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This consultancy is aimed at providing technical assistance to the Government and to UNICEF Kyrgyzstan in identifying country level risks and opportunities facing children who are or may be returned from former ISIL controlled territory.
The aim of this report from SOS Children's Villages is to increase the knowledge and understanding of the needs and rights of young people ageing out of alternative care around the world, in order to inform strategies, policies and services to improve their life chances and outcomes through appropriate preparation for leaving care as well as after-care support.
This report summarizes the main findings of the 'Study on Violence against Women and Violence against Children,' conducted in Albania, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine from 2016 to 2017, to identify major areas of overlap between intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against children (VAC).
This paper, produced for the Know Violence global learning initiative, looks at the violence children experience in closed institutions in the Central Asian countries, specifically the former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
This document summarizes the content of the 6-7 October 2016 Network Meeting of National Statistical Offices. The event comprised of a number of presentations on topics related to the SDGs and data on children in alternative care.
This country care review includes the care related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of its examination of the third and fourth periodic reports of Kyrgyzstan (CRC/C/KGZ/4-5) during its 65th Session at its 1880th and 1881st meetings held on 28 May 2014, and adopted, at its 1901st meeting, held on 13 June 2014.
Charts that accompany the article Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession, illustrating the trends in international adoptions from Liberia, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Haiti to families in the United States.
This document outlines EveryChild's approach to the growing problem of children without parental care by defining key concepts, analysing the nature and extent of the problem, exploring factors which place children at risk of losing parental care, and examining the impact of a loss of parental care on children's rights.
Developed by the UNICEF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States as a discussion paper for the 2nd Child Protection Forum on Building and Reforming Child Care Systems
This presentation, conducted by Peter Evans at the Second Child Protection Forum in Bishkek from 12 to14 May, 2009, includes information on gatekeeping, including a definition, the components of gatekeeping, a flowchart of entry routes for children into institutions, outlines of assessments and intervention plans, monthly monitoring and information systems, and more.

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Today Russia is leading in new nuclear construction abroad. ROSATOM holds first place in terms of the number of simultaneously implemented nuclear reactor construction projects (3 units and the floating NPP in Russia and 36 abroad at various implementation stages).
Competitive strength of Russian proposals can be attributed to advanced technologies and newest know-how developed by Russian scientists and designers. All design projects meet modern international requirements and the IAEA recommendations. The projects proposed for construction are based on up-to-date reactor installations of up-graded VVER design (Russian water-water pressurized power reactor) that has many-year good performance account. Russian NPP construction projects are G III reactors equipped with active and passive safety systems. Successful operation on international markets confirms good competitive ability of Russian nuclear technologies: in 2019 Rosatom's package of foreign orders exceeded 130 bln dollars. About us
State-of-the-art technology and advanced safety systems coupled with conformity to IAEA requirements provide a solid competitive edge for Russian offerings on the international market:
Preparation for construction of Rooppur NPP, the country's first nuclear power plant
Location: 160 km away from Dhaka on the eastern bank of the Ganges, Pabna District
Project specifications: Construction of two power units with VVER reactors (2,4 GW total capacity) launched in December 2017. Apart from NPP construction and commissioning, Russia will construct all required infrastructure facilities.
Location: Astravyets, Belarus
Project specifications: 2 power units with VVER-1200 (PWR) reactors; 2,400 MW total capacity Construction of the first power unit was launched on November 06, 2013. Belarus NPP is being built to the standard design of Generation III+ which fully meets all post-Fukushima requirements, international standards and recommendations of the IAEA. At the present time, all works are on schedule at the major facilities of the constructed power units of Belarus NPP. Unit 1 has completed installation of essential equipment in the reactor and turbine halls; full-scale start-up and adjustment continues. Unit 2 carries out installation of essential equipment in the reactor hall. The construction of this plant promises to set a record of involvement in the work of Belarus specialist. The construction project of Belarus NPP involves 34 contractors including 24 Belarus companies. After commissioning in the commercial operation the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets will produce about 25% of electricity Belarus needs.
Location: Lianyungang
Project specifications: Tianwan NPP is the largest facility of the Russian-Chinese economic cooperation. Phase 1 of the plant (Units 1 and 2) was built by Russian specialists and has been in commercial operation since 2007. Annually, Phase 1 of the plant produces more than 15 bln kWh of electricity. It is meant to be the most of modern plants in the world owing to new systems ("core melt catcher"). Two first units of Tianwan NPP were built by a Russian company under the Russia-China intergovernmental agreement signed in 1992. In October 2009, ROSATOM and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) signed a protocol of continuation of the cooperation in the construction of the phase two of the plant (Units 3 and 4). The general contract was signed in 2010 and came into force in 2011. The construction is carried out by the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC). Phase Two has been the logical conclusion of the Phase One of the plant. The parties have implemented a set of modernizations. The project has been improved technically and operationally. The Russian party was responsible for design of the nuclear island; the Chinese part has taken responsibility for designing balance-of-plant. Building, installation and start-up works were carried out by Chinese with support of Russian specialists. Pouring of first concrete at Unit 3 was on December 27, 2012; construction of the Unit 4 was started on September 27, 2013. The first power of Tianwan-3 was on December 30, 2017. Unit 4 had its first power on October 27, 2018. At the present time, Unit 3 has been transferred to the Jiangsu Nuclear Power Corporation (JNPC) for 24-month warrantee operation while Unit 4 has been held for commercial operation on December 22, 2018. On June 8, 2018 in Beijing the strategic package of documents was signed which determines main directions of the nuclear power cooperation between Russia and China for coming decades. In particular, two new reactors VVER-1200 of Generation III+ will be built (Units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP).
Construction of El Dabaa NPP
Location: El Dabaa site, the Matrouh region on the Mediterranean coast, Egypt
Project specifications: According to the contracts, ROSATOM will build four VVER-1200 reactors and supply nuclear fuel throughout the plant's entire lifetime. ROSATOM will also train personnel, will assist its Egyptian partners in operation and maintenance during the first 10 years of the plant's operations. As part of the El Dabaa NPP project implementation, ROSATOM will also aid Egypt in developing its nuclear infrastructure, as well as increasing the level of project localization and supporting Egypt in training nuclear cadre and driving the public acceptance of nuclear power. The works are based on Intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Egypt (signed on November 2015). El Dabaa will reference unit 1 of the Leningrad Phase II nuclear power plant in western Russia.
Hanhikivi-1 NPP construction
Location: Pyhajoki, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Project specifications: In December 2013 ROSATOM companies' representatives and Finnish partners signed a pack of documents concerning implementation of the construction project of single-unit Hanhikivi-1 NPP with VVER-1200 reactor. The plant is to be located near the village of Pyhajoki in Northern Ostrobothnia. Hanhikivi-1 construction is managed by JSC Rusatom Energy International (former name of JSC Rusatom Overseas). Its subsidiary, RAOS Project Oy, is the principal project contractor. JSC ATOMPROEKT (Group of Companies ASE) is the architect general of Hanhikivi-1 NPP. OKB GIDROPRESS produces documentation of the reactor engineering design. JSC CONCERN TITAN-2 is the main subcontractor for Hanhikivi-1 NPP. It also builds Leningrad Phase II in Sosnovy Bor, which is the reference plant for Hanhikivi-1 NPP. ROSATOM's share in the project is 34%. At the present time, the pre-construction phase goes on.
Stage 2 construction of Paks II
Location: Paks, Tolna county, Hungary
Project specifications: At the present time, built to Soviet design, Paks NPP operates four power units with VVER-440 reactors. In 2009 the Hungarian Parliament approved construction of two new power units at NPP. In December 2014 ROSATOM and MVM (Hungary) signed the contract for construction of new power units of the plant. In May that year Russia and Hungary signed the agreement concerning provision of a €10 billion loan for Paks construction completion. Pals Phase II is planned as two power units (Units 5 and 6); they will be built to VVER-1200 design. JSC ATOMPROEKT is the principal contractor.
