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Tips For Being A Better Job Candidate
Published: 15 Oct 2016
One of the main questions that job searchers aim to answer is how can they stand out as a suitable candidate for the roles they apply for? It's a tough one to answer, especially as every other candidate for the position will be trying to do the same thing. However, there are a few things you can do that will improve your chances, including the following.
Hone The CV
If your CV is pages and pages long you may find that employers struggle to find the information that is relevant to them. In the worst cases they will miss it altogether and won't ever discover what specific skills you bring to the table that would make you a suitable candidate. This means you need to work on honing your CV and making it as concise as possible. Don't just send a standard CV to every potential employer. Instead, work on highlighting the skills and experience that is most relevant to the role you are applying for.
Volunteer work not only benefits the cause you are working for, but it can also be a highlight of your CV. Working as a volunteer demonstrates that you have commitment to a cause, plus you are willing to take the initiative and put the work in. These are all attractive traits to potential employers, so focus on the skills you have developed while volunteering and how you can apply them in the role you are trying to get.
Learn New Skills
Dedicating yourself to constant improvement will also score major points with potential employers, as it shows that you are able to identify areas where you are not as strong as you need to be and, more importantly, are willing to take the steps needed to remedy the issue. When applying for a medical job it should be a given that you have the technical skills required to do the job. However, there are many ways that you can improve secondary skills. Taking a communication class may help with your bedside manner, or working on your teamwork can help you when you are in the hospital setting. If your primary skills are on point you should focus on developing secondary skills that are also beneficial to the role.
First Impressions Count
The first impression you will make on a potential employer is your CV, which we covered earlier. The first physical impression you will make is during the interview. Treat the role with the respect it deserves and make sure you turn up dressed appropriately for the interview and ready with questions of your own that establish your interest in the role.
Good References
Think long and hard about the references you supply to your potential employer. Not only do you need to ensure they come from previous employers who were happy with your work, but they also need to be relevant to the role. This is particularly true for those who have worked in a number of prior positions, as poor selection of references may hold you back.


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For the most part, addressing your Amazon Echo speaker by saying 'Alexa' is trouble-free. However, it will occasionally respond to the wrong word or phrase - like when someone says 'I'll text her' - or wake up more often if someone in your home is called Alex, or indeed, Alexa.
Talk about Manchester United footballer Alexis Sánchez and, even if you say his full name, Alexa will spring into life, listen for a few seconds, then promptly say she can't help. Or she might crack a joke, or read out the weather forecast. In a house of football fans this can quickly become annoying.
Thankfully, the Alexa app allows you to change the 'wake word' from Alexa to one of three alternatives. Here's how:
How to change the name Alexa responds to
- Open the Alexa smartphone app or visit alexa.amazon.com
- Tap on the menu icon in the top-left corner
- Tap on Settings
- Find the Echo device you would like to edit and tap on it
- Scroll down and tap on Wake Word
- Tap where it says Alexa in blue
Now you can pick from the following alternatives:
- Amazon
- Echo
- Computer
Tap on the one you want, then tap done and wait a moment for the change to be made. Now tap Save and exit the app.
As our housemates tend to refer to the Echo speaker as Alexa in conversation, we thought we would change the wake word to Echo. We at first thought this would cause the speaker to wake up every time we said 'the Echo' or 'Amazon Echo', but to our surprise this wasn't the case.
Saying 'Echo' on its own works just as well as 'Alexa' did before, but saying a sentence with the word 'echo' in it did not cause the speaker to wake up accidentally.
Similarly, changing the wake word to 'Amazon' did not cause the speaker to wake up every time we mentioned the company name. If we started a sentence with the wake word, it would often start listening, but sentences containing Amazon after the first word could be said as normal with no interruptions from Alexa.
For contrast, the a Google Home Mini which sits next to our Echo Dot very rarely listens accidentally. We actually can't remember it ever doing so in the four months we have owned it. The wake word for Google Home cannot be changed, but either 'okay Google' or 'hey Google' can be used interchangeably.
Check out these GearBrain guides to unlock new Alexa features:
- Amazon Echo: What are Alexa Smart Home Groups and how do I create them?
- How to set up a second Amazon Echo, and why your smart home should have more than one
- How to play music in several rooms at once with Amazon Alexa and Multi-Room Music
- Alexa Drop In: How to turn your Amazon Echo speakers into a home intercom system
- How to make Alexa go several things at once with Routines
- The GearBrain: What works with Amazon Alexa
Check out The GearBrain, our smart home compatibility checker to see the other compatible products that work with Amazon Alexa devices.

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Has FacebookLIVE Just Replaced Email Marketing?
Everyone and their Grandmother tells you to get an email list of your ideal customers. Nay! They yell at you to get that list! But what's the use of that list when most of them won't even open your emails?
I strongly believe that LIVE video can be the most powerful tool in your arsenal to build your business and make sales, if you approach it with a good mindset and a different perspective. And that's what I am here to offer you, a new perspective of looking at LIVE video.
#1 You Don't Need To Build A List
The first big problem when it comes to Email Marketing is that you NEED A LIST to market your business. And the fact is, it's very difficult to get someone to give you their email address so you can write to them. I'm NOT saying it's impossible but it's certainly NOT EASY.
Email Marketing has been around since the early 2000's and people have caught-on to the fact that they are taking a risk in allowing you the possibility of hammering their inbox with at least an email a day.
But let's say you do managed to build a solid list over 6 months. How many of those people will actually open the emails to read it, and read it fully? And, how many of those will click on the links in those emails?
BUT WITH LIVE VIDEO all you need to do is Go LIVE and people will hop-on to watch. Since the entire idea behind email marketing is to build rapport, which is a much slower process than someone watching ONLY ONE of your videos and instantly being drawn to your energy and feeling like they know you.
You can create a group right now and attract a 100 people over the weekend that you can start going LIVE and talk to, delivery value to that audience while building rapport all within just a few days. Can you realistically build an email list of a 100 people over the weekend?
#2 You ONLY Need 10 Minutes
Crafting a good email for you list can than hour or more to make sure you are making sense in what you've written and that it tugs on the right heart string of your audience.
And of course, then you need to proof it. This takes time.
BUT WITH LIVE VIDEO all you need is just 10 minutes for a LIVE video and boom! You've instantly connected with your audience, you don't need an hour or two! You can talk right off the bat and connect with your audience.
What if click here you make a mistake or say a bunch of 'ums'? Well that's okay too! the idea behind a LIVE video is NOT to sound like the News Anchor but instead to come off as friend who is having a conversation with their audience. It's a CONVERSATION!
Obviously, you can be on a LIVE video for more than 10 minutes but you don't have to be! 10 minutes is more than sufficient to build rapport with your audience and stay relevant!
#3 Replays Are Available Forever!
NO ONE goes back through their email account to read old emails BUT THEY WILL WATCH OLD FacebookLIVE VIDEOS!
In Fact, most of your video views will come from replays!
And Facebook won't delete your videos but instead leave it up forever so your future audience who haven't connected with yet can watch it! And when they can comment on those videos, you can start a conversation with them. BOOM! New leads!
#4 You DON'T NEED A Ton Of Views
Here's something that might shock you, a lot of entrepreneurs have been booking clients and making sales from having less than an average of 50 views per LIVE video!
