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The 20 000 engineer view
By: Will Mee
I'm a new Thumbtack engineer, but I'm not new to engineering. I joined Thumbtack 4 months ago from a much larger tech company: one that has well over 20,000 engineers and a very strong engineering culture, one whose services you likely use daily.
Thumbtack's got a strong engineering base too: in things like peer code, code best practices, design reviews, continuous integration and monitoring. Engineering discussions here are ongoing amongst a highly engaged group of engineers and managers. And while most of the systems here were new to me, the services they are providing are very familiar. The first months here have been both stimulating and full of change. This blog post aims to share some of that perspective while it's still fresh: I'm like a traveler who's just stepped off an airplane in a country where much is recognizable or has some analogue with the familiar but almost nothing is the same.
One aspect which is comfortingly familiar is that — like my previous environment — Thumbtack is very data-driven: generated by engineering systems, analyzed by data science teams and surfaced in dashboards and ad-hoc visualization tools. An essential aspect of this is the culture of experimentation: engineering and product teams are continuously trying out new features or ways of organizing our service, and measuring how much impact those changes have. Experiments occur across our mobile and desktop clients, and at all levels of the backend, and fine-grained event tracking allows us to quantify the consequences. Associated with experimentation is a strong research side of Thumbtack which influences how we architect our information (complex because of the many hundreds of service categories we cover).
My previous work environment had excellent internal tooling and systems, but the flip-side of this was that it was also something of a technological fortress: it was rare for external services to be used. Everything from the build system through code review tools to online question submission/voting during company all-hands was internally developed. Thumbtack's engineering environment is the opposite: it's a federation of tools, some of which are internal but most of which are commercial or open-source. Part of the adaption for me has been getting familiar with code authoring tools like git and production systems such as Docker that many readers of this blog will likely know well (but I didn't). While some of these are established, there are others — like Coda, providing rich collaborative documents — which are very new and bring start-up innovation into our engineering workplace. The federal approach has its rough edges for sure, and includes some components that I don't love, but I'm really appreciating the freshness of it, and the ability to swap things out for better alternatives, as we've just done with our on-call system.
Thumbtack has over 150 engineers, which places it in something of a sweet spot: it's large enough to support engineering excellence across our various client and backend systems while at the same time keeping the communication burden low. I am able to spend far more of my time at Thumbtack on the rewarding side of engineering: coding and making user-visible changes, rather than large team coordination or large team debugging, and that's a really refreshing part of the culture change. It's not just a matter of size, but also collaborative tools (instead of long comment chains, just waggle a colorful head) as well as the engineering culture: no-meeting Wednesdays, do-not-disturb headphone policy and technical documents discussed online (rather than presenting them).
The sweet spot is true of other things too: Thumbtack is big enough to have a lot of resources at its disposal and mature enough to have strong structure; small enough that it's easy to reach out across system lines to other engineering teams. Switching from one team to another is one swift hop at Thumbtack, and as a consequence and there is little siloization. That also means it's easier to alter things: change happens rapidly here (sometimes too rapidly: keep reading) and there is potential for it in every direction. The service itself is evolving at clip. We've just held a Make Week in which new groups form outside of our normal teams, and I was easily able to make the transition from mobile client development to helping with a micro-service, switching language and reviewers en route but keeping a familiar development environment and business concepts. There is also a strong culture of citizenship here, with engineers take time off from their daily tasks to contribute to common infrastructure.
Of course not everything here is ideal; we have our growing pains. Although it's over a decade old, Thumbtack in some ways is still behaving like a start-up: in my third week I broke an important production endpoint without even realizing that my submit was triggering a deployment and that the automated integration test and alerting system were both me — and both failed. I would have had to work much much harder to break things previously. Similarly to over-eager deployment, engineering aspects like automated testing are definitely not where they should be at Thumbtack; again a legacy of the recent past, but there is also an awareness of where many of these problems are and efforts underway to tackle them.
Thumbtack's engineering environment is — not surprisingly — a reflection of the Thumbtack service we're building out: sometimes polished sometimes scrappy, evolving fast, and great today with all the potential to be excellent tomorrow. That's one reason I'm excited to be here.
Originally published at https://engineering.thumbtack.com on October 18, 2019.


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Browns writer Steve Doerschuk serves up a dozen Monday-after takes as the Browns grind toward the draft and prepare for a Christmas Eve game in Chicago.
1, The Browns will prolong the process exploring DeShone Kizer as a pro passer.
But the process has changed.
As things stood in October, they were finding out if Kizer could play well enough to be a clear candidate to grow into "playoff-style-QB.
As things shape up now, they will be hiring a veteran quarterback or seizing a QB at the top of the draft.
That leaves them (or more to the point "him") finding out whether Kizer projects as a desirable top backup, the kind who can have a chance to keep a playoff push alive while an injured starter heals.
It's John Dorsey's football. The owner has asked his new GM to keep the head coach. The owner also has told him, "Feel free to find your own quarterback."
2, Immediately after Kizer threw two interceptions in a 27-10 loss to Baltimore, Hue Jackson didn't promise the rookie would start on Christmas Eve in Chicago.
Jackson slept on it.
"It's still DeShone," he said Monday. "I wanted to take a peek at the tape to determine where he is and make sure I had a chance to see him and talk to him to see where his head was.
"If he wasn't up to the challenge and I needed to make a change, then I would. I think he is up to the challenge."
3, A fair question keeps coming up as the Browns slog through this cold December.
"What are they trying to do with their running backs?"
Save them for 2018, maybe?
Through 14 games, Isaiah Crowell is averaging a shade under 13 carries a game, a light workload for a running back whose per-carry average, 4.4, is one of the healthier numbers tied to a team without a win.
Duke Johnson, with a likewise respectable 4.3 per-carry average, is getting a shade over five runs a game.
Following their latest game, the Ravens seemed to think both backs are worth saving, especially Johnson.
"Duke Johnson is a heck of a football player," said 30-year-old Baltimore safety Anthony Levine. "He can do everything. You don't know if he's going to go out for a pass or if he's going to run. He's an underrated pass blocker. He blocked the (snot) out of me. He caught a slant on me, one-handed ... heck of a player."
Another veteran defensive back, Tony Jefferson, was asked after Baltimore's 27-10 win which young Browns impressed him.
"They've got some talent, man," Jefferson said. "Is Duke young?"
Eleventh-year pro Eric Weddle, who has been a Pro Bowl defensive player, said, "I love their running backs ... both of them. They're two tough guys who are hard to bring down. Those two have always been impressive to us."
4, Johnson has made a name for himself as a receiver. He is the first NFL back since Herschel Walker (1986-88) to surpass 500 receiving yards in three straight seasons.
"Duke has been tremendous all year," Hue Jackson said Monday. "He has done a lot of good things in his career since coming here to Cleveland. We expect even bigger things from him in the future."
Opinions on how Crowell and Johnson might contribute to an evolving roster vary, but everyone would have to agree on this: These are two durable dudes.
Crowell has appeared in all 62 games since arriving as an undrafted rookie in 2014. Johnson has played in all 46 games since checking in as a third-round draft pick in 2015.
Crowell, who has been working on a one-year deal paying him $2.75 million for 2017, can be an unrestricted free agent after the next two games. Johnson has a year left on his rookie contract, which was worth $3.1 million.
5, Weddle, who broke into the NFL the same year as Joe Thomas, has been on just two losing teams in his career with the Chargers and Ravens.
"It's not fun," he said. "I can't imagine going 0-14. You feel for 'em, a little bit."
Weddle critiques and sympathized with rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer.
"You just can't make critical mistakes in a tight contest," he said. "They turned the ball over four times, made some bad throws. He's learning on the fly. He's in a tough position. You try to do a little more than you're told to do. And you're 0-13 coming into our game."
6, It's still hard to believe the Browns will have paid Kenny Britt $10.5 million for his "work."
Wouldn't we all like to hear a tape of Bill Belichick's internal discussions prior to snapping up Britt after the Browns cut him?
In Britt's New England debut, he made one catch, a 7-yarder in the second quarter that set up a field goal in that crazy game at Pittsburgh.
7, Veteran tight end Ben Watson thinks Browns safety Jabrill Peppers has a future.
"He has a nose for the ball," Watson said. "He comes downhill and makes tackles. He's always in the mix. He can blitz and cover."
8, The Browns can't cover tight ends.
The perfect example is the 37-year-old Watson. In his two games against Cleveland, the ex-Brown totaled 12 catches for 165 yards.
In his other 12 games this year, he has averaged for three catches for 21 yards.
9, The Browns are trying to rain on the parade planned by a fan group if the team finishes 0-16.
"Would it be disappointing if they had one? Yes, but at the same time, I do get it," Jackson said.
10, DeShone Kizer was sacked just twice Sunday but was under pressure on more than 15 of of his 37 throws.
11, John Dorsey wasted no time scrambling the bottom of the roster.
One of his new players, defensive end Lavar Edwards, had been in two full practices in Berea prior to playing 27 snaps against Baltimore. He and No. 1 overall pick Myles Garrett recorded one solo tackle apiece.
12, The 4-10 Bears have been installed as 7-point favorites for Sunday's game against the Browns.

