option. However, if you want best results, you can ask some friends because they will never lie to you and will recommend the best clinic. There is a research, that people follow recommendations of their closest people more than they follow recommendations of specialists. The decision to have a thread lift is not as big as having a facelift so you should not be afraid. Thread lift will give you back your precious look.


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"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
John Muir
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
It's not the mountain we conquer-but ourselves.
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There should be no illusion as to the tactical strategies of conflict....
Santa Rosa, Ca. (PRWEB) October 24, 2011
In his latest article, Pro-Testation's of a Different Order, Curtis Greco take aim at what he observes to be the genesis of the Wall Street Protests, "There should be no illusion as to the tactical strategies of conflict and social disorder has long been a very effective tool for disabling constitutional virtues; the cause of crisis is a fear-based organism which easily disables public conscience and most folks are largely unaware of these divisive processes and the manner by which they are used and how frequently they are employed. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Obama might very well win re-election purely by GOP default. Our Nation's problems are solvable however it seems for many that the political process is defiantly in opposition to national success."
One of Greco's researchers at the Foundation, Carmine Mete, commented that, "There are the occasional gestures from the GOP crop of Candidates but even they are giving the 'Movement' a wide birth." He went on to say, "I was listening to an interview the other day that Mr. Greco was taping for a host in Virginia and as to the inherent policy-weakness of your run-of-the-mill politician, he rarely calls it wrong so when Mitt Romney's initial comment were relatively straight forward and fairly acute when he assessed the rallies as being 'dangerous' and emblematic of 'class warfare' and then only a few days later opting for the benign and ambiguous when he said that he could understand 'how these people feel,' well we weren't surprised." On the other hand and to his credit Newt Gingrich attempted a reasonably coherent assessment of the politically malleability with a flavor uniquely his own suggesting that the protesters were a "natural outcome of a bad education system teaching them really dumb ideas."
During a recent visit with Kevin Miller, Greco added that "Many should observe a fair amount of irony particularly the many protesters lashed to their smart-phones and iPads (made in China) all the while claiming economic depravity as the root cause of their protesting Wall Street; the hypocrisy is just below comedic! If the Protestors are truly victimized by pervasive inequality then why not stalk Capitol Hill, the White House or their own Senators or Congresspersons? Not likely of course as that would requires a courageous act of conviction and it's much easier to take the non-invasive and less risky approach for purposes of branding urban conflict; for visual shock-value alone this approach is far more effective as tacticians of strategic-chaos prefer soft-targets." In the same interview with Host, Kevin Miller of KIDO, Boise, Id. Curtis compressed the issue in this way; "Yes by all means it's a statement of supreme conviction to defecate in the street, burn a flag, flip-off a Cop or trample on the sovereign individual and/or private property rights of another; not unlike the evolved state of our once representative form of government, it's a fabulous metaphor for our time: Make it mean whatever you want just be sure that the price for doing so becomes a burden to someone else!"
The Imperfect Messenger Foundation position remains aligned with the Identify of the American Ideal, "Through it all, the American Public must find its way back to certain fundamental truths. As Andrew Jackson said, 'Americans are not a perfect people but we are called to a perfect mission.' We need to be reminded of this intimate sense of purpose which also ties One to an Ideal which is far greater than the individual person and also transcending the ephemeral." This past week Curtis appeared OnAir with Host, Tim Aalder's of KTAK, S. Jordan, UT and his appearance marked the release of the Buy Back America – Main Street Story which can be viewed on YouTube. "Tim, I congratulate you on the premier of you Main Street Story! It is the pure and perfect essence of what defines the substantive difference between those who are willing to Stand4 a better tomorrow both in what they say and in more importantly in what they do. Your efforts stand in stark contrast to those who protest purely for the express purpose of creating chaos and the political divisiveness it fuels. Rest assured that I and The Imperfect Messenger Foundations stand with you in pursuing the American Ideal and the cause of its perfecting for those who no longer have a voice in the practices of our once sacred and noble form of representative governance. Your voice speaks in action and that is precisely what is required; a fundamental and faithful non-political solution to a problem of political-making!"
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I found out something really cool this afternoon! During a quick visit to the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park, I learned that they'll be hosting a Japanese pop culture party during San Diego Comic-Con!
Click the flyer's photo to read it. A supernatural world of anime and manga will take over the garden and its beautiful Inamori Pavilion on Friday, July 21st, from 7:30pm to 11:30pm. There will be cosplay, a costume contest, food, activity booths and lots of yokai running about. Yokai is Japanese for supernatural monsters, demons, phantoms, etc.
Anyone visiting San Diego for Comic-Con should spend some time in Balboa Park anyway. It is truly our city's crown jewel. And as a member of the Japanese Friendship Garden myself, I assure you the beautiful garden is well worth a visit!
You can learn more about the Japanese pop culture party and find a link to purchase tickets online here. If you purchase tickets before July 10th, you will receive an Early Bird bundle pack with tickets redeemable for food at the event!
I live in downtown San Diego and love to walk around with my camera! You can follow Cool San Diego Sights via Facebook or Twitter!
I plan to cover Comic-Con like crazy this year! I live a short walk up the street from the Gaslamp Quarter and the San Diego Convention Center!


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Listed below are the finalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, selected from roughly 1,200 submissions. We're excited to be exploring these excellent stories and to have received a slate of compelling works.
This year's jury is comprised of editors from The Paris Review, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Granta Magazine, as well as an O. Henry Award-winning novelist and short story writer.
Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement of grand prize winner here and on our Twitter and Facebook pages within the next few weeks!
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Here are the top 25 finalists:
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|By the Light of the Fireflies
|Marjorie Florestal
|Conference of the Birds
|Huda Razzak
|Freeway of Love
|Alida Thacher
|Marion's Marseilles
|Jack Mayer
|My Double Dutch Girl
|Gila K. Berryman
|On the Properties of Things
|Mary Barnes Jenkins
|One Star
|Tim O'Leary
|Kevin Kneupper
|Pink Like Candy Floss
|Janet Ritchie
|Quality of Life
|Christine Sneed
|Restricted Fantasies
|Kevin Kneupper
|Sick Robot
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Café Le Musee
The Café Le Musee, is a friendly family run bar/café in the centre of Parcay Les Pins. Open every day (apart from Tuesdays) for coffee and tobacco products as well as a well-stocked bar. You will also find a very good "plat du jour" available both lunchtimes and evenings (not Tuesday or Sunday). English and French is spoken here, and the proprietors have worked hard to create a convivial atmosphere for both locals and visitors. See their FaceBook page for more details.


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Everyone has a 'comfort food', an item of food that one associates with childhood, home, mother…….and for me for ever so long it used to be 'curd rice'! How I grew out of that is another story, but for these last many years my 'comfort food' has been a drink, the filter coffee. Children were not allowed to drink coffee, but amongst my earliest memories is one of my grandfather, sneaking me a sip from his 'tumbler'! Of course, no chinaware entered our Brahmin house then. It was a time, long before plastic had entered our lives in any manner or form.
