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Pin It Now! Hey all,
I know it's been a long time coming but I'm in the midst of a new illustration now. My motivation is having new work to enter upcoming competitions with. I'm sad that I already missed one of the deadlines I wanted to make, for the Illustration West competition a couple of weeks ago, but now I'm focused on getting work done for the NY Society of Illustrators competition. The deadline is Oct. 1 so it's still going to be very tight. It's been a while since I did one of my regular traditional-style illustrations so it's making me a bit nervous. But that's how it always goes. I mean, as an artist, with each new project it can be easy to freeze up and say, "I forgot how to draw!":) But you just have to push through it.
For this illustration I've decided to go with a different focus somewhat as I'm composing it to be used for a bookcover. This is a result of my experience at the summer SCBWI conference. I came away from that feeling like I should focus my efforts more specifically on the middle-grade/teen markets in the fantasy genre. These markets feature color covers with some black/white interior illustrations. I did a little reconaissance work after the conference and went to Barnes & Noble with my camera and took photos of all the covers from those markets that I liked (well, until a B&N worker stopped me and said I couldn't do that--luckily, I had already taken enough shots:). I then drew thumbnail versions of all the bookcover photos so I could get a feel for the way shapes are used and composed on those bookcovers.
I then drew up a design that I felt could be seen on a bookcover. I'm pretty happy with my drawing, so now I need to push through to actually painting it.
I've also been doing some sketches for another bookcover. For this one I actually read a teen fantasy novel and want to do a cover and some interior illustrations as an example of what I would do for that novel. That artwork is only at an early stage yet though.
OK, that's all for now.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
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- Neil Cooper
- 3 July 2007
Spies in the Wires@Cabaret Voltaire,
The whiff of freshly heated maize that accompanies Sellotape's vocal version of Hot Butter's 1972 electro-disco hit, 'Popcorn' (the first ever totally synthesiser-based single to chart, pop-pickers) may take its subject matter literally, but it's still a lot subtler than Crazy Frog's pummelling desecration of one of the catchiest ditties in pop history.
Fronted by über-bobbed girl about town and PVC-panted mein hostess of the Girlelectro night at super student hang-out The Southern, Viki Sellotape, Sellotape the band do that Rough Trade circa 1978 Ladbroke Grove squat rock shamble. Making their live debut, they go hell for, um, leather with an energetic and unstudied bounce through the DIY post-punk messthetics handbook. Think Kleenex or The Delta Five, with an in-built ramshackleness tempered by a vocal style betraying a smidgen of Siouxsie Sioux.
It's the contents of the popcorn making machine, though, which gives extra added flavour to a show that celebrates the joys of Blue Peter-style sticky back plastic in terms of fixing, mending and barely keeping things together. It's a philosophy Sellotape's home made music is founded on.
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My name is Laura and I am mum to two beautiful little boys. My youngest son Harry has a neurodegenerative life limiting condition.
Since Harrys diagnosis Harry has had some wonderful treats, Make a wish, sensory toys and many more. A lot of our attention is given to Harry with him being so poorly and often I have sat and thought about how our other son Joshua misses out on activities when Harry is too sick to do things. Although he has never complained I often think of the emotional impact this must have on him.
Joshua has also had to learn some pretty grown up things for a 10 year old. He knows what to do in an emergency when Harry is in constant seizure including administering emergency medication and calling ambulances, also how to feed Harry and give meds via a peg. He is a whizz with a sats machine and especially like to play games with harry by going for a jog and seeing how high his heart rate goes.
In September 2016 I had a thought that I, with the help of some amazing members of the public can change this, if we can carry out small acts of kindness we can show the siblings how amazing they are and that they really are appreciated.
Sponsor a sibling was founded on the 24th September 2016. Our aim is to make siblings of life limited or life threatened children smile and bring comfort to bereaved siblings.
To date we have supplied numerous siblings with a selection of gift bundles, some of which include a movie night pack with a dvd player and popcorn maker, a chill out pack with bean bag, onesie and hot water bottle and lots of other exciting things.
We have also delivered some special keepsake teddy bear packs for bereaved siblings. At the minute these include a bear for every sibling in the family including the chid that has passed away, a photo frame to decorate and a name a star gift. We have also recently purchased some small urns to include if there is a wish for them which was suggested by a family.
Many of the gifts that have been supplied for the siblings have been purchased by members of the public via our wish list on amazon. In three months, we have had nearly 150 gifts purchased.
We have a go fund me page set up and the money raised from this has been used to top up sibling's gifts where needed and fund the bulk of the bereaved sibling packs.
We have managed to achieve so much in the past few months and we hope to be able to supply many more siblings in the future.
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New fatherhood sleep deprivation has pushed our Joseph O'Neill interview back a week but in the interim, some worthy links for your morning coffee:
* Comprehensive BEA coverage can be found at PW. Among blogs, you'll find the most worthwhile BEA coverage at Jacket Copy and Galleycat.
* Echoing our own thoughts from last year, Alain de Botton calls for "an ambitious new literature of the office."
It used to be a central ambition of novelists to capture the experience of working life. From Balzac to Zola, Dickens to Kafka, they evoked the dynamism and the beauty, the horror and the tedium of the workplace. Their books covered the same territory as is today featured at copious length in the financial pages of newspapers or in the breathless commentaries of the 24-hour newscasters, but their interest was not primarily financial. The goal was to convey the human side of commerce, where money is only one actor in a complex drama about our ambitions and reversals.
* As fans of both Sherlock Holmes and Robert Downey Jr, we're midly curious to see what he makes of the great sleuth.
* Oscar Wilde's original, handwritten love letters are among the 600,000 pages of manuscripts made available in a new online resource called British Literary Manuscripts Online c1660-1900 (which the Telegraph appears unable to link to).
* Note to self: Get daughter set of Nancy Drew books.
* Wired's Bruce Sterling offers a list of Eighteen Challenges in Contemporary Literature, some of which are sensible, others of which - like this one - are, well ... Step away from the computer, Bruce.
Algorithms and social media replacing work of editors and publishing houses ...
* The lineup for the Brooklyn Book Festival has been announced.
* Milan Kundera blows off a Czech conference in his honor.
Kundera sent good-humoured thanks for the "necrophile party" in a letter to the organisers of the three-day event, which drew scholars and translators from as far away as Chicago, Paris, Reykjavik, Rome and Warsaw.
* Mavis Gallant in celebrated on WNYC's Selected Shorts.
* Marilynne Robinson: "If I know where an idea's from, I don't use it."
* Maud Newton continues her entertaining series of "literary quips, observations, and warnings."
* Brandon Wenerd makes the argument that Aspen belongs on our American Literary Map.
Though literary tradition may not be as apparent to the rest of the world as tourist pursuits like skiing and gourmet dining, this once-Wild West mining town retains an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity and boheme idiosyncrasy, making for an idyllic hideaway for literature to flourish. The Aspen Writers' Foundation – the oldest literary center in Colorado – wines, dines, and host lectures for eminent authors like Salman Rushdie, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ishmael Beah, and David Davidar during its five-day summer literary festival, writing retreat, and popular Winter Words lecture series, dubbed "après ski for the mind." In the 70s, a literary journal titled "The Aspen Anthology" published book excerpts, poems, and short stories by locals. It boasted a circulation of 1000. The nearest Barnes and Noble may be nearly 95 miles away in Grand Junction, but the cozy Explore Bookstore on Main Street keeps independent bookstore tradition alive in an era when homegrown sellers are becoming either an anomaly or a nostalgic relic of the past. Even a casual browser at the Aspen Thrift Shop will discover a highbrow and sophisticated collection of used volumes ranging from Sylvia Plath to Edward Abbey between the pulpy stacks of Janet Evanovich mystery thrillers and John Grisham bestsellers.
* Geoff Dyer has won the Wodehouse Prize for Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. He also spends some time chatting with the New Yorker.
* Wexford is to literary novelists as Liverpool is to songwriters ...
* Boyd Tonkin on Anne Michaels's The Winter Vault.
To put it mildly, The Winter Vault does not build, or grow, like a conventional novel. Each main character slips or swerves into a mode of rapt soliloquy that, for all the breadth of their references to science, art and history, often sounds alike. Motifs and metaphors drift like spores from one mind to another: dams, seeds, stones, tombs, the endless traffic between the organic and inorganic worlds. Read this book like poetry, or rather hear it like music, but stay if you can with Michaels' gorgeous melancholia even when the waters of her rhetoric rise to the very lip of absurdity.
* And, finally, a unique literary quiz: judging a book by its "improbable phrases".