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May may may may may. While things are really shifting into gear next week with the launch of June, bringing with it a visit from global investor Paul Singh and the annual Drone Focus Con, May was the perfect energy-builder for summer. Complete with sunshine, thunderstorms and a healthy dose of startup activity.
Start it up.
Some big announcements from this month included local drone startup Botlink announcing a partnership with AgEagle, a company that sells their flying wing aircraft internationally.
Local rideshare startup Jumpr, based out of the Fargo Startup House, also officially launched early access this month; a big accomplishment considering co-founders Matt Sullivan and Jordan Nelson were managing full-time jobs while working on the app.
Speaking of the Fargo Startup House, the free housing for entrepreneurs ventures is still going strong. This month the House welcomed newcomer Michael Norton, a Startup Weekend facilitator, who chose to stick in Fargo after traveling all over the nation. He has plans to dabble in a few his own projects as well as offer his own counseling from years of experience working with startups.
1 Million Cups magic.
One of the most magical 1 Million Cups happened this month as well, featuring a ping-pong tournament with national champ Dr. Chanchai Tangpong, and highschooler student Dieumerci "Chris" Christel's big idea. The West Fargo highschooler is building plans for an educational app, that he is confident could change the world of education forever. He received one of three ever standing ovations for a presentation at 1 Million Cups.
We also heard from Hannah Savoy, team lead for the winning team of North Dakota Women's Startup Weekend. Their project, called "How the F," aims to provide quick, snarky instructional videos for people to learn survival skills.
Eric Trueblood of Bemidji, MN, also presented a big idea at 1 Million Cups, one that won him and his team at AirCorps Library $10,000 at the MN Idea Competition recently. Trueblood and his team have created a platform that digitizes WWII aviation materials, and in four months since launch they have garnered 200,000 pages in donated content and 500 interactions a day.
Now that's cool.
A martian rover designed by a team of North Dakota State University engineering students took third place at a nationwide NASA rover competition, with special recognition for the students' unique 3D-printed wheel design. They gave us a ride around campus. It was epic.
Fargo startup Advanced Bone Technology, lead by NDSU grad Andy Dalman, was named one of the top 500 startups by Pioneer, a global conference that happens every year in Vienna. Andy will be traveling to Vienna to present their product, a 3D printing design that replicates bone material to help with surgical practices and training.
Cool people coming to Fargo.
More and more people are choosing to come to Fargo from across the nation. Like the Four MBA students from University of Michigan Ross School of Business, who came by to work on a week long project, choosing Fargo as one of four cities on their road trip.
Or Paul Singh, an investor in over 1,600 companies worldwide, who put Fargo on the map as part of his Results Junkies National Tech Tour. It's part of the national road trip he's taking in a custom-built Airstream, with the sole purpose of really diving into the communities and cities were startups are being grown. Here's the full schedule of how you can get a chance to meet with Paul.
JD Claridge, founder of xCraft, spoke with us about his process of innovating in an over saturated drone industry; which has lead him to get a deal from all five sharks on Shark Tank and develop things like the Phone Drone. Claridge will be in Fargo for Drone Focus Con next Wednesday.
The ever-energetic Steve Garguilo, senior manager of creative engagement at Johnson & Johnson, will also be at Drone Focus Con next week — but not to talk about drones. Garguilo has perfected the blueprint of moving ideas into action.
Further down the road in July, TEDxFargo is drawing in some notable speakers as well. Past speakers have been speaking up about how their experience in 2015 impacted their lives. Local second grade teacher Kayla Delzer, for instance, was recently given the PBS Lead Digital Innovator and has speaking gigs at Twitter's headquarters since giving her talk.
Sona Mehring will be taking the stage for the first time at this year's event, sharing her story of how she created CaringBridge, a platform for those in a health crisis to share their stories. She spoke with us about how she has and continues to stay on top of emerging technology, as well as how she sees the positive impacts of social technology.
June boom.
As mentioned, the momentum from May is bursting into June with a pretty killer week to kick it off. Check out the full schedule of events with Paul Singh here.
Cheers to a good month.
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Here's an article I just found, by a composer who prefers to conduct his recordings with live orchestra.
The author compares the cost and time and logistics of live recording as opposed to using computer-generated sounds. Surprisingly he finds a few dozen warm bodies scraping and blowing in a studio cheaper than a small team processing all the sounds synthetically.
Can any GPO user who's worked with orchestras comment on this? I found the page because I was curious about the cost and logistics of orchestral recording.
Those of you interested in commercial composition should browse around that site, if you don't already know it. Not my scene, but looks like a very useful central source if you like music for computer games.


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Here's this week's gratitudes and celebrations:
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it says: never hesitate to show your colors to the world.
and here's what the page looks like with all the gratitudes and celebrations:
Just another excuse to create art and remember the present that is my life.
Gratitude Journal is a weekly project for 2013. You can see a detailed post on my goal other details here.Gratitude Journal – Week 39


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This report contains information on about 160,000 primary total hip replacements which account for 93% of all hip replacements reported by the registry. This number contains all of the hip surgeries reported up to and including 12/08 ( over 5 years I beleive). This report provided substantial evidence to the market that there were serious problems with the Depuy ASR that resulted in its voluntary recall of the hip from the market.
1. Metal on metal had the highest revision rate vs other bearing surfaces like poly, ceramic etc.
2. When the head size is taken into consideration, and it is greater than 28, metal on metal has the highest risk of revision. That rate is 4.4% with MoM and 1.7 with metal on poly. Ceramic on Ceramic had a 5 year revision rate of 2.7% and ceramic on poly had a revision rate of 2.1
3. For each of the materials, larger head size means smaller revision rate than smaller head sizes. That is not the case for MoM. In fact, the opposite is the case.
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5. Revision detail is interesting in this report. There is a clear list of parts which have resulted in problems over time. More later.
6. There were 9 newly identified hip combinations identified in this report has having a higher than anticipated rate of revision. Interesting that the exact devices causing problems are listed with the revision rates. Seems as thought the issues are quite visable well in advance if the surgeons are reading these reports.
7. The hazard ratio for Depuy ASR is significantly higher than other hips from one month post surgery on.
8. There were 3,971 Depuy ASRs reported to the registry
- 126 revised
- cumulative revision rate at 3 years post surgery was 5.4%
- 50 of the revisions were acetabular revisions
- 18 were a combination of femoral and acetabular
Metal on poly
They are all kind of in the same arena so it would be easy to identify outliers like the Depuy ASR!
More tomorrow on Pinnacle and the ASR tomorrow. Both are hips manufactured by Depuy. One seems to have done quite well (Pinnacle) while the other has of course not done well compared to its peers.


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Difference Between Metaphor and Allegory
A simple speech or text can be made more powerful and impressive with the figures of speech that allow objects to be compared to the completely unrelated objects in a way that it makes it interesting in listening or reading. Metaphor and allegory are two such figures of speech that are very similar to each other, which is why people are not sure of their usage and meaning. This article attempts to clear all such doubts by emphasizing the meaning and use.
The beautiful lady had a heart of stone. This is a perfect example of the use of metaphor to make the sentence more impressive and express the deeper sense that the author wants to convey. Now, the heart can not be of stone (not possible), but using this figure of speech allows the author to give an impression that the beautiful lady had no feelings like a stone. One can see how the metaphor allows an author or speaker to compare two completely different things that are not related in any way.
The allegory is a figure of speech which is very similar to the metaphor in that people and objects are related and compared with things which are not related to them. In fact it is an extended metaphor in which the entire text has characters which are personified forms of abstract ideas and human qualities. The story that the author sends has two meanings, the apparent meaning which is understood by words and the other, more understated sense that has social and religious tones and a meaning that is representational. In fact the allegory makes it possible to express a completely different meaning from written text. The allegory of word comes from the Greek word meaning allegoria veiled language.