Construction of Units 3, 4, 5, 6 of Kudankulam NPP
Location: Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu, India
Project specifications: Units 1 & 2 were build within the scope of Russian-Indian agreement dated November 20th, 1988 and its attachments dated June 21st, 1998. An official ceremony dedication of Kudankulam NPP Unit 2 held on October 15, 2016. The ground-breaking ceremony for construction units 3 & 4 with VVER-1000 reactors (2,100 MW total capacity) was performed on 17 February 2016. Units 3 and 4 are currently under construction. On June 1, 2017, in Saint-Petersburg ASE Group of Companies and Nuclear Power Corporation of India signed the General Framework Agreement for construction of the Kudankulam NPP third stage (units 5 and 6 with VVER-1000 reactors). On July 31, 2017 the contracts were signed between JSC Atomstroyexport and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for priority design works, working design and supply of the main equipment for third stage of NPP.
Location: Mersin province, Turkey
Project specifications: the project of Turkey's first NPP construction is being implemented on the basis of the intergovernmental agreement between the Russian Federation and the Turkish Republic that was signed in May 2010. On October 13, 2011, the Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) handed over to Akkuyu Nuclear JSC a licence for the site; in November 2013, it approved the revised Foundational Report on the site performed by Akkuyu Nuclear JSC under the site licence terms for the construction of the Akkuyu NPP with an installed capacity of 4,800 MWe. On December 1, 2014, the Turkish Ministry of the Environment and City Planning approved the Akkuyu NPP environment impact assessment performed by Akkuyu Nuclear JSC. On February 9, 2017, TAEK approved the Akkuyu NPP site parameters, after which, on March 3, 2017, TAEK received a construction licence application. On October 19, 2017, Akkuyu Nuclear JSC received a limited construction licence from TAEK, which is the first step towards obtaining an NPP construction licence. On December 10, 2017, the construction start ceremony took place at the Akkuyu NPP site under a limited construction licence issued by TAEK. Under the limited construction licence, construction and assembly works are being carried out at all of the NPP's components excluding buildings and constructions linked to the nuclear island's safety. On the 3rd of April 2018 the function of first concrete was held at the construction site. It marked the start of large-scale work to build the first Turkish nuclear power plant being constructed by ROSATOM.
Location: Pevek
Project specifications: The Floating Nuclear Thermal Power Plant (FNPP) and is of a new class of power sources on the basis of Russian technologies of nuclear shipbuilding. It included the floating nuclear power unit (FPU) "Akademik Lomonosov" and a coastal infrastructure. The nuclear power plant has two KLT-40S reactor units that can generate up to 70 MW of electric energy and 50 Gcal/hr of heat energy during its normal operation. This is enough to keep the activity of the town populated with 100,000 people. In September 2019 the floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, where it is being docked to start operations in 2020. The FPU is the project of the mobile transportable power unit of low power. It is designed for the operation at the areas of the Extreme North and the Russian Far East. Its main task is to provide the remote industrial plants, port cities, as well as the offshore gas and oil platforms with electric energy. The FNPP is designed with the great margin of safety that exceeds all possible threats and makes nuclear reactors invincible for tsunamis and other natural disasters. In addition, the nuclear processes at the floating power unit meet all requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and do not pose any threat to the environment. The lifecycle of the nuclear FPU is 40 years with the possibility of being extended to up to 50 years. After decommissioning, the FPU will be towed to a special deconstruction and recycling facility. ROSATOM is already working on second generation FPUs, or Optimized Floating Power Units (OFPUs), which will be equipped with two RITM-200M reactors (each with a capacity of 50 MW). In addition to having a greater power capacity, OFPUs will be smaller than their predecessors.


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As a thank you, I'm also offering a new freebie in my TpT store. It's a printable emergent reader called The Beach. I also have a second freebie on my Facebook page that has coordinating center activities for this book. You can find the book here and the center activities here.
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If you want to play softball in college then you have to be seen. The Softball Factory is the fastest growing girls fast-pitch softball showcase in the South. The 2019 Under Armour Softball Factory Summer Classic is the last chance to be seen by NCAA coaches in 2019 and hosts over 75 teams each year. Utilizing Allen E. Paulson Softball Complex, Scarborough Sports Complex, Guy Minick Youth Sports Complex, Ambuc Baseball Complex, Armstrong Atlantic State University and Savannah State University, softball is spread all throughout Savannah. The event will be held July 19-21.
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David Bowie
Scary Monsters
This one brings on the feeling of travel, of blue morning skies when it's not warm enough yet, green trees. Or busy life, moving from one uncontrolled situation to another, but still managing to into things that keep you sane. The mood is desperate, menacing, but holds onto believing it will all turn out right. Dancing even when most things are against you. Dark blue and green.
Release date: September 28, 1999
Label: Virgin
Rating: 9.0 / 10
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The Academy of Country Music Awards AT&T Stadium, Arlington Sunday, April 19, 2015
After an entire weekend of country music, last night's 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is easily the biggest music event (or series of events, as it were) that has ever happened in Dallas-Fort Worth. Or maybe ever will happen. The crowd, which exceeded 70,000 people, set a Guinness World Record as the most attended awards show of all time. There was no more fitting home for the Academy's 50th anniversary, and they made damn sure that it was the biggest spectacle that AT&T Stadium could hold. Well, mostly.
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Fans headed to the Stadium early -- some there four hours before the show's strict 7 p.m. start time -- to watch red carpet arrivals. Dallas doesn't often play host to awards shows of any kind, which meant that people were practically standing on top of one another for a chance to see someone, anyone, famous. And there were plenty of opportunities to see celebrities: Outside of the superstar artists on hand, Sofia Vergara, Reese Witherspoon, Kelly Clarkson and plenty of other Hollywood types were all there to present awards.
Bromantic duo Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton hosted the evening, although Shelton seemed to handle most of the announcing duties. Bryan did catch a pass from Tony Romo at one point, though, as if to prove his man cred in the home of the Cowboys. The banter between the two was mostly humorous, and fortunately pretty sparse compared to other awards shows. The Awards ran like a well-oiled machine, a refreshing departure from the Party For A Cause debacle of the previous two nights. For fans that attended all three days of events, Sunday night felt like a vacation: Everything happened on time, you could buy two beers at a time, and best of all there was no rain.
Eric Church and Keith Urban opened the night with a tribute to Merle Haggard, and then were promptly forgotten once George Strait took the stage. Of course, Strait opened his set with "All My Exes Live in Texas," and the newly-released "Let It Go." Once he wrapped up, it was clear that this evening was going to be fast, furious and full of great performances from country's biggest stars throughout the decades. If you could actually hear what was going on, the ACM Awards were the best country show that you're going to see in Dallas all year long.
Let's be real, Dallas: AT&T Stadium is not a great place to see a concert. In fact, there are times when it completely sucks as a live music venue. After doling out hundreds (sometimes thousand) of dollars for tickets to see blockbuster shows like these, it was incredibly disappointing to have to strain to hear what the artists and presenters were saying. The music was easy to hear for the most part, but many of the acceptance speeches were entirely garbled. Maybe that was for the best.
Most performances seemed to be suffering from sound issues, and it was clear that some artists were struggling to stay in tune and fiddling with their earpieces. For such an impressive venue, AT&T Stadium has a long way to go in providing a sound quality that is worthy of those egregious ticket prices. Even that famous damn Jumbotron, which was much of the crowd's only view into what was going on onstage, would go dark occasionally during performances. Get your shit together, Jerry.