Coffee was a ritual and was made only in the morning and at tiffin time, which was the late afternoon. The first thing that was done in the morning was to light the wood fire and put water to boil. My mother would have already had her bath before this and cleaned the fire and put kolam on the walls of the stove. Once boiling, the water was added slowly to the 'peetal' filter. These were in various sizes, and on any given day, the one used depended on how many people were in the house and were eligible for this morning ritual.
The morning coffee was extra special, as the milk was fresh. Since we did not have our own cattle, the milkman walked his cow to our door, and my grandmother would stand guard with a hawk's eye, to ensure that the milkman did not tilt water into the vessel from a source tucked into his mundu! My maternal grandmother did keep cows, and I remember her standing and supervising the morning milking, in this case to ensure that the 'servants' did not steal some of the milk. The milk was boiled, added to the 'decoction' along with sugar, usually a generous amount for my grandfather as he had a sweet tooth. (Technically, since the water percolates through the powder packed in the upper perforated vessel into the lower vessel, the coffee is a filtrate, but is always referred to as the decoction.) The mixture was tossed between the davara (the lower dish) and and tumbler, and the frothing coffee was carried almost with reverence in the folds of the saree pallu, (since it was too hot for the hand) to the recipient.
I do not recall many of these details from those early days, but they were discussed in later times when the adults were reminiscing about the bygone days, and the decline in the quality of coffee! The men were the first recipients, and I can imagine my mother bending and leaving it a couple of feet from my grandfather, since the daughter in law had to keep her distance.
Once the first round was over, any decoction remaining, was put into a separate container for those who may demand seconds. My father was one of those, and I can hear his "Kamlam, arai cup coffee" (Kamlam, half cup coffee), which was his routine to the end. Those were frugal times – more water was boiled and added to the same filter, and the second harvest of weaker coffee was what the older children and the domestic helpers got.
Many of these rituals continued for many years in our house. I do not remember the roasting and grinding of the coffee seeds in those early days. But I can smell the distinct aroma of the roasting coffee seeds, in our Delhi house in the late 50s and early 60s. It was a ritual unique to our house as we did not have other Tambrahms in the neighborhood. The roasted seeds were stored in air tight tins, and ground with a hand-grinder in small batches so that the freshness was retained.
The switch to pre-ground coffee powder happened in 1965 when my parents moved to London. When they returned in the late 60s, a lot of things had changed. My mother no longer had help in the kitchen, the Government apartment they were allotted did not encourage the strong smell of roasted coffee I am assuming! Although by this time I had reached the age of eligibility for coffee, I was in the hostel and had a cup on my occasional visits home.
The years in the hostel had hooked me to chai, the only available option. Coffee (if it can be called that) was a late night activity, for study breaks, in which boiling water was added to a vigorously beaten mixture of Nescafe and condensed milk. The real 'coffee' was enjoyed on the occasional visits to India Coffee House in CP. Later a branch was opened on the college campus and made the wonderful brew more accessible. After marriage, for many years we continued to go to India Coffee House for the coffee fix. Then I spent 2 years in US, and drank large amounts of the perk coffee, Maxwell House being the brand that was popular in the lab where I worked. The lab tech would get into work at 7 am and the first thing he did was put on the machine. As I walked into the lab at 8, this aroma would be floating down the corridor. And is perked the whole day, and we all drank volumes of it, although I needed milk and sugar, unlike many of my American colleagues. But if anything, it turned me off coffee…..
For many years after I came back, coffee was an occasional indulgence in a restaurant maybe, and chai became the staple drink at home. My parents shifted to Bangalore in 1981 and my mother went back to roasting and grinding her coffee beans. This went one step further, when a friend gave her a coffee plant which in 3-4 years started to yield enough seeds to suffice for the 2 of them for many months. We were in Mumbai in the 80s and made many trips to Bangalore, and it was then that I really learnt to appreciate good filter coffee and heard again of all the rituals that go with it.
After shifting to Lucknow in 1987, my parents started to visit every year, spending 6-8 weeks initially and after my father passed away my mother spent 2-3 months. In the early days she always came with a good stock of home ground coffee powder, as my father did not drink tea. She continued to do this, although Subhash and I had the luxury of enjoying the morning coffee only on Sundays.
My mother moved to Chennai in 1994, found her local source for freshly ground coffee powder with the exact amount of chicory added and continued to enjoy the brew. I kept my supply lines going through her visits, and the occasional trips Subhash and I made to Chennai. And it continued even after I moved to Gurgaon, and after my mother moved to Gurgaon, my brother kept the supply line going. And over the last few years I have become more and more of a coffee connoisseur. Over my many European visits, I learnt to appreciate the strong flavor of Nespresso brewed coffee. I gave up milk in general in mid-16, and particularly with coffee. I got a French press. Black coffee allowed me to enjoy the flavor of the bean itself. I started to explore all the fancy new coffee sources, the single estate coffees etc. I brought back a Nespresso machine on one of my trips, and the capsules are standing order for anyone visiting me from Europe.
After the Chennai source for the filter powder dried out for a variety of reasons, I started to source the it from other places. But, the coffee was never up to the mark, and after my mother passed away a year ago, I found that I was making it less and less. Then about 6 months ago, by chance I struck gold, and found this easy central Delhi source. And now I am back to enjoying my filter coffee – not every day, but a couple of times a week, realizing that it is 'comfort' food for me, with memories of childhood and my parents. Now I think I need to rescue my dawara-tumbler too!


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Google had me : switching from iOS to Android
I've wrote several posts on this blog since 2 years while trying to switch from iOS to Android.
The first time I tried, I was on a 2.x version of Android and a lot of missing features didn't helped me to switch. My cell phone was a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I really can't stand on Samsung Touchwizz layer. That why I decided to install a Mod called Cyanogen (you've certainly already have heard of this). This was the first revelation, but not enough to find all apps I needed and habit I had. In addition Market place (ex-Play store) didn't contained enough good applications in my opinion.
Since I work at Linagora, I use my Galaxy S2 to get my professional emails with a 4.2.2 Cyanogen. That version was really better than the previous I used and now I'm really enjoying to be on Android.
So I decided to buy a new phone, but which one ? I was waiting a super announce on the Google IO. Unfortunately the Samsung Galaxy S4 didn't convince me. And I've got a rule that I try to follow as I know it works : having the same hardware than the OS is the best way to get a stable system as most of the OS tests/benchmark runs on that hardware.