I've recently made a post about Megan McAvoy who made her first $1,000 in her first week doing FacebookLIVE videos and her videos were getting about ONLY 38 views!
It's not about the large viewership, it's about putting your videos out there. >> Read More Megan's Success Story Here
#5 LIVE Video Is LIKE Email Marketing
The entire point of Email Marketing is to connect with your audience and build rapport with them, which is a powerful strategy.
But this concept was solidify into the minds of online entrepreneurs before the rise of FacebookLIVE!
And FacebookLIVE changed the game, you can connect to a larger audience and build extremely solid rapport with your audience in a fraction of the time it would take with email marketing.
Which means you should think of LIVE video in the same way you think of email marketing.
Gather your ideal audience into a group or on a page, and GO LIVE for 10 minutes every day to talk to them and build rapport, because in the email marketing you have to do the exact same thing but with a different medium


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Stux Gallery
Pluralism and its heirs notwithstanding, art and criticism still reflect an ingrained absolutism. We still like it pure; we want to know if it's a painting or a sculpture. In a remarkable new body of work George Wardlaw presents an art that eludes these categorizations, reconciling dualisms which are usually perceived as separate—male and female, logic and intuition, matter and spirit. Rejecting the pervasive Western notion that such polarities are mutually exclusive, Wardlaw's "Doors" instead affirm the abundance and complexity of experience through the fecundity of an integrated vision.
The "Doors" are a brilliant, bastard offspring of Abstract Expressionism and Constructivist sculpture. In the tight space of this gallery they appeared initially as totemic, columnar structures, each composed of upright cylindrical and rectangular planes in massed aggregations. Their unrelenting vertical
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Afbeelding: Erik Diekstra
Performing at Echokamer #2
Bart de Vrees and Miriam Overlach contributed to a performance by the Light Metal Duo during Echokamer #2: Monotak at Mediamatic Fabriek.
Miriam Overlach, harpist, is a musical adventurer who is equally concerned with sound interpretations of traditional works as well as the innovation of performance practices and the transgression of musical boundaries. She enjoys to perform as a soloist, chamber musician and improviser as well as with orchestras and ensembles. Performance venues include the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the NDR in Hannover, the Musikverein Bamberg (broadcasted live via the Bayrischer Rundfunk), festival Musikalischer Sommer in Ostfriesland and festival Peter de Grote. She regularly works as a substitute for the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (the Dutch opera orchestra) and ensembles for contemporary music such as Asko/Schönberg and Ensemble Modern Frankfurt.
Her interest in contemporary developments in classical music has resulted in a membership in several initiatives. With her group 'Radio Kootwijk Live' Miriam organizes and participates in two concert series: one at Radio Kootwijk, an old radio station built in the beginning of the last century, and one in the classical concert venue Vredenburg in Utrecht. Miriam frequently collaborates with young and upcoming contemporary composers. Inspired by these productions she has also developed a distinctive style of improvisation which incorporates material from contemporary music as well as performative elements.
Miriam graduated cum laude from the Amsterdam Conservatory where she studied with Prof. Erika Waardenburg.
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Well, one author expresses the view that the price deflation for commodities is done. Indeed, a chapter in his new book is titled "Stick a Fork in Deflation."
You can get some of the details by reading this May 30 article excerpt from AgriNews:
Here are a few individual commodity markets that... are breaking above their respective trading range: Crude oil prices rose to a four-year high this week and so did cotton prices.
Corn prices hit levels not seen since last August. Prices for orange juice hit a one-year high
Lumber prices have jumped more than 50 percent since January to all-time record high levels. Wheat prices in Kansas City and Minneapolis are at new 10-month highs.
Certainly, other commodities remain defensive such as livestock and a few tropic markets, but the weakness with those markets is not offsetting the strength elsewhere.
And that is the reason the CRB has been clawing its way higher and breaking above its trading range. The rise with the CRB hints of inflation...
In my new book, "Haunted by Markets," there is a chapter entitled "Stick a Fork in Deflation" from a column I penned for this newspaper in January 2000. Here is the first paragraph from that chapter:
"The Era of Deflation for commodity values that unfolded three long years ago due to the Asian Crisis has ended. It is a thing of the past. It is history. The coming year and those that follow will give birth to the most bull markets for commodity futures seen in quite a while. Possibly since the 1970s!"
The second paragraph from "Stick a Fork in Deflation" read as follows: "Certainly, it does not mean I am right. I could be wrong. The coming year and those that follow may be just as bearish and just as ugly as the past three years. Still, my long-term work strongly suggests that few commodity markets will move lower in value from current levels. Then again, only with hindsight will we know for certain whether I am wrong or right about what lies ahead. But I'm betting that bull markets lie ahead."
In the year 2000 and the years that followed, virtually every commodity market rose sharply in value. It was not until 2007 when the U.S. and global economies slipped into the worst recession since 1929 did commodity values roll over and head south.
But with the benefit of hindsight, we now realize that those bullish commodities starting in 2000 did quite well for a number of years buying breaks rather than selling rallies...
[H]ang on tight because a bout of inflation is poised to heat up and a new and exciting era lies ahead for ag producers and speculators.
Yes, once again and similar to 2000, a fork can be stuck in deflation. Inflation has arrived.
The May 2018 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast has an entirely different perspective on commodities, as well as other asset classes:
During the last bear market, gold, real estate, commodities and nearly all other assets declined in concert with stocks. As far back as 2004, EWFF recognized the converging trends of disparate assets with "EWI's all-the-same-market theory of synchronized trends in the financial markets." In March 2018, we stated that it was likely to re-emerge as financial assets of every stripe, including government bond prices, fall in line with a decline in stocks.
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This is the week when many taxpayers are confronted with the April 15th deadline for filing their income taxes. One of my constituents called me on the phone and asked me what I thought about it. The simplest way to explain it is like this:
If you wanted to donate your own money to the cause, nothing is stopping you from doing this right now. The purpose behind a tax increase is to use the iron fist of government to compel one's neighbors to pay more than they would have been willing to pay from their own reasoning—and possibility from their own ability.
I feel sorry for all of us—those who are either ill-informed or don't care about the hardships they may be putting on others. The nature of tax increases is that there will never be enough money for all the projects bureaucrats can invent. We already experience tax increases through inflation. Therefore, when taxing jurisdictions claim they haven't had a tax increase in so many years, that's because the system was designed to be proportionate to property values. It inflates up (and on rare occasions can go down) with the wealth of the community.
Short of a large-scale disaster necessitating a sudden lay out of money, there is nothing precipitating any need. Even if there were a disaster, when you consider all the private insurance money, FEMA money, churches and other charitable organizations, in addition to families and neighbors demonstrating goodness and generosity in the hearts of Americans wanting to help, there should be enough to rebuild without another tax increase. The governing boards should be planning and saving each year so that when they want to spend, they already have a fund available to accommodate it.
This map shows the date when you can stop working for the government and start working for your own benefit. The lighter the state, the better.
Nevertheless, the worst taxes aren't the ones that stay in our communities or even our states. The worst taxes are the ones that go to the big black hole in Washington D.C. where there is even less accountability.