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I'm a bit behind with my blogging schedule and so the advice and inspiration from Clare in this recent Embracing Life (in Midlife) interview should really come in handy, who doesn't want a bit more calm in their life?! My days can get pretty manic sometimes, trying to juggle my family who seem to place even more demand on my time the older they get (how that works I do not know)! Clare offers hypnotherapy, reiki, reflexology and advice on using essential oils from her base in Marlow (and via phone). And during Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 this post is even more timely.
So - calm - something we all need more of and especially as we face the challenges of peri-menopause, something I have written about on my blog and something I am passionate about, I think we need to get the conversation out there and support each other. Read on to find out a bit more about Clare and what she offers to help create your calm.
Welcome to the next interview in my occasional series - where I talk with amazing midlife women who are being brave and trying new things - maybe a career change or a new business venture. I meet so many women who inspire me and I love to share their stories with you.
This is Mary who I met a few years ago when I was volunteering at the Citizen's Advice Bureau for one morning a week, my first foray into something outside of the home other than our own business. I volunteered for a year but then it became a little difficult with my available time as I was needed to help out with some family commitments. Anyway I met Mary who was working there and then bumped into her again at a networking event in Marlow last year.
Mary has recently retrained and set up her own coaching business specifically focusing on menopause and midlife. Here she tells us a bit more about her and her life and why she decided to change her career and retrain.
Embracing Life (in Midlife) | Jo from Less is More (and how she helped me declutter my house)
A few years ago, like everyone else, I read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and then more recently I have taken a look at Marie Kondo on Netflix in her new series, Tidying Up. Now I am a pretty tidy and organised person, I try not to accumulate too much clutter, my lovely cleaner comes every week and I am at home quite a lot .... but I still felt I needed a good declutter! I kept saying I was going to do it myself but I never quite got around to it. Or I'd start and get distracted. Sound familiar? Then I met Jo Hall and she arrived like a real live tiding up fairy and has been absolutely fantastic!
We started off with my son's bedroom - yes I know he is 21 and yes I know he should do it himself - but I was getting desperate and I wanted to decorate so I asked his permission and while he was away on holiday Jo arrived and we set about finally decluttering about 15 years of 'stuff'. I was hooked so I booked Jo again to help me with the utility room and kitchen. Then again to do the office!
Jo is so lovely! So I asked her if she would share her story and details of her decluttering services on my blog ....
I met Wendy last year through the Business Girls Network and popped into her beautiful home based shop - The Wendy House - to take a proper look around! Wendy is one of the loveliest, chattiest and friendliest ladies you could meet, she is bubbly and enthusiastic and clearly loves what she is doing. She also has a sharp creative eye for choosing items for her shop and presenting them all in the large bright room she has above her garage at her home on the outskirts of Maidenhead in Berkshire.
I of course came away with a few purchases! And then went back for a few more bits for Christmas gifts and then ordered one or two more things which Wendy posted to me! Like the pretty and bright coloured Powder gloves in the photo below.
Wendy is proof of the importance of embracing life in midlife and that it is possible to change careers and do something different, something you love, that it is never too late.
So I asked Wendy if she would share her story on my blog and offer my readers a discount too - so you will find both a discount and details of a giveaway she is currently offering - and if you are a scarf addict like me then you will love the giveaway! All details are below.
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This subject is of questionable canonicity. See #Notes.
Obeying the will of the essence of humankind, I weave every man's destiny.The Idea of Evil[expl 1] is a primal entity residing in the Abyss. It is responsible for the fate of humanity, acting on the species' collective desires.
– The Idea of Evil[1]
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Conception Edit
The Idea is the will of humanity's collective consciousness manifested, owing its origins to the species' longing for transcendental reasons regarding its existence:[1]
Reasons for pain. Reasons for sadness. Reasons for life. Reasons for death. Reasons why their lives were filled with suffering. Reasons why their deaths were absurd. [Humans] wanted reasons for the destiny that kept transcending their knowledge. And I produce those, as it is what I have been brought into existence for.
Meeting Griffith Edit
During Griffith's Eclipse, the Idea brings the White Falcon to its abyssal core to converse with him. The Idea reveals to Griffith that it is responsible for the man he is, having cultivated his lineage and the context which led to his audience with it. It reassures Griffith that whether his actions bring suffering or salvation, they will prove suitable for mankind regardless, as they are ultimately desired. It then allows Griffith to use the power of the emotions in the Abyss to change his form for his task, thus giving birth to the fifth God Hand angel Femto.[1]
Notes Edit
- Flora mentions that the God Hand are "executors of the will of something lurking in the distant Abyss".[2]
- Episode 83, the "Lost Episode" in which the Idea converses with Griffith, was intentionally excluded from tankōbon format, as Miura felt the appearance of "god" would limit the story's range. Miura is undecided on whether or not he will feature the Idea in the manga again, though he has never explicitly denied its canonicity, even when asked.[3]
- Nonetheless, the Idea, at least physically, still exists within established canon, as it makes its on-panel debut at the end of episode 82, which has in fact been published in tankōbon format.
Explanations Edit
- ^ Regarding the meaning of "Idea of Evil", idea comes from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, "notion, pattern; form; type") and is Platonic in nature, giving "Idea of Evil" an approximate literal meaning of "source of evil".
References Edit
- ^ a b c d Berserk, Volume 13, "God of the Abyss (2)"
- ^ Berserk, Volume 24, "Magic Stone"
- ^ Walter Bennet (sender), Puella (translator). "Writing Miura". "It's because I wanted Berserk's world to be revealed just that far, not any more than that. The appearance of god in the manga conclusively determines its range. I thought that might limit the freedom of the story development. I myself don't know if the Idea of Evil will show up again in the manga or not." SkullKnight.net.
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It's no secret that the gay rights has seen its fair share of recent setbacks — Prop 8's success, New York's expected-but-still-shameful "no" vote, and now New Jersey looks to be coasting to the same conclusion. Although this string of defeats has led the disingenuous among us to question the inevitability of the gay rights movement, the trend broke last week with one dramatic victory, when Houston elected the city's first gay mayor, 53/47.
Ms. Parker — despite her 19-year relationship, and her three adopted children, naturally the state won't allow her to marry — succeeds Bill White, the city's term-limited, hyper-popular Democratic mayor, who will attempt a state run.
In case you're wondering what it looks like, when prejudice barriers start to fall, this is it. Houston is the most conservative of the major cities in the Texas Triangle (Obama carried Harris County 50.5% to 48.9%), and that an openly gay candidate can win in such a climate is a testament to her skill, and the electorate's willingness to look past what used to be considered a weakness. Demystifying difference is the first step to ending prejudice, and Houston took that step last week.
And from one Rice alum to another — congratulations, Ms. Parker. What a triumph! I'll even dispense with the requisite Jones-bashing.


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Peres Elementary School in Richmond serves a low-income community, but you would not get that impression after visiting Kelly Fimbres' second-grade classroom, which is incrementally becoming state of the art thanks to an online donations program fueled by Chevron.
Bolstering their access to a vegetable garden on the campus at 719 5th St., Fimbres' classroom is equipped with both a juicer and Crock-Pot, appliances that are not only teaching children the importance of nutrition but also basic math and measurements when preparing meals.
On Tuesday, the second grade class secured two brand new Apple iPad minis, an Apple iPod Nano and related accessories, which Fimbres said students will use to download educational apps and perhaps look up healthy recipes.
The Apple accessories came courtesy of Chevron's Fuel Your School program, which in its fifth year funds requests from local teachers for educational tools their school cannot afford. During the month of October, Chevron donates a dollar every time drivers purchase more than 8 gallons of fuel at participating gas stations. Those funds are then used to purchase the educational tools requested by public school teachers on DonorsChoose.org.
To date, the Fuel Your School program has generated nearly $4 million to support more than 500 schools and more than 4,000 classroom projects in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
On Tuesday, Chevron executive Mike Wirth personally gifted the Apple products to Fimbres' students, with help from Oakland A's mascot Stomper. Fimbres said she has used DonorsChoose.org more than 60 times to provide her students with tools that help offer a diverse, high-quality education.
Wirth explained that Chevron's partnership with DonorsChoose.org specifically aims to provide teachers with resources to bolster education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). STEM subjects are becoming increasingly necessary in the modern economy, Wirth said, and the company hopes to build its future workforce starting with local students. Chevron has also partnered with the A's on STEM initiatives, hoping to inspire future generations of engineers by showing how science works in baseball.
At Peres Elementary on Tuesday, Wirth recounted his colorful career that included "squeezing rocks to make oil" and building gas stations, and explained that he had just returned from a business trip to Kazakhstan. Those experiences, Wirth hoped, would help to inspire students to develop an interest in STEM education. The students also participated in a scientific experiment during the event.
Wirth stressed to the girls in the classroom that boys are in no way more qualified for jobs in what is currently a male-dominated field.
"Some of the best engineers I know are girls," Wirth said, adding there is a dire need for a lot of scientists to help unlock tomorrow's energy future.