I decided to take the Nexus 4. The cost is reasonable and the technology inside is powerfull. The thing is, I wanted to have the fastest Android version and this was the better plan. Anyway I switched to Cyanogen once again because of missing features on the Google version. Now I'm completely happy with the Nexus 4 and Cyanogen :-)


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|Krakow Botanical Gardens, July 2016
Sometimes I know why - The LTRP is making me a bit tense, and I've had a few difficult patients at work and that always makes me mull over what I could have done differently or how I might approach the situation when I see them next. To try and improve matters I've stopped using phone or tablet screens close to bedtime, I've been going to bed at reasonable times, I've opened the window, but nothing seems to be working. So I'm tired - one morning I thought I might as well go to work early, but when I got there I had to have a nap in the car before going in.
Then last Tuesday on my day off I had toothache and didn't really want to do anything at all except sit on the sofa or go back to bed. The weekend before that was super busy - Lola II and Mr M visited and came to our concert, which is very brave and noble of them. I was much more nervous than usual because of all the exposed baritone saxophone solos, and the other regular bari player wasn't able to play at the concert, but our glorious leader found a stand-in so I wasn't entirely on my own. It went very well in the end.
So today mum commented that there hadn't been anything new on the blog for ages and I realised how long it is since anything of note actually happened, and how much else is occupying me. Before the concert I was doing quite a lot of saxophone practice and a bit of clarinet practice. That DVD series I mentioned before (The Newsroom) really is very good and as well as watching episodes in free evenings I watched two episodes back to back when I was feeling poorly on Tuesday.
The LTRP has now reached a stage where it really isn't fun at all any longer. The decisions to be made are no more difficult than before, but as much as I try to understand and stay on top of everything, the issues pile up and I feel out of control most of the time.
The meeting with the kitchen company highlighted the fact that I still don't quite know which appliances to choose and the tap catalogue they gave me has a terrifying 150 pages of options. Before ordering the kitchen items he wants to measure the space (which isn't built yet) and delivery may not be for three weeks after that. And my preferred acrylic worktop needs to be installed by a specialist who may need three months notice but the work is due to start in just a month, and the builder's on holiday now for two weeks.
The architect has emailed to tell me that my plans have been passed by building control except for a requirement for a smoke detector which I thought I'd already agreed to, and I still haven't gone for alternative quotes for the paving and veranda and stairs. None of this is critical but it is making me rather uncomfortable. No wonder my sleep is a bit disturbed.
On the positive side, I have sold some of my surplus kitchen appliances and I hope to sell a bit more in the next month, and I have emptied about half of the contents of the kitchen which is a very good start. A colleague has offered an electric steamer for when I am without a working kitchen, and I'll have the microwave - the main problems will be laundry and washing up, although I'll probably use mostly plastic cutlery and paper plates. Or eat out, or have ready meals, or sandwiches. Or have big lunches at work and no evening meal. Whatever. It will be worth it. I will choose oven options, and taps. It will be fine.


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Scope and Variable Binding in Python
1. Python only has two notions of scope -- global and local. This means that if a variable is declared in a function, it is bound to the function. Otherwise it is bound to the global state.
You can inspect everything that is bound globally by calling globals(), and everything that is bound locally by calling locals()
2. In the following post I will investigate variable binding and scope in python via an interactive python session. That is, by example. If you want to follow along, check out the documentation for dir() and dis.
local modifications stay local
# define a global variable a
In [1]: a = 5
# modify a locally
In [2]: def foo():
...: a = 3
In [3]: foo()
# did global a change?
In [4]: a
Out[4]: 5
# nope.
Global variables can be accessed but not modified
In [10]: a = 5
In [11]: def foo():
....: print a
In [12]: foo()
In order to modify a function in global scope, you must declare it to be global first. The relevant difference is explained by the following byte code snippets. In the case where a is a local variable, STORE_FAST is called, whereas in the case where a is a declared global, STORE_GLOBAL is called.
In [21]: def foo():
....: a = 3
In [22]: dis.dis(foo.func_code)
3 STORE_FAST 0 (a)
6 LOAD_CONST 0 (None)
In [24]: def foo():
....: global a
....: a = 3
# modification is successful
In [25]: foo()
In [26]: print a
In [27]: dis.dis(foo.func_code)
3 STORE_GLOBAL 0 (a)
6 LOAD_CONST 0 (None)
Expressions are always in global scope.
As a review, expressions are constructs like if/while/for/try/except. The point below is made with if statements, but would apply equally to any of the others.
# b is first defined inside a trivially true if statement
In [6]: if True:
...: b = 21
# b is still defined globally
In [7]: b
Out[7]: 21
# it does matter that the if statement is evaluated
In [10]: if False:
....: b = 1337
In [11]: b
Out[11]: 21
This contrasts with other languages like C, where variables have block scope.
int main()
int a = 6;
printf("%d\n", a);
printf("%d\n", a);
return 0;
for example, generates a compile time error: 'a' undeclared at the second printf statement.
Nested Function Scope
# let's see what happens here
In [18]: def foo():
....: a = 5
....: def goo():
....: print a
....: goo()
In [19]: foo()
Out[19]: 5
Inner functions have access to the outer functions' local variables. This is the basis of functional closures. Similar behavior occurs for lambdas.
In [23]: def foo():
....: a = 5
....: b = (lambda : a)()
....: print b
The fact that functions and lambdas have access to external scope is useful for closures, but also opens up this common bug*:
# define a sequence of functions
In [40]: fs = [(lambda n: i + n) for i in xrange(10)]
# e.g.
In [41]: fs
[<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>,
<function __main__.<lambda>>]
# now apply one of the functions in the sequence
In [43]: fs[0](3)
Out[43]: 12 # wait...wtf?
Let's see exactly what's happening here, just for fun:
In [49]: [dis.dis(i.func_code) for i in fs]
1 0 LOAD_GLOBAL 0 (i)
3 LOAD_FAST 0 (n)
1 0 LOAD_GLOBAL 0 (i)
3 LOAD_FAST 0 (n)
The lambda loads i from globals, because i cannot be found within its local scope. But during the construction of the function sequence, i changes. By the time any of the functions are called, i has been incremented to 9, and so fs[0][3] doesn't add 0 to 3 but rather 9 to 3. This is reflected in the byte code by the LOAD_GLOBAL instruction.
To avoid problems like this one, remember that python will always look for unknown function variables in global (or higher level function) scope.
Class vs Instance vs method scope
Scope behaves in the same way for functions as for classes and objects. In fact, functions are objects. If you have some experience with python, you probably already know how to define class variables and instance variables. Class variables are declared under the class declaration, and outside of any functions. Instance variables are defined attached to self, as follows:
class Foo(object):
# class variable
a_class_var = 'yo yo'
def __init__(self):
# instance variable
self.an_instance_var = 'whattttt'
Brief Exercise for the reader: input the above into ipython, and type dir(Foo) as well as dir(Foo())
But here's a question, consider the following class
class Foo(object):
# class variable
x = 'yo yo'
bar = Foo()
What is bar.x?
What is Foo.x?