Many people are particularly unhappy with their health insurance premiums and penalties they are being forced to pay if they don't have an Obama-qualified insurance plan. If we abolished the I.R.S., we could take a big step forward in stopping this government-mandated coercion.
There are steps our Congress can take to make this happen. All it takes is a few good people ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work. I am one of those people. If your member of Congress votes for more spending, here is a live chart that shows how much our deficit is growing every second.
Many friends, my husband included, are being drained not just financially, but emotionally with all the time, energy and effort through this oppressive system. One of my friends wrote this to me:
"I spent 10 hours doing our taxes today so that [my husband] wouldn't have to deal with it so I'm exhausted and cranky. I'm counting on you to help overhaul that tax system and simplify when you are in Congress!"
Now I want to hear your thoughts. Let me know how you feel about our income tax system and your ideas you want to see changed.
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"At some point, we make the discovery that, ultimately mind transcends death.
Who we are and where we are is mind.
Mind endures because it is unborn and unceasing; it endures because it transcends our concept of time and space; it is not fixed to one occurrence in time or to one place.
It is mind that journeys as a guest in this physical body until we take full possession of the boundless wisdom and compassion that are innate to us, and realize the freedom and purity of our abiding nature."
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Boiling: We've taken the time to speak with hundreds of lobstermen and chefs, all of whom agree that boiling is the easiest, and often the best, method for preparing live lobster. Let us walk you through your experience with step-by-step instructions for optimal, and delicious results.
DIRECTIONS: Keeping the lobsters in the provided cooler, fill the appropriately-sized pot (see below) with enough water to cover the lobsters and cooler. Place the water-filled pot atop the stove and bring to a strong boil. Adding salt to accelerate boiling is not recommended: it may result in an over-boiled lobster. Firmly grasp the lobsters behind their arms and carefully plunge them head-first into the boiling water. Some people prefer to cut off the rubber bands, making the case that the rubber affects the taste, but this is optional. If you decide to remove them, be careful, those claws can hurt! Cover the pot with a lid. You may hear a whistling sound as the air begins to escape from the shells. Be mindful of splashing water and any over-boil. When the water returns to a full boil, set a timer for the appropriate cooking time (see below). Continue cooking uncovered and reduce heat as necessary to maintain a soft boil. While the lobster cooks, prepare lemon/butter sauce. Simply melt butter over very low heat and, if you'd like, add lemon sliced in quarters. Make sure you try some lobster without any butter or lemon first, though! As your cooking timer expires, your lobsters should be deep red to pink in color. Be sure to wear rubber kitchen gloves or appropriate protection when handling to prevent burns. Carefully remove your lobsters from the pot with tongs or other utensils, and place them on a plate. Let them sit for a few minutes so that the juices can soak into the meat.
Fresh Hardshell Clams
Fresh clams typically come with some sand inside them, but we can help you with that. Save the cooking broth and pour it into a bowl, simply dip the clams in the broth to help remove any sand that may be inside. Go ahead and discard any clams that don't open up. If you're looking for a special treat, you can serve the clams with melted butter!
Steam Method: Put �" of water in a large sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Add the clams, cover with a lid, and cook for approximately 4 minutes. After the shells open, let them cook another minute. Discard any clams that don't open up.
Boiling Method: Drop clams inside their mesh bag in boiling water with lobster if there's room. Watch for outer clams to open within a minute or two. Once they do, cook for one minute longer. Remove the bag with a long-handled fork or tongs. Cut open and carefully pour into a strainer.
Fresh Hardshell Mussels
Mussels are thin-shelled, elongated clams, usually dark blue in color. They may have a strong aroma, natural to this shellfish. Scrub to remove any mud or sand. Some fresh clams or mussels may be open upon arrival. After cooking, all shells should open up. Discard any that may remain closed.
Note: If you received fresh clams or mussels and can't cook them today, place them in a bowl and refrigerate for up to one day, covered with the moist pad included in the cooler.
To Prepare: Steam for 3-5 minutes in 1" of liquid: water, wine, tomato sauce, etc., until just after they open their shell. Remove the beard (the membrane that stores sand and grit) by simply pulling it away from the meat. Serve mussels over pasta or in bowls with bread on the side to soak up the juice. Save the clear cooking juices to make soup or prepare sauces.
Snow Crab Claws
DIRECTIONS: Our Colossal Snow Crab Claws are delivered pre-cooked and frozen. When you're ready to serve, simply remove from the freezer, thaw overnight in the refrigerator, and then rinse under cold water and drain. Then all you have to do is serve with our famous cocktail sauce and enjoy!
New England Clam Chowder
DIRECTIONS: On your stovetop, place the unopened soup pouch in boiling water. Heat for up to 10 minutes, until soup is hot and bubbling inside. Remove the pouch, but be careful, the content will be very hot. Secure the pouch in a bowl, holding it by its corners or seams, and then snip the corner off to pour soup into the serving dish.


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Lakewood Towne Center is conveniently located south of Tacoma and north of Olympia just off I-5 at exit 125, just off of Bridgeport Way Southwest.
It's minutes from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and provides an excellent mix of more than 40 stores of retail, restaurants, services, and entertainment. Enjoy a bite to eat at La Palma Mexican Restaurant, Five Guys, Panera Bread, or Old Country Buffet, and then see a movie at the renovated AMC Lowes theater that offers plush recliner chairs and a military discount after 4 p.m.


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Where it's fun to be Jewish!
The Jewish Kids Club offers an outstanding program that will give your child a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Judaism and will instill in him or her the faith, beauty and values of our heritage. This year, emphasis will be put on learning to recognize the Hebrew Alphabet. Role-playing, arts & crafts, hands-on experiences and songs will be incorporated to help make the lessons enjoyable. At Chabad, we firmly believe that your child's Jewish learning experience should be fun, upbeat and interesting.
For the 2019/2020 school year, the Jewish Kids Club will be geared towards children ages 5 - 11 and will meet on Sunday mornings, from 9:00 – 10:30 am. See the full schedule below.
Families of all backgrounds and affiliations are made to feel welcome. The Jewish Kids Club is affordable at $280 for the year and no membership is required. Payment arrangements can be made by calling us. No child will be turned away due to lack of funds.
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Outside of there not being a lot of scenarios, it's hard to find a lot of fault with SeaWorld Tycoon 2. The execution of the game is flawless, with an outstanding user interface, nice graphics, smooth camera moves, and a nice 3D feel. The game even allows you to look at the park through the eyes of any guest. It's an all around good accomplishment for being an AcTiVision released title. If all of AcTiVision's Tycoon games were like this, they could rule the marketplace.
In SeaWorld Tycoon 2 there are 12 scenarios - four beginner, four medium, and four expert. However the beginner scenarios are all easy tutorials, so in essence there are only eight scenarios. There are also three open sandbox modes. The scenarios can all easily be achieved in a day. Only one is really hard - Five Whole Days (click here for tips on completing that scenario).
You play the game by placing buildings, attractions, rides, and restaurants to meet the needs of your guests. Scenarios challenge you to attain goals like overall happiness with your park, number of guests, beauty ratings, number of buildings, etc. You have several animal attractions to select from and you are responsible for "adopting" animals for your exhibit and keeping them happy. You also have shows to put on and in a few shows you actually control how the show progresses. A new "training" feature uses eye and hand coordination to determine how well the animals do the tricks. Being able to watch some of the shows (like Shamu and the dolphins) is also a nice feature.