Perhaps in tribute to the 50th anniversary, many artists performed their older tracks. Martina McBride played "Independence Day," her powerful 1994 track about domestic abuse. Reba, the living queen of country music, worked through a quick medley of her hits -- including "Fancy," of course -- along with her latest release. Few performers drew as much applause as Reba, who is clearly ready for a comeback. Speaking of comebacks, Garth Brooks' new track "All-American Kid", from his new release Man Against Machine, was an obvious crowd-pleaser. Maybe 2015 is the year that '90s country makes a comeback; anything would be better than this current iteration.
Country music's bro-iest elements were also featured prominently, and the crowd was eating it up. Both Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton performed, along with Florida-Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Jason Aldean, among others. Cole Swindell, the newest bro-country it-boy, took home the award for Best New Artist. It was disappointing to see that most people weren't using that time to go to the bathroom or spend $86 on nachos, but it's worth noting that the audience seemed most excited about the old (read: good) stuff.
As further evidence of country's move toward mainstream pop music, Christina Aguilera and Nick Jonas performed with country artists. Aguilera showed off her pipes on a duet with Rascal Flatts, and Jonas joined upcoming act Dan and Shay for a rendition of his song "Jealous." Somewhere, Hank Williams and Waylon Jennings were rolling over in their graves. Still, the production value was impressive and the performances were actually pretty damn good, if not remotely country.
As for the awards themselves, Texas girl Miranda Lambert cleaned up. Even though Lambert was ultimately robbed of Entertainer of the Year -- that honor dubiously went to Luke Bryan -- she has now won as many Album of the Year awards as George Strait, and plenty of others. Lambert also slayed with a medley of "Mama's Broken Heart" and "Little Red Wagon," looking incredibly fierce in a red and black corset-style top.
Outside of Lambert's armful of wins, though, men took home most of this year's awards. Of the 10 trophies awarded last night, Miranda Lambert was the single female winner. Plenty of women were nominated -- Brandy Clark, Kacey Musgraves, Maddie & Tae -- but every other winner was a man unless you count the Milestone awards, given for an entire career's worth of achievements to Taylor Swift, Reba and Lambert.
Like most award shows, there were plenty of heartwarming moments. Taylor Swift, who recently ditched country music to record a pop album, was there to accept an achievement award. Swift's mother Andrea Finlay, who announced that she was battling breast cancer last week, presented her with the award. It was a sincere moment from a proud mother that left no dry eye in that packed house. Swift stunned in a light blue gown, humbly thanking country fans for supporting her as she went in a different creative direction.
Later, Alan Jackson performed "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" in remembrance of the victims of the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, which occurred 20 years ago yesterday. Jackson originally wrote the song in response to the September 11 attack in 2001, but it seemed equally fitting in this tribute. For anyone who remembered Jackson debut this track at these same Awards in 2001, it was hard to hold back the tears.
Ultimately, the Academy of Country Music delivered on its promise to make last night's Awards the biggest in the history of pretty much all awards shows, it is just unfortunate that AT&T Stadium wasn't prepared to play the best host. At present, there are plans in the works to host the ACM Awards in Arlington every few years, which gives us plenty of time to make sure that this show is the absolute best that it can be. In the meantime, here's hoping that country music manages to get just a little bit more country before it comes back to Texas.
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John is an economic analyst for World Alternative Media. WAM is a youtube news platform with Millions of viewers from countries all across the world. Here John interviews experts like Robert Kiyosaki and Rob Kirby and provides deep economic analysis behind the headlines. He also provides special reports on Policies and Economic Entities like Cashless Society, Special Drawing Rights, Exchange Stabilisation Fund, United Nations, Monetary History.


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In this article, industry tutor Dr Ian Grimes discusses the importance of strategic marketing management to SME's.
Some SME's fail to see the importance of 'Strategic Marketing Management'.
Because many think that marketing is all about producing some product brochures or doing some 'tweets' on twitter.
Strategic marketing management is much more than 'just doing some marketing'.
It is about integrating marketing communications, social media, digital and traditional marketing. Creating direction for the short, medium and long-term direction of your company.
Internal & External forces.
Before all of this takes place the strategic marketer needs to fully understand the external & internal environment and the forces that are in place which can impact on a company's success.
Such forces might include:
• Legal constraints,
• Innovation or new technology,
• Competitors,
• The culture of your organisation,
• The resources at your disposal.
Cross functional working is key to making any business a success – meaning that different departments across the business work cohesively towards aligned goals. This concept is more relevant for the marketing department as its job is to not only make sure its product/services are marketed externally but also internally.
Porters Five Forces model.
Keeping an eye on your competitors can help you to understand the dynamics of the market that you operate in and the forces that are at play. Porters (1985) 'five forces' model is a useful way for companies to look at the market they operate in, the model prompts the organisation to consider a variety of questions.
See below –
• Can your products be easily substituted by different offerings?
• Can new entrants easily get into the market?
• Are there many or few suppliers and what is their power?
• Do customers have high or low bargaining power and is your product subject to price sensitivity?
All these forces come together to help SME's form an understanding of the competitive rivalry in their industry, their point of differentiation and their unique selling point (USP).
Having this understanding of your environment will give you useful insights about the key factors that are at play. When you understand the key factors you are enabled to form a useful point of differentiation to delight your customers with.
If you're interested in finding out more about Marketing & Marketing Management, keep your eyes on the look out for more of Ian's blog posts!
Dr Ian Grime
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janfrederikloh brauchte ein neues Buch oder Zeitschriften Cover Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
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Jana Frieds books are about a new love on a nice, new Place. Ist not that deep, but ist a bit funny sometimes and romantic.
Nora lives in Germany, but now she visits her hungarian granny on lake Balaton. It s winter and theres a lot of snow. She is married but shes falling in Love with Adam soon after arriving. So she will be in a struggle, what she wants in her live, cause she stays in Hungary for six month. Nora and Adam are working together in a Bakery . And soon there is this Chrismas Feeling coming on lake Balaton and Nora is far away from her husband.
It is for Woman between 30 and 70 Maybe, it should be Christmas and very gentle touch.
I am looking for a very highquality Cover for a Winter-love-romance ebook. There should be the lake Balaton with a lot of snow, and a type of Cake with apple, with sour Cream and Cinnamon on top. you should have this very cozy feeling by watching it. Nice and warm and gentle colors


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Edwina Ridgway came to Armidale in the early 1970s prepared to "sit back and coast" after working as an accountant with Australian Family Planning, and in the London office of its international counterpart.
Instead, after six weeks in the town, in February 1973, she took up a position as Secretary-Bursar at Duval College.
So began a 44 year career in the UNE college system that has made Edwina a contemporary of 13 of UNE's 15 vice-chancellors, and seven chancellors. On her retirement last week, she was Australia's longest-serving college head by a clear margin.
She was appointed as full head of Duval in 1978, after acting in the role for two years. When Drummond College was threatened with closure in 1979, Edwina successfully pitched to take on the parts of Drummond under the same roofline as Duval.
In picking up Drummond, Edwina obtained the capability to hold year-round conferences and gained full control of the catering operations shared by Duval and Drummond. With the ability to cut deals with suppliers for conference, student food quality at Duval rose considerably. King prawns occasionally appeared on the menu, and lobster.
Duval was in the 1970s an all-female college. Edwina recognised that it was nonviable to run two all-female colleges at UNE, and initiated the two-year process of moving Duval to a co-residential college.
When the initial advertisements were calling for male students the shift, 88 men applied to move into Duval. Female company might have had something to do with it, but Edwina suspects Duval's reputation for food may have helped considerably.