Solution: Both are 'yo yo'
Ok, now what about
class Foo(object):
x = 'yo yo'
def __init__(self):
# print self.x
self.x = 'whattttt'
# print self.x
bar = Foo()
Now, what is bar.x?
What is Foo.x?
In this case, bar.x= 'whattttt' and Foo.x = 'yo yo'. If you uncomment the print statements though, you'll notice that initially self.x = 'yo yo'. Huh?
Conceptually, we can think of Foo as a template for all of it's instances. The class variable x, declared as 'yo yo' gets copied to the instance bar on creation. self.x in the initializer is not refering to the class's x, but rather to the instance's x. We never tamper with the class's x at all. If you do want to change Foo's x, you would set self.__class__.blah.
One important thing to note is that creating foo from Foo seems to only do a shallow copy of
Foo's internals. So
class Foo2(object):
hi = []
def __init__(self):
bar2 = Foo2()
print bar2.hi
bar3 = Foo2()
print bar3.hi
print Foo2.hi
will print
[1, 1]
[1, 1]
The class Foo2's copy of hi was in fact modified by its instances because on instance creation, a reference to hi was copied, but not hi itself. You may have seen this error disguised as:
In [1]: def foo(blah = []):
...: blah.append(1)
...: return blah
In [2]: foo()
Out[2]: [1]
In [3]: foo()
Out[3]: [1, 1]
In [4]: foo()
Out[4]: [1, 1, 1]
For more detailed explanations of the examples in this post, check out the Python Language Reference. Or just play around with ipython.
*http://math.andrej.com/2009/04/09/pythons-lambda-is-broken/ inspired by this post. Even though the title of that article seems strongly worded. It appears that Guido agrees: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196


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Women Are Convinced This Seattle Man Is The Real Christian Grey
Seattle playboy Brayden Olson, 27, would like you to know he's a real-life Christian Grey.
In a series of media appearances that arrived just after the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film's release, Olson openly shared his similarities to the series' dominant young antihero.
Although he doesn't own a helicopter quite yet, Olson did receive a "best man" award for his contributions to the Seattle community.
While he's not open to discussing what goes on in his bedroom, Olson said an ex-girlfriend compared him to Grey.
And for what it's worth, Olson's using his newfound media attention to promote #VOWtoEndit, Miss America Kira Kazantsev's effort to end domestic violence.
Although author E.L. James has denied claims that Grey's relationship with Anastasia Steele is abusive, the new movie makes the debate a hot topic once again.
Olson told Seattle Refined,
There can be some non-traditional ways for people to show their affection, but a real man would never hurt a woman. Domestic violence is a real problem that goes on in every community. So, I hope anyone who uses #RealChristianGrey will also #VOWtoEndIt.


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Nurturing your love to build a strong relationship
I attended a beautiful wedding July 4th weekend. The couple, in their early 30s, wondered in their late 20s—would they ever find love? Leslie, the bride, had attended tens of weddings of her large friendship circle. Now, it was her turn to walk down the aisle.
As in many modern weddings, the couple shared with their community their deep sense of love and respect for each other by writing their own vows and sharing their love story. It was touching. Most of us older folks had tears in our eyes.
Of course, I thought about my own wedding, some 42 years earlier. Married in my in-laws living room, with only family and a few close friends, I felt the same way that Leslie and Lee felt this weekend. Four decades later, with half a lifetime under our belts, we still have the chemistry we had as young adults.
Yes, it is different because nothing stays the same. Our love and commitment have grown steadier and stronger, as we have navigated through easy and hard times. We raised our family, forged careers, and helped our parents live through illness and through their passing. Now we are the older generation.
Today, while visiting our youngest daughter, I beheld three generations of my beloveds—my wife, my daughter, and my granddaughter, nestled together on the bed, reading a naptime story. I again had tears in my eyes—I have been so blessed with great love.
So, how can we nurture this love, which will sustain us through the dark nights and difficult days of our life?
Remember what's important. At the end of the day, it's what we've put into our relationships that supports us. Jobs, careers, and friends will come and go. But we want to make sure that we are prioritizing time and energy for the people we love. It's through acts of loving kindness that our relationships deepen—simply verbalizing our love is not enough. Love must be transformed into action.
It's all about showing up. Show up as a husband, wife, friend, mom, dad, daughter, and son. It's rarely convenient and sometimes uncomfortable. Don't get distracted. There's nothing more important.
Take care of yourself. Taking care of yourself is important. While it seems at odds with nurturing others, it's important to keep your own tank filled with energy, health, and peace. When you have wellbeing, you have more to give to others. If you are depleted, it's more difficult to show up for others. Don't neglect yourself.
Acceptance. Learn to accept your loved ones for who they are, with all of their faults and idiosyncrasies. None of us are perfect. We can't sculpt our loved ones into the people we want them to be. If they want to make change, it has to come from them. That doesn't mean that we have to like everything about them.
Don't take your partner for granted. It's so easy, over time, to simply take everything your partner does for you as a given. We think our partners know how much we appreciate them. We forget to let them know that they're special. In addition to performing acts of lovingkindness, make sure to let the other person know who much you appreciate everything that they do for you. Be affectionate—hold hands, put your arm your partner, connect when you come home and leave the house, and make date night a regular event.
The goal is to make your love soar like a mighty cedar tree—reaching toward the sky but deeply rooted in the earth. It can stand tall and strong for a life time.
Dr. Paul Schoenfeld
Clinical Psychologist,
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The Headquarters, Philippine Air Force held a formal Joint Change of Office Ceremonies for the Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (AC of AS) for Personnel, A-1 and Office of the AC of AS for Education and Training, A-8 on Monday morning 05 September 2016, at the New Hall of Flags in Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, Pasay City.
Outgoing A-1, Colonel Llewilyn S Banaag PAF (GSC), was replaced by his deputy, Colonel Jeffrey M Villela PAF (GSC), while former A-8, Colonel Augustine S Malinit PAF (GSC), relinquished his post also to his deputy and PMA classmate, Colonel Ramon J Guiang PAF (GSC). Both incoming chiefs have served as deputies in their respective offices for several months that provided them with good training experience in preparation for their new post.
For their meritorious and invaluable services as outgoing chiefs of OA-1 and OA-8, Colonel Banaag and Colonel Malinit were conferred with a Military Merit Medal (interim) by MGen Rozzano D Briguez AFP, the Chief of Air Staff, who served as the presiding officer.
As he relinquished his post, Colonel Banaag thanked his superiors specifically the Commanding General of the PAF, Lt Gen Edgar R Fallorina AFP; the Vice Commander, MGen Conrado V Parra Jr; and MGen Briguez for the trust they have bestowed on his leadership and helping him overcome the challenges that came along his way as A-1. He extended his heartfelt gratitude to the members of the Executive Committee (EXECOM) and heads of offices for their camaraderie and support. As he assumes his new designation as Chief Division Staff of the 2nd Air Division in Mactan, he felt excited yet anxious of the daunting tasks ahead.