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London-based Chelsfield recently announced that Nicholas Loup, the long-time APAC head of Grosvenor will be joining the UK real estate investment firm's board of directors.
Industry observers believe that the decision by Chelsfield to include Loup among its top decision-makers reflects a new focus on the Asia Pacific region, just as Europe enjoys an unprecedented wave of real estate deals funded by Asian investors.
Loup's new role comes as he wraps up his time a chief executive of Grosvenor Asia Pacific, after serving with the real estate developer belonging to Great Britain's Duke of Westminster and his family for more than 25 years.
"Over the last 20 years, he (Loup) has established Grosvenor as one of the leading investors and developers in the region. Nick has exceptional global real estate experience and remarkable knowledge of the Asia Pacific territory," said Chelsfield Co-Chairman and founder Elliott Bernerd. "This cements Chelsfield's long-term interest in further developing our relationships in Asia."
Bernerd and Loup have known each other for decades, and Loup noted the potential for Bernerd's UK-based property investment and asset management firm to benefit from closer ties to Asia.
Chelsfield Hopes to Forge Closer Ties with Asia
"At a time when the key cities of Asia are coming to maturity and showing enormous potential for growth, I am excited about the opportunity to extend the activities of the Chelsfield Group globally," Loup said.
In recent years investors from Hong Kong and mainland China have rapidly stepped up their acquisitions of real estate in the UK and other parts of Europe, with property services company JLL finding that London alone received $2.3 billion in capital inflows from China during the first half of last year.
Loup, who will turn over his post with Grosvenor to Benjamin Cha in March, will be joining Chelsfield in April of this year. Cha who formerly worked with UBS, is the son of HKR International founder Dr Cha Chi Ming, and previously served as as director of the developer best-known for Hong Kong's Discovery Bay.
Bernerd was able to build Chelsfield into a force in UK property through his ability to build relationships and forge deals with Russian oligarchs and Middle Eastern oil magnates, and now the one-time public school drop out could be teaming up with Loup to capitalise on a new wave of deals from Asia.


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Some Bavarians and Pwnies
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 10:26 am
"Kaiser Klaus, we have gathered some forces to present to the delegation."
"Thank you, Sir Kaestner. We must show our utility to Her Majesty."
"Here they are, Kaiser Klaus. A few Bavarian footmen and heavy marines, along with some Silvarian extras in the back."
"Sir Kaestner, explain that new vehicle in the back."
"The highlight today is the new fighter we have ordered- the BMW 263 fighter. It incorporates anti-gravity technology we stole from the Space-Nazis and therefore has unlimited maneuvering power."
"This will surely help us win the war against Trattoria and the anti-pwnies. Tell the delegation to come now."
Princess Killestia and an entourage of pwnies arrive.
"Princess Killestia, let me discuss with you a grave matter concerning a nation called Trattoria. They and a few other members of the Third Alliance have commenced an anti-pwny crusade."
"Fear not. My pwny army never fails me."
OOC: I've finally built some Bavarians and pwnies for the coming war.


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f-stop Ambassador Danil Kolodin is action sport photographer who doesn't like staying still. He works on projects with Red Bull, is the staff photographer at FunDaMental Agency and is also building up another agency called FunDaMental Sport focused purely on sport projects. When he told us he'd been working on showing movement by getting a skateboarder to jump through paint and flares, we knew we had to find out more...
Hi Danil, this is a visually impactful project. How did the concept for this shoot come about?
First of all, I started to think out how to show movement and dynamics with a still image. The solution that came to mind was to show it with paint splashes and fire. To be honest, this is the only project of its kind that I have done. Well, the first one - to be correct - as I'm sure it won't be the last one! I really want to continue working with paint and fire!
Regarding the inspiration. I think the closest to a direct inspiration at that time was Max Riché with his long exposure Red Bull Morphing project in Paris, done back in 2015. He had no paint on location but he also played with different types of lighting and length of exposure. My athlete this time was skateboarder, Nikita Sekh. We have worked together for years already, and this time Nikita was really stoked to create this footage with paint and fire!
How did the project change as you worked through making this concept happen in real life?
We only had a really short time to get ready for this shoot. Really short. Like one day! There were a lot things to get ready... like the skate park access, the fire proposal, power supplies, putting together tonnes of gear and movit all to the Moscow countryside. So we had no time to think out of a proper concept first, and work on it further. To be honest, i just had this idea: to show moment with still image. But my team, the guys who supported me on this project, are always ready to go at short notice. We just got together on location - me as a photographer, Nikita as a rider, Alex Bivol a producer from our agency, pyrotechics and light specialist Alex Gorelov, and couple of video guys with Kostya Trubin to make the behind-the-scenes movie. In the end, I think it turned out great and was worth the effort!
The skateboard athlete does a great job – what were the challenges for him, compared to a typical action sports shoot?
Oh yeah! Nikita did great! For sure the main challenge for him was to ride in complete darkness, when only the kicker was highlighted, and breaking though the clouds of smoke and paint. Besides that, we were really short on time with the shooting, so Nik had only two or three tries to nail the trick.
What were the biggest challenges for you as a photographer to create the images you wanted?
The biggest challenge for me as a photographer on this project was team work, i think. I was more or less sure about the shooting aspects : how to set the camera, lights etc. But we had to do much more than just a few main photos. Backstage photos and videos, interviews. And on such a tight schedule, everyone on location had to work in closely with each other, making results from the first try.
What gear did you use?
I was equipped with Nikon and Profoto gear for this project. We had a Nikon D850 as a main camera with a 16-35 for the sequence and 70-200 for the action single close up shots and portraits. There were two Profoto Pro8 units and one Pro7 flash. We decide to use these powerful flashes to be sure that the power for each flash in sequence will be same and equal - no matter the number of shots in sequence you were going to make.
Were there specific aspects of the camera's capabilities, or specific aspects of your skills as a photographer that you wanted to showcase with this project?
Yeah! There are two points I can mention for that. The first is the d850 sensor and photosensitivity. I was impressed with the low noise and good quality of image although we were shooting at night time. The second is the size of photo you get at the end. You are able to print even a billboard size poster and put it on a house!
Lighting obviously plays a key role in this project. Can you tell us about your flash set up?
Lighting was the key on this project ...and it was even double. I mean we had two sets on the location at the same time. The video set and the photo set. The video set contained constant lights for video crew and my, photo set, was with flashes. They were together ON in therms of short timing. The constant lights appeared as a ghosts on my photos but i did not mind. They highlight the dynamics.
Regarding the gear. I had two Profoto Pro8 and one Pro7 flashes on a side. I decided to use powerful gens to have Nikita frozen perfectly on each frame of a sequence.
Which image were you most stoked on from this shoot – and how did you set up for that one?
The 'close up' shot that is the cover shot at the top of this story, for sure. Shooting a sequence was one the main tasks for me, for the rider and for the camera to make ...and we got that first. Then a couple of single action shots, a few portraits. Finally we came to this close up frame at the very end, when all the work was almost done. By that point, all the crew felt quite relaxed. Usually a lot of cool things happen right at this time. I was once told that this is even not a true skate shot - as you can not see the landing. But for me, you can see the dynamics, the power of movement, of the kick.
You must be stoked on the outcome here! What's next for you?
Yeah, to be honest this was my first translated video, and i'm glad that it turned out to be for this skate paint project with Nikita.
The next is a challenging team game. Kazan city hosts children sport games in the beginning of December called Popov Cup (http://popovcup.com/). So we, the whole FunDaMental Sport agency, will go to cover this games with a full crew of 7 guys: 5 photographers, one videographer and one social media manager on a site. We'll all need to work as a team, but it's gonna be fun anyway.
Regarding my personal projects. I am going to Kazakhstan to shoot some MX and drifting right after the Popov Cup, and take part with this footage in the Nikon Kazakhstan Z-series launch. So stay tuned!
Danil uses the 40L Anja pack for mobility and takes advantage of f-stop's modular ICU system by switching between the Large Pro ICU and the Medium Slope ICU to balance the amount of camera gear vs non-camera gear he wants for each location.
This set up works for Danil. Talk to us about which f-stop pack and ICU combination will work best for you!