More recently, Edwina also added Wright Village to her portfolio for a couple of years, giving her responsibility over 700 students — too many, she says, for someone who loves personal relationships.
About 10 years ago she drove the introduction of Duval's outstanding Professional Development Program, the only one of its kind in the country.
Initially a one-year program designed to challenge and stretch students, it proved so popular and effective that it is now a three year program that ensures its participants are much better equipped to deal with the world.
Her contribution to UNE and generations earned Edwina an OAM in 2010, for services to the community, and a UNE Doctor of the University (honoris causa) in 2011.
In retirement, Edwina hopes to revisit old passions like pottery, see more of her son and his family in Geneva, and to try and learn "to fritter time".
IMAGE: Retiring Duval College head Edwina Ridgway with her son, Ross, left, and brother Scott Alison, a UNE alumnus.


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A 20 year old Grafton man is now facing Gross Sexual Imposition charges for alleged sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15.
Court documents state that the alleged incident happened the afternoon of August 13th at a park in Grafton, ND.
The victim told police that her and Silva were sitting at a picnic table, when Silva began to put his hands on her, outside her clothes.
She also told police that during the assault, Silva picked her up and attempted to bring her over to the bathroom area of the park.
She was screaming for Silva to stop, and believed that Silva was going to force intercourse.
Silva dropped her before getting to the bathroom, and she was able to call a friend to come and help her get away.
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After experiencing a heart attack, it's common to work through a variety of feelings: relief that the experience is over, uncertainty about what might have caused the attack, and anxiety about the prospect of it occurring once again, to name just a few. The good news is there are measures that heart attack survivors can take to considerably decrease their chance of a second occurrence.
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- Stay on track with follow-up appointments. Life gets busy, and much like with prescription meds, it's common for seniors to slack off on maintaining ongoing medical appointments. Again, it's crucial to an individual's recovery and continued heart health to see the physician as often as advised. And if transportation is an issue, Enhanced Home Care can help.
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A new organisation named 'Nutrition Club' was launched at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday.
The club started with the motto of 'Engage youth in nutrition' to ensure health and nutrition of women & children and promote smart cooking steps for preserving food nutrients at the conference room of the Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries at 11 am.
The programme was organised by the Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development (BIID) with support from INGENAES a USAID project.
Vice-chancellor Prof Dr. Ali Akbar attended the programme as chief guest. Md Shahid Uddin Akbar, CEO, BIID, Prof Mohammad Gulzarul Aziz, Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries Andrea B. Bhon, associate director, INGENAES, University of Illinois, USA attended the programme.
A committee was formed to run the club with Raihan Abedia Antora as president and Akib Abrar as a general secretary and Nushrat Yeasmen as a mentor. – BAU Correspondent


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Anti-abortionists know child birth is more risky than a safe aka legal abortion. They know securing the females life when abortion is kept legal is virtually a guarantee and they also know the fatalities and risks of unsafe abortions (aka, illegal) but this is not about life to them, and this is solid proof. Knowing … Continue reading Abortion Video; Anti-Abortionnists Are Not About Pro-Life in Any Form
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Abortion Coverage; Six Facts Worth Knowing
Oh, how badly I want to do a video about this so badly, and perhaps once I'm back where there is internet I indeed shall, but until then, this is a wonderful post for anyone who wants truth. More than that, though, I want, need and WILL be speaking out about my 2nd trimester abortion … Continue reading Abortion Coverage; Six Facts Worth Knowing
Brief Truth Lesson Regarding the 3rd Trimester Abortion
"There is no such thing as a ninth month abortion."-Jen Gunter, OBGYN trained in late-term abortions Though this article is a little old, it's facts still stand true. Know what you are talking about when you speak on 3rd trimester abortions, or make a fool of yourself. Shocking at how graphic and inaccurate these anti's … Continue reading Brief Truth Lesson Regarding the 3rd Trimester Abortion
Black Women Targeted By Anti's Abusing Racism & Generating BS Fear Tactics
Abortion and women... That's what it comes down to, or should. Race or "color" has nothing to do with making one of, if not the, most important choices in a woman's life. But anti's, of course, have already targeted and work at attacking women in the Black community from another angle; an extra sickening angle. The topic … Continue reading Black Women Targeted By Anti's Abusing Racism & Generating BS Fear Tactics
U.S. Fed Judge Saves the Day For Women & I THANK Him; Now, It's Time We End ALL Medical Lies Told to Women
Just a quick repost... I want to note before I post this, however... To all the women and teenage females who see this; if you have these kind of cruel people in your life or hear anyone trying to say you are bad, a slut, or anything else of those same emotionally abusive lies and attempts … Continue reading U.S. Fed Judge Saves the Day For Women & I THANK Him; Now, It's Time We End ALL Medical Lies Told to Women
Video- My Personal Experience W/ Abortion, Mental Health & Suicide
This page will be updated as soon as I have the video I speak of posted as well 🙂 Mental illness, suicide and knowing any reason, including mental well being, are good and acceptable *reasons* to abort... From a personal angle, I speak on one of my reasons for aborting... And fair warning; suicide is … Continue reading Video- My Personal Experience W/ Abortion, Mental Health & Suicide
My Answer to Question Re: Who's Responsible For an Unwanted Pregnancy
My answer to a question request sent via Quora to me. Click here for the full answer. (link working now)
Abortion is NOT Immoral, Not Evil NOR Murder… Don't Agree or Want to Know WHY? [Video Included]
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Is Abortion Murder? No.
I've been away for a while as I've been busy and sick as well (bronchitis, related to my childhood, nothing to do with abortion as anti-logic, anti-life, anti-choicers may want you to think). I received another hate comment which, I admit I did not read in full for I was laughing half through the first … Continue reading Is Abortion Murder? No.
Crisis Pregnancy Center-What to Look Out For
VITAL INFO on CPCs and Crisis Pregnancy Centers. This is from the NAF, I'll be posting this as a page so it doesn't become lost in all of the posts. Link at the end for the original post and video. Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) have a long history of intentionally misleading women to prevent them … Continue reading Crisis Pregnancy Center-What to Look Out For


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Members recently gathered to celebrate this achievement and reflect on 90 years of volunteering and advocacy for women, and their regional and rural communities.
Take a look at the video above to hear from members of the Country Women's Association (CWA) and congratulatory messages from the Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau, the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews and Minister for Agriculture, Jaala Pulford.
Some facts about the CWA in Victoria
It's the the largest women's organisation in the state with 5,600 members and 320 branches. It supports women in rural communities by promoting engagement with government decision making, awarding educational grants and scholarships, encouraging active participation in community activities, and promoting sustainable development and the protection of the environment.
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Herbert Edward Terrick Haultain fonds
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Fonds consists of 5 accessions
B1972-0005: Consists of correspondence, memoranda, proposed agreements, comments and notes regarding research projects, amongst which the infrasizer. Also includes press clippings, obituaries, invitation cards, Engineering Society Lecture Committee files, lecture and lab notes, articles, patents, as well as publications (11 boxes, 1911-1966)
B1977-0011: Film and photographs related to milling and refining methods of minerals used more than likely for course instruction in Mining Engineering. (1 box of photos, 20 reels of film, 1922-1949)
B1982-0021: Consists of correspondence, press clippings, memoranda and list of graduates of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, as well as addresses, articles and poems (2 boxes, 1910-1958)
B1983-0033: Consists of clippings on, and articles by Haultain. Also includes a publication and photographs (3 boxes, 1932-1978).
B1993-0031: Two photographs of Prof. Haultain at work, from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering (2 items, 193-?).