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I am very new to cycling, but am thinking about communting from Mornington Peninsula (Mornington area) to Dandenong.
Any tips? Best routes? etc etc Please.
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Eczema is the most common dermatosis of pregnancy, accounting for almost half of all skin disorders reported by expectant mothers. Only 20% to 40% of women who develop eczema during pregnancy have a history of pre-existing eczema.1
Among women with a prepregnancy history of eczema, about half may experience a worsening in their eczema during pregnancy, but 25% see an improvement in symptoms. Higher rates of worsening symptoms may occur in the second trimester, but severity can fluctuate throughout pregnancy.2
Many patients are unsure about how to manage their eczema during pregnancy due to fears of adverse side effects. Healthcare providers such as PAs and NPs play a critical role in advising pregnant patients that effective options are available and will not harm the fetus.
The cause of changes in skin quality during pregnancy is the subject of several theories. During pregnancy, immunity tends to shift toward a type 2 T helper response, a subgroup of lymphocytes. This type 2 response has also been linked with atopy, hence the tendency for flareups.3 Another theory suggests that variations in the expression of the protein filaggrin, which is common in eczema, is further altered and produces eczema.4 And a third theory is that skin reactivity to irritants may increase during pregnancy, leading to an increased inflammatory response.5
In adults, eczema is generally localized or may be occur only on the hands and feet. The most common location for adult eczema is the flexor regions, such as the antecubital fossa, popliteal fossa and the neck. Common characteristics of eczema in adulthood are thickened skin, lichenification and excoriated papules. The presence of pustules often suggests infection with Staphylococcus aureus.
Dry skin develops in all presentations of eczema. Pruritis is the most characteristic symptom, and it is usually severe. Secondary changes due to scratching and rubbing of the skin are common.6 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation is common, especially in patients with darker skin. Hyperpigmentation is sometimes severe at sites of lichenification because the epidermis thickens here.7
The most effective way to manage eczema is to avoid irritants and triggers. For patients with pre- existing atopic dermatitis, triggers should be easy to identify.
Conservative treatments include diet changes, oatmeal baths and avoiding the use of drying soaps. The use of emollients (i.e., creams, ointments and humectants including alpha hydroxy acids) is important to maintain moisture of the skin and reduce irritation.
In terms of prescription treatment, the standard for mild to moderate eczema is low- to medium-potency topical steroids such as hydrocortisone 0.5% to 2.5% or triamcinolone acetonide 0.1% ointment, combined with topical moisturizers. This is the appropriate therapy even during pregnancy.8 Severe or unrelenting eczema warrants a different method of treatment, but many options are still viable during pregnancy.
In a randomized controlled study, narrowband ultraviolent B therapy applied twice a week for 12 weeks reduced the severity of eczema by 30%.9 This therapy can be applied in a medical setting or at home. Potent topical steroids, such as amcinonide 0.1% cream, are also safe during pregnancy.
Use with Caution
Potent topical steroids such as betamethasone dipropionate 0.05% should be used with caution and only in small quantities applied to the affected areas. Systemic steroids are to be used with caution, because studies are inconclusive about the possible effects on the fetus. Oral steroids have been linked with fetal growth restriction in humans and cleft lip and palate defects in mice.8 These medications should be used with caution during the third trimester.10
Topical calcineurin inhibitors such as tacrolimus and pimecrolimus may be considered if first-line treatments and UVB therapy are ineffective or contraindicated. The manufacturers of both products advise against their use during pregnancy. Although systemic tacrolimus is teratogenic, the bioavailability of the topical form is less than 5% and it has not been associated with fetal abnormalities.11 Use should be restricted only to affected areas.
If more intense systemic options are needed, cyclosporine is likely to be the safest option. In a double-blind, randomized controlled trial, eczema improved 59% in 8 weeks in patients who were not pregnant.12 Cyclosporine readily crosses the placenta, but in a study of pregnant mothers receiving organ transplants, results showed that it is relatively safe.11 Fetal growth was restricted, but this could be due to other maternal factors. The drug should be avoided during breastfeeding because it is a potent immunosuppressant. It should only be used if levels in milk and infant serum are monitored.13
Methotrexate has been proven effective in moderate to severe eczema, but it should be avoided during pregnancy because it is a known teratogen and has recently been used to induce miscarriage.14 Methotrexate should also be avoided in mothers who are breastfeeding. In patients with established use of methotrexate, the literature recommends a minimum drug-free interval of 3 months before conception for both the mother and father, to avoid developmental risks.
Another effective therapy, psoralen plus ultraviolet light therapy (PUVA). is a combination of the medication psoralen with ultraviolet A light. It should be avoided during pregnancy and should be stopped before conception. A study reported congenital malformations and stillbirths after maternal exposure to PUVA therapy.15
The most effective way to prevent eczema flareups during pregnancy is to avoid potential irritants and allergens. Continued application of moisturizers and mild to moderate topical steroids will minimize the disease. Any patient who is on systemic therapy for eczema should be made aware that time intervals between stopping the drug and attempting conception are necessary, especially methotrexate and PUVA.
Provide Safe and Effective Options
Studies have shown that physiologic changes such as immunologic shifts during pregnancy may cause eczema to worsen, but pregnant women do not have to suffer when it comes to eczema. Safe options for treatment include emollients, topical steroids (excluding potent forms) and ultraviolet B therapy. Relatively safe options to be prescribed with caution include small quantities of potent topical steroids, such as betamethasone dipropionate 0.05%, as well as oral steroids, topical calcineurin inhibitors and cyclosporine. Systemic therapies such as methotrexate and PUVA therapy must be discontinued at least 3 months prior to conception and should be avoided even during breastfeeding.16
Donna Mathis is a student in the physician assistant program at Georgia Regents University in Augusta. Sara Haddow Liebel is an associate professor in the program.
1. Vaughan Jones SA, et al. A prospective study of 200 women with dermatoses of pregnancy correlating clinical findings with hormonal and immunopathological profiles. Br J Dermatol. 1999;141(1):71-81.
2. Kemmett D, Tidman MJ. The influence of the menstrual cycle and pregnancy on atopic dermatitis. Br J Dermatol. 1991;125(1):59-61.
3. Saito S, et al. Quantitative analysis of peripheral blood Th0, Th1, Th2 and the Th1:Th2 cell ratio during normal human pregnancy and preeclampsia. Clin Exp Immunol 1999;117(3):550-555.
4. Palmer CN, et al. Common loss-of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis. Nat Genet. 2006;38(4):441-446.
5. Agner T, et al. Menstrual cycle and skin reactivity. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991;24(4):566-570.
6. Rudikoff D, Lebwohl M. Atopic dermatitis. Lancet. 1998;351(9117):1715-1721.
7. Spergel JM, Paller AS. Atopic dermatitis and the atopic march. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2003;112(6):S118-S1127.
8. Czeizel AE, Rockenbauer M. Population-based case-control study of teratogenic potential of corticosteroids. Teratology. 1997;56(5):335-340.
9. Reynolds NJ, et al. Narrow-band ultraviolet B and broad-band ultraviolet A phototherapy in adult atopic eczema: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2001;357(9273):2012-2016.
10. Gur C, et al. Pregnancy outcome after first trimester exposure to corticosteroids: a prospective controlled study. Reprod Toxicol. 2004;18(1):93-101.
11. Christopher V, et al. Pregnancy outcome after liver transplantation: a single-center experience of 71 pregnancies in 45 recipients. Liver Transpl. 2006;12(7):1138-1143.
12. Sowden JM, et al. Double-blind, controlled, crossover study of cyclosporin in adults with severe refractory atopic dermatitis. Lancet. 1991;338(8760):137-140.
13. Moretti, ME, et al. Which drugs are contraindicated during breastfeeding? Can Fam Physician. 2000;46(9):1753-1757.
14. Lloyd ME, et al. The effects of methotrexate on pregnancy, fertility and lactation. QJM. 1999;92(10):551-563.
15. Stern RS, Lange R. Outcomes of pregnancies among women and partners of men with a history of exposure to methoxsalen photochemotherapy (PUVA) for the treatment of psoriasis. Arch Dermatol 1991;127(3) 347-350.
16. Weatherhead S, et al. Eczema in pregnancy. BMJ. 2007;335(7611):152-154.