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My challenge has never been to supermax a skill but to stop others from supermaxing it!Gardening is now very easy to supermax with Supernatural and University life. The supernatural mushrooms/roots/flowers (11) and university life herbs/beans/spices (17) from those two plus the lemons and purple eggplant from the Street Market and pumpkins from Seasons means gardening is now far too easy to supermax. The hard part is keeping it an exclusive supermax because my immortals will garden randomly unless I lock the garden gate.With the freakishly fast skilling glitch, Cooking is now too easy to accidently supermax because they get the Culinary Librarian just by maxing the skill to level 10 with all the new recipes from recent EP's and over time, may cook up to the 75 meals to supermax the whole skill over the period of the dynasty. Another reason to keep the kitchen door locked but then they'll go off and use the park grills and fry themselves too!
When you use the buleprins, they come with walls.
My founder couldn't afford a blueprint so I just used my knowledge of a 10x10 can fit the essentials to get a good start. Later on when there's more money in the household the foundation can be transformed into an acceptable living environment. Let me show you what I'm talking about.http://i49.tinypic.com/24100t4.jpg
So it's much like my Dynasty had in the beginning - link in my signature - before there was enough money to build an actual house.
If you have a chest you can store the ambrosiaRachel
Ratchie is referring to the chests you buy on vacation. They're not needed to store ambrosia, they're just rather convenient if you don't have the LTHP for a food replicator. Heck, you don't absolutely need to store ambrosia. It just makes it a ton easier than cooking it each time someone needs their fix.
You can buy them from the General Store in each of the location markets - the Egyptian one is made of stone, the Chinese is red and black lacquered wood, and the French is more of a typical European antique look (I rarely buy the French ones, so I can't properly describe it).Alternatively, if you purchased Supernatural, you have 2 Alchemy storage options that appears to hold everything, and 1 bug collection cabinet that can also hold everything.
Does the alchemy cabinets store food?edit: I don't want to ransack the official rule thread so Im going to ask a question here. If someone could clearify for me that'd be great. Supermaxing a skill means completing the achievements that come with it as well right? so two immortals could max the same skill but only one could supermax it? :/ i confuse myself daily
SuperMax does mean that you must complete all the skill challenges in addition to maxing the skill. However, in answer to your other question, a unique SuperMax means no other Immortal can max the skill. If another immortal maxes the skill, you cannot count it as a unique SuperMax.
I honestly can't say if the Supernatural alchemy storages hold food or not. I mean, I assume they hold food, but I don't know if the food won't spoil (I think it does, though). Assuming, by food, you mean actual prepared meals, and not produce/plantables/fish.In every Dynasty so far, I usually try and have someone max the culinary career just for the SuperAwesomeFridgeOfAmazing.
On reading through the three rulesets, I actually find the other two more restrictive.
The food spoils in there. I tried it with a plate of cookies. They went from nice to horrifying quality. :/ I just had gotten my spouse to level 7 on painting and the game crashed. I don't know how long it was since I saved. I hate losing progress.On the plus side. My founder and her hubby are very attracted to each other. They both get the attractive company moodlet when in the same room. She got it even when he was grungy.
But there is so much more you can do in the other two that you can't on in the immortal dynasty. The one I hear about the most is plastic surgery lol.I think the food will spoil if you don't have the Kelvin fridge but if you had it, it might not.
Anyone know why portraits are turning out like theyre done underwater? all squiggly? My founder's spouse did her YA portrait and a portrait of their daughter and they both turned out weird.
Certain traits have different effects on paintings. What traits does the painter have?
Genius- Paintings are made out of hexagons/pentagons.
then it must be one of his other traits cuz i've seen him do that a few times but thats not how the portraits are turning out. theyve got swiggly lines. its distorted a bit


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Aug. 30 — To the Editor:
I applaud Councilor Becksted's creative idea of offering discounted parking for the employees of downtown businesses. As long as the Foundry Place parking garage is relatively empty, any additional revenue is welcome. On the other hand, I hope that the cost of the discounted parking is paid for, either directly or indirectly, by the employers and not just subsidized by city residents. It has been my observation, that city officials are too willing to accommodate business interests and those of tourists, before thinking of the city's residents. That is why I would like to suggest doing something for residents.
Until the use of the Foundry Place picks up significantly, I would like to request that the city enable city residents to buy a discounted parking card at the price of $12 per year.
This would provide encouragement for resident to visit the downtown more often and it would provide the city with some additional revenue.
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Department of History faculty member Dr. Bob Hutton has a piece in the September issue of Torchbearer Magazine on the history of integration at the University of Tennessee. "UT Integrates" is part of a series of stories on the history of the University, commemorating its 225 years.
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- Huge Tokyo 2020 boost for SA Paralympians
- Team SA named for African Youth Games
- SASCOC condolences for wrestling fraternity
- SASCOC host breakfast of appreciation for NLC
- Team SA kit unveiled ahead of Commonwealth Games
- Wilson named in Team SA for Winter Olympics
Olympic hopefuls get European experience
- Updated: September 17, 2013
By Mark Etheridge
Bridgitte Hartley won South Africa's only Olympic canoeing medal in London last year but already the hunt for the next generation of medal winners is well underway.
To this end, coach Craig Mustard accompanied a South African Under-16 boys squad to Racice in the Czech Republic last week to give the youngsters some invaluable international experience. The title of the event says it all: Olympic Hopes Regatta!
Says Mustard: "This year's tour was a change because in the past we have normally attended the Bochum Regatta in Germany but this was cancelled by organisers this year.
"This tour is so important as it allows the young paddlers a taste of world championship paddling in their age group, so later on when they attend the Junior and Senior World Championships these paddlers have got use to racing internationally".
Just four boys went on tour this year and Mustard explained: "This was because we had the Junior World Champs just three weeks before this event and then the World Marathon Champs a week after Racice. The size of the team worked out pretty well as it allowed each paddler the chance to race in lots of events to gain as much exposure and experience as possible."
Each paddler took part in K1 and K2 races over 1000, 500 and 200m and also in the K4 over 1000m.
The event has grown over the years to an excellent test of paddling ability. "When the Olympic hopes first started it was an event for the Hungarian, Czech and Slovakian paddlers along with some other smaller countries close to Czech Republic but the this year had a record field of 23 countries taking part, making it a really high standard of racing for the team.
"The best results for the team came from Michaelhouse paddler Jean van der Westhuyzen in the Under-15 category who managed two B-finals and and A-Final. I'm sure if Jean had focused just on his individual events in the K1 section he could have moved up one or two places in each event but this was not the main goal of this tour," sys Mustard.
"The goal for me was to get these guys as much international racing as possible and this was only possible by having them do the team events. My other goal is to change the idea that paddling is an individualistic sport and not a team sport as currently seen in most parts and schools in South Africa."
Mustard also confirmed that the goal of the Rio 2016 Games is very much part and parcel of the plans. "For Rio 2016 our best chance of a medal in the men's section and ladies is in the team boats so we need to start creating this team atmosphere in each event that we go to.
"In the past provincialism has made an appearance in the teams and we can't have this if we want to contented with the major countries, we all have to see that we are paddling for South Africa and not for clubs and province."
The KwaZulu-Natal based coach also took time out to praise his young charges. "I'm really proud of this young team, not only for their efforts on the water but it was great to see the level of professionalism and respect for each other, the sport and their fellow paddlers on and off the water ÔÇô that's what really stood out. These boys, actually young men, were really great ambassadors for our sport and for our great country and I look forward to seeing them grow into tomorrow's stars and role models."
There was also some Olympic inspiration for the youngsters. "The Czech Olympic paddlers came out with their Olympic medals to have coffee, dinner and just chat with the team and meet their fans from South Africa."