"When you are enjoying your job and feel like you are in your comfort zone, then it is time for you to go and move on to your next post," he added.
A member of the PMA Sambisig Class of 1991, Colonel Banaag previously served the following positions: Deputy of OA-1, Commandant of the Air Force Officer School, Group Commander of the Tactical Operations Group 11, and Director for Operations of the 520th Air Base Wing.
Having served as A-8 for 23 months, Colonel Malinit on the other hand accentuated the importance of the professional career development of PAF personnel by putting the right man at the right job and minimize, if not, completely eliminate the mal-assignment of personnel. He mentioned a line or two of some significant accomplishments of OA-8 since he was its chief.
Colonel Malinit previously held various positions in the PAF such as the Acting and Deputy of OA-3, Executive Officer of OA-8, Group Commander of Tactical Operations Group 2, and Director for Logistics of the Air Defense Wing. He also belongs to the PMA Class of 1991. MGen Briguez heaped praises on both Colonel Banaag and Colonel Malinit for conquering the physical, emotional, and mental stress brought about by the workload of a primary staff officer at HPAF. He also wished both Colonels Vilela and Guing "Good luck" twice. According to MGen Briguez, working at the HPAF takes hard work, patience and perseverance.
"If we need not sleep, we will not sleep to provide you a fundamentally joint, broadly engaged, and rapidly transforming force for greater peace and security…Just keep on working without thinking of anything in return...You should always be in your toes because you'll never know what's going to come and what's going to hit you," said he.
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Cultivating companies: 14 start-ups sprout from CMU research
Google. Microsoft. The mere mention of these names conjures up images of ticker tape, office space, and 40-something executives with salaries rivaling the gross domestic product of Spain.
But aside from being the economic and technological powerhouses that they are today, these companies share one distinct and fundamental trait: They both began as start-ups.
In the 2006 fiscal year alone, Carnegie Mellon University gave rise to no less than 14 start-up companies born from university technology, according to an August 21 press release.
The focus of these companies runs the gamut from hard sciences to entertainment technology and highlights the research taking place right under the nose of Carnegie Mellon's campus.
The science behind start-ups
By definition, start-up companies are recently formed, comparatively high-risk enterprises that start off with low investing capital.
Despite their low capital, many of these young companies still project very high returns on their investments.
It is this factor that draws venture capitalists and angel investors into the start-up realm. Many offer to finance these fledgling businesses in return for an equity stake and large returns on their initial investments.
Generating a million-dollar idea involves investigating a million-dollar question. Universities are a breeding ground for thinkers and innovators with access to new and relevant technologies. It is typical that start-ups use many college campuses across the world as springboards into their relevant industries.
Current start-ups
GreenOx is one Carnegie Mellon start-up company, a green chemistry company that is developing a market for a group of oxidation catalysts called TAML catalysts.
The catalysts perform a host of oxidation reactions. These reactions are responsible for destroying a lot of big pollutants. Some of the other start-up companies originally started on CMU property.
Situated alongside the Monongahela River lies Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). Developers at the ETC have long since ditched their lab coats and pipettes for animatronics and joysticks. As a result, the ETC was the point of creation for many entertainment-technology-based start-ups.
The ETC has been hailed as an innovations giant in its own right, creating lifelike video games that tackle national and international problems. The center has already given rise to six start-up companies, the latest being Sim Ops, a company specializing in training-simulation games.
Sim Ops is involved in the development of HazMat Hot Zone, a training simulator for firefighters that has been incorporated into the New York City Fire Department's training program.
The research at Carnegie Mellon is so prolific that an enterprise has emerged solely to fund, market, and protect university technologies.
The Carnegie Mellon Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC) works with companies and start-up firms interested in licensing innovations developed at Carnegie Mellon. In 2006, it launched its Enterprise Creation program, which provides additional resources and aid for start-up university companies.
One such company, Bossa Nova Concepts, worked alongside the state-funded group Innovation Works to get its foothold. Bossa Nova is a robotics company developed by Carnegie Mellon doctoral student Sarjoun Skaff.
"Carnegie Mellon's Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation has been instrumental in allowing Bossa Nova to get on its feet," said Skaff in a press release dated August 21.
Innovation Works provided Bossa Nova with a $24,000 grant from its Innovation Grant program.
The impact of start-ups at Carnegie Mellon
The prospect of increasingly commercializing university research has implications for Carnegie Mellon.
Already, the university spinoffs are contributing significantly to the technology sector of western Pennsylvania.
Perhaps more exciting is the prospect of Carnegie Mellon research crossing state and even national boundaries.
The ETC has a game in development that focuses on a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the center already opened a branch in Adelaide, Australia.
From behind the steel walls of Pittsburgh, Pa., Carnegie Mellon University has successfully given birth to a myriad of vibrant and breakthrough start-up companies.


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BAB 13 Simple Snail's Trail
Make a simple version of the classic Snail's Trail quilt pattern with THANGLES.
This quilt is made from fabric of one strip size (OSS). The cutting is super easy! All you need is 2.5" x 45" wide strips.
With this pattern we show you a technique that is only possible with THANGLES. You make what we call a T-Log. This unit eliminates seams, does not waste fabric and speeds up construction of your quilt.
There are two color groupings for the quilt. Color 1 are the darker fabrics. Color 2 are lighter fabrics (or a single light fabric). You will need equal amounts of each. You can make this quilt from coordinated collections of fabrics like jelly rolls or Bali pops.
There are two main options for making and then arranging your blocks.
The quilt pattern gives directions for 5 sizes; Baby, Lap, Twin, Queen and King.
The project pack includes the pattern and a pack of 2" Thangles, that are enough to make the quilt up to the twin size. If you want a queen or king size you will need an additional pack of 2" Thangles.


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This is not a post about Death, or the afterlife, or heaven and hell.
This is a post about a lonely god.
Before Zeus and his siblings took over Olympus, they were all swallowed whole at the moment of their birth by their own father, Cronus. Cronus had received a prophecy that his son would kill him and take over his rule, and big daddy was having none of that teenage shenanigans, so instead of family therapy he decided to just nip all possibility of being overthrown in the bud. By eating all his children as soon as they were born: girls too, because you can never be too careful.
Rhea, his wife, got tired of losing her children and managed to trick Cronus into eating a stone instead of Zeus when the last baby was born. The story of how Zeus came back and became the ruler of Olympus is another tale...what's important here is that Zeus was the BABY of the family. His oldest brother, the god* who spent the most time languishing in the darkness of daddy's belly?