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Colemanville Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Pequea Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. After Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, it is Lancaster County's second-longest single-span covered bridge still being used[2]. It is also referred to as the Martic Forge Covered Bridge and Pequea #12 Bridge.
The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. The deck is made from oak planks.[3] It is painted red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges, on both the inside and outside. Both approaches to the bridge are painted red with white trim.
The bridge's WGCB Number is 38-36-26[4]. In 1980 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003534[5]. The bridge is located on Fox Hollow Road just south of Pennsylvania route 324 in Martic Township, Pennsylvania [2]. It is located at 39°53′56.01″N 76°20′31.90″W / 39.8988917°N 76.342194°W / 39.8988917; -76.342194 (39.898892, -76.342194).
The Colemanville Covered Bridge was originally built in 1856 by James C. Carpenter at a cost of $2,244. After being damaged twice by flooding, it was partially rebuilt in 1938 by Edmund Gardner and 1973 by David Esh. Lancaster county completely rebuilt the bridge in 1992 for $350,000. During the restoration process the bridge was raised by 6 feet (1.8 m) and moved west a few feet to protect it from damage in potential future flooding.[2]
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If you are Windows Phone smart phone user and are still using the old Windows Phone 7, then here is something you need to read. Microsoft had said last month that it would be expanding its Market Place to include more new and improved apps, in competition with Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store. Compared to these two online app market places, Mircosoft's Market Place is not so much developed.
And in this attempt, the Redmond company has also decided that it would be changing the access permissions of the Market Place as well. The new permissions will not allow phones running the old Windows Phone 7.0 to access the Market Place anymore. Yes, this would be a very bad decision but looks like the company is committed to this.
"We're now doing the final work needed to turn on this new requirement, so I thought it would be a good time for another friendly reminder," Microsoft said.
Not only this, the company has also decided to remove Windows Phone 7.0 app from Zune. Yes, this is also a very bad decision. So if you want to download, buy, install, and use apps for your Windows Phone smart phone from the next month, you will have to upgrade to the new Windows Phone 7.5 version as soon as possible.
The company said it will post another final remind about this before the changes will go live. So keep an eye open for the announcement if you are one of the few Windows Phone users. This effort, as I see it, is to compete with the aforementioned big fishes in the water, Apple and Google. Both the companies have released more than 3 updates to their respective operating systems and Microsoft is still trying hard to get its customers to upgrade to the second update available.
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It has been the kind of day you look forward to in the dead of winter, all sunshine and light breezes and 80 degrees outside, and fresh cherries to snack on with nothing on the agenda besides recreational reading and drafting this column.1 Nevertheless, guilt has finally prodded me to put down my New York Times Book Review, abandon my spot in the early evening sunshine, and work on this column.
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Jeffrey Smoot has joined Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker as a partner in the firm's Creditor/Debtor Group. According to the firm's web page, Smoot represents individuals, business owners and closely held companies in litigation, debt and insolvency proceedings, including contract and lien enforcement and collection.
C. Rachal Winger has joined Lee & Hayes as a patent attorney in the firm's Seattle office. She is a member of the Chemical and Life Sciences Practice Group. She advises clients on a variety of intellectual property matters in the area of life sciences. Winger was previously with K&L Gates.
Associate Additions
Jessica Stevenson has joined Tousley Brain Stephens as a litigation associate. She was previously counsel for the Washington State Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
Rachel Haller has joined the Chemical and Life Sciences Practice Group of Lee & Hayes as an associate. According to the firm's web page, she assists clients with the development of their intellectual property portfolios, and drafts and prosecutes both U.S. and foreign patent applications in various areas of life sciences.
Bernice Johnson Blessing has joined Cairncross & Hempelmann as an associate. Blessing's practice includes retail, hotel and restaurant establishments; corporate finance and business transactions; employment; and real estate.
Joe Stockton recently joined Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt as an associate. Stockton focuses his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, construction, real estate development and EB-5 financing. He has experience representing owners, contractors, subcontractors and hotel developers in federal and state courts and in arbitration. Prior to joining Schwabe, Stockton worked in the Construction Group at Ashbaugh Beal.
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Loretta Young and Tyrone Power enjoyed a couple of years as Hollywood's "Sweethearts of the silver screen." They made several movies together, including Second Honeymoon, which to me is the weakest in terms of story. It plays a lot like the Palm Beach Story, which is similarly silly both in story and acting, but somehow has the reputation of being a gem--how or why is a mystery. Regardless, Loretta and Ty are beautiful beyond belief, individually and together, and being able to see them in any context, even Second Honeymoon, is worth a look. Beautiful portrait photos of the two of them by George Hurrell date from this time.
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They were a terrific on screen pair and played wonderfully together. Both Loretta Young and Tyrone Power were at their most attractive and glamorous in this light weight tale about a divorced couple who can 't keep their eyes off each other. They light up the screen in this fun and breezy story with good supporting players and luxurious sets. Typical of Depression Era escapist movies. People needed to be transported from cares of everyday and Hollywood filled the bill with movies like this. No complicated message, just meant to be enjoyed at face value.
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Babies may be born with allergies, study says
Allergies could begin before a baby is even born, new research from Australia indicates.
The study of one-year-old babies tried to pinpoint why and when food allergies occur by analyzing their environmental and genetic changes.
Dr. David Martino, from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Victoria, said their study of 12 infants found preliminary evidence of pre-birth programming of food allergies.
He believes epigenetics, the process that turn genes on and off in response to the environment, was vital to uncovering the clues about the origin of allergies.
One in 10 babies in the state of Victoria are diagnosed with a food allergy.
"Lifestyles and environmental exposures can change the epigenetic switches on your DNA; for instance, it can cause the gene for food allergies to express themselves too strongly," he said.
His study measured DNA methylation - an epigenetic mechanism that controls whether genes are turned up or down or switched on or off - in blood samples from babies with food allergies.
"We found several switches that were different in the children with food allergies that occurred in some important immune genes," Martino said.
They found preliminary evidence that specific immune genes were disrupted in the children. They then looked at cord blood samples from the same children, collected at birth, and found the same disruptions existed in the blood, suggesting that the changes occurred very early in the baby's development.


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Grandmaster Kim Soo, 10th degree black belt, and founder of Chayon-Ryu Natural Way Martial Arts system. The latest episode of Grandmaster's video blog on Hoshin Sul (Self Defense), and the natural way.
In this episode, Grandmaster Kim Soo demonstrates the traditional and proper way to fold, carry and store your dobok (martial arts uniform).


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Learning is fun right? Furthering your skill set is awesome! Grad school is a field of daisies…no.
Don't worry, this will not be 500 words of me complaining about how much school sucks, but it will be a real look at just how much of an emotional roller coaster grad school can be. It has a happy ending though.
Last week I wrote about my new four week class, International Marketing with Dr. Yaprak. In that post I talked about how I hadn't wanted to go to class and how the long week made 3 hours of class sound painful, but my time in class was actually quite enjoyable. This week's classes took me for a similar ride, particularly on Tuesday. I drove to campus after a long work day with the thought more work still to be completed after class weighing on my mind. That is not a great mindset to be in when you will be discussing international marketing research and statistics for 3 hours. Stats can be enough of a headache when it is the easy stuff, adding the additional requirements for reliability and validity across nations is cause for an extra dose of caffeine even if you haven't already completed a 9 hour work day. Despite being exhausted, and honestly a little uninterested in being in class when I walked into the lecture, 20 minutes in I was fully engaged and enjoying the discussion my professor was facilitating. It was still a long class, but my mood was noticeable improved following the lecture. As I drove home that night, the extent to which going back to school places you on an emotional roller coaster struck me. That is not to say that I have not noticed or thought of this in the last year and a half, but the fact that the swing was so drastic and took place in such a short time span was something worth noting.
Going back to school holds plenty of promise, the opportunity of career advancement being one of priority for many students, but the smaller victories and defeats of being back in school tend to be overlooked. Success on a paper, or project, or even in a lecture discussion can take your day from a 2 to a 10. Unfortunately, the opposite can be said for a poorer than expected grade or walking into a test feeling prepared only to find that you studied the wrong material. All of these ups and downs are exhausting, especially when combined with the greater stress of being back in school and the time and effort that goes with it. This is something that I feel many students are not fully expecting when they start a grad school program. They expect the hard work, the long nights, and the frustrations that come with any type of schooling, but may underestimate the number of ups, downs, twists, and turns that accompany the grad school life. It is much more than head down and move towards the light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, as I have moved this program I have come to believe that the emotional roller coaster is almost an additional course for student to succeed in. Grad school is more than just what happens in the classroom or in pursuit of class requirements, there are life lessons to be learned even by those who have been in the work force for many year. (For the record, I acknowledge how cheesy that sounds, but I stand by it).
I think I was lucky when I entered my program; I had watched people close to me go through this process before I started and so I had expectations of up and downs, but I still may have underestimated the emotional component of grad school. If I were to give advice to anyone considering grad school, and in particular a MBA, I would address this subject. Be ready to work hard, be ready to commit, and be ready to start a crazy ride.