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Tracy Cummings, MD, a staff psychiatrist and medical director at the Lindner Center of Hope, an affiliate of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, told Health.com that any step in the right direction for a loved one suffering from depression goes a long way, because the condition is unimaginably isolating. (Shutterstock/File)
Ever felt like reaching out to a friend or family member suffering from depression, but withdrew in fear of putting him or her in an uncomfortable position?
Depression is more common than many of us may like to acknowledge. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association says one in six people will experience depression in their lifetime.
Tracy Cummings, MD, a staff psychiatrist and medical director at the Lindner Center of Hope, an affiliate of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, told Health.com that any step in the right direction for a loved one suffering from depression goes a long way, because the condition is unimaginably isolating.
"Even just reaching out and listening could make such a difference," she said.
Try the following to help a loved one recover.
Be there for them
A noticeable sign of depression is seeming listless and not wanting to step out of the house—or even room—anymore. Depression manifests itself in various ways: the person may seem despondent, anxious or lacking in energy. He or she is no longer enthusiastic about the things you used to enjoy together.
Victims of depression might feel uncomfortable burdening others with their feelings, but Dr. Cummings urges the rest of us to let them know that we care. "Your job isn't to fix them, but to be present," she says.
Read also: Overtime work can cause severe depression: Study
Talk things over
Because the subject of depression is often ignored as the elephant in the room, people fail to realize that the condition is about as serious as a physical ailment, such as a crushing migraine or a broken leg. The stigma surrounding depression can easily be eliminated by using respectful language and offering generous support.
Dr. Cummings asserts that it is important to have your loved one know that you are noticing, that you care and want to help.
Get them involved
The isolation that those with depression bring upon themselves only serves to worsen the condition. It is thus important to involve your friend or family member in a social activity, such as watching a movie or grabbing a cup of coffee together.
It may be difficult to get him or her to agree to such an outing, so you should try asserting yourself. "I'd really like for you to come with me" instead of asking "Do you want to do this with me?"
Avoid going out for a drink, though, because alcohol is a depressant.
Join a cause
Dr. Cummings suggests that volunteering can help undo the sense of worthlessness brought about by depression. In addition to providing a sense of accomplishment, volunteering can help victims of depression gain a heightened awareness of the predicaments others face.
Volunteer opportunities are ubiquitous, so it shouldn't be difficult to choose something you and your loved one can contribute to together.
Read also: One hour of exercise a week helps prevent depression: Study
Be active
Suffering from depression means little motivation to roll off the couch or get out of bed. Any form of physical activity that you can encourage your friend or family member to engage in can go a long way, says Dr. Cummings.
To explain the effects scientifically, exercise releases feel-good chemicals called endorphins from the brain and other parts of the nervous system, and these fight pain and stress.
Dr. Cummings explains that the changes that result are likely to alleviate some symptoms of depression.
Cook something healthy
Other effects of depression include inhibiting appetite or triggering carb cravings, neither of which are beneficial. Cooking a healthy meal can help a great deal. A recent study found a modified Mediterranean diet significantly helped ease symptoms of depression.
Cooking or baking together is another social activity you may like to promote to get your loved one engaged.
Create distractions
Dr. Cummings encourages engaging your loved one in a fun activity that will divert his or her mind from negative thoughts. This could be a concert, a lecture, a class, a friendly card game, or a walk through a museum.
Avoid a competitive activity that might make him or her feel pressured to perform. (afr/kes)
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Browse top 507 famous quotes and sayings about Yearn by most favorite authors.
Favorite Yearn Quotes
1. "The poor people of this world have left it without having tasted the sweetest thing in it." They asked: What is the sweetest thing in it?He replied, "Love of Allah, intimacy with Him, yearning to meet Him, drawing closer to Him, and turning away from everything other than Him." - Ibn Qayyim"
Author: Abd Al Rahman Al Sa'di
Author: Abd Al Rahman Al Sa'di
2. "The world yearns. This is its sure gravity: the attraction of bodies. Earth for molten star. Moon for earth. A hand for the orb of a breast. This is its movement too: the motion of desire, of a longing toward."
Author: Alison MacLeod
Author: Alison MacLeod
3. "Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have."
Author: Ann Brashares
Author: Ann Brashares
4. "Lick my finger so I can scan your table of contents- fuck the index- I yearn to ride your story line."
Author: Brandi L. Bates
Author: Brandi L. Bates
5. "Life had this unmoored quality, full of voids and barely acknowledged yearnings, and if I'd made a list of things I wanted desperately at the time, it would have included the most elusive items. Love with ambivalence. Family members who won't leave. Intimacy that's not scary, that doesn't require a lot of anesthesia."
Author: Caroline Knapp
Author: Caroline Knapp
6. "Truly, Mallow yearned to know everything. Curiosity was part of her, like her short blond hair and bitten fingernails."
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
7. "Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned."
Author: Cecelia Ahern
Author: Cecelia Ahern
8. "One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other."
Author: Charles Simic
Author: Charles Simic
9. "It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. I had left this woman in bitterness and hate, and I came back to her now with no other emotion than a sort of ruth for her great sufferings, and strong yearning to forget and forgive all injuries - to be reconciled and clasp hands in amity."
Author: Charlotte Brontë
Author: Charlotte Brontë
10. "I'd finally come to understand what it had been: a yearning for a way out, when actually what I had wanted to find was a way in."
Author: Cheryl Strayed
Author: Cheryl Strayed
11. "Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right. If not, you'll spend your life yearning for a man you can't have."
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
12. "Our essence is change. We are movement. Being out of balance is life. Perfect balance. Stasis. That is death. Life yearns for perfection. Death is perfection."
Author: Chris Boucher
Author: Chris Boucher
13. "There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning."
Author: Christopher Morley
Author: Christopher Morley
14. "Maybe she had it wrong all this time and her empty heart could never be filled by his ingenious broken spirit. Maybe this yearning had nothing to do with him, and everything to do with her."
Author: Coco J. Ginger
Author: Coco J. Ginger
15. "They yearn for what they fear for."
Author: Dante Alighieri
Author: Dante Alighieri
16. "He never wanted to see that look of disppointment in her eyes again, yet he couldn't allow himself to be crushed under his own yearning."
Author: Frank Lee Raw Honey
Author: Frank Lee Raw Honey
17. "That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy."
Author: Freda Adler
Author: Freda Adler
18. "Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn't yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?"
Author: Gene Wilder
Author: Gene Wilder
19. "I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person."
Author: Ginger Rogers
Author: Ginger Rogers
20. "Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning."
Author: Giotto Di Bondone
Author: Giotto Di Bondone
21. "The Gospel is temporary, but the law is eternal and is restored precisely through the Gospel. Freedom from the law consists, then, not in the fact that the Christian has nothing more to do with the law, but lies in the fact that the law demands nothing more from the Christian as a condition of salvation. The law can no longer judge and condemn him. Instead he delights in the law of God according to the inner man and yearns for it day and night."
Author: Herman Bavinck
Author: Herman Bavinck
22. "Maybe when water yearned for fire / it invented waves / so one day they might become flames"
Author: Ibrahim Nasrallah
Author: Ibrahim Nasrallah
23. "The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries."
Author: Iris Murdoch
Author: Iris Murdoch
24. "The Prime of LifeIt was, in truth, an eager youthWho halted me one day.He gazed in bliss at me, and thisIs what he had to say;"Why, mazel tov, it's Asimov,A blessing on your head!For many a year, I've lived in fearThat you were long since dead.Or if alive, one fifty-fiveCold years had passed you by,And left you weak, with poor physique,Thin hair and rheumy eye.For sure enough, I've read your stuffSince I was but a ladAnd couldn't spell or hardly tellThe good yarns from the bad.My father, too, was reading youBefore he met my Ma.For you he yearned, once he had learnedAbout you from his Pa.Since time began, you wondrous man,My ancestors did loveThat s.f. dean and writing machineThe aged Asimov."I'd had my fill. I said, "Be still!I've kept my old-time spark.My step is light, my eye is bright,My hair is thick and dark."His smile, in brief, spelled disbelief,So this is what I did;I scowled, you know, and with one blow,I killed that rotten kid."
Author: Isaac Asimov
Author: Isaac Asimov
25. "The chanting grew louder, deep male voice pumping.She looked to the brothers, the tall, fierce men who were now part of her life. Wrath pivoted and put his arm around her. Together, they swayed to the rhythm that swelled, filling the air. The brothers were as one as they paid homage in their language, a single powerful entity.But then, in a high, keening call, one voice broke out, lifting above the others, shooting higher and higher. The sound of the tenor was so clear, so pure, it brought shivers to the skin, a yearning warmth to the chest. The sweet notes blew the ceiling off with their glory, turning the chamber into cathedral, the brothers into a tabernacle.Bringing the very heavens close enough to touch.It was Zsadist.His eys closed, his head back, his mouth wide open, he sang.The scarred one, the soulless one, had the voice of an angel."
Author: J.R. Ward
Author: J.R. Ward
26. "What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other."
Author: Jacqueline Novogratz
Author: Jacqueline Novogratz