Hades is the only God I can find in myth who is BOTH the oldest AND the youngest boy in his pantheon. Hades was the firstborn son of Rhea and Cronus, and last regurgitated by Cronus. Whether it's this experience or just his nature that makes him the serious God is hard to say, but he's decidedly
So, fast forward to Zeus freeing the rest of his family. Then the six of them overthrow the rest of the Titans and take over the world. To avoid future conflicts, they decided it'd be a good idea to just split up the inheritances between the boys. As his powers were over water, Poseidon took over the seas. Zeus, with his lightning rod personality, took over the skies. Earth, personified as Gaia and more powerful and older than all three of them, was equally shared.
That left the underworld for Hades.
It's important to note that Hades is NOT Death. Death is not a God: Death...ie the actual loss of life, is a force of nature. Thanatos is often the Greek personification of Death, who is the collector of life. Hades is KEEPER OF THE DEAD and Ruler of the Underworld (afterlife).
Contrary to the recent Titans movies, Hades doesn't appear too upset about ruling over the dead in his mythology. In fact, he seems to prefer it. Compare Hades' behavior to the other gods' and you'll find a more serious, quieter entity. Hades doesn't sleep with anything he can get his hands on: he doesn't have a bunch of bastard demigods running around. When petty jealousies and silly conflicts over apples and territory cause Greece and Troy to attempt to annihilate each other, he doesn't get involved other than to welcome the valiant dead warriors to their rest. In fact, in most accounts Hades prefers to be left the hell alone by his living relatives.
Personally, I think this is due to the way his life started: he spent the longest time of all his siblings imprisoned in Cronus. He's also the oldest: psychologically the oldest is often the child with the most responsibility instilled in an early age. Did Hades feel he had to take care of his siblings when THEY were swallowed as well? Who knows...but his behavior after gaining freedom is not that of a frivolous God. In fact, of the six Olympian Gods (in order of birth: Hades, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, and Zeus), Zeus (the baby) is the most reckless.
He takes his role as keeper of the dead very seriously, and not in the Christian idea of punishment. Hades the Realm consists of a few key areas with five rivers flowing around and between. Tartarus is what we would now think of as Hell: it's a place of punishment for those who've earned it. The Elysian Fields, or Elysium, is where souls who've earned peaceful rest go: it's the equivalent of Heaven only with more frolicking (as far as I can tell). Elysium began as a place for only demi-gods and heroes, but morphed into a place of virtuous rest later in myths.
When the dead descend to the underworld, they are ferried across the first of the five rivers by Charon, the Ferryman. In some myths the first river is Styx, in others it's Acheron. In ancient times, the coins put on the eyes of dead at burial were for their ferry toll: it was believed that without coin Charon would leave the spirit on the shores of Styx, and they couldn't get to the Underworld.
Acheron - River of Woe
Cocytus - River of Lamentation
Lethe - River of Oblivion
Phlegethon -River of Fire
Styx - River of the Underworld (often in myth Styx the river that surrounds the Underworld).
The next entity they pass is Cerberus, the three-headed Hound of Hades. Cerberus and Hades seem to get along much in the way any pet and owner do. There are tales of Hades visiting and patrolling with Cerberus, and Cerberus serves two essential guardian functions for Hades. He keeps the living out, because the living have no place in the Underworld, and he keeps the dead IN. Cerberus is feared and hated by both sides, which puts him in the position of lonely guard dog, standing alone at the gates.
Just like his master, Cerberus has a lonely existence. They're both quite solitary creatures: even after Hades and Persephone marry they're only together three months out of the year (the tale of Hades and Persephone is a post and a half all by itself, but suffice it to say Persephone spends the winters with her husband in the Underworld).
And yet, they seem to prefer their duty over silliness, and mostly solitary existence over constant noisy parties, wars, and the general cacophony of life. Maybe Hades was the original Olympian introvert. He was definitely the serious older brother to the rest of the Olympians. Personally, I've always wondered if Persephone appreciated the three months of cool quiet with a God and his Dog.
*Hestia, Demeter, and Hera were all born before Hades, to technically Hestia spent the longest time in Cronus's belly. However, this post is focused more on brother-to-brother power dynamics, so I skipped the ladies.


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Just Before the summer months of 2019 start fading into longer nights and shorter days, Los Angeles start preparing for their annual Taste of Soul event attracting lovers of Music from around the globe to visit, dance, eat and have fun.
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Publicly available records indicate that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors in Sibanye Gold Limited (NYSE:SBGL) in connection to alleged violations of securities laws by SBGL. Fitapelli Kurta is interested in hearing from investors who have complaints regarding investments made in Sibanye Gold Limited from April 7, 2017 until June 26, 2018.
The class action complaint specifically alleges that during the period in question, SBGL might have provided false and/or misleading material information, and/or failed to disclose adverse material information to the public, chiefly: that the company's corporate culture emphasized short-term profits above safety; that consequently, fatalities in the company's mines comprised almost 50% of South Africa's mining fatalities in 2018; and that consequently the company's statements to the public about its business, operations and prospects were false and misleading. When a Bloomberg report published on June 26, 2018 stated that a worker had been killed at one of the company's operations in South Africa, "bringing the total deaths at the company's mines this year to 21," the company's stock declined.
According to the company's website, Sibanye is "an independent, global, precious metals mining company, produces a unique mix of metals that includes gold and PGMs." It describes itself as the world's third-largest producer of platinum and palladium and states that it owns and operates "a portfolio of high-quality operations and projects" located and managed in South Africa and in the United States. The company is headquartered in South Africa and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SBGL.


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We've reached week 4 of the #BlackFemaleFilmmakerSeries and I hope you've been nothing short of inspired by reading about Brittney, Joyce, & Tirrea and their journey's thus far.
This week, we spoke to Briana M. Andrews, a 19-year-old undergrad student and content creator from New York with wisdom and artistry beyond her years.
How long have you been in the industry and what made you want to go into this field?
February 2017 is when I officially transitioned from being a hobbyist. I've been in the industry a little over two years. I was always an artist and a right-brained, visual creative. I took an interest in photography and videography during middle-school and never looked back. I started with a standard point-and-shoot and portable HD camera. Later, I moved up to working with SLRs and cinema cameras.
Have you ever dealt with imposter syndrome in this industry? If so, how did you overcome that?
Luckily for me, no, I haven't dealt with imposter syndrome. I'm confident in my abilities and always eager to learn. I take constructive criticism and grow from it. Art is highly subjective and everything is opinionated, so it's a matter of taste and personal preference. It is important to have thick-skin, but also important not to internalize all commentary. If you have technical proficiency and hone your craft, the confidence comes with time. For some people, actively working in a smaller market before seeking work in New York or Los Angeles helps.
What would you identify as your most successful moment up to this point in your career?