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Spoiled rotten
What really helps with keeping the Kindle costs down is the plethora of free books available. They're mostly old books that are out of copyright, several of which I downloaded with excellent intentions but which I will probably never read, thanks to Scrabble. I also got a newer book that was free because of some promotion, but it's pretty terrible, and I may not finish it. We shall see.
More significantly, the Anne Shirley books by L.M. Montgomery are also free, and I have happily been rereading the ones I no longer own and sort of forget a little. But if you follow me on Twitter, you already know that for some mysterious reason, Amazon's Kindle store doesn't have two of the novels. I may have talked about this on Twitter quite a bit. I may have been fairly outraged. But it is outrageous! The Kindle store seems to think I have IMAGINED Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of Ingleside. I even got to the point where I was willing to pay for Anne of Ingleside, but even the collection of "all eight Anne Shirley novels" you can buy in the Kindle store for 99 cents doesn't include them. Instead, the collection includes Chronicles of Avonlea and Further Chronicles of Avonlea. These, my friends, are not "Anne Shirley novels." These are not even novels. They are anthologies, and, OK, yes, Anne makes a cameo appearance in a few of the stories, but that in no way makes up for the fact that the Kindle store is pretending Anne of Ingleside and Anne of Windy Poplars didn't happen. THEY HAPPENED, Kindle store. Do not MESS with my Anne of Green Gables books.
But I digress.
I also got a wall-mounted radio for the kitchen to replace my under-cabinet one with a broken CD player and completely snapped off power and volume-down buttons. The broken one was technically more than sufficient, since all I ever listen to is NPR and the remote turns it on and off, but it sure is nice to have a shiny new one with far better sound quality. Really shows off the timber of Carl Kassel's rumbling baritone, you know?
Andrew, on the other hand, got a selection of the geekiest, nerdiest Christmas presents ever known to man. From me. And he loves them all. His "big" gift, the gift that I knew he'd be most excited about, was a TI-85 graphing calculator. Andrew's original TI-85, the one he had in college, broke a few years ago. Since the TI-85 has been discontinued, Andrew thought he was out of luck. But then I blogged about it, and Arwen's husband Bryan gave him his. Ah, the magic of the internet. (Well, the magic of the internet plus the magic of being internet friends with thoughtful, generous people.) Sadly, Andrew spilled Chinese food on Bryan's a few months ago, and it broke. Andrew has been bereft ever since. Bereft, I tell you. Where was he supposed to store his variables? Fortunately, I had a brainwave a few weeks before Christmas and harnessed the magic of the internet once again and bought him one on Ebay. Best Christmas present ever. The only thing missing, it turned out, was the manual. I got that for him off Ebay after Christmas, and the day it arrived, I found this scene on my way to bed:
So what's geekier? The way he lays out his breakfast along with his breakfast reading before he goes to bed? Or the fact that his breakfast reading is a CALCULATOR MANUAL?
If you check back a few paragraphs however, you'll note that I claimed Andrew got a selection of geeky presents. You see, I had planned to write mainly about the calculator, but then I mentally ran through the list of gifts I got him, and it struck me as hilarious. So here you go:
1. A discontinued graphing calculator
2. A book about the elements
3. A book about being a geeky dad
4. Socks
I know I've gone on for quite a while here, but I can't end this post without telling the internet about the set of tools my father-in-law bought for my four-year-old son. It included, among other things, a hammer, a saw, a screwdriver, and a hasp.
Despite my father-in-law's very indignant claim that "They're plastic," when we made fun of him, they are not, in fact, plastic. That there is a real saw. It is a small saw, yes. A child-sized saw, if you will. But a saw quite capable of cutting through wood – and therefore fingers – all the same.
Call us crazy, but we don't allow our children to play with sharpened metal blades until they are at least five.
*Yes, I do.
6 comments:
- Sarah in Ottawa said...
I alluded to this on Twitter, but I wonder if AoWP and AoI are not offered for free because they're still within copyright? They were written in 1936 and 1939, respectively -- long after RoI was published (in 1922, I believe). That's why characters like Rebecca Dew only show up in those 2 books, and why she alludes to W's death in RoI at the end of AoI.
The early books were published by LC Page. The later ones were published by McClelland & Stewart (who may have purchased LC Page). So maybe the change of publishers had something to do with it?
So - yeah. I love me some Maud. I'm a Canadian girl; it is mandatory. One of her homes post-marriage was 5 minutes from my childhood home (Norval Ontario, if you're curious). The University where I did my undergrad and Master's (Guelph) has the world's largest collection of her works. I've even seen the ORIGINAL copy of RoI with her hand-written notes. It's so cool! I should note that, like you, I studied science at school. Anne Shirley love is found in all academic specialties!
- January 14, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Dr. Maureen said...
Sarah in Ottawa: It is true that before my outraged tweeting I did not know that AoWP and AoI were published after the rest of them. (That does explain the foreshadowing about Dog Monday and Walter's death, though, as well as the entire style of AoWP, which reads more like a series of vignettes about other people than anything else.)
But it's not just that these two books are not *free* for the Kindle, they are not available at all. At this point, I'd be willing to pay for AoI because I haven't read it in years, but they don't have it at all. And I cannot abide by the claim that _Chronicles_ and _Further Chronicles_ are "Anne Shirley novels." I mean, COME ON.
I am very very jealous that you saw the original copy of RoI. Very cool.
- January 15, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- A'Dell said...
I can't believe he gave them a REAL saw. Was he kidding when he said they were plastic? I mean, he must have bought them on the tool aisle or in a hardware store and not at the toy store if they're real.
Also, I am totally going to get the Anne books on ibooks to read on my phone. I love the free category.
- January 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Wait. Wait wait wait. Are you saying Andrew now has Arwen's husband's TI-85?
a) Small world.
b) How nice was that? =)
c) You've ARRIVED in the blogosphere, girlfriend. =)
- January 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Kristie said...
The geeky gifts were loads of fun to hear you describe, and the photo of your husband's breakfast set-up was precious, but I was giggling immediately when I began reading about the tool set! That is a GREAT photo with his shop goggles. :)
- January 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM
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- January 28, 2011 at 6:06 PM


text: ShareFacebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Pinterest, Email Control Room (2004)Rate this post Control Room (2004) all video content is embedded and not hosted on this site ! STORYLINE A chronicle which provides a rare window into the international perception of the Iraq War, courtesy of Al Jazeera, the Arab world's most popular news outlet. Roundly criticized by Cabinet members and Pentagon officials for reporting with a pro-Iraqi bias, and strongly condemned for frequently airing civilian casualties as well as footage of American POWs, the station has revealed (and continues to show the world) everything about the Iraq War that the Bush administration did not want it to see. imdb (7.8) Control Room Review @ rogerebert.com Liked it? Take a second to support us on Patreon!


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Overseas Trip and Overnight Storage
On Tuesday, we arrived back from our annual trip to Chicago and GearBlast US. I'm still mentally trying to process the trip (as coming home and back to the real world is always really hard on me), but Rubberwulf and I had an amazing time as always. GBUS was just as fun as last year, and was helped even further by the weather being so much warmer than last time, making it much nicer to walk around in rubber without freezing. As with last year, everything is organised incredibly well, and the staff and volunteers who make it happen deserve all the thanks they get.
I still feel that I can be a lot more social – I'm someone who is an introvert and has had real anxiety issues in the past, so I do occasionally need time away from the large groups of people, just to "recover", but I still really enjoyed seeing everyone, and tormenting some friends during the event helped me a lot too…
Nothing like some quality R&R at #GBUS! Prescribed and administered by @s10_boi and @rubberwulf and joined by fellow patient @rubberfreak. pic.twitter.com/rsbaUYrubi
— kombots (@kombots) May 13, 2018
After GBUS, we had about a week in Chicago, staying with Rocket (scubaccs), which is always fun. One evening, he and Rubberwulf gave me some much needed post-GearBlast recharge time in my leather sleepsack, strapped down to Rocket's suspended bondage table…
Rocket let me use his hooded S10 gasmask that has been customised for rebreathing, and hooked it up to a rebreather bag setup (which is something I hadn't done in years). I hadn't cum at all in the previous 2 weeks, so I may have exploded within the first 5 minutes of being tormented, once the rebreathers were hooked up to the mask (I get close very easily when I'm really horny). That didn't stop him and Rubberwulf trying to get another load from me, however.