27. "...and yet the idea is hard to accept, it's so hard to succeed in making something happen, even what's been decided on and planned out, not even the will of a god seems forceful enough to manage it, if our own will is made in its semblance. It may be, rather, that nothing is ever unmixed and the thirst for totality is never quenched, perhaps because it is a false yearning. Nothing is whole or of a single piece, everything is fractured and evenomed, veins of peace run through the body of war and hatred insinuates itself into love and compassion, there is truce amid the quagmire of bullets and a bullet amid the revelries, nothing can bear to be unique or prevail or be dominant and everything needs fissures and cracks, needs it negation at the same time as its existence. And nothing is known with certainty and everything is told figuratively."
Author: Javier Marías
Author: Javier Marías
28. "He shouldn't be inclined. Mallory Quinn was sweet, warm, and caring. She was a white picket fence and two-point-four kids. She was a diamond ring.She was someone's keeper.Not his. Never his. He didn't do keepers.And yet in that beat, with her mouth close to his, a smile in her eyes, he... ached. He ached and yearned for something. Someone. He wanted to wrap his arms around a woman, this woman, and lose himself in her."
Author: Jill Shalvis
Author: Jill Shalvis
29. "When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing."
Author: Katherine Dunn
Author: Katherine Dunn
30. "She dressed in bohemian clothes, penned novels, panted, and yearned to roam forgotten corners of the world. She was habitually defiant and fearless, and when she felt controlled, as she often did, should could be irresistibly willfull. Mostly, she was bored silly by the vanilla sort boys who trailed her around, and by the stodgy set in Miami Beach."
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Author: Laura Hillenbrand
31. "Let us live happily, without hate amongst those who hate. Let us dwell unhating amidst hateful men.Let us live happily, in good health amongst those who are sick.Let us dwell in good health amidst ailing men.Let us live happily, without yearning for sensual pleasures amongst those who yearn for them.Let us dwell without yearning amidst those who yearn.Let us live happily, we who have no impediments. We shall subsist on joy even as the radiant gods."
Author: Max Müller
Author: Max Müller
32. "That is when I understood the magical meaning of the circle. If you go away from a row, you can still come back into it. A row is an open formation. But a circle closes up, and if you go away from it, there is no way back. It is not by chance that the planets move in circles and that a rock coming loose from one of them goes inexorably away, carried off by centrifugal force. Like a meteorite broken off from a planet, I left the circle and have not stopped falling. Some people are granted their death as they are whirling around, and others are smashed at the end of their fall. And these others (I am one of them) always retain a kind of faint yearning for that lost ring dance, because we are all inhabitants of a universe where everything turns in circles."
Author: Milan Kundera
Author: Milan Kundera
33. "What first truly stirred my soul was not fear or pain, nor was it pleasure or games; it was the yearning for freedom. I had to gain freedom - but from what, from whom? Little by little, in the course of time, I mounted freedom's rough unaccommodating ascent. To gain freedom first of all from the Turk, that was the initial step; after that, later, this new struggle began: to gain freedom from the inner Turk - from ignorance, malice and envy, from fear and laziness, from dazzling false ideas; and finally from idols, all of them, even the most revered and beloved."
Author: Nikos Kazantzakis
Author: Nikos Kazantzakis
34. "It's nobody's fault that our hearts work in their little strange ways. It's nobody's fault that we fall for one another. It's nobody's fault that we can't have the love we yearn. It's nobody's fault that we never learn. So, save your apology, my dear. Save it for later days. Save it for better days."
Author: Noor Iskandar
Author: Noor Iskandar
35. "We today yearn for prayer and hide from prayer. We are attracted to it and repelled by it."
Author: Richard Foster
Author: Richard Foster
36. "No matter what I said they insisted on thinking of God as something outside themselves. Something that yearns to take every indolent moron to His breast and comfort him. The notion that the effort has to be their own . . . and that the trouble they are in is all their own doing . . . is one that they can't or won't entertain."
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
37. "Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly."
Author: Robert Hass
Author: Robert Hass
38. "There is a book yearning to come out of me: about how we can build the new collaboration economy, and the role of 'openness' in our quest for efficient use of resources and as a driver of innovation."
Author: Robin Chase
Author: Robin Chase
39. "I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them."
Author: Rod Taylor
Author: Rod Taylor
40. "Go back,go back to sleep.Yes, you are allowed.You who have no Love in your heart,you can go back to sleep.The power of Loveis exclusive to us,you can go back to sleep.I have been burntby the fire of Love.You who have no such yearning in your heart,go back to sleep.The path of Love,has seventy-two folds and countless facets.Your love and religionis all about deceit, control and hypocrisy,go back to sleep.I have torn to pieces my robe of speech,and have let go of the desire to converse.You who are not naked yet,you can go back to sleep."
Author: Rumi
Author: Rumi
41. "Butterflies in the stomach, a smile that won't go away, and it's like an addiction that makes a person yearn for more. It's not something one thinks about, it's something that's felt, involuntarily."
Author: Shelena Shorts
Author: Shelena Shorts
42. "Do you think I should be paying my addresses to Mrs. Martin, my dear Miss Fitzhugh?" he whispered. "Martin doesn'tlook the sort to have enough stamina to service two women.And goodness knows you could probably exhaust Casanova himself."Again this insinuation that she must be a sufferer of nymphomania. Behind her fan, she put her lips very close to his ear. "You've no idea, my Lord Hastings, the heated yearningsthat singe me at night, when I cannot have a man. My skin burns to be touched, my lips kissed, and my entire body passionately fondled."Hastings was mute, for once. He stared at her with something halfway between amusement and arousal.She snapped shut her fan and rapped his fingers as hard as she could, watching with great satisfaction as he choked back ayelp of pain."By anyone but you," she said, and turned on her heels."
Author: Sherry Thomas
Author: Sherry Thomas
43. "How ironic that when they'd been married, she'd never thought of growing old with him.Yet now, years after the annulment, she should think of it with the yearning of an exile, forthe homeland that had long ago evicted her."
Author: Sherry Thomas
Author: Sherry Thomas
44. "I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are all capable of it and furthermore that a small, often ignored corner of us positively yearns to try it."
Author: Stephen Fry
Author: Stephen Fry
45. "Knowing ... that the struggle to create a different current reality is to no avail helps keep the attention present even when experience is painful. ... the same wisdom that keeps the attention alert and present in painful circumstances includes the awareness ... that human beings feel about things, that we lament or yearn or grieve even when we understand that things can't be different. [p. 33]"
Author: Sylvia Boorstein
Author: Sylvia Boorstein
46. "And there it was. The prim face of censure he'd been seeking. A strange sense of satisfaction descended on him. Divine justice, perhaps. Other men, better men, confessed their sins to priests and saints, but Gray had chosen for his confessor this governess. The most beautiful woman he'd ever set eyes on, in all his years of chasing pleasure from one horizon to the next. The only woman to stir this desperate yearning in his breast. And this was his penance-to watch her shrink back into her chair, to see those clear eyes glaze with mistrust as she at last recognized him for the devil he was.Yes, this was his due. And she wasn't finished yet, his petite, austere inquisitor."
Author: Tessa Dare
Author: Tessa Dare
47. "Gnostic tales tell of the homesickness of the soul, its yearning for its own milieu…"
Author: Thomas Moore
Author: Thomas Moore
48. "Do not yield to Satan's enticements; rather, stand firm for truth. The unsatisfied yearnings of the soul will not be met by a never-ending quest for joy amidst the thrills of sensation and vice. Vice never leads to virtue. Hate never promotes love. Cowardice never gives courage. Doubt never inspires faith."
Author: Thomas S. Monson
Author: Thomas S. Monson
49. "...we shall connect the points, draw the line, and you and I shall form that unique design for which I yearn. If they do this kind of thing to me every morning, they will get me trained and I shall become quite wooden."
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Author: Vladimir Nabokov
50. "The rock, when one came to think of it, was the utmost expression of human need; even mere feeling yearned for it; it was the highest comparison of loyalty in love and friendship. Christ Himself had used that comparison for the disciple to whom He gave the keys of His Church. And the Hebrews of the Old Testament, always being carried captive into foreign lands,--their rock was an idea of God, the only thing their conquerors could not take from them."
Author: Willa Cather
Author: Willa Cather
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Donald Trump attended the Adele show to hear songs about men who are jerks
Donald Trump loves Adele, which makes sense, because Donald Trump loves all things about Donald Trump. And Adele has built her career on writing about men being assholes.
The GOP presidential candidate attended Adele's concert at Radio City Music Hall and reportedly cut in front of fans who had been waiting for hours.
Donald Trump just pulled up to the Adele concert and everybody booed
— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) November 18, 2015
When Trump likes Adele #waitingforadele pic.twitter.com/Pz37U7d1Ha
— Daniela Franco (@danielafrancony) November 18, 2015
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Bill Murray and Transparent creator Jill Soloway also attended the show.
Um!!! At Adele and Amy Poehler and Donald Trump are sitting behind me!! What is my life? And Bill Murray just arrived!
— Elizabeth Eulberg (@ElizEulberg) November 18, 2015
And are you ready for it? Donald Trump two rows behind me (and that's Tina Fey in the leather jacket). #Adele pic.twitter.com/QtpI7LGaFA
— Elizabeth Eulberg (@ElizEulberg) November 18, 2015
My sister just met Donald Trump- her seats are better than his hahaha @adele
— Ranelle (@RanelleC) November 18, 2015
But at least he couldn't get front row seats.