I feel like the best is yet to come, however, the creation of comedic-short, How to Watch was definitely a huge moment of pride and ultimately led to the creation of my company, BibbyFame Digital, LLC. Up until that point, I had worked on projects as a production assistant (PA), director of photography (DP) and behind-the-scenes (BTS), but never spearheaded an original film from start to finish. For this film, I conceptualized it, wrote it, scouted locations, created the look-book, shot-list, production book, casted it, funded it, shot it, promoted it, edited it and showcased it. I don't expect to be a one-woman-army, but having an idea of how things work from soup-to-nuts gives me a greater appreciation and overall understanding of each part that goes into a creative work. It also provides me with the ability to communicate intelligibly individuals I delegate tasks to. This process gave me the confidence I needed to use my ability for practical applications. I assist businesses with visually conveying their stories.
How would you describe your artistic style?
My stories tend to feature a strong, female-lead. Whenever possible, I love to make use of natural lighting. I inject myself in all of my work so my style is female-centric and blends cinema with visual art and fashion.
Do you have a film bucket list? If so, what are you still wanting to do?
Most definitely! I have a slew of things on my film bucket list and next month, I'll finally be able to cross one off. I always wanted to work on a project with an all-female crew; a project where everyone from the director, to producer, to camera-operator, production assistant and behind-the-scenes … are all women. I wanted the experience, combined with support and solidarity, to culminate in a film where we demonstrate our collective capabilities. I am the producer of a docu-series named To Each, Her Throne that will be shot in April 2019. Working with the director and associate director has been a phenomenal experience thus far. It will feature a talented female cast and the funding partially comes from an IndieGogo campaign. Also, I just found out a few days ago that out of hundreds of applicants, I was selected for the New York: Women's Weekend Film Challenge. It'll be shooting BTS, and our film will be screened in the Museum of Moving Image late next month. I am really excited about both opportunities.
What would you say to other Black female creatives wanting to break into the industry?
Dream, write, shoot and edit. There are many different platforms available where you can showcase your ability, take advantage of them. I would also tell other black, female creatives not to get preoccupied with optics. You are going to have to work with people who don't look like you, who aren't the same gender as you, who have a different background than you etc. My undergrad program is being completed at Rowan University. I attended this college for the hands-on TV / Film Production and New Media program. It was important to me to select an institution where I can develop, grow and also have a solid foundation in liberal arts without going into massive debt. That being said, the school is maybe 10-percent Black and my major seems to be around 85-percent male. I never let any of those things discourage me and thus far, my experience has been awesome. I volunteer extensively and often have the opportunity to address large audiences of Black and Hispanic students. Sometimes, people just need to see something done to know that it can be done. Everyone loves Ava and Shondra and Issa. It wasn't an easy road for any of them. They braved discomfort and stand as an inspiration for countless women of all races.
Why do you feel is it important to have our voices represented in this industry?
There is value in each of our experiences; women need to find our own voices, control the narrative and take ownership of our portrayal in television, film and new media. Similarly, these industries need to tune into, and be empathetic to the needs of various audiences. The film industry cannot be a monolithic arena and expect to be relevant with diverse communities. Film has to serve our communities, and reflect it. That is why I feel it is important to have our voices represented.
How can we find you? (website/social media handles)
My website is www.bibbyfame.com; this is the most comprehensive source and includes links to my socials. On Instagram, my personal profile is @bibbyfame and company is @bibbyfamedigital.
Anything else you would like to share?
I'd like to thank you, Alana Marie for providing a platform for female filmmakers to express themselves and share information about each of our respective journeys. Having the #BlackFemaleFilmmakerSeries is particularly special during Women's History Month. I respect and appreciate your vision. Personally, I also make a point to share information and serve as a resource to other women seeking careers in the industry whenever and however I can.


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Foot Anatomy
American Board of Podiatric Surgery
The American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS), in accordance with standards published by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), conducts primary source verification of the podiatric medical school graduation, residency training completion, and state licensure for each ABPS member. It is the recognized board certification organization by the American Podiatric Medical Association and the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.
American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons
The American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) is a professional society of more than 6,000 foot and ankle surgeons. Founded in 1942, ACFAS seeks to promote the art and science of foot, ankle, and related lower extremity surgery, address the concerns of foot and ankle surgeons, and advance and improve standards of education and surgical skill.
Foot Health Facts-Healthy feet for an Active Life
The patient education website of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.
American Podiatric Medical Association
Founded in 1912, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is the leading resource for foot and ankle health information. Currently, the organization represents a vast majority of the 15,000 podiatrists in the country. In addition to the national headquarters, APMA boasts 53 state component locations throughout the United States and its territories, as well as affiliated societies
Virginia Podiatric Medical Association
The state component of the APMA.
American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
The American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine serves to advance the understanding, prevention and management of lower extremity sports and fitness injuries. Useful articles and various athletic shoe lists are found on this site.
American Professional Wound Care Association
The American Professional Wound Care Association is a non-profit medical association welcoming all medical specialties involved in treating the various forms of non-healing wounds, including diabetic, vascular, ischemic, pressure ulcers, burns and cancer.
Northcoast Footcare is an online resource for reliable and up-to-date foot health information. Northcoast Footcare, Inc has a complete resource of patient information for common foot conditions, such as plantar fasciitis, tendonitis and bunions as well as step by step tratments for each condition. We believe that images, diagrams and illustrations are the best way to help individuals understand their foot problems. Northcoast Footcare has the greatest number of graphicson the web for help on diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle conditions. Content and articles written by Christine Dobrowolski, DPM, MS.
The American Diabetes Association mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. This site is an excellent resource for anyone desiring more information about diabetes.
The foot is made up of 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and numerous tendons. Complex biomechanics keep all these parts in the right position and moving together. Given these intricacies, it is not surprising that most people will experience some problem with their feet at some time in their lives.
Within each foot, the essential structure can be summed up as follows:
- Seven short tarsal bones make up the heel and back of the instep.
- Five metatarsal bones spread from the back of the foot toward front and make up the structure for the ball of the foot. Each metatarsal is associated with one of the toes.
- Fourteen phalanges, small bones, form the toe structure.
- Tarsal and metatarsal bones provide the structure for the arch of the foot.
- Bands of ligaments connect and hold all the bones in place.
- A thick layer of fatty tissue under the sole helps absorb the pressure and shock that comes from walking and everyday movements.


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Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is a surgical procedure performed to bypass a blocked artery of the heart. It involves incising a small part of a blood vessel (most commonly a vein from the leg) and using it as a graft (piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically). The procedure is indicated for the treatment of narrowing and blockages in the coronary arteries, which can lead to serious complications if left untreated. While traditional CABG is performed under the effects of general anesthesia, awake CABG is performed under epidural (spinal) anesthesia. It is indicated when general anesthesia is contraindicated due to high risk of associated complications. The thoracic epidural anesthesia eliminates stress on your heart and is reported to have fewer complications.