They couldn't get another load from me, but my God was I moaning, squirming and thrusting as they electro stroked me. I found it difficult to keep calm while rebreathing, but I enjoyed it a lot, and it's something I need to look into again for sure. It was an amazing scene, and was exactly what I needed after the busy but fun GBUS event.
The rest of our trip was fun, too – we saw other friends in Chicago, and it was nice to just forget about everything to enjoy spending time with them. Everyone is always so welcoming, it makes it so hard to leave…
🇺🇲✈🇬🇧 day is the hardest day of the year for me. It gets harder to leave each year, but that's a sign that everyone we spend time with here is amazing to us and makes us feel like we belong here.
You guys are amazing and I'm lucky to know (and grope) you <3
— s10boi (@s10_boi) May 15, 2018
A New Face
During the trip, Rubberwulf surprised me with a new mask I've wanted for about a year – an MSA Millennium. It's something I've fantasised about as a "drone mask" since Rubberdrone posted a photo of him in full "drone gear" that's been stuck in my head pretty much since then (dammit).
Rubberwulf got Rubberdrone to help source us both an MSA mask, and I'm so grateful to them and happy to have one of my own! I gave it a proper trial run this week to cheer myself up after my first day back at work, and I was blown away to look in the mirror and see myself like this.
It's not the best photo as I wasn't in the mood to set up a camera, but I'm certainly more than happy with how the mask makes me look and feel. I can't wait to try it out with other drones…
Overnight Sleepsackery
Spurred on by Rubberfreak's encouragement and near-constant night-time sleepsackery, I've tried doing an overnight stint in the leather sleepsack 4 or 5 times since I got it at the end of last year. I've slowly been able to do longer, but I hadn't managed to make it through the whole night (usually I got uncomfortable or in my own head too much, convincing myself that I "needed" out). Thankfully, my Rubberwulf is awesome and has been happy to help me keep trying when I'm in the mood, offering encouragement, and not minding too much when I crash into him as best as I can, to wake him up to let me out…
Last night, still jetlagged from our recent trip to Chicago and GearBlast US (I had an amazing time, by the way), I managed to last all night in the sleepsack for the first time (or at least until it was light outside and I needed to get out to pee, rather than due to me trying to find an excuse to get out, so I'm calling that overnight…). I still didn't manage to get any sleep in the sleepsack, but I'm certainly improving in terms of being able to relax and work out whether I need out or I just think I want out.
I enjoyed it – I had periods of relaxation where I barely moved, some periods of being horny and thrusting in the sleepsack a little, but I also had periods where I came close to waking up Rubberwulf so I could get out. Some friends have recommended trying meditation when in longer term bondage, so I've been doing some reading on that, and it did help me calm down enough to keep going last night.
I'm hoping that I'll get to the stage where I can actually get even an hour of sleep – it's a long night, lying there in the dark with only your thoughts. I was also way too hot last night, so next time I need to try to keep the room cool, and that might help me finally find a way to sleep.
So far this year, I'm doing pretty well at pushing myself that bit further and breaking my previous records – hopefully the next update on this will be even more of a success!


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In this episode we catch up with the guys from Universal Mind (Tom Link, Brandon Purcell, and Doug McCune) to chat about their SpatialKey product and geek out on software.
In this episode we catch up with the guys from Universal Mind (Tom Link, Brandon Purcell, and Doug McCune) to chat about their SpatialKey product and geek out on software.
In another exciting installment of Drunk On Software, we chat with Gorilla Logic's Stu Stern in celebration of the first production release of FlexMonkey. Our conversation may lack a bit of focus, but does have some good info if you stick with us. We hope you enjoy watching as much as we enjoyed filming it.
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In this episode we chat with Adam Flater. Adam is active member of the Flex community. In addition, he is the founder of the Merapi project, which provides a bridge between Adobe AIR and Java on the client.
In episode 11, we have a fun interview with Matt Raible. Matt is a popular blogger and speaker in the Java community. This edition captures the desired essence of Drunk On Software, just three geeks chatting over a few beers.
In this edition we chat with Anthony Franco, of EffectiveUI, about building high quality software. Anthony shares about life at EffectiveUI and his thoughts on rich Internet applications.
This is the 9th episode of Drunk On Software, where we sit down with Alex Moffat of Lombardi Software to discuss their usage of Google Web Toolkit (GWT). Alex shares an overview of GWT, and discuss his hands-on experience of using GWT on the development of Lombardi Blueprint product.
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Note: This is our last interview shot with our old microphone … we do promise to do better with the audio quality in the future. Thanks for hanging in there with us.
In this Episode, we welcome Bruce Eckel in a video we recorded at the QCon San Francisco conference. Bruce and James recently released a book titled, First Steps in Flex. The book is designed to be a quick intro for those interested in learning Adobe Flex.
In the video, we discuss the Code Jams and OpenSpace conferences Bruce hosts, the RIA landscape, and James and Bruce's book.
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Code Jam: Flex / AIR Jam (February 25th-27th)
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The Back Room
Music criticism needs a Protestant Reformation, a rebuttal to its now pathetic religion. I have nothing against creating and supporting monasteries and edifices otherwise dedicated to the supernal influence of music, but I am dead set against the use of those, for lack of a better word, institutions as the only means of adjudication. Soon enough the buildings themselves become God, solely imbued with all the religious power available. Soon enough we ask that all ye who seek good word for thy post-punk album genuflect not at the heavens, but the structure to which it is dedicated. Criticisms ultimate middleman to pure appreciation is comparison and its high time this irksome disposition end.
Its time to get the fuck out of church.
With a simple and flippant pen stroke so many have already said that The Editors are guilty of idolatry, for they didnt want to worship at the Church of Interpol or read The Apostle according to Ian Curtis. Theyve been accused of worshipping the lesser god of imitation, told that theyve denied the Post-punk God because of this and are practicing apostasy. Funnily enough while the list of infractions was being read, few bothered to really consider the music itself. Immediately The Editors were cloaked with British sadness, their emotional range delimited by virtue of location. Their guitars were made stiff, their drumming made mechanical, and their sound dictated before even a note was released.
From Bullets: You dont need this disease/not right now/If something has to change/then it always does
From Blood: Blood runs through your veins/thats where our similarity ends/blood runs through our veins/if theres hope in your heart/it will flow to every part
The Editors are only religious in their honesty, nothing more and nothing less. This means songs will range from, yes, the otherwise morose fare (Fingers in The Factory, Fall) but also to subjects that the band arent hesitant to proclaim, like Bullets and Blood, and also others far more straightforward like French Disco, a rallying cry against global malaise. Of course the complexity of the groups message gets lost in their cadence, as though they can only hope to channel a single spirit. See, The Editors were hyped to be the new thing only in lieu of their predecessors, rather than on their own merits. If you make the same error, then youll never understand what makes them so talented.
Listen to The Back Room with novice ears, without the baggage of expectation, and the specter of more popular personalities. Their brand of post-punk undulates with a different vivre and an undeniable emotion. Behind Tom Smiths seemingly staccato performance lies an eclectic display of tempers and moods, sometimes oscillating fiercely among them (the transition from Someone Says to Open Your Arms or from Fingers in the Factory to Bullets) to better demarcate precisely the varied themes. Behind the familiar melodies and arrangements lies further proof of their protean abilities, churning out aggro anthems before slinking down for softer compositions.