The game is in 3D and the graphics are really nice. The user interface is especially good making it easy to get in and start playing the game without having to bury your head in the manual (which is on the CD). Because there are so many things to build and ways to manage guest happiness, the game is fun to play. Not nearly as fun as Roller Coaster Tycoon (the god of all Tycoon games), but pleasant enough to keep you entertained for a couple of days. And the price point is good too - $19.95. The game is definitely worth the cost.
There are some drawbacks to SeaWorld Tycoon 2. For one, you can't build your own rides. They are all preconstructed. In addition, the video on the rides you can actually "ride" is choppy and unrealistic. Another big problem is the research option. In every scenario the items researched appear in the same order and take awhile (even with research maxed, which you should always do) to attain. You can't select what you want to research. This is a huge drawback because while I may want to research ride upgrades, the research instead locks me into researching a new "park bench". You never get to the really good stuff (like ride upgrades) because you've completed the scenarios long before those appear. But even if you continue playing, I've never had research do any upgrades to my rides/buildings like its supposed to, but I do have a new lamp post and flag. :-)
The biggest problem AcTiVision faces with SeaWorld Tycoon 2 is finding a large marketplace. This is because many people have come to associate AcTiVision with sub-par Tycoon titles. The image of the company has been tarnished. To overcome it, AcTiVision will have to start putting the same care, financing, and focus into other future Tycoon titles as it has with SeaWorld Tycoon 2. If they can accomplish this then they may, indeed, begin to truly dominate the Tycoon marketplace and get the same recognition with their games as Atari has with Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, and Microsoft with Zoo Tycoon 2.
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A German Boar Sword
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A German Boar Sword
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With blade of rectangular section hollowed on the front and back, struck with the mark , pierced for a cross-bar, and with spatulate tip of flattened diamond section, iron quillons of circular section with incised swelling tips, figshaped pommel, and oval wooden grip (split) swelling at the center, bound with cord and covered with its original leather.
Length - 123 cm.
A great hunting weapon, used in the Germanic area in the XVI Century.
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In his essay titled "Blessings of Shingkhar" Dr. Karma Phuntsho has written extensively about Shingkhar Rabney. He even wrote about the most coveted topic that I wanted to write. (Of rubbing Foreheads, Chankgkor and Bum Fights in Shingkhar) In his five page essay, he has captured Shingkhar Rabney form start to end. After reading his essay for about ten times or even more, I feel enlightened all the more. I have no doubt that any reader will feel the same. Through his writing, I am able to unearth more mysteries about the very village I was born and raised. I feel so happy. I am sure any reader who reads it will feel the aura and blessings of Shingkhar Ranbey themselves. As for me, its an honor and privilege to read his write-ups. So thank you Acho Dr.
Before I share his article on my blog, I am here to make an attempt -to write on the topic that I had in my mind for many many years. But I don't know from where to begin. Rubbing forehead, Changkor and Bum fights, they all look so so tempting topic.
Let me begin with Changkor. Rough translation of Chnagkor in English would mean "drink session". Such practices are common in many parts of Bhutan. But what is interesting about Changkor in Shingkhar is that people form group and move from one house to another drinking and singing. - mostly in the night. A round starts from one household, (usually from Naktsang) and ends at a house next to Naktsang. Mid way, some would fall flat, drunk and dizzy. Some would still drag on, puking and pulling. By the time people are done with the first round, it would be already dawn. It was then when village had around twenty households. Now things have changed slightly. Shingkhar have more than thirty households. This means completing a round in single night is out of question. So they divide the household in such a way that none is left unvisited in five day Rabney. Today even the young ones, as young as ten form their own group and go singing and dancing. But they do not drink, they ask for the money!
Drinking to a highlanders like Shingkharpas was mostly seen as fun and opportunities for fun, such as these just came once in a year (during the Rabney). To this one Shingkhar lama is believed to have authorized the villagers to make nine such rounds during the Ranbey. He may have said this to make his people enjoy after a years hard work in the burly and buckwheat filed.
Unfortunately, this year, I had difficulty completing just one round even on tea. I missed few houses. This made me feel not so good on the one hand. But on the other hand, I took it as an indication that, I am going to make next year for Rabney just like I did this year.


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CLEMSON — Sarah Winslow, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, has been appointed director of Clemson University's premier undergraduate scholarship program, the National Scholars Program.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Winslow joined the Clemson faculty in 2006. Her research focuses on gendered dynamics and processes in a number of contexts, with special attention to the intersections of employment and family life. She has served as the National Scholars Program interim director since July 2015. She previously was the program's faculty fellow and has taught the National Scholars Program freshman honors seminar for the past two years. During the same period, she also has been the faculty-in-residence in the Honors College's living/learning community.
"In all of these various roles, Sarah has earned our students' admiration and respect," said Bill Lasser, executive director of the Honors College. "She has shown great skill over the past year in navigating the National Scholars Program through a period of transition — both within the program and throughout the university. She is an extraordinary role model, mentor and adviser to all of our students, and a valued colleague."


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Father's Day is just around the corner (Sun Sep 2) which means it's the perfect time to stock up on some great films from the library that highlight what being a father figure is all about. While the list could go on, here are just a couple of our favourites.
Check out what your local library has on offer, and don't forget that you can always request a title if they don't have it yet!
Father Figures
M | Comedy | 2017
Peter (Ed Helms) and Kyle Reynolds (Owen Wilson) are twin brothers whose mother (Glenn Close) raised them to believe their father died when they were young, which they later discover to be a lie, prompting them to set out to find their real father. On the way they discover more about their mother than they ever wanted to know.
Finding Nemo
G | Junior | 2003
When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried for from home, his overprotective father, Marlin, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish embark on an epic journey that leads to encounters with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls! Finding Nemo's breakthrough computer animation is the ultimate viewing experience. Swimming with laughs and overflowing with emotion - you'll find yourself watching Finding Nemo over and over again!
The Incredibles
PG | Junior | 2004
Bob Parr and his wife Helen used to be among the world's greatest crime fighters, saving lives and battling evil on a daily basis. Fifteen years later, they have been forced to adopt civilian identities and retreat to the suburbs where they live 'normal' lives with their three kids, Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top secret assignment. He soon discovers that it will take a super family effort to rescue the world from total destruction.
The Pursuit of Happyness
M | Drama | 2006
2007 Academy Award nominated Will Smith stars alongside his real-life son in The Pursuit of Happyness - A rousing true-life story of a single dad who went from living on the streets to working on Wall Street in order to provide a better life for his family. A heart-warming and at times gut-wrenching story of family, persistence and the importance of dreams.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
PG | Comedy | 2016
Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neill) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive in this hilarious and heartfelt adventure.
M | Science Fiction | 2014
Ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), must leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition travelling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
MA15+ | Action | 2008
When his estranged daughter is kidnapped in Paris, a former spy (Liam Neeson) sets out to find her at any cost. Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.
Train to Busan
MA15+ | Action | 2016
When a mysterious virus breaks out across the country, the infected turn into the murderous undead. A few terrified travellers find themselves trapped on a bullet train from hell, fighting for their lives as hordes of the living dead crash towards them, crawling closer with every stop. Suspicion is rife and tensions run high as some will do anything to survive and make it to the safe zone.