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Blue Ridge TX UMC
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Home Groups
Imagine something small, starting something big.
It happened once, when a simple carpenter shared his life with 12 close friends. For 3 years, they ate together, played together, learned together, traveled together, laughed together, cried together, and even fought together. Their lives were changed, and then they went out and changed the world.
Do you believe it can happen today? Imagine the direct descendant of that group of followers, the Church, doing the same thing today. Groups of a dozen people - sometimes a few more, sometimes a few less - sharing life together. Eating together. Playing together. Learning together. Traveling together. Laughing together. Crying together. And even fighting together.
Whatever you call them, small groups have the potential to change lives, to change the church and to change the world. It can be done. It HAS been done.
The Blue Ridge First United Methodist Home Groups meet Sunday evenings from 6:00 - 7:45 PM. If you are interested in learning more about Home Groups or joining a group, please contact the church office at 972-752-4245.


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Happy Halloween
Pictured above are Mrs. Winchester's carpenters. They were well-compensated professionals who worked hard to meet Mrs. Winchester's strange but exacting standards. They lived, worked, and in some cases raised families on the estate. At least one of them may still be there.
During most of the mansion's history the main basement has been closed off. It wasn't until a few years ago that a second tour was added to include the basement. This meant clearing about 80 years of accumulated debris and dust. Since tours guides have some downtime between tours, they were given the job of sweeping up. It took several months, and during that time people kept running into someone they didn't know. He wore overalls, and had a wheelbarrow, and looked like he might be part of the restoration crew.
One of the guides, expecting to be alone in the basement that day, asked his manager who the other person doing the cleaning was. The manager was confused because no one else was scheduled to do any work in the basement. She asked what the other person looked like. The tour guide described him as wearing overalls and having a mustache, and he was pushing a wheelbarrow.
A few weeks later a different guide asked the same question. 'Who is that guy in the basement?'
The manager was curious, and asked what he looked like. The tour guide described him. He had a mustache. He wore overalls. He was pushing a wheelbarrow. This was very strange, no one was scheduled to be in the basement.
The tour opened to the public shortly thereafter. One afternoon in the basement, a guest asked her guide who the man with the wheelbarrow was. What man, he replied. No one was supposed to be in the basement. After the tour, he asked the manager who might have been in the basement with a wheelbarrow. No one, what did he look like? Well, he had a mustache, and wore overalls....
People kept seeing the man with the wheelbarrow. One day, a guest pointed to the picture of the carpenters and said to her guide, 'I saw that man in the basement. He had a wheelbarrow.' The guide told the manager what the guest had said.
Out of curiosity, the manager showed the photo to one of the guides. The guide was surprised. 'That's him.' The manager brought in the other guide. Without being asked, the guide pointed to the man on the far right side of the photo. 'That's the man with the wheelbarrow.'
People ask me if the house is haunted. I tell them that I don't know, but some of Mrs. Winchester's employees were very loyal.


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Friday, February 26, 2010
5 Free Tools to Spring Clean Your Twitter Account
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 4:30 PM
Just started using ManageTwitter--time to clean up the account a little bit. Here are some other tools. http://amplify.com/u/24dw
IOC to investigate Canadian women's hockey team for celebration
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 6:03 AM
A funny world we live in. In this age of politically correct behavior, one would think that this wouldn't happen. I guess if people are not going to exhibit good sportsmanship, then they go all the way to the other end of the spectrum! http://amplify.com/u/242k
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Pew Research News IQ Quiz
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 12:11 PM
A surprisingly straightforward quiz to test your basic political knowledge about current situations. Take the quiz--you might be surprised. http://amplify.com/u/2231
Friday, February 19, 2010
Dell Mini 5 prototype impressions
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 2:04 PM
Looks pretty interesting. It still looks like the industry is trying to find out if there is a market for something between a smartphone and a laptop. Will it be the Mini5, iPad or something else? #edtech http://amplify.com/u/1zmd
Jobs: Flash would murder the iPad. Really now, let's be realistic #edchat #edtech
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 6:05 AM
The battle between Apple (Steve Jobs) and Adobe continues. This battle has been going on a long time. Don't expect Steve Jobs to give in. http://amplify.com/u/1zd5
Technology secrets of Coney Island's people-tossing machinery, 1931
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 5:56 AM
Interesting to look back in time at technology. http://amplify.com/u/1zd2
Google Voice Explained
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 4:25 AM
I have had Google Voice for a while and I love it. There are so many great features to take advantage of. I love the fact that my Google Voice number will ring all my "regular" phones! http://amplify.com/u/1zbj
Amazing facts and figures about the evolution of hard disk drives
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 4:15 AM
It's always fun to look back on past technology and see how far we have come. Unfortunately, I remember all of this! http://amplify.com/u/1zbh
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Top 10 21st Century Homework Excuses
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 5:36 PM
My favorite all-time excuse: "My maid forgot to put it in my backpack!" http://amplify.com/u/1xoj
Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 3:06 PM
We'll see! http://amplify.com/u/1xl7
Monday, February 15, 2010
Social Media Funnies: If Cavemen Were Bloggers…
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 5:49 PM
Some days you just need a little bit of humor to lighten your day! http://amplify.com/u/1x0h
Sunday, February 14, 2010
What People Do To Make Their Computers Load Faster
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 1:26 PM
This cracks me up! http://amplify.com/u/1wap
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sarah Palin crib notes mocked by White House aide
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 5:29 AM
Good for a laugh. http://amplify.com/u/1tti
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Top 10 Super Bowl tech ads
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 8:21 AM
Brings back memories! http://amplify.com/u/1s0q
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The Apple iPad: To Buy or Not to Buy? #edchat
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 7:44 AM
Will the iPad be a success? http://amplify.com/u/1ris
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Students Sound Off on School Tech Use #edchat #eduit
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 7:36 AM
Great article on student's tech perspective in schools. It is almost like it is an all or nothing approach these days. You either have schools that have embraced the technology or schools that think that email is high tech. http://amplify.com/u/1q9o
Netflix Stabs Us In The Heart So Hollywood Can Drink Our Blood
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 5:24 AM
Anybody that believes that businesses have the customer's satisfaction as their number 1 goal needs to read this article. I was somewhat aware of this as I wondered why a couple movies I wanted tor rent were available on Amazon to buy but Netflix did not have them available to rent until a month later. http://amplify.com/u/1q67
Classic Start menu in Windows 7 with Classic Shell #eduit
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 4:54 AM
Nice feature for Windows 7 -- Up button is very useful --have the best of all worlds! http://amplify.com/u/1q5r
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Twitter Territory: How States Compare to the Average U.S. Twitter Grade #edchat
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 6:49 AM
Great visual! Also use Twitter Grader to see your grade! http://amplify.com/u/1p2p
Microsoft confirms reports of dramatically reduced battery life under Windows 7 #edchat #eduit
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 6:20 AM
Haven't tested this really since I have my laptop plugged in most of the time but haven't seen this happen on my laptop. Not sure if I really want to test this! http://amplify.com/u/1p29
Monday, February 1, 2010
Microsoft starting bi-hourly shutdowns for the Windows 7 Release Candidate next month
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 12:00 PM
Time to get Windows 7 if you're still using the release candidate! http://amplify.com/u/1oo5
USC fires student manager after his technical foul for ref abuse
Posted by Jeff Thomas at 11:58 AM
I'm not sure how you "fire" someone who isn't getting paid--or maybe I'm just showing my age and managers do get paid nowadays. Oh well-either way-no pay anymore! http://amplify.com/u/1oo1
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Omega-3 test to determine heart disease risk
A take-home kit that allows consumers to measure their omega-3 levels claims to be a better predictor of heart disease risk than cholesterol levels, while having the potential to act as an efficacy measure.
The 'finger prick' device allows consumers to get a reading of the omega-3 fatty acid profile in their blood for about $150, including lab analysis of ratios and concentrations. Omega-6 and other fatty acids are also measured and ratios provided. Recent publications had indicated the strength of omega-3 as an indicator of potential heart disease.
"Four or five studies centered around the work of William S. Harris have shown that the percentage of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) in the blood act as powerful indicators of future heart events," Dr Chilton told NutraIngredients-USA.com
"In these analyses of large databases, the results are more accurate than traditional markers such as HDL and LDL cholesterol levels."
But he said more studies were required to back up the initial findings.
Bioavailability, metabolism and efficacy
In addition to predicting future heart events the test could act as an accurate means for those taking omega-3 supplements and foods to determine how much EPA and DHA was finding its way from the food to their blood stream – and by association – how much of the nutrients were in the products in the first place.
Dr Chilton said this was complicated by differing metabolic rates among individuals which meant omega-3 absorption rates differed greatly from one person to the next.
"If you are taking omega-3s you want to know about concentrations and ratios," he said. "Until nutrigenomics are able to provide this kind of information, which is unlikely in less than 10 years, this kind of test is valuable."
He added: "The fact people can do it within their own homes creates a level of accuracy that has not been seen in the omega-3 industry."
Dr Chilton said an EPA/DHA ratio between 4-8 percent of total blood fatty acids was typical, with four percent indicating a high risk of a cardiovascular event, and eight percent indicating a lower risk.
William S. Harris, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Basic Biomedical Sciences at the Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota and co-author of the American Heart Association's Scientific Advisory on Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids.
Research grounding
Dr Harris has published more than 80 scientific articles on omega-3s, including a 2004 study published in Preventive Medicine (Vol. 39, 2004) that first proposed an omega-3 index as a cardiovascular risk factor.
The omega-3 device employs Dr Harris's proprietary Omega-3 Index methodology which recommends an EPA/DHA ratio of about eight to 10 percent. At this level the risk of sudden cardiac death could be reduced by up to 90 percent, he said.
Other research conducted by Dr Harris and published recently in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, indicates the ratio between omega-3s and omega-6s may be responsible for an increase in body inflammation and associated conditions such as cardiovascular disease, asthma, allergies, diabetes and arthritis.