I cant say that theyre not aping on any style, because all art is imitation, all music has already been heard; to say theyre copycats is to tout a vacuous refrain. They differ vastly from their peers on more substantial observation: they take much larger emotional swipes, articulate much broader thematic ideas, and essay for a much more complete artistic entity. In short, they attempt on The Back Room to build a better human being than imitate a faulty God.
Release date: March 21, 2006
Label: Fader Label
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EUPORA, Miss. (WTVA) - Robin Mixon has been named interim administrator of North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora.
She assumed the role on May 1 after the resignation of former administrator Wes Sigler.
RELATED: Sigler leaves Eupora for Grenada and Holmes County
She will continue in her role as administrator of NMMC-Eupora's long-term care facility.
She joined the hospital's staff in 2004 and has served in various leadership positions.
She's a graduate of Mississippi University for Women and Trident University.
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My hacked Altair Aerial Blackhawk continues to serve as a great test platform for experiments in DIY flight controllers. So, when I heard the buzz surrounding the…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on October 21, 2019 at 8:16pm — 1 Comment
What could be more fun than hacking an RTF quadcopter to fly with your own custom firmware? How about hacking with your own DIY Arduino-compatible 32-bit flight controller? This…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on January 6, 2019 at 3:06pm — 7 Comments
Looking around for an inexpensive, almost-ready-to-fly brushless-motor quadcopter to use a basis for indoor flight-control research, I was delighted to come across the Altair Aerial Blackhawk. With its extra-long extension legs and GoPro mount (which I…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on November 19, 2018 at 7:54pm — 2 Comments
Originally developed as an MAV flight simulator, Microsoft's AirSim program recently added the ability to drive a simulated car. Although my own interests lie on the MAV side, students in my recent AI / Deep Learning…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on December 18, 2017 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments
In earlier posts I described HackflightSim, an open-source quadcopter flight simulator built on the V-REP robotics simulation platform, using actual C++ flight-control firmware. After seeing the kinds of beautiful,…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on October 10, 2017 at 4:31pm — 2 Comments
This video shows the Maiden flight of the Arduino-compatible STM32L4 "Ladybug" brushed-motor flight controller from Pesky Products (enabled by the Arduino STM32L4 package…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on June 2, 2017 at 9:30pm — 5 Comments
This video shows me flying our homebrew "Hackflight Sim" quadcopter flight simulator using a Spektrum DX8 receiver without a cable. The DX8 is talking to a…Continue
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This video shows me flying a Syma X5C quadcopter, with the factory closed-source flight controller replaced by a Quanum Pico 32-bit brushed FC. I followed the directions in the "Visible Drone" chapter of this excellent new …Continue
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This video shows the maiden flight of my new brushed quadrotor, a "totally DIY" project using my own C++
firmware (Multiwii clone with hardware abstraction), 3DFly
3D-printed frame, and, best of all, a 32-bit brushed-motor…
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This video shows a test flight of the HackflightSim quadcopter flight simulator, with a new feature: a simulated "companion board" (Raspberry…Continue
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In earlier posts I wrote about PyQuadSim, a Python-based flight simualator built on top of the Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform (V-REP). Although PyQuadSim enabled some pretty cool projects, it relied on a…Continue
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This is a follow-up to yesterday's post. As promised, I wanted to provide some information about the C++ firmware running on this little quadcopter.
Following in the Baseflight / Cleanflight / Raceflight / Betaflight naming tradition of the 32-bit Multwii lineage, I call this firmware…Continue
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I wanted to try my hand at a true "DIY" project, designing and building my own micro quadcotper frame and writing my own firmware in C++. In this post I will describe the frame and build; in my next post I will talk about the firmware.
Excluding stuff I had lying around the shop, (heat-shrink tubing, EC-3 connectors, velcro, cable ties, etc.) the cost came to just under $170:
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This video shows me checking the size of the flash RAM (memory) on an MRC Naze32 (ARM STM32F103) flight controller from MultiRC. Because I am loading my own firmware onto the board, I have to short the bootloader pins on the board, via some male jumper wires I soldered on.
These inexpensive FCs with onboard flash RAM are sold for use with the Blackbox logging feature in Cleanflight, but I wanted to…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on May 16, 2016 at 10:16am — 3 Comments
This video shows the 250mm quadcopter from my previous post, holding altitude by means of its MaxBotix MB1242 ulatrasonic rangefinder (sonar). The Flip32 flight controller onboard is running a modified version of the…Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on January 8, 2016 at 3:13pm — 9 Comments
In a recent post I showed how to get live IMU telemetry from a Flip32 flight controller using an inexpensive Bluesmirf Bluetooth modem from Sparkfun. After getting that to work I figured it was time to branch out to some external sensors.
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Since posting the BreezySLAM package for Python and other languages, I've received several inquiries about supporting the Lidar unit on the XV-11 vacuuming robot from Neato Robotics. Although I have an XV-11 and a…
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This video shows a Flip32 flight controller ($15 from re readytoflyquads.com) onboard a min 250 quadcopter, sending IMU attitude telemetry (pitch, roll, yaw) to my laptop via a Bluesmirf Bluetooth module ($35 from sparkfun.com). The Bluesmirf connects to the Flip32's UART via a four-pin jumper cable, also from Sparkfun ($.095).…Continue
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In my last post I showed a Flip32 flight controller talking to a PX4Flow unit using the I^2C protocol. Once that was working, I wanted to mount the PX4Flow to a vehicle and make a more permanent cable connection.
For the mount, I used Tinkercad to design a simple rectangular …Continue
Added by Simon D. Levy on December 8, 2015 at 10:52am — 8 Comments
I added a few lines of code to the Baseflight firmware to get optical-flow velocities and sonar altitude from a PX4Flow unit connected to a Flip32 flight controller over I^2C. In the video you can see the readout on the laptop showing the computed X/Y flow velocities (meters per second) and distance (meters), multiplied by…Continue
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Autogas taking off by 'leaps and bounds'
Vancouver, Wash.—As technology has progressed over the past several years, conversions of gas- or diesel-powered vehicles to propane or autogas has become more viable. And the leading company in the Northwest for such conversions is Wolff Specialties LLC, said Dan and Penny Wolff, founders and owners.
Conversions are not anything new to Dan Wolff, who said he has been working with autogas conversions since the 1980s and his personal transportation has used propane since the 1990s. While the company was originally founded in 1992, the LLC became effective in 2014 when Penny Wolff said, "We saw the autogas industry begin to take a turn and the knowledge of the [conversion] industry that Dan was the perfect fit to carve out a niche in the Northwest."
To be clear, the Wolffs define propane as the fuel for generators, barbecues, home heating, etc., "but when applied to a motor vehicle the industry prefers the word autogas," they said. "What we perform are not the old school propane conversions anymore as the technology has grown by leaps and bounds and the systems are EPA-approved to be compatible with modern day vehicles."
Wolff Specialties is housed a 3,000-square-foot facility that includes service bays, a machine shop, parts room, offices, as well as a large fenced-in outside storage area for autogas tanks, fork lifts, agriculture and other equipment in process of conversion.
Along with ASE-certified Technician Taylor Bray, the Wolffs have converted more than 100 fleet vehicles in the past few years, plus handful of 4x4 units and about six consumer vehicles. The company also performs several small engine conversions each year ranging from fork lifts to quads.
"The regular consumer is not going to find that the expense for conversion will justify the return unless they drive a lot of miles," Penny Wolff said. "Some may find they just like the power they receive from autogas, they want to burn a cleaner fuel, or they may need the range that being bi-fuel would give them," Dan Wolff said.