The Royal Tenenbaums
MA15+ | Comedy | 2001
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary - all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. The Royal Tenenbaums is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.


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"[S]ome precedent to push back."
That is truly what many companies across the country hope for as they deal in their capacity as federal contractors with production and related compliance demands from agencies with oversight and enforcement power over government contracts.
The author of the above comment is a commentator on a recently concluded legal case involving a spat between the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Google. Her remark issues in the wake of a ruling pronounced by an administrative law judge that rebuked the OFCCP and will likely buoy the spirits of many company executives doing business with the federal government
Here's why: the judge sided with Google after the company came to a point where it simply refused to comply any more with incessant and open-ended demands from the OFCCP to provide company data and personal information on employees that was ostensibly related to its government contract.
Patently, that wasn't the case, the ALJ ruled, finding that the OFCCP's never-ending production demands were flatly unreasonable and materially misaligned with the essentials of the contract itself.
In his ruling last month, the judge noted that the government's demands "far exceed all of Google's gross revenue under the contract." Reportedly, Google would have had to spend about $1 million to comply regarding a contract pursuant to which it received only $600,000.
And that would have been patently unfair, the ALJ noted.
Another case commentator noted in the wake of the ruling that company contractors working with the federal government should feel empowered by the Google case. Although they will still have to comply with information requests from the OFCCP early on, those requests can't be uncontained and misaligned with the contract at issue, nor extend indefinitely into the future.
The case "should provide a comfort level for contractors who may have been feeling bullied by the OFCCP," she says.


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The international scope of LANDT's work directly translates into company's commitment to professionalism and diversity. Staff members of LANDT come from different countries and backgrounds. In our diversity, we remain committed to the same values of professionalism, diligence, openness and never-ending learning. Commitment to these values inspires LANDT employees to grow both professionally and personally. Opportunity to uptake new tasks and make first-hand contribution to the company development allows one to grow continuously by overcoming challenges.
Bernd Leidner
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Our business is all about people: the staff in our very lean head office who create and support our structures, the colleagues in our subsidiaries in Afghanistan and Tajikistan who work so hard to achieve business volume and ensure portfolio quality, the employees of the partner financial institutions who we closely cooperate with and train, and, foremost, the business owners and their employees who are at the center of what we do: unlocking potential and facilitating growth, jobs and income. It gives me great joy to shape this work and see its impact.
Dirk Josef Thiesen
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Our business provides me with the good feeling to act on the right side of business life. Main reasons for my conviction to do the right thing at the right time are:
- Our contribution to make the world a better place by creating and conserving employment in developing countries
- Our professionalism in the development finance sector combined with hard work and dedication to our goals
- The creation of 50 jobs within LANDT itself in Afghanistan, Germany and Tajikistan
- Our ability to work in an international intercultural environment
The present refugee crisis and the conviction that support of business development in developing countries is key to reduce migration pressure has even strengthened my deep belief that we are doing the right thing
Daniel Jobmann
LandT provides solutions that facilitate SME's long-term access to finance in countries with challenging economic environment. This is achieved by creating comprehensive structures with strong local presence, allowing LandT to be at the heartbeat of the local SME and financial sector.
Being part of LandT means to work in close exchange with my colleagues abroad and to share know-how with them, yet in similar way learn from them every day.
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Being part of LandT is being part of intercultural exchange. Contributing to the enhancement of the banking system of other countries and learning about businesses of final customer is expanding horizons on both sides.
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Finance and Administration Officer
What I like most about my work is the combination of dealing with finance and accounting topics and being part of an intercultural team. The unique working environment of LANDT makes my daily work very interesting and enriching.
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Head of Transaction Management and Governance Department
I discovered at LANDT a young and dedicated team of professionals with different cultural and educational backgrounds that inspire me. Coming from an economic background and having worked in the context of development cooperation, I am committed to LANDT's view of enabling economic development in challenging environments through unlocking financing. In the operations department, every day comes with new challenges and having been entrusted with various responsibilities motivates me. Of course, the opportunity to travel and learn from this cultural exchange is an additional factor why I enjoy working here.
Pavel Guranda
Head of Business Development and Communication Department
I am attracted by two aspects of our work – development mission and organizational set-up. Having background in Public Policy, I have heard SME development being theorized about more often than implemented effectively. Our work allows me to make a first-hand contribution to implementation of SME development strategy. I am, also, appealed by the organizational set-up of our company as through its complexity it enables an efficient transfer of European best practices into the challenging context of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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Hailing from a developing nation like India where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ close to 40 percent of its entire workforce, I have first-hand witnessed the importance of nurturing those businesses and helping them realize their growth potential. Working at LANDT gives me the satisfaction of contributing directly to creating a tangible impact in the lives of those entrepreneurs that are scripting the growth stories of developing economies. Moreover, sharing the work-space with a diverse set of driven people at LANDT and in all of its subsidiaries leaves no dearth of inspiration to become an enabler of development.


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Newsletter: September 2015 Edition
Oaks Christian School stands in the tradition of the classic American college-preparatory academy: it gives students mastery of the historic academic disciplines necessary for collegiate success and life-long leadership. It emphasizes academic excellence, artistic expression and athletic distinction. I am thrilled to be here because Oaks Christian is a place where wisdom and beauty can make a deep impression on the potential, future leaders of American education, arts, government and culture.
Megan McClain shows her Paint horse, travels to competitions and keeps up with college-preparatory school work.
OCO junior, Megan McClain, travels the country showing and competing with Paint horses. The American Paint Horse Association and the Pinto Horse Association of America together boast over a million registered horses and hold annual junior events for showing and competing. Megan and her horses show in both English and Western in the all-around events. While Megan competes with the top 20 in the nation and has earned multiple world and congress titles and championships, she hopes to be the number 1 youth in the country before her career is up. She has qualified for the Pinto World and Paint World Shows each year and has been one point away from the World Championship winner in the past. These shows offer a dizzying array of awards, including buckles, saddles, scholarships and more depending on the title that is being competed for.
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Oaks Christian School, a Christian, college-preparatory, Independent school in Westlake Village, CA, offers its students both main campus and online course options. Oaks Christian Online is one of only a handful of online, accredited, independent schools with a blended program in the United States. Kendall Winer, an Oaks Christian sophomore, has taken advantage of a blend of main-campus and online courses in order to pursue her passion: dance. Kendall is part of the 3-23 Area Kidz dance crew, a world-champion hip hop dance team out of Los Angeles. The team consists of 57 dancers and incorporates modern, African, Latin, and other innovative styles. Kendall has been dancing for 5 years and has danced on the junior varsity dance team at Oaks Christian School as well. She had been dancing technical and tap, but once she saw the team at Oaks Christian, she wanted to return to the jazz-funk style. This year, Kendall dances on the varsity team at Oaks Christian as well as for 3-23 Area Kidz. Kendall says, "The 3-23 Area Kidz come from all different backgrounds, and we can often help each other through tough situations. I'm also fortunate to be on the Oaks Christian team; it's like family."