As the name suggests, you will be awake and conscious during awake CABG, but will not feel pain or discomfort. The thoracic epidural anesthesia is administered through an epidural catheter (thin tube) that is inserted between the thoracic bones (T1 and T2) of the spinal column. The bypass grafting is performed on a beating heart. A stabilizing device is used to reduce the heart movement at only the region of the heart that your surgeon is operating on.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 1940. Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran Special Publication of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago By Erich Schmidt . Published University of Chicago Press 1940 In 1935, Schmidt had to approach Reza Shah Pahlavi directly for permission to fly over the country. Flights Over Ancient Iran. By Erich Schmidt. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1940. Hardcover. First edition. Elephant Folio measuring 40 x 30cm approximately, and paginating with [(xxii), (104) (2) pages, and a massive photo 119 plates]. The book comes in the original photo-illustrated cloth with tan lettering on spine, and colored maps on both front and back endpapers. The book has much to do with flights from 1935 to 1937 over Luristan and Azerbaijan, and the Turcomann Plains. The book is profusely illustrated, and the contents are in good clean condition, with good hinges. Erich Friedrich Schmidt (September 13, 1897 - October 3, 1964) was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology, and became professor emeritus at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He was also a pioneer in using aerial photography in archaeological research. When he was young, his father died, and Erich was sent to the military school (Kadettenkorps) in Karlsruhe. He graduated in 1914 as a lieutenant in the German Army just as WWI started. He fought in the war with distinction, but then was seriously wounded in the fighting in Austrian Galicia in 1916. After the battle, Schmidt was found by the Russians on t … [Click Below for Full Description]
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Conservation Planning for Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Landscape
Kaziranga is part of a larger landscape that extends south into the Karbi Anglong hills. These hills are the lifeline of the wildlife of Kaziranga during the monsoon period. With the rising flood waters of the Brahmaputra, most of the animals are forced to move to higher ground. Under this project, we are evaluating the use of corridors by elephants and tracking their movements through GPS collaring to determine the minimum area required by them in the hill region during the season of floods in order to plan for habitat protection.
ANCF, IISC, APPL Foundation, Department of Forest, Govt of Assam
Research team
Prof. R. Sukumar (Head of team), Dr. H.S. Suresh (Research Botanist), Ms Seema Lokhandwala (Field Biologist).
The elephant population of Kaziranga National Park has been estimated at about 1200 individuals (according to censuses conducted by the forest department in recent years, the last being in 2012). This is thus a very significant population of the Asian elephant as less than 10 populations are believed to total 1000 or more elephants in the continent (Santiapillai and Jackson 1990). One characteristic feature of the elephant population of northeastern India is that a notable proportion of the males are tuskless (in Kaziranga about 50% of all mature males are tuskless, and over two-thirds of the oldest males are tuskless – Chelliah and Sukumar 2013) thus making them immune to poaching for ivory. The adult male to female ratios of the Kaziranga elephant population is consequently among the least skewed in India, conferring high genetic variability and potential (Vidya et al. 2005).
Conflicts between elephants and agriculture are prevalent outside the park, especially in the southeastern part (district Golaghat) that witnesses the movements of large elephant herds between Kaziranga, southern Assam and possibly Nagaland.
Kaziranga is part of a larger landscape that extends south into the Karbi Anglong hills. These hills are the lifeline of the wildlife of Kaziranga during the monsoon period. With the rising flood waters of the Brahmaputra, most of the animals ar e forced to move to higher ground. To the south of the park, most of the land is settled and is either under tea or paddy cultivation. A major highway also runs parallel to the southern boundary of the park. The result is that the free movement of wildlife including elephants is curtailed from the existing land use and the traffic on the highway, placing them at risk during the period of high floods each year. At the same time, the elephants also face the risk of being poached in the Karbi Anglong hills in the absence of any meaningful protection of this region that comes under the political control of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council within the state of Assam.
A few corridors still exist along the southern boundary of the park, connecting Kaziranga to the Karbi Anglong hills (Menon et al. 2005). Most of these narrow passages lie towards the western part of the park, but at least one important passage lies towards the east. The three major corridors (one in the east and two in the west, though there are also some other minor passages in the west) are:
- The Panbari corridor (in the east)
- The Kanchanjuri corridor (in the west)
- The Kukurakata-Bagser (Burapahad) corridor (in the west)
Although the main corridors have been identified, there has been no investigation of the actual intensity of use of these corridors by elephants and of the ranging pattern of elephants in the Karbi Anglong hills during the monsoon. Indeed, there has been no conservation planning at the scale of the Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong landscape to determine the minimum area of habitat in the unprotected Karbi Anglong hills that is necessary to secure the long-term future of this elephant population. Such conservation planning and implementation is necessarily a long drawn process that involves a number of steps involving several projects and stakeholders.
From the conservation point of view, besides Kaziranga National Park, the Karbi Anglong landscape is an extremely important habitat for elephants as it provides refuge for them during the flood season. Elephants may also range across Karbi Anglong during other seasons.Conservation planning for the Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong elephant landscape would ideally involve the following investigations:
- To map the Kaziranga – Karbi Anglong landscape using satellite imagery to determine the major vegetation and land use types, patterns of development between the floodplains and the hills to the south, as well as the passages available for the movement of elephant and other wildlife between these two regions.
- To track the movement of elephants within and across the two regions using Global Positioning System (GPS) collars to determine seasonal habitat use, the frequency and time of use of corridors, range sizes in Kaziranga and Karbi Anglong, and the maximum altitudinal extent of movement in the Karbi hills.
- To determine the broader use of corridors by the elephant population through ground-based observationsusing camera trapsand field surveys.
- To analyse patterns of traffic along the highway running west-east along the southern periphery of Kaziranga National Park (some work has already been done by the forest department with the help of local NGOs).
- To map the nature and extent of elephant-human conflicts across this landscape, efficacy of present mitigation measures, and carrying a sociological survey of people's attitudes towards the elephant.
- Once the home ranges of elephants in the Karbi Anglong is ascertained, carry out a detailed land-use mapping of this area and a socio-economic analysis to explore the possibilities of maintaining land use that is friendly to elephants and other wildlife.
- To initiate conservation planning through a political process involving the Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council, the Assam State Government, and the Government of India that would potentially be the source of the substantial funding needed to achieve conservation in the long term.
- To implement a landscape-scale elephant conservation plan with funding from Government of India and other donor agencies.
Project duration
Three years from commencement
Expected outputs
- The proposed study will answer questions pertaining to the movement pattern of elephants and especially the use of Karbi Anglong during the period when Kaziranga is flooded. Data on movement would be made available to all forest department officials through a website so that they could also manage or mitigate potential conflicts with people.
- The study aims to look at population structure of elephants.
- The study aims to determine the home ranges of elephants in the Karbi Anglong. Also to analyse socio-economic to explore the possibilities of maintaining land use that is friendly to elephants and other wildlife.
Terms of Reference
- The data on movement would be made available to all forest department officials through a website so that they could also manage or mitigate potential conflicts with people.
- All publications pertaining to the study will be duly shared with the forest department officials.