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Sweet Moments
Sweet Moments from Miko Products are lovable, glass frames filled with colourful messages. They make a very special gift for a family member, friend or colleague – in order to stand still for a moment and think about it every day!
The Sweet Moments collection consists of 24 different items, which are designed in different colours. The product contains a glass surface in which a complimentary message is written and a photo can be inserted as well. Transparent PVC packaging wrapped with a silver ribbon gives Sweet Moments a chic look. There is a stand and a hook at the back, making it possible to either display or hang the product. Sweet Moments is 16 cm (6.2 inches) wide, 14 cm (5.5 inches) high and 6 cm (2.3 inches) deep.
It is also possible to order the collection without the display. However, our experience shows that product sales are best as part of the whole concept, so our advice is to use the tried and tested marketing methods.
Miko has developed an international version of the Crystal Angel & Bear with a 13-digit barcode. We can also translate the collection into your native language so that the collection best fits your country. Of course, you can also use your own wording.
All the artwork is copyright of Miko Products.
If you would like to learn more about the collection, please send us a request via the contact form. Of course you are also welcome to visit our showroom by appointment in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands, or Quanzhou in China. You can also visit our stand at the bi-annual Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou, China, where we introduce our latest collections.


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As a RhineVest advisor, Andrew develops recommendations and plans that will accomplish his clients' goals. "There is no better feeling than when a client expresses gratitude for the work you have done for them."
Andrew is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati, earning a bachelor's degree in Finance and Marketing. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional.
Outside of work, Andrew serves as an active University of Cincinnati and Kolodzik Business Scholars Alum. He enjoys Cincinnati sports, summertime grill outs, and spending time with his friends and family.


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The first seminar I attended discussed 'Consumer trends across 2018' which highlighted what devices consumers are favouring, what media they consume, what data they will share and how they communicate. The speaker left us considering that it the future is data driven but consumers are getting more nervous about sharing their data, especially with brands they are unfamiliar with, how will emerging brands engage with their target market effectively? At Ultimate, we know that if we give our customers good reason to share their data with us they will, an example of that being a whitepaper that can be accessed by sharing their information.
It was a pure coincidence that I left this seminar and went straight to the 'Engagement' theatre where a company was sharing really exciting statistics around gaming. It took 35 years for the global games market to hit $35 bn in 2007. In 2007 something changed...a revolutionary device called the smartphone! The games market is now worth $100 bn! these exciting little computers took over and suddenly we were able to engage with games on the move.
People learn and connect through play. Games are fun, make us happy and are a brilliant way of increasing engagement.
We were shown two examples where National brands had used games to connect with their customers. One client reported that their game had 667 unique users in one day, 58,000 plays over 30 days and it it was played at least twice by each user!
Another example which demonstrated sales generation, was a game that was played over 700,000 times with a 40% CTR to the companies special offers. They reported 9,000 GDPR compliant opt-ins and a record ROI.
So I left my first seminar wondering about how we continue to find new ways to engage with consumers, to being blown away by the fantastic results games can have for engagement.
If you would like to discuss new ways to engage with your customers, please call us.


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Acervo do Conhecimento Histórico. Lost, Forgotten Books and Ancient Sacred Texts. Although not considered canon, these ancient texts are part of the heritage of Judaism and Christianity.
Some, such as the Book of Enoch, are condidered sacred by some. The Ethiopian Church has The Book of Enoch as part of their Bible. The Gospel of Thomas is considered by many as the Fifth Gospel and others consider it the source sayings document that preceeded all of the Gospels. All of these texts, at one time or another, were lost to the world until found within the last 120 year by travelers or archeologists. Although some are considered to be pseudepigraphic, they carry significant meaning and insight into events of that time.
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The book itself is filled with an eye-opening array (a primer if you will) of actual government documents that paint a picture of who our government does and does not represent. And speaking of the CIA… 2. To put it bluntly, the Central Intelligence Agency did not want this book to come out. 3. 4. Redes de publicaciones y bibliotecas digitales.
The Literary United States: A Map of the Best Book for Every State. Two weeks ago, we published a literary map of Brooklyn, highlighting the books we felt best represented the neighborhoods in which they were set.
Compiling the list of books for that map had us thinking about what it means for a story to not just be from a place, but also of it, and why it is that some places have an abundance of literary riches (we're looking at you, American South), while others, well, don't. And we had seen other maps pairing books with states, but those maps tend to signify the fame level of the books rather than their literary merit; they also tend to be dominated by white men, most of them dead. And Margaret Mitchell. We wanted to do better. We wanted to come up with a list that was more than just a general reflection of a place, but rather paid attention to the specifics, even at the risk of the exclusion of the whole.
Literatura Brasileira. PDFs. 100 Extensive University Libraries from Around the World that Anyone Can Access. Universities house an enormous amount of information and their libraries are often the center of it all.
You don't have to be affiliated with any university to take advantage of some of what they have to offer. From digital archives, to religious studies, to national libraries, these university libraries from around the world have plenty of information for you. There are many resources for designers as well. Although this is mainly a blog that caters to designers and artists I have decided to include many other libraries for all to enjoy.
Capturing images of manuscripts, art, and artifacts, digital libraries are an excellent way of both preserving the past and sharing it with everyone. Harvard University Library. These digital libraries either have a focus on a culture other than that of the United States or are housed in another country. The Digital South Asia Library. These libraries offer books or texts for you to read online and free of charge. Universal Digital Library.
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Michael Livingston's The Shards of Heaven is out November 17th from Tor Books, and we want to send you a galley now!
Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two. Octavian, Caesar's ambitious great-nephew and adopted son, vies with Marc Antony and Cleopatra for control of Caesar's legacy. As civil war rages from Rome to Alexandria, and vast armies and navies battle for supremacy, a secret conflict may shape the course of history.
Juba, Numidian prince and adopted brother of Octavian, has embarked on a ruthless quest for the Shards of Heaven, lost treasures said to possess the very power of the gods-or the one God. Driven by vengeance, Juba has already attained the fabled Trident of Poseidon, which may also be the staff once wielded by Moses. Now he will stop at nothing to obtain the other Shards, even if it means burning the entire world to the ground.
Caught up in these cataclysmic events, and the hunt for the Shards, are a pair of exiled Roman legionnaires, a Greek librarian of uncertain loyalties, assassins, spies, slaves… and the ten-year-old daughter of Cleopatra herself.
Michael Livingston's The Shards of Heaven reveals the hidden magic behind the history we know, and commences a war greater than any mere mortal battle.
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- 500ml (18fl oz) dessert wine
- 1 vanilla pod or 1tsp vanilla bean paste
- 1tbsp fresh or dried lavender
- 6 ripe peaches or nectarines, skinned (plunge them into boiling water for 1 or 2 minutes, then peel off the skins)
- for the tuile biscuits
- 125g (4½oz) caster sugar
- 2 large free-range eggs
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 75g (3oz) plain flour
- 25g (1oz) melted butter
Place the wine, vanilla and lavender in a pan, bring to a gentle simmer then add the peaches. Cook them for 15 minutes, remove from the syrup and set aside. Turn up the heat and reduce the syrup by half. Put in a bowl, let it cool then chill in the fridge with the peaches.
To make the biscuits, heat the oven to 180C, 160C fan, 350F, gas 4. Mix the biscuit ingredients and spoon teaspoons of the mix on to a lined baking sheet. Spread each one to make a 7.5cm (3in) circle. Cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Cool for a few seconds then lift them, one at a time, with a palette knife on to a rolling pin to form a curved shape. Leave to cool fully.
Serve the peaches with the syrup, tuiles and some crème fraîche.