During the month of September students in Spiritual Life will begin to dig into the book of Revelation, which is what last year's students voted to study this year. As a class we'll be investigating the mystery, wonder, and imagination found in this incredible witness all with the purpose of uncovering a deeper surrender to Christ. One of our seniors, Andy Aragon, has agreed to take on a leadership role as a "theatrical liturgist" and will be coming alongside Samantha Farinacci to help dramatically interpret the text for the rest of the class. As a voice actor and a joyful Christian, he is excited for the chance to explore his passions in this way.
Oaks Christian School's Mom's in Prayer are welcoming Oaks Christian Online families from all over the world, join them in prayer.
31 Colleges from all over the US will be at OCS for a "mini" College Fair. This is a great opportunity to meet the college admissions reps who will be reading the applications for our students as well as gather information from schools you are interested in. Mrs. Locke will be sending out a list of the colleges attending as soon as it is finalized.
To view more OCO events throughout the year, see the calendar page.
The weekly College Counseling Live sessions will begin starting Monday, September 14th at 2 pm (PST) in the College Counseling virtual classroom. These weekly sessions will not only provide timely information regarding the admission process but also be the forum for our virtual college visits. The visits scheduled for September are:
September 14th University Nevada Reno. This is a great mid-sized university in the Sierra Nevada mountains. It has unique programs, NCAA Division 1 sports and is a generous provider of the WUE scholarship for California students. (They automatically award the tuition discount!).
September 28th Northern Arizona University Another beautiful campus in the heart of Flagstaff, Arizona (great skiing and outdoor recreation). This school is generous with their admissions policies and equally generous with the WUE scholarship for California students (another school where it is automatically awarded). Come and hear what great programs this university has to offer.
Our monthly "Let's Talk College" program for students and parents will take place Tuesday, September 22nd at 5:30 pm in the College Counseling virtual classroom. The topic we will be discussing is Testing.
Pre-college testing will be taking place in October and November for 9th-11th grade students and our program will give you important information regarding this testing as well as provide resources and guidance to plan for the testing and test preparation you may want to do for your student.
Looking ahead to October.... PSAT testing for 9th, 10th and 11th grade students. Wednesday, October 14th 8:00-12:00 at the Oaks Christian Main Campus
Mock ACT for 11th Grade Students Saturday, November 7th 8:00-12:00 at the Oaks Christian Main Campus
New families wishing to find out more about the world-class online program are invited to attend an online information session. Families will have an opportunity to hear about our college counseling and spiritual life programs as well as hear from the Director and Admissions Department.
We offer the same session online at 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday, September 22nd.
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Donate to our Building Fund — building a missionary Christian community and hope with the gospel of Christ in the poorest area of the European Union. Since 2009 we have invested labor and finances in three properties, as we rented the facilities only to have to change the property after a few years. Exorbitant rent increases, legal improprieties, disloyal business practices have been a part of our experience in all three cases. The purchase of a reasonably valued real property will help us save money in the long run and help us run our charitable and church ministry as better stewards. If you are interested in helping us meet the need, please, email us for further information at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For donations in the US, use our standard support page just include a memo of designation "building fund." So far we have raised 60% of the estimated need.
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In order to give to this project visit our Donate Page and give through the options there. Just make sure that when you put our name or the account S15 mention also "building fund."
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Ivan Orkin is the owner of two ramen shops in New York, and if you haven't already watched his Chef's Table episode, get on it. His Instagram game is always solid, but it's when he's back in Japan that it really shines. He hunts out the most amazing looking dishes, and eats right across the price spectrum.
Here's a small selection of the Tokyo restaurants that he's been eating at, and a map so that you can go there too.
Tonkatsu at Tonki
Did you know that a breaded, deep fried pork cutlet could be a transcendent experience? Go to Tonki and see the light. They know what's up, in fact, they've been doing it for 73 years. You'll have the option of rōsu, fatty pork, or hire, lean, and there is no shame in choosing the former.
Ramen at 麺尊rage
There are almost as many opinions on the best ramen in Tokyo as there are delicious bowls of noodles scattered throughout the city. There's a perfect bowl out there for everyone, and finding yours is surely the best mission you could go on. This suggestion seems like a very good place to start.
Kakigōri at Kooriya Peace
If you're not across kakigōri, it's both a traditional food dating to the Edo period, and a current craze. The dessert is made from shaved ice, flavoured with syrups and sometimes sweetened with condensed milk. You'll find it on offer during festivals, from street stalls, and now from cafes who serve increasingly ornate versions.
Pizza at Pizza Studio Tamaki
There's a thriving, and frankly obsessive pizza scene in Tokyo (here's a great long read on it, featuring Pizza Studio Tamaki) and it's well worth indulging in. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you only want 'Japanese' food- you've never had anything like this.
Back at my favorite pizza place, still think it's the best in Tokyo (although Tokyo is a big place and can't claim to have been to that many pizza places here, but like it more than the hot spots that everyone talks about). Go hungry and make sure you get the tomato pie. The chef throws a big pinch of salt in the wood fired oven right before he puts the pie in making for a pleasantly salty crust. Really good!
Izakaya at Shinpo
There's nothing nicer than holing up for a few hours of indulgence at a really great izakaya, and this looks like a particularly great option. Go prepared to try anything and everything, and if you haven't already found your way with sake, here are some pointers.
Konbini snacks
Everyone who visits Japan has a favourite konbini snack (vanilla ice cream mochi over here), and it's nice to know that such a well regarded cook still gets excited about hitting the 7/11. Of course, this sweet snack is flavoured with two forms of green tea, so it's not exactly your run-of-the-mill sweet treat.
Ramen at Ramen Sugimoto
He's not called the @ramenjunkie for nothing! Shio is a salt-based ramen- maybe this bowl will wind up being your favourite?


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Legal blindness is usually defined as visual acuity less than 20/200 with corrective lenses. Now that you have learned some anatomy of the eye and how it functions, it becomes easier to understand how the following conditions can lead to blindness:
- Cataracts - This is a cloudiness in the lens that blocks light from reaching the retina. It becomes more common as we age, but babies can be born with a cataract. As it worsens, it can require surgery to remove the lens and place an intraocular lens.
- Glaucoma - If the aqueous humor does not drain out correctly, then pressure builds up in the eye. This causes the cells and nerve fibers in the back of the eye to die. This can be treated with medications and surgery.
- Diabetic retinopathy - Persons with diabetes can get blockage of blood vessels, leakage of blood vessels and scarring that can lead to blindness. This can be treated with laser surgery.
- Macular degeneration - In some persons, the macula (which is responsible for fine detail in the center of vision) can deteriorate with age for unknown reasons. This causes loss of central vision. This can sometimes be helped with laser surgery.
- Trauma - Direct trauma or chemical injuries can cause enough damage to the eyes to prevent adequate vision.
- Retinitis pigmentosa - This is an inherited disease that causes a degeneration of the retina and excess pigment. It first causes night blindness and then tunnel vision, which often gradually progresses to total blindness. There is no known treatment.
- Trachoma - This is an infection caused by an organism called Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a common cause of blindness worldwide but is rare in the United States. It can be treated with antibiotics.
There are many other causes of blindness, such as vitamin A deficiency, tumors, strokes, neurological diseases, other infections, hereditary diseases and toxins. For more information, check out the links below.