More inquiries have been made at their shop since a local conversion customer, a member of the Vancouver Broco Club, won first place in a 4x4 event in Moab, Utah.
State and municipal fleet conversions
In a contract with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the past five years, the Wolffs said a variety of commercial vehicles have been converted. They have performed a large amount of conversions in the WSDOT Southwest Region, and are now scheduling for the Olympic and Northwest Regions for 2018.
"We are finding that municipalities are the ones who benefit the most from the conversion process," Penny Wolff said. "We recently were awarded a contract with the city of Longview to convert their fleets and that contract has opened the doors for fleets in Washington and Oregon to become a 'green fleet' with autogas."
During a recent visit by Parts & People, the Wolff staff was converting a Ford transit van, the 10th conversion with two more to complete the entire fleet to autogas.
"There are engineered kits for converting Ford products that are EPA-approved, so each one of these conversations is a one-day process," Dan Wolff said, adding that this conversion, like all the company performs, allow for bi-fuel use.
Meeting fueling challenges
In the past, fueling stations have been an issue for both consumer and fleet operations.
"When a fleet decides to convert, they usually have an infrastructure installed so vehicles can be fueled on-site," Dan Wolff said. "The fleet will 'partner up' with an autogas distributor and in turn will benefit from substantially lower prices than the open market. We've seen prices well more than a dollar per gallon lower than gasoline."
While the company uses several conversion products, the Wolffs said they are industry partners with ICOM North America and serve as their Northwest distributor and certified installer.
"We install ICOM conversion systems as well as service, maintain, and repair their products, plus we promote ICOM at all the events we attend in the Northwest each year, including the Green Transportation Summit and the Clean Cities of the Willamette Valley, and fleet managers' meetings," Dan Wolff said.
The company is also involved with the UPAS Group that was created to facilitate autogas use as a seamless and positive source of alternative fuel. UPAS works with many partners to minimize autogas costs to users, as well as to develop maximum industry growth.
Autogas has several advantages the Wolffs said, including fuel costs currently $1.50 less per gallon than gasoline, a reduced carbon footprint, lower maintenance costs, extended vehicle life, better performance, and longer range.
"The advantages to using this green product are really substantial and for government or private fleets there is a very measurable cost savings," Dan Wolff said. "We're proud to provide safe, reliable propane conversion service through innovative business practices. We've earned the trust and respect of the communities we serve and promote healthy sustainable growth using alternative fuels."


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At this point, you've already have seen the TV ads droning about how you can create your own website absolutely for free right? Well, its pretty well known that there's always a catch too. So let's talk a bit about some of the pitfalls of "Owning" a "Free" website.
Look similar?
Well let's say you choose to go with a Free Web builder template system like say…Wix, or Weebly, doesnt really matter. They all have the same premise of allowing you to build a website, on their system, using their tools and applications. You can change whatever color you want to, or re size an image here or there, however…
That's right, you don't own anything except what you came in with, that would be your verbiage content, images, and whatever idea of a grand website you planned to create.
As long as you're paying monthly to these builder sites, they'll agree to keep your website online. Miss a payment, and its lights out, literally, as you're breaching their agreement.
It's almost like a marriage pre-nuptial, and in some cases, if you don't keep backups of your content, it will all go away with the site once its closed.
Somewhere, on your fresh, new, template of a website, there is that nice little (or big) reminder that your site was "Created with", or "Powered by" Wix or Weebly, stamped in some of the most obnoxious places. And in some cases, you have intrusive ads that you probably didn't care for plastered in the worst places for Your* Website. And before you reply with "So what? I didn't have to PAY anything for it!" I will respond with "Your BRAND is paying dearly for it!"
It may sound dramatic to some, but its true. Think about this: Your "FREE, I didn't pay a DIME" website HAS the potential of being seen by millions of people. But here's where the rub comes in. Your Domain Name, (or should I say Wix or Weebly's domain name) under the "Free" plan, your (their) domain name would show as: buildername.com/yourbrandhere OR youbrandhere/freebuildersitename.com. There's no way around that, and in order for people to see your (their) site, you have to post it as such.
To a lot of potential customers for your brand, that screams that YOU don't value your business enough to invest in a more personalized website for YOUR brand! I've seen some ridiculously long builder domain names for some brands. Imagine putting that kind of domain on a business card, much less having to type that into your browser..(BTW, how's that "FREE" site sound now?)..Speaking of web browsers..
The hashtag "#" is good for many things (Twitter, funny quotes by Tamar Braxton, etc) but for a website listing its absolute blasphemy!
For those that have been living under a rock, Google which is THE #1 search engine in the world, absolutely INGORES any domain or sub-directory (ie. Your Home page and all sub-pages) that has the hashtag in its address. And most of the builder sites are STILL using them, so care to guess what happens to YOUR (their) site in the when it comes to being found online?
That's right, your site is lost, or buried deep within the back pages of google ranks, and good luck being found! Unless all of your potential clients type your EXACT domain name (remember: freebuildersitename.com/yourbrandhere) they will probably give up looking for your business rather quickly.
You've spent a lot of time building your brand, whether its related to art or business. The fact is you want people, and most importantly potential customers to know how great your talent or business is. So why handicap your brand with a design that was not created for YOUR brand?
Again you might say, "Its "FREE", and they have plenty of templates to use!" that holds true BUT:
Do YOU personally have the TIME and SKILL SET for creating great design for your website?
ARE you comfortable with someone mentioning that they saw someone elses' site look VERY similar to yours?
ARE you OK with the limitations that "FREE" builder sites have?


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Tip 6. Layer
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NOTHING'S TRUER TO WHO WE ARE than letting our craft beers and handcrafted foods inspire one another in unexpected ways. And while we're the most award-winning brewery east of the Mississippi, we're not in it for the fame or the glory. We're in it because we love what we do. Which is brewing beer. Getting creative in the kitchen. And integrating our passion from tap to table. We're more than a scratch kitchen. We're more than a craft brewery. We're Iron Hill.
179 Years of Service serving Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. WSFS became a part of the Media community on June 24, 2011 Hours of Operation are 9-5 Mon-Thurs and 9-6 Friday.
Founded by Kent Davidson, Market Acumen has been developing web applications and technology for business of all sizes. Special pricing for non-profit entities. \"We build lasting businesses.\""
The Media Historical Society of Media, Pa is a not-for-profit volunteer organization established in the 1970s to promote and celebrate the history of The Minshall House, and to maintain the structure and its gardens. It does this primarily by focusing on community fundraising events, issuing publications, maintaining a website, and partnering with other local historical societies and groups.
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[ Issue 4 / February 2013 ]
You bear my roof on your belly.
You think I'll blow up with gratitude?
I am man and I eat only my dreams.
You were an ominous chirp
from the dark and the unseen
guiding the steps of my forefathers.
But your rendezvous on my wall
over my wakeful gaze of wants –
the moment of a lotus explosion
in the sleeping alleys of my brain.
You met your creeping mate
in a reptile waltz of sleazy grip
after eons of mutual gazing that ran
roots into time before we ever were,
a time before we cut time to our size,
a time filled with cries of love and death.
You met her in a reptile waltz
of sticky grip that tucked her then
under your love that lasted the time
a poem took to fertilize a poet.
I could never contain the truth
that you could rival us
in this crumbling act of decimation –
that you could do it with the exactness
of a radium needle, and then move apart
to mouth a willing fly in the next second
to teach me the lesson that
spending and filling is the only survival.
Prathap Kamath is Associate Professor of English at the
University of Kerala, and has published a collection Ekalavya: a book of
poems. He is also a novelist and short story writer.