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Well! This is what I have been dealing with for the last week! Yea Hoo... I'm totally being sarcastic! :(
Hailey's Tummy.... I know yuck!
Lauren's poor little face!
Well, we managed to bring home an extra visitor with us from our camping trip. Poison something??? No one seems to know for sure but we assume it's poison ivy. I broke out with is on Tuesday and then Lauren, Hailey, Allen, and Landon. Us girls have had it the worst. Allen and Landon only had a dime size spot and it cleared up almost as soon as I treated it. But that's not been the case for the girls and I as you can see. I went and got a steroid shot, medicine and some cream for it Thursday. The shot seems to be helping. The itch has stopped and it's drying up which I heard is the later stages of it. We'll see, I'm not holding my breath at this point. I ended up starting Hailey on the Medicine I got today. She had been at a friends all weekend and when I picked her up this morning she looked horrible. It had spread all over and even her face was swelling. Bless her heart it's bad. Lauren's is on her face and neck mainly, little on her hands. Mine is mainly on my neck and chest but has now started on the back of my legs. This is my first experience with this and it is NOT fun. I think I'd rather be shot. I'm so thankful that the babies cleared up. That would have just been miserable. Anyways! If anyone has any suggestions I'm up for anything at this point. I'm really thinking I might have to take Hailey in for the shot if she's not better by tomorrow. I'm so very very ready to have this over with!!! Maybe we'll get rid of it this week. We'll see. I'll keep ya update... Hope you guys have a great week.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Well! This is what I have been dealing with for the last week! Yea Hoo... I'm totally being sarcastic! :(
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oh man!! no fun!!! well, they use clove oil here for tons of stuff... it reduces inflamation... don't know if it will work though... sorry :(
- May 19, 2008 at 7:33 AM
- Sharon said...
That stuff is miserable!! Dan and I got it after working in the backyard a couple of years ago. I didn't think I would ever be "normal" again (well as normal as I ever get). Glad the little guys didn't get a case of it. Hope you're all well soon!
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CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - The buses stopped running a few years ago, but the legal status of the Chambersburg Transit Authority and the intent of the man who left half of his estate to the authority are at issue in Franklin County Court.
When William O. Whiteman of Chambersburg died in 2005, the 83-year-old left half of his money to the Chambersburg Transit Authority and the other half to the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter.
Judge Douglas Herman held a hearing Wednesday on a request by M&T Bank - the executor of Whiteman's estate - to determine if a successor organization or other charitable entity should receive the roughly $60,000 that would have gone to the authority. Also attending were attorneys for the animal shelter and M.A. Brightbill Bodyworks Inc. of Lebanon, Pa., and a representative of the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office.
M&T Vice President Alan B. Rhinehart read from Whiteman's will that the man wanted half of his estate to go to the authority "if it is still in existence at the time of his death."


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APRIL 16 – Saturday, 2:00 p.m.
East Wing | Upper Theatre
Free with membership or Museum admission
From 1501-1505, two artists – Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo – lived and worked in Florence, Italy. Leonardo was a charming, handsome 50-year-old at the peak of his career; Michelangelo was a temperamental, unknown sculptor in his mid-20s, desperate to make a name for himself. Oil and Marble is the fictional account of the rivalry that drove these two masters to create their iconic masterpieces, all set against a backdrop of the violent, deceitful yet inspired world of the Italian Renaissance.
Author Stephanie Storey stops at the Asheville Art Museum on her tour for this just-published debut novel that the New York Times calls "richly imagined… tremendously entertaining." In her discussion of the book, she also explores how American art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including the interdisciplinary and collaborative work at Black Mountain College, pays homage to and honors the legacy of these greats of the Italian Renaissance.
Limited copies of the book will be available for purchase, or bring your personal copy.
Read the review in the New York Times here. Visit the author's website here.