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Carl Bianco, M.D., is an emergency physician practicing at Dorchester General Hospital in Cambridge, Maryland. Dr. Bianco attended medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University with majors in nursing and pre-med. He Completed an internship and residency in emergency medicine at Akron City Hospital in Akron, Ohio.
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Super Furry Animals Interview
It's September 1999, and the Super Furry Animals are making their way through the States in support of their brilliant third album, "Guerrilla." During the band's stop in Chicago, Excellent Online got to tag-team SFA frontman Gruff Rhys to find out the scoop on the new records, the current tour, and the whirlwind of critical acclaim that's usurping the band as we head into 2000. A full transcript of the interview is below, from start to finish. Thanks to Adam and all at Flydaddy for the assistance in this interview.
Interview by Shane Brown and Kari Winn
Shane: So how's the tour going so far?
Gruff: Good! Yeah, it's still exciting. Sort of, like, all the road fantasies still coming true.
Shane: Bit of a change after festival season and all, playing small places?
Gruff: Yeah, I dunno. We've always played lots of small places.
Kari: Even over in the UK and Europe, you play small places?
Gruff: Oh, yeah. I mean, every time you go to a new country or whatever, you're unknown, and you play small places. We played small places at home for 15 years. Recently we've played larger places, but this tour's still a very decent thing, y'know.
Kari: You've got a huge one coming up at Cardiff Stadium, don't you?
Gruff: Yeah, the Christmas gig. That's gonna be pretty big. I'm not sure - I think it holds between 5-7000, and 5000 will probably be our relatives. [laughs]
Kari: You guys are sponsoring the football team out there now, right? How'd you get involved in that?
Gruff: It wasn't difficult, they were very cheap. [laughs] Much to the dismay of every other team in Wales, it was. So now everyone will probably hate us now, except for Cardiff fans.
Kari: So you guys are playing the Coachella festival. Are you pretty excited about that?
Gruff: Oh, yeah, very excited.
Kari: Are you looking forward to anyone else on the bill?
Gruff: Everybody seems pretty good, yeah, I don't remember the lineup exactly, but I remember it being very impressive, yeah. We're playing on Saturday, I think?
Kari: Are you gonna be in town for the whole thing, or just rolling in and playing?
Gruff: I think we're going to miss the last day. I wish we could stay for that. We couldn't get our flight changed.
Kari: Are you finding your American audiences different from the ones at home? How are the fans reacting?
Gruff: Yeah, I think people pay a lot of attention in the States, they give you a better listen. They come out from curiosity, and then become fans. So it's all pretty good.
Kari: Do you think that part of that's due to the promotions at Flydaddy, with the impressive roster they've already got?
Gruff: I don't know, to tell you the truth. Last time we played here was with the Olivia Tremor Control, we've done a couple tours with them so far, their crowds are always great.
Shane: Has Flydaddy been a good experience, compared with the Sony distribution deal you had during the "Fuzzy Logic" days?
Gruff: Yeah, I mean, we were sort of signed to Sony by default, they didn't really want us. It was pointless, you know, being where you're not wanted. We're real happy with this deal now. Flydaddy make records I really like.
Kari: They seem to be pushing the new album pretty well for you.
Gruff: Yeah, it's pretty good.
Kari: You guys self-produced this record. How was producing your own stuff in the studio? Did you find it hard, or was it invigorating or give you more space?
Gruff: Well, it's accidental that it happened. We wanted Gorwel Owen again, but he'd been in the studio for about a year and a half producing other people. And he was burned out. He offered to do it, but he asked us if we could wait. We were just so keen to make this record, we decided to go ahead with it anyway. In the past, we've had the luxury of a producer to take sides, y'know, and mediate between the band, which defeats our ability to fall out, row, and shout with each other, because there's always been someone there to be the decision maker. This time we had to reach a consensus on everything. And it ended up being much less volatile than usual, we had a really good time. It was really easy.
Shane: And the end result seems to be a much more optimistic record than in the past. Was this intentional, or did it just sort of happen in the studio?
Gruff: We made quite a lot of down songs as well, but we just left them off. We selected the most, um, "up" songs. We went for the digital songs with more of a constant rhythm. The "up" songs off this are sort of live things. The other stuff just sounded sort of tired next to tracks like "Wherever I Lay My Phone is Home" that sound so metronomical.
Shane: Now, was there a conscious effort to get a more commercial sound on this record? It seems like you're trying to get a more commercial feel, but at the time same broadening your horizons musically and getting away from the standard guitar-bass-drum sort of sound.
Gruff: Yeah, we made a jukebox sort of album, where you listen to it and every song is different. We decided to make a very pop album. In the context of the album, it comes out - it's so much more brash and light-weight album for us, which is good. We actually recorded enough for three more albums. There's a Welsh language album coming out, which is pretty heavy in mood, but with some sunny intervals. There's a digital, experimental album which is pretty intense. And then we're gonna make another pop album, and the songs for that so far are sort of lush and not as straight-forward lyrically. So this is our jukebox pop record.
Shane: What's the timetable looking like for release dates on all this stuff?
Gruff: Well, we finished the Welsh one, so that'll be out probably next March. We hope Flydaddy will release it here. We come off this tour in about February, at which point we'll start on the digital album, which is fully demoed already and all written. We hope to do that in mid-2000, and then we'll go straight into the next studio album.
Kari: I heard that you guys all started out on drums yourself?
Gruff: Three of us, yeah.
Kari: A lot of the tracks on this album are really diverse rhythmically and musically, like a sort of Zappa thing, where all sorts of elements are being pulled in.
Gruff: Cian got to play drums on this album, but we're not as proficient as Dafydd, so we had to sample ourselves. I play drums on "Wherever I Lay My Phone is Home," but it's only like two bars. Me and Cian sampled ourselves and looped it. We'd just been our tour with Grandaddy, and Aaron from Grandaddy is the steadiest drummer in the world, he's incredible. He can keep this really slow groove, very simple groove going, song after song, in a metronomical fashion. He's really amazing. We sort of ripped off his drumming style, but we couldn't keep it up, so we had to sample it.
Kari: The rhythmic layering on the new album is really amazing. It even seems Latin-inspired at some points. Where do you guys pull your influences from?
Gruff: We have a wide selection of records in our collection, but, dunno, we had a song about the El Nino phenomenon, and the only reason that's made in sort of a classy Latin style is because of the subject matter of the lyrics, we adapted it to how the song's played. Because we had this tune, this melody, for a long time, and it started off as a sort of reggae tune, "Love is Rock," and it sort of turned into a dirgy rock song. But I didn't have any lyrics, and when I got around to writing some, we had to re-assess how the song was gonna get played.
Shane: You seem to have a mild Spanish influence to your records - albums called "Guerrilla," songs like "Chupacabra."
Gruff: I spent some time in Spain, in Barcelona, I lived there for a while. It's only a couple songs. We've got Dutch song titles, we've got Welsh... We've got a song called "Debiel," which is Dutch for "crazy person," on our second EP, Moog Droog, which also has "Focus Pocus," which is a tribute to Hocus Pocus by Focus, who're a Dutch band. I think we're influenced more by Japanese stuff all around, I mean, in terms of our artwork.
Shane: All your sleeves are designed by the same guy, right?