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The Gathering Storm
A downloadable game for Windows
This was a 4-month project completed by a team of 3 developers during the second semester of my second year (2013-2014) in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship program at UOIT.
I held the Lead Programmer role for the project and solely completed all of the game's programming, which includes - camera + controls, gameplay, math + physics, graphics, sound (2D + 3D), and character/object classes. I did not complete any of the game's art, or audio, but I did play a substantial role in its design.
The objective of the game is to survive as many waves of killer snowmen as possible using a variety of weapons such as a shotgun, sniper rifle, and an axe! It plays much like Call of Duty: Zombies in that you must unlock areas of the map in order to increase your ability to avoid the horde and to also locate new weapons.
Presently, the game is only playable on Windows PCs as that was its state upon the completion of the school project period. I believe there is a lot of potential in this game's design, and I hope to be able to revamp its development in the future.
Now, go give our game a try! A game manual is provided in the download.
Feel free to comment and provide critique, as your feedback is greatly appreciated. :)
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Care workers 'were caught asleep' at Buckinghamshire care home
Two workers at a care home asked for forgiveness after being caught sleeping on a night shift, a court has heard.
They were found asleep by managers at the Westlands Home in Olney, Buckinghamshire, jurors were told.
Titilayo Ajala, 56, of Penryn Avenue in Fishermead, Milton Keynes, and Henretta Offae, 41, of St Chad's Road in Derby, deny 19 charges of ill treatment or neglect of a person who lacks capacity.
Each charge relates to one resident at the home, Amersham Crown Court heard.
The court was told the two workers were found asleep in armchairs in front of the TV in the early hours of 18 August 2011 by two of the managers at the home, which specialises in looking after people with dementia.
'Some alarms disconnected'
Giving evidence, the team manager Barbara May said she and care home manager Salina Ballard went into the quiet room at about 02:40 BST and found Ms Ajala and Ms Offae asleep.
Ms May said the personal alarms had been disconnected in "quite a few" of the residents' rooms.
The two managers let the pair sleep and Ms Ballard took of a photograph of the pair on her phone, which was shown to the jury.
Ms May said the pair woke when Ms Ballard said: "Good morning, ladies."
Ms May told the court Ms Ajala said: "Oh my god Salina what are you doing here?"
The managers reminded them they were not allowed to sleep during their night shifts, the court heard.
She told jurors one of them could have rested - but not slept - on their own but they could not both sleep at the same time.
Ms May said it amounted to gross misconduct and they were dismissed.
She said Ms Ajala then said: "Forgive me, please forgive me... please give me another chance," and Ms Offae said: "We haven't got a leg to stand on... what we did is inexcusable."
Ms May told the court she then took over the rest of the shift and checked on the residents - most of whom she said needed repositioning every one or two hours.
She said some residents had double padded incontinence pads on and "some were very wet ".
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The Google Hummingbird is a search engine algorithm used by Google. The Google start using the hummingbird about the 30 august 2013 and announced to change on September 26 on the eve of the company's 15th anniversary.
Google has a new search engine algorithm the system it uses to short through all the information it has when you used the search and come back with the answer it's called "Hummingbird". The Gianluca Fiorelli is said that the Hummingbird is about the synonyms but also about the context, he writes with the Hummingbird it is also used to judge context because the judging the intent of a person carrying out a search and they determine what they are trying to find out.
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These types of concept are called as semantic search. Steve Masters write the Hummingbird advance must be inspirational to anybody can manage and planning the context but if you are not already thinking like a Hummingbird. The content strategy must be designed to answer their needs and not just provide them with facts.
Latest Update: The hummingbird update was the first important update to Google's search algorithm since in the 2010 "Caffeine Update" but still that was limited primarily to improving the indexing of the information rather than sorting of the information. Google search Chief Amit Singhal stated that was Hummingbird is the first important update and its type while in 2001.
The conversational search leverage is a natural language, semantic search and to improve the way search engine queries are parsed. The hummingbird considers the each word but also how the each word makes up the entity of the query because the whole sentence or conversational or meaning and it's taken in to the account rather than the particular words.
The Hummingbird places greater emphasis on the page and content making search result is more relevant and pertinent and ensuring that the Google delivers users to the most appropriate page of the website rather to a home page or top level of the page.
SEO: Search engine optimization is changed little with the addition of the Hummingbird and through the top ranking result are one that they provide the natural content that reads conversationally. The use of the keyword synonyms has also been optimized with Hummingbird instead of listing result with exact keywords and Google shows more theme-related results.
For Example: Frank Lao IFA is a Digital Marketing Expert who currently lives in Alhambra, United States and has helped several people with his skills.
In this article, we have described about the various important steps and latest update which will helpful to you how to increase the ranking in our website.


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Comfortable, surprising house near Amsterdam
Comfortable, surprising house near Amsterdam
Mijn ruimte is vlakbij Stunningly beautiful house, sleeps 5 (ideal for a family with up to 3 children). Situated in Bussum, close to the town centre and with a comfortable small garden, this beautifully presented property offers sophisticated accommodation close to Amsterdam (25 km) and Utrecht (20 km) and is quietly located in the middle of the Netherlands. The property is ideally situated for those looking to explore the best of both worlds: the railway station (Amsterdam: 25 min, Utrecht: 20 min, Den Haag: 75 min, Rotterdam: 70 min, nearest beach: 72 min by train / 50 min by car) and bus station are within 10 minutes walking distance ( 5 min by bike), whereas the town of Bussum is surrounded by hectares of heath and woodland (Blaricum/Crailo/Laren/Huizen/Hilversum/Ankeveen) with kilometers of bike paths and walking trails.Golf courses riding schools and boat hire is available close to the property.
The accommodation is arranged over three floors and offers three bedrooms: on the first floor 1 king-size with separate bathroom with deep and modern bath,separate rainshower and WC. Also on the first floor a bedroom for 1 child. On the topfloor 1 king-size bedroom. Lounge: cosy area with 2 large windows and patio doors to garden, with fire place. Diner: stylish room with diningtable for 8 persons and big window overlooking one side of the garden. Kitchen: with electric range oven and dishwasher, fridge/freezer and microwave. Amenities: on-road parking outside property. Bed linen, towels, electric central heating and Wi-Fi included. Regret no smoking. Regret no pets. Location: pubs and shops within walking distance. Arrival: in consultation with the owner.
. Mijn ruimte is geschikt voor stellen, solo-avonturiers, zakenreizigers en gezinnen (met kinderen).
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text: SOUTH BEND - Denise M. Bland, 46, died Monday after a fall in South Haven, Mich. Survivors include two sons, Josh D. and Justin M., both of South Bend; her stepfather, Larry Burket of Mishawaka; four sisters, Debra L. Thomas, Penny S. Cotton and Kimberly N. Hoffman, all of South Bend, and Lori Ann M. Kelly of Mishawaka; and two brothers, Ted C. Dylewski of Orlando, Fla., and Douglas K. Burket of Mishawaka. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Harris Prairie Church of Christ, Granger. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday in Hanley & Sons Funeral Home.


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Capital Punishment Is A Necessary Deterence In Society Essay, Research Paper
Capital punishment , two words feared by many. Two words which are considered an eye-opener for the hardcore criminals. Words that are controversially embedded in the society s mind. So what is capital punishment? Capital punishment means death sentence. That is, anyone found guilty of murder or some heinious crime is punished with death. But is there really a need for capital punishment? Will capital punishment deter the society from commiting suicidal crimes?
Every human being has the right to live, has the right to choose his path of life. He has the right to make decision on what he wants to do. No one has the authority to make decisions whether he or she should die. The ideology of having capital punishment is pratically inhuman. The thought of taking a person live just because he had created a controversial crime, is just uncivilised. One has the right to live even he or she had did something unacceptable to his or her society. The debate here is that capital punishment exist as to scare society to commit crimes. It exist to put fear in the society from doing any heinious crimes. But does these still prevent society from committing crimes? All around the world people still commit murder, rape and drug tafficking which are considered capital crimes in certain countries. And most of these people are not being forced to do so. They have choices. They don t care about the death sentence for their crimes. These are people only care about money, wealth and pleasure. Capital punishment does not deter these people in anyway, away from crimes. Another issue that is a threat to capital punishment is that it has not acted as a deterent, and crimes like murder and rape are on an increase. So why should we still have capital punishment?
Capital punishment is a form of retributive justice. It is not meant to deter the society from committing crimes. Its a measure taken by society to give retribution to the so-called outlaws. The criminal is regarded as a person who willingly chose to commit a crime like murder. Therefore he should gladly forfeit his life. The criminal is considered a misfit in society. In the Philippines, the outraged father who rape his own stepdaughter mercilessly was given the death sentence. He had outraged the modesty of the girl. The public had summoned the Fillipino government to give the rapist the death sentence. A verdict made by the public. Isn t this a form of retributive justice? Society feel that killing convicted murderers will satisfy their needs for justice and vengeance. Society feels that certain crimes are so heinious that executing the criminal is the only reasonable response. But still is this the correct thing to do?
There are many factors that make capital punishment unjustifiable. A criminal condemned to death could have committed the crime unintentionally such as insanity or self-defence. A person who is insane is not guilty of his actions. How can death penalty be imposed on a person who does not know his own mind? In the United States and some other countries allows mentally ill person to be sentenced to death. Sentencing a mentally disturb person to death naturally would not deter society from committing crimes. It will make society more outraged of the law, motivating them to do more crimes. Riots will occur in protest. The community will be in chaos. Also, some people believes that the individual criminal is not to blame entirely for the crime he commits. Society which has not provided the right type of environment and education to cultivate him should also be blame. From recent polls, most of the hard-core criminals come from backgrounds and has a tendency to come from a broken families which naturally reflects negatively on the criminals. Therefore society has a duty to try to reform these criminals rather than eliminating them. Society should try to accept the difference nature of certain people. Not everyone is a model citizen. Everyone has his own difficulties. To use capital punishment as a deterence in society is irrelevant here. We should try to indulge ourselves to forgive the mistakes people make. Capital punishment is not needed here. There is also the argument whereby capital punishment is here as an answer to the overcrowded prisons problem. Capital punishment exist not as a deterence but a measure to control overcrowding in prisons, to save cost in lodging the hardcore criminals. Isn t this the same as a cold-blooded murder?
In the Qur an, it is stated that death penalty is required for a wide variety of crimes, including sex before marriage, adultery, homosexual behavior and murder. So in an Islamic country such as Iran, a person found gulty in committing these crimes will be sentenced to death without any chance appealling. Capital punishment here is a need and in no way used as a deterence in society. Capital punishment is the religion of the society.
Whether or not capital punishment is necessary deterence in society is an issue that will continue to haunt us.. God has given mankind life. We should cherished the wonders given to us and in no way should we abused our authority. Using capital punishment to deter soceity from doing commiting crimes is unquestionable. Capital punishment should be abolished and in no way should it be accepted in society unless due to religious circumstances. There are other ways What are the chances of an innocent person being executed? It is better to prevent something discreet from happening before it happens. The fate of mankind lies at the hand of God.


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£40 million to create jobs and boost visitors to the Great British Coast
Towns and cities along Britain's coastline set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending.
Towns and cities along Britain's coastline are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and millions of pounds more in visitor spending after the government announced the next round of the Coastal Communities Fund today (4 September 2017).
Coastal Communities Minister Jake Berry confirmed that the fifth round of funding for 2019 to 2021 will provide at least £40 million to help coastal areas in England further transform their economies and boost jobs in their local area. It will be open for applications in early 2018.
The government has already provided £170 million for 278 projects around the country since the Coastal Communities Fund was launched in 2012. This has resulted in 2 million more people visiting the coast and spending an additional £171 million.
This has already helped to start 485 new businesses and create 5,569 jobs - with these figures set to almost triple once the first 3 rounds of projects have been completed.
Coastal Communities Minister Jake Berry said:
From the world-renowned Blackpool illuminations to Brighton's i360, our coastal towns and cities have a lot to offer all year round.
That's why we're backing them with another £40 million of government funding, helping to boost economic growth and create jobs.
This year is already looking like another record year for staycations and our latest round of funding will help attract even more visitors to the Great British Coast so that our coastal communities can thrive.
The minister will also visit Cleethorpes today to meet with local leaders and hear about the start of the town's Coastal Communities projects, which were backed by £3.8 million of government funding earlier this year.
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Spice Up Local SEO with Pinterest – Backlinks, Citations and More
Much has been written about Pinterest as a marketing tool. I've been saying ever since I discovered Pinterest a few months ago that I feel certain Google will buy the company. The viral image based social media site is just TOO HOT for that not to happen and Techcrunch agrees with me! 😉
In case you haven't heard Pinterest is driving more traffic than YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn. So with all the attention and the crazy fast growth the site is experiencing, I say jump on board!
BUT use it wisely and don't abuse it. There is a smart way to use Pinterest tastefully for local SEO and I'll share some tips.
DISCLAIMER: This is just a random Florist example I created – not a client.
1st of all, since Pinterest is so visual, it lends itself to local businesses that have visually appealing products and services. I picked a Florist for my example, but spas, real estate, furniture, bakeries and other businesses could also work well.
I have a pinboard filled with very attractive smiles I pinned from my Dentist's sites, for example. If you are a marketing company that specializes in certain geo areas, you could have a "Best Of Dallas" board, or if you specialize in massage therapists you could have a "most relaxing images" board and pin images from your client's sites.
If you are a business owner, get creative and ask your customers to get involved. Set up a contest and have them pin images of your products in action, after they buy them. Be sure to put your city in your description and name of the pin board. (And of course your full citation.)
The reason some SEOs are hot on Pinterest is they all say the links are do follow. I'm not sure when it changed, but I just discovered that now the image link is no follow. Which is a drag because part of the game is to try to get other people to pin your content and the image carries your link. But the top link is do follow, so be sure to click it with Chrome to be sure G picks it up. PLUS for local, another way to add some marketing juice is to create an image citation in the description with the full NAP from the Place page. 😉
PINTEREST LOCAL SEO and MARKETING RESOURCES
How To Use Pinterest For Local SEO Great post by Chris Silver Smith
Mashable has a ton of good articles about Pinterest
Some good contest and franchise business ideas for using Pinterest
There is even a cool Scoop.it Channel for Pinterest SEO
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Indonesian writer and director Joko Anwar (photo below) is creating a lot of buzz in Indonesia with the anticipated arrival of his new film Kala (Dead Time). Anwar, 31, is a former critic for the Jakarta Post newspaper, in addition to his film work.
His previous movies were the light-hearted romantic comedies, Arisan! (2003) and Janji Joni (2005). This film appears to be a dark, film noir-inspired work. Anwar's personal blog has great info about the film, photos and trailers. http://deadtimethemovie.blogspot.com/
Here's a synopsis from his blog:
"A nameless country is in a state of chaos as natural disasters, corruption, and street justice rise. Some of the people grow more violent, the others hope for the arrival of a promised leader. A cop named Eros is investigating the case of five men who were burned to death by a mob after somebody screamed "thief" at the crowd. A journalist named Janus is also covering the story. The two are quickly drawn into a labyrinth of mysteries and murders. Janus accidentally discovers a secret. But everyone he tells the secret to soon meets a terrible death. When Eros also learns the secret, they both know that one of them has to die, unless they can find the promised leader before the angel of death arrives."
I'm hoping to learn more about him and his work in the near future. The film opens in Indonesia April 19.


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Selznick Scientific Software, LLC has released a new version of PasswordWallet, bringing it to version 3.0. PasswordWallet is a storage app designed to hold usernames, passwords, and PINs in one complete package. The latest release features numerous improvements including expanded list functions and uses a new binary file format. According to Selznick Scientific Software:
Selznick Scientific Software, LLC is very pleased to announce an upgrade for PasswordWallet(tm) for MacOS to version 3.0.
This release of PasswordWallet for Mac and Palm adds over 50 new features including unlimited categories, much larger notes, faster display, new security features, single-direction syncing and new appearance preferences.
PasswordWallet 3.0 runs great under MacOS 9 and MacOS X!
- Added multiple selection to the password list. Delete, duplicate, copy, paste and others all work with multiple selection
- Added "Select All Found" to find dialog
- Added "Category" menu complete with "Show All", "Show Uncategorized" and other category related features
- New icons. (Log out/in or duplicate documents to see.)
- Fixed bug where OS X Finder would use the old OS 9 icon for the PasswordWallet application and documents
- Removed 255 character limit on notes. New limit is 32,000 characters on both the Mac and the Palm
- 3.x now uses a new binary file format thatis impervious to corruption from unix tools like mv and cp
- 3.x files open and save much faster than the old 2.x file format
- Added preference for "Beep when auto-typing completed" for those programs that donit provide any visual feedback when a password is typed. (Like Terminal.App.)
- and more...
You can find more information about the latest PasswordWallet release at the Selznick Scientific Software, LLC Web site. Upgrades are free for purchases made after March 1st, 2004, while the full version is available for US$15.00.


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It's now Lance James' turn to shed light on the activity of booter services from a technical perspective to get a better understanding of who the adversary is.
Lance James: How is everybody so far? I'm Lance James, some of you know me. I work at Deloitte. Don't ask, it's cool. I get to do some fun stuff.We're going to kind of go through this story here where I got involved. Krebs and I have been friends for years and have done some crazy cool stuff together. He's taught me a lot of cool stuff, and I've taught him a lot of cool stuff, and we just kind of do cool stuff. So, basically, I'm going to go from the investigatorial perspective from a technical sense. I did this over pretty much, I think, my lunch break in some way although it was a lot of work. But it was fun stuff to me, so I was excited, in a bad way.
So I started looking at things from a psychological profile perspective first and then got into the computer stuff. We, obviously, know he was the target of attack; he provided probable links when I talked to him, related to SSNDOB.ru we saw in that fake FBI letter. Then we started to get it linked together. He had some information that the TWBooter service was being used in this attack.
I started looking at who does this type of stuff – we had swatting, we had DDoS. I'm used to profiling groups, and I have organized crime groups, I have Middle Eastern groups, I've got Anonymous and LulzSec chaotic organizations. So I was trying to figure out which group I might be thinking about here, what kind of adversary we're dealing with. So I broke this down from a simple behavioral profile. The intent is obvious: disrupt Brian all day, make him have a shitty day. Basically, swatting and DDoS are usually fear tactics, really hostile. You know, the guys are sending a clear message how they feel about Brian, basically. They're clever, tactical, capable. But we saw in the behavior that it's short-sighted because they forget that Brian is friends with a good amount of information security professionals, and we like him. So one of the things I did was get coordination with some people, and people were ready to go – he's a big voice for us.
We saw that this kid is short-sighted, like: "What were you thinking? You're going to get exposed." I also looked at the history of the arrest records of swatting and DDoS, and you'd see there from 12 to 20 years old. So I know what kind of adversary I'm dealing with, a typical kid hacker with anti-social behavior type mentality.Let me go into the actual looking at the terms of service (see right-hand image), because I look at things from a legal perspective as well. So, the terms of service are, literally: don't use this to attack unless it's your own site, things like that. They have all their plausible deniability, and in my opinion, working in cryptography for years, plausible deniability doesn't really exist. And these terms of service are on almost every site.
When you look at breaking down the infrastructure, you have three big tiers. Now, even if CloudFlare is in front of it or just the ISP that they're really hosted at, you don't see that DDoS traffic going out of there. So the ISPs that are hosting the web service part are not aware of it because it's not having any traffic going out, it's just the web. And then they have these backend ISPs that are handling the actual weaponry, they have the proxies and all the stuff that's actually hitting the servers. So, in a way, there's no proof; it's hard to take these things down and it gets a little difficult because you have to bring together an entire case.Obviously, HackForums.net is a very interesting site. There're a lot of things that are going on over there. I kind of looked up about these booter services because, honestly, my focus wasn't in this and I had to catch up. So I started trailing back and I found the TWBooter code leaked in the forums. We seem to see that all these kiddies – just like I've seen back in the early days of swatting – they swatted each other first. They weren't hitting celebrities first, they were hitting each other. It was very much like a gang war.
So I joined the forum with not my real name obviously, grabbed a copy of the code. I did some code research; I've gotten pretty good at WebAppSec over years. I perused through the code and found some basic understanding of the web application and file structure. I even set up my own TWBooter locally, because it lets me understand how the system works, what's available. This comes into some legal exploitation, because that's important to me; it's basically what I call 'inferred access' – I know there's a file sitting on there, it may not be advertised that it's there but it's readable to me. So I study this code, and unknown files may be known. Incorrect Directory/File Permissions – that's one thing a kiddie doesn't know anything about; and publicly accessible files, including maybe Database Export scripts. That's been kind of a fun thing.As Brian said, the SQL files keep getting hacked. It was a publicly accessible file when I found it, so I grabbed it. It was sitting on the backup directory of the booter site. I quickly did something so that we could confirm we're on the right track. We searched for KrebsOnSecurity inside the booter file (see right-hand image); of course we've got a hit here, so it's good for us. The dates are in Unix format, so this is something where we need to go technical (see left-hand image). I wrote quick conversion code and we started looking at the first date of the DDoS attack based on the story that occurred. And we see it's Thursday, March 14, 13:13 EDT 2013. I worked with Brian to also work with Prolexic, and we all started looking at the correlation that was matching the time for the attacks that were occurring. Then I started looking at the SQL database itself and looked at the user IDs and stuff – there's a table here (see right-hand image) where you can kind of get to learn this stuff. User ID 126 is where we started tracking from. Then we see this article on Ars Technica the next day, it made big news. And Brian is like: "Oh, shoot! They're DDoS'ing the site." Basically, we suspected the same motive – attack all things "Brian Krebs". This also very much goes back into the psychological profile of "It's likely a kid" because, again, that's a very impulsive behavior. So, one problem is, my booter.sql file does not have historical logs, so we had to make an effort to change that.
So, we got to fear the foo but pity the foobar. I had these logs and did targeted analysis, basically I looked at Arstechnica.com, their IP address. And we have to do a couple of things. Date conversion – guess what? Friday, March 15, 11:54 EDT 2013. Epic fail for the bad guy, or win for us, obviously.
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Bill Gross says he is amazed at what American voters have "done to themselves" by voting in Donald Trump as their next US president, stating he will serve a short, but damaging four-year term.
Meanwhile, he warns investors that there is "no new Trump bull market in the offing".
The Janus Capital fixed income manager, who confirms he did not vote for either Trump or his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton, says the president-elect's policies of defense and infrastructure spending and lower corporate tax rates favour capital over labour and markets over wages.
He says he feels amazed and "almost amused bewilderment at what American voters have done to themselves".
"The Trumpian Fox has entered the Populist Henhouse, not so much by stealth but as a result of Middle America's misinterpretation of what will make America great again.
"His tenure will be a short four years but is likely to be a damaging one for jobless and low-wage American voters."
Gross adds that investors should be satisfied with 3 to 5 per cent globally diversified returns.
"Investors must drive with caution, understanding that higher deficits resulting from lower taxes raise interest rates and inflation, which in turn have the potential to produce lower earnings and price to earnings ratios."
Tax troubles
Gross disputes Republican claims that the US has one of the world's highest tax rates at 35 per cent, stating that the S&P 500's 50 largest companies pay an average 24 per cent, including state, local and foreign regulations.
He also disputes that Trump's plans to favour the repatriation of trillions of dollars of foreign profits at low cost will be beneficial for the wider economy.
"Apple or any other large U.S. corporation can borrow the money they need here in the US at historically low interest rates to fund investment.
"A few have, but over $500bn annually in recent years has gone to the repurchase of corporate stock and the increase of earnings per share, instead of earnings and GDP growth."
Gross says the last time such a "pardon" came into law in 2004 most of it ended up in dividends, corporate bonuses and stock buybacks.


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Thursday, December 18, 2014
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Fiery Drama - 'Cavalleria Rusticana' and 'I Pagliacci' at New Zealand Opera, enjoyed by Howard Smith
Ensemble. Gripping Intensity - Verdi's 'Macbeth' at New Zealand Opera impresses Howard Smith
Ensemble. Sovereign Quality - Aidan Lang's 'The Marriage of Figaro', recommended by Howard Smith
Ensemble. A Standout Production - New Zealand Opera's 'Eugene Onegin' impresses Howard Smith
Ensemble. Wholly Captivating - Rossini's 'Italian Girl in Algiers' impresses Howard Smith
Ensemble. Unsentimental Realism - Howard Smith was at Janácek's 'Jenufa' in Wellington
Ensemble. Inner Strength - Puccini's 'La bohème' at New Zealand Opera, reviewed by Howard Smith


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The 'Zombies With Grave Weapons' Miniature Set has 14 miniatures including 7 new figure sculpts provided in both brown and green. These new Zombie miniatures are perfect companions to the Grave Weapons Card Deck in the Survival of the Fittest expansion or can simply be used to expand and add variety to the Zombie player's hoard. It also features two exclusive new game cards only available in this set.
Requires: Last Night On Earth to play.
Contents: 1 Full-Colour rulebook, 7 green plastic Zombie miniatures, 7 brown plastic Zombie miniatures, 2 new Grave Weapon cards, 2 new Grave Weapon counters


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Here is a list of the authors who post on Geology News.
Dave Schumaker
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About this author: Dave graduated from San Francisco State University in 2006 and currently works for an environmental consulting firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. His primary interests are in fluvial geomorphology and seismology.
He has also been an intern for the Southern California Earthquake Center and has worked as an outreach assistant and webpage designer for SF-ROCKS.
Peter Polito
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Location: San Francisco, CA
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About this author: Peter is currently a Masters student at San Francisco State University where his research is focused on planetary geology and fluvial geomorphology. He is investigating the formation of dendritic channel networks on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, through physical modeling and beginning work on thermal erosion in supra-glacial streams. Peter received his undergraduate degree in geology from San Francisco State in 2006.
Ron Schott
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Location: Kansas
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About this author: Ron is an Assistant Professor of Geology at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas who's primary research interests are in hard rock petrology/tectonics.