Gruff: Yeah, he's been doing all our stuff from the last two albums. A guy called Pete Fowler from Wales. He's very distinctive, he comes from a comic background, he designs skateboards and flyers and comics.
Shane: Did he have anything to do with the "Fire in my Heart" video as well?
Gruff: Yeah, he was called the "creative advisor." People who did the special effects for Star Wars Phantom Menace animated the characters. We got them really cheap.
Shane: We're trying to figure out the video: are you playing a gig on Mars, or in fact is the entire group Martians preparing to conquer the Earth in a rock-n-roll fantasy?
Gruff: No, we've gone to another planet to play a gig, and we're on our way home (laughs.) I've got quite a bad memory from that day. I woke up, and I'd slept all funny, and had a really stiff neck. And so throughout the video, I was just like [holds his neck like a board] and all I could do was down painkillers all day. So that's why I look so wooden in the video.
Shane: The new album's recorded in Peter Gabriel's studio... how did that come about?
Gruff: Well, we didn't go, "Oh, wow, that's Peter Gabriel's studio, let's go there!" It was just a studio that was close to our home in Wales, so we said, "Hey, that's a decent studio, let's go there!" We bumped into him a couple times - he had a different accent every day. I talked to him three times - once he had a British accent, the next time he had an American accent, and then he rounded it all off with a sort of South African accent, as far as we could tell. He seemed like a good old guy.
Shane: What's your take on the Internet - future of communications or evil corporate tool?
Gruff: Ah, both. It's very exciting. We like celebrating technology, y'know. It's like how we sing about mobile phones. It's a wonderful thing, the art of communication. But at the moment, it's a rich man's tool, I suppose. It's only the people in the Western world that can use it.... I suppose it's very elitist. But all in all it's exciting... and eeeevil.
Shane: From a music standpoint, are you seeing an increase in fans due to the Internet? Do you think your American fans are better informed about the group thanks to the 'Net?
Gruff: Oh, yeah, they're better informed than we are as to what's happening to the band and all. It's astounding how quickly people can get their hands on information. I mean, people have been asking us about our football-sponsoring activities about a day after it happened. The other day I found an SFA website in Brazil, it's crazy.
Kari: Do you have any albums of the year so far? Anything you've bought recently?
Gruff: Oh, I'm terrible about lists - I always regret what I've said and changed my mind later. Probably, there's so many... a hot tip, there's a band called Y Tystion, and it means "The Witnesses." They're a Welsh language band. They're quite young and majestic, they've got a new EP coming out next month called The Toys EP, which was recorded using only small musical toys. It's very good. It works, especially for us. Musically and lyrically, it works. They're on Ankstmusik. They've got a website, everybody who reads this should go there.
Shane: Lastly, speaking of lists and how you don't like them, a couple months back in NME, they did their best to launch the "Nu Psychedelic" scene, and they proceeded to put you guys sort of at the spearhead position at the top of that list. Is that a pigeonhole that you're okay with?
Gruff: Well, the thing is, we thought we'd made a really conventional sort of pop album, and then everybody goes, "Wow, that's really psychedelic!" I can think of bands that are sooo much more psychedelic than us. Psychedelia to me is all about improvisation, and our album was almost entirely preconceived, you know. So, I'm sure there are psychedelic bands out there fuming with rage and insulting us. [grins] The best part about that whole article was they couldn't even spell it right. It's "NU-psychedelic." Nuuuu!


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Re: mfmailcomposeviewcontroller cansendmail returning no?pdm Sep 17, 2015 10:04 AM (in response to Bagellord)
I've moved this question to the Cocoa Touch forum, since the API you're asking about is in iOS. Is it possible that the account is a managed account? If so, then I suspect that is why it's not being considered eligible for use with the mail compose controller.
Re: mfmailcomposeviewcontroller cansendmail returning no?Bagellord Sep 17, 2015 12:11 PM (in response to pdm)
Thanks, I didn't realize I'd posted to the wrong place. I believe it is a managed account added via an MDM (Maas360 according to their IT guy). What's weird is that the IT guy (I had him and the user on speaker just now) was able to use the app without issue. Very strange.
Re: mfmailcomposeviewcontroller cansendmail returning no?Andreas B Feb 9, 2017 8:54 AM (in response to pdm)
Hi pdm,
I have the same problem and it definately has to do with a configuration profile via MDM or Apple Configurator.
What I found is that if you setup an email account with a configuration profile the MFMailComposeViewController returns false from canSendMail if this email account is the only one on the device.
The option to restrict the email to only the mail app, had no effect on that. It was present wether the option was checked or not.
I filed a bug with a sample project that illustrates that. The report id is 30443554
Re: mfmailcomposeviewcontroller cansendmail returning no?pdm Feb 9, 2017 9:57 AM (in response to Andreas B)
Thanks for the bug report. It's with the mail engineering team for them to have a look at. If there's anything I can report back here I'll do so.


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Krakow is 4 hours by car (2 hours by Train) and Auschwitz 4.5 hours.
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Biztalk Property Promotions
This is one of the fundamental topics when using the Biztalk Server. However, it seems also one of the most ignored. The worst of the solution is of course promoting all the properties by default unless specified otherwise. One of my ex-colleagues just ran into this issue when working on his Biztalk solution. In order to get it right, lets try to understand what the promoted properties really are and how they work.
Basics of Property Promotions
Why would you ever require to promote a property? Isn't it just enough to have it in the message and then read it from there? Well, let's see how this works.
Biztalk provides you with a really smart routing feature that allows the engine to decide where to send which message. For example, If you receive a message with the EmployeePaySlip schema, and it has the approved flag to true, it should be redirected to the Finance system Orchestration for making the payments and to the HR system Orchestration for keeping the records. This built in intelligence for the Biztalk engine allows it to route the messages simply based on some content within the messages.
In order to achieve this, the Biztalk engine obviously needs to understand the fields based on which the routing decisions can be taken. To simplify and optimize this working, Biztalk has introduced the notion of "promoted properties". The Biztalk engine can get easy access to the promoted properties without knowing the entire message and hence it can save loads of time and complexity when dealing with routing. To route a message, the Biztalk engine simply reads its promoted properties and does not care about other contents in the message.
When the message schema is defined, particular fields or attributes can be 'promoted'. When a field or attribute is promoted, an annotation is inserted in the schema that defines the property name and the Xpath within the document where it can be found. It also adds the promoted property to the property schema. Now, a property schema is nothing but a special type of schema within your Biztalk solution that lists all the promoted properties across the schemas in your Biztalk solution.
At runtime, when a message is introduced to Biztalk, the Biztalk engine reads the property schema and then subsequently loads all the promoted properties of the message simply by querying the xpath expression. This way, although the entire message can be large, only the promoted properties are loaded in the memory. These promoted properties can then be used by the engine to perform the routing. The promoted properties are also stored separately in the database for tracking the messages.
When using the promoted properties in your Biztalk solution, there is one simple rule -
- Promote only those properties that are required for routing or tracking
From what we know of them now, it is very easy to figure out why -
- First of all because there is more processing required to find the promoted properties from the message.
- These properties are loaded in the memory, hence having a lot of them can put the system under extreme loads.
- And lastly, they are written to the database for tracking taking up disk space and more CPU cycles.
Hope this clarifies a couple of things related to property